Christmas cheer and court signs draw Chanute crowd
Signs to place a Reno above the district court door spur talk of divorces as eight of ten cases involve divorce. Santa Claus will visit Chanute Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Memorial Building with firefighters assisting and candy for children as Christmas lights glow. Merchants report ample gifts from toys to appliances and home goods for all ages and budgets.
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Memorial Building
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Handy Man
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Nineyearold Hero Saves Six Siblings in Chicago Heights Fire
In Chicago Heights Illinois a 9 year old boy Joe Bradley Jr. rescued six of his brothers and sisters from a house fire carrying and guiding children aged from 2 months to 8 years to safety. A baby sister Denise 15 months died in the blaze. The family is Negro and the parents were away.
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Police
Ezell Irons
Chicago
Joe Bradley Jr
Denise
Missing Man William Hill’s Body Found Near Peculiar Missouri
The body of 32 year old William Allen Hill, a Raytown car dealer missing since Wednesday, was found near Peculiar Missouri with a back head wound. He had arranged a meeting at the Grandview Air Force Base entrance and did not appear. Hill recently bought a used car lot in Kansas City and was believed to carry 300 dollars. He is survived by his wife and two children.
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Raytown
Grandview Air Force Base
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U.S
Patchy Snow and Rain Span Nation as Cold Front Pushes South
The Associated Press reports frigid Canadian air blankets the northern U S with light snowfall in Minnesota and the upper Great Lakes. Rain stretches from east Texas to the western Carolinas and Tennessee, while freezing temperatures dip to 14 below in Bismarck. South of the cold front, temperatures stay mild across the South.
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Land Acquisition Starts for Toronto Reservoir Project
Tulsa officials announce the Toronto Verdigris River reservoir project begins. About 5500 acres west of Toronto between the dam and the Missouri Pacific line will be acquired within seven to eight months, with railroad right of way expected by June 1956. An appraisal staff is studying the area as negotiations with landowners proceed.
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Stanley G. Reiff
Corps of Engineers
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Corps of Engineers Real Estate Division
Toronto Reservoir
Kremlin aides study Russian aid for subcontinent
In New Delhi the Kremlin’s aides discuss potential promised Russian technical and economic aid to India while Soviet leaders tour the country. In Washington Senator Kefauver blasts the Dixon Yates contract as proof of private power lobbies’ selfish interests and vows continued Senate probes. In New York the UN General Assembly drops Algeria from its 1955 agenda allowing France to end its two month boycott.
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Eisenhower
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U.N
Train Derailment Near Wamsutter Delays Union Pacific Line
An eastbound Union Pacific freight train derailed three miles west of Wamsutter Wyoming. Twenty three cars left the track, tying up the main line and delaying traffic. No injuries reported and the cause remained undetermined.
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Wyo
Union Pacific
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Hope Will End 30 Year Career As Congressman
GARDEN CITY Rep. Clif ford R. Hope a 30 year veteran of Congress announced he would not seek another term. He said the decision ends a long relationship with over 300000 district residents and plans to return to Garden City to practice law with his son. He ruled out any future political office. In Topeka observers expect contests among Republicans and Democrats in the 5th District and possible implications for Gov. Fred Hall’s gubernatorial race with several lawmakers named as potential rivals.
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Fred Hall
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Kingman
Marvin Cox
Howard Bentley
Kinsley
Jay Berryman
Ashland
Will Townsley
Great Bend
William Ferguson
Kansas Traffic Fatalities in 48 Hours 1955 Update
State accident records show 4 fatalities in the last 48 hours, bringing the year total to 506. For the same period in 1954, fatalities were 539.
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Topeka
Kansas
Thayer Woman Wins Tribune Little Tinker Contest
Mrs Eugene Riggle of Thayer wins 315 305 dollars plus a 10 dollar Tribune subscriber bonus for correct entry in the Little Tinker puzzle contest. The feature is discontinued after 30 weeks and nearly 90 000 entries. Riggle submitted about 500 entries with help from her husband on facsimiles, spending over 40 hours.
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Pros and Cons of New Keyboard for Typists and Teachers
The article reports on a Kansas forecast with a weather forecast and a survey of typists and teachers about a proposed standards keyboard change. It quotes William T. Warren Bernice Akers Nancy Jones Frances Tiegreen Ruth Shannon and others on efficiency and adaptation implications. A government experiment will test old versus new keyboards starting January with 24 select typists.
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Arrests by Hungary provoke Yugoslav concern
A Yugoslav government spokesman said recent arrests of Yugoslavs in Hungary provoked consternation. Branko Draskovic, foreign office information chief, called the arrests contrary to normalization policy with Hungary. Belgrade press reports noted Yugoslavs with Hungarian citizenship among those arrested, including World War II resisters.
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Branko Draskovic
Foreign Office
Roy McCune Hospitalized After Stroke Ailment
Roy McCune father of Vernon W. McCune was taken to Neosho Memorial Hospital this morning after an apparently minor stroke. The physician said condition is satisfactory but effects of the illness cannot be fully determined yet. The elder McCune is a retired clothing merchant.
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Vernon W. McCune
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Car Tag Sales Start Jan 3 In Erie Neosho County
County Treasurer Don Harding announced that 1956 license plates for dealer vehicles and private autos trucks motorcycles radio cars and trailers begin January 3. Applications start December 1 and are sent to Topeka for processing with about 50 dealer applications in the county. Tags will be white with black lettering and issued on a first come first served basis with no reserved numbers.
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Erie
Neosho County
Don Hardring
Harding
Topeka
Woman Found Dead After Years in Poverty in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia, Miss Katharine Weisler, aged 83, long impoverished in a south side room lit by an oil lamp, was found dead after relatives brought a Thanksgiving chicken. A later police search uncovered more than 65 000 dollars in cash securities and bank deposits.
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Philadelphia
Katherine Weisler
Safety Plan For Every Day Is S D Day
Chicago notes the nationwide S D Day set by Eisenhower's Traffic Safety committee for December 1 to test pleas and campaigns for safe driving. The AP will track fatalities during a 24 hour period, with a 1954 comparison showing 51 deaths on the first observance in 1954 and 57 on November 17 of an unspecified year.
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Eisenhower
Committee For Traffic Safety
Associated Press
Coffeyville Youth Injured in Accident
Lonny B. Barry aged 21 of Coffeyville Rt. 3 remained in serious condition in a Dorado hospital after exposure and injuries from a wreck on Highway 196. His car left the road 11 miles northwest of El Dorado, struck a bridge end, rolled down an embankment, and he was thrown clear. Harold Balzer of Whitewater found him unconscious and assisted him to the hospital.
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Lonny B. Barry
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Coffeyville
Fl Dorado Hospital
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el Dorado
Harold Balzer
Whitewater
Parked Car Damaged in Hit-and-Run at Main and Central
A parked car owned by Ivan Le Rue at 1404 S Evergreen received about 100 dollars in damage when struck by a hit-and-run vehicle at Main and Central Thursday evening. Police hold James McWherter of Toronto for questioning, and a Toronto license plate matches the suspect car. A headlight rim was found at the scene.
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Main
James McWherter
Toronto
Yates Center
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