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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1958
Page
1
Washington AP reports the Federal Reserve notes industrial production rose 2 percent in August, with jobs, retail, housing and new construction also up. The index reached 137 percent of the 1947-49 average, signaling recovery more than half the decline from 1957 to 1958. Unemployment eased to 7.6 percent.
The Holley family of six walking from Columbia Missouri to Elk City Oklahoma received aid after a trooper found them stranded on U S Route 62. Max Wolfe arranged free meals and transportation via bus to Elk City. The family’s hardship included a sore foot an epileptic son a child with poison ivy and a family dog.
A B Keith aged 60 former Brown County representative died after a week of illness in Hiawatha Kansas. The state news comes from AP with no further details on services or survivors.
Several hundred attended the 1958 Mexican Fiesta crowning in Santa Fe Park. Queen Sara Bonilla was escorted to the throne by Frank Rodriguez with attendants Dolores Ortiz and Ysabel Hernandez. The ceremony featured the Chanute High School Drum and Bugle Corps and Nocturnes from Topeka, parading bands from multiple towns, and a variety program. The Fiesta parade begins at 2 PM from City Park with bands from Senior and Junior Highs, followed by another variety show and dancing tonight until 1 AM.
Communist artillery struck Quemoy beach as Nationalist supply ships withdrew after unloading little cargo. Four ships pulled back under heavy shelling, with no reported damage or casualties. U S defense officials noted some cargo may have been unloaded during the 23 minutes at the beach before withdrawal. China reported Peiping organizing a massive militia in response to the threat.
Walter Roesing, a Wichita salesman, died when his car collided with a farm tractor four miles east of Caldwell on U S 81. Terry Ward, 15, of rural Caldwell, drove the tractor and survived with minor cuts and bruises. Kansas Highway Patrol confirms.
City Attorney Walter 8. Keith, 67, known for his work on Indian and race riot suits, died today at a Coffeyville hospital after a heart ailment. He represented oil-rich Indian Jackson Barnett of Henryetta Oklahoma, who was declared incompetent by the federal government in the early 1920s.
If you cannot reach your Tribune carrier contact 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance or updates.
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with warmer temps tonight and Sunday. Lows in the 60s and highs in the 80s to near 90s, with a cold front bringing scattered thundershowers tonight mainly in the west and spreading to northern areas tomorrow. Winds southeast 25 to 35 mph across much of the state.
Police report two armed robbers seized more than 19000 in currency during the Topeka incident. A third man believed to drive a black 1950 car fled the scene. The getaway vehicle had been reported stolen earlier in Lebo Kansas. A sports car stolen in Wichita Falls Texas was found abandoned at Lebo.
In Moscow AP a State Department note to the Soviet Foreign Ministry seeks details on 11 missing U S airmen from a crashed U S Air Force plane in Soviet Armenia. Washington asks for earliest possible return if alive and bodies of six killed, with access for embassy experts to identify wreckage.
Five Tribune carriers will attend the Athletics and Yankees doubleheader in Kansas City at Tribune expense. The trip honors the top performers from a three month summer contest for highest customer average. Carriers Lynn Defebaugh John Tiegreen Tom Tiegreen Roy Marks and Larry Dobson join Fay Clopine and Jim Sheridan with their spouses.
Earl Sexton, 39, of Fredonia, was arrested about 2 a.m. on North Santa Fe on charges of driving while intoxicated and transporting an open bottle. He is jailed awaiting bond set at 150 dollars.
The Chamber of Commerce and trucking committees urged the Chanute city to table a proposed 24 hour truck parking ban. They will present a list of recommendations at the Sept 25 city commission meeting, including designated truck loading zones and one way streets to ease congestion and improve visibility.
President Eisenhower appealed to the Soviet Union to persuade Red China to renounce force in the Formosa Strait and pursue peaceful talks. He warned the United States will keep Far East forces and warned Khrushchev against one sided denunciations while urging Beijing to join Warsaw negotiations for a peaceful settlement. Formosa and offshore islands remain under Nationalist control, not Peiping.
Gene Hargus of Shawnee Oklahoma was arrested by the highway patrol south of Chanute about 4 30 p m yesterday on charges of driving while intoxicated transporting an open bottle and reckless driving His hearing was set for today in city court
In Little Rock Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus ordered all city high schools closed as of Monday to resist racial integration at Central High School the focus of the high court ruling. He aims to keep public schools segregated by opening Central High and possibly private schools with state tuition. The move follows the Supreme Court mandate to proceed with integration despite local opposition.
About 50 representatives and wives from 39 Kansas lodges attend the season kickoff meeting of the 20 State Elks Association committees in Chanute. Ray Smith chairs the event with registration at 5 p.m. at Elks Lake followed by a covered dish dinner and a Masonic Temple dance. Notables include Glen Edwards state president Fred Kelly state secretary and Campbell Rice Grand Lodge committeeman.
At the Griddle Show in Kansas City Democratic Chairman Paul Butler condemned open defiance of Supreme Court rulings and warned Democrats do not back Faubus style defiance. Republican Meade Alcorn predicted a weakened Democratic Party and a possible southern conservative third party in 1960.
Two Paola boys ages 14 and 15 were killed in a one car crash south of Paola last night. State Highway Patrol identified the victims as Charles Menefee and Roy Rentz.
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