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An overzealous pear tree at John Hancock 1207 S Edith bears unusual fruit with a ripe yellow pear a green pear and a blossomed pear all at once Hancock and friends seek what to expect next The tree has borne fruit for three years with spring bloom and early fall ripening. A Chanute resident campaigns to rid sidewalks of grass by planting a flower in cracks and prompting owners to water it.
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John Hancock
Edith
Hancock
Tribune
450 Fatalities Projected For Labor Day Travel
The National Safety Council estimated 450 traffic deaths over the three day Labor Day weekend from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday. It projects seven billion miles of travel by about 71 million vehicles and urges motorists to stay sober and obey laws.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
United States
Pretty Pieces of Glass Diamonds Found by Boys
In St. Louis two boys aged 8 and 11 brought in $1,000 worth of unset diamonds they found shining in an alley. A jeweler examined the gems and contacted police, who have the stones but no theft or loss was reported. If unclaimed, the diamonds remain with the boys.
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ST. Louis
Bob Brickman
Mel Hall
Alarm thieves steal $500 from Topeka vending truck
Ralph Simmons, collector for a vending machine company, parked near Topeka city hall Monday and returned to find the burglar alarm sounding. Two pad locks were pried off and about $500 was missing from the truck, police said.
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Topeka
Ralph Simmons
Three Former MBS Heads Accused in Propaganda Fund Case
An indictment charges Alexander L. Guterma Hal Roach Jr and Garland L. Culpepper Jr with accepting 750000 from the Dominican government to push favorable propaganda via Mutual Broadcasting System. Co conspirators include MBS Inc and Radio Fans Service. Otto Vega linked to the Dominican government.
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MBS
Washington (Ap
Mutual Broadcasting System
Dominican Republic
Justice ‘Department
Hal Roach Jr
Mutual Board
Garland L. Culpepper Jr
MBS Radio System
MBS Inc
Iervice
Rory
Mutual
Otto Vega
Guterma
United States
New York
Robert F. Hurleigh
Mutual Network
Roach
Culpepper
Vega
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina
Porfirio Rubirosa
Trujillo
Rubirosa
Barbara Hutton
Cuba
Belgium
Concert Series Drive Planned for Community Event
A community concert series plans three performances during a campaign week September 21 26. Headquartered at Evans Music Co sales offices, tickets go on sale with a kickoff dinner September 21 at the Tioga Hotel. Glenn Peak is named concert chairman replacing Kenneth Tebow, with a board including Mrs. Cunningham and local contributors from Chanute Humboldt Iola and Kansas City.
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Evans Music Co
Federation Room
Memorial Building
O. H. Cunningham
Glenn Peak
Kenneth Tebow
Chanute
Kansas City
Tioga Hotel
Cunningham
C. H. Pankratz
J. Leroy Baker
Dave Petterson
George Lightfoot
Ruth Shannon
Joe Pistotnik
Howard Hollenshead
Howard Earnest
Sarah Haller
Elizabeth
Weather forecast and rainfall impact across Kansas counties
A cloud covered forecast for Kansas predicts cooler weather with scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight, diminishing Wednesday. Rainfall totals reached up to 1.10 inches in Oakley with other areas recording near one inch, aiding wheat seeding for the 1960 crop as temperatures dip into the 60s to 70s.
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Topeka
Kansas
Oakley
Collyer
Luray
Cedar Bluff Dam
Quinter
Achilles
Moran
Lawrence
Garden City
Goodland
Hutchinson
Firemen's Fund Reaches 125945 for Died and Injured
Kansas City AP reports a 125945 firemen's fund to aid dependents of six men who died in a gasoline fire on August 18 and others injured. The eight trustees will apportion benefits by need. five of the dead were firemen and the sixth, Francis J Toomes, a truck driver, will have his family share in the fund.
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Kansas City
Francis J. Toomes
Toomes
Government files largest land condemnation suit over Tuttle Creek Dam
The government sues in federal court to take 760 acres and a flowage easement on 80 acres of the 1,643 acre Edwards Ranch at the Blue and Black Vermillion rivers junction near Manhattan. Appraised land value is $276,000, with much of the property under irrigation.
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Topeka
Tuttle Creek
Manhattan
Edwards Ranch
National Debt Near 290 Billion As Tax Revenues Rise
The Treasury announced the gross public debt tops 290 billion dollars with expectations it will approach the 295 billion cap by mid December. Debt typically climbs from July to December due to loan tax collections.
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Washington
Treasury
Tribune Delivery Help Line
If you do not receive your Tribune contact your carrier then call 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance. The notice directs readers to reach out for delivery issues and provides a time window for contact.
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Tribune
Community push needed for US 169 bypass here
Chanute Kansas plans include resurfacing US169 and a potential bypass. highway commissioner Jack Goodrich said bypass depends on local support while Ottawa south interstate progress awaits federal funds and approvals. he noted a public hearing is required and trucks may shift to the bypass to reduce congestion.
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Chanute
Jack Goodrich
Parsons
Chamber of Com
Ottawa South
Goodrich
Lincoln
Kansas City
Ottawa
Will Rogers Turnpike
Oklahoma
Highway Commission
Roseburg
Ore
Glenn Sutton
Bureau of Public Roads
Earlton
Colony
Kansas
House Group OKs Gas Tax Increase for Interstates
The House Public Works Committee backs a billion-dollar gasoline tax rise to fund interstate highway construction for 22 months. The bill calls for a one cent hike on the 3-cent federal tax, with passage seen pending House Rules Committee action and potential Senate opposition from Albert Gore.
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Washington
House Public Works Committee
House Rules Committee
House
Charles A. Buckley
D-Ny
Public Works Committee
Senate
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Ways and Means
Chicago Woman Killed In Crash Near Ft. Riley
Mrs. Arthur P. Schimtgem of Chicago died in a one car accident on a military road near Ft. Riley. The car left the road and overturned. Her 26 year old husband was listed in fair condition at Irwin Army Hospital. Schimtgem's brother Spe Peter J Schimtgem had minor injuries.
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FT. Riley
Kas
Arthur P. Schimtgem
Chicago
The
Irwin Army Hospital
Schimtgem
Spe
Peter J. Schimtgem
May Aid Cancer Fight- Chemical Fool in Radiation Therapy
Dr Waslaw T Szybalski of Rutgers Institute reports a chemical dubbed BUDR mimics thymidine to trick cancer cells into accepting it as the building block of DNA. In tube tests BUDR increases cancer cells’ sensitivity to X rays suggesting radiotherapy could use lower doses to kill tumors with less damage to normal tissue.
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University Park, Pa
Waslaw T. Szyblaski
Rutgers Institute of Microbiology
Wasser
American Institute of Biology
Szybalski
Eisenhower rejects early summit bid in favor of Soviet talks
London AP reports President Eisenhower resisted Prime Minister Macmillan’s push for an early summit with the Soviet Union. He insisted top level talks wait on his meetings with Nikita Khrushchev. Khrushchev praised the President and Adenauer sent a conciliatory message to Poland as East West tensions eased.
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London
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Macmillan
Geneva
White House
Washington
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Poland
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka State Records 1959
Kansas traffic accident records show fatalities in Topeka within a 24 hour period ending at 9 am today. The report compares numbers to the same period in 1958 and totals for the year to date in 1959.
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Topeka
AP i
Kansas
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