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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1958
Page
1
A casual visitor would see many students in bold blue and gold outfits with deliberate color clashes and mismatched shoes. The student body dressed to back the Blue Comets in their game with Coffeyville tonight by giving the visitors a playful hex through wardrobe.
Police investigated two traffic accidents yesterday. The first at Elm and Evergreen around 11:15 a.m. involved Dr. A. M. Garton and Hugh R. Vanderford, with a 1946 Ford truck and a 1954 Plymouth sustaining damage. A second crash at Island Central about 5:20 p.m. damaged a 1959 Pontiac and a 1958 Chevrolet driven by Carla Sue Clark and Larry Joe Manion.
Kansas City AP reports the 60th American Royal Live Stock and Horse Show opens with a coronation event and a gala week. Officials expect about 6200 attendees at the American Royal Building for the ceremony and ball. Entertainment includes Ernie Kovacs, Edie Adams, and a unit of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Gov Orval Faubus of Arkansas is set to address the Neosho Cottonwood Flood Control and Water Conservation Association annual meeting in Chanute on November 17. If he cannot attend, Arkansas Congressman Jim Trimble will take his place. City Manager R J Hayes and association president George Fox of Chetopa coordinate plans. About 400 to 500 guests are invited.
AP report from Clay Center says Marvin Tate, an appliance serviceman, suffered mild burns and shock while lighting a water heater during a clothes dryer installation. The Carl Von Fange residence was heavily damaged. three other occupants unharmed. Officials cited leaking gas as the cause.
President Eisenhower on a six day coast to coast campaign tour told a Cedar Rapids crowd of about 85 000 at the National Corn Picking Contest that American farmers are strong fighters for freedom against Communism. He contrasted hunger with free market practices and noted rising farm prices under flexible supports. The Cedar Rapids stop drew at least 75000 onlookers before the tour moves to Abilene Kansas for an overnight with no scheduled speeches.
The Chanute Production Credit Association let contracts totaling 50 684 for a new office building in the 200 block on North Lincoln. Berthot Construction Co. won general contract with Durham and Jordan for heating and Lassman and Steeves for electrical work.
Ted Dudley of Kansas City, imprisoned in the Kansas state penitentiary at Lansing for second degree burglary and larceny, will apply for parole on November 20. He pleaded guilty in Erie district court on November 16, 1955, to breaking into Ramsey liquor store at 1421 S. Santa Fe and stealing about $1000 in whiskey, receiving sentences of 5 to 10 years for burglary and 1 to 5 years for larceny.
TOPEKA AP report shows 3 fatalities in the last 24 hours and 430 for 1958 to date, versus 434 in the same period in 1957, as recorded by the State Accident Records Section.
Watermark remains unclear but mentions Wasser as an insurance contact. Includes phone reference 119 with advisory note. No clear date, organization, or event.
Buffalo plans a full day of events including a 11 am parade with eight bands from Chanute Altoona Toronto Midway Howard and Longton. Activities feature a bean feed football game horse pulling sack races children’s penny scramble and a dance at the Legion Hall.
A weak cold front moved south across Kansas lowering temperatures in northern sections by about five degrees from yesterday. Afternoon readings may drop 10 to 15 degrees. forecaster says above normal readings are giving way to average levels with highs yesterday from 78 to 90 and lows from 35 to 55. Expect partly cloudy today, generally fair tonight and Saturday with seasonal temperatures.
The Rev. Kenneth Miller of Lola was installed Thursday as moderator of the Kansas Presbyterian Synod. He succeeds the Rev. Samuel B. Maier of Hays after the synod held its 95th annual meeting in Wichita.
The Allen Neosho Counties Life Underwriters Assn held its 21st annual southeast Kansas sales congress with 85 registered attendees. Ralph Willcott of Chanute chaired the event with sessions at the Memorial building and a luncheon at Tioga Hotel. speakers included John Hartman Humboldt John Slichter Kansas City and Ernest Woleslager Jr. Topeka president of the Kansas Assn. of Life Underwriters. Tom Crawshaw Galesburg presided and Marlin Blackston welcomed attendees with a church invocation by Rev Peter J Finnegan of St Patrick's.
The grand jury indicted Wallace H. Allen 32 George Bright 35 Kenneth Chester Griffin 32 Robert A. Bowling 25 and Richard Bowling 25 for wrecking the Jewish Temple in Atlanta during the Sunday dynamiting. Richard Bowling was not arrested and Luther King Corley 26 was not charged.
Forrest Don McCuiston, a Douglas Aircraft Co. tool designer from Tulsa, died when a mysterious package exploded in his hand at Wichita Municipal Airport. The blast damaged the terminal as Secret Service and federal agents joined local police in the investigation. No other injuries were reported.
Pilot Charles F. Banfe Jr. flew from Tokyo toward Miami in a small plane hoping for a nonstop single engine distance record. He passed Shemya Island at 9 20 a m CST reporting engine normal after earlier rough running. He was 2% hours behind plan with about 52 hours total and 7 022 miles to go, planning Alaska over McGrath and Fairbanks. Northwest said landing at Shemya was considered if trouble persisted.
Wichita Beacon reports the Wichita Municipal Airport bombing as witnesses recount the moment of explosion. The blast lifted the roof and shattered glass while responders called for aid as passengers and airport workers stood in stunned silence.
Sidney B. Holcomb 80 operates a Chanute watch shop and has written over 1,000 lyrics with about 30 published. His hits include I Hear the Ozarks Calling Me, which helped Missouri adopt the state song for decades, and a collaboration with W C Handy.
The 12th annual pet and vehicle parade for children will start at 1 30 p m tomorrow at Royster Junior High School, proceed along Main to City Park. Judging precedes the parade, with cash prizes in each division and a free matinee at the Peoples Theater.
John Klover, 47, of Marysville, died from injuries suffered when struck by a car Sunday on U S 77 near here. The report notes this fatality followed the weekend accident and mentions checking with Tribune delivery if the paper is missing.
Altoona FFA Nation's Best won a gold emblem in the poultry and egg judging contest at the National FFA Convention in Kansas City. Team members Richard McMillen Jim Collarman and Joe Latta also earned individual golds while Callarman took a silver. Kansas teams led with three golds.
Kasap news: Merle Watson of Columbus, about 50, was killed in a chat slide while preparing dynamite to loosen rock for loading on railroad cars. Fellow workers recovered his body two and a half hours later under tons of chat. another man escaped with his life from the slide.
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