Auction of Big Creek rural school building nears move
The Erie A $760 auction yielded cash for the Big Creek rural school building and its fixtures northeast of Chanute. The building will be moved five miles south to join the Barney schoolhouse for a community hall, with $360 paid for the building itself and $400 for equipment. About 150 attended.
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Erie
Big Creek
Chanute
Nelle H. Stevens
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Barney
Elsmore Dam Advances Toward Completion at State Lake
The Elsmore Dam near the Allen Bourbon State Lake project is nearing finish with first rip rap rock coverage added. About 10 000 cubic yards of rock will be drilled from the spillway and used in the dam as 1 500 rods of fence begin, aiming for completion within six weeks. Water will back up to cover 103 acres once finished.
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Elsmore
Allen-Bourbon State Lake
Joe Pistoia
Joseph L. Pohl
Nevada
Space missile control talks proposed at United Nations
British minister Allan Noble told the U.N. 82 nation Political Committee that Britain is ready to join the United States and others in talks on peaceful uses of space missiles. He urged formation of a U.N. technical group to study how to control space objects and noted recent events underscoring the issue.
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United Nations
N.Y
Britain
United States
Allan Noble
U.N
Mitchum gets tip on bootleg liquor in North Carolina
In Asheville a whisky maker from Wilkes County offered to help Robert Mitchum with a bootlegging themed film. The writer boasted of building the best liquor still and urged Mitchum to visit Asheville while asking to remain unnamed.
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Asheville
N.C
Robert Mitchum
Wilkes County
Elizabeth II Opens Canada's Parliament in Historic Ceremony
Queen Elizabeth II, in white satin, opens the 23rd Canadian Parliament in Ottawa. With Prince Philip, she travels by horse drawn carriage to Parliament Hill, flanked by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, as crowds greet the royal couple. A wreath is laid at the War Memorial before a 10,000 strong crowd.
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Elizabeth II
Canada
Prince Philip
Government House
Parliament Hill
Elizabeth
Britain
England
House of Commons
Senate
John Diefenbaker
Diefenbaker
Philip
Canadian National War Memorial
Egyptian Arms Sent by Nasser To Arab Allies
President Nasser escalates Arab arms supply as Egypt lands troops at Latakia and prepares to send six armored cars and 100 to 200 rifles to Libya. Cairo Damascus neutrality shifts bloom amid Lebanon pressure and Saudi King Saud’s mediation as Egypt seeks joint command and broader Arab unity.
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Egypt
Libya
Tunisia
Saud
Syria
Turkey
Lebanon
United States
Congress
Middle East
King Saud
Five Airmen Injured in Hutchinson Crash
Five Air Force personnel were hurt when a C45 aircraft crashed and burned shortly after takeoff from Hutchinson Naval Air Station. The crew pulled four men and a woman from the wreckage about three-fourths of a mile from the runway end. The plane, en route from Richards-Gebaur AFB Missouri to Biggs AFB Texas, had stopped to refuel. Seriously injured were 1st Lt. Cecil F. E. Dudgeon and Capt. F. R. Lindsey, both Kansas City, Missouri. Also treated for minor injuries were ALC. J. K. Rogers Copeland Park Virginia A2.C. Jane G. Weatherby Philadelphia Pennsylvania and T. Set. H. W. Pauleman Elizabeth Town New York.
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Hutchinson
Hutchinson Naval Air Station
Biggs Air Force Base
el Paso
Tex
Richards-Gebaur Afb
Grandview
Hanas Hospital
Cecil FE. Dudgeon
F. R. Lindsey
Kansas City
J. K. Rogers
Copeland Park
C. Jane G. Weatherby
Philadelphia
T. Set
H. W. Pauleman
Elizabeth Town
N. Y
Football contest winners named in Tribune recap
Seven participants picked eight of ten games correctly in last week’s Tribune football contest. Mrs. Robert Stowell led with a one point miss on the local game score. David Ramsey Joe Stroud W. W. Mitchem and Betty Neptune rank among the top five. Free tickets go to the five best entries each week.
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Tribune
Robert Stowell
Columbus
David Ramsey
Joe Stroud
W. W. Mitchem
Betty Neptune
Blue Comet
Three Wounded In El Dorado Shooting Case
In El Dorado Kansas a 57 year old William Counter his wife Mable and their son in law were wounded in a late night shooting. The suspect Lloyd Kelly estranged husband of Mrs Counter was wounded in a pursuit after the incident near Severy Kansas. A state trooper disabled the car by gunfire and no charges are filed yet.
