York Takes Stand In Own Defense In Murder Trial
Howard York testified as the first defense witness in a first degree murder case over the shooting death of Caldwell Culton after a July 4 altercation. He claimed the hunting knife was used only to fend off attack following a car dispute and a tire blowout at the Chicken Shack room.
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Keith Wright
Howard York
York
Caldwell Culton
N. Santa Fe
Cullton
Kenneth Foust
Iola
Culton
Parsons
Chanute
Topeka
Pennsylvania
B. M. Dunham
Chanute residents cheer son in Winterset on NBC TV
Maxwell Anderson’s Winterset drew millions nationwide including a Chanute couple who watched son Tom Hatcher 28 play Carr the friend of Mia opposite Don Murray Piper Laurie George C Scott and others in the 90 minute NBC presentation Hatcher visited Chanute last summer and the town’s gossip centers on a local ring contest with rival Neal Munger and Lloyd Dalton tied to Mirza Shrine ceremonies and political maneuvering in Coffeyville and Chanute with headlines of gun smoke and ring honors across the region
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U. S
Maxwell Anderson
Tom Hatcher
Oscar Hatcher
S. Highland
Carr
Mia
Don Murray
Neal
Manger
Chanute
Lloyd
Wild Jack) Dalton
Munger
Dalton
Dalton Gang
Unusually Tight Budget Planned By Gov Docking
Gov George Docking ordered preparation of an unusually tight Kansas budget to reduce taxes. Budget Director James Bibb will craft the plan under William Salome, with reviews after hearings to trim expenses beyond initial proposals. Docking expects a possible surplus over 15 million dollars and plans hearings with party leadership before drafting the 1960 budget for the legislature.
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Gov. Docking
Topeka
George Docking
Kansas
James Bibb
William C. Salome
Department of Administration
Docking
Salome
John Kirchner
State
Z. Arthur Nevins
August Lauterbach
Colby
Robert Anderson
Ottawa
GM Output Near Halt
Detroit AP reports GM assembly lines will halt this week due to a steel shortage with Chevrolet nearly shut down. Industry production fell to 112,900 cars from 133,430, with further declines expected. Rambler led compact sales at 9,000, followed by Corvair 4,900, Falcon 4,581, Lark 3,260, and Valiant 1,500.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Chevrolet
United Auto Workers Union
Rambler Lo
Corvair
Falcon
Lark
Valiant
Acts of Vandalism Reported Here
Four car radio antennae were bent or broken in a spate of pre Halloween vandalism last night. Mrs. Wilson Pittman of Humboldt reported her antenna bent in Chanute. Wendell Bowyer’s 1953 Pontiac had an antenna broken off near the high school. Veral Manson’s 1959 Pontiac had a broken antenna in front of the Manson home. Dale Miles’s 1957 Ford had a bent antenna at the Memorial Building. A receiver was torn from a public telephone at Santa Fe Park and a stop sign pulled from its base at 9th and Santa Fe.
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Wilson Pittman
Humboldt
Chanute
Wendell Bowyer
N. Grant
Veral Manson
S. Highland
Manson
Dale Miles
Walnut
Memorial Building
Santa Fe Park
9Th
Santa Fe
City approves 1959 sewer and paving contracts
City commission approved a 7824.25 contract with Harry Byers and Sons for a two block sewer project Ash to Beech between Wilson and Western. They adopted a 59881.76 bond plan to cover 1959 paying projects and issued a 17457.93 temporary note for Freeto Construction paving.
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Harry Byers and Sons
Ash
Beech
Wilson
Western
City Commission
Freeto Construction Co
Commission
South
Lafayette
Christmas Preview offers gifts and cash prizes in Chanute shops
Chanute merchants launch a Christmas Preview with gifts or cash valued over 500 dollars. No entry fee, coupons must be deposited by named individuals, and each firm will draw a winner. Winners announced in store windows as a lay away shopping display highlights the event.
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Chanute
the Tribune
Earthquake rattles Hartsville area in South Carolina
An earthquake struck northeastern South Carolina Monday night, about 9 08 p m, felt over a 50 by 20 mile belt with the center near Hartsville. No serious damage reported as dishes and windows rattled. Florence Weather Bureau official cited a slight shifting of the earths upper crust as the cause.
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Hartsville
S. C
South Carolina
Florence Weather Bureau
Woman's Body Found Near Missouri River
The body of Mrs Valeda H Rowlson aged 44 of Liberty was found on a riverbank near Missouri City. She had been missing since her car was located under the Liberty Independence bridge her husband Max L Rownson said she had been despondent.
