Asian flu epidemic hits school absences and demand at local pharmacies
Absences rise across Royster Junior High and several high schools with 4 1 percent at Royster and 19 percent at Senior High. Doctors note Asian flu symptoms though only one case is confirmed, urging bed rest fluids and avoiding spread. Pharmacists report vaccine shortages as demand spikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royster
Alcott
Hutton
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Murray Hill
St. Patrick's
Buford Fisher
J. D. Gough
Strike violence hits Sinclair loading docks in Texas
A heavy bomb damaged Sinclair Oil Co docks at Dringerfield Texas during a strike related to rehiring policies. Gunfire struck the home of non striker Robert Blondell in Rosewood near Gilmer, narrowly missing bedridden Nettie Fennell. Two men were arrested as Texas Ranger Sgt. Arthur Hill links the incident to the Lone Star steel plant walkout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dringerfield
Tex
Sinclair Oil Co
Lone Star
Nettie Fennell
Texas Ranger
Arthur Hill
Sinclair
United Steelworkers of America
Hill
Rosewood
Gilmer
Robert Blondell
Hypnotist Dr. Morton Greene Performs for County Students
Dr. Morton Greene demonstrated group hypnosis at the municipal auditorium with about 250 attendees. The Lions Club sponsored the show, profits to fund a sight machine for county schools. Greene claimed hypnotism is a scientific fact and showed onstage suggestions, catalepsy, and reactions of hypnotized students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton Greene
Municipal Auditorium
Greene
Dr. Green
Lion's Club
Ed Caldwell
Lions
Bloodmobile Here Tomorrow
Red Cross seeks additional donors for a bloodmobile visit tomorrow to reach 160 pints. Donors should not give blood until a week after flu vaccination. The collection runs 9 a.m. to 2 15 p.m at Memorial building with fire department assisting. Doctors J N Sherman and colleagues will staff.
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Red Cross
Fred Robertson
Robertson
Memorial
Martha Stoltz
Stuart Hoofnagle
Chanute
Donald E. Ray
Herbert Rollow
J. N. Sherman
Glen Ashley
Henry Baker
James A. Butin
Little Girl Beaten in Kansas City Case
A two year old girl Anna Marie McBrayer was found unconscious in a yard with malnutrition lacerations bruises and frostbite after being thrown from her home. Police say neighbors saw the child thrown out the back door. Mother Mrs Arthur McBrayer held for a mental examination. Three other children aged 6 8 and 10 were sent to a juvenile detention home. Father absent for days. home had little food and utilities cut off.
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Kansas City
Kan
Anna Marie McBrayer
Arthur McBrayer
Joe
Doctor's Bag Found In Old Refrigerator
A medical bag stolen from Dr. Glen Ashley two weeks ago was found Sunday in the garage of the Jack Holcomb home at 916 S. Forest. Police said most contents were recovered after Mrs. Holcomb opened the garage refrigerator and found the bag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Ashley
Jack Holcomb
S. Forest
Kiwanis Spook Parade And Halloween Party Planned
The Kiwanis Club hosts a Thursday night event for kindergarten through sixth grade with two meeting sites at 6:00. Older kids parade from Forest and Main to Memorial Building for judging and prizes, Harvey Rhodes magic show, movies, and a 8:30 dismissal.
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Kiwanis Club
Forest
Main
Memorial Building
Highland
Harvey Rhodes
Magic
Raymond York
Robert Briley
Art Krone
L. D. Perry
Dale Fairchild
Forrest Steeves
Emmet Bolze
Glen McLaren
Glenn Allison
Louis Gerken
Cecil Pankratz
Don Beach
Irvin Barnett
Lyle Holman
Eldon Penner
Fred Mosier
Charles Leavitt
W. T. Niermeier
Bob Davenport
Carl Haight
Jack Hadley
Mostly Cloudy Area Forecast for Kansas City Region
Forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions through Wednesday with occasional light rain tonight and Wednesday. Mild tonight and Wednesday, with lows around 30s to 40s and highs in the 60s to lower 70s in parts of Kansas and nearby cities. A weak cold front crossed Kansas with minimal temperature change.
