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Newspaper

Chanute Tribune

Location

Chanute, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Oct 22, 1956

Page

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Campus parking lot opens easing school area congestion

A new Senior High School and Junior College overflow lot east of the Senior Trade School adds capacity for about 50 cars with no reserved spaces. It will be used for overflow and also available to St. Patrick's church on Sundays or when not needed by the schools. Football player David Fehr of Blue Comet was released from the hospital after a possible spinal injury and will be examined again Thursday. Senior Lineman Wayne Brandon suffered a severely sprained ankle likely sidelining him this week.

Senior Trade School St. Patrick’s Church Wayne Brandon

Inside Kremlin power shifts and Nixon fogged flight

Polish Communist sources report Khrushchev faces removal as Gomulka rises in Poland and Molotov Malenkov Mikoyan form anti Khrushchev alliance. In Saginaw Michigan Nixon lands after fog delays two hours during campaign tour. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr warns Stevenson quotes Bulganin’s H bomb proposal as a cold war document.

Warsaw Moscow Kremlin Nikita S. Khrushchev Wladyslaw Gomulka Poland Molotov Malenkov Mikoyan New York Henry Cabot Lodge Jr Adlai Stevenson Bulganin Lodge U.S U.N Eisenhower NBC: TV

Two Illinois Officers Wounded in Gun Battle

State police said Officers Glenn Nichols and Robert Golightly were wounded during a pursuit of a Joliet traffic violator. Two suspects Arvid Jopp and William G. Wilfong were captured after a gunfight near a Lincoln service station. Nichols is in serious condition, Golightly treated for a broken leg.

Lincoln Ill Glenn Nichols Robert Golightly Arvid Jopp William G. Wilfong Joliet Nichols Golightly Jobb Wilfong

42 000 Traffic Toll Estimated for 1956

Ned H. Dearborn, president of the National Safety Council, said 1956 could bring nearly 42 000 traffic deaths based on current accident data. He warned of a national emergency and urged citizens to act to avert projected rises to 54 000 by 1966 and further increases by 1975. The council reported 38 300 deaths in the previous year.

Chicago Ned H. Dearborn National Safety Council Dearborn National Safety Congress

Victory Claim In Driving Finish For Stevenson

Stevenson campaign strategists claim a lead in 21 states with 235 electoral votes and say a driving finish could win. He plans major appearances in New York City Los Angeles Boston and Detroit while targeting big city support and criticizing the Eisenhower administration on foreign policy and hydrogen bomb tests.

Chicago Adlai E. Stevenson Eisenhower Stevenson New York City Madison Square Garden Big City Springfield Ill New York San Francisco Los Angeles Boston Detroit Cleveland Pittsburgh Philadelphia Bulganin United States

Injuries Fatal To Emory Young In Kansas Crash

Great Bend Kansas June Emory Young 45 drilling and production superintendent for K and E Drilling Co Wichita died yesterday at Plainville Kansas from injuries suffered in a Saturday automobile crash near Plainville He lived in Hutchinson before moving to Great Bend four years ago He is survived by his widow and two children his mother Mrs William Young and sister Mrs John Westerhouse both of Garden City and two brothers in California Mrs Emory Young a sister of Mrs Gerald Gifford 819 N Forest notified of the death

Great Bend Emory Young Plainville Kas Young K and E Drilling Co Wichita Hutchinson William Young John Westerhouse Gardens City California

Plane Crash Near Newton Causes Minor Injuries

Ordo Troyer, 25, Hesston, escaped serious injury when his single engine plane crashed during takeoff from a private Newton field. He was treated for a nose injury and bruises.

Newton Kas Ordo Troyer Hesston

Football Winners Tie In Tribune Contest

Six entrants predicted all ten games correctly in The Tribune football contest last week. The five top scorers, based on nearness to the Coffeyville 20 to 13 win over Chanute, were J. E. Davis of 1701 S Highland and four others.

Tribune Coffeyville J. E. Davis S. Highland Rusty Corbitt S. Malcolm Jack Harrold Galesburg G. W. Gardner N. Lafayette Warren Fitch W. Walnut Blue Comet

District Music Clubs Meet Here Today

More than 50 people attended the Third District meeting of the Kansas Federation of Music Clubs held at the Memorial Building with the St. Cecilia Music Club as hostess. Reports by district officers and club representatives covered extension life memberships and club rating, plus an address on United Nations. The luncheon at First Methodist featured a talk on joyous service through music to youth and community.

