Left Hand Pitched Heads Aids Memorial Museum Display
The 11 African animal heads for the Osa and Martin Johnson memorial museum are moved to the Cham ber of Commerce fire station outer office for public viewing, as Fire Chief C W Brennan begins mounting them today. Fred Ludecke reports two bears one deer and one elk from Wyoming hunts and returns with Gene Miller in Humboldt after the Yellowstone trip ends.
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Osa
Martin Johnson Memorial
Les Matthews
Chamber of Commerce
C. W. Brennan
Fred Ludecke
Humboldt
Wyoming
Ludecke
Flag Ranch
Yellowstone National Park
Gene Miller
Millers
Driver Arrested on DWI Charge Near Thayer
George G. Cuppy of Tola was arrested by the highway patrol on US 169 four miles north of Thayer for driving while intoxicated. He was lodged in the city jail overnight and taken to Erie today for hearing in justice of the peace court.
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George G. Cuppy
Tola
Highway Patrol
Salina Fisherman Harold Simpson Found Dead
The body of Harold Simpson of Salina, missing 13 days after a fishing trip, was found floating in the Solomon River near Minneapolis yesterday.
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Minneapolis
Kas
Harold Simpson
Salina
Solomon River
Here
Flu Hits Lower Grades Forcing School Closures In Erie Area
Absences rise across several districts as lower grade illness spreads, with Erie reopening 505 students to 219 absent and a two day teacher meeting week, forcing postponed Homecoming and games. Humboldt shows improvement while Thayer reports fewer overall absences though adults remain ill.
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City
Royster
Juco
Murray Hill
Hutton
Roosevelt
Lincoln
Alcott
St. Patrick's
W. H. McMurray
Erie
Robert H. Krieger
Erie-St. Mary's
Krieger
Thayer
Don Morgan
Christmas coupon preview set by Chanute merchants
Chanute merchants stage a Christmas preview offering more than 500 in merchandise and cash prizes. Coupons or facsimiles must be deposited in participating stores before closing time tomorrow. Winning coupons will be drawn tomorrow evening and names posted in store windows.
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Chanute Merchants
The
Tribune
Cars Damaged In Highway Accident At Junction Of US 59 And K57
Two-vehicle wreck near the junction of US 59 and K57 left three cars damaged but with no injuries. Weldon Davis of Wichita drove a 1956 Ford into the ditch after missing a stop sign. James Eugene Kister of St Paul tried to pull Davis out when Shelby Bridgewater of Parsons in a 1952 Buick struck Kister.
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Erie
Here
Sheriff's Office
Weldon Davis
Wichita
Davis
James Eugene Kister
St Paul
Shelby Bridgewater
Parsons
Bridgewater
Buick
Bister
Highway Patrol
Missouri Boy Held For Shooting Father
A 15 year old Springheld high school student is held for the fatal shooting of his father Cecil E. Cameron 52 at a farm home near Union City. Deputy Sheriff Clifford Smith says the youth confessed to using a deer rifle after overhearing parental arguing. Names are withheld due to juvenile code.
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Galena, Mo
Springheld
Cecil E. Cameron
Cameron
Union City
Clifford Smith
Smith
Dual Certificates Aids to Industry and Utility Says
TOPEKA The Kansas Power and Light Co. warns that cancelling dual certificates of authority for electric services could imperil Kansas industry attraction and alter service patterns. Utilities argue certificates are assets. cooperatives seek review and a hearing is set for November 18 with the Kansas Corporation Commission.
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Topeka
Kansas Power and Light Co
Kansas
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas Electric Cooperatives
Kp&l
Tribune contest results honor top football pickers
Robert Martin led with eight correct of ten major games in the Tribune contest. Mary Miles was second with seven correct in college matches. Ramsey placed third, Mrs. Ivan Snyder fourth, and W. W. Mitchem fifth. Five weekly winners receive Blue Comet home-game tickets.
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Tribune
Robert Martin
Mary Miles
David Ramsey
Ivan Snyder
W. W. Mitchem
Blue Comet
Weather outlook for Topeka area cold with drizzle
Forecast calls for cloudy and colder conditions tonight and Tuesday with rain tonight and occasional drizzle Tuesday. Freezing drizzle observed in northwest Kansas near Goodland with 32 degrees. Highs yesterday ranged from 33 in Goodland to 55 in Pittsburg and Dodge City saw 19 inches of weekend rain.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Pittsburg
Dodge City
Building collapse in Cairo claims 26 lives
A Cairo eight-story building collapsed in a residential area on Saturday. Rescue crews recovered another body, raising the death toll to 26. Civil defense teams worked through the debris as witnesses described a sudden collapse and dust filling the streets.
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Cairo
Egypt
Moon Dog Doggedly Tracks Sputnik II Mission Milestone
The White House said President Eisenhower and advisers study Sputnik II's significance for rocketry and science after Russia's dog carrying satellite orbiting above 900 miles. Vanguard stations reported strong signals as Kudryavka the dog remains alive. orbit not yet fixed.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Russia
Soviet Union
Anne Wheaton
Sputnik II Briefs From Bonn to Boulder
Bonn observers report Sputnik II appeared on schedule between 2:43 and 2:53 a.m. EST with clear signals and unchanged speed and altitude. Nearby protests in New York condemn the dog passenger. Clyde Tombaugh speculates on a lunar launch timing near the November 7 eclipse. In London the embassy defends human risk limits, and in Boulder a late pass yields a strong radio tone from 8:04 to 8:14 a.m. EST.