Buick Settles Labor Dispute in Flint Plant
General Motors Corp announced a settlement of a labor dispute that had threatened to close Buick's Flint plant. Edward T. Ragsdale, Buick division general manager, said a complete agreement had been reached with Local 599 of the United Auto Workers without any interruption of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint, Mich
General Motors Corp
Buick
Flint
Edward T. Ragsdale
United Auto Workers
Postponed Games Due To Influenza Outbreak
Blue Comet and Tornado sophomores cannot play as six players are ill and no date is set. Royster Junior High’s football game with Fredonia is also postponed due to illness at both schools with no rescheduled date. Coaches expect Friday’s varsity game vs Parsons to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Stowell
Parsons
Royster Junior High School
Fredonia
Paul Parsons
Wife and Husband Die in Car After Discovery
A traveling salesman found wife dead in a car in Mayville Oklahoma, and soon after the husband was found dead in the same vehicle. A doctor said both deaths appear due to heart attacks. The victims were John Hugh Wilson, about 75, and Mrs. Florence Wilson, 75, of Oklahoma City.
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Maysville
Okla
John Hugh Wilson
Florence Wilson
Oklahoma City
Tractor Mishap Claims Farmer in Leavenworth County
Mike Gates 55 died when his tractor overturned four miles northwest of Easton in Leavenworth County. His son Mike Jr and his brother Joe Gates witnessed the fatal accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Mike Gates
Mike Jr
Gates
Joe Gates
Easton
Leavenworth County
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka 1957 Update
Kansas State Records notes 0 fatalities in last 24 hours and 444 to date for 1957, comparing with 554 in the same period last year. No additional details or names provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Police warn on Halloween vandalism prosecutions
A police warning from Chief Tom Morehead states that anyone committing vandalism as a Halloween prank will be prosecuted by the department. The advisory emphasizes legal consequences and crime prevention during the holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Morehead
Chief of Police
Zhukov to be given another post says Khrushchev
In Moscow Khrushchev and other Soviet leaders say Zhukov will receive a new post based on his experience though no decision was announced tonight. Khrushchev reports Zhukov is in good health and no new job was declared at the Turkish Embassy reception.
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Moscow
Georgi Zhukov
Mikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Zhukov
Nikolai Bulganin
Anastas Mikoyan
Communist Party Presidum
Soviet Union Central Committee
Middle East
Atom Smasher Inventor Wins $50,000 Award
Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence, director of the UC Berkeley radiation lab, won the Atomic Energy Commission Fer mi prize for 1957. He was honored for the cyclotron atom smasher and his numerous contributions to nuclear physics and atomic energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ernest O. Lawrence
Atomic Energy Commission
Fermi
Lawrence
University of California Radiation Laboratory
Berkeley
Falling Tree Kills Independence Man
Independence resident E. L. Barton, 68, died when a tree fell on him while he was cutting it three miles south of Galesburg at 10 15 am today. He was rushed to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg
E. L. Barton
Independence
Barton
Native Sons Daughters To Hear Dr Case Dinner
Dr Harold Case president of Boston University will be the principal speaker at the Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas annual dinner in Topeka on January 28. The event draws members from across the state and highlights local heritage and civic service.
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Dr. Case
Topeka
Harold Case
Boston University
Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas
Fire at Neosho Implement Co causes major damage
A second Chanute blaze within 24 hours gutted the Neosho Implement Co parts department at 1525 S Santa Fe. Loss estimated between 20 000 and 30 000 with 20 000 in parts inventory. Seven tractors damaged. upstairs apartment smoke damaged. roof repairs needed. Cause under investigation. Insurance covered both building and apartment. Fire crews on scene 8 45 to 11.
