Thanksgiving programs mark Chanute school assemblies and observances
Chanute schools plan various Thanksgiving programs across junior high and high schools with assemblies led by teachers and local clergy. Students at St Patrick’s display posters of gratitude and a seventh grade party is planned. A dog bite incident involving a 5-year-old boy near his home was reported with stitches and the dog tied by the owner.
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Murray Hill
June Hargrove
LaDonna Schultz
Leland Clark
Jackie Turner
Dennis Baker
John Alden
Donald Baughn
Miles Standish
Mike Gerardy
Bill Fargo
Squanto
Patricia Drummond
Alice Wheat
Priscilla Mullens
Tribune
Sam Morford
Martha Finney
Jerry Waldrip
Larry Harri
Royster Junior High School
St. Patrick's
Christian Youth
Alcott School
Broomstick Escapee Found in California
Clyde Reed 29 of Ludlow Kentucky escaped a jail in 1952 by using a broomstick to lift keys and walk out. He was recaptured in Red Bluff California last week after being jailed on two armed robbery indictments.
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Covington
Clyde Reed
Ludlow
Red Bluff
Calif
Thanksgiving Church Services Across the Area
Area churches plan 8:00 a.m. Thanksgiving services led by Rev. Paul Life and Rev. Norman Blosat with choirs and interchurch participation. St Patrick’s Catholic and Christian Science venues hold morning or late services, with open testimonials and a special lesson on Thanksgiving.
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First Christian Church
Paul Life
Chanute Ministerial Alliance
Norman Blosat
Colfax Baptist Church
Christian Church Choir
The
Christian Church
Life
Evangelical United Brethren Church
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Christian Science Churches
Brazil crisis follows failed bid to resume presidency
A fresh political crisis hits Brazil after Joao Cafe Filho’s unsuccessful bid to resume the presidency following a two week leave of absence. The report outlines regional economic woes and shifts in political maneuvering as Brazil grapples with succession.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Joao Cafe Filho
Burglary by Taxicab Charged in Kentucky Case
Joseph R. Hagy 35 of Lebanon was held to the grand jury on a charge of using taxicabs to burglarize a home in Louisville. Police say he told drivers he lived there and was selling the stolen items as he was separated from his wife, including a television set toaster and clock.
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Louisville
Joseph R. Hagy
Lebanon
Experimental corn yields reported from Labette tests
Kansas State College reports Labette County results from 1955 performance tests showing yields above 100 bushels per acre from several experimental hybrids. In contrast drought hindered grain production in Clay Marshall and Sumner counties.
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Manhattan P
Labette County
A. L. Clapp
Fred Piper
Kansas State College Gronomy Department
Clay
Marshall
Sumner
Chanute preps for Thanksgiving holiday observance
Chanute plans a full Thanksgiving break with closures across business, banks, and offices. The post office will offer Sunday service, schools close Wednesday and reopen Monday, and the Tribune will not publish. Families prepare feasts and attend church services while visiting relatives.
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Building and Loan Association
Meeting Tonight On Boys' Club Work
A public meeting for those interested in boys' club work is set for 7 30 tonight in the Kay Hotel dining room. J D Sotis regional director Boys' Clubs of America Chicago will speak and answer questions. He will show a technicolor movie Citizens of Tomorrow narrated by Lowell Thomas. Sotis says the survey shows a need for a boys' club for more than 1000 unserved boys aged 6 to 18.
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Kay Hotel
J. D. Sotis
Boys’ Clubs of America
Chicago
Lowell Thomas
Sotis
Local Football Contest Winners Named by The Tribune
Mrs Martha Mitchem of 221 W Fourth won first in The Tribune football contest for last week and season end. Other winners include Jack Harrold Galesburg Rusty Corbitt Malcolm Bobby L Uden Steuben and Mrs Ivan Snyder Chestnut. Winners receive tickets to the Blue Comet home basketball opener and a Fort Scott meeting on December 16.