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Bonn
Germany
Bonn University Observatory
Freidrich Becker
Boulder
Colo
University of Colorado
Io Pass
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas Reach 457 for 1957
State Accident Records shows 8 fatalities in the last 48 hours. For the year to date 1957 total 457, compared with 566 for the same period in 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
Eight Die In Kansas Weekend Traffic Toll
The Associated Press reports eight people died in Kansas highway crashes over the weekend, raising this year's toll to 457. Victims include 19 year old Ronald Rollins of Cottonwood Falls killed on the Kansas Turnpike near El Dorado, and others in Wichita Sublette Ellinwood Hoisington Leoti and Bluff City.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Cottonwood Falls
Ronald Wallace Rollins
Kansas Turnpike
el Dorado
Food Price Trend Seen Upward Into 1958
The Agriculture Department said retail food prices are likely to rise next year due to higher processing and marketing costs. Farm prices are expected to stay about the same, with farm produced foods up about four percent in the third quarter from a year earlier. Marketing charges rose about five percent in the same period, driven by wage hikes and higher costs for packaging, containers, coal, fuel, trucks and machinery.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Experts Agree it's Possible To Free Dog
Cambridge experts say it is feasible to bring the Sputnik II dog back alive. Smithsonian scientists discuss methods for a controlled descent, tracking, and safety steps to study cosmic ray effects and the animal’s physiological response during reentry and spaceflight.
Accident Victim's Wife Dies at Leavenworth
Funeral services are set for Emma Louise Gates 56 of rural Leavenworth County at St. Lawrence Church in Easton. She died Friday night at St. John’s Hospital days after her husband Mike Gates was killed in a tractor accident at their home.
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Leavenworth
St. Lawrence Catholic Church
Easton
Emma _ Louise Gates
Leavenworth County
Fire Damages Dwelling on 1509 S Washington
Fire and smoke damaged bedding clothing and room furnishings at a residence owned by Beulah Fields on 1509 South Washington. Fire officials said the blaze began in the bedding and the alarm was received at 11 20 p m with responders on scene until 12 25 a m though loss estimates were not provided.
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S. Washington
Beulah Fields
C. W. Brennan
Space traveling dog faring well in Sputnik II orbit
Soviet reports confirmed the space traveling dog in Sputnik II remains healthy as it orbits Earth at about 1,000 miles out aboard a half ton satellite. Radio signals measured beeps and hisses while scientists speculated on future use of animals and apes for bio medical research.
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Antigua
West Indies
Kudryavka
Curly
Earth
Moscow
United States
Fred L. Whipple
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
Whipple
Sputnik
New York
Russia
New Earth
Warren W. McSpadden
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Soviet Union
State Department
McSpadden
Outer Space
Smithsonian
Space
Moscow 7
Moscow Radio
Sputnik II
Soviet Communist Party
Pravda
Sputnik I
No Jury Cases Here In Chanute Erie Panel
The October term jury panel at Chanute has no decisions. two car crash lawsuits, Reuben Bean vs Charles Middleton and Maurice D Stryker Jr. vs James Monroe Evans, were settled out of court. An appeal by Jack Moran of Earlton on a driving while intoxicated charge was dismissed. Moran was arrested Aug 10 and fined $125 on Sept 6. At Erie the jury will hear State vs John Byers and Fred Roles for grand larceny and two judgments against Mid America Refining Co. Plaintiffs include William W. and Virginia L. Mendenhall and George B. and Audrey Gardner. Byers and Roles face separate trials for alleged scrap iron theft from the Santa Fe railroad. Damages of 7500 are sought in each suit with petitions alleging underground explosions affecting plaintiffs’ businesses.
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District Court
Chanute
Reuben Bean
Charles Middleton
Maurice D. Stryker Jr
James Monroe Evans
Jack Moran
Earlton
Moran
Erie
State
John Byers
Fred Roles
Mid- America Refining Co
William W
Virginia L. Mendenhall
George B
Audrey Gardner
Byers
Roles
Santa Fe
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Bill Peters
S. Larson
Shad
Jan Holman
Johnsons
Salinan
Humboldt-Fredonia
Ljcuutic
Missouri
Moon Dog
Muttnik
Sputnik II Briefs
Las Cruces
N. M
Clyde Tombaugh
Pluto
Moon
London
Yuri I. Modin
National Canine Defense League
Dorothy Peabody
Fred Edward Pendergraff
U. S. 50
Syracuse
U. S. 56
Sublette
Paul Blackmore
Ralph Carder
Des Moines
Iowa
Willis Floyd Dunn
Merle Burroughs
Ellinwood
Alfred Leroy Wilson
Hays
U. S
Hoisington
Annie Ortie
Leoti
Roy Bagg
Caldwell
Bluff City
J. Allen Hynek
Hynek
John D. Rinehart
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