Community drives aid Aikins fire victims and local harvest
Friends of the Carl Aikins family fund-raise to replace household items lost in a fire near Chanute. Ann Rigole and Norma Layman solicit donations including furniture bedding and cookware, with Rigole storing goods at her shop and arranging transport via the City Cafe. A separate note highlights an extended blackberry harvest by Charles Berthot and a Royster Rack et al column on a crowded gym class at Royster Junior High.
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Carl Aikins
Aikinses
Chanute
Ann Rigole
W. Main
Norma Layman
City Cafe
N. Santa Fe
Royster Racket
Royster Junior High
Abilene Students Sing for Ike on His Birthday
Abilene High School pupils cheer their famed alumnus President Eisenhower on his 69th birthday as he leaves Abilene for Washington after breaking ground on a new library for his papers. He flies from Schilling Air Force Base to his capital posting amid birthday cakes and a guarded reception.
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Abilene, Kan
Abilene High School
President Eisenhower
Washington
Eisenhower
Schilling Air Force Base
Salina
Schilling
Abilene
Eisenhower Birthday Observed in Abilene News
President Eisenhower celebrated his birthday in Abilene Kansas with a school gift from Abilene High School and a cake as Rick Thornton and Carol Saulman presented a birthday tribute. Children sang as the President and Milton Eisenhower received well wishes.
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Suzanne
Debbie Froelich
R. N. Froelich
Enterprise
Kan
Rick Thornton
Abilene High School
Carol Saulman
Thornton
Ike
Eisenhower
Milton Eisenhower
Abilene
Schilling
Fall Festival Queen heads to American Royal contest
Donna Lucas 18, Fall Festival Queen and daughter of E. K. Lucas, will compete in the American Royal queen contest in Kansas City with about 50 other candidates. She travels with chaperone Mrs. Fred Harris and will attend judge conferences and a formal dinner, with coronation events set for Friday night and a week of reign at the American Royal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Lucas
Chahoma
Nebraska
Hotel Continental
Kansas City
Municipal Auditorium
Topeka Welcomes Gene Tierney As New Sales Clerk
Actress Gene Tierney works as a clerk at Talmadge's Ladies Apparel in Topeka after an absence from film life. She declined interviews and photos citing medical and Menninger Foundation ties, while neighbors report her low-profile Topeka stay and ongoing outpatient treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Gene Tierney
D. L. Talmadge
Miss Tierney
Talmadge
Ladies Apparel
Talmadges
Menninger
Menninger Foundation
Menninger’s
Menninger's
Westport
Conn
Fall Warmer Forecast With Record Low For Oct 14
The area forecast calls for a warm spell through Thursday with a low tonight around 45 to 50 and a high near 75 on Thursday. At 1 p.m. the temperature was listed at 38 with a 30.00 inch barometer and 0.88 inch of precipitation noted for Tuesday. The record low for October 14 is 38 degrees, tying the current reading, with the previous record of 40 set in 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Short Shorts Debate Behind State Fair Strip Show
Dancers from a traveling strip show on the State Fair Midway in Topeka discuss whether brief outfits help or hinder attendance. Lynne Browne and Antonee Young defend or dismiss immodest wear as crowd appeal while detailing their acts and views on public attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antonee Young
Lynne
New Orleans
Antonee
Pascagoula
Miss
Deposits Rise Across Area Banks In October Figures
Channeling data from Bank of Commerce and First National Bank shows Chanute deposits exceeding 15 million as of October 6, up 760 thousand year over year. Loans stand at about 6.74 million, up 243 thousand from last October, with Thayer and Stark banks posting similar yearly gains in deposits and loans.
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Chanute
Bank of Commerce
First National Bank
First ‘National Bank of
Thayer
Stark State Bank
Stark
Thayer Bank
Stark Bank
Umbarger Elected President Of Chanute Kiwanis For 1960
Wayne Umbarger won the Chanute Kiwanis presidency for 1960 at a Monday night meeting. Officers to take office Jan 1 include Raymond York as first vice president and Dale Fairchild as second vice president. E. E. Rosenthal was re-elected treasurer with secretary to be filled by the president later. Eldon Penner currently serves as secretary. The retiring president is L. D. Perry. New board of directors will include Don Beach, Dr. Richard Good, Glen McLaren, Bill Walters, Reuben Burkman, Billy Wolfe and Lewis Gerken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Umbarger
Chanute Kiwanis Club
Raymond York
Dale Fairchild
E. E. Rosenthal
Eldon Penner
L. D. Perry
Don Beach
Richard Good
Glen McLaren
Bill Walters
Reuben Burkman
Billy Wolfe
Lewis Gerken
Fifteen Year Old Admits Poison Killing of Parents
Diane Roberts 15 admits giving her parents a poison dubbed thrill powder at their home in CLATHE Kansas City area. She says motive was to kill father who threatened to kill her after years of alleged abuse. Parents William 43 and Evelyn 42 died after hours in hospital. Diane had prior mental hospital history but no indication she would commit such a act.
