Kaiser Breaks from Steel Group in 104 Day Strike
Kaiser Steel Corp the ninth largest US producer with capacity of 2,933,000 ingot tons announced it would negotiate separately with the United Steelworkers union ending its join bargaining stance. Kaiser cited a national emergency and said talks would proceed in Washington while other mills pursue separate deals in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Kaiser Steel Corp
United Steelworkers Union
Kaiser
Washington
USW
U.S. Steel Corp
U.S. 3Rd Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S
American Iron & Steel Institute
Edgar F. Kaiser
Norman Nicholson
Amusing train reunion reveals distant siblings in Kansas
George Donaldson recalls a heart warming moment when his sister Varna Doan from Mobile, Alabama surprised brother Bob Donaldson on a Santa Fe train to Iola Kansas. The two had not seen each other for years and learned of their mother’s passing during a prior illness. The chance sight of a gray hair spot in back of Bob’s head helped trigger the reunion.
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George Donaldson
Iowa
Donaldson
Bob
New York City
Kansas City
Lola
Kansas
Mrs. Doan
Bob Donaldson
UNESCO Day in Erie Highlights International Dinner
Erie hosts United Nations Day with a covered dish dinner featuring foods from many nations. Henry Watkins, state UNESCO chairman, presided and announced a January Mexi co bus tour. Foreign students from Parsons Junior College and Kansas State College of Pittsburg attended along with guests from Jordan, China, West Germany, Iran, Formosa, Japan, and Yugoslavia.
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Erie
United Nations
Foods of All Nations
Henry Watkins
Unesco
Mexico
Parsons Junior College
Kansas State College of Pittsburg
Jordan
China
West Germany
Iran
Formosa
Japan
Yugoslavia
J. M. Torrence
R. C. Buchanan
Walter Meeker
Charles Bohlander
Watkins
L. K. Olson
Unesco Board
Carter Brookhart
Pauley
Henry Myers
Chanute
Torrence
Meeker
Bohlander
Stark
J. Leroy Barker
Lee Francis
Felix Bouray
Harry Rush
Thayer
Clyde Russell
Olson
Galesburg
R. G Loudon
Buchanan
Nearly Three Million Attend Texas State Fair
The State Fair of Texas closed after a 17 day run with total attendance of 2,801,305. Officials said the fair drew more visitors than any other event in North America in 1959.
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Dallas, Tex
Texas
North Amer
Ica
Illinois Officers Capture Boy After Wild Chase
A 16-year-old Kansas City youth was captured after a high speed pursuit in Mount Vernon Illinois when police shot out tires at a roadside roadblock. The suspect, Robert Ellis Anderson, fled from Nashville and was later subdued by state troopers after crashing the vehicle. He faced an extradition request from Kansas City police and was linked to multiple car thefts in the Kansas City area.
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Mount Vernon, Ill
Kansas City
Robert Ellis Anderson
Mount Vernon
Nashville
Anderson
U. S. Highway 460
Bill Anthis
Anthis
John Boyd
Boyd
Charles Longwell
Washington County
Longwell
Freeman Kaser
Two Shannon Brothers Die In Hiawatha Plane Crash
In Hiawatha Kansas a light plane crashed near a farm two miles east of town killing brothers Jerry Shannon 25 and Eldon Shannon 24 as they waved to friends. Their parents Mr and Mrs Leon Shannon live nearby.
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Hiawatha
Kan
Friends
Jerry Shannon
Eldon Shannon
Here
Leon Shannon
Fredonia Girl Strangled in Accidental Rope Incident
A 13 year old Fredonia girl Pamela Rae Burress died after the rope she was playing with around her neck became strangling. Her death was ruled accidental by coroner Dr. Raymond Beal after she was found sitting against a post in a neighbor's yard.
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Fredonia
Kas
Pamela Rae Burress
Raymond Burress
Raymond Beal
Neosho 4-H and Altamont FFA Win Land Judging Event
Neosho County 4-H topped the 4-H division and Altamont FFA won the FFA team event at the Southeast Kansas Land Judging school held near Chanute. About 75 youths from 13 FFA and 5 4-H teams competed. Neosho’s Gary Malson led individual scoring with 201 points.
