Yankees Blank Milwaukee in pivotal World Series game
The New York Yankees shut out Lew Burdette and the Milwaukee Braves 7 to 0 in game five, with Bob Turley allowing five hits and 10 strikeouts. New York now trails 3-2 in the series and heads to Milwaukee for potential games six and seven. McDougald hit a first inning homer for the Yankees.
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Milwaukee
New York
Burdette
Pizarro
Willey
Crandall
Turley
Berra
McDougald
New York Yankees
Lew Burdette
Milwaukee Braves
Bob Turley
Braves
Yankees
Bruton
Schoendienst
Skowron
Mathews
Bauer
Aaron
Mantle
Lumpe
Torre
Howard
Logan
Kubek
Covington
Parade Climax Of Fall Festival With Float Contest Winners
The Sub-Deb float depicting the Fountain of Youth won first in the Fall Festival float contest as hundreds watched the parade of floats bands and entries along Main Street. Second place went to Benedict Grade three The Zion Lutheran church took third and Rural School No 33 fourth. City Park hosted a three day rodeo drawing about 1 600 fans with Friday and Saturday nights well attended despite cold weather. Festival events included free movies carnival rides and a watermelon feed for hundreds of children with 400 under age 12 at the feed. Festival Queen Charlotte Rhodes crowned midweek will enter Independence Neewollah events Oct 31–Nov 1 with attendants Susan Francis and Carol Knox sponsored by local groups. A financial report is due within a week and next year’s dates will be set in November.
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Fountain of Youth
Main
Benedict
Ocnood!l
Zion Lutheran Church
City Park
Walter Chappell
Charlotte Rhodes
Neewollah
Independence
Chanute Chamber of Commene
Susan Francis
Carol Knox
Jaycees
Jaycee Jaynes
Glen Halbe
Farmer is Killed and Employee Dies in Tractor Accident
Ivan Fisk prominent Caldwell wheat farmer was killed when a tractor crushed him as it started. Albert Reed, 40, died of a heart attack while being rushed to the hospital. Reed and his brother Jay were nearby as Fisk prepared to sow wheat on Fisk’s thousand acre operation near the Oklahoma border. Fisk, 50, leaves a widow and a daughter, student at the University of Oklahoma.
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Caldwell
Kas
Ivan Fisk
Albert Reed
Fisk
Reed
Jay
Oklahoma
Grant County
David Rogers
University of Oklahoma
Plane Crash Fatal To 2 Kansas Citians
In the Sacramento Mountains near Roswell New Mexico two Kansas City businessmen died in a plane crash. E K Adams 29 vice president of A L Meyer Construction Co and T R Stressner 29 owner of the Play Rite Television and Radio Service were identified as victims. Ground parties led by Sheriff J C Jones recovered the Cessna wreckage about 90 miles southwest of Roswell. The cause remains undetermined. The bodies were to be transported to Kansas City by train the following day.
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Roswell
N. M
Kansas City
Sacramento Mountains
J. C. Jones
Here
E. K. Adams
A. L Meyer Construction Co
T. R. Stressner
Play Rite Television and Radio Service
CAA
Albuquerque
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Reported for 1958 to Date
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic fatalities tallied by the State Accident Records Section. In the last 48 hours the count rose to six, bringing the year to date total to 413. The same period in 1957 recorded 105 fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
1300 Dahlia Blooms Entered In Show Here
The Eighth Annual Southeastern Dahlia show at the Masonic Temple yesterday afternoon drew 1,300 blooms across 130 classes. H. E. Moore of Parsons won the Sweepstakes Cup for the most total points, with Ralph Simmons of Parsons second. Moore also captured multiple cups including largest yellow cactus dahlia Juane LaBelle and best A cactus Bertha Shore. The Presidents Cup honors the late T. T. Gillihan. After the show, flowers were given to Chanute rest homes and Parsons Iola and Pittsburg hospitals.
