Flu Outbreak Expands Across Kansas Schools Stop Classes
The Kansas State Board of Health reports a sharp rise in absenteeism to 20 000 from 8 000 across 32 counties as flu and respiratory illnesses hit. Confirmed Asian flu in 11 counties prompts school closures in Frontenac Pittsburg and cancels football games. Topeka Wichita Chanute Colby Winchester report high absentee rates among students and teachers. some events postponed or canceled.
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Associated Press
Kansas
State Board of Health
James Mott
Mott
Washington School
Frontenac
Frontenac - St. Mary's of
Pittsburg
Wichita
Wichita U
Emporia State
Wichita A
Fort Hays State
Hays
Chanute
Colby
Winchester
Driver Reports In Car-Bike Mishap
Police said Bill Triplett of Thayer reported driving a car that struck bicycle rider Richard Martin, 12, of 110 S Highland, Friday on Second between Highland and Evergreen. Martin was not seriously injured and Triplett was arranging payment for bicycle damages.
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Bill Triplett
Thayer R. 2
Richard Martin
S. Highland
Highland
Evergreen
Richard
Irvin Martin
Triplett
Salina Bomber Crash Fatal to Two Airmen
A B47 bomber based at Schilling AFB crashed on a farm 18 miles southwest of Salina Kansas during a routine training flight killing Capt. Bernard Rinebold 33 of Macedon New York and Capt. Harold Horry of Wichita Falls Texas. Capt. Bobby Hodges 35 of Oklahoma Miss parachuted to safety with bruises. Rinebold and Horry left wives and seven children behind. The cause of the crash was not known.
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Salina
Kas
Here
Bernard Rinebold
Macedon
N.Y
Harold Horry
Wichita Falls
Tex
Bobby Hodges
Okolgna
Miss
Rinebold
Harry
Schilling Air Force Base
Air Force
Syrians urge UN to send fact finding commission
Syria asks the United Nations General Assembly to deploy a seven nation fact finding commission to the Turkish Syrian border crisis with a two week report deadline. A rival proposal backed by the United States suggests a Hammarskjold led mission to the region if needed.
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United Nations
N.Y.P
Syria
U.N. General Assembly
Middle East
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Farid Zeineddine
United States
Canada
Denmark
Japan
Norway
Peru
Paraguay
Spain
Zeineddine
Turkey
Hammarskjold
Richard Russell Bruised In Car-Bike Collision
Richard Russell a 13 year old son of Mr and Mrs A H Russell was bruised but not seriously injured when the bicycle he rode collided with a car about 1 pm yesterday He was thrown to the pavement and fell on his hip and back The car was driven by G E Bauer 308 W Main police said as he prepared to stop in front of his home at the time of the accident He returned to school today after missing the afternoon class
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Richard Russell
A. H. Russell
G. E. Bauer
W. Main
Bauer
Traffic Fatalities Reported Across State in 1957 Totals
Topeka records show 3 fatalities in the last 24 hours, 447 to date in 1957, versus 557 in the same period of 1956. Authorities note ongoing highway danger.
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Topeka
Kansas
Mrs Lee Celebrates 100th Birthday in Wilson County
In Fredonia residents honored Isabelle Jackson Lee on her 100th birthday. She arrived in the county after the Civil War and lived with her sister since her husband died in Oklahoma. Open house featured a cake in the numeral 100. Attendees included relatives from Chanute and Wilson County.
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Fredonia
Isabelle Jackson Lee
W. L. Polson
Ira Lee
Oklahoma
Chanute
Clemmie Neeland
W. 2Nd
Orville Jackson
S. Wilson
Wilson County
New Albany
S. R. Willis
Floyd Sallee
Karen
Roger
Jack Willis
Judy
Jean
Janice
Marion Johnson
Welda to Independence Pipeline Expansion Starts in Kansas
Cities Service Gas Co launches a 5.435 million dollar 30 inch natural gas line from Welda to near Independence along the Verdigris River. About 100 workers and heavy equipment begin grading and ditching with completion planned by January 1, weather permitting.
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Welda
Verdigris River
Independence
Cities ‘Service Gas Co
Colony
Houston
Kansas
Kansas City
Chanute
Blackwell
Okla
Cities Service
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Nebraska
Petrolia
Humboldt Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner Highlights
Cliff Titus former state Chamber of Commerce president spoke to about 110 at Humboldt’s annual dinner in the school cafeteria. He urged public interest in government, cited Hoover Commission waste, noted Sputnik impact and suggested ways to sustain American life. Guests included Oscar Cunningham and Les Matthews of Chanute and local couples.