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EL Dorado, Kan
William P. Counter
Mable
Jan
A. L. Pasquan
Kelly
Counter
Chuck Williams
Too Calm at Little Rock Central High
Nine Negro students began a fourth week at Central High under serene conditions that unsettled some NAACP leaders. Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne and Arkansas National Guards guard the school to protect six girls and three boys, amid tensions over federal court orders and Governor Faubus's stance. President Eisenhower ordered troops after rioting on September 23.
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L. C. Bates
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101St Airborne Division
Arkansas National Guardsmen
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Orval Faubus
Faubus
Central
Four Asian Flu Cases Confirmed at KU
Four University of Kansas students were confirmed with Asian flu by lab tests, the State Board of Health said. The students fell ill last month, recovered after brief hospital stays, and had no complications.
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University of Kansas
State Board of Health
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Forbes Air Force Base
James Mott
K. U
Mott
Light Rain Area Forecast for Topeka and Kansas
Cloudy with occasional rain or drizzle through Tuesday and little temperature change. Highs in the lower 60s Tuesday, nights upper 50s. moisture from weekend rains boosts soil in western Kansas, aiding 1958 crop growth. Readings near 70 in some towns yesterday. rainfall totals vary across counties.
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Hays
Russell
Salina
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Dodge City
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Kingman
Hutchinson
Anthony
Wichita
Arkansas City
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Liberal
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Meade
Subletie
Hugoton
Ottawa U Student Killed in Automobile Accident
Gerald A. Fredrikson, 20, of Ottawa and a Ottawa University student, died when an automobile overturned on a country road five miles east of Ottawa. Two other students, Carlin Nalley 20 DeSoto and Dean Guinn 22 Tonganoxie, were injured but not seriously. Three other young men in the car escaped injury.
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Ottawa
Kan
Gerald A. Fredrikson
Ottawa University
Here
Carlin Nalley
DeSoto
Dean Guinn
Tonganoxie
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas Reported
State Accident Records Section lists traffic fatalities from the last 48 hours and year totals. To date in 1957 417 fatalities, compared with 525 in the same period of 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
Soviet Satellite Life Expectancy At Least a Year
U S experts estimate the Soviet satellite will stay in orbit for at least a year while the launch rocket decays. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory director Fred Whipple and Naval Research Laboratory scientists cite the spent rocket’s orbit and beeping beacons as they monitor the craft and its companion US plans for later tests.
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U.S
Fred L. Whipple
Cambridge
Mass
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Whipple
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
John P. Hagen
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Outer
Smithsonian Observatory
United States
Moscow Radio
Naval Research Laboratory
Boys Find Hand Grenade in Kansas City Yard
Bill and Mickey Donahue ages eight and ten found a hand grenade in a vacant lot. Their stepfather Robert Terranova moved it to a corner and their mother called police. The boys said they had mistaken it for a rock after hammering it.
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Robert Terranova
Judge Bars Hoffa From Teamsters Office for Ten Days
A federal judge blocked James R Hoffa from taking office as Teamsters president and barred other elected officers from sworn service for ten days. The order also requires showing cause why the Miami Beach convention actions should be voided and why Hoffa and other officers should be permanently barred. A New York rank and file group accuses the union convention of unconstitutional delegate selections and an illegitimate Hoffa victory.
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James R. Hoffa
Big Teamsters Union
F. Dickinson Letts
New York
rank and _ file
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Dave
Avene 2
METS
Letts
Teamsters
Miami Beach
Fla
Teamsters Union
Martin O'Donoghue
John A. Sirica
Rank and File Teamster
Dave Beck
Rank and
Sirica
O'Donoghue
Teamster
Army Is Given Missile Project at White Sands Proving Ground
The Army will formally take possession of the Talos missile at White Sands New Mexico. The ceremony includes top Army Navy and RCA officials with Lt Gen E L Cummings Rear Adm F Wittington and Dr E W Engstrom among attendees. Talos is a ramjet fired unit described as a first supersonic missile for both land and sea use and the first such system developed for joint service operations.
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White Lands Proving Ground
N.M
Army
United States
Navy and Radio Corporation of America
Talos
U.S
Navy
This Desert Proving Ground
E. L. Cummings
Army Ordnance
F. §. Wittington
Navy Bureau of Ordnance
E. W. Engstrom
RCA
Department of Defense
Katy Trestle Collapses After Heavy Texas Rain
A rain weakened trestle on the Missouri Kansas Texas line near Weir Texas collapsed early today causing an engine and four baggage cars to jump the track. Twelve passengers were evacuated and transported by bus to the nearest connections. MRT officials said service on the line would be out the rest of the day.
