Chanute residents endure sharp water shortage drive
Amid acute supply pinch Chanute residents tighten water use. Wells at homes and local sites like Oilfield Research Laboratories extend limited relief. households practice conservation, reuse rinse water, and stop city water for car washing. Neighbors share frugal measures and pledge to persevere until relief arrives.
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Chanute
Oilfield Research Laboratories
N. Highland
Carl Pate
Pate
Earl Wertz
S. Lafayette
New Nazarene Parsonage
Gingrich
Elk Club
Elks Lake
Dusty dust and cooler trend forecast for Kansas
A low pressure system from Colorado brings strong south winds and blowing dust in northwest Kansas. Partly cloudy Thursday with scattered showers, warmer forenoon then cooler late day. Highs in the 60s, low tonight around 50. Expect near normal to five degrees above normal Eastern Kansas. precip about .25 inch or less.
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Topeka
Kansas
Colorado
Dodge City
Goodland
Russell
Weather Bureau
Hill City
Pittsburg
Salina
Hung Jury Delays Kansas City Theft Trial
A district court jury in the State of Kansas v Lonnie Kennedy reported no progress after five and a half hours of testimony. Judge B M Dunham ordered the trial continued and transferred to Erie with a hearing set for the February term. Kennedy of Chanute faces charges of grand larceny for allegedly stealing several motor car tires from a local store warehouse. The defense says he bought the tires from a store employee. Jurors were dismissed until October 30 when two jury trials are on the docket.
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State of Kansas
Lonnie Kennedy
B. M. Dunham
Erie
Kennedy
Chanute
Youth Admits Burglary At Alamo Museum
A 16 year old youth confessed to burglarizing the Alamo and stealing four historic pistols and other items. He led officers to the hidden weapons described as four old pistols. The suspect, already jailed for a knife point holdup, admitted the crime after questioning by juvenile officials.
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San Antonio
Tex
Alamo
Old Fort
Bexar County
H. R. Newcomer
J. D. Carver
Teagarden Reelected Kansas Grange Master at Convention
Ray Teagarden of LaCygne was reelected Kansas Grange master for a two year term at the state convention. National Grange executive committee chairman W E Adams of Eagle Idaho spoke urging farmers to keep family farms and for young people to pursue college. The four day event included a patrons insurance breakfast at St Patrick’s auditorium, officer elections, a 5:30 pm banquet, memorial service at 9:30 pm, a lecturer conference at 7 am, and slated installation of officers to close the convention tomorrow night.
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LaCygne
The
Kansas Grange
National Grange
Teagarden
Kansas
W. E. Adams
Eagle
Ida
Idaho Grange
St. Patrick’s Auditorium
Masonic Temple
Grange
St. Patrick's Auditorium
Temple
53 Persons Die in Meknes Morocco Riots
Rioting in Meknes killed at least 53 people, mostly Europeans, after France seized five Algerian rebels. French and Moroccan patrols found burned and mutilated bodies as troops guarded European and native quarters. French sources say 38 farms were burned in surrounding countryside. The trigger was reportedly an accidental Moroccan trooper shooting himself.
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Rabat
Morocco
France
Meknes
Alfalfa Hay Door Prize At GOP Rally
A ton of alfalfa hay was given as a door prize at a Republican rally in Council Grove Kansas. The winner, Earl McDiffett of Alta Vista, said he did not need the hay since he has no livestock, yet others offered to take it.
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Council Grove
Kansas
Earl McDiffett
Alta Vista
McDiffett
Busy City Court Sessions End With Guilty Pleas
Lloyd Evans of Garnett was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail and fined costs after pleading guilty in city court to assault and battery for beating Forrest Brundage at a Chanute service station. Floyd Malcolm of 1713 S Highland was fined 150 dollars for DUI and license surrender after a collision on the east river bridge. Eldon D Vaughn of Chanute and Clair Gilbert Clow of Wichita pleaded guilty to DUI and open bottle charges in police court, drawing 150 dollars in fines and license surrender.
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Lloyd Evans
Garnett
Evans
Forrest Brundage
Chanute
Brundage
Floyd Malcolm
S. Highland
Kansas Highway Patrol
Malcolm
East River Bridge
Eldon D. Vaughn
Chainute
Clair Gilbert Clow
Wichita
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas 1956 Update
Kansas traffic fatalities tracked by the State Accident Records Section show 0 for the last 24 hours, 531 to date in 1956, and 463 for the same period in 1955. These figures summarize year to date trends in traffic deaths across the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
Three Bank Robbers Captured After Mullinville Bank Heist
In Mullinville Kansas a bank cashier and his wife were held by three men who abducted him from home and drove to First State Bank. Police arrested Charles Wade Willie Hendren and Robert Henderson after a stop near town. about $1 800 and two .22 rifles were recovered. FBI may join the case.
