Cranberries Reach Midwest Stores Amid Health Scare
Chanute area grocers report no local cranberries from affected northwest states. Some stores pull all cranberry products as a precaution while others source from Massachusetts and Wisconsin. Health officials urge avoidance until more data. Massachusetts agent says eat cranberries now.
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Ithe Fadler Produce Company
Pittsburg
Thomas Fruit ‘Company
Joplin
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Unusual Collections and Local Mischief at Chanute Tribune
The column notes Mrs. E. R. Cheek does not keep live skunks, only a stuffed one named Petunia. It also mentions Mrs. Clark’s pair of skinks and lists other basement animals. It recalls a Chanute housewife missing bread after a long trip and a Lions Club sale raising about 160 dollars from 650 dollars in products.
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Nature House
E. R. Cheek
W. 2Nd
Chanute Lions Club
Roy Smith
Kansas Institute of the Blind
Wichita
Lions Club
Smith
Hamilton Found Guilty in Chanute Break-In Case
John Hamilton of Chanute was found guilty of second degree burglary and larceny for a January 1958 pecan theft at Neosho Valley Cooperative Creamery. Sentencing was deferred. attorney Kenneth Foust will seek a new trial. Rex Hamilton was later found guilty. John Byers was not tried.
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Erie
John Hamilton
Chanute
Hamilton
Kenneth Foust
Iola
Neosho Valley
Rex
John Byers
Byers
Rex Hamilton
Kansan Traffic Fatalities Reported for 24 Hours
Topeka reports state accident records show 487 fatalities in the year to date for 1959, compared with 485 for the comparable period in 1956, with figures issued by the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
Cranberries Targeted as Officials Probe Weed-Killer Contamination
Washington and Oregon cranberry shipments were tested by 100 inspectors and 60 chemists for aminotriazole contamination after a scare sparked by Health Secretary Flemming. Mass. growers could lose half the crop while chains removed products nationwide amid the panic.
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Washington
Oregon
Arthur S. Flemming
Health, Education and Welfare
Ambrose E. Stevens
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc
New York
Flemming
Ocean Spray
C. P. Olsson
Boston
Carleton I. Pickett
Massachusetts Farm Bureau
Eisenhower
Washington State
San Francisco
British Columbia
First National
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Three Boys Start Fire Damages Chicken House
Police said three boys caused a fire at C. O. Bowman’s chicken house in the 100 block on Gretchen Monday. They used matches from a filling station and pages from a magazine, then covered the blaze with dirt and left. Firemen reported minor damage.
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C. O. Bowman
Gretchen
Low Bid Set for Osawatomie Hospital Project
Apparent low bids totaling 2 017 722 were opened for a patient treatment unit at Osawatomie State Hospital. Constants Construction Co from Lawrence led the general work with 1 170 975, utilities 72 632, and sewer work 22 630, with Hill Electric Co of Wichita at 163 397 and Paragon Plumbing and Heating Co of Kansas City at 501 668 for plumbing and electrical tasks. The package also lists Beadwall Electric Corp of St Joseph Mo 27 270 and Beck Baer of Topeka 59 200 for mechanical work, for a complex one story brick facility and a split level maximum security building.
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Topeka
Osawatomie State Hospital
Constant Construction Co
Lawrence
General Construction
Hill Electric Co
Wichita
Paragon Plumbing and Heating Co
Kansas City
Beadwall Electric Corp
St. Joseph
Beck-Baer
Piano fits in bathroom after wall demolition
The Manuel Perez family of Parsons Kansas cannot move a piano out of their bathroom after remodeling. The piano was hidden by wallboards during work and proved too large to pass through the door once boards were replaced. Some boards must be removed to free it.
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Parsons, Kas
Manuel Perez
Parsons
Trio Charged With Theft in Pecans Case
Erie youths Ed ward Yonkers Carmen Cooley and Jerry Suits face charges of breaking into a warehouse and stealing 500 to 600 pounds of pecans belonging to Charles Norris. They are held on $2,000 bond each with a preliminary hearing set for Nov 20. Pecans were traced to other markets including Chanute where dealers pay 28 to 30 cents a pound.
