Underground Cable Lays Long-Distance Dial Network
A 78 mile underground cable linking Chanute and Pittsburg nears completion as part of a statewide long-distance system. The project will extend to Iola Yates Center and Eureka with Parsons as a hub, enabling dial calls by city code plus numbers.
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Chanute
Pittsburg
Iola
Yates Center
Eureka
Parsons
United States
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Humboldt
Thayer
Kansas
Dennis
Coffeyville
Independence Land
Cherryvale
Diamond Engineering Co
Wichita
Frank A. Shaffer
Southwestern Bell
Shaffer
Topeka
J. Hardin Smith
Smith
Salina
Goodland
Kansas City
Tribune
Kennedy to meet Johnson for transition talks at LBJ Ranch
President elect Kennedy travels to Texas for talks with Vice President elect Lyndon Johnson on power transition from Eisenhower era. They plan to discuss a congressional program and the handover of the administration with Clark Clifford reporting on prior meetings. Kennedy changes Thanksgiving plans to stay in Washington. Mrs Kennedy expects a second child late this month or early December.
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Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy
Johnson
Lbj Ranch
Clark Clifford
Eisenhower
Clifford
Harry S. Truman
Washington
Hyannis Port
Mass
Death of Charles L Woods due to internal injuries
Charles L Woods aged 26 of El Dorado died from internal injuries after his car struck a pier on a Kansas Turnpike overpass on November 10. County coroner Dr. B E White said a pathological exam found the cause to be a ruptured liver. Earlier reports suggested a prior blow may have contributed.
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EL Dorado
Charles L. Woods
B. E. White
White
Woods
Coloradoan Killed In Kansas Accident
An Arvada Colorado man Louis Mills 66 was killed Tuesday night after being struck by a car along Highway 36 near Elwood Kansas. The driver Larry Patrick Cunningham 18 of St Joseph Missouri struck Mills as he walked beside the highway. authorities said Mills died at the scene.
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ST. Joseph
Colo
Elwood
Kas
Louis Mills
Highway Patrol
Larry Patrick Cunningham
Mills
Woman receives new hands after Nantucket crash
Lita Levine of Brooklyn survived the 1958 Nantucket crash in which 24 died. After 37 operations and years of recovery she was awarded a 375000 settlement and now plans to shop for drapes, work again, and learn to use plastic artificial hands with rings and gloves.
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Eileen Lardner
New Bedford Standard-Times
New Bedford
Mass
Lita Levine
Brooklyn
N.Y
Lita
Northeast Airlines
New York
Nantucket Island
Massachusetts
Ina New York
Nathan Levine
Lita l
Boston
Europe
Traffic Fatalities Log From Topeka Sees November Toll
Kansas traffic death log for 24 hours ending 9 am records several fatalities and compares periods from 1959 and 1960. The fragment references Tribune delivery and a phone contact for glove questions, with terse notes about a carrier and after hours call.
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Topeka
Kansas
Fire hoses used against anti integration protest in New Orleans
Police and fire crews clashed with demonstrators in downtown New Orleans as officers tried to disperse a crowd opposing school integration. Water streams were directed at protesters near the Board of Education office while the chants declared rejection of integration.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Board
Fire Department Makes Two Runs
Firefighters were called to 718 S Grant to extinguish a car fire of undetermined origin owned by James Fur nee. The interior of the 1941 model car was gutted in the blaze. A separate run occurred at Burlington garment plant 111 W 3rd where a 24 year old man from Wichita was injured by smoke in a scrap cloth cutting area near the Atlas missile site. Another incident reported a Tuesday night collision west of Wilson with an air-ruptured garment.
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S. Grant
James Furnee
Burlington Salina
Robert 8. Brown Garment Plant
W. 3Rd
Wichita
Kan
Atlas Missile Site
Wilson
Colteriall
C. W. Brennan
Here
Silver Dollar Day Sale Promises Cash Prizes
Tomorrow marks the fifth Silver Dollar Day by Cha nute stores with five cash awards. A top prize of 50 dollars, plus two prizes of 10 and two prizes of 5, will be awarded to shoppers who are present at participating locations when announced at 4 p.m.
