1959 Chevrolet line unveiled with styling and efficiency upgrades
Chevrolet announces a complete styling transformation for the 1959 passenger line to debut at Bill Young Chevrolet. The range adds a Hi-Thrift six cylinder engine, improved brakes, longer trunk and cargo space, softer ride, easier steering, new acrylic lacquer finish, and expanded Impala and Bel Air lineups with multiple body styles and colors.
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Bill Young Chevrolet Company
Chevrolet
Delray
Venezuela Airliner With 23 Aboard Lost
A government operated Linea Aeropostal Venezolana plane with 17 passengers and 6 crew was lost en route from Panama to Caracas. Radio contact was lost near Maracaibo after bad weather and ongoing search efforts. Among the passengers are Cuban showgirls known as The Platinum Blonde Ballet.
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Maracaibo
Venezuela
Panama
Caracas
Linea Aeropostal Venezolana
Humboldt Elects Ladies of G A R Chapter Leaders in Iola Meeting
Wanda Hack named president and Myrtle Johnson secretary of the Sedan area Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. The 1959 meeting will be in Humboldt. Twelve members attended with Grace Adams among guests. Reports on district gathering given by Hack Johnson and Smith. Also notes on Lions and Rotary club events and Scout drive plans. New junior high cheerleaders Collette Beyma Elaine Watson and Sue
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Wanda Hack
Sedan
Grand Army of the Republic
Iola
Myrtle Johnson
Humboldt
Lawton Circle
Myrtle Allaire
Hack
Johnson
Charlotte Smith
Allaire
Grace Adams
Henderson Circle
Ralph Cox
Lions Club
Cox
John J. Weilert
Paul Pentz
Iola First Methodist Church
Rotary
Humboldt community diary notes and hospital update
Eighth and seventh grade students Shurtz Frevele Williams and Blattner are listed with visitors and relatives in Humboldt over the weekend. Kansas University student Larry Martin spent the weekend in Humboldt. Missouri visitor Mrs. William Klusman and relatives in Chanute are noted along with Santa Fe agent duties and replacements. County residents and college visitors frequent Humboldt as 800 to 2,000 census workers are planned for the farm census next spring by the Ordnance Plant inspection prior to employment.
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Shurtz
Betty Frevele
Frankie Williams
Margaret Blattner
Larry Martin
Kansas University
Lawrence
Humboldt
William Klusman
Missouri
J. P. van Skiver
D. M. Hargis
Santa Fe
J. A. van Nice
Chambers
Richmond
O. J. Steinman
Kansas City
Faye Harrison
Chanute
Janice Miller
Pat Porter
Pittsburg State College
Alvin Wood
Wichita
Robert Eshleman
Phil Flottman
Opal Moor
Salina
Rebekah
J. W. Morelan
Bureau
Kansas
Jaycees push petitions to place city manager on ballot
Southeast Kansas Corner reports Jaycees in Fort Scott urge residents to sign petitions to put a city manager question on the November 4 ballot. Needs 852 names, about one fourth of mayoral vote total from last election. Wright's Service Station in Neodesha burned after an oxy gasoline wash. Cecil Wright burned third degree on leg, two hours to control the blaze. Parsons hosts federal Census officials and Kansas delegation members for a visit jointly.
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Fort Scott
Wright
4Th and Main
Cecil Wright
Parsons
Federal Bureau of Census
Kansas
Congress
Kan
Long Range Forecasting Debate Prompts Satellite Sky View
Dr. Michael Ference Jr. tells 800 FFA teachers in Kansas City that meteorologists debate whether reliable long range forecasts require weather satellites. One camp argues data gaps prevent year ahead forecasts. the other backs using current data plus computing to aim for annual predictions. Ference predicts a major meteorology breakthrough.
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Kansas City
Michael Ference
Ference
Ford Motor Co. Laboratory
Dearborn
Mich
Farmers of America
Dr. Ference
Big Creek Rummage Sale and Local Notices in Porterville
Community announcements include a Big Creek WS.C.S. rummage sale on Oct 17 18 at First Door West Self Service Grocery ads for Rexall and Casey Drug. Local social notes mention Bert Shores visiting Coffeyville, Porterville church 75th anniversary Fall Festival Oct 17 8 pm with basket dinner at 1 pm, service at 2 pm, and contact Forrest Wilson for scrap book materials. Weekend visitors include the Aziere family from Manhattan and Kansas City relatives. Elmer Franks of Chanute injured in a Sedan-area crash has moved to St. Francis Hospital Wichita Room 241. Dr. Charles Wesley Garrett attended Visitors Day at Baker University Baldwin. Eastern Kansas Methodists invited to visit campus through Oct 22.
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Big Creek Ws.c.s
Fir. & Sat
First Door West Self Service Groc
Porterville
Elmer Franks
Chanute
Sedan
St. Francis Hospital
Wichita
Charles Wesley Garrett
Chanute First Methodist Church
Baker University
Baldwin
Eastern
Kansas
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America
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Tribune
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Coffeyville
Owen Elder
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W. J. Aziere
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Aziere
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David
PTL
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