August Ends With Driest Month Yet For Year
The weatherman reports August as the driest month of the year with only .63 inches at the CAA station over 31 days. Yearly total reaches 22.24 inches at the airport and 1.86 inches for July and August combined, far below last year’s rainfall in August. Highest August temperature hit 100 degrees on August 6 and 21, while 54 degrees marked the month’s low. readings surpassed 90 degrees on 21 days. September 1954 saw 5.70 inches, and October 4.33 inches.
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CAA
Amateur Hour ends Thayer Fair with amateur show and auction
The 44th Homecoming Picnic and Fair closes with an amateur hour at 7 30 pm from McLachlen Park platform followed by a Lucky Clover 4 H Club pork auction to fund club supplies. Band concert precedes speeches honoring Homecoming pioneers and local figures.
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Thayer
McLachlen Park
Tribune Puzzle Enters 20th Week with Updated Rules
The Little Tinker puzzle continues its 20th week as rules remain unchanged. Entries must be at Tribune office by 5 p.m. to be accepted, with a phone window for Wednesday submissions. The page hints at clues and entertainment, noting across and allusion explanations.
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Tribune
Word Puzzle Contest at Chanute Tribune
The Chanute Tribune advertises a crownword puzzle with a $5 bonus for postcard entries and a $10 bonus for Tribune subscribers. Entries must be on Tribune form or exact facsimiles, due by 5 pm Wednesday. judges’ decisions are final.
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Tribune
Forecast Breaks Heat Wave Across Kansas Saturday
Weather Bureau foresees a cold front ending the heat wave with cooler skies and moderate winds. Forecaster Tom Arnold says tonight will be partly cloudy with 50s to 70s lows, Saturday highs from 70s north to 90s southeast, and little to no rain across the state.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Tom Arnold
Arnold
Cloudburst Flood Evacuations Hit South Texas Towns
National Guardsmen and Red Cross workers evacuated residents in Raymondville and Fal after a cloudburst drenched the region. About 373 people were moved from Raymondville’s northwest to a higher migrant camp as waters receded slowly after an estimated inch of rain fell Wednesday night.
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Red Cross
South Texas
Donald Peak
Falfurrias
Two More Ports Idle In Waterfront Strike
Two more ports Norfolk Virginia and Boston were idled today as the New York waterfront strike expanded. Philadelphia and Baltimore workers returned to duty while New York Harbor remained shut for a third day. Scores of ships were idle and cargoes piled on piers with some 70 ships tied up in New York harbor.
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Norfolk
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York Harbor
New York-New Jersey
U S Red China Release Talks Near Agreement
Washington reports nearing final accord on freeing Americans held in Chinese jails and under house arrest. Key points include expediting departures, US guarantees for Chinese in the United States seeking to go to Red China, and diplomatic protections via British and Indian embassies as Geneva talks proceed on broader issues.
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U. Alexis Johnson
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Red China
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PRR Plans Music to Move Box Cars Faster
Philadelphia based Pennsylvania Railroad uses song to spur freight car movement. Recordings of Dont Stand Me Still set to Dont Fence Me In music will be played at PRR installations and employee meetings urging cars to keep moving.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR
Cole Porter
Chanute Plans Test Case Over Parking Lot Zoning
City commissioners authorize city attorney to file a friendly suit seeking Supreme Court clarification of the term zoned in the new parking law. Chanute would argue a nonzoned city may still gain access to parking sites via meter funds and revenue bonds. The action aims to resolve whether the entire city can be considered zoned for business.
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Memorial Building
Charles Forsyth
Supreme Court
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Evergreen
Fat stock top prices at Chanute auction in Erie fair sale
Erie fair exhibitors from county 4-H clubs saw top bids at the Chanute Sales Pavilion auction. Highlights include grand champion Hereford fat calf sold to Chanute Bank of Commerce for 290.70, and other champions from Best Yet Willing Workers and Wide Awake clubs receiving strong prices with no commissions charged.
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Bufffalo
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Neosho Valley
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Chanute
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Danville
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Lola
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Hope for Peace as Moroccans Seek Settlement
Paris reports French hopes rise that a Moroccan settlement may be reached before Monday to avert further bloodshed in the violence scarred North African protectorate.
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Paris
Presbyterian Church Observes 85th Anniversary Here Sunday
The First Presbyterian church marks its 85th anniversary with a single service at 10 45 a.m. led by Pastor Rev William T Hunt who will preach Life Surges on at 85 The observance follows ongoing sanctuary redecorating delaying plans and keeps to the fall of 1870 origin with charter members and early building history.
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New York
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Highland and
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Prison Riot Follows Superintendent Firing at Nebraska Reformatory
Inmates at the Nebraska Men's Reformatory riot after the superintendent was fired and replaced. About 25 to 40 prisoners fought, some armed with staves, a staffer said. a riot fatality was reported as Luis Morales, 28, from San Antonio, Texas, was carried out on a stretcher. State police were deployed to restore order.
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Neb
Nebraska Men's Reformatory
Luis Morales
San Antonio
Tex
Harold Peterson
State Board of Control
Peterson
Reformatory
M. L. Wimberley
George Morris
Morris
Busy Week For Schools
The Junior College and Senior High School enter a busy week as classes begin to wind down. The Junior College hosts its first assembly with Bob Briley as speaker discussing the college he attended. High school home room elections occur this afternoon for positions including president and treasurer. The Pep Club meets at 7 p.m. Monday for officer elections and cheer tryouts. The Chanute Teachers Assn plans an executive meeting in the cafeteria at 4 p.m. Monday. The Junior College reception is slated for 8 p.m. Tuesday. Southeast Kansas Organization of County Superintendents will hold an all day meeting here on Thursday.
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Bob Briley
Chanute Teachers Assn
Southeast Kansas Organization of County
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Topeka Area 1955
Kansas accident records list traffic fatalities in the Topeka region. In the last 24 hours and to date in 1955 figures show ongoing deadly incidents with counts reaching into the hundreds for the period.
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Topeka
Kansas
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