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Chanute Retail Stores
Freed Spy Greenglass Leaves Prison After 90 Years
David Greenglass, key witness in the Rosenberg case, is released after serving time for atomic espionage. Escorted by his attorney, he faces hostile crowds as he departs the federal detention facility.
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Greenglass
New York
David Greenglass
Federal House of Detention
O. John Rogge
Lewisburg
Julius Rosenberg
Ethel Rosenberg
Sing Sing
Brooklyn
U. S. Army
Water Plant Open House at New Municipal Plant
City Manager R. J. Hayes announced an open house Sunday for public inspection of the new municipal water plant. Tours will run from 1 to 5 p.m. plant personnel will conduct tours and refreshments will be served. The plant is at 9th and Katy.
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R. J. Hayes
9Th
Katy
Winston Churchill Breaks Bone in Back
London AP reports Sir Winston Churchill, age 85, broke a bone in his back in a fall at his home. A household spokesman said he will remain in bed for a little time as he recovers.
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London
Winston Churchill
Man Held Here After Break-ins
Bennie Vance, 20, of 1017 N Steuben, held in city jail as a suspect in break ins or attempted break ins at four Chanute businesses overnight. Police report he confessed after lead from Officers Record and Fullerton sighting him fleeing Barker's Dairy Bar. Losses listed: Caldwell Furniture $5.77 and Rubow's Market $3 to $4. Farm Service Store window raised but no entry.
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Bennie Vance
N. Steuben
Chanute
Vance
Charles Record
Robert Fullerton
Barker's Dairy Bar
Island Santa Fe
Caldwell Furniture
S. Santa Fe
Ruben’s Market
Caldwell's
Robbery at Topeka Western Union Office After Brief Visit
A night clerk at the Topeka Western Union telegraph office was robbed by a man who chatted for about 30 minutes before pulling a revolver and taking between 700 and 1000 dollars from a safe. The suspect, described as a about 30 year old Black man, claimed he was awaiting a money order from relatives.
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Topeka
Three Vehicle Crash on Evergreen Damages Cars
A three vehicle crash near 5th on Evergreen yesterday noon caused minor damage to a 1958 Chevrolet driven by Chester Bowman 17 and a 1949 Ford driven by Peggy Ostrander 16. Ramsey 22 owned a 1954 Mercury with lesser damage. No injuries reported and police investigated.
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Evergreen
Peggy Ostrander
Chester Bowman
Ostrander
E. J. Ramsey
S. Grant
Newton Man Killed In Highway Crash Near Newton
Florentino Romero, 31, a coach cleaner for the Santa Fe Railway, died in a car truck collision three miles south of Newton on U S 81.
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Newton
U.S. 81
Florentino Romero
Santa Fe Railway
Judgment case goes to jury in insurance dispute
Hudson v Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co hinges on $3,000 wind storm damage claim from June 1958 with insurers arguing noncoverage and excessive amount. Separate docket items include dismissed forcible rape charges against three Chanute youths and a reduced assault charge for Bill Riley, with Erie sitting and a trial for Robert Wiggans versus William Feeler continued pending a state supreme court appeal.
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C. Hudson
Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co
Hudson
Insurance Company
Bill Riley
Jackie Gill
Kenneth Cushman
Riley
B. M. Dunham
Erie
Robert Wiggans
William Roy Feeler
State Supreme Court
District Court
Weather notes and rainfall totals across Kansas
A cold front moved through Kansas Tuesday bringing colder air and clear skies statewide. Southeast Kansas saw heavy rains up to 2.20 inches at Coffeyville, with several locations exceeding an inch. Overnight lows dipped to 20 in western Kansas. Pittsburg reached 42. Rain totals included Independence 1.06, Cherryvale 1.18, Altamont 1.24, McCune 1.49, Pittsburg 1.20, Walnut 0.93, Ft. Scott 0.73 inches. Forecast calls for fair conditions today through Thursday with a nightly low near 30 and highs in the 60s Thursday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Coffeyville
Goodland
Pittsburg
Independence
Cherryvale
Altamont
McCune
Walnut
Ft. Scott
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Harry Gold
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Young Communist League
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Bob Frederick
Jim Rickerson
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Robert Bright
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Ray Carder
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