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Erie
Pewcek
Jerry Sloan Salt Tetay
Sloan
Edward Yonkers
Carmen Cooley
Jerry Suits
Justice of the Peace Court
Charles Norris
Sloane
Chanute
Four Die in Tucker House Fire Over Weekend Tragedy
Four people burned to death in a Tucker Arkansas house fire early today. Victims include Ora Lee Robinson 25 Susan Hargraves 65 Milwaukee visitor and Mrs Robinsons two children Frank one and Beverly Lynn three months. Luke Robinson severely burned. This followed three similar Arkansas fires since Sunday morning with four fatalities each.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Tucker
Arkansas
Susan Hargraves
Milwaukee
Wis
Ora Lee Robinson
Markets Open Today on Veteran's Day in New York
Major financial and commodity markets opened as usual on Veteran's Day. The New York Stock Exchange American Stock Exchange and Midwest Stock Exchange operated normally.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Midwest Stock Exchange
Neosho WWI Dead Honored in Dedication Ceremony
Several hundred spectators lined Main Street for the Veterans Day parade in Neosho as about 50 attended the dedication of a plaque honoring World War I dead at the Memorial Building. Hugo Wedell spoke, noting memory, freedom, and the Legion's role in the building's creation.
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Main
Chanute American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Chanute National Guard
Chanute Senior High School
Royster Junior High School
Hugo Wedell
Wichita
Kansas Supreme Court
Chanute
Neosho County
Legion
Wedell
Fred Johnson
William Hunt
Presbyterian Church
Ralph W. Akers
Forrest Allen
Harry Boerstler
Arthur L. Boerstler
Charles E. Burdick
Walter Burton
Ralph R. Chambers
Emmett M. Collins
James G. Daley
Harry Downing
Joseph E. Fair Ihild
Charles Frye
James R. Gough
Henry J. Hall
Mark FE. Heller
George L. Hendricks
Homer M. Johnson
Walter C. Martin
Cecil J. Meeker
George C. Munday
Frederick K. Nantz
Joseph R. Norris
Carl Post
Clennie B. Price
Cecil A. Rowan
Everett Rush
Paul R. Russell
Ora Allen ‘Sharp
William J. Sheler
Charles M. Stipp
Frank T. Trent
Dave B. ‘Watkins
Ralph D. Yates
Bill Dever
Tribune
Veterans Day Observances Honor War Veterans and Warn of Communist Influence
The nation paid tribute at Arlington and across cities with wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknowns and multiple parades as Gen. Albert Wedemeyer warned that freedom could fade if ignored. Millions of veterans from Civil War to Korean War were honored, with ceremonies under a rotating American Legion-led schedule and federal worker holidays.
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Associated Press
Albert Wedemeyer
Arlington National Cemetery
Wedemeyer
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Army
Washington
American Legion
Amvets
Chicago
Army Navy Legion
Philadelphia
Disabled Veterans
Dodge City
Kan
Marine Corps League
Harrisburg
Veterans For Foreign Wars
Birmingham
Ala
New York
Fifth Avenue
Eternal Light
Madison Square
Veterans Monument
Union Square
Brooklyn
Farm Bureau Elects District Directors in Kansas
The Kansas Farm Bureau elected district directors at its annual meeting. New directors include John J Armstrong Muscotah William Sailors Erie Joe Jagger Minneapolis Leonard Sherer Mullinville and Leonard Weddle Bloom. Walter Hand Mulvane fills the remaining year of the former eighth district term. Mrs Harold Jones Hamlin re elected as vice chairwoman of Farm Bureau Women. Two year terms went to Harold Wingert Wellsville Melvin Newkirk Hartford Ralph Rolfs Lorraine Perry Counter Oberlin and Audrey Dyer Clearwater.
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Wichita
John Junior Armstrong
Muscotah
William A. Sailors
Erie
Joe Jagger
Minneapolis
Leonard K. Sherer
Mullinville
Leonard Weddle
Bloom
Kansas Farm Bureau
Walter Hand
Mulvane
Eighth District
Harold Jones
Hamlin
Farm Bureau Women
Harold Wingert
Wellsville
Melvin Newkirk
Hartford
Ralph Rolfs
Lorraine
Perry Counter
Oberlin
Audrey Dyer
Clearwater
Brit teacher and wife end dream with tragedy in America
James Ellis 48 arrived in the United States last August under a Fulbright exchange to teach in suburbs of Lima. He and Edith, Miss Britain 1939, returned to Britain after Ellis died from a malignant brain tumor found during surgery at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital.
