Lions Club helps sow thirty five acres of wheat for neighbor
John Lour of rural Altoona returned from Kansas University Medical Center after surgery as Lions Club members join seven tractors and two trucks to sow 35 acres of wheat. Erle Haring provided coffee and snacks for volunteers while Clarence Cleaver showed a turnip patch with four large specimens and harvest of about 20 bushels. Vaughn warns the crop pest could threaten trees as more children mature nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lour
Altoona
Lions Club
Lour
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Parsons Wins Court Ruling On County Water Reservoir Case
A district court ruled in favor of Parsons in condemnation actions to seize 1321 acres across 18 tracts in Neosho County for a water reservoir. Landowners argued the filing was insufficient and that recreation or alternative water sources were motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ERIE
Neosho Country
Parsons City
Parsons
Parsons City Commission
Experts Watch Electronics in Test For Traffic Control
Engineers and highway officials from across the nation demonstrated an electronic traffic control system using detector units buried in a highway. A car passing over the grid triggers lights and signals, with car optional equipment enabling panel alerts and even possible automatic braking, steering, and engine control for safe automated driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
Radio Corp. of America
Nebraska Department of Roads
L. N. Ross
Ross
Lutheran Women Elect Kansas City President
Mrs. John Smithfield of Nebraska was elected president of the Women's Lutheran Missionary Federation at its annual convention held yesterday in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
John Smithfield
Women’s Lutheran Missionary Federation
Warming trend forecast across Kansas after cool day
The weather service expects a warming trend for Kansas with a chilly day giving way to sun and warmer readings. Western areas lead the warming, eastern Kansas may see sun tomorrow, and lows ranged from 41 at Forbes AFB to 30 at St. Joseph yesterday while highs stretched from 49 at Goodland to 61 at Pittsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Garden City
Forbes Air Force Base
St. Joseph
Goodland
Pittsburg
Chanute CHS Pep Rally and Dance After Game
Chanute Senior High students will gather for a 6 15 p m pep rally at Katy Park before the Chanute versus Columbus game. A school dance follows in the Little Theater. Mary Ann Fargo and Mary Mayer are named as two new B team cheerleaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute Senior High School
Katy Park
Columbus
Mary Ann Fargo
Mary Mayer
San Marino Leaders to Meet Amid Communist Threats
Leaders of San Marino's rival governments planned a late day meeting as Communist volunteers threatened to shoot to defend their hold on government buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Marino
U S Ready to Begin Talks on Space Rule at UN
United States Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge announced readiness to start multination talks immediately on space missile controls for peaceful use. He urged separating space disarmament from general talks and pursuing an independent inspection system.
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U.S
United Nations
N.Y. i
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.N
Lodge
Outer Space
Britain
France
Canada
London
U.N. Disarmament
Soviet Union
Russia
Koto Matsudaira
Matsudaira
Courtroom Rampage by Wild Young Robber
Charles Casabian, 23, caused a scene in Superior Court as six deputies bound him to a steel chair during his trial for a March 26 hold up of Dr. Oner Parker who had given him a ride in Los Angeles. The chair bolts were torn free and Judge Walker adjourned the case to allow chair reinforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los. Angeles
Superior Court
Charles Casabian
Herbert V. Walker
Casabian
Oner Parker
Los Angeles
Candidates Named for Altoona Homecoming Queen
Altoona Rural High School selects four candidates for homecoming queen Ma bel Woodruff senior Joan Geer junior Mary Shultz sophomore and Leona Latta freshman. The queen and attendants crowned at the football game October 23 with a coronation ball that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Altoona Rural
Mabel Woodruff
Joan Geer
Mary Shultz
Leona Latta
U S Team Spots Rocket in Space Over New England
A predawn sighting over New England reported by New Haven moonwatch members and confirmed by the Smithsonian places the third stage rocket near Sputnik in space. Dr J Allen Hynek notes the larger booster reflects more light, marking the first visual U S sighting with telescopes amid fog and clouds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sputnik
New England
New Haven
Conn
Astrophysical Observatory of the Smithsonian Institution
Cambridge
Mass
J. Allen Hynek
James Plato
Moonwatch
Boston
Plato
Navy Satellite Tracking System
U. S
Smithsonian Moon Watch Coordinating
Sydney
Australia
New Brook
Alto
Canada
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Calif
U.S
Harvard College Observatory
Wheelock Named head of Chanute Neodesha Humboldt division
O N Wheelock of Chanute was appointed superintendent of the Chanute Neodesha Humboldt division of Eastern Kansas Gas Co. The move announced by Walter Fees of Iola follows recent purchase of lines by Fees and J H Page. Retirement of J B Owens after 30 years as division manager was also announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. N. Wheelock
Chanute
Chanute-Neodesha- Humboldt
Eastern Kansas Gas Co
Walter Fees
Iola
J. H. Page
Wheelock
Consolidated Gas Utilities
Fees
Page
J. B. Owens
Neodesha
Consolidated
Owens
Eastern Kansas
Lola
Couple Plead Guilty to Forged Check Posse in Multiple States
Lucille Helen Jones and her husband McKinley Jones pleaded guilty in district court to forging and passing a check tied to a July 27 Chanute arrest. Each received sentences just over 10 years on two counts with terms to run concurrently. The case spanned Oklahoma Missouri and Arkansas, with multiple interrelated forgery charges dropped as admissions expanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joplin
Oklahoma
Missouri
Arkansas
Dorothy Moorer
Chanute
Wilson
Montgomery
Allen County
Lois Palmer
Harrisonville
Jones
Moorer
Montgomery County
Minnie Pence
Tom Morehead
Morehead
Forsyth
Lee Montgomery
Officers Seek R. W. Hobson In Extradition Case
Erie Richard William Hobson Jr. was extradited from North Carolina to Neosho County on second degree forgery charges and released on $1,000 bond after skipping his district court arraignment. The case involves forging a $38 Chanute check in 1955 using a Chanute doctor's name. The October term includes six jury trials starting Nov. 12, with cases against Byers, Roles, Beeler Jr., Buckley, and the Mendenhalls, plus two judgments against Mid-America Refining Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Richard William Hobson Jr
Neosho County
North Carolina
Chanute
State
John Byers
Fred Roles
Earl Beeler Jr
City of
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka 1957 Record Brief
Kansas state accident records show 0 traffic fatalities in the last 24 hours. To date in 1957 the total is 412, down from 513 in the same period of 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Polio Vaccine Cuts Paralytic Cases by Eighty Percent
Secretary of Welfare Folsom announced an 80 percent drop in paralytic polio in the past two years, with fewer nonparalytic cases as well. He urged Americans under 40 to complete the three dose Salk vaccination series, noting 1,576 paralytic cases through September 28 this year.