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Altamont
FFA
Neosho County
Chanute Future Farmers of America
Fairfield Consolidated School
Chanute
Cha
David Sciler
Bob Ames
Cherryvale
Caney
Yates Center
Ark City
Peabody
St. Paul
Danny Smith
Justin Linnebar
George Smith
Eddie McMillen
Bill Schupbach
Joe Zillner
Don Gibson
Bill Triplett
Larry McGuire
Stork Delays Flight For Emergency Jet Fuel Dump
Mrs. Carl W. Tillman of San Diego began labor aboard an American Airlines jet from New York to Los Angeles. To assure a safe emergency landing in St Louis the pilot dumped 27 000 pounds of jet fuel into the Mississippi River. An ambulance took Mrs Tillman to St Marys Hospital and two days later she has not delivered.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi River
Carl W. Tillman
San Diego
Calif
American Airlines
New York
Los Angeles
Tillman
St. Mary's
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Rise in 1959 Totals
Kansas accident records show 467 deaths to date in 1959, up from 455 in the comparable period of 1958. One fatality occurred in an earlier accident within the 48 hours ending at 9 am today.
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Topeka
Kansas
Collision at Galesburg injures car in rear-end crash
A 1954 Dodge driven by Joseph Meeker of Galesburg struck the rear of Robert Reed's car driven by Parsons. Damage to the Meeker vehicle was estimated at 50 dollars. Sheriff Jerry Sloan reported the minor traffic collision occurred about 3 30 pm yesterday.
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Galesburg
Joseph Meeker
Jerry Sloan
Sloan
Meeker
Robert Reed
Parsons
Four Chanute Jaycees Attend Kansas Jaycees Meet
Four Chanute Junior Chamber of Commerce members attended the Kansas Jaycees weekend meeting in Dodge City. They lost to Junction City in a bid to host the winter quarterly gathering in Chanute. Attendees included Bill Morgan Chanute president Carl North state director Ray Chris Nansen and Dave Laker. El Dorado was named site for the state junior tennis tournament and Garden City will host the Teenage Road-E-O.
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Chanute
Bill Morgan
Carl North
Ray Chris Nansen
Dave Laker
Kansas
Population Rise in United States Hits 177 Million
The Census Bureau reports the nation's population grew by 3,050,000 to 177,103,000 in the year ending June 30. The increase reflects ongoing demographic growth across the country.
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Washington
Census Bureau
FHA district meeting draws 461 Future Homemakers to Memorial Building
Four dozen chapters from 15 southeast Kansas towns gather for the district five meeting in Chanute with 9 a.m. registration. Al Special numbers and an official report mark the afternoon as McCune takes best-dressed chapter honors amid performances by Fort Scott Yates Center and Neodesha members.
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Future Homemakers of America
Southeast
Kansas
FHA
Memorial Building
Chanute
Fredonia
Eureka
Riverton
Yates Center
Pittsburg College High
al- Special Numbers
Goering
Neodesha
Cer
Pittsburg
Shirley Hoggett
Fort Scott
Sherry Bowen
Karen Trichler
Beverly Frogge
Kathe Martin
Ann Curry
Iola
Ellen Hollingsworth
Judy Newland
McCune
Kincaid
Altamont
Independence
Columbus
Cherryvale
Weekend Theft and Vandalism Report Across Town
Max LaRue of 519 S Western reported ignition keys stolen from three trucks and a tractor owned by LaRue Bros Construction Co. over the weekend. Other incidents include a planter box stolen from Hosea Jones at 722 S Steuben, gasoline stolen from C P Williams pickup while fishing at Austin, a missing gasoline cap from K L Trumbull’s car, hubcaps stolen from Victor Cawthorn’s rural Chanute vehicle, and an ornament broken at Dr J D Gough’s home 1620 W Elm.
