County Leader Banquet Honors Neosho 4-H Club Leaders
The Chanute chamber hosted the first annual County Leadership Banquet honoring Neosho County 4-H leaders and their spouses. Attendees included county agents, club heads, and community leaders from Hillcrest, Best Yet, Jolly Jayhawkers, Lucky 13, Ever Ready, and Neosho Valley Busy Bees. Eighty five guests were served at Tioga Hotel ballroom.
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Neosho County
Chamber of Commerce
Lyle Meyer
R. 3
Chanute
Henry Watkins
Eric
Glen E. Hanson
Watkins
Lucky 13
Hanson
Neosho Valley
Busy Bees
Glen Hanson
H. D. Woodworth
Jolly Jayhawkers
Merle Schooley
William E. George
Hillcrest
Fred Flottman
Eves Ready
Melvin Morley
L. E. Noakes
Cecil Sears
Everett Barnhart
Ever ‘Ready
Lloyd Cleaver
Ava George
Wayne Berthot
Durward Hines
Clarence Obenhaus
Blaine Heady
Wayne Johnson
C. R. Thurman
Clifford McClure
Harry Larson
Wilbur Thompson
George Richards
Lucky 18
Harold Watts
Merle Raney
Tioga Hotel
Pep Parade Sets Scene for Blue Comets Home Game
A downtown pep parade led by the Senior High drum corps opened the day as the Blue Comets prepared for their last home football game at 7:30 p.m. Fort Scott queen candidates rode in an old convertible. Parade issues arose when the police escort failed to appear.
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Blue Comets
Senior High
Father of Nine Killed Near Bonner Springs
Cecil Sams aged 41, father of nine, died when his pickup collided with a freight train at a crossing southwest of Bonner Springs. His daughter Emma Jean, 13, was severely injured. Sams resided in the Wilder community southwest of Bonner Springs.
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Bonner Springs
Kas
Cecil Sams
Emma Jean
Sams
Wilder
Injury at plant as tire lock ring blows off
Earl Garner 22 employed by Byers & Sons Inc suffered a facial laceration when a tire lock ring blew off during inflation at the plant. He was transported by ambulance to Neosho Memorial Hospital and remained under medical care after treatment.
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Earl Garner
Byers & Sons Inc
Garner
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Eisenhower Passes Final Hospital Tests With Flying Colors
President Eisenhower clears the last hospital medical exam with positive results and accepts the resignation of his appointments secretary Bernard Shanley. He names a bipartisan 12 member commission to study government security as he plans to return to Washington tomorrow amid a joyful hospital mood.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Bernard M. Shanley
Shanley
Washington
Two Cleared of Charges In Emmett Till Case
Two white men were freed of all charges in the Emmett Till case, the 14 year old Chicago boy who disappeared on his uncle's Mississippi farm. The case has drawn national attention and sparked protests.
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Greenwood
Miss
Emmett Till
Chicago
Mississippi
Governor Hall Prepares Prison Inspection Plan
Gov. Fred Hall said he will likely make a personal inspection of the Kansas penitentiary at Lansing next month. He chairs a special advisory committee examining issues in the state penal and corrections system, with a similar study under way by the Legislative Council.
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Topeka
Fred Hall
Kansas
Lansing
Legislative Council
Four Bridges Completed on Kansas Turnpike Route
The Kansas Turnpike Authority said today four additional bridges on the 236 mile route from Kansas City to the Oklahoma state line have been completed and accepted.
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Topeka
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Kansas City
Oklahoma State Line
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka 1955 Far Exceeds 1954
State Accident Records shows 1955 480 traffic fatalities to date, compared with 1954 515 in the same period. The brief notes last 24 hours of data and highlights ongoing trend changes in Topeka region.
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Topekap
Kansas
Miracle Rescue Of Four Airmen In Pacific Storm
Four airmen bailed from a stricken Flying Boxcar were rescued by Navy Seaplane Tender Floyds Bay after racing 75 miles through rain and 10 foot swells east of Honolulu. Lt Kenneth Whitney and Airman 1C Harry Brine gar were spotted at night, with Lt D O Nelson and Lt D M Hibbard later found. One crew member remained missing.
