I-less galley misprint triggers readers’ laughter in The Tribune
Dean D. Kerr of Tulsa recalls Chanute days in 1903 1908 including Neosho flood, Sparrows fed to eagle at lumberyard, and open air Salvation Army services. Kerr notes First National Bank and residents Jim mie Allen cattle drives and a later daughter moving back to town. Dale Painter 917 S Tennessee is bank president.
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Dean D. Kerr
Tulsa
Chanute
the Tribune
Neosho
Old Fair Grounds
Katy
City Park
Kerr
North Evergreen
Duback
Main
Dale Painter
Painter
First National Bank
Lor
S. Tennessee
9000 Draft Call Set for December
Washington AP reports the Army will call 9,000 men for the December draft, the same figure as October and November. The announcement reiterates the orderly manpower plan and maintains existing selection procedures.
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Washington
Army
Government Moves To Halt 98 Day Steel Strike In Federal Court
The government filed for a federal court injunction to end the 98 day steel strike by United Steelworkers. The union urged the court not to issue a Taft Hartley injunction while arguing the strike does not threaten the nation’s economy. Judge Herbert P. Sorg was to hear the petition after delays as Eisenhower ordered action to restore half a million workers.
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Pittsburgh
United
U.S
Herbert P. Sorg
United Steelworkers
U. S
David J. McDonald
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Kansas Weather Summary: Cool Front Slows North, Mild South
A cool front moving from the north stalls over central Kansas. Partly cloudy and cooler in the northwest, fair and mild elsewhere through Wednesday. Lows tonight 30s northwest to 50s southeast. highs Wednesday 50s northwest to 80 southeast. Overnight lows 33 Goodland to 49 Hutchinson. Monday highs 69 Olathe to 81 Hill City.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tom Arnold
Arnold
Goodland
Hutchinson
Olathe
Hill City
Crane Operator Electrocuted Replacing Bridge South of St Joseph
Cecil Jefferson 22, a Missouri Highway Department crane operator, was electrocuted when a crane cable fouled a power line while replacing a washed out bridge south of St Joseph. Fellow worker David Bevell 25 was burned on hands and feet. others suffered minor burns as the body was recovered.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Cecil Jefferson
Missouri Highway Department
St. Joseph
Williamsburg
David Bevell
Mineral City
Jefferson
Yule Fund Surplus Drawn From Air Force Band
Air Force band concert tickets fell short of the 1600 guarantee by about 150 dollars as 1,345 student and 528 adult tickets were paid. Chamber manager Joe Melnyk reported at a Luncheon of directors at the Tioga Hotel that 100 outstanding tickets remain unpaid or unreturned. Proceeds support the Yule fund and Santa’s Sleigh drive with 831 dollars received to date. Fairfield school to host southeast Kansas land judging contest Saturday. enrollment for non-partisan politics courses discussed. Dale Painter chaired. second class possible with at least 12 participants.
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Melnyk
John Gorton
Agricultural Committee
Fairfield School
Gorton
Dale Painter
Ireland presses UN action over Tibet rights
Irish Foreign Minister Frank Aiken urged the United Nations to back an Ireland Malaya resolution demanding respect for Tibetan religious and civil rights, saying Peiping must improve liberties even if it worsens cold war tensions. Kuznetsov dismissed Tibetan oppression charges as malicious fables.
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United Nations, N.Y
Ireland
U.N
Tibet
Frank Aiken
U.N. General Assembly
China
Peiping
Aiken
Soviet Union
U. N
World Organization
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
General Assembly
Kansan Killed in Colorado Car Crash
Lee William Stevens, 36, of Great Bend Kansas, died in a car accident near Wildhorse Colorado early today. He worked with See Wasser for Insurance.
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Wildhorse
Colo
Lee William Stevens
Great Bend
Kan
Wasser
Colorado
Excavation Collapse Kills Workman in Kansas City
A sewer excavation collapsed trapping and killing Russ McKinley, a worker, in the Belvedere Heights addition at M-150 and US 71 in Kansas City. Emergency crews responded but he died at the scene.
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Kansas City
Russ McKinley
Belvedere Heights
$1 011 Fund By Boy Scouts In Drive Here
About 200 volunteers canvassed Chanute last night raising 1011 dollars for the Boy Scout fund drive. Leaders compare the total to last year and plan a follow up for missed areas. Aimed Chanute share of 3500 dollars, with advance gifts slow but reporting continues.
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C. W. Bohling
Boy Scout 100
Dick Bohling
Chuck Rodgers
Glen Halbe
Jim Foster
Shela
Tribune
Chanute
Memorial Building
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
George Palen
General Drive
Palen
KU Chancellor to Speak at Southeast Kansas Alumni Luncheon
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy of the University of Kansas will address a luncheon of area KU alumni at the Tioga Hotel on Friday noon. Other university representatives attend including Dutch Lonborg Red Cromb and Maurice Barker. The Neosho County KU Alumni Assn meeting accompanies the event with officers Pennington and Kensett.
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Franklin D. Murphy
University of Kansas
Kansas
Robert Pennington
James W. Kensett
Chanute
Pennington
Accusations Fly Over Parole Case In Topeka
In Topeka Gov. George Docking revoked a parole granted to Mrs. Anna Mae Borserine, a move contested by Attorney General John Anderson claiming lack of authority. Officials discussed extradition waivers, cooperation with Missouri, and the board's parole powers amid rising tensions at the state prison.
