Noted journalist Eugene Pulliam to lecture at Baker
Eugene C. Pulliam, son of Rev. and Mrs. I L Pulliam and a publisher with Indiana newspapers and Phoenix interests, will lecture at Baker University in its centennial year. He founded DePauw Daily, led Kansas City Star reporting, and serves on multiple boards.
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Chanute
Baker University
Eugene C. Pulliam
IL. B. Pulliam
Pulliam
First Methodist Church
Baker
Indiana
Phoenix
Ariz
Indianapolis
Muncie
Huntington
Vincennes
Burglars Take 225 From Henry Smith Highway Store
Burglars cracked a safe at the Henry Smith highway supply store near Erie last night and escaped with about 225 dollars. Six glass blocks above the safe were knocked out to gain entry, and the safe was opened by removing the combination knob and spindle, suggesting professional thieves. The store, at the US59 and K57 junction, acts as a filling station and grain, feed, and grocery outlet.
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Erie
Henry Smith
Here
Jack Reynolds
Reynolds
Vehicles Damaged In Traffic Accidents Reported
Police investigated a 7:50 a.m. accident at 3rd and Lincoln involving Jerry Lee Milligan and Leo Albert Reed with damage to Milligan s 1951 Ford and Reed s 1938 Pontiac. A 7:05 p.m. collision at Lincoln and Walnut damaged Shoemaker s 1946 Chevrolet pickup and Curry s 1954 White. A vehicle bumped Wiltse s parked 1953 Buick near Main and Plummer. the driver was Wilbur Ames.
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Jerry Lee Milligan
Buffalo R. 1
Leo Albert Reed
Chanute R. 1
3Rd
Lincoln
Milligan
Eugene D. Shoemaker
Pittsburg
Albert Millard Curry
Noel
Walnut
Shoemaker
Freete Asphalt Co
Curry
Main
Plummer
A. D. Wiltse
S. Plummer
Wilbur Ames
N. Garfield
Service Interruption Affects 400 Chanute Telephones
Moisture seeped into a manhole near the Chanute telephone office halting service for about 400 residents. The outage began around 5 am and is expected to be fixed tonight or tomorrow as crews tear up four feet of street to reach the wet cable and dry it. Endres, office manager, said restoration will occur once the cable is dry.
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Chanute
Highland al Endres
30 Die in Anzio Jet and Airliner Collision
A British BEA Viscount collided with an Italian military jet over Anzio Italy. Thirty people were killed including passengers and crew of the BEA airliner. The Italian pilot survived after parachuting to safety. the incident occurred in fog near an artillery range.
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Anzio
Italy
British European Airways
Giovanni Savorelli
Nettuno
BEA
London
Naples
Malta
Rome
Ciampino
Plane Crash Fatal to Six Near Harrisburg
An Air Force C47 crashed on a mountain south of Harrisburg killing six personnel. The twin-engine craft cut through trees for 150 feet, flipped, and burned. Rescue crews from Olmsted Field took about two hours to control the blaze. Identification withheld until next of kin notified.
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Harrisburg
Air Force
Olmsted Field
Rudolf Stewart
Olmsted
Tarrant Afb
Fort Worth
Tex
Youngstown
Ottawa Pilot Aided In Night Landing
A private plane guided by townspeople forced toland in a soybean field after a night approach. Pilot A Harris and passenger Ross Johnson of Ottawa Kan escaped unharmed crediting the town’s aid. The craft lost its way returning from Campaign Hl in rain.
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Wellsville
A. Harris
Ross Johnson
Ottawa
Kan
Bedding Firm Owner Dies Fighting Flames
Edward F. Haney 65 owner of Central Bedding Co died in a basement fire. He was reportedly electrocuted when he touched an electric motor while attempting to douse the blaze with water, according to firemen in Kansas City AP.
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Kansas City
Edward F. Haney
The
Central Bedding Co
Haney
Sub Zero Temperature Recorded At Fraser Colorado
Fraser Colorado logged its first sub-zero reading of the season as the mercury dropped to minus two at an elevation of 8 550 feet. The town is known as a cold spot and other Colorado minima were mostly in the 30s.
