Left Hand Pitch Helps Neighbor as Falls Injure
Eldon Yowell a Humboldt farmer helping harvest for Oca Johnson last week broke his leg when he fell from a ladder at his rural home. Johnson’s neighbor is now hospitalized at Neosho Memorial. A 1926 Kansas City Post issue found behind a Chanute home organ amused Mrs. Noel Schooley and family with vintage fashion drawings and ad prices.
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Eldon Yowell
Humboldt
Oca Johnson
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Yowell
Kansas City Post
Cooler Weather Sweeps Kansas As Thunderstorms Diminish
Forecaster Garrett notes cooler drier air across Kansas with potential additional storms. Rain from the Dry Walnut river floods ended Monday morning as skies partly cleared. highs reached 80s in the east and 70s to 80s Wednesday with widespread cloudiness and possible scattered thunderstorms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Richard Garrett
Walnut River
Ness
Rush
Lawrence
Olathe
Dodge City
Goodland
Hutchinson
Garrett
Air Force Band Planned Here Oct 16 By Chamber
Chamber directors heard plans for matinee and evening Air Force band performances at the Memorial building on October 16 under chamber auspices. Advance ticket sales will run at Evans Music during Fall Festival and through chamber members. A Santa Fe depot conversion for a museum and a 4 H leadership dinner expansion were also discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Chamber of Commerce
Tioga Hotel
Memorial Building
Chamber
Glen Halbe
Civic Affairs Committee
Halbe
Evans Music Store
Sputnik III Signal Opens Exposition
Washington AP report on a $24 million business equipment expo opening with a signal borrowed from Sputnik III. Defense Dept ARPA chief Roy W. Johnson unveils spa score, a display device showing satellite paths and future orbits. Space surveillance data flow from Dahlgren to a high speed computer to compute orbits. Johnson warns a hostile satellite could appear over Washington hourly at about 100 miles altitude.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Defense Department
National Guard
Roy W. Johnson
Department
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Naval Research Laboratory
Johnson
Dahlgren
City Vehicles Involved in Two Minor Accidents
Two city owned vehicles were in accidents reported to police. A city 1950 Plymouth backed by Vincent Baylor bumped a parked 1959 Plymouth owned by Emery Lewis at the municipal light plant causing rear end damage to both cars. Later a city 1947 Chevrolet ton pickup backing from a drive in an alley collided with a 1959 Chevrolet driven by Lyle Kensinger, damaging the Kensinger car.
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Municipal Light Plant
Plymouth
Vincent Baylor
W. 2Nd
Emery Lewis
N. Grant
Lewis
Daryl S. Dalton
S. Kansas
Lyle Kensinger
R. J
Kensinger
Man Wounded After Fight With Officers in Marion
Marion County authorities say John R. Williams of Marysville was shot in the abdomen and seriously wounded after a struggle with Undersheriff Earl Pankratz and another officer during an arrest attempt. Williams, said to be drinking, was subdued and remained in satisfactory condition in a local hospital. No charges have been filed.
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Marion
Kas
Marion County Atty
Roger Morris
John R. Williams
Marysville
Morris
Earl Pankratz
Williams
Pankratz
Negotiations Halt Grounded in Swift Wilson Meat Talks
Negotiations between meat packing unions and Swift & Co and Wilson & Co have stalled again, halting contract talks in Chicago. The halt follows stalled progress on wage and working condition demands as union leaders and management failed to reach a new agreement.
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Chicago
Swift & Co
Wilson & Co
Settlement Reached in Personal Injury Suit
A $2,000 settlement was approved in Chanute district court for a personal injury case arising from a February traffic collision. Plaintiff Mrs. Vincent Saving represents minor James D. Saving against James C. Rea of Overland Park and Rusty Sash and Door Co. of Kansas City. Saving, 16, suffered fractures of three vertebrae as a passenger in a collision at 1512 S. Plummer involving Rea and Larry Ingraham.
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Chanute
Vincent Saving
N. Forest
James D. Saving
James C.rea
Overland Park
Rusty Sash and Door Co
Kansas City
Saving
S. Plummer
Rea
Larry Ingraham
Ingraham
Ithree
Bus Accident Claims Life of Kansas City Man
William S. Nicely, 86, of Kansas City Kansas died at Memorial Hospital from injuries suffered when a bus left the road and plunged into a ditch three miles west of Lawrence. He was returning from Alma where he attended his brother Alfred Nicely’s 88th birthday observance.