Saginaw Mich Nixon Michigan Alpena United Airlines Kansas Federation of Music Clubs Memorial Building Earl Findley Wichita The Kansas Federation Gene Davidson Parsons Art Misch Coffeyville O. H. Cunningham Chanute Tribune Federation Room St. Cecilia Music Club Findley E. F. Golden Fort Scott United Nations Neodesha Girard St. Cecilia Cunningham iFirst Methodist Church VFW Cherryvale

George Heads Caravan In Tour Of County

A Republican caravan led by Rep. Myron V. George will tour Neosho County with county candidates and party members. Chanute supporters meet at Tioga Hotel at 1 30 p.m. The circuit stops Thayer Galesburg St Paul Stark and Erie with a 6 30 p.m. American Legion hall dinner.

Myron V. George Chanute Tioga Hotel Ed Peterson Neosho County Republican Central Committee Thayer Galesburg St. Paul Stark Erie American Legion Hall

Weekend Traffic Fatal To 13 in Colorado

Thirteen persons were fatally injured over the weekend in auto, bus and train crashes that pushed Colorado's 1956 highway toll to 341, one ahead of last year. A 14th weekend victim died from injuries suffered last Wednesday.

Denver Colorado

Colby Youth Killed in U S 24 Crash

Colby, Kansas. James M. Vernon, 18, Colby, was killed yesterday in a collision between his car and an auto transport truck on U S 24 about five miles east of Colby.

Colby Kas James M. Vernon U. S. 24

Homecoming Parade Draws 750 at Buffalo Festivities

An estimated 750 people attended Buffalo's homecoming with an 11 a.m. parade led by Midway and Toronto High School bands. Kathy McGregor was crowned homecoming queen and rode with her brother Bob. First prize for floats went to Midway first grade, second to a Buffalo grocery. A goat cart urged voting in the general election.

Buffalo Midway Toronto Kathy McGregor M. E. McGregor Midway High School Bob Genevieve Anderson Lewis Eagle Delmer Woolery Thayer Orval Medearis Coyville W. T. Blackwood Eli Wiss Chanute Matilda Shoop Harry Mitchell Yates Center Albert Gray

Boy Killed by Stray Bullet in Whitehall Hunt

Clark Russell Lane, 10, died after a .22 rifle shot by his brother Gary, 13, during a rabbit hunt. The bullet hit a rabbit, ricocheted off a stump, and struck Clark in the head. Coroner Kyle Scott reported the incident.

Whitehall Mont Clark Russell Lane Kyle Scott Gary Clark

Bulganin Letter Likely To Stir U S Political Clash

Bulganin’s reply to Eisenhower’s charge of meddling in U S politics is expected soon and could overshadow two week focus on hydrogen bomb testing. Officials say the tone may determine if talks on disarmament proceed, while Pravda notes Hagerty’s Washington dispatch.

Washington Russia Bulganin Eisenhower U.S Moscow Communist Party Pravda White House Hagerty

Drury to Apply for Parole December 20

Victor L. Drury, sentenced to 5 to 10 years for second degree burglary in Neosho County District Court on May 12, 1954, will apply for parole December 20. The Kansas State Penitentiary at Lansing announced the plan after records show he pleaded guilty to breaking into a Chanute area farmhouse to steal a radio and record player.

Victor L. Drury Neosho County Kansas State Penitentiary Lansing Drury Chanute

Three Die in Colorado Two-Car Collision Near Fountain

Three persons died in a two car crash on U S 85 87 south of Fountain Colorado Monroe McKinney 21 Fort Riley Kansas Leroy D Stimer 37 Ent Air Force Base near Colorado Springs and 9 month old Clarence Sutton Denver were killed. Three others were injured.

Denver Monroe McKinney Ft. Riley Kas U. S Fountain Colo Leroy D., Stimer Ent Air Force Base Colorado Springs Clarence Sutton

Tribune Delivery Help Line Reminder

A notice advises readers to call their carrier to obtain the Tribune. If the carrier cannot be reached, readers are asked to call 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance.

Tribune

85th Annual State Convention of Kansas Grange Underway

The 85th Kansas State Grange convention opens in Topeka staying through Thursday with about 200 delegates registered at noon. Highlights include a 6:30 p.m. banquet at St Patrick's auditorium with Kenneth McFarland as speaker and sessions at the Masonic Temple and Tioga Inn.

Kansas Grange Kansas State Grange St. Patrick's Auditorium Kenneth McFarland Topeka Motor Car Manufacturing Corporation Tioga Inn Masonic Temple Teagarden St.Patrick’s Auditorium

Tractor Damaged in Chanute Area Vandalism

Police said vandals struck the Earl Barnhart farm northeast of Chanute while the family was away, slashing a four wheel trailer’s tires and pouring shelled corn into the tractor radiator and gasoline tank.

Earl Barnhart Chanute Montgomery Barnhart

Mild Weather Forecast With Local Rainfall Notes

A Topeka area forecast shows a mild front moving through northwest Kansas with no rain in the immediate outlook. Temperatures are expected in the 70s and 80s statewide with scattered Saturday rain totals. Fort Scott saw 1.80 inches, while local incidents include a tractor ignition key dumped in a radiator and tires slashed at a Chanute-area farm home five miles east and 32 north, investigated by Sheriff Lee Montgomery and Undersheriff Jack Reynolds.