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Charley
Eisenhower
Abilene
Charley Case
Case
Secret Service
Milton
Clathe
Kan
Lynn Thomas
Johnson County
Diane Roberts
William Roberts
Evelyn Roberts
Kansas City
Thomas
Diane
Kansas
Roberts
Kansas State Hospital
Osawatomie
George Zubowitz
Car Plunge Kills 7-Year-Old In Creek Near Olpe Kansas
A Hartford family of nine loses Virgil Schmidt age seven when a car carrying four siblings crashes into a damaged bridge over Eagle Creek four miles east of Olpe. Driver Diana Schmidt 16 and two others are hospitalized with injuries. mother admitted for shock.
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Olpe
Kas
Hartford
District 75
Virgil Schmidt
Diana Schmidt
Lois
Morris
Gregory
Ray Schmidt
Eagle Creek
Lyon County
Virgil
Steel Fact Finders Seek Time Extension in 92 Day Steel Strike
Washington AP President Eisenhower's inquiry board asks to push report filing from Friday to Monday to allow more time for assembling testimony and exhibits. The three member panel aims to help resolve the 92 day steel dispute without court injunction, while union leaders threaten a resumption of strike after any injunction ends. Industry and union spokesmen will meet privately and a joint session is planned for Sunday before the report to Eisenhower.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Es Taylor
Justice Department
Taylor
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Air Force Band to perform two concerts Friday at Memorial
The versatile Air Force band brings a 100 piece marching unit, 90 piece orchestra, 85 piece symphonic band and other ensembles to Memorial building for 2 PM and 8 PM performances. Sponsorship by the Chamber of Commerce supports matinee for students.
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Air Force
Philadelphia Orchestra
Honolulu Symphony
Tommy Dorsey
Arthur Pryor
Air Force Aggregation
North
South America
Europe
Africa
Asia
Chicago
Soldier Field
Chamber of Commerce
Mrs Haines Hurt in Crash Near 15th and Central
Mrs. Jimmy Haines age 25 of 1630 South Central suffered three broken ribs and lung puncture in a traffic collision at 15th and Central. Passenger in a car driven by her husband, she remained in satisfactory condition at Neosho Memorial Hospital. Their eight month old son Joel Alan had a head bump but was released after examination.
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Jimmy Haines
S. Central
Neosho Memorial Hospital
15Th and Central
Haines
Joel Alan
Luther A. Bean
Chanute R
Land Judging School Set For October 24
Chamber of Commerce and county agents plan the southeast Kansas land judging school to be held here. John Gorton said the event includes three contest divisions for 4-H clubs FFA and adults with 50 to 100 entries expected. It marks the fourth year of the program and a recognition dinner for 4-H leaders may be scheduled in late November or December.
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Chamber of Commerce
Southeast Kansas
John Gorton
Future Farmers of America
Chamber
Gorton
Joe Melnyk
Boy Hurt in Chanute Car Bicycle Collision
Danny Berthot a 6 year old son of Mr and Mrs Hugh V Berthot 419 S Ashby was scratched and bruised but not seriously injured in a car bicycle crash near his home yesterday John Jensen Jr who drove the car and Berthot are both Chanute National Guard officers involved in the incident.
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Danny Berthot
Hugh V. Berthot
S. Ashby
John Jensen Jr
Berthot
Chanute
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Reported For 1959
Topeka AP notes state accident records show 447 fatalities in 1959 within the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. This compares with 432 deaths in the same period of 1958.
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Topeka
Kansas
Group Elects Allen Officials
Two Allen County officials were elected to offices of the Southeast Kansas Assn. of County Commissioners and County Engineers for the coming year at the association s semi annual meeting here John R. Franklin county commissioner was named president and A W Young county engineer will serve as secretary treasurer Franklin who was vice president the past year succeeds Bill Gragg Elk County commissioner and Young takes the place of Earl C Barnaby Elk County engineer Cecil Vining Franklin County commissioner was elected vice president and will be in line for the presidency next year The association s spring meeting will be held at the State Highway Commission building here April 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen County
Southeast Kansas Assn
John R. Franklin
A. W. Young
Franklin
Bill Gragg
Elk County
Young
Earl C. Barnaby
Cecil Vining
Franklin County
Association
State Highway Commission
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Charles Berthot
S. Katy
Miia TM
Wees
Royster
Bill Jenkins
Linda R
Judy Kay Wilson
Darrell Summers
Marilyn Caldwell
Jean Ramsey
Karen Poos
Jeanne Best
Tribune
Herrman
George Docking
Chris C. Herrman
la Crosse
White House
Risemower
Royalty Travels
Lynne Browne
Umbarger Heads
Kiwanis
George W. Taylor
Land Judging School
Allen
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