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Fraser, Colo
Fraser
Colorado Rockies
Colorado
Driver Arrested Near Chanute on DUI and Reckless Driving Charges
Victor Morrison Garnett was arrested by the highway patrol about 10:30 last night a mile south of Chanute on US 169 for driving while intoxicated and reckless driving. He was held in the city jail today in lieu of a 150 dollar bond. Wasser for insurance ph 119.
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Victor Morrison, Garnett
Highway Patrol
Chanute
Wasser
Car Production Tempo Increases
DETROIT AP Chrysler Corp. settles a local labor dispute idling 1,000 at a Detroit parts plant and resumes normal operation. GM raises production tempo with six more local agreements covering 11,000 at Anderson Indiana and other plants. 21,000 of GM 25,000 IUE members ready to return to work.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp. Today
General Motors
UAW
Delco-Ramy
Anderson
Ind
Chevrolet
Toledo
Ohio
Flint
Mich
Fisher Body
Atlanta
Livonia
Los Angeles
International Union of Electrical Workers
Delco
Dayton
IUE
Fair Weather Area Outlook for Topeka and Kansas
AP reports bright sunshine across Kansas with cool temperatures. Highs yesterday ranged from 61 in Goodland to 71 in Wamego. The forecast calls for fair skies through Thursday with a warming trend by tomorrow afternoon and highs in the 70s. Night lows expected in the 40s to mid 40s. Relative humidity and barometer readings noted.
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Topeka
Kansas
Pittsburg
Goodland
Weather Bureau
Wamego
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas Reported by AP Data
Kansas accident records show last 24 hours fatalities at 0. Year to date 1958 totals reach 438, compared with 444 for the same period in 1957.
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Topeka
Kansas
Warning Speed Limit in School Zones Ady
Police Department notice enforces a 15 mile per hour limit in school zones under City Ordinance No. 1515. An advisory appears in municipal communications detailing enforcement and location scope.
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Police Dept.ady
Scout Drive Nets $1018 in Chanute Area Fund Effort
Volunteers collected 1018.30 for the Boy Scouts door to door. The drive aimed 1500 with one third of homes missed. Proceeds turned in at Memorial building, with coffee and doughnuts from VFW Auxiliary. Palen asks late donations at Palen's Grocery.
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Boy Scouts
Harry Johnson
Memorial Building
Memorial
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Chanute
Sedan
George Palen
General Drive
Palen
Plastic Moon to Orbit by Army First Attempt
The Army will launch an inflated plastic satellite tonight from Cape Canaveral in a modified Jupiter C rocket. If successful it will be the fourth man made object in Earth orbit, an automatic inflation with nitrogen at high altitude.
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Washington
Army
John B. Medaris
Ordnance Missile Command
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Medaris
Earth
Slight Upturn Ends Food Price Drop
The Dun & Bradstreet food index rose to 6.25, two cents above last week's 1958 low, ending a brief wholesale price drop. The reading remains the second lowest since Nov 5 and 1.8 percent above the year-ago level, with prior figures showing 6.49 a month earlier and a high of 6.72 in the week ending April 8.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet Inc
Prairie chicken hunting opens weekend in multiple counties
Prairie chicken season kicks off Saturday and Sunday across Allen, Wilson, Woodson counties and additional areas including Anderson, Butler, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cowley, Coffey, Chase, Elk, Franklin, Greenwood, Linn, Lyon, Morris, Osage, Wabaunsee, and western Shawnee. Daily bag two. possession four.
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Allen, Wilson
Woodson Counties
Kansas
Anderson, Butler
Bourbon
Chautauqua
Cowley
Coffey
Chase, Elk
Franklin
Greenwood
Linn
Lyon
Morris
Osage
Wabaunsee
Shawnee County
Applegate Trial Enters Third Day In Douglass Case
Warren Applegate's first degree murder trial continued into its third day. The defendant faces charges of arsenic poisoning of his 16 month old daughter Dana Laraine at a Douglass trailer camp on October 24, 1954. This is his third trial on the charge with prior convictions overturned after appeals and a hung jury in a second trial.