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Humboldt
Cliff Titus
State Chamber of Commerce
Humboldt Chamber of Commerce
Titus
Hoover Commission
Wichita
Chamber
Oscar Cunningham
Les Matthews
Chanute
Leslie Norton
Neva Twaddell
Iola
Harry Wood
Topeka
John Parkhurst
Humboldt Chamber
Eight of Family Perish in Fire
PICKFORD Michigan A woodworker 45 and his wife Irene 30 and six of their seven children died when a flash fire swept through their small wooden home six miles southwest of the resort community. The sole survivor was 11 year old Rose Carrick who escaped from a second story window onto a porch and jumped to the ground. Victims include Dennis 9 Harold 7 Norma 5 Joy 3 Daniel 18 months and James 12 months.
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Pickford, Mich
Upper Michigan
Rose Carrick
Verne Carrick
Irene
Dennis
Harold
Norma
Joy
Daniel
James
Highway Patrol to Set Driver License Checkpoints
Topeka Kansas Highway Patrol plans routine checkpoint operations to verify valid licenses. Col Harvey Schmedemann said stations will run once or twice weekly for months, with local law enforcement cooperation in urban and rural areas. He noted 20 000 to 25 000 applicants have not yet appeared for exams in 18 months.
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Topeka
Kansas Highway Patrol
Harvey Schmedemann
Schmedemann
Topeka City Commission Rejects Courtesy Sticker Policy
The Topeka City Commission voted 4 to 1 to reject a motion that would have ended the practice of granting courtesy stickers to out of town motorists.
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Topeka
Teamsters Demand Wage Increase For 750000 Members
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters finalized wage increase demands for 750000 members across 26 Midwest Central and Southern states. Negotiations with 4000 employers followed a session and recessed for two weeks before formal talks resume. Hoffa indicated the requests will be substantial and not yet disclosed. Cartage and intercity drivers currently earn $2.34 an hour.
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Chicago
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Midwestern
James R. Hoffa
Aflcio
Signal Lights Haywire Disrupt Downtown Traffic
In Rochester New York forty six traffic signals malfunctioned after a mason moving a switch during remodeling disrupted flow near the traffic control office. Signals flashed erratically for over fifteen minutes causing stops and starts and confounding motorists and pedestrians.
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Rochester
N. Y
Spook Parade Canceled as Flu Epidemic Sickens Chanute Students
Nearly 21 percent of Chanute students were ill amid a flu outbreak that reduced attendance. Only two teachers were absent, and Royster High saw 203 absences, with total city absences at 564 from 2700 enrollments. Friday’s game vs Parsons is in doubt. parade canceled and replaced by a Christmas program.
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Blue Comets
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Parsons
Kiwanis Club
Junior College
Royster Junior High
Roosevelt
Royster
Alcott
Hutton
Lincoln
Murray Hill
St. Patrick’s
Buford Fisher
State agencies to consolidate eight offices in new building
In Topeka eight state agencies will move to consolidated space over four months after the Revenue Department reorganization freed 5,000 square feet. Building manager Paul Clark stated the moves were arranged to streamline operations.
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Topeka
State Revenue Department
Paul Clark
Breakin Reported At Gismo Nightclub
Erie police noted a break in at the Gismo nightclub two miles west of Walnut. Operator Hugh H. Harvey found the juke box and other machines broken with about $7 taken. Under sheriff Jack Reynolds reported the incident. the club operates only on Fridays and Saturdays. Harvey lives on Walnut R. 2 and discovered the entry after entering for janitorial work.
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Erie
Gismo
Walnut
Hugh H. Harvey
Jack Reynolds
Reynolds
Harvey
Walnut R. 2
Plane Tanker Hits Mountain Killing 16 Aboard
A four engine Air Force KC97 tanker crashed into Gray Mountain Arizona killing all 16 aboard. Authorities found eight bodies at the charred wreckage with a broader search underway as flames swept the area.
