Bible antiques draw crowds as Chanute shoppers await Johnson sale
Carl Kelley displays a 1762 Dublin printed Bible claimed as the oldest in Chanute vicinity. The 1767 Balley Kelley inscription and 1795 Edinburgh volume are noted by local residents. More than 150 shoppers lined up for Johnson Brothers furniture sale opening at 9 a.m., as Mrs. Mary Pierce shows a 3 4 pound garden sweet potato shaped like a bird.
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Carl Kelley
W. 4Th
Chanute
Gilbert Drennan
S. Lafayette
Kelley
Dublin
Ireland
Carl Schickhardt
W. Oak
Edinburgh
Scotland
Johnson Brothers
Mary Pierce
Savonburg
the Tribune
Chanute Teen Canteen Seeks 1959 Fund Drive Goal
The Chanute Teen Canteen launches a 1959 budget drive led by finance chair Mrs. Charles Rodgers and the Jaycees. The drive includes a business district canvass Oct 22 23 and 24 and a porch-light event Oct 27. About 2000 dollars is the fundraising target for this year as the canteen serves junior high through college students with supervision each session.
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Chanute
Charles Rodgers
Jaycee Jaynes
Jaynes
Chanute High School
Kansas
Key Suspect Tied to Temple Bombings in Atlanta Ring
Police say they hold a possible break in a string of anti Jewish bombing cases. A fifth man was arrested in connection with The Temple bombing, identified as Wallace H. Allen, one of two men linked to the May Atlanta bombing plot. George Michael Bright, 35, is the other suspect, both residents of Atlanta.
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Atlanta
R. E. Little
Wallace H. Allen
George Michael Bright
1958 Star Farmer of United States is Kansas Youth
Jimmie John Jarnagin Jr., 21, of Jetmore Kansas, wins the 1958 American Star Farmer title at the 31st FFA convention with a $1,000 award. His operation spans 1,600 acres in southwestern Kansas and his net worth is listed at $62,606. The convention also names regional Star Farmers and expands FFA membership.
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Star Farmer
United States
Kansas
Kansas City
Jimmie John Jarnagin Jr
Jetmore
Kan
Jimmie
Future Farmers of America
FFA
South
Ethan Labrier
Kenton
Okla
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Pacific
Malcolm A. Niles
Loleta
Calif
North Atlantic
James H. Speer Jr
Blairs Mills
Jimmie John Jarnigan
Charlene Bamberger
Maryland
Missouri
Carl Allee
Tipton
Stanley Eugene Berry
Maysville
James Robert Daggs
Memphis
Vernor Dwight Dunn
Rogersville
Robert N. Garrons Bronaugh
C. Marvin Gill
Richmond
Raymond Lowell Haile
Pleasant Hill
Raymond Earl Requat
Wright City
Rex Riggs
Harrisonville
Estill G. Skinner Jr
Unionville
Arthur Eugene Spears
Cranby
Thomas Edgar Stine
Ozark
Donald D. Alexander
Coldwater
Larry Dutton Gilmore
Highland
Darrell Goss
Garden City
Hodgman County Community High School
Calvin L. Massey
Eureka
Norman Leroy Nelson
Almena
Charles Freeman Sander
Stockton
Rural Mail Route Extension Plan Gains Service Reach
The U S Postal Department expands rural routes, adding 25 miles around Chanute and allowing deviation by two families per mile. The change extends service to driveway entrances and goes into effect November 1 with Stark and Elsmore among first offices notified.
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Chanute
U. S. Postal Department
Leif Nelson
Postal Department
United States
Stark and Elsmore
Joseph A. Smith
Stark
Ethel S. Watson
Elsmore
October Kansas Weather Stays Mild With Little Change
A calm, mild pattern continues in Kansas with no immediate change expected. Tuesday temperatures reached 72 in the north and 85 in the west with highs spanning 68 to 85 across cities like Pittsburg and Hill City. Skies were mostly clear with some southeast sprinkles and a general warm trend into Thursday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Pittsburg
Hill City
Census Bureau opens Pittsburg branch in Kansas
The Census Bureau opened a Pittsburg Kansas office expected to add 600000 yearly payroll. Officials from Washington and Kansas congressmen toured facilities and toured Parsons farm census operations planned for next year with a 34 million payroll. The McNally Pittsburg Manufacturing Co hosts a dinner noting building provided by Walnut Corp. and leased to the government for five years.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Census Bureau
Washington
Kansas
Parsons
Kansas Ordnance Plant
George T. Moore
Thomas McNally
McNally Pittsburg Manufacturing Co
Age Search
Walnut Corp
McNally
F. W. Brinkerhoff
Pittsburg Headlight Sun
Grants To Kansas Schools Total $286 360
The Public Health Service approved four grants totaling 286 360 to Kansas institutions for building expanding or remodeling health research facilities. The University of Kansas Lawrence receives 135 785 for a biological science research addition and 52 875 for an environmental health research center. University of Kansas Medical Center Kansas City gets 50 000 for remodeling a clinical research laboratory. Kansas State College Manhattan receives 47 700 for remodeling a veterinary research facility.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Kansas
Frank Carlson
R-Kan
University of Kansas
Lawrence
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Kas
Kansas State College
Manhattan
United Nations outlines stand-by peace force concept
Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold proposed that the U N Assembly endorse basic principles for an adaptable UN peacekeeping framework enabling prompt, emergency personnel and materiel contributions from member states for specific operations. He warned a fixed nucleus force would have limited value. The report cites Egypt Lebanon and Jordan as lessons.