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Mullinville
Kas
Robert James
First State Bank
Kansas
James
Charles Willard Wade
Independence
Willie Thomas Hendren
Robert
Bill ‘Thomas
Kiowa County
Greensburg
Lloyd Mucklow
Wichita
Martin Belmore
FBI
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Mucklow
Bill Thomas
Belleville
Garden City
Anti-Robbery System Triggers Sudden Bank Closure
PORT HURON Mich The Thomas Street branch of Michigan National Bank closed suddenly as 14 customers rushed into the street with tears in their eyes Tear gas nozzles over the four cashiers cages activated shortly before closing time Bank officials have not determined why the anti robber y system started.
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Port Huron
Mich
Thomas Street
Michigan National Bank
O'Neill Named President of Kansas Weights Association
John O'Neill of Williamsburg was elected president of the Kansas Weights and Measures Association yesterday in Kansas City Kas.
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Kansas City
Kas
John,o'neill
Williamsburg
The
Kansas Weights and Measures Assn
Hungarians Rebel as Soviet Tanks Battle in Budapest
Anti Soviet uprising in Budapest intensifies with Soviet tanks, planes, and ground troops clashing with demonstrators. Budapest reports hundreds killed as rebels resist ultimata amid chaotic battles and a government push for amnesty.
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Hungary
Vienna
Austria
Budapest
Kansans First For Kansas Water Wariness in Fall River Plan
Gov. Fred Hall said he cannot sign Oklahoma's water release resolution now. He wrote Gov. Raymond Gary that five Kansas communities rely on Fall River Reservoir and that 900 acre feet could be released with conditions. He called rainfall patterns and overall water prospects extremely serious if rainfall does not improve.
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Topeka
Fred Hall
Fall River
Kansas
Nowata
Okla
Hall
Raymond Gary
Oklahoma
Gary
Corps of Engineers
Kansas Water Resources Board
Dust Storm Rages Across West Area
A major dust storm spans eastern Colorado to the Missouri Valley with winds 30 to 60 mph from the Oklahoma Panhandle to the Dakotas. Western Kansas faces hazardous highway travel as the storm moves through western Kansas into eastern Nebraska with rain and snow likely in western Nebraska and the Dakotas.
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Rockies
Missouri Valley
Oklahoma Panhandle
Dakotas
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Nebraska
High Court Affirms Leavenworth Detention Decision
The Kansas Supreme Court upholds a Leavenworth County District Court ruling denying Allen Benton alias Alex de Goode a writ of habeas corpus. Benton sought the writ while held on an extradition request from South Carolina.
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Topera
Kansas Supreme Court
Leavenworth
Allen Benton
Alex de Goode
Benton
Leavenworth County
South Carolina
City Water Usage Report Shows Daily and Weekly Totals
Yesterday city water usage reached 1,284,000 gallons, up from 1,238,000 the day before and 1,271,000 the prior day. The seven day total was 8,988,000 gallons, down slightly from 9,624,000 the previous seven days. Save water.
Chanute Council Plans Ballot Question On Recreation Program
Chanute Community Council discussed a proposed supervised recreational program to appear on the November general election ballot. The plan would serve all ages with activities for adults and youth plus a healthful elderly phase funded by a maximum one mill tax levy.
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Chanute
Atoms for Peace Approved by UN Group
The 82 nation International Atomic Agency adopts a statute for a world atoms for peace agency after two years of talks sparked by President Eisenhower. The Vienna based statute opens for signature Friday and enters into force once 18 nations ratify, including three major atomic powers.
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United Nations
N.Y. WP
International Atomic Agency
World Atoms-For-Peace Agency
Eisenhower
U.N. General Assembly
Vienna
Iowa Boy Wins Big At American Royal With 7.30 Lb Calf
Dennis Freed of Paullina Iowa co owns the champion Angus that sold for 7.30 a pound at the American Royal Livestock Show. The 975 pound calf brought nearly seven thousand dollars to the 13 year old winner. The high bidder was Rutherford Food Corp of Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Iowa
American Royal Livestock and Horse Show
Dennis Freed
Paullina
Rutherford Food Corp
Kenneth, Hitel
Green Castle
Death Strikes Twice in El Dorado Families Lose Two
Bismar Thompson, 65, died yesterday in El Dorado, just one day after his mother Chaney Roberts, 83, also of El Dorado, passed away.
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EL Dorado
Bismar Thompson
Chaney Roberts
Smog impacts Los Angeles population figures rise
Los Angeles County population grows by 50 000 over the last year reaching 5 342 755 as of July 1. The city of Los Angeles adds 18 157 residents totaling 2 277 997.
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Los Angeles U
Los Angeles
Regional Planning Commission
Los Angeles City
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