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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1956
Page
1
Supt. Buford Fisher announced a new policy allowing Left Hand Pitch and elementary and Royster junior high school teachers to attend Senior High and Junior College football and basketball games free of charge this term. The Chanute Teachers Association proposed the change to boost faculty attendance at athletic events.
Governor Fred Hall said he has made no decision about his future plans and will not decide before his term ends in January. He noted a state official meeting on an AFL CIO union drive among 75 000 Kansas public employees, calling it lawful but offering no opinions until consultations with Atty. Gen. John Anderson and Personnel Director Walter Kuiken.
In Herington Kansas Mrs E S Allen says her daughter Margaret Ann had the cleanest and most miserable dog in town. Loneliness and energy after sister left for nurses training led Margaret to bathe Buttons four times in a week.
Dr. J P Berger of Wichita was elected chairman of Region 7 of the American Cancer Society at the meeting held Saturday in Little Rock Arkansas.
City pound contacts for picking up unwanted cats and dogs at telephone No 3482. Chief of Police notes this advisory.
Kansas Engineering Society members Ira Barber and L. D. Perry led a mixed-groups tour of 155 miles of the Kansas Turnpike noting time savings and safety on the dual roadway from Kansas City to the Oklahoma border. They observed finishing work at interchanges restaurants and service areas ahead of the October 15 opening while officials estimate a 20 year bond-backed state transition.
A Friday check of official public school enrollments for fall shows total 2,341 students, down 29 from 2,370 in 1955. Kindergarten 182, grades 1-6 1,028, Royster Junior High 527, Senior High 431, Junior College 173 with various small changes.
A two story Masonic Hall in Easton twelve miles northwest of Leavenworth was burned out yesterday. The upper floor housed Masonic and Eastern Star orders while the ground floor contained a grocery store.
Two former criminals were seized in Kansas City linked to three recent supermarket robberies. FBI says $5,363 recovered. Delmar E Cooper held in Memphis with two guns and $3,349. Eugene Johnson and Rose Bonadonna nabbed near KC with about $2,000 found. Dunklin already jailed for kidnapping in the same case.
Edgar Tippie reports he carried receipts totaling 700 to 800 dollars plus 193 in checks when he left Lola market. He says a theft occurred after purchasing food and that the billfold was later found on an Iola street with the cash missing but the checks intact.
Willard V. Cleaver 35 of 1014 North Grant was reported in critical condition at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a bar end pierced his abdomen. He fell while assisting a welder at Ash Grove Lime and Cement Co. plant during a repair, with nine pints of blood transfused on Saturday and more on Sunday as doctors treated shock and internal injuries.
Fort Riley soldier Leo E. Handke survived after seven hours in a wrecked car in a creek bed near Holton Kansas. The companion, James A. Giller 21 of Atchison, was killed. The car missed a bridge on State Highway 16 and plunged into the creek shortly after midnight.
The nude body of a man was found yesterday by a squirrel hunter in a dry creek bed southwest of Topeka. Shawnee County coroner Dr. Donald MacRae estimated he had been dead over a week. No cause of death or clothing was found. officers sought identification.
Neil Wayne Robinson twenty one of Rt. 1 Hallowell died early Sunday when his car struck a bridge abutment thirty two miles south of Hallowell.
Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper reports a general up swing in the farm economy and predicts Republicans will carry the farm belt in November. He says Eisenhower will present the administration’s farm achievements to farmers and labor in a vigorous, honest campaign. The senator met with Eisenhower after a briefing with his brother Dr Milton Eisenhower and noted the president’s Iowa visit could aid GOP support. Eisenhower plans a major farm speech later this week after Field Days at Newton and a preview ahead of a Sept 25 address in Peoria Illinois.
In Clay Kentucky four Negro pupils withdrew from Clay Consolidated School after the school board barred admittance citing an attorney general opinion. About 150 white students returned to class as National Guardsmen stayed in Clay for the time being. The families said they would take children back to Rosenwald in Providence.
London reports invite 16 of 18 pro planners to a new conference to form a users' association for Suez traffic while Egypt's Nasser warns against war. Dulles signals possible half‑billion dollar oil aid to ease detour costs as London talks loom. Washington denies a plan to finance a canal detour beyond potential U S oil export support.
Dr. Sam Ashley 74 prominent Neosho County physician died at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage. He practiced since 1908, helped form Ashley Clinic with his sons, and was active in medical societies. Funeral services at St Patrick's with a large survivor list and Knights of Columbus rosary. The report also notes Dulles in London addressing Suez and U.S. plans to work with state oil regulators to boost domestic production amid the crisis.
A cool front moved through Kansas bringing cooler daytime temperatures with lows in the 40s to 50s and highs near 80 on Tuesday. Record highs of 101 were noted Saturday and Sunday at Chanute and Pittsburg, while showers produced no significant precipitation elsewhere.
Melton Smith aged 42 from El Dorado Kansas drowned at a pond west of West Plains Missouri while rescuing a young girl during a family outing. The girl called for help and Smith pushed her to the bank before sinking in deep water. He was visiting relatives Mr and Mrs Jack Smith of Zanoni Missouri.
Applicants for 1956 57 dog license tags filed into police headquarters today in a steady stream. By 1 p.m. a total of 65 tags had been issued under the supervision of police stenographer Mrs Lorraine Maninger. The schedule runs 8 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. with noon recess and Sundays off. Rabies vaccination since June 1 last year must be shown. Each form lists date, owner name and address, vaccination date, fee, and animal name. tags are issued free. Since a rabid cat was found here weeks ago, A E Clark pound keeper reports 139 cats and 54 dogs taken to the city pound.
In Carthage Missouri two county prisoners Clarence Eno 51 and Charles Lindbergh Pearson 27 both of Kansas City overpowered deputy Earl Denny and seized his revolver before fleeing in his radio equipped car. They were being transported from the Jasper County jail to Joplin for armed robbery arraignment and were charged with armed robbery of a Safeway store in Joplin. Deputy Denny was beaten and hospitalized but not in serious condition.
Washington announces new federal buildings under the lease purchase program will display reproductions of the Declaration of Independence the Constitution and the Bill of Rights to symbolize national ideals.
Willard Solomon ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Ed Solomon 1301 S Evergreen was asked to check water in a roast pan at home. The pan tipped spilling hot liquid onto his left foot through a canvas tennis shoe. He was taken to Neosho Memorial Hospital and then returned home after treatment.
Kansas traffic fatalities for the last 48 hours show 6 deaths and total to date in 1956 at 449, compared with 400 in the same period of 1955. One earlier fatality not previously reported is included.
Stanley Sayres, automobile dealer who popularized hydroplane racing in Seattle with the Slo-Mo-Shun boats, died of a heart attack. The notable racer and organizer passed away in Seattle, leaving a lasting impact on local speed contests and maritime sport.
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