Faubus Denounces Little Rock Bombings Amid Integration Tense
Gov. Orval Faubus condemned three bombings tied to school integration in Little Rock. A $100,000 reward was proposed for suspects, with a $25,000 Chamber funding offer for information. No injuries were reported as police patrolled the city and fortified schools. two suspects fled the scene.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Chamber of Commerce
School Board
Gann Nalley
Faubus
Ben. W. Dees
Dees
Nally
Central High School
Gene Smith
Smith
FBI
Arkansas River
Werner C. Knoop
Labor Day traffic toll rises across nation
The Associated Press reports the Labor Day weekend death toll neared a record with over 430 fatalities nationwide. The 1951 Labor Day record was 461 deaths. Major crashes occurred in Johnson County and Marysville, Kansas, with victims including Calvin C. Carson at Chase and Arthur Caudle and Clarence VanDerhagen in Wyandotte and Johnson counties.
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Twe Ietional Safety Council
Associated Press
Calvin C. Carson
Schilling Air Force Base
Chase
Kan
Johnson County
Arthur P. Caudle
Wyandotte County
Clarence W. VanDerhagen
Caudle
Ella
John Richie
Shawnee
Kas
Highway Patrol
Eisenhower Library Ground Breaking Planned in Abilene
About 150 government, political and business leaders from across the country will ride a Union Pacific luxury train to Abilene for the Eisenhower Presidential Library ground breaking. President Eisenhower is to attend with a luncheon, then fly to Salina and back to Washington. The event occurs the day before his 69th birthday, Oct. 13, with the train arriving Oct. 12.
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Abilene
Kas
Eisenhower
Washington
Salina
Union Pacific
Kansas City
Burglars Routed After Robbery at Waters Hardware
An employee surprised two burglars at Waters Hardware in Junction City Kansas after a woman sprained her wrist. The men forced him to open a back door and fled with $80 taken from a cash register. They left behind 10 guns and nine transistor radios they had planned to haul away.
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Junction City
Kas
Waters Hardware
War Dads Elect Burrill Rodeo President
The American War Dads of Kansas elect Burrill Rodeo of Emporia as the new president. The item notes Tribune delivery issues and urges readers to call their carrier or 700 after 6 p.m. if undelivered.
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Topeka
Burrill Rodeo
Emporia
Tribune
Sas
Break-ins Reported Over Labor Day Holiday
Three break-ins were reported during the Labor Day holiday, two at Chanute and one at A. R. Brant in Earlton. Losses were small and partly recovered. a tool shed at a pipe yard and the Washburn filling station were entered. Two youths aged 12 and 13 admitted to breaking into the tool shed and the case goes to juvenile authorities.
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Chanute
A. R. Brant
Earlton
A. H. Alcock
14Th
Washington
Washburn
N. Lincoln
Alcock
Brant
Washburn's
Two Iowa Men Held After Herington Robbery
McPherson Kansas police report two Iowa men Marvin R. Royal Keokuk and Gerald R. Leone Fort Madison held on suspicion of armed robbery at Herington. Officers found three revolvers dynamite sticks and a tool kit in their car after the Carson service station was robbed of about 80 dollars.
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McPherson, Kas
Iowa
McPherson
Paul Smith
Herington
Kas
Smith
Marvin R. Royal
Keokuk
Gerald R. Leone
Fort Madison
Carson
Eisenhower to address nation on European talks
President Eisenhower will speak by radio television from the White House Thursday night about his talks with allied leaders in Western Europe. The 15 minute address covers his West Germany Britain and France trip and related international developments. Hagerty said networks will carry the live speech and there will be no news conference this week. The president was described as happy about the mission’s results.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Europe
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
West Germany
Britain
France
St Paul Man Arrested on Alcohol License Charge
Jesse Sharp of St Paul was arrested by Sheriff Jerry Sloan Saturday on a charge of selling alcoholic beverages without a license. He was released on $100 bond for hearing Friday in justice of the peace court at Thayer.
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Jesse Sharp
St. Paul
Jerry Sloan
Justice of the Peace Court
Thayer
Milo Harvest Starts in Area Yields Are Good to Fantastic
Area elevators report a strong milo harvest with yields ranging from good to fantastic. Early cuts show averages around 75-80 bushels per acre, with some 100 bushel per acre outliers and moisture dropping toward 13-16 percent as sunshine dries the grain. Corn and soybean prospects are also favorable in Wilson, Woodson, and nearby counties.
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Milo
H. L. Omanat
Johnson
Chanute
Combine
Wilson County
Fredonia
Humboldt
Yates Center
Woodson County
Congress Aims To End Session On Saturday
Washington AP report on bipartisan effort to wind up Congress next week as Lyndon Johnson says speed-up orders show hope. Morse blocks some actions but Sen. Dirksen backs work on civil rights. Agreement on a new housing bill removes a major adjournment barrier.
