Mystery pilot lands on Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan street landing
An unidentified pilot made a flawless emergency landing on Amsterdam Avenue near 187th Street in upper Manhattan and fled the scene. Police consider a New Jersey man, Donald Hulse, linked to prior incidents at Teterboro, while seeking Thomas Fitzpatrick, a 1956 repeat offender who landed on St. Nicholas Avenue.
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New York
Upper Manhattan
New Jersey
Amsterdam Avenue
John Johnson
St. Nicholas Avenue
187Th Street
Johnson
Donald Hulse
Paramus
N. J
Teterboro
Hulse
Thomas Fitzpatrick
191St Street
Manhattan
Car Rolls Into Train At Main Street Crossing
A 1949 Plymouth driven by James M. Harmon Jr. collided with Santa Fe freight No. 86 at the Main Street crossing about 2 a.m. today, causing front fender and head damage to harmon’s car. Harmon and passenger Neal J. Naylor were uninjured. The freight was headed to Kansas City. Police reported Harmon said the car rolled into the train after he eased off the brake while waiting for the crossing. Three other accidents were investigated yesterday at 407 E Main, 3rd and Forest, and Main and Lincoln, causing various damages but no serious injuries.
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James M. Harmon Jr
Thayer R. 1
Santa Fe
Main Street
Harmon
Neal J. Naylor
S. Allen
Kansas
Chester C. Bowman Jr
Phillip Rush
Pontiac
Main
Lincoln
Genevia
Faye Tinsley
S. Evergreen
Eleanor Elaine Tripp
S. Washington
Tinsley
Ford
Burned In Ark City Blaze
Two telephone linemen suffered second degree burns in an oil reclaiming yard fire at Anlin Oil Reclaiming Co in Ark City. Employed by Cities Service Oil Co, the workers were Robert Bohr and Rex Hill. Flames from burning oil flared around the pole they worked on.
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Arkansas
Yesv
Cities Service Oil Co
Robert Bohr
Pretty Prairie
Rex Hill
Kas
Harger and Jones Honored by Editors in Kansas Hall of Fame Tie
Charles M. Harger long time Abilene Reflector Chronicle editor and Paul A. Jones Lyons Daily News publisher were elected to the Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame in a rare tie vote announced during Kansas Editors Day. Harger died 1955 age 92. Jones 1954 age 71.
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Abilene
Jones
Lyons Daily News
Kansas
State
Hall of Fame
Harger
University of Kansas
Fredonia Team Wins Chanute Fall Festival Pulling Contest
Orval Medaris of Fredonia led a team to victory in the Chanute Fall Festival pulling contest at City Park. The heavies pulled 9 000 pounds for the full ten feet on the second attempt, with teams weighed in at 3 500 pounds. Bill Hibbs of Coyville finished second, Delmer Woolery placed third, and softer ground limited comparable pulls.
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Orval Medaris
Fredonia
Chanute
City Park
Bill Hibbs
Coyville
Delmer Woolery
National Guard Armory
Tribune
Arkansas May Abolish Schools in Integration Crisis
The Arkansas Legislature may consider a plan to abandon the public school system, seeking a statewide private schooling framework with state aid for white and Negro pupils. A third integrated option would be privately run. In Little Rock a Methodist church announced Negroes would not be admitted during a tense period following a segregation controversy and a pastor condemned the move.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
State Capitol
Citizens Council
Pearl Lewis
J. Kenneth Shamblin
Shamblin
Saberjets to Escort Airdrops to Quemoy
Nationalist Defense Ministry spokesman said Sabrejets may fly close escort for airdrop missions to Quemoy to shield slow transports from Communist MIG-17 fighters. Four MIG-17s attacked parachuting cargo, crippling a C46. the island town Kinmen City was strafed as guards consider low altitude escort tactics.
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James Cary
Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
Defense Ministry
Adm
Liu Hoh-Tu
Liu
Red China
U.S
United States
Kinmen
Kansas Warmth Continues Across State With Mild Front Incoming
Topeka reports highs in the upper 70s to low 80s under clear skies with a minor cool front expected tonight. Forecasters predict fair conditions tonight and tomorrow with lows around 45 to 50 and Sunday highs near 68 to 75.
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Topeka
Kansas
Woman Killed as Two Cars Collide Near Salina
Two cars collided four miles east of Salina on U S 40 killing Mrs. Arthur Knsely 36 of New Cambria Kansas. Three others were seriously injured in the crash reported by AP.
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Salina
Here
U. S. 40
Arthur Knnsely
New Cambria
Kas
Traffic Fatalities Update From Topeka
Kansas traffic fatalities reported by the State Accident Records show 407 deaths to date in 1958, compared with 413 in the same period of 1957, from the last 24 hours’ figures.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tribune Carriers Honored For Outstanding Service
Five Chanute Tribune carriers Russell Corbitt Jack Marsh Alan Kepley and Roy Marks and Humboldt carrier Garry Carpenter were named winners in the Inland Daily Press Association outstanding newspaperboy contest. Judges Buford Fisher Bill Young and Tom Morehead announced honors at a Humboldt dinner on National Newspaper Boy's Day.
