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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1956
Page
1
Hundreds of loose hogs roam Wright City Oklahoma upsetting residents. County commissioners meet to decide if a special election is needed to allow hogs to roam on open range. Ranchers claim squatters dumped hogs on highways and even disrupted a church sermon.
The August police report lists 38 arrests in August bringing year to date total to 286. Categories include 125 traffic violators and 76 common drunks. Eight month totals cover burglaries 11 juvenile offenders 49 and bonds and fines 5570 dollars. Kansas Anti-discrimination Commission interviews Chanute area businesses with 76 firms scheduled.
Police headquarters logged four non injury traffic accidents over the weekend. Vehicles collided at Beach and Grant injuring only the fenders and headlights of two cars while another crash near US 169 involved Charles Wolf and Patrick Porter. A parked sedan at 719 North Kansas was damaged when struck by Joe Ferguson, and a truck backing into 314 Lincoln damaged Riley Graham’s parked car.
A joint Kansas Medical Society meeting at Tioga Hotel addressed censuring tubercular patients who refuse hospitalization and risks to the community. Dr. Aage Hoagenrud of Oslo attended as a guest. tours of the Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital followed.
Royal Cox of Iola owned a grain elevator in Elsmore Allen County that burned today. Fire teams from Elsmore Iola and Stark battled the blaze affecting two nearby homes and the Katy Railroad depot with grass fires also reported. No loss estimate or cause yet. Elevator built in 1907 contained about 5000 bushels of corn and 100000 pounds of milo. Harold Johnson operated the elevator for Cox Grain Co. Iola and Stark departments assisted.
Harold Ray Amer 20 admitted in a signed statement that he killed Alfred Askins Jr. 23 near Warrensburg Missouri last month police said. Askins body was found on a farm 16 miles northwest of Warrensburg. Amer was arrested while sleeping in a Kansas City tourist cabin and held for investigation in Askins death plus bad checks totaling about $1000.
Officials from the Civil Aeronautics Administration investigated a near collision above Bartlesville Oklahoma when a Continental Air Lines DC3 en route from El Paso to Kansas City brushed a private Cesna 170 carrying Bartlesville youths. Both aircraft landed safely with no injuries.
A house fire in Dodge City Kansas killed two elderly men Otto L Faulkner 74 and Jimmy Russel about 60. Two others escaped James Daveny and James A Davis about 60. Davis suffered minor burns while helping Russel.
Traffic fatalities listed by the state accident records section show 4 in the last 48 hours and 437 to date in 1956, compared with 389 in the same period in 1955.
Mixed classes started today in Sturgis and Louisville Kentucky with National Guardsmen present for protection while Texarkana faced a jeering crowd blocking entry. In Louisville integration proceeded quietly as 75 Negroes enrolled at Male High School. Clinton Tennessee saw partial boycotts ease and a turnout of 520 of 800 amid soldiers and tanks on standby.
Elisa Serrato, daughter of Mr and Mrs Juan Serrato of 1104 S Steuben, was elected queen of the annual Mexican Independence Day celebration. Lazaro Godinez announced results. five candidates entered from Topeka, Ottawa, Iola, Humboldt. Crowning will be an early fiesta event.
Hutchinson Kansas youth Larry Collins aged 15 was fatally injured when the car he rode in with a companion left a curve on the North Oklahoma City by-pass early today.
Activities start at the Junior College and Senior High School this week with home room officer elections, student council posts, and the first council meeting. The High School Future Nurses Club organizes its meeting, and a faculty picnic is planned at Santa Fe Parks shelterhouse.
Police recover stolen car parts valued over 9000 and hotel linens at a residence in Iola. Magdelene Orozco, held on grand larceny charges, is tied to the thefts from the McDonald Stotler Motor Car Co and an Iola hotel. Egypt proposes a UN charter compliant negotiation for Suez canal usage amid diplomatic tensions.
The St Patrick's parochial schools opened today reporting total enrollment of 216 students under principal Sister M Ignatius. The figure reflects initial enrollment across the parish schools as classes begin for the term.
Forecasters expect a warm trend through Tuesday with highs near 90 to 95 and tonight’s lows mid 60s. Topeka and the state will see readings in the 90s, with western areas touching the upper 90s, and dust and light sprinkles reported in parts of the northeast.
Salina Elks Club bought a 4 H baby beef for 340 dollars at the Saline County Fair. The steer died the night before slaughter, leaving the club without meat. Authorities list the cause as unknown.
The Soviet Union says it has exploded another nuclear device, marking the fourth atomic test in a series that began on August 24. Officials confirm the test occurred today, expanding the ongoing program and raising regional tensions.
In Los Angeles 27 year old Bruno de Sota sings as triplets born to Genevieve de Sota are named Marie Grace Grace Marie and Mary Elinore. Weighs 6 lb 4 oz 5 lb 1 oz and 5 lb 7 oz. Family plans to move from a one bedroom apartment due to the births.
Gov Fred Hall plans to resume duties at the state house in Topeka midweek after a California vacation. He has been invited to campaign for the national GOP ticket and has told Washington headquarters he is ready to go, though no state level invitation has been extended.
Hugh T. Jones Jr. is named Neosho County chairman of the Citizens for Eisenhower Committee. He also serves as vice-chairman of the Neosho County Republican Central Committee in Junction City.
Police announce extended efforts to curb rabies with fines from 25 to 100 dollars for strays. City pound rounds up 33 cats and 21 dogs after rabid cat found August 30. Three children and an adult bitten receive anti rabies treatment.
Miss Irene Fox, 47, a supervisor in Emporia State Teachers College elementary school, was found suffocated in a vacant apartment refrigerator. Coroner says death by own action with no foul play. She had been with the college since 1947 and had just returned from a health leave. Funeral planned in Junction City.
Billy L. Grow age 26 of Viola Kansas died in a Wichita hospital from injuries after being struck by a car on U S 54 two miles east of Goddard Saturday night.
Foy Ellis Smith was pinned under an overturned semitrailer loaded with butane gas in Enterprise Alabama. He warned a bystander not to attempt a rescue as the vehicle could explode. Minutes later the truck blew up and Smith died from burns.
Secretary of State Dulles expressed deep disappointment at the Cairo conference failure and urged that the rights of Suez treaty signatories be pursued. He suggested the dispute could be referred to the United Nations, stressing alignment with the UN charter.
Roy Johnson aged 47 of Parsons died at Mercy Hospital from injuries suffered in a two car collision near Galesburg on Friday. He became the second fatality in the crash as 18 year old Robert Baty of Thayer died shortly after admission.
City pound advertises pick up of stray pets by telephone. Chief of Police office note No. 3482.
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