Guards and Crowd Halt Integration at Little Rock
At Central High School in Little Rock a large and noisy crowd gathered for a third day as nine Negro students again did not attempt admission amid National Guard presence. Six Arkansas Baptist College students were escorted away. officials warned reporters and demonstrators to avoid provoking disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Central High School
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
National Guard
Benjamin Fine
New York Times
Orval Faubus
Arkansas Baptist College
Faubus
Eisenhower
Newport, R. I
James C. Hagerty
White House
Washington
Hagerty
Newport
U. S
Ben Fine
Fine
Sherman T. Clinger
Jensens Lease Emporia Plant Keeps Local Operations
Jensen Egg Co. will not change its Emporia business after leasing its poultry and egg operation to Southern Kansas Produce Co. The Emporia firm has owned eggs and poultry for 70 years and will focus on egg solids production. Southern Kansas Produce Co. HQs are Winfield with plants in Winfield and Anthony. M. R. Fergus serves as president and general manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jensen Egg Co
Emporia
T. Jensen & Sons
Southern Kansas Produce Co
Philip Jensen
F. B. Jensen
Emporia Ice & Cold Storage Co
Jensen Poultry and Egg
Southern Kansas Produce Company
Winfield
Anthony
M. R. Fergus
Warning to slow for school kids in school zones
Chief of Police warns drivers to watch for school children crossing in school zones. advisory stresses caution during morning and afternoon hours to ensure safety in town streets.
Plea of Guilty To Forgery In Erie District Court
In Erie district court yesterday three forgery defendants pled or were entered for two counts. Lucille Helen Jones and McKinley Jones were charged with forging and passing a $48 Chanute check. Dorothy Moorer faces related forgery cases. Richard William Hobson extradition and trial await. Charles Cooper pled guilty to two counts of second degree forgery and received concurrent sentences up to 10 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Joe F. Balch
Chanute
Lucille Helen Jones
McKinley Jones
Elaine's
Joplin
Jones
Wilson
Montgomery
Dorothy Moorer
Leslie Cable
Richard Wiliam Hobson
Topeka
Durham
N. C
Charles Cooper
Kinsley
Cooper
Fort Wayne
Ind
Locomotive Engineers Agree On Pay Raises
Chicago report states the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen announced that pay raises ranging from 6 to 49 cents daily have been negotiated with 65 railroads for locomotive engineers. President H E F Gilbert said the agreement supplements a three year contract signed last November 20. Engineers received across the board increases of 2.12 dollars daily and five day a week employment, 2.40 under contract terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive
H. EF. Gilbert
Brotherhood
Sheriff to auction 122 parcels for delinquent taxes
Erie district court orders sheriff sale of 122 Neo sho County parcels for back taxes. Auction set Oct 11 at 9 a.m. at the west entrance to the courthouse. Largest tract is an unimproved 40 acres near Erie. Tax due ranges from 2 to 900 dollars. Legal descriptions will run in The Tribune four times before sale. First county tax sale since 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Neosho County
Charles
Ssyth
the Tribune
Ash Grove Built Reservoir Provides Plant Water Reserve
Ash Grove Lime and Portland Cement Co. built a new reservoir to safeguard operations during droughts. The 37 acre site north of the plant holds about 60 million gallons now, with a planned 175 to 200 million gallon reserve for up to 300 days of max use. Water comes from the Neosho River via an 18 inch pipeline, with an upgraded 4 000 gpm pump and a 750 gpm pump to feed the plant. The project, led by Free to Construction Co. with Black and Veatch as consulting engineers, includes levees, riprap, and channel work to reclaim the old stream bed and seal oil-contaminated soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ash Grove Lime & Portland Cement Co
Ash Grove
Homer Nelson
Wright
Freeto Construction Co
Black and Veatch
Kansas City
Fred Moore