Topeka Kansas Horton Valley Falls LeCompton Chanute Hutchinson Garden City Goodland Concordia Fort Scott Marmaton River Lee Montgomery Jack Reynolds

Atomic Radiation Studied by U.N.

A 15 nation Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation meets at United Nations to privately study world data on how atomic radiation affects humans. Over about two weeks the panel will evaluate more than 30 papers from more than 20 countries and summarize findings for U.S. politics.

United Nations N. Y.p U.N U. S

Newton Guerdon Mobile Homes Plant Reaches 2100th Unit

2100 Mobile Homes Newton Guerdon Industries marks its first anniversary with completion of the 2100th unit at the Newton plant.

Newton — Guerdon Industries

Defense system outlined by Rear Admiral Todd at VFW encampment

Rear Admiral Carlton Todd outlined U S defense measures covering land sea and air including radar stations interceptor planes blimps and Texas Towers. He stressed United States Navy lines of radar equipped picket ships and the need to keep fleets strong as deterrents. The Coffeyville executive noted his Continental Can plant aids defense by producing airplane parts for the government.

United States Carlton Todd Coffeyville Veterans of Foreign Wars United States Navy Army Navy Marines Air Force U.S. Navy Todd Continental Can Company Masonic Temple Hulda Parker Chapter Eastern Star Les Matthews Chamber of Commerce Mahala McKinnis Lyons Elsie O'Donnell Pittsburg Third District Earl Morgan Gerald Graves VFW Wichita Veterans Hospital Francis Stone Topeka Merle Jordan Great Bend Walter L. Graves Parsons Howard R. Dobson

Woman Freed After 8 Days Without Food

An 82 year old New York woman, Henrietta A. Emhardt, was trapped eight days in her bathroom after a door handle failed. Neighbors and a worried cousin in Darien alerted police who forced entry on Oct. 20. She survived on water with extreme weakness but gratitude for rescue.

New York Henrietta A. Emhardt Darien Conn J. S. Schulten

Traffic Mishap Fatal To Oil Field Worker

Sycamore, Kansas. Joe Claude Harrison aged 42 an oil field worker was killed yesterday when a car left a county road east of Sycamore and overturned. He had recently moved to Independence Kansas from Sapulpa Oklahoma.

Sycamore, Kas Joe Claude Harrison Sycamore Independence Kas Sapulpa Okla

Traffic Fatalities in Topeka 1956 Update

State Accident Records lists Topeka traffic fatalities in the last 48 hours and year to date for 1956. The figures show 3 in the last 48 hours, 527 to date in 1956, compared with 462 in the same period in 1955.

Topeka Kansas

Grand Larceny Case Opens In Neosho County Court

The October term of the Neosho County District Court in Kansas opened with Lonnie Kennedy of Chanute charged with grand larceny for allegedly stealing tires from Montgomery Ward. Judge B M Dunham presided. A 12-member jury was impaneled and witnesses were called by County Attorney Charles Forsyth.

Neosho County District Court State of Kansas Lonnie Kennedy B. M. Dunham Kennedy Chanute Montgomery Ward & Co Charles Forsyth Lloyd E. Brown Harold Cooper Ann Redelberger Gladys Winans David P. Evans C. O. Thiesing Erie George D. Wright Humboldt Harry Allen Charles ‘Lacy Clim Giltner James Womeldorff St. Paul Harold Umbarger Thayer

Tonganoxie Barber Found Shot In Car Death Ruled Self-Inflicted

Leavenworth County Coroner Charles Larkin terms the death of the Tonganoxie barber as death by own action. McKeehen was found shot in his car in the garage adjoining the shop Saturday with a 32 caliber revolver on the seat.

Tonganoxie Kas Leavenworth Charles Larkin McKeehen

1957 Kansas Baptist Convention Set For Hays Site

Hays was chosen as the site of the 1957 Kansas Baptist Convention at the final session of this year’s meeting. Dates will be similar to 1956 and announced later. Total registration for the Cha­nute convention was 1,902, reported by Rev. W. Gayel Bender of the First Baptist Church.

Hays Kansas

Humboldt Driver Post Bond On Alcohol Charges

W. E. May Jr. of Humboldt was arrested early Sunday in the 700 block on South Santa Fe for operating a motor vehicle under the influence and transporting an open bottle. He posted a $150 bond and was released. a hearing was scheduled for 4 p.m. Thursday in police court.

W. E. May Jr Humboldt South Santa Fe

City Water Usage Report

City water usage figures show yesterday 1,240,000 gallons, day before 441,283,006, and week ago yesterday 1,170,000. Over the last seven days total 9,069,000 gallons, previous seven days 10,082,000, with a SAVE WATER appeal.

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