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Philadelphia
James Ellis
United States
Lima
Edith
Great Britain
Ellis
University of Pennsylvania Hospital
America
Britain
Jim
States
Steel Industry Mills Humming With Activity
Steel mills across the United States resumed production after a court end to the 116 day nationwide strike. More than half of the 500,000 basic industry workers are back, with full recovery expected within weeks. Major firms report rising capacity while other sectors suffer delayed restaffing, and government action resumes as President Eisenhower reconvenes the steel dispute inquiry board.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Steel Corp
Jones & Laughlin Steel
Washington
Eisenhower
U. S. Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
Private Plane Crashes Near Madill Killing Four
A private plane en route from Missouri to Texas crashed in a Madill Oklahoma pasture Tuesday night killing all four occupants. The victims from Mesa Aziz were identified as Rivers G Scarborough 40 Mrs R G Scarborough 41 Richard E Scarborough 41 and Patricia Anderson Scarborough 35. Col J Orville Ladd of the Civil Air Patrol said two cousins and their wives were aboard. Wreckage was scattered over a wide area and a hole two feet deep and six feet wide was made in the pasture by the engine and a wing.
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Madill
Okla
Missouri
Texas
Here
Mesa
Aziz
Highway Patrol
Rivers G. Scarborough
R. G. Scarborough
Richard E. Scarborough
Patricia Anderson Scarborough
Col
J. Orville Ladd
Civil Air Patrol of
North Carolina
Sedalia
Abilene
Tex
H. B. Williams
Henry Harris
City workers study first aid through Red Cross classes
Two Red Cross first aid and safety courses are under way for about 50 city employees. Classes meet weekly for five weeks in the Memorial building with the city contributing one hour of class time and Johnson Studio providing the other. One class met yesterday and will meet Tuesdays. the second starts Friday and then Wednesdays.
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Red Cross
R. J. Hayes
Hayes
Memorial Building
Johnson
E. Main
Leonard E. Johnson
Neodesha
Doyle McKinney
Cold Front Drops Kansas Temperatures
The Topeka dispatch reports a fast moving cold front across Kansas bringing sharp temperature drops, mostly above freezing, with light snow or drizzle in the northwest. Lows ranged from 31 to 41 and highs from 63 to 72, with further cooling overnight and Thursday.
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Topeka
Kansas State
Goodland
Garden City
Pittsburg
Richard Garrett
Olathe Scout Leader J Arthur Robinson Dies
J Arthur Robinson 73 of Olathe, a longtime insurance and real estate man and past president of the Kaw Council Boy Scouts of America, died Tuesday.
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Olathe
Kas
J. Arthur Robinson
Olathe Insurance and
Kaw Council of the
Boy Scouts of America
Injuries Fatal To Atchison Bay Girl
Lorraine Falk, 13, died in a Kansas City Kansas hospital from injuries in a Saturday traffic crash. She rode in a farm wagon pulled by a tractor when struck by a car on U S 73. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Falk and is survived by brothers Kenneth 19 and Charles Jr Ft Dix New Jersey.
Progress in Atomic Detection Talks Near Agreement
United States Britain and the Soviet Union reported substantial progress toward a new scientific study of detecting underground nuclear tests. The three chief delegates in the year old test ban talks spoke with optimism about reaching a compromise.
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Geneva
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
South Korea Proposed as Major Missile Base by Rhee
President Syngman Rhee announced in AP responses that South Korea should become a major missile base to counter a grave Soviet submarine threat. He warned that the Soviets may be firing ICBMs into the Pacific and that war could come if communists gain military superiority.
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Tokyo
Syngman Rhee
Ito
South Korea
Saia
Pacific
Rhee
Associated Press
Wamego Banker Abe Giltner Dies at 85
Abe Giltner, 85, president of the First National Bank of Wamego, died Tuesday after suffering a stroke two weeks earlier. He led the bank for years and was a notable local figure in Wamego Kansas.
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Wamego
Kas
Abe Giltner
First National Bank of
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