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Congress
Washington
Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Ae Cysey Morse
D-Ore
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Banking Committee
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Civil Rights Commission
Morse
Johnson
Traffic Fatalities Reported Over Labor Day Period
Topeka Kansas traffic fatalities listed by state accident records section show 405 deaths over the Labor Day period to date in 1959, compared with 36 in the prior year 1958.
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Topeka
Kansas
Man Shoots Self in Leavenworth Apartment
Kenneth Martin, 47, visiting his estranged wife in her apartment, shot himself to death in front of her Monday, coroner Charles Larking said.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Kenneth Martin
Charles Larking
U.N. crafts plan for on the spot Laos inquiry
A four nation U.N. subcommittee drafted an urgent Laos inquiry plan after the Security Council rejected a Soviet veto. Italy Japan Argentina and Tunisia will travel to Laos to gather facts for possible action. The plan, adopted 10 to 1 with the Soviet Union dissenting, aims to ease area tensions.
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Security Council
U.N
Council
Egidio Ortona
Italy
Holiday weekend brings few area crashes reported
Labor Day weekend saw only one area traffic accident outside Chanute one mile west of Shaw at about 10 15 a m Sunday. Verl A Schoenhofer 20 St Paul and E L McCann 72 rural Erie driven cars were heavily damaged. Schoenhofer tried to pass and hit McCann s rear bumper. McCann and his wife were uninjured.
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Chanute
Shaw
George Neely
Verl A. Schoenhofer
St. Paul
E. L. McCann
Erie
Schoenhofer
McCann
Neely
Dedication of New Thayer Post Office Draws 200 Attendees
About 200 people attended the dedication of Thayer’s new post office with many others in cars. Mrs. Kermit Powers led ceremonies followed by speeches from Buford Fisher Chanute school superintendent and Robert M Wood of the Wichita postal office. Arthur Anderson is postmaster. Thayer High School band performed as officials from nearby towns were introduced. The new building replaces the 20 year old facility.
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Thayer
Kermit Powers
Chamber of Commerce
Buford Fisher
Chanute
Robert M. Wood
Wichita Regional Postal Department
Arthur Anderson
Thayer High School
Driver Fined After Police Court Plea Guilty
Jimmy M Henry 29 Santa Fe was fined 160 for driving while intoxicated transporting an open bottle and license violation after a Friday arrest following a collision at 212 E Main. Village Creek School reunion set for Sept 13 with basket dinner at noon and program in afternoon inviting former teachers students and families.
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Jimmy M. Henry
Santa Fe
E. Main
Village Creek
Paint fumes blast injures Fulps at home in Neosho
Eddie Fulps and his wife Carolyn, both 18, were burned in an explosion at their 1709 S Highland home yesterday. Eddie suffered burns over more than half his body. Carolyn burn injuries were less severe. They drove to Neosho Memorial Hospital.
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Eddie Fulps
S. Highland
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Carolyn
Fulps
Harold J. Fulps
N. Western
Fof Police
Lige Matlock
S. Grant
Matlock
Thhey
C. W. Brennan
Little Girl Killed by Runaway Car in Kansas
In Ness City Kansas Joyce Marie Freeman an 18 month old child of Mr and Mrs Alfred W Freeman died when a runaway car crushed her at a farm home during a visit to Mrs Grace Sundley The accident occurred Monday authorities said
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Ness City
Kas
Joyce Marie Freeman
Alfred W. Freeman
Fr. Riley
Grace Sundley
September heat lingers in Kansas forecaster warns
Fair and unseasonably warm weather continues in Kansas through Wednesday. Highs will reach the 90s with lows from 60 to 75 as Labor Day weekend brought strong winds and near full sunshine. Soil moisture remains low and rain is needed, especially in drier central and western areas. Top temperatures Sunday ranged from 92 at Emporia to 103 at Hill City and Russell with Sunday night lows from 62 at Goodland to 74 at Concordia and Pittsburg.
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Topeka
Kansas
Richard Garrett
Northwest
Emporia
Hill City
Russell
Goodland
Concordia
Pittsburg
Skeleton Found West of Ellsworth Kansas
A man’s skeleton was found Sunday in a seldom used pasture seven miles west of Ellsworth by farm owner Tony Svolanek. Sheriff Charles Zvolsky and Coroner Dan Urbanek said clues are scarce regarding identity or cause of death. the body appears young and has been dead for about a (time missing) with a sock and remnants of a blue shirt found.
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Ellsworth
Kas
Smoky Hill River
Tony Svolanek
Charles Zvolsky
Dan Urbanek
Urbanek
Zvolanek
Kelley Bound Over on Fourth Degree Arson Charge
Kelley bound over to district court on fourth degree arson following a Saturday preliminary hearing in city court. He was jailed in Erie County on $2,000 bond after allegedly attempting to set fire to Clara Bradshaw s car at 408 West First.
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R. 0. Kelley
Erie
Clara Bradshaw
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