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Chanute
Neosho Implement Co
International Harvester Agency
S. Santa Fe
Dean Kepley
Kepley
L. L. Johns
C. W
Truitt
Christmas Preview Gift Draws at Chanute Merchants
Gift preview offers cash and merchandise prizes totaling over 500 dollars from Chanute firms. No entry fee. coupons in The Tribune to be submitted by November 5. Each store will draw its winner. names posted in windows. Lay away items featured in today's ads.
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Chanute
The
Tribune
Hand Grenade Injures Israeli Leader
NBC correspondent reports a hand grenade thrown inside the Israeli Parliament injuring Premier David Ben-Gurion and Foreign Minister Golda Meir. Minister Moshe Shapiro was gravely injured.
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New York
NBC
Joe Jacobs
Jerusalem
David Ben-Gurion
Golda Meir
Moshe Shapiro
Crossing Crash Injures Truck Driver Arvil Royer
A truck driver identified as Arvil Ray Royer of Route 1 Mulvane was critically injured in a grade crossing collision with a Santa Fe. The incident occurred at a railroad crossing, with Royer sustaining life threatening injuries and authorities investigating the crash.
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Wellington
Arvil Ray Royer
Route 1
Mulvane
Santa Fe
Plane Lands on Road To Ask Directions
ALBUQUERQUE New Mexico City Patrolman Larry Eversull was surprised when a light plane landed on a city street seeking directions to the nearest airport. The unidentified pilot shouted he was headed to Montana then took off after being told the route. He should have been ticketed, Eversull said.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Larry Eversull
Evergull
Montana
Eversull
Chamber of Commerce Vital To Towns Growth
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce executive Kilker tells Chanute chamber members that industry drives wealth and creates jobs. An 75 worker plant can support 150 new jobs, raise tax revenue, spurring homes, cars, stores, and services. About 150 attendees heard the talk at the Masonic Temple dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C
Bud) Kilker
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
Kilker
Chamber
Masonic Temple
Buford Fisher
Toledo Teamsters Quit Local AFL
Toledo Teamsters Joint Council 44 withdrew from the city and state AFL after the suspension of the international union by the AFL-CIO Executive Council. Lawrence Steinberg said 15,000 members in five locals had no alternative. The move may affect Ohio’s AFL-CIO merger and delegate eligibility for the December convention.
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Toledo
Ohio
Teamsters Joint Council
AFL
Lawrence Steinberg
Toledo Teamsters
International Union
Afl-Cio
CIO
Teamsters
Striping Paint Bids Sought for State Highways
TOPEKA The State Purchasing Division will request bids for about 130000 gallons of striping paint and 775400 pounds of glass beads to mix for reflective markings. Highway officials plan to centerline and safety mark roughly 8000 miles of highways in 1958.
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Topeka
State Purchasing Division
State Highway Department
Macmillan Welcomes Top Level NATO Meeting
Prime Minister Macmillan told the House of Commons he would welcome a meeting of all NATO heads of government. Reports say Macmillan, Eisenhower and other NATO leaders might attend the NATO Council session in Paris in December. No official announcement has been made.
FFA Ceremony At Coffeyville Draws Hundreds Tonight
About 500 persons are expected to attend a Future Farmers of America recognition ceremony in Coffeyville. Some 200 FFA members will receive chapter farmers or green hand degrees as chapters from Cedar Vale Sedan Elk City Caney Independence and Coffeyville participate. A 12 man degree team led by Prof. Don M. Orr of Oklahoma State University conducts the ceremony.
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Coffeyville
Farmers of America
FFA
Cedar Vale
Sedan
Elk City
Caney
Independence
Don M. Orr
Oklahoma State University
Joplin Doctor Dr. Robert M. James Dies
Dr. Robert M. James, 77, former Missouri state health commissioner, died in a Joplin hospital after a long illness.
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Joplin
Robert M. James
Missouri
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