Kansas Supreme Court Candidate McCall Praises Kansans
Chanute attorney John McCall campaigner for the Kansas Supreme Court No. 1 seat reports traveling 20 000 miles across the state meeting thousands of Kansans. He notes friendly neighbors eager to discuss issues and recalls meeting President Eisenhower in Salina on his way to Abilene.
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Kansas
John McCall
Chanute
McCall
Kansas Supreme Court
Baxter Springs
St. Francis
Dodge City
Atchison and Leavenworth
American Legion
Republican Party
Washburn University Law School
Topeka
VFW
the Legion
Clyde M. Reed Jr
Wichita
Kansas City
Johnson County
Kas
Joyce Brown
McCall's
Olathe
John Hughes
Fort Scott
Hughes
Eisenhower
Salina
Abilene
Adam
State Supreme Court
Tribune
Schools stage American Education Week productions
Senior High departments prepared student produced shows for American Education Week November 9 to 15 and seek local civic groups to book performances on club programs in November. Kenneth Tebow chairs the Education Week committee and invites organizations to contact him or the high school office.
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Kenneth Tebow
Education Week
Census Project Boon to Area
Rep Myron V George says the 1959 agricultural census will be processed at the Kansas Ordnance Plant in Parsons next year creating about 4 million dollars in payroll and employing 1400 to 2000 people. Civil Service exams required. many jobs to be filled from counties within four to five county radius. more than half of workers expected to be women.
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Altamont
Myron V. George
Kansas Ordnance Plant
Parsons
United States
Census Bureau
George
Forecast Sees Cloudy Temperatures in Southeast Kansas
Southeast Kansas will see mostly cloudy skies tonight into Friday with cooler conditions in the south and variable highs. Tonight's low ranges from 28 to 35 degrees and Friday's high from 55 to 65 as the weather trend stays largely the same.
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Topeka
Kansas
Traffic Fatalities Update From Topeka Records
Kansas accident records show last 24 hours fatalities at 0. Year to date totals reach 448, compared with 457 for the same period in 1957.
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Topeka
Kansas
Zoning Changes Proposed by City Committee
The special zoning committee plans three changes to city zoning. Beauty shops would be allowed as home occupations in any zone. East Lincoln from 2nd to 5th would move from residential to local business, extending half a block east. Santa Fe from 7th to 14th would also be local business, extending half a block each side, prompting rezoning three blocks east and most of the west side. The panel endorsed the plan unanimously to expand commercial zones and stimulate development.
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City Commission
Lincoln
Santa Fe
Twelve miners rescued after a week trapped in Cumberland No. 2 mine
Twelve men trapped by a cave in Cumberland No. 2 coal mine near Springhill Nova Scotia were rescued after a week underground. They survived with bread crusts water from urine and bark and were aided by a breaking air pipe before rescuers reached them. Hamilton Guthro and Caleb Rushton among the survivors described prayer hymns and digging efforts as rescue crews drilled through debris to reach them.
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Associated Press
Springhill
N. S
Cumberland No. 2
Guthre
Caleb Rushton
Rushton
Gorley Kempt
Time in Many Forms For Welfare Aged
This first of three Neosho County feature articles profiles the Erie rest home residents aged 70s to 90s. It notes routine meals time clocks absence, solitaire games, and quiet hobbies, with care provided by the county and facilities described as adequate yet not homes.
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Neosho County
Fred Stoneking
Adeline Fortney
Erie
Erie Rest Home
Mary Scranton
Tribune
Hincha Ends 45 Year Santa Fe Railroading Career
Elmer Hincha steps down from the Santa Fe Tulsan diesel after 45 years of service and retires to a 100 acre farm at Thayer Missouri. He, his wife Edna and family attended his final run at the station while friends photographed the occasion. He plans to raise Black Angus cattle and Hampshire hogs and admits retirement may be hard after a long career.
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Elmer Hincha
Santa Fe Tulsan
Thayer
Hincha
Chanute
Santa Fe
Hinda
Edna
Betty Reese
Irene Wright
Billings
Mont
Mammoth Springs
Ark
Jim Reese
Julie Jo Wright
Nolan Dale Reese
Hampshire
Tribune
Kelley promoted to district manager for Long-Bell Paper
Carl Kelley, manager of the Long-Bell Division in Chanute, becomes district manager for the company effective Oct. 15. He has 17 years with the firm, asked to base the district in Chanute, and will cover eastern Kansas and western Missouri. Bill K. Wolfe becomes local manager at Midwest City, Oklahoma.
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Ford Bogle
Chanute Theater
Winnwood Park
Kansas City
New York
Coney Island
Bogle
Chanute
Carl Kelley
Long-Bell
International Paper Company
Kelley
Kansas
Missouri
4Th
Bill K. Wolfe
Midwest City
Okla
Oklahoma City
Wolfe
Dodge City
7Th Street
Former Jaycee Officer Upson of Caney Dies at 34
Keith Upson 34 a national vice president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and former Kansas JAYCEE president died in a Bartlesville hospital after a brief illness. He lived in Caney Kansas and leaves a widow a daughter his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Upson of Independence Kansas and a brother.
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Jaycee
Upson
Caney
Bartlesville, Okla
Keith Upson
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Kansas Organization
Bartlesville
Kan
Charles Upson
Independence
Kas
McCune Wounded in Elm and Highland Crash
E. J. McCune, injured when struck by a car yesterday, was reported in good spirits at Neosho Memorial Hospital today. He has a broken leg, broken collarbone, and a head cut but can converse with family.
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E. J. McCune
Elm and Highland
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Sandidge Breaks With Docking Endorses Reed for Kansas Governor
Dr. Allen W. Sandidge former Crawford County Democratic chairman criticizes Gov George Docking over school funding and highway policy. He endorses Republican Clyde Reed for governor citing Reed’s stance on severance tax for schools and support for education and mental health programs while pledging to back other Democrats.
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Pittsburg
Kas
Democratic Party
George Docking
Allen W. Sandidge
Mulberry
Crawford County
Docking
Clyde Reed
Parsons
Reed
Kansas
Sandidge
Jack Goodrich
Dr. Sandidge
Erie Halloween Spooks and Elves Parade State Wide
Erie hosts a 2 PM Halloween parade with 650 students from Erie and six nearby schools plus bands and drum corps from Chanute Parsons Alma St Paul and others. Prizes for best costumes. treats for masqueraders. decorations line Main Street six blocks.
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Erie
Urbana
Hillcrest
Mentor
Kimball
South Mound
Bloomer
Chanute
Parsons High
Alma
Galesburg
Grant
St. Paul
Erie Chamber of Commerce
American Legion Post
Robert Krieger
Pershing Brady
Richard Wood
Krieger
Main
McCune High School
Legion Hall
Three Airmen Die in RB47 Jet Crash
An RB47 jet from Little Rock Air Force Base crashed into a cotton field near Pine Bluff Arkansas on Wednesday killing three airmen aboard the aircraft. The blaze followed the crash as investigators moved to determine the cause.
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Pine Bluff, Ark
Little Rock Air Force Base
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Hugh Guthro
Wasser
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