Briton Wins Nobel Peace Prize For 1959
Philip Noel-Baker, British Labour MP and former professor, receives the Nobel Peace Prize with a 42 650 dollar award. Recognized for lifelong work in disarmament and international cooperation, he has urged a ban on nuclear tests and has served in British diplomacy since 1919. Formal presentation in Stockholm on December 10.
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Oslo
Norway
Philip Noel-Baker
Noel-Baker
Britain
House of Commons
London
League of Nations
United Nations
Nobel
Jester Elected to Kansas State Teachers Board
Howard Jester, instructor at Senior High School Junior College, was elected to the Kansas State Teachers Association board of directors at the Cof feyville delegate assembly. He will represent about 1,000 southeast Kansas teachers for three years, meeting in Topeka three times yearly with 23 board members who must be classroom teachers. Another Chanute teacher, Robert Blunk, was elected as a state delegate.
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Howard Jester
Kansas State Teachers Association
Coffeyville
Jester
Kansas
Topeka
Teachers Association
Chanute
Robert Blunk
Grand Jury Report Silent on Parker Lynching Case
Pearl River County grand jury released its final report with no public reference to the Parker lynching. District Attorney Vernon Broom announced 17 felony indictments but did not name suspects or reveal whether any involve Mack Charles Parker, who was killed after being taken from a Poplarville jail cell.
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Poplarville, Miss
Pearl River County
Mack Charles Parker
Vernon Broom
Parker
Poplarville
Pearl River
Chanute TB Hospital Debate Draws Kansas Comments
Dr. Roy Lawson of Southeast Kansas TB Hospital defends the Chanute sanatorium as editors debate converting it to a mental hospital. He notes Chanute served nine counties, now 41 patients plus 150 monthly outpatients, with short stays keeping beds empty, and predicts eventual conversion to another type of facility in decades.
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Kansas
Roy Lawson
Southeast Kansas
Norton Daily Telegram
Chanute Hospital
Chanute Sanatorium
Chanute
Norton
Lawson
CBS Accused of Delay in Quiz Probe By Abrams
Former Revlon executive George Abrams told the House Oversight subcommittee that CBS delayed investigating two early reports of quiz show rigging. Abrams testified that despite claims of surveys clearing the shows, sponsor-producer meetings showed contestants' futures were discussed as a goal, not a rule.
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Washington
Columbia Broadcasting System
George Abrams
Revlon Inc
House Legislative Oversight Subcommittee
Abrams
CBS
Frank Stanton
Robert E. Kintner
National Broadcasting Co
Presi
Martin Revson
Revlon
Revson
Reviow
Review
Martin Revion
Charles Revlon
Buildings Sink At State Prison In Lansing Kansas
Overnight settling within the State Prison walls lowered two new buildings about 15 feet and damaged an old wall section. Warden Tracy Hand said tunnels and coal mine voids beneath may be the cause. no one was harmed and the main prison area remains secure. Studies will plan fixes.
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Lansing
Kas
Tracy Hand
Hand
State General Fund
Oklahoma
Traffic Safety Experts For Governor's Meet
Two top traffic safety leaders will headline the governor's Traffic Safety Conference in Topeka on November 10. Howard Pyle of Chicago, president of the National Safety Council, and Russell I. Brown of Washington, D C, president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, will lead sessions for teens women clergy enforcement and engineering.
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Topeka
Howard Pyle
Chicago
National Safety Council
Russell I. Brown
Washington, D. C
Insurance Institute For Highway Safety
Wintry Blast Brings Snow And Freezing Temperatures
A bone chilling northwest wind and light snow hit the Chanute area as temperatures fell from 66 to 42 by 1 pm and a hard freeze threatens eastern Kansas tonight. Forecasters warned of record low potential in Topeka with winds 25 to 40 mph and clearing skies later.
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Chanute
Kansas
Associated Press
Topeka
Richard Garrett
Garrett
Russell
Salina
Pittsburg
Goodsland
Wide Area Struck By Blistering Cold Storm
Blustery north winds push heavy snow across a widening storm zone with blizzard conditions in the Dakotas eastern Colorado and Nebraska. Gusts up to 70 mph and lows to eight below zero in Cut Bank Montana report widespread closures and hazardous travel.
