Chanute Rainbow Division Veterans Plan Picnic and 1959 Reunion
The Chanute Chapter of the 42nd Rainbow Division Veterans will hold a picnic at 6:30 p.m. at Santa Fe Park shelterhouse with about 100 out of town guests, including national president Robert M. Taylor. Agenda highlights include plans for the Kansas City national reunion July 13-15 sponsored by the 117th Ammunition Train Rainbow veterans. H. L. Booe is chapter president, Parr secretary.
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Chanute
Rainbow Division
Santa Fe Park
E. R. Parr
Kansas City
Parr
117Th Ammunition Train
Rainbow Veterans of
Rainbow Organization
Robert M. Taylor
Leonard Hill
William Butts
Division
National Guard
Kansas Regiment
Rosedale
Dodge City
Parsons
Manhattan
Pratt
Arm Lost in Baler in Idaho Farmer Ensnared
Farmer George Harris was crushed by a burning hay baler in MELBA Idaho. He freed himself but part of his right arm remained in the machine and was amputated above the elbow after neighbors and emergency responders fought the fire and he was taken to a hospital in fair condition.
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Melba
Idaho
George Harris
Harris
Sooner search for wounded hitchhiker near Will Rogers Turnpike
A hitchhiking gunman assisting a motorist on U S 60 toward the Will Rogers Turnpike near Afton was reported bloodstained and possibly wounded after fleeing. Police chased the suspect with plane support and bloodhounds from Arkansas, while a Joplin man encountered a man later shot by a detective after trying to sell an air conditioner from a late model car.
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Afton
Okla
Oklahoma
Joplin
Will Rogers Turnpike
Oklahoma-Missouri Line
Tulsa
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Charles Reese
Ottawa County
Ben Stanley
Arkansas
Antonio G. Gonzales
San Antonio
Tex
Teese
Seneca
U.S. 60
Gonzales
Walt Flenner
VFW receives permit for rear 35 foot addition at 27 W Main
A building permit is issued to the Veterans of Foreign Wars for a 35 foot rear addition at 27 West Main to move clubrooms downstairs. The project totals about 4000 dollars with contractor Jeff Bilyeu. Earl Morgan notes the VFW will relocate from 272 West Main to the ground floor after remodeling.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
W. Main
VFW
Earl Morgan
Jeff Bilyeu
Earl Stump
Cecil Fowler
North Santa Fe
Ed Glover
S. Western
August Bonds and Fines Dip in Police Report
Police court bonds and fines fell to 844.72 in August from 1,202.59 in July, with year to date total 7,431.77. Parking meter bonds held steady near 260.72, and 00 parking meter tickets were issued. Calls for service rose to 263 from 225, with 11 misdemeanor arrests and no felonies. The August roster lists burglaries, larcenies, bad checks, car thefts, vandalism, disturbances, intoxication, DUI, vagrancies, and juvenile cases.
Kansas Couple Wins $60,000 in Damages
A Kansas couple won $60,000 in damages from a tavern owner in U S District Court for injuries from an auto crash on Aug 14, 1957. Richard Post 24 and Mary 21 of Stafford filed under the Illinois Dram Shop Act alleging James Court Jr. of Belvidere was intoxicated in Smiths Belvidere tavern.
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Freeport, Ill
Kansas
Richard Post
Mary
Stafford
Kas
U. S
Donald G. Smith
Belvidere, Sr
James Court Jr
Belvidere
Smith's Tavern
Flooding Follows Torrential Kansas Rains
Forecasters warn the Republican River will rise three to five feet from Scandia to Junction City after last night's heavy rains. Official rain totals reach 6.85 inches at Fact in Clay County with widespread minor to moderate flooding on Big Blue at Blue Rapids and Black Vermillion at Frankfort.
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Topeka
Kansas
Scandia
Junction City
Fact
Clay County
Clifton
Lovewell Dam
Belleville
Haddam
Concordia
Natoma
Covert
Jewell
Burr Oak
Glasco
Garden City
Hill City
Weather Bureau
Blue Rapids
Frankfort
Kansas Emerges as New Frontier in U S Industry
Southeast Kansas attracts attention as a growing industrial frontier with Mid-America Inc vowing new industries and test-tube products. Executive VP Caldwell notes long-range plans and rapid development after the war, with brochures for Chanute and eight other cities in progress. Attendees include trustees Painter, Wulf, and Freeley, plus Chanute Tribune editor Johnson.
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Parsons
Kansas
W H. Caldwell
Mid-America, Inc
Mid-America
Caldwell
Chanute
T. J. McNally
Pittsburg
Dale Painter
Walter Wulf
Humboldt
G. C. Freeley
Erie
Trustees
E. W. Johnson
Chanute Tribune
Five Tribune Newsboys Named Outstanding Carrier Finalists
Top Tribune newsboys will be selected October 4 for the Inland Daily Press Association Outstanding Carrier award contest. Points are based on years of service six months or more customer service salesmanship collection efficiency scholastic standing and new subscriptions during Sept 1 to Sept 27. Forty three Tribune carriers are eligible including 31 in Chanute and 12 in area towns.