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Masonic Temple
S. A. Mannoni
Association
H. E. Moore
Parsons
Ralph Simmons
Moore
Juane LaBelle
Columbus
Floyd Elliott
Bertha Shore
Ned Seymore
George Chandler
Muncie
Chanute Rest Homes
Iola
Pittsburg
LeRoy Barker
Chanute
Masonic Hall
Keas
Tom Gardner
Herman Fehr
Warren Fitch
Howard Savage
R. B. Perry
John Ferguson
W L. Hall of
Humboldt
Hargis Campaign Speaks at Tioga Hotel Luncheon
Denver Hargis of Coffeyville Democratic candidate for the 3rd district congressional seat spoke at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon in the Tioga Hotel. He opposes Republican incumbent Myron Y. George of Altamont who addressed a similar meeting two weeks earlier.
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Denver Hargis
Coffeyville
Tioga Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Hargis
Myron Y. George
Altamont
Willard Fuller Killed in Mishap While Hunting
Willard Fuller 47 of 715 N Evergreen was killed about 9 30 a m yesterday in a hunting accident on a farm near Urbana Sheriff Lee Montgomery said the man was struck in the head by a .22 rifle bullet fired by his 14 year old son Jimmy during a rabbit hunt The boy and Francis Bailey who owns the farm were walking in a dry creek bed when the shot occurred A doctor from Chanute arrived after Fuller had died Funeral services will be at 10 30 a m Wednesday at the Johnson Mortuary chapel Burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery Survivors include his widow three daughters a sister and other relatives
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Willard Fuller
Evergreen
Francis Bailey
Urbana
Lee Montgomery
Fuller
Jimmy
Chanute
Montgomery
Bailey
John
James Willard Fuller
Thayer
Martin Tractor Co
Loeata Pearl Singer
Fort Scott
Carolyn Berthot
Wichita
Janet
Janice
Partly Cloudy Outlook With Warm Temperatures Ahead
Topeka AP reports increasing cloudiness across Kansas as southerly winds bring Gulf moisture. Drizzle fell at Wichita. a thunderstorm near Russell moved into Jewell County, dropping 1.02 inches in 15 minutes with strong winds and hail. Other rain was 0.13 inch at Webster Dam. Highs yesterday ranged 74 at Wamego to 87 at Cedar Bluff Dam. overnight lows 66 in Garden City to 49 at Goodland. Forecast through Tuesday calls for partly cloudy skies and warm highs 80 to 85 with nights in the upper 50s.
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Topeka
Kansas
Gulf
Wichita
Russell
Jewell County
Ionia
Webster Dam
Wamego
Cedar Bluff Dam
Garden City
Goodland
Boy Bitten by Dog Near Elm Street Play Yard
Leon Lofthouse, seven year old son of Mr and Mrs John Lofthouse of 221 West Elm was treated at Neo sho Memorial Hospital around 7 p m Saturday for a dog bite to the cheek. Police said the boy was playing with a dog in a pen at 115 North Steuben the Elmer Alexander home when the bite occurred.
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Leon Lofthouse
John Lofthouse
W. Elm
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Elmer Alexander
N. Steuben
Red China Cease Fire Offer Welcomed by U S
The United States formally welcomed Red China's proposal to suspend bombardment around Quemoy and offshore islands and halt convoyed supply runs. Secretary of State Dulles was away. Christian Herter said the move could foreshadow a permanent cessation of armed attacks and urged careful study.
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Washington
United States
Red
China
Herter
Russia
U.S
Quemoy
Chiang Kai-shek
White House
Anne Wheaton
Red China
Eisenhower
Dulles
Lake Ontario
Taipei
From Hobo Jungle To Possible Riches
Elmer C. Menkel, 41, returns from a hobo trek to work on a motion detecting device to avert plane collisions. Polaris Engineering eyes a five million dollar government project. Compaco Inc. sues for patent infringement while Menkel anticipates about thirty five thousand dollars yearly if successful. His wife Jean emphasizes the homecoming matters most.