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United Nations, N.Y
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N. Assembly
Hammarskjold
U.N
Egypt
State Dulles
Soviet Union
UNEF
Assembly
Security Council
Andrei A. Gromyko
Dulles
Lebanon
Jordan
United Nations
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
U.S
General Assembly
G. P. Arkadyev
Football Winners Offer Prizes From Chanute Merchants
Chanute merchants sponsor another football contest in the Tribune with prizes including a savings account gloves rug three gift certificates a cash award a hassock and a phonograph record. Three winners will receive free tickets to a Blue Comet home game. Last week’s winners were David Ramsey E K Lucas and Don Papst with addresses in Chanute.
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Chanute Merchants
Tribune
Blue Comet
David Ramsey
S. Highland
E. K. Lucas
S. Lafayette
Don Papst
Rally as Clyde Reed Jr. Appeals to Neosho GOP Crowd
About 125 people attended a GOP lunch at the Masonic temple to hear Clyde M. Reed Jr. campaign for Kansas governor. Perry and duties notes included county officials, a county tour planned for Oct. 22, and Reed's extensive travel miles. Reed later headlined events in Chanute, Fredonia, Kansas City, and other towns ahead of key races.
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Masonic Temple
Clyde M. Reed Jr
Kansas
Reed
Chanute
Pittsburg
Crawford County
St. Paul
Erie
Fredonia
Kansas City
Everette Dirksen
Neosho County
Clyde Reed Jr
Ed Peterson
GOP
Tribune
Reed backs Kansas state department of commerce and industry
Kansas can boost jobs and payrolls with a new state department of commerce and industry, says Clyde Reed of Parsons. He argues the move would aid small businesses, oil and gas sectors, and urban planning, while criticizing Topeka’s current industrial policy and taxes.
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State Department of Commerce and Industry
Kansas
Clyde Reed
Parsons
Reed
State Department
Department of Commerce and Industry
Topeka
Steed
Mgs V. George
Washington
Three Jury Trials Set for October Term in Chanute Erie
Three cases were set for jury trial at the opening of the October term of district court. State versus William Willis for grand larceny. State versus Burt Truster for indecent solicitation. Mike Reda Jr versus Morris Lowe for judgment. Willis, of Chanute, faced oil field pipe theft allegations tied to R. R. Riss of Kansas City. Reda seeks 15000 dollars for injuries from a traffic collision near Erie in October 1955. The same jury panel will serve at Chanute and Erie, with Erie trials starting November 10.
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William Willis
Burt Truster
Mike Reda Jr
Morris Lowe
Willis
Chanute
R. R. Riss
Kansas City
Riss
Truster
Reda
Cherokee
Erie
Lowe
Social Security gains highlighted by congressman in Kansas
Congressman Myron V. George cites area figures showing self employed and farmers joining Social Security. In Neosho County 1,888 recipients totalling 94,255 monthly in 1957 vs 824 and 31,816 in 1953. Montgomery and Crawford counties show similar rises toward equal treatment of workers.
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Myron V. George
Neosho County
Montgomery County
Congress
Wilson County
Crawford County
Kansas
Eisenhower Not Yet Deciding Space Agency Missile Transfers
President Eisenhower said no final decision has been made on which missile facilities and personnel should move to the new national space agency. Keith Glennan’s request to transfer 2,100 scientists from Redstone Arsenal remains a recommendation, not a final order. The Army campaigns to preserve its Huntsville team face negotiations and broader policy study continues.
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Washington
Eisenhower
National Space Agency
Keith Glennan
NASA
Army
Redstone
Space Agency
Space Bureau
Huntsville
John Medaris
Wilber M. Brucker
Brucker
Pentagon
Redstone Arsenal
Los Angeles Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Collision in Flight Fatal to Two Airmen
In southwest Alabama a collision in flight destroyed one of two T 26 Navy trainers at Whiting Field Pensacola. Navy instructor Lt JG James A Maxwell and student 2nd Lt Thomas King died in the crash. The second trainer’s pilot Aviation Cadet Glenn Lee Hess, 20, also perished. Maxwell is survived by his wife Shirley and his mother Mrs J S Maxwell.
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Pensacola, Fla
Alabama
Whiting Field
Milton
Fla
Whiting
Pensacola Air Station
James A. Maxwell
Thomas’ King
Glenn Lee Hess
Maxwell
Shirley
Pensacola
J.S. Maxwell
Goddard
Kas
Traffic Fatalities In Kansas Report
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the state accident records section show 0 in the last 24 hours. To date in 1958 total 426 fatalities, compared with 434 in the same period of 1957.
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Topeka
Kansas
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