Flooding in Joplin Area After Eight Inches of Rain
Torrential rain in southwest Missouri triggered flash floods forcing hundreds from homes. Seneca suffered seven feet of water. water mains failed and the city lost its supply. National Guard Red Cross and Civil Defense aided relief efforts as multiple towns reported evacuations and road closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joplin
Missouri
Seneca
Lost Creek
Little Lost Creek
National Guard
Red Cross
Civil Defense
Miami
Okla
Stotts City
Missouri 43
Carthage
Sarcoxie
U. S. 166
Jenkins Creek
Fenton Skelton
Debbie
Hornet
Walter Fanning
Peoria
Neosho
McCord Street
Diamond
First Christian Church
Virgil Stephens
Oklahoma Floods Force Mass Evacuations Across State
Rains that pounded Oklahoma for four days eased Friday night as floodwaters began to subside in many areas. Stillwater and Guthrie saw extensive damage with about 1,000 evacuees in shelters while Skiatook remained isolated. The Arkansas River at Tulsa was forecast to crest above flood stage. four fatalities from traffic accidents were linked to the deluge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Stillwater
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Skiatook
Weather Bureau
North Central
W. C. Ward
Cottonwood Creek
Tulsa
Arkansas River
Pete Eaton
Biblesta Parade Plans Progress At Humboldt
Humboldt set for 2:30 Saturday with 32 floats in the second annual Biblesta parade, ten more than last year. Prizes total 100 dollars with 25 for first place and 5 for honorable mentions. Activities include Sen Frank Carlson talk at 4 10 and a 7 30Musical program in the square.
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Humboldt
Arthur Carlson
Zacheus
BYF
Trinity Baptist Church
Carpenter Boy
JayCee Jaynes
Zion Lutheran Church
Frank Carlson
Gerald McCall
Humboldt Chamber of Commerce
Robert A. Finney
Carlson
Virgil Hale
Kansas State College
Pittsburg
Chanute
George
Traffic fatalities rise in 24 hour period in Topeka
Kansas traffic fatalities for the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. show 431 for the year to date 1959, up from 411 in the comparable period of 1958. An open installation of officers of the Order of The Rainbow for Girls will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Masonic Temple, with the public invited.
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Topeka
Kansas
The
Order of the Rainbow
Masonic Temple
River floods rise as rains persist across the region
Heavy rains push Neosho River toward 15 feet above normal with flood stage at 20 feet. Chanute records 3.27 inches in 24 hours, rainfall widespread though tapering. temperatures cool with scattered showers through Sunday and 60s Sunday. Major rivers rise but no widespread floods expected barring more rain. Local highs range from 45 to 71, lows from 32 to 54.
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Chanute
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Topeka
North Central
Oxford
Dexter
Augusta
le Roy
Valley Falls
Goodland
Pittsburg
Wichitan Shoots Self After Quarrel
Lloyd L. Barton, 39, a salesman, shot himself in the head after a quarrel with Dorothy M. Geske, 37, a divorcee, as minister and two police intervened. Barton was reported in critical condition at a hospital following the incident at Geske’s apartment.
Ex-Convict Admits Theft of Cattle
Ex-convict Jerry Castleberry 47 of Irving Texas admitted stealing 52 head of cattle in Kansas and Iowa. He signed a confession in Springfield Missouri and was taken to Chanute Kansas for arraignment after being arrested for selling four cattle at a safe barn. The cattle were stolen at Ottumwa Iowa and Castleberry said he received more than 6000 dollars.
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Springfield
Kansas
Iowa
Jerry Castleberry
Irving
Tex
Chanute
Kan
Castleberry
Ottumwa
Lydia W. Harper
Oklahoma City
Wealthy cattleman robbed of $300 in Plains Kansas
Keith Rosson, a wealthy cattle feeder with extensive Plains holdings and property in Colorado, was robbed by two armed men who forced their way into his home, tied his wife, and forced him to open the safe. The culprits escaped with $300 to $400, a ruby ring, a .32 revolver, and a crowbar, wearing stockings over their faces.
Jewelry salesman pursued by jewel thieves foiled in Detroit
Detroit police and FBI nabbed three men from Detroit and Miami after they trailed Cleveland jeweler Frank V Gentile with a $50 000 jewelry sample for four days. Berkowitz Mazzeo and Katz held for investigation after Berkovitz fled on foot when pursued by Detective James Bannon and other officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Frank V. Gentile
Cleveland
Ohio
FBI
John Mazzeo
William Berkowitz
Abraham Katz
Miami
Fla
William H. Ford
Gentile
Ford
Berkowitz
Missourian Killed in Platte City Road Crash
Fred Johnson aged 66 of Springfield died when a car left U S 71 and crashed into a field three miles north of Platte City late Friday.
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Platte, City, Mo
Fred Johnson
Springfield
U. S. 71
Platte City
Steel in unusual session weighs hourly pay package
Pittsburgh report says steel negotiators met on a Saturday session to discuss a proposed hourly pay package for striking Steelworkers in exchange for greater management control. The talks ran 1 hour 20 minutes with a news blackout and separate bargaining by union and industry leaders.