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Lawrence, Kan
William S. Nicely
Kansas City
Kan
Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Nicely
Alma
Alfred Nicely
Three Indian Tribes To Get $1 860 499
President Eisenhower signed a bill approving 1 860 499 dollars for the Kiowa Comanche and Apache tribes of Oklahoma. The funds come from an Indian Claims Commission finding they were underpaid for lands ceded under a 1900 act. The tribes seek to divide the payout among about 8 000 members. The President also allowed sale of 40 acres of Creek tribal land at Eufaula to relocate families affected by the reservoir project.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Oklahoma
Congress
Indian Claims Commission
Toby Morris
D'Okla
Council of the Tribes
Eufaula
Oklo
Segregated Dollarway Schools Open Pending Court Ruling
The Eighth Circuit refused to stay the order delaying integration in the Dollarway District near Pine Bluff Arkansas clearing the way for immediate segregated opening. The three Negro students had sought Supreme Court review to stall the mandate. The appeals court upheld Arkansas pupil placement laws reversing a lower court that would have admitted them to the all white Dollarway School.
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ST. Louis
Dollarway
Pine Bluff
Ark
U. S. 8Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Citizenship Renouncer Glad to Be Back in U.S.
Nicholas Petrulli of Valley Stream New York renounced U S citizenship in the Soviet Union, then reversed course and flew home to the United States. He said he is very tired, very nervous, and glad to be back, offering no plans or statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nicholas Petrulli
Soviet Union
Petrulli
Valley Stream
N. Y
U. S
United States
Fall Festival Opens With Variety Show And Queen Crowning
Chanute hosts a three day Cha nute Fall Festival starting with a free Memorial Building variety show on Thursday at 7 30 p m. The event features ten acts led by the Luman Brothers with professional and amateur talent from Chanute Humboldt Wichita and beyond. The Festival Queen contest crowns a winner around 8 p m with seven entrants reported.
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Memorial Building
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Glen Halbe
Frolics
Luman Brothers
Chanute
Billie Solomon
Phyllis Dillon
Linda Campbell
Kay Blair
Roma Turner
Ricky Hummer
Carol LaRue
Sherry
Artisha Mosely
Humboldt
Wanda Reeves
Jody Lock
the Rockets
Clifford Sperry
Lawrence Lovett
Halbe
Glen Newport
Wichita
Barbara Thompson
Carol Shook
Humbold
Phyllis Carder
Carolyn Thompson
Deanee Burks
Donna Lucas
Pat Porter
Maple Leaf Tea Room
Jim Louder
JayCee
Leverenz
Main
Highland
Peoples Theater
Formal Opening Of Super Road Heads This Way
A federal superhighway costing over 25 million dollars nears formal opening on October 1. Interstate 35 will run 51 miles from Kansas City to Ottawa, Kansas, four lanes of high speed traffic with no intersections. The route extension beyond Ottawa remains undecided as officials weigh westward to Emporia or south into eastern Oklahoma. Dedication ceremonies are planned by cities along the route.
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Kansas City
18Th St
Ottawa
Kan
Franklin
Miami
Johnson and Wyandotte
Kansas
Emporia
Oklahoma
Former Soldier Faces Death on Gallows
Pvt. John E. Day Jr., 30, a former soldier from Washington D C, awaits execution at the U S Disciplinary Barracks after a murder rap tied to a 1950 Korea incident. His appeals, including a stay denial by Judge Arthur J Stanley Jr, failed. clemency was denied by the President and the Supreme Court refused review.
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FT. Leavenworth
Kan
Korea
John E., Jr
Washington, D. C
U. S
Arthur J. Stanley Jr
Kansas City
Martha A. Day
Stanton Terrace
Southeast
W. T
Day
U. S. Supreme Court
Life Imprisonment For Slaying Farm Wife
Eli Wilson, 49, a bachelor handyman, was sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to first degree murder in the shotgun slaying of Mrs. Delta M. Seematter, 27, on August 12. The crime occurred on the screened porch of the Seematter family farm near Wamego. Wilson had worked for the family intermittently for several years.