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EL Dorado
Warren Applegate
Applegate
Dana Laraine
Douglass
Kansas Supreme Court
Pet coyote bites two year old in Kansas yard
In Colby Kansas a grandfather's pet coyote bit and scratched 2 year old Dennis Sharp. A passerby Doyle Crawford pulled the coyote off. The animal was chained in the backyard but Dennis came too near. He was not believed seriously hurt.
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Colby
Kas
Dennis Sharp
Doyle Crawford
Dennis
Dulles-Chiang hold talks as Quemoy shells fly
Secretary Dulles and Chiang Kai-shek meet on a crisis day as Communist shelling of Quemoy intensifies. The United States warns it may resume escort duty for supply ships if needed, while Red bombardment reaches thousands of shells in 12 hours and civil casualties rise.
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Taipei
Formosa
Dulles
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Red China
Quemoy
Reds
Quemoys
Nationalist
Defense Ministry
David Lancashire
Jon Quemoy
Lancashire
Chiang
U.S
Everett F. Drumright
U.S. Taiwan
Defense Command
Walter S. Robertson
Far Eastern
Robertson
Eisenhower
Quemoy Islands
Eisenhower Claims America Is Strongest Military Power
President Eisenhower told reporters in Chicago that overall America stands as the strongest military power while urging voters to reject Democratic wing spendthrift policies. He touted a coast to coast TV radio campaign, warned of centralization risks, and contrasted U S strength with the Soviet Union as Truman campaigned for Democrats in Wilmington Delaware.
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Eisenhower
America
United States
Russa
Russia
Congress
Truman
Wilmington
Del
Delaware City
New Castle
Nixon
New England
Hartford
Conn
Burlington
Providence
Kansas Highway Commission boosts funds for three cities
The Highway Commission agreed to pay about 3 million dollars in right of way costs and assume all maintenance for sections of the new interstate in Kansas City Topeka and Wichita. The plan covers roughly 26 miles with federal state cost shares and includes proposed maintenance funding changes for non interstate routes and city reimbursements. Maurice Martin said the state can absorb the added costs without a tax increase.
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Topeka
The
Highway Commission
Kansas City
Wichita
Maurice Martin
Farmers Cooperative Meeting Thursday
The Chanute Farmers Cooperative will hold its annual meeting at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the Memorial building. Jim Williams of the Wichita bank for cooperatives will be the principal speaker. Also to be present are representatives of the Consumers Cooperative Assn. and the Farmers Union Jobbing Assn. Business will include the election of officers. Present officers are Vernie Umbarger Earlton president Lester Thompson Chanute vice president and Nathan Hole Chanute treasurer. Serving with them on the board of directors are Charles Sommars Darrell Nelson Wayne Brant and Neal Heilman. Refreshments will be served.
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Chanute Farmers Cooperative
Memorial
Jim Williams
Wichita Bank For Cooperatives
Consumers Cooperative Assn
Farmers Union Jobbing Assn
Vernie Umbarger
Earlton
Lester Thompson
Chanute
Nathan Hole
Charles Sommars
Darrell Nelson
Wayne Brant
Neal Heilman
Cement Users Tour Monarch Plant
Forty cement industry guests from Salina and Great Bend toured the Monarch Cement Co plant in Humboldt and were luncheon guests at Tioga Hotel. Monarch president Walter Wulf said the tour kicks off a series for cement users engineers and related trades. The group arrived yesterday for an overnight stay and returned to their towns this afternoon.
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Salina
Great Bend
Monarch Cement Co
Humboldt
Tioga Hotel
Walter Wulf
Monarch
Salina-Great Bend
Gas mask drill ends with skunk in tank
In a field problem the 1st Division chemical section sprayed tear gas from a Lig plane using a 30 gallon tank. Soldiers wore gas masks as trained. After decontamination, crew found a dead skunk in the tank, prompting a big cleanup job.
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FT. Riley
Vicious Northeaster Pounds North Carolina Coast
A fierce northeaster battered North Carolina’s coast for over 24 hours, causing damage before it eased and moved offshore, about 100 miles southeast of Myrtle Beach. Weather officials said the storm likely remained stationary off the South Carolina coast and may dissipate there.
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Cape Hatteras
N. C
North Carolina
Myrtle Beach
N.C
Weather
South Carolina
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Texas
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