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Mountain
Flagstaff
Ariz
Air Force
Arizona
Walker Afb
N. M
Gray Mountain
Grand Canyon
Bill Deaver
Arizona Daily Sun
Tuba City
Kansas City Mayor Proposes Mediation in Butchers Strike
Mayor H Roe Bartle offered to mediate the butchers strike that has closed about 80 percent of area supermarkets since Friday. Spokesmen for both the union and employers said they would meet but showed hesitancy about binding arbitration. About 800 to 1,000 butchers are on strike.
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Kansas City
H. Roe Bartle
Amalgamated Assn. of Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers Union
Electric Shavers Fill Waldorf Lobby After Power Failure
In the Waldorf Astoria lobby this morning guests shaved with electric razors using direct current outlets while some stood around wall outlets. A power outage cut alternating current to several rooms, though the hotel's direct current supply remained intact.
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New York
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
President Eisenhower plans NATO Paris meeting attendance
President Eisenhower said he plans to attend the mid December NATO Council meeting in Paris contingent on other heads of government from the 14 member nations being present. He hopes to visit England on the trip but may not be able to. The NATO heads of government had announced they would attend.
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Washington
Eisenower
NATO Council
Paris
Eisenhower
England
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Harold Macmillan
NATO
Blood drive hampered by illness and flu shots
Cancellations from flu illnesses and ineligibility due to recent flu shots cut into the Red Cross blood collection at the Memorial building. By 1 p.m. 90 pints of a 160 pint quota had been collected, with 47 cancellations to that hour. collection ends at 2 15 p.m. The Erie drive is set for tomorrow at Federated church from 11 a.m. to 4 15 p.m. Chanute contributors Pioneer Hardware and Ray Moriarty provided a refrigerator and ice chest respectively.
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Red Cross
Memorial Building
Howard Winans
Neosho County
Fred Robertson
Erie
Federated Church
Virgil Moody
Erie Blood Program
Roger Kensinger
Winans
Pioneer Hardware
Ray Moriarty
Katz Says He Is Paid to Hunt Reds
Michael Katz a former organizer for the Upholsterers Union testified before the Senate Rackets Committee that Nathan Shefferman paid him 2800 in 1953 to conduct a failed anti Communist probe for the Englander Co mattress factory in Brooklyn New York Katz said he lives in San Francisco and is currently at liberty from work of any kind.
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Washington
Michael Katz
Upholsterers Union
Nathan Shefferman
Englander Co
Brooklyn
Katz
San Francisco
Liberty
Senate Rackets Committee
Shefferman
Hereford Sale Grosses $61,275 in El Dorado
Frank R. Condell's eighth annual Hereford sale in El Dorado grossed $61,275. Sixty animals sold for an average of $1,000, including 31 bulls at $42,335 and 29 heifers at $18,940. Two bulls drew $5,000 each. Buyers came from 18 states and Canada.
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Frank R. Condell
States
Canada
Dr. Vannevar Bush Says United States Lags in Space Race
Cambridge interview reveals Bush skeptical about overtaking Soviet progress in space science. He cites need for improved science education, greater public respect for scientists, and better federal coordination of research and development. He warns the wakeup call from the Soviet satellite should not be ignored.
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Cambridge
Mass
Vannevar Bush
United States
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Dr. Bush
Washington
Sulvices
Fair Weather Forecast for Topeka Region
The Weather Bureau expects a fair and warmer pattern with no major precipitation. Forecaster Jim Hosey notes drying ground, upper 60s to low 70s today, low 40s tonight, and highs in the upper 60s tomorrow. Reports from Wichita, Pittsburg, and Chanute show light moisture. overnight lows ranged from 34 to 44 degrees.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Jim Hosey
Hosey
Wichita
Pittsburg
Chanute
Goodland Hill City
Concordia
Goodland
Eviction Delay Ends in Fire Tragedy in Brooklyn
A Brooklyn three story frame building condemned as a fire trap burned early today as a family of four and a 4 year old niece died. Victims were Michael Guittierez 26 his wife Augustine 28 their children Evelyn 9 Antonio 6 and niece Solidad Guittierez. The tenants had been ordered to move out and others had already left.
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New York
Brooklyn
Michael Guittierez
Augustine
Evelyn
Antonio
Solidad Guittierez
Police warning on Halloween vandalism issued by chief
Toi Morehead, chief of police, warns that any person committing a Halloween vandalism prank will be prosecuted. The notice urges residents to contact their newspaper carrier and, if unavailable, call 700 after 6 pm for Tribune delivery issues.
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Toi Morehead
Adv
Tribune
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