Humboldt
Village Creek
Neosho River
Barker Dam
Kenneth Wright
Erie Starts River Dam Across Neosho River
Construction begins on a low water dam to store municipal water for Erie. The 220 foot long concrete structure will rise up to five feet above the river bed and raise water levels by three feet east of the river bridge on US 59. City Superintendent James White leads the project with local workers handling most tasks. completion is expected in about one month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Neosho River
US 59
Erie Dam
James White
White
Wage-Hour Investigator Establishes Station Here
Wage and hour investigator Joe Pistotnik of the U.S. Labor Department opens an itinerant office in Chanute serving 14 Kansas counties and two in Missouri. He and his wife and two children reside at 412 N Highland with their children enrolled in Chanute schools. He will study wage and hour law compliance, public contracts, and provide Walsh Healy Act information to the 16 county area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Pistotnik
U.S. Department of Labor
Chanute
Kansas
Missouri
Pistotnik
N. Highland
Traffic Fatalities Reported In Topeka For 1957
State Accident Records Section lists Topeka traffic fatalities in the past 24 hours with year to date totals for 1957 and figures for 1956 for comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Steering Group For Watershed On Big Creek
A temporary steering committee for the Big Creek watershed was formed by consolidating three prior groups. Ralph Bauer was named chair, Lyle Meyer first vice chair, E. P. Glamser second vice chair, and Jack Jordan secretary. The panel will add members later and supersedes the upper central and lower committees as part of forming a watershed district for water soil conservation and flood control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Creek
Ralph Bauer
Lyle Meyer
E. P. Glamser
Jack Jordan
Odense School
C. P. McKinnie
Erie Soil Conservation Service Office
C. E. Crews
Iola
Beheaded Man Identified in Springfield Area
The beheaded body found on a farm near Springfield was identified as 33-year-old James DeRosa, a juke box and pinball machine operator who disappeared August 19 after calling his wife he was on his way home. Police noted no motive yet and that DeRosa carried about $1500, with only a few small coins on the body. He had two marriages and two children from each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield, II
Springfield
James DeRosa
DeRosa
Accident With Pistol Fatal to Little Boy in Kansas City
Four year old Martin Fitchett died after a small automatic pistol left on a table discharged while his sister Lola played nearby. The gun belonged to Joe Alvarez who said he forgot to put it away. Martin’s family had been staying with Alvarez after a prior scare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Martin Fitchett
Frank Fitchett
Joe Alvarez
Alvarez
Martin
Fitchett
Emporia
First Polio Death For Colorado in 1957
Colorado reports its first polio death of the year a Las Animas County case: Pete Lira 63 of Sopris died after admission to Mt. San Rafael Hospital Trinidad August 21. He died six days later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colorado
State Health Department
Las Animas
Pete Lira
Sopris
Lira
Mt. San Rafael Hospital
Trinidad
Rebels Seize Police HQ in Cienfuegos Cuba
Cuban naval units and maritime police reportedly joined forces with Castro supporters to attack and capture the police headquarters in Cienfuegos, central Cuba, amid ongoing rebel activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Fidel Castrol
Cienfuegas
Cuba
90 Percent Pound Melon Wins at Thayer
Attendance rises at the Thayer Homecoming Picnic as the 1:30 p m parade and 2:30 p m rodeo draw crowds. George McCready Jr. showcases a 90 pound prize watermelon with 52 melons entered including 11 over 60 pounds. McCready and Gar land Chrisman are the only water melon exhibitors. Other farm product winners include L W Thurman yellow Indian corn and corn varieties, Eldred Mayo various corn, Jean Minnich pop corn, Jerry Stafford hybrid maize, Claude Henderson hegari, Johnny Crawshaw atlas sorgo, Ralph Hibbs Nemeha oats, and Albis Holtzman bundles of alfalfa and lespedeza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCready