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Topeka
Anna Mae Borserine
George Docking
Borserine
John Anderson
Missouri
Kansas City, MO
Dale Spiegel
Docking
Pardon Attor
Anderson
Bor
Serine
Spiegel
Board of Probation and Parole
Supreme Court
Miners Trapped in Nevada Cave-In Hope for Survival
Mrs Acree hopes remain that three miners trapped in a Mohawk mine cave-in near Silverpeak Nevada are alive. Sam Sickles her stepfather is among the trapped workers. Rescue teams reached 300 feet but found shafts blocked. The miners are Bill Delorms Redding California James Robinson Mina Nevada and Sam Sickles Tonopah nearby.
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Mohawk
Silverpeak
Nev
Clyde Acree
W. Ash
Sam Sickles
Associated Press
Near Retirement, Man Crushed to Death
St. Joseph Missouri AP reports 65 year old Herman E Korneman a Texaco Oil Co driver planned to retire this year and move to a country home. He was filling a drainage ditch with a tractor when the machine toppled into the ditch and crushed him.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Herman E. Korneman
Texaco Oil Co
St. Joseph
$300000 Fire Destroys Three Nevada Businesses
A early morning blaze in downtown Nevada wiped out Thorpe Appliance Ellis Furniture and Shanks and Sterett Clothing in two story brick buildings. Loss may reach 300000 with no stock saved and cause undetermined. Firefighters from three Nevada units and Camp Clark assist.
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Nevada, Co
Nevada
Thorpe Appliance Co
Ellis Furniture Co
Shanks and Sterett Clothing Co
Herb Pyle
Murl Pokorny
National Guard
Camp Clark
Firefighters Die Battling Los Angeles Brush Fire
Two firefighters died while crews made fire breaks around a massive brush blaze north of Los Angeles. The blaze scorched about 14 000 acres threatening two upscale suburbs and a mountain community. roughly two thousand firefighters and water bombers were deployed to save homes.
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LOS Angeles
Angry bride uses gun to force Elkton marriage plan
In Elkton Maryland a prospective groom from Moorestown New Jersey refused to swear on a license form prompting a commotion. Angeline Sailer 47 Burlington New Jersey held on a 500 bond for carrying a concealed weapon after a .38 revolver was found in her car. Alexa Jalmar Olson 55 Ocean City New Jersey was held for investigation. The groom Robert Worrell 63 retired seaman said he had been involved with Sailer for about ten years but hid the marriage plan until the incident.
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Elkton, Md
George Ellery
Robert K. Worrell
Moorestown
N.J
Edgar Startt
Angeline Sailer
Burlington
Watkins Named State UNESCO Chairman at Kansas Conference
C H Watkins of rural Erie was elected chairman of the Kansas Commission for UNESCO during the seventh Kansas Conference on World Affairs at Kansas State University in Manhattan. The UN Day dinner Saturday at 6 30 p m at Erie Federated church hosts seventeen foreign students from Pittsburg State College and Parsons Junior College, with homelands including Iran Germany Okinawa Jordan Formosa Thailand Yugoslavia Japan and Hong Kong. He has served as vice chairman of the state organization and as chairman of the county council UNESCO commission and the Kansas Council on World Affairs. A scholarship for students in international relations was among the activities.
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C. H. Watkins
Erie
Kansas Commission For Unesco
United Nations
Neosho County
Unesco Council
Watkins
Unesco
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Unesco Commission
Kansas Council On World Affairs
Federated Church
25 Bourbon County Workers Laid Off
Fort Scott Kansas AP reports 55 highway department workers in Bourbon County were laid off with operations suspended indefinitely. Commissioners say the $29,000 budget balance will cover the rest of the year, while engineer J Fred Henderson notes the cut follows a $259,500 annual budget shorter than last year by $19,500. Only Henderson and his secretary remain on payroll.
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Fort Scott
Kas
Bourbon County Highway Department
J. Fred Henderson
Henderson
Fireman Heads Class For Scottish Rite In Fort Scott
William Leslie Runkle of Fort Scott was chosen president of 25 candidates in Scottish Rite degree work this week. Bobbie Gene Robbins of Mound City was elected secretary treasurer and John Bengel of Independence was named class orator. The class honors the late Owen Leon Keller who died April 2 1958. The 122nd reunion ends Wednesday night.
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Fort Scott
Kas
William Leslie Runkle
Bobbie Gene Robbins
Mound City
John Bengel
Independence
Owen Leon Keller
Katy
Coffeyville
Parsons
Longer Life For Skinnies Experts Say
A four year Society of Actuaries study reports underweight adults aged 18 to 20 pounds below average may outlive peers, with new weight charts replacing 1929 standards. It notes women healthier than men, with lower risk despite high blood pressure, while extreme underweight can raise mortality rates beyond overweight. The report cost 22 million dollars and involved five million Americans.
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New York
Society of Actuaries
Insurance Industry
Big Salary Boost for Wichita City Dads
The Wichita City Commission voted 5 to 0 to raise member salaries to 3000 dollars and the mayor to 4000 dollars under a new state statute. The ordinance will have first reading next Tuesday.
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Wichita City
Wichita, Kan
Wichita City Commission
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Reported In 1959 Totals
Traffic death figures from Topeka show 0 in the last 24 hours. Year to date 1959 reaches 455, compared with 446 for the same period in 1958.
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Topeka
Kansas
Burgert Resigns Pittsburg Bank Post for Salina Trust Vice President
Alfred L. Burgert resigns as assistant cashier and trust officer at First State Bank of Pittsburg to take the role of vice president and trust officer at First Trust Co of Salina.
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Pittsburg
Kas
Alfred L. Burgert
First State Bank of
First Trust Co
Salina
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