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Washington
Secretary of Welfare
Folsom Today
Folsom
Iola man charged with fourth degree manslaughter
Robert Townsend, 28, of Iola is charged with two counts of fourth degree manslaughter after a Saturday night collision north of Humboldt that killed Ashford Settle of Humboldt and Charles C. Cummins of Iola. He was arraigned in county court, waived preliminary hearing, and is bound over to district court with a $5,000 bond. The crash occurred about 6 p.m. on US 59 169 south of Humboldt Hill. County Attorney Robert Talkington alleges Townsend was intoxicated and drove on the wrong side of the road.
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Iola
Robert Townsend
Humboldt
Ashford Settle
Charles C. Cummins
Humboldt Hill
Robert Talkington
Townsend
Vilas Church to Observe 85th Year Anniversary
Bethel Lutheran Church in Vilas marks its 85th anniversary with two services on Sunday featuring guest speakers Rev. H Albert Larson and Rev. Walfred E Nelson both former residents. A noon basket dinner hosted by the Women's Missionary Society includes class roll calls and displays of past church photos. The present church, dedicated December 10 1950 after a 1949 tornado destroyed the prior building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Missionary Society
Ralph Winterrowd
WMS
J. Rolland Christenson
Flu Manchu Spread Noted by Santa Monica Hospital Staff
In Santa Monica California hospital staff refer to a flu outbreak as Flu Manchu while noting it is also known as Asian flu in other regions. The report highlights the varied naming among medical personnel amid rising illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Calif
Milwaukee Triumphs 5-0 in World Series Sequel
Milwaukee defeats the New York Yankees 5-0 in Game seven to win the World Series four games to three. Lew Burdette limited the Yanks on seven hits while Eddie Mathews drove in two runs with a two base hit and Del Crandall added a solo homer.
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New York
Milwaukee
New York Yankees
Lew Burdette
Eddie Mathews
Burdette
del Crandall
Harry
Cat Brecheen
St. Louis Cardinals
Yanks
Tony Kubek
Yankees
Don Larsen
Braves
Bob Hazle
Short
Johnny Logan
Kubek
Jerry Coleman
Coleman
Logan
Mathews
Hazle
Larsen
Bobby Shantz
Harry Aaron
Wes Coveington
Aaron
Hank
Frank Torre
Gil McDougald
Felix Mantilla
County Officials Elect Officers at Southeast Kansas Meeting
Co B Cable of Chautauqua County was elected president of the Association of County Commissioners and County Engineers of Southeast Kansas at the closing session of a semiannual meeting. Alva Kelly of Montgomery County was named vice president, C E Heflebower of Miami County became vice president, and Carl Alexander of Chautauqua County was chosen secretary-treasurer. About 100 attendees included equipment and supply reps, dealers and contractors. The 17 counties in the association will reconvene here next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. B. Cable
Chautauqua County
Association of
County Commissioners and County Engineers
Kansas
Alva Kelly
Montgomery County
C. E. Heflebower
Miami County
Carl Alexander
Cable
Heflebower
Alexander
Transient's Body Identified After Train Incident
Wellington authorities identify the mangled body found near the Rock Island tracks as 63 year old transient Robert William Woodworth. Woodworth from Limay Ohio had been working at Hutchinson salvage yard and had traveled for years. believed to have boarded a freight at Wichita and fallen under wheels while changing cars.
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Wellington Wm
Rock Island
Robert William Woodworth
Woodworth
Hutchinson
Limay Ohio
Wichita
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R. 1
the Tribune
Vaughn
Ash Grove Rock
Tribune
Jan Holman
Viphe
Frank Vaughn
N. Lafayette
Martha Stoltz
C. Francis Jackson
N. Grant
Ash Grove
Jackson
Lutheran
Porecast
Altoona Queen
Robert A. Brown
New Haven State Teachers College
O. N. Wheelock Heads Division
N. Wheelock
Charles F. Forsyth
Lansing
Elaine’s
Tulsa
Joneses
R. W. Hobson
Vilas
Burdette and
Crandall
Shants
Ditmar
Sturdivant
Byrne
Berra L—Larsen
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