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Pittsburgh
United
Steelworkers
David J. ‘McDonald
R. Conrad Cooper
McDonald
Early Dock Peace Appears Unlikely
New York and national figures indicate an end to the Atlantic coast longshoremen strike remains distant. The New York Shipping Assn. refuses to meet the ILA before Oct. 15 while unions demand a new contract. automation fears and retroactivity disputes fuel the stalemate as about 85,000 workers disrupt 200 freighters.
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New York
Atlantic
Gulf
New York Shipping Assn
International Longshoremen’s Assn
Searsport
Maine
Brownsville
Texas
Virginia
Search Halted for 212 Tons of Gold in Huachuca Canyon
Army halted veteran Robert Jones's bid to recover 22 tons of gold claimed buried in a man-made cavern beneath Huachuca Canyon after two weeks of digging failed to locate the cavern. Jones, 45, of Dallas, says he fell into a shaft in 1941 at Ft. Huachuca and saw over 100 bars of gold.
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Huachuca, Ariz
Huachuca Canyon
Robert Jones
Dallas
Tex
Washington
Elbridge Bacon
Jones
Ft. Huachuca
Churches Plan Clothing Drive For World Refugee Year
The Chanute Ministerial Alliance to collect used clothing for Church World Service. Drop at Evangelical United Brethren Presbyterian Christian First Baptist First Methodist or Trinity Baptist churches or other centers by Oct. 20. Non denominational drive aims to aid refugee relief with 27 million pounds needed in Europe.
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Chanute Ministerial Alliance
Church World Service
Glen Ahif
Alliance
Evangelical
United Brethren
Christian
First Baptist
First Methodist
United Nations General Assembly
United Clothing Appeal
Ahif
Europe
Ahlif
Bandits take $3274 after highway pistol attack in KC North
Two women, Dorothy Wilson and Helen Cutting, were forced to stop their car on a Kansas City North highway by armed bandits. They fled with $3274 from a cash pickup en route to a market owned by Cutting's husband after pistol whipping Cutting when she screamed.
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Kansas City
Dorothy Wilson
Helen Cutting
Fire Prevention Week Observed In Chanute
Fire Prevention Week starts tomorrow as Gov. Docking and Mayor Williams issue proclamations. Fire Chief C W Brennan urges year round vigilance and a pre winter check of wiring furnaces and basements. He notes fire losses in Chanute totaling nearly 150000 over ten years with 12907.93 last year and 9470.50 so far this year. A 16 mm sound film of the Our Lady of the Angels fire will be shown at a Kiwanis Club meeting and is available to other groups.
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George Docking
Harold R. Williams
C. W. Brennan
Brennan
Chanute
Our Lady of the Angels
Chicago
Kiwanis Club
Pet and Bike Parade Postponed by Rain
Continued rainfall and overcast skies forced postponement of the 13th annual pet and bike parade sponsored by the Chanute Lions Club. The event from Royster Junior High was to start at 1 30 p m with judging at 1 p m. It has been rescheduled for Oct 17, Lions president Roy Smith said.
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Chanute Lions Club
Royster Junior High
Lions
Roy Smith
Du Pont GM ties cut by court order inanticorruption ruling
A federal court ordered severing Du Pont and General Motors ties without a mass stock sale. The ruling bans voting rights on GM stock by Du Pont and related firms, bars Du Pont officers from GM posts, and voids preferential dealings while preserving court supervision. Crawford H. Greenewalt welcomed the decision as favorable to both sides.
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du Pont
Chicago
General Motors
U.S. Dist
Walter J. la Bay
Supreme Court
la Bay
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co
Christiana Securities Co
Delaware Realty and Investment Corp
Christiana and
Delaware
Christiana
du Pont, Christiana
Crawford H. Greenewalt
Leopold seeks damages over Compulsion privacy claim
Nathan Leopold, paroled for the Bobby Franks murder, sues in Chicago Circuit Court for 1.405 million dollars claiming the book and film Compulsion violated his privacy. He names 57 defendants including author Meyer Levin and says Levin tied him publicly to the Judd Steiner character.
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Chicago
Nathan Leopold
Bobby Franks
Circuit Court
Leopold
Meyer Levin
Elmer Gertz
Levin
Judd Steiner
Stateville
Richard Loeb
South Side
Loeb
Senior High Band Travels to Band Day at KU Boston Game
Chanute Senior High School band left by bus at 7 this morning under threatening skies to attend Band Day at Kansas University in Lawrence. Area bands from Yates Center Erie and Iola join 65 high school units invited for a pregame parade and a half time show spelling Band Day KU 1959 directed by KU band director Russell L. Wiley.
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Chanute
Kansas University
Lawrence
Yates Center
Erie
Iola
Massachusetts
Boston University
Russell L. Wiley
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H. N. Harrison
Newton County Sheriff's
Riverton
Empire District Electric, Co
Jim Badd
Spring River
Baxter Springs
Spring Rivers
Afton
Skintook
Cvaeee
Neosho River
Wichitan
Alton Mintz
Tribune
Eisenhower
Robert H. Moore
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
ILA
Wasser
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