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Martha Mitchem
Tribune
Jack Harrold
Galesburg
Rusty Corbitt
Malcolm
Bobby L. Uden
Steuben
Ivan Snyder
Chestnut
Blue Comet
Fort Scott
India approves bill to create government press registrar
New Delhi's Lower House passed a bill to establish a government press registrar with broad powers to collect information on newspaper circulation finances and ownership across India. The proposal aims to strengthen oversight of the press sector and public reporting requirements.
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New Delhi
India
Japan to Manufacture Sabre Jet Bombers in Japan
North American Aviation announces an agreement to manufacture FRAF Sabre Jet fighters in Japan. The item notes a Tribune phone number for obtaining the newspaper and lists a visiting schedule.
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Los Angeles
North American Aviation, Inc
Japan
Edmiston's Relocates to 108 E Main in Old Home Appliance Site
Edmiston's department store moves from 117 E Main to 108 E Main, taking occupancy after lease loss. Bob Carr, manager, says remodeling will begin soon and services remain unchanged. Home Appliance Co moved to 2 E Main. new site slated for early next year.
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E. Main
The
Home Appliance Co
Edmiston's
Department Store
Bob Carr
Edmiston
Carr
Ratner Mulls U.S. Senate Run History
Parsons Kansas former governor Payne Ratner says he is considering a run for the U.S. Senate next year but has not yet decided. Ratner, who served as Kansas governor from 1939 to 1943, spoke on legal business yesterday.
Hatoyama Wins Tokyo Victory and Forms New Coalition
Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama secured a decisive reelection today and formed a new right of center administration by merging the Liberal and Democratic parties. He announced a long-range five point program to guide policy.
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Tokyop
Ichiro Hatoyama
Liberal- Democrats
Eisenhower Cabinet Meets At Camp David For Policy Update
President Eisenhower and Cabinet members met at Camp David in the Catoctin Mountains for a two hour session. Discussions covered Geneva Conference developments and domestic matters with plans for the January State of the Union address. The gathering included aides Kevin McCann Bryce Harlow and Secretary Dulles plus Lodge Jr. and other White House staff. The president later returned to Gettysburg as Son John Eisenhower and family were due for Thanksgiving.
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Hagerty
White House
Camp David
Catoctin
National Security Council
Eisenhower
State Dulles
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U. S
U.N
Congress
Benson
James C. Hagerty
New York Herald Tribune
Milton
Hisenhower
Pay Is Higher Costs Decline In October
Washington reports October living costs unchanged from September while take home pay for the average factory worker rose to a new record. The October take home pay is estimated at 72 dollars for the average worker with three dependents and 64.85 dollars for a single worker, both up more than five dollars from a year ago. The cost index sits at 114.9 percent of the 1947-49 average, meaning a dollar then costs about 1.15 dollars today.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Statistics
Fired Up Stove Fires Back in Louisville Incident
In Louisville a 55 year old man, Leroy Carter, was shot in the leg yesterday when a kitchen stove discharged bullets after bullets from a nearby container fell into the stove. He fired the stove up and the gun went off.
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Louisville
Leroy Carter
Carter
Stewardess Slain on Plane Then Former Suitor Kills Self
In Seattle last night a United Airlines stewardess, Sally Shedd, 25, was shot dead aboard a Los Angeles bound flight by her former boyfriend, Robert Clendenin, 26. A lieutenant restrained the assailant briefly before Clendenin fled the cabin and fatally shot himself.
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Seattle
Air Force
United Air Lines
Sally Shedd
Herman Loesch
Portland
Ore
Clendenin
DCGB
Stout
Norman Stout
Salt Lake City
City Plans Progress on 1956 Improvement Projects
City Manager Ross Cooper outlined next year’s plans for 1956 improvements. Work includes several projects and possible additions, with emphasis on advancing front projects and city progress barring unforeseen complications.
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Ross Cooper
Firemen Busy At Humboldt Fire
Humboldt volunteers responded to a bedroom fire at 812 Cherokee Street caused by bedclothing touching a gas heater. Some furnishings burned, floor damaged, water and smoke caused additional harm. Earlier, fire crews fought a Sunday trash fire at Humboldt Christian church, which spread to a shed and damaged items belonging to Rev. Floyd R. Shively.