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Max LaRue
S. Western
LaRue Bros. Construction Co
Hosea Jones
S. Steuben
C. P. Williams
Williams
Austin
K. L. Trumbull
N. Grant
Trumbull
Victor Cawthorn
Chanute
Dr. J. D. Gough
W. Elm
Testing of Top Area Seniors For Scholarships Tomorrow
Ten Chanute High School seniors and 109 area high school seniors will take preliminary tests for university and Putnam scholarships at 13 testing centers nationwide. Ninety nominees from Chanute and 1,054 Kansas seniors compete for Watkins and Putnam merit awards, with final rounds at Kansas campuses in November and renewable four year funding based on need and merit.
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Chanute
Kansas
Summerfield
Watkins
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Putnam
Kansas State University
Manhattan
K. U
Jury selection underway in Kansas murder trial
District court began selecting a jury for Howard York accused of first degree murder in the July 4 stabbing death of roommate Cald well Culton at their Chanute home. York, 28, is defended by Kenneth Foust and his son John. six peremptory challenges by the state, one by the defense.
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Howard York
Caldwell Culton
Kansas
York
Culton
N. Santa Fe
Chanute
Kenneth Foust
John
Iola
Richard L. Ash
West Studies Soviet Formula of Disarmament
Western representatives from Britain, Canada, France, Italy and the United States met privately to discuss Vasily Kuznetsov’s latest disarmament formula for a U.N. resolution. The East West committee will include Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Romania and the Soviet Union in Geneva next February. Kuznetsov’s proposal updates the Eisenhower Khrushchev communique and the Lodge amendments to call for general and complete disarmament with effective controls.
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United Nations
N.Y. Cap
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
U.N
Britain
Canada
France
Italy
United States
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Romania
Soviet Union
Geneva
Kuznetsov
U.S
Henry Cabot
Lodge
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
General Assembly
Khrushchev
10-Nation Committee
State Traffic Fatal to Three
Three state traffic deaths occurred in Kansas and Missouri over the weekend. In Kansas, Sheila Sibert 28 of Topeka died in a three car collision near Kansas City Kansas with husband Charles 30 and their one year old son Stephen hospitalized. An airman at Forbes AFB Kenneth Walker Boughton 28 of Elizabeth City NC died in a pickup train crash near the base. A Nashville Tennessee resident William Andrew Beck ??? died in a one car crash near Osborne after his car plunged off U.S. 24. Six Missouri fatalities reported in traffic accidents.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Sheila Sibert
Topeka
Kansas City
Kan
Sibert
Charles
Stephen
Forbes Afb
Kenneth Walker Boughton
Elizabeth City
N.C
Nashville
Tenn
Osborne
William Andrew Beck
U.S. 24
Missouri
Weather Turns Colder as Kansas Sees Sharp Temperature Swing
A cold front pushes across Kansas ending a warm weekend. Blustery north to northwest winds 30 to 40 mph drop temperatures from the 90s to the 60s and 30s overnight. Hill City topped 92 and Garden City 90, with Lawrence and Olathe around 65 and Pittsburg near 38 to 57 in a dramatic 24 hour change.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Hill City
Garden City
Lawrence
Olathe
Pittsburg
Legion Sponsored Circus Shows Here Tomorrow
The Adams Bros and Seils Bros circus offers two performances tomorrow at 4 and 8 p.m. on West Main Saddle Club grounds under Boerstler May American Legion sponsorship. Features include aerial artists jugglers tumblers clowns and trained animals in three rings. Legion proceeds support the post scholarship fund.
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Adams Bros
Seils Bros. Circus
West Main Saddle Club
The
Boerstler-May American Legion
Legion
Post Scholarship Fund
Benson in Hospital
Secretary Ezra Taft Benson remained in Walter Reed Hospital for further medical study of an abdominal complaint.
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Washington (Ap
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Walter Reed Hospital
Farley Pays Call on Eisenhower in Washington
James A. Farley former national Democratic chairman visited President Eisenhower in Washington as the two leaders met in a rare cross party contact during the day.
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Washington
James A. Farley
National Democratic
Eisenhower
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