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Los Angeles
Elmer C. Menkel
Menkel
Polaris Engineering Co
Ben Raddatz
Meukel
Reno
Nev
Truckee River
Compaco, Inc
Polaris
Jean
State Traffic Fatal to Six
Six persons were killed in Kansas traffic accidents over the weekend with 21 injured in two crashes. Notable fatalities include Claudia Goering and Edith Van Buskirk, with multiple relatives injured, plus a separate fatality near McCune and Bayard and a Topeka pedestrian death. Missouri reported seven highway deaths in the same period.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Nationalists Denounce Truce in Formosa Strait
In Taipei a Nationalist spokesman denounced the Communist seven day truce as a diabolical peace offensive and a lull before a new storm. He said Nationalists would not meet directly with the Reds despite the cease fire. Supplies continued to flow under American escort to offshore islands despite the pause.
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Taipei
China
Formosa Strait
Sampson Shen
FFA Officers Gather for Southeast Kansas Leadership School
Approximately 150 Future Farmers of America officers and sponsors from about 22 Southeastern Kansas chapters attend a leadership school at the Senior High School tomorrow afternoon. Local adviser Charles Carter says ten officers and delegates join discussions led by Edward Zahn and others. The program opens at 3 30 p m with a dinner at 6 p m followed by officer meetings.
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Farmers of America
Southeastern Kansas
Charles Carter
FFA
Kansas
Edward Zahn
Iola
Dale Perkins
Altamont
Ralph Field
Caney
Eldred Harris
Coffeyville
Norman Haigh
Fredonia
Sentinels
Jack McClaskey
Girard
Chanute
James Prosser
Bernard Hansen
James Saving
Harold Henry
Gary Harmon
Ellsworth
State Sentinel
Ronnie Poor
Lawrence
Holton
GM Faces Local Labor Strikes Halting Most Plants
Detroit AP reports localized labor disputes halted production at 123 of GM’s 126 plants as a national UAW-GM contract ended a four month impasse. About 275,000 UAW members were affected while most sites stayed idle awaiting local grievances to be settled.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers Union
Ous
UAW
Walter Reuther
Pope Pius XI Suffers Stroke at Castel Gandolfo
Pope Pius XI age 82 at Castel Gandolfo suffers a circulatory cerebral attack after gastritis and hiccups. A Vatican bulletin notes grave condition with slight improvement later. reports indicate extreme unction not given, despite press office hints.
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Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Pius XII
Msgr
Angelo dell’'Acqua
Vatican City
dell’Acqua
Only Slight Damage In 3 Traffic Mishaps
Police investigated three minor traffic accidents with only slight damage reported. A 1946 Ford driven by Mrs. Lura Carson collided with a parked Buick near the Memorial building at 9:25 a.m. The Buick owner with Utah plates was not identified. A DeLuxe Taxi Co. Ford was rear ended by a truck at Lincoln and Main, driven by Mrs. Lucy Blount. The truck was Caleb N. Clough Jr. A 1955 Plymouth bumper guard and a 1953 Plymouth front bumper were damaged at 802 West Main when Howard Savage rolled into Mary Gordon who waited to park.
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Ford
Lura Carson
Buick
Memorial Building
Utah
DeLuxe Taxi Co
Lincoln and
Main
Lucy Blount
S. Western
Caleb N. Clough Jr
N. Mighland
W. Main
Howard A. Savage
Kansan Killed in Oklahoma Highway Crash
Wilbert A. Sarver, 31, of Liberal, Kansas, died when his car overturned on an Oklahoma state highway early today.
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Hooker
Okla
Wilbert A. Sarver
Liberal
Kan
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Tribune
Wasser
Steeesese Ee
Red Chinese
Queennay
Nikita Khrushchev
Formosa
State Department
Peiping
Claudia Goering
Moundridge
Hillsboro
Newton
Arkansas City
U. S
R. L. Pearce
Nowata
Okia
Ernest E. Sartin
McCune
Katy
Bayard
Edith van Buskirk
Dale
Barbara Jo
Barbara Ann
Webb Stephenson
Missouri
ST. Patrick's
DiSales
Beeson
Allen
Pope Pius XI
Kansan
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