Snow Flurry Winds Diminish With Little Accumulation
A brisk north wind swept through Chanute bringing a light snow flurry with no measurable accumulation. Temperatures fell to 31 from 38, with the 1 pm wind hitting 35 mph. Forecasters expect the storm to end today as a fast-moving cold front clears the state and temps drop tonight.
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Chanute
CAA
Associated Press
Topeka
Salina
Emporia
Wichita
Russell
Dodge City
Garden City
Richard Garrett
Kansas
Lawrence
Manhattan
Goodland
Porecast
Cowboys Jailed After Disturbance At Denver Hotel
Wyoming football coach Bob Devaney and players Larry Zowada and Paul Muratore were jailed by Denver police after a disturbance at Shirley Savoy Hotel following a loss to Denver. Assistant coach Michael Corgan was charged with multiple offenses after a fight with a hotel guest.
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Denver
Bob Devaney
Wyoming
Shirley Savoy Hotel
Tom Butler
Zanada
Muratore
Devaney
Joseph Holeman
Holeman
Corgan
Butler
Martinac
Mt Etna Erupts Again on Sicily
Catania scientists report Etna, Europe's most active volcano, erupting with explosions about every ten minutes. No immediate danger noted as ashes fall into the crater and lava tongues advance about 1000 feet down the northeast slope.
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Catania
Sicily
Eitna
Zafterana
Europe
Emmons Appeal Over Parsons Land Appraisal
Bruce W. and Gladys Emmons appeal a 20 800 appraisal in district court over 160 acres in Parsons land condemnation. They seek adjustment to valuation as land would join a proposed city of Parsons reservoir project.
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ERIE
Bruce W
Gladys Emmons
Parsons Land
Emmons
Parsons
Early Mamie Returns from Visit to Farm
Mrs. Eisenhower plans to be in Washington by next Wednesday two luncheon dates are announced one on Wednesday and another on Thursday. The White House says they still stand. She will return from Gettysburg by Wednesday even if the President remains to convalesce. No definite word on length of stay. Mamie Eisenhower has luncheon with Walter Reed Officers Wives Club Wednesday and will be guest of honor at the Naval Officers Wives Club benefit Thursday.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Gettysburg
Walter Reed Officers Wives Club
Naval Officers Wives Club
Hagerty
Howard M. Snyder
Knife Lost Thirty Years Reappears For Denver Man
Lonnie L. Shepherd, a Denver Linotype operator, received back the pearl-handled pocket knife he lost in Boulder when he was 10. The engraved knife bearing L. Shepherd on the handle was mailed to his Denver home yesterday with no return address.
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Denver
Lonnie L. Shepherd
Boulder
Colo
L. Shepherd
Shepherd
Fire Devastates Cuban Sugar Cane Fields Amid Rebel Claims
Firefighters battled widespread fires in sugar cane fields across southeast Cuba last night. Rebels reportedly set the blazes to damage the crop and pressure the government, raising concerns over economic consequences.
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Havana
Cuba
1 000 Fewer Traffic Deaths 1957 Estimate
The National Safety Council estimates 1957 highway deaths may total about 38,600, down from 39,628 in 1956. Ten months show 31,350 deaths, 800 less than 1956, with 5.6 deaths per 100 million miles. Some states report improved traffic records and several cities posted perfect records in October.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Montana
Idaho
Richmond
Jacksonville
Fla
Salt Lake City
Utah
Lynn
Mass
Rock Island
Ill
Ann Arbor
Mich
Car Goes Into River Killing Mother and Four Children
Mrs Charles Woods 26 and her four children Betty 6 Bruce 4 James and John 3 died when their car plunged into the Yellowstone River near Livingston Montana while en route to Thanksgiving dinner at the L W Swanson ranch. The husband Charles Woods 28 left to seek work in Luther Mont and was not in the car. The family resided in Big Timber Mont.
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Livingston, Mont
Charles Woods
Yellowstone
Woods
Livingston Sheriff's Office
Luther, Mont
Betty
Bruce
James
John
L. W. Swanson
Here
The
Big Timber
Mont
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka 1957 vs 1956
State Accident Records lists Topeka fatalities in the last 48 hours and year to date. For 1957 the counts are 502 to date and for 1956 the figures are 606 in the same period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kefauver warns of worsening U S missile status
Sen Kefauver says three days of missiles and satellite testimony show the United States behind Russia in key science and military fields. He urges more funding and focus to catch up, noting a troubling CIA briefing on Soviet sub missile capability and potential threat to the East Coast.
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Washington
Kefauver
D-Tenn
U. S
Senate
Defense
Russia
The
Tennesseean
Subcommittee
Allen Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Forbes Airman Faces Seven-Year Hard Labor Term
At Forbes Air Force Base enlisted man A J C John Taylor 24 of Augusta Arkansas faces seven years hard labor after a general court martial found him guilty of assault with intent to commit murder in the barracks shooting of SSgt George R Megirr Clementon New Jersey also 24 who was wounded five times but has recovered Taylor stood in the doorway to Megirr’s room when the rifle discharged and was said to be angered by barracks cleaning details He will be confined to base stockade pending sentence review.