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Buford Fisher
Bill Young
Sedan Area
Boy Scout Council
Tom Morehead
Harold Marsh
Nevergreen
Tribune
Alan Kepley
Orval Kepley
S. Malcolm
Roy Marks
Blaine R. Marks
N. Grant
Roy
Garry Carpenter
Humboldt
Harlow Carpenter
Fay Clopine
Russell Corbitt
Jack Marsh
Eighth Annual Dahlia Show Planned at Masonic Temple
The Southeastern Dahlia Association will hold its eighth annual flower show at the Masonic Temple Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. despite frost damaging Chanute blooms. Exhibitors from 17 towns, about 500 blooms total, with 100 from Chanute, will enter. Ralph E. Lewis of Topeka will judge, trophies awarded include the Presidents Cup and sweepstakes, and entries must be registered by 11 a.m. Sunday. The event is co sponsored by the association and Chanute Chamber of Commerce.
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Southeastern Dahlia Association
Masonic Temple
S. A. Mannoni
Chanute
Manuei
Kansas
Missouri
Ralph E. Lewis
Topeka
Kansas City
Lewis
Missouri Valley
T. T. Gillihan
Association
Chanute Chamber of Commerce
Bandits Rob Kansas Drive-In Theater for $500
Three masked men robbed the Kansas Drive-In theater in Wyandotte County of 500 dollars last night. The holdup mirrored a similar theft a week earlier at the Lake Park theater in the same county.
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Kansas City, Kas
Kansas Drive-In
Wyandotte County
Lake Park
New York Officer Becomes Heir to 24 Million Dollar Estate
Patrolman Olman John B. Gaul reports for duty after learning he is chief beneficiary of his uncle Dr. Julian A. Gaul's will. The 39 year old, married with two children, had rejoined the force after resigning to administer the estate. The will is being contested by other relatives but a settlement was expected. Gaul, a meritorious officer since 1950, declined comment on future plans.
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Olman
John B. Gaul
New York
Gaul
Sanford Garelik
Julian A. Gaul
Roxbury
N. Y
Jet Airliner Heads East
A British Comet IV operated by BOAC left Idlewild for London marking the first commercial jet flight from the United States. The Delta Bravo carried 28 passengers, eight crew members and eight extras. The nonstop hop aims for about 62 hours with potential to surpass the Atlantic crossing record. a sister ship Delta Charlie departed London for New York to inaugurate jet travel.
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New York
Idlewild
London
United States
British Overseas Airways Corp
Atlantic
Williams Released After Bank Falsification Charge
Orion Williams, president of the defunct Hoyt bank, was freed on $7,000 bond after arraignment in HOLTON. A preliminary hearing is set for October 20.
New Medical Center For Animals Here
Donald D. McReynolds and Billy J. LaRue announce the opening of an animal medical center a mile and a half south of Chanute on US 169. LaRue, son of H. C. LaRue, 310 N Franklin, and McReynolds from Osborne County both earned degrees at Kansas State College in 1956 and completed two years with the Army Veterinary Corps. LaRue practiced locally in 1956 before military service.
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Donald D. McReynolds
Billy J. LaRue
Doctors of Veterinary Medicine
Chanute
US 169
LaRue
H. C. LaRue
N. Franklin
McReynolds
Osborne County
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Army Veterinary Corps
Embry Found Not Guilty in Police Court
Lee Embry of 215 N Garfield was found not guilty in police court yesterday on a charge of simple assault. He was accused of striking Jerry Haigler, 16, of 707 N Washington during a street incident near Embry's home. The complaint was signed by Haigler's mother Mrs Charles E Bowman.
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Lee Embry
N. Garfield
Jerry Haigler
N. Washington
Embry
Haigler
Charles E. Bowman
Youth Rescued After 17 Hours On Mount Olympus
A 17 year old boy survived 17 hours stranded on Mount Olympus after a 20 foot fall. Rescuers battled crevasses and cliffs, used a searchlight and an Air Force jet, and planned to move the injured teen by stretcher down the 9000 foot peak. Several rescuers were hurt during the arduous pull to safety.
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Salt Lake City
Mount Olympus
Douglas Chapman
Salt Lake Valley
Olympus
Chapman
Kit Sallenback
Sallenback
Leroy Franke
Salt Lake County
George Beckstead
Air Force
D. Marden Chapman
Couple Injured In Private Plane Crash Near Clathe
A Kansas City couple were injured when their private plane crash landed in a hay field near Clathe. Pilot Larry Ball was treated and released. His wife Christine Ball was hospitalized with chest and shoulder injuries after a propeller tip ripped through a wing forcing the landing.
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Clathe
Kan
Kansas City
Here
Larry Ball
Christine
Crane Falls in Ditch Kills Two Workmen
In Ridgewood New Jersey a 23 ton crane toppled into a 22 foot sewer trench Friday night trapping two workers. Michael Lazado 24 of Elizabeth and Fred Zanea 45 of Rutherford were killed as water from a broken main flooded the trench. Three others escaped as the sides gave way and rescue crews recovered the bodies after about nine and a half hours.
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Ridgewood
N.J
Michael Lazado
Elizabeth
Fred Zanea
Rutherford
Percavalien
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Emerson
Ark City
Wasser
Harger and
K. U
State Board of Regents
Kansas State Historical Society
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Lyons
Chetopa
Joplin
Coffeyville
the Sun
Morning Sun
Pittsburg
The
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Charles M. Harger
Paul A, Jones
Sandia
Olathe
Hill City
Concordia
Tribune Carriers
Dahlia
Bandit
Williams
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