Garland Chrisman
L. W. Thurman
Eldred Mayo
Thurman
Jean Minnich
L. McDonald
Jerry Stafford
Claude Henderson
Johnny Crawshaw
Ralph Hibbs
Albis Holtzman
Henderson
Holtzman
Driver Killed Stopping Car At Kansas City Home
Milo Doane aged 60 died when his vehicle rolled down a driveway at his Kansas City residence. He had left the car in gear while opening the garage and returned to find it rolling back toward the street. Doane’s keys remained in the open garage door as sleet fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Milo Doane
Doane
Showers Expected With Thunderstorms Through Friday
Scattered thunder showers and possible hail struck Kansas last night with a reported tornado aloft near McDonald. Hail appeared in Oakley, Herington logged 1.40 inches, and Great Bend reached 0.86 inches as total yearly rainfall neared 31 inches. The forecast calls for widely scattered showers tonight with little temperature change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colby
McDonald
Oakley
Great Bend
Hoffa Denies Corruption To AFL-CIO
James R. Hoffa heir to Teamsters leadership and Dave Beck along with other Teamsters officials denied corruption charges before the AFL-CIO Ethical Practices Committee. The group asserted the union is not corruptly controlled and offered a broad defense against Senate Rackets Committee findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Afl-Cio
Senate
Dave Beck
Teamsters Organization
Senate Committee
al Hayes
Ethical Practices Group
Beck
Hoffa
Teamsters
Mud Creek Flood Control Bids Opened For Abilene Project
Army Engineers opened bids yesterday for the first phase of a million dollar Mud Creek flood control project in Abilene. The apparent low bid was 210,330 from Edward J Cerinski Construction Co of Sargent Nebraska, about 40,000 under the 243,468 estimate. Ten bidders from four states attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Mud Creek
Army Engineers
Edward J. Ceroinski Construction Co
Sargent
Neb
New Colfax Pastor is Rev. R. B. Noblitt
The Rev. R. B. Noblitt, formerly of Elk City, becomes Colfax Baptist church minister. He has attended Center Seminary in Kansas City this past semester. The former pastor was the late Rev. Charles L. Barr. Noblitt has two children, a daughter aged 11 and a son aged 7, who will attend Midway School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Noblitt
Elk City
Colfax Baptist Church
Center Seminary
Kansas City
Kas
Colfax
Charles L. Barr
Car Train Collision Fatal to California Couple
An elderly California couple died when their car collided with a Rock Island train at a crossing on U 36 near Cuba Kansas. The dead were William Bennett 67 and his wife Frances E Bennett about 65, both of Concord California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Kas
California
Rock Island
Here
William Bennett
Frances E. Bennett
Concord
Calif
Soldier Identified in Fatal Ft. Riley Shooting
Army confirms Sp. 3 C. Johnie D. Dail from Knoxville Tennessee as the wounded soldier fatally struck in an accidental firing range incident at Fort Riley on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Riley
C. Johnie D. Dail
Knoxville
Tenn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jensens
New Reservoir
Gilbert Wilson
S. Wilson
Lewis Hottenstein
S. Central
Tribune
New Ash Grove
State Water Resources Board
Upper
LCS
Marvin Goff
Erie Office
Bill Qualls
Gene Highfill
O. H. Cunningham
Kenneth Ingels
F. F. Stacy
Carl Olson
A. B. Demeritt
P .H. Wood
A. G. Fink
Alfred Burenheide
Earl Reinhardt
A. L. Locke
Mahlon Morley
Ebar Schultz
Chamber of Commerce
Odense
Three Creek
Pecan Creek
Schultz
Thayer
Cready
Rural
Wiley McGarvey
Wayne Myett
Altoona
Secon
Abe Riffel
Galesburg
Harry Rash
Ae Taesee
Frank Childs
Rose
Shorty Medaris
Coyville
Delmer Woolery
Charles Payne
George McCready, Jr
George McCready
Weather Bureau
Herington
Alexander
Dresden
Salina
Tescott
New Colfax
Rev
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!