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Topeka
Forbes Air Force Base
A.J.C. John Taylor
Augusta
Ark
George R. Megirr
Clementon
N.J
Megirr
Taylor
Cash Bond Missing From Ambler Home
Police investigate theft at George Ambler’s residence 1211 N Washington after a window entry at 10 54 p m. About $200 in mixed bills and a $50 savings bond were taken. Only one room was disturbed and a cigar box possibly holding prints is being checked.
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George Ambler
Washington
Ambler
Spoksman
Tiny U S Moon Satellite Visible Plan Still Hidden
A small test satellite for a December launch will not be naked-eye visible but its five foot long third stage rocket will be seen. The Vanguard vehicle includes a 6.4 inch four pound sphere mounted on the rocket with a 12 to 15 inch nose and four support rods. After ascent the nose cone drops revealing the satellite as the stage spins toward orbit.
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Baltimore
United States
Vanguard
Martin Co
Senior High Girls Drum Corps Plans Florida Trip
The Senior High girls drum corps was confirmed to perform at the Holiday Bowl in St. Petersburg Florida on December 21. Fundraising includes a porchlight drive Tuesday at 6:30 pm sponsored by Lions Kiwanis and the Chamber of Commerce plus alumnae. They aim for at least $3 000 with about 35 girls traveling. Current funds total $659 with $450 from a recent sloppy joe supper and additional candy sales and individual contributions. The bowl committee will not fund expenses.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
Lions, Kiwanis
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Helen Anderson
Anderson
Florida
Pittsburg State College
Hillsdale College of Michigan
CBS
Chanute
Pittsburg
Kansas
Little Rock
Ark
Pittsburgh
Gorillas
Hillsdale
Stewart Field
Drum Corps
Phyllis Carder
Susan Greve
Nancy Willcott
Tribune
Texas Mother In Long Walk After Promise
Mrs Manuela R Carreon 46 of Texas City continues a 387 mile pilgrimage on foot from Galveston toward Mission de San Juan after her son Alfonso Jr 27 was found innocent of murder in a tavern knife case She walks in chilly weather and plans to rest each night extending the journey toward Angleton with support from Dixie Eyestone visiting Wichita mother Vesta Eyestone.
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Alvin
Tex
Manuela R. Carreon
Texas
Angleton
Alfonso Carreon Jr
Dixie Eyestone
Wichita
Vesta Eyestone
N. Forest
Turnpike Crash Fatal for Wichita Youth
An 18 year old Wichita youth, Victor Manuel Castro, was killed in a one car turnpike crash nine miles southwest of the Emporia interchange. Three companions, Byron Lee Perkins 17, Benton E Swart Jr 20, and Adolphus Cammack 18, all of Wichita, were injured.
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Emporia W
Wichita
Kansas Turnpike
Emporia
Victor Manuel Castro
Byron Lee Perkins
Benton E. Swart Jr
Adolphus Cammack
Tribune Delivery Help Line Instructions
If you do not receive your Tribune call your carrier and, if he cannot be reached, call 700 after 6 p.m. This notice directs readers to contact the carrier for missing newspapers and provides a specific phone number and time.
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Tribune
Emergency farm loan extensions set for southeast Kansas
Emergency loans may be extended in Neosho Wilson and five other southeast Kansas counties in 1958 due to heavy spring rains and dry periods. Myron V. George announced loans via Farmers Home Administration offices, with terms up to one year at 3 percent interest. Applications require farming background plans debts and are reviewed by a county committee before approval.
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Washington
Neosho
Wilson
Kansas
Myron V. George
George
Farmers ‘Home Administration
Cherokee
Crawford
Labette
Montgomery
Erie
Neosho County
Jeane Orton
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Russell Page
Durward Hines
Glen Hanson
Chanute
Missing Emporian Found in Florida
Emporia insurance man T. Bradford, 50, missing since November 13, was located in Miami, Florida. He told his daughter in Emporia that he was struck on the head and robbed in Topeka the night of his disappearance, then woke on a bus toward Jacksonville after his car was found in Kansas City on November 22.
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Emporia
T. Bradford
Miami
Fla
C. V. Carle
Bradford
Topeka
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Merchants Set Dates For Evening Shopping
Les Matthews of the Chamber of Commerce announced late shopping dates after a Retail Committee meeting. A 5 p.m. closing on December 24 was agreed, with no uniform hours yet set for other days. Floyd Naff serves as executive chairman of the committee.
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Dee
Les Matthews
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Floyd Naff
Ike Visits Farm After Busy Day Thanksgiving
President Eisenhower traveled by car from Washington to his Gettysburg area farm for a quiet weekend and continued recovery from a mild stroke. White House says doctors approve the trip and expect at least a weekend stay while Cabinet and congressional briefings unfold.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Washington
Pennsylvania
White House
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhowers
Secret Service
Howard M. Snyder
Rocket's Fall Is Due Sunday
The Smithsonian predicts the last stage of Sputnik will plunge to Earth likely on Sunday December 1 during three sweeps across the United States. At dawn the rocket will pass near New York and Boston then move across the Midwest toward Kansas City and exit over northern Michigan.
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Cambridge
Mass
Satellit
Sputnik
Russia
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Fred L. Whipple
Observatory
Earth
United States
Smithsonian
Florida
Maine
New York
Boston
Nation
Texas
Midwest
Kansas City
Michigan
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