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Liberty, Mo
Valeda H. Rowlison
Liberty
Missouri River
Missouri City
Liberty-Independence Bridge
Max L. Rownson
Gun Accident Fatal To Airman's Wife
Salina Kansas reports Lt. James Lee Griggs Jr. an Air Force officer says a .22 pistol fired accidentally while he cleaned it, killing his wife Patricia aged 25 as she lay on the floor watching television after a hunting trip. An inquest was set for this afternoon. no charges filed.
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Salina
Kas
Air Force
James Lee Griggs Jr
Patricia
Griggs
Showdown For Steel Strike In Federal Court
In Pittsburgh and Philadelphia foregrounding the steel strike, Kaiser Steel resolves with United Steelworkers while 105 days into the stoppage the U S Third Circuit considers whether 509000 workers must return to work under a Taft Hartley injunction. Kaiser returns 7500 workers to plants in California under a contract through June 30 1961 as star entities including U S Steel Bethlehem Republic Jones & Laughlin Inland Armco Allegheny Ludlum Great Lakes Colorado Fuel & Iron Wheeling and Pittsburgh Steel resume talks.
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Philadelphia
Kaiser Steel Corp
United Steelworkers
U.S. 3Rd Circuit Court of Appeals
Kaiser
California
Washington
Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem, Republic
Jones & Laughlin
Inland
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Armco
Allegheny Ludlim
Great Lakes
Colorado Fuel & Iron
Wheeling
Pittsburgh Steel
Steel Corp
Facsimile Mail Service Trial At Post Office
Washington AP reports post office engineers test a facsimile mail system for near instant coast to coast text transmission. Summerfield says department explores rapid service with open letter scanning and lightning speed transmission, possibly cheaper than seven cent air mail.
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Washington
Post Office
Arthur E. Summerfield
Summerfield
New York City
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Open House At Southwestern Bell Draws Six Hundred Visitors
Approximately 600 persons toured the Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. building on the first day of a two day open house. Al Endres, manager, said visitors could see the traffic department and operators at work and the plant department showing wire connections. Refreshments were provided. Today is the final day with hours 2 to 5 PM and 7 to 9 PM.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
al Endres
Endres
Jhours
Cancer survival rises as risk awareness grows
Public education boosts cancer cure rates, with emphasis on high risk groups for regular checkups. Dr. E Cuyler Hammond notes age sex occupation and geography affect risk, urging targeted screenings and early detection for better outcomes. A six year study of 500 000 families seeks daily life factors and early warning signs. Volunteers in Neosho County seek 90 households for participation.
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New York
E. Cuyler Hammond
American Cancer Society
Hammond
The
Neosho County
Northwestern Kansas freezes as cold night hits state
A hard freeze swept western Kansas with lows near 20 degrees in Hill City Kirwin Dam Russell Goodland and Lovewell Dam while Pittsburg found 42. Weatherman Garrett notes the freeze aids sorghum harvest and predicts fair, cooler east and warmer west conditions tonight then Wednesday highs in the 60s to 70s.
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Topeka
Kansas
Hill City
Kirwin Dam
Russell
Goodland
Lovewell Dam
Pittsburg
Richard Garrett
Garrett
Arkansas Trucker Dies From Midwest Crash Near Carthage
Donald Reed 27 of Morrow Arkansas died in a Carthage hospital after a collision on U S 71 a mile north of the Jasper Barton line last Wednesday. Howard Hulsizer 33 of Marshalltown Iowa drove head on after attempting to pass a car and went into the left ditch. Reed also left the road but died Monday night. Hulsizer was not seriously hurt.
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Carthage
Morrow
Arth
Donald Reed
U. S. 71
Jasper
Barton County
Howard Hulsizer
Marshalltown
Iowa
Hulsizer
Reed
Crash Fatal in Clay Center Claims Ray Norman Life
A Monday car truck collision in Clay Center Kansas killed Ray Norman a 61 year old passenger from Garrison Kansas Police identified the deceased and said the crash investigation continues authorities could not confirm other injuries at this time.
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Clay Center
Kas
Ray Norman
Garrison
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Coffeyville
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Mirza Divan
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H. F. Swain
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Midway Rural Consolidated School
Altoona
Carolyn Wing
Jerry Wiegert
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Southwestern Bell
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