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Weir
Tex.s
Williamson County
MRT
Coronation Dress Worn by Queen at Ottawa Parliament
Queen Elizabeth II chose her white satin coronation dress for the Ottawa opening of Parliament. The gown, encrusted with diamonds and pearls, features embroidery of Commonwealth floral emblems including a maple leaf in green silk and gold. The dress, by Norman Hartnell, has a fitted bodice and heart-shaped center.
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Ottawa
Canada
London
Norman Hartnell
Refrigerated Hearts: Possible in Future Transplants
Two Mississippi surgeons reported at the American College of Surgeons congress that refrigerated dog hearts survived up to 22 hours after extraction and transplantation in dogs. They claim technique and physiology hurdles may be solvable, with immunological barriers the next challenge before human cardiac transplants become a reality.
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Atlantic City
Mississippi
Torrential Rains Trigger Floods Across Texas
Torrential rains swamped central and West Texas causing school bus evacuation by boat near Taylor and rising Colorado River floods threatening Ballinger. A college student, David Hand, 18, drowned when his car sank in a flooded creek. A train trestle collapsed, derailing engine and baggage cars. Nolan Creek rose rapidly in Killeen forcing eight families to flee while roads and bridges flooded.
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Ballinger
Texas
Don Atkins
West Texas
David Hand
O. R. Hand
Lubbock
University of Texas
Thorntonville
Waco
Killeen
Nolan
Pearson Wins 1957 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
Lester B. Pearson, former Canadian foreign secretary, awarded the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize. Prize totals 40 275 dollars for a year marked by his UN efforts to ease the Middle East crisis and help form a UN Emergency Force in Gaza. He had lost his cabinet post in Canada’s Conservative win. The Nobel committee did not award the 1956 prize, citing no worthy candidate.
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Norway
Lester B. Pearson
United Nations
Pearson
Middle East
Britain
France
Israel
Egypt
U.N
Gaza
Canada
Ottawa
Nobel Committee
Storting
Nobel Fund
Lutheran Laymen Elect Mission Man
James Mayes of Mission was reelected president of the Kansas District Lutheran Layman's League at its 18th annual convention. Arnold Lohmeyer Palmer was reelected vice president along with treasurer Nathan Shepmann Preston Bremen Marvin Meyer Olpe and Elmer Rodehorst Wichita for board and historical society duties.
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Clay Center
James Mayes
Mission
Kansas
Lutheran Layman’s League
League
Arnold Lohmeyer
Palmer
Nathan Shepmann
Preston
Bremen
Marvin Meyer
Olpe
Elmer Rodehorst
Wichita
Historical Society
Woman Convicted Of Manslaughter In Kansas Stabbing Case
Eloise Johnson, 33, was found guilty of third degree manslaughter for stabbing James Holmes, 49, at his home on February 23. District Judge Edmund L. Page sentenced her Saturday to up to three years at the Women's Industrial Farm in Atchison.
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Atchison
Eloise Johnson
Edmund L. Page
Tribune Delivery Notice Reads Phone and Call Instructions
If you do not receive your Tribune, contact your carrier. For issues with delivery, call 700 after 6 p.m. to report or resolve the problem.
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Tribune
Medical Bags Stolen From 2 Doctors Here
Dr Glen Ashley and Dr J D Gough reported medical bags stolen from their cars at home Saturday night in what police suspect was a narcotics theft attempt. Ashley said his kit had no narcotics and Gough noted only a small amount. Losses totaled about 200 dollars each. Neither bag was recovered.
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Glen Ashley
S. Highland
J. D. Gough
W. Elm
Ashley
Gough
Dr. Gough
Inland Daily Press Assn names Harris and White leaders
Chicago John P. Harris publisher of the Hutchinson News was named vice president of the Inland Daily Press Assn. Robert M. White II Mexico Ledger co publisher and GM was named president.
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Chicago
John P. Harris
The
Hutchinson News
Inland Daily Press Assn
Today
Robert M. White II
Mexico, Mo
Ledger
National Contest For Amateur Cooks
Beverly Hills hosts the ninth Grand National amateur cook contest in the Beverly Hilton Hotel ballroom. One hundred contestants from 36 states Hawaii and Germany compete. An Army officer's wife represents Germany. among entrants are a man and two 14 year old boys.
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Calif
Beverly Hilton
States
Hawaii
Germany
Amnesty frees about 300 Canadian prisoners during royal visit
About 300 convicts were freed under a royal amnesty during Queen Elizabeth's visit. An estimated 15,000 additional prisoners in federal and provincial jails received one twelfth sentence reductions. The released prisoners had only short terms left to serve.
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Ottawap
Elizabeth
Ane
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