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Associated Press
Dakotas
Colorado
Nebraska
Plains
Cut Bank
Mont
Wisconsin
Glacier National Park District
Montana
Wausau
Wis
Michigan
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Mercury
Helena
Casper
Wyo
N. C
Idaho
Dalhart
Tex
Ponca City
Oklo
Continental Divide
Not Spoiled Brats: Kansas Scouts at World Jamboree
Al Goering of Neodesha led a six state group at a jamboree in the Philippine jungles where 12,500 scouts from 64 nations gathered. He said American youth deserve encouragement and cited Kansas ties, noting three Kansas boys attended and sharing remarks on unity across colors. The Rotary program highlighted scouting leadership and world views.
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al .Goering
Neodesha
Goering
Rotary Club
Philippine
Kansas
Little Rock
India
Sekan
Bill Young
Ray Aringdale
Independence
Howard Smith
Oscar Cunningham
Floyd Potter
Richard Willis
Joe Melnyk
A. F. Leverenz
Tribune Phone Chains and Evening Call Line
If you cannot reach your Tribunes contact, call 700 after 6 p.m. The notice suggests an alternative phone directive for reaching the Tribune staff during evening hours.
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Tribune
State Roads Hazardous Across Kansas Warned by Highway Dept
The Kansas Highway Department warned travelers that roads are generally slick statewide with blowing snow posing hazards in some areas. Regions vary from icy and hazardous to slick with light snow in parts, including U.S. 50 west of Garden City affected by blowing and drifting snow.
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Topeka
Kansas Highway Department
North Central
Salina
South Central
U.S. 50
Garden City
Lola Drilling Firm Granted State Charter
Topker AP report lists Kansas firms completing incorporation with the secretary of state. Alco Drilling Co of Lola with resident agent W. M. Michaelis and $50,000 capital. Wilbre Construction Co of Salina with J. Donald Williams and $50,000. Salina Coffee House of Salina with Thomas E. Millikin and $100,000.
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Topker
Kansas
Alco Drilling Co
Lola
W. M. Michaelis
Wilbre Construction Co
Salina
J. Donald Williams
Chanute Fire Loss and Calls Report for October
Fire Chief C W Brennan reports October loss about 350 dollars with nine thousand eight hundred twenty dollars estimated through November 1, compared with eleven thousand nine hundred twenty eight in the first ten months of 1958. The department answered eighteen calls, including six residential fires, four car fires, one trailerhouse fire, a tar pot blaze, a Danville township run and one resuscitator call.
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Chanute
C. W. Brennan
Danville
Navy
Brennan
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas Rise in 1959 Totals
Kansas accident records show 477 traffic deaths to date in 1959, with 469 reported in the comparable period of 1958. In the last 24 hours ending at 9 a.m., two fatalities were recorded.
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Topeka
Kansas
Milk Assn Head Dies in Kansas City
William Anderson Sr. 68 founder of the Pure Milk Producers Assn of Greater Kansas City died today at the Veterans Administration hospital.
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Kansas City
William Anderson Sr
The
Pure Milk Producers Assn
Greater
Veterans Administration Hospital
Pair Nabbed But 3 Die in Queens Car Crash
In Ozone Park New York a couple returning from shopping with two children were killed when a stolen car fled police and crashed. Victims are Victor Tedeschi 41 Louise Tedeschi 40 and Thomas 3. Surviving Michael ? sustained injuries. Arrested were 16 year old Albert Biggio and 15 year old William Harris both of Jamaica. The car belonged to Fred Sabering of St Petersburg Florida and had been stolen about thirty minutes before the crash.
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New York
Ozone Park
Queens
Victor Tedeschi
Louise
Thomas
Michael
Albert Biggio
William Harris
Jamaica
Biggio
Harris
Fred Sabering
St. Petersburg
Fla
Lyndon Woman Named To State Treasurer Cashier
Mrs. Evelyn M. Reid of Lyndon is appointed cashier in the State Treasurer's office succeeding Alvah Phelan who moved to the state insurance commissioner's office. Reid previously worked in the treasurer's office last summer after serving as Osage County clerk.
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Topeka
Evelyn M. Reid
Lyndon
Osage County
Alvah Phelan
State Insurance Commissioner's Office
Reid
No Fund Check Involving TV Payment Reported
A no fund check for 143.73 was handed to police by Louis Beggs of Stark. He said it was given to him recently as payment for a television set. The check, drawn on a universal blank and signed J. D. Happy, was referred to county authorities. The giver listed Hardin, Missouri as his address.
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Louis Beggs
Stark
J. D. Happy
Hardin, Mo
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James Brown
Canada
Dent
Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical Corp
Arthur J. Cohn Jr
Tennessee
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State Prison
Governor's Meet
Wayne Toomey
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