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Humboldt — Humboldt
Joseph Heenan
Cherokee Street
Humboldt Christian Church
Floyd R. Shively
Sooner Is Charged Of Wounding Agent In Missouri
Russell Gil bert Cofer, 31, of Oklahoma City, was to be arraigned in Neosho Missouri on a charge of wounding a federal alcohol tax unit officer Sept 23. Gov Raymond Cary signed extradition papers to return him to Missouri. Cofer remained free on a $4,000 bond after his attorney agreed to deliver him to Missouri. Cofer once delivered liquor by bicycle after his license was revoked.
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Neosho
Russell Gilbert Cofer
Oklahoma
Raymond Cary
Cofer
Oklahoma City
Missouri
Change in Draft Rules Defers Most Fathers
Washington based Selective Service spokesman says new craft regulations coming soon will defer most fathers. The order of call will apply to registrants aged 14 to 26 with delinquents and volunteers among the groups outlined, detailing age and parental status.
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Washington
Selective Service
Monarch Cement Plant Thefts Solved by Officers
Allen County officers say they solved a stolen merchandise ring case tied to the Monarch Cement plant thefts from fall and summer. Raymond Slife and Lester Cantrell are jailed in Ida while formal charges are expected. Police note the ring targeted wire, conduit and copper for remodeling projects and a former Sinclair pumping station site.
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Humboldt Allen County
Raymond E. Slife
LaHarpe
Lester G. Cantrell
Humboldt
Ida
Monarch Cement
B. E. Lorance
Monarch
Laurance
Mike Mueller
Ray Emmons
Lloyd Baker
Dick Harbaugh
Sinclair Pipe Line Co
Harris Fegely
Arkansas Gunman Captured in Kentucky
A youthful Arkansas gunman, Benjamin C. Sittons, 19, will be returned to Kentucky to face murder charges after admitting he shot and killed Henderson patrolman Jack Ranier, 24. Sittons was arrested near Jonesboro in a stolen car. accomplice Joe Pearman, 18, was detained at the Henderson bus station. Both youths from Fayetteville, Ark, are charged with murder.
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Henderson
Arkansas
Kentucky
Jonesboro
Ark
Benjamin C. Sittons
Jack Ranier
Ranier
Sittons
Turkish agriculture official visits Butler County beef cattle study
Sukru Sidal, a cattle veterinarian from Gaziantep Turkey, arrives in Butler County for a two week study of beef cattle breeding issues. He stays with the R. O Winter family near Haverhill as he collaborates with local researchers.
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EL Doradop
Turkish Ministry of Agriculture
Butler County
Sukru Sidal
Gaziantep
Turkey
R. O Winter
Haverhill
Duncan pleads guilty to open bottle and DUI in police court
Fred M. Duncan of Oliver Kas Wis area faced police court today after pleading guilty to illegal transportation of an open bottle and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was fined 150 dollars and his driver's license was ordered surrendered for revocation by the State Motor Vehicle Department.
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Fred M. Duncan
Oliver
Kas
Wis
Three Judge Court Seeks Briefs in Pipeline Jurisdiction Case
A three judge federal court in Topeka requests briefs on whether the Kansas Corporation Commission has authority to rule on the proposed sale of two southeast Kansas oil pipelines. Sinclair Pipe Line and Sinclair Crude Oil seek injunctions to stop state interference while Producers Pipeline plans the Eureka Humboldt and Paola Humboldt sale.
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Topekap
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas
Sinclair Pipe Line Co
Sinclair Crude Oil Co
KCC
Atty
Harold R. Fatzer
Producers Pipeline Co
Iola
Eureka-Humboldt
Paola-Humboldt
Sinclair
Eureka- Humboldt
ECC
Tola
U. S
Walter A. Haxman
Mercury Drop Expected Here
A cold front will lower Kansas temperatures by up to 20 degrees tonight and tomorrow. Partly cloudy skies continue through Wednesday with no significant precipitation. Temperatures ranged widely yesterday with highs from 57 to 78 and lows from 34 to 60.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Hill City
Dodge City
Pittsburg
Traffic Fatalities Report From State Accident Records
Topeka reports 1955 fatalities in a 24 hour period with totals showing 501 year to date. The same period in 1954 lists 435 fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
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