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Westmoreland
Kan
Eli Wilson
Wamego
Wilson
Delta M. Seematter
Seematter
Water Resources Hearing Set in Topeka on Nov 18
The Senate Committee on National Water Resources will hold a Topeka hearing November 18 as part of 20 meetings aimed at projecting future water demand. Senator Andrew Schoeppel said the panel was created last April after officials warned of growing population needs.
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Washington
Senate Committee On National Water Resources
Topeka
Andrew F. Schoeppel
R.kan
Senate
Dry Area Towns Hit by Floods in Kansas
Overflowing Walnut Creek flooded two small Kansas towns as it moved toward Great Bend. Rush Center evacuated most residents while Timken and Albert faced dike breaks. Hoisington saw floodwater from Blood and Shop creeks recede. cattle losses and crop damage reported in the Walnut Creek Valley.
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Great Bend
Kan
Walnut Creek
Kansas
Rush Center
Timken-Albert
Herbert Callon
Callon
Timken
Santa Fe
Maresch Rest Home
Bazine
Topeka Mayor Criticizes Docking Over Local Funds
Topeka Mayor Ed Camp urged Gov. Docking to apologize for implying city county and school officials spend money poorly. Camp proposed using surplus state funds to cut local property taxes by boosting the sales tax residue to 12.5 million and doubling it. Docking did not comment on Camp’s statements.
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Topeka
Ed Camp
George Docking
Docking
Camp
Kansas City Power & Light Net Income Dips
Kansas City Power & Light Co reported net income for year ending August 31 fell to 9,988,919 dollars or 2.99 a share from 10,109,589 dollars or 3.03 a share a year earlier. The report comes from New York AP coverage of the company’s annual results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kansas City Power & Light Co
Bahamas Alert Hurricane Gracie Forms Near Florida
A tropical storm named Gracie formed 475 miles from Florida and may reach hurricane strength soon. British Bahamas interests are warned to stay alert as path remains uncertain. Some anglers missing as storms drive gulf boats off course.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Florida
Weather Bureau
Bahama Islands
Gracie
San Salvador
Bahamas
Miam
Gulf
Mexico
South Florida
Moss Speaks of Turnpike History at Kiwanis Dinner
Moss Gale Moss Kansas Turnpike general manager spoke to about 35 Kiwanis members at Tioga Hotel. He covered early turnpike history financing and construction challenges and noted current issues and events. An example cited involved two youths clocked at 112 mph in a 1953 Buick with worn tires. Russell Rokahr of Concert Series Inc discussed the ongoing Community Concert Series membership drive, which ends Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gale Moss
el Dorado
Kansas Turnpike
Kiwanis
Tioga
Moss
Russell Rokahr
Concert Series Inc
Fulps Fund Reaches 1392 With Multiple Contributions
The Eddie Fulps fund rose to 1392.36 today with 184.36 from The Tribune and 10.11 from Fat Disney's market. Other donors include the Church of the Nazarene Mrs Flossie Edwards the Charles Kep slew y s and customers the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union CIO AFL and a 100 contribution from a donor who asked for anonymity.
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Eddie Fulps
The
Tribune
Disney
Church of the Nazarene
Flossie Edwards
Charles Kepsleys
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
Cio-Afl
Khrushchev Tours Iowa Corn Fields Amid Sparse Crowd
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrived near Des Moines for a look at Iowa tall corn as 5,300 spectators gathered at the airfield. Governor Herschel Loveless greeted him with an official party while the weather turned gray and overcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Nikita Khrushchev
San Francisco
Herschel Loveless
Military Air Transport Service
Khrushchev
Iowa Air National Guard
International Airport
Los Angeles
Steel Strike Hits Kansas City Jobs
The steel strike cost 4,850 Kansas City jobs and affected about 40,000 dependents. Missouri Employment Service manager Charles A. Ricker warned lay-offs will accelerate in the coming weeks with conditions worsening after October and after the 15th it is uncertain how many will remain employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Charles A. Ricker
Missouri Employment Service
Ricker
Traffic Fatalities Tallied In State Records
From Topeka Kansas the AP reports state accident records show two traffic fatalities in the last 24 hours and a year-to-date total of 419 for 1959, with that period compared to 6388 for the comparable span.
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Topeka
Kansas
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John T. Cole
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E. E. ‘Rosenthal
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Robert N
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Charles Pillot
Dale Fairchild
Joe Melnyk
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Gorton
Neosho County
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Fairchild
Melnyk
Ebur Schultz
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U.S
Wasser
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