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Honolulusa
Pacific
Floyds Bay
Honolulu
Kenneth E. Whitney
Harry W. Brinegar
Navy
D. O. Nelson
D. M. Hibbard
Whitney
Broderick, Calif
Amarillo, Tex. Air Force Base
Air Force
McClelland Air Force Base
Sacramento
Calif
Hickam Air Force Base
Japan
1708Th
Kelly Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Nelson
Two Traffic Mishaps Reported to Police
Police logged two noninjury collisions. Philip Roth drove a car that struck Arlie Nichols’s vehicle after Roth pulled from a curb on South Lincoln. In the East Main business section, Mrs R R Parsons’s car collided with a beverage truck backed by Glen L Schommer. only the car’s right rear fender was damaged.
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Philip Roth
R. 2
Eric
Arlie Nichols
Humboldt
Roth
South Lincoln
East Main
R. R. Parsons
Glen L
Parking Meters Smashed in Catlettsburg Incident
Thirty two meters were smashed Tuesday night by a person with a baseball bat. Charles Keelin Jr., 22, was arrested and charged with destruction of public property. Police Chief Ray Castle said a plastic fragment from a meter was found in his trouser cuff.
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Catlettsburg
Charles Keelin Jr
Ray Castle
Keelin
Strike in France Halts Paris Airport Operations
A safety service workers strike in Paris halted activities at both major airports. Foreign carriers canceled flights or diverted to airports outside France, leaving passengers facing delays and disruption.
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Paris P
Paris
France
Health Board Birth Data Publication Sparks Press Battle
Kansas officials clash over a 1951 law restricting vital statistics. Topeka officials defend confidentiality while lawmakers and press groups argue birth names should be public. The Kansas Press Assn. warns of government secrecy threatening the public’s right to know.
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Topekap
State Board of Health
Topeka State Journal
The
Kansas Press Assn
William M. Busch
Board of Health
Busch
Kansas
Fred Hall
Hall
Paul L. Klewer
Newton
House
Larry Miller
Henry 8. Jameson
Abilene
KPA
Eight Slot Machines Destroyed by Sheriff in Erie
Sheriff Lee Montgomery and Undersheriff John Phelps smashed eight seized slot machines at the Chanute Elks Club and burned them at the city dump under District Judge B M Dunham's order. Amounts recovered totaled 145.55 dollars after court costs, with the remainder to be prorated among county school districts.
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Erie
Chanute
Charles Henshall
Montgomery
Charles Forsyth
Mamie Hayes
District Court
Merle Estes
Phelps
Lee Montgomery
Chanute Elks Club
Tribune
Holiday Observance and Veterans Day Parade Notice
Stores and offices will be closed Friday for Veterans Day. The Tribune will publish early. A street parade begins at 10 a.m. featuring high school bands, followed by a program at Memorial Auditorium at 1 p.m. If the paper is missed call 17 between 6:50 and 6:30.
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the Tribune
Memorial Auditorium
Little Stinkers puzzle draws 3174 entries in week
Three thousand one hundred seventy four puzzles entered by deadline Wednesday setting a new high. A 300 dollar prize awaits the winner as entries again pass the 39000 mark this season. The Tribune will announce results Friday after review of submissions.
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Little $Tinker
the Tribune
Agriculture Dept Details Plan to Improve Advisory Groups Release
Washington investigators were told by the Agriculture Department that it plans to improve its release of information on advisory groups that make policy recommendations to Secretary Benson.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
House
Benson
Molotov Rejects Eisenhower Plan For Inspections
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov rejected Eisenhower's aerial arms inspection idea at the Geneva Big Four conference. He praised good intentions but termed the plan negative in current form, proposing changes tied to disarmament and ban of atomic weapons. Dulles framed the plan as a practical step to build confidence and deter surprise attack.
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Geneva
V. M. Molotov
Eisenhower
Foreign Ministers
Molotov
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Big Four
John Foster Dulles
Weather forecast warns of cold wave by weekend
A cold front moving into Kansas vows a Saturday morning cold wave with possible light precipitation. Forecaster Tom Arnold notes increasing cloudiness and showers in the northwest tonight and Friday, with west and north rain turning to snow Friday and highs mainly in the 40s and 50s.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Tom Arnold
Arnold
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