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Tribune
Inland Daily Press Association
the Tribune
Chanute
University of Kansas Wins $18,128 Mouse Production Contract
The Public Health Service awarded the University of Kansas at Lawrence an $18,128 contract to produce mice for testing potential anticancer agents. The project supports cancer research efforts at the university.
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Washington
University of Kansas At Lawrence
The
Public Health Service
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas Update 1958 Totals
TOPEKA AP reports Kansas traffic fatalities from the State Accident Records Section. In the last 24 hours two deaths recorded. To date in 1958 there are 352 fatalities, compared with 360 in the same period in 1957.
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Topeka
Kansas
10 Inch Downpour Swamps Clyde Kansas Business District
Flood waters from Little Elk Creek inundated Clyde Kansas’s business district to two to three feet deep. No deaths reported though four residents were briefly missing. Editor John Hale noted heavy property damage including his shop, with most homes in town of 1,100 affected. Severe storms dropped 7 to 10 inches of rain in the region.
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Clyde
Kan
Little Elk Creek
Kansas
John Hale
Clyde Republican
Hale
Concordia
Christian Church
Gamble
Main Street
National Guard
U. S. 81
Kansas-Nebraska Line
Morganville
US. 11
Weather Bureau
Superior
Neb
Clay Center
Scandia
Kas
Topeka
George Docking
Army
Ft. Riley
Belleville
Docking
Concordia National Guard
Parade Highlights Thayer Fair Day Much Enthusiasm
An estimated 1 1500 people lined Thayer main street for the Thayer Home Coming Picnic and Fair parade featuring three bands eight floats decorated bicycles and pets. Winners included Thayer High School junior class sailboat float and freshman class second. A rodeo followed with horses trained by Earl Brooks and a potato race finale. The day also saw a high school band concert and an Old Fiddler’s contest won by Phil E. Chaney.
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Thayer
McLachlen Park
Thayer High School
Tommy Lloyd
Dwane McFarland
Sharon Adams
Sheryl Brooks
Walter Blake
Cherryvale
Earl Brooks
Galesburg
Altoona
Phil E. Chaney
W. Main
Chanute
Two Million Dollar Education Aid Planned for Kansas
Kansas will receive over two million dollars annually from federal aid to education. Allocations include 771,937 for college loans, 799,006 for strengthening math science and language programs, 59,454 for administering programs, 180,130 for counseling and testing in high schools, up to 50,000 to improve educational statistics, and 22,105 for vocational education training. States must match most funds each year. college loans are not matched. The Kansas Department of Education prepared plans pending Office of Education interpretations.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Department of Education
U. S. Office of Education
Dog earns medal for saving Vogel family from carbon monoxide
Katie the dachshund received a distinguished dog heroism citation after alerting Capt. Victor Vogel and his wife to deadly fumes from a faulty furnace. The dog woke them, helped them escape, and even rescued eight puppies from the gas filled home on December 13 in San Pedro California. Firemen treated the couple with oxygen and all survived. Katie and her eight puppies later recovered with the Vogels.
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San Pedro
Calif
Katie
Victor H. Vogel
Capt. Vogel
Couple Held After Farmer's Death in Great Bend
Barton County farmer Carl Harned 68 was found stabbed to death at his farm home southeast of Hoisington. County Attorney Loyd Phillips said Jim Stubbs and his wife Emily were being held for questioning after reports of the killing and bloodstained clothing were found. no signs of a struggle were noted at the scene.
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Great Bend
Barton County
Carl Harned
Hoisington
Loyd Phillips
Jim Stubbs
Emily
Phillips
Stubbs
Harned
Moore Elected National Commander of American Legion
Preston Moore, 38, a lawyer and World War II Army Air Force veteran, was elected national commander at the Legion's 40th annual convention in Chicago by a near five to one margin. The Moores live in Stillwater Oklahoma and have two children. The convention featured resolutions urging strong military power and condemning Communist activities worldwide while criticizing U S leadership on foreign policy.
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Preston Moore
Chanute
American Legion
Legion
Chicago
Moore
Moores
Stillwater
Oklo
K. R. Reinhardt
S. Highland
Nella Mae Reinhardt
Bartlesville
Jay
Brownie
Loop
U.S
Middle East
Formosa Strait
Indonesia
Latin America
Secretary of Defense
Neil H. McElroy
America
Car Stolen With Engine Left Behind in Garage
Samuel Mangano reported his car missing in Mullica Hill New Jersey. Police say the car was left in the garage overnight without its engine which was being repaired. Authorities theorize it may have been pushed or carried away.
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Mullica Hill
N.J
Samuel Mangano
Mangano
Robbers Captured During Night Street Robbery
DETROIT police report two strong arm robbers beating James Hill 22 on a city street were caught in the act. Both suspects were booked on robbery charges not armed. Hill admitted to burglarizing an apartment and was booked on breaking and entering.
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Detroit
James Hill
Hill
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Bobby Stepp
Patricia Kimberly
Pam Horn
Cathy Goff
Terry
John C. Jensen
Highland
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Glenn Eastburn
Jesse Jackson
1St
Kansas Infantry
Knight
Hackney
France
Army of Occupation
Germany
H. L. Booe
Baler
Wasser
Gale Mullen
Thayer Fair
Mrs. Vogel
Vogel
Kandi
Kate
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