Surging Floodwaters Hit One Time Dust Bowl Area
Great Bend Kansas area faces rising Walnut Creek floodwater threatening homes and farms after two creeks overflow. Water spans up to two miles wide, with hundreds evacuated or preparing to leave as authorities project crest between Albert and Heizer and continue to monitor rainfall and temperatures.
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Dust Bowl
Callon
Here
Rush Center
Great Bend
Albert
Heizer
Walnut Creek
Dry Walnut Creek
Lloyd Smith
Farmers ‘Elevator
Leavenworth
Richard Garrett
Ness
Rush
Barton
Clay County
Atchison
Wakeeney
Holton
Marysville
Emporia
Florence
Garrett
Goodland
Hutchinson
Chanute
Pittsburg
Drop in Food Item Prices Brings Dip in Living Costs
Washington AP reports the cost of living fell one tenth of 1 percent in August driven by a nine tenths of 1 percent drop in food prices. All other items rose slightly, with housing costs lifting overall expenses. Meat prices fell while new car prices kept declining as used cars rose. Spendable earnings dropped about 90 cents weekly, impacting factory workers' purchasing power.
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Washington
Labor Department
Hard Bargaining In Steel Strike Urged by Ike
President Eisenhower urged both sides in the steel strike to settle through hard intensive bargaining. Labor leader James P. Mitchell said free collective bargaining is on trial, with government action possible under Taft Hartley. Subcommittees reported no progress as union leaders blamed management for obstinacy. Mitchell noted 160,000 displaced workers and cautioned about public impact, while denying Knight as mediator.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Secretary of Labor
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
White House
New York
United Steelworkers
David J. MacDonald
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Finnegan
Goodwin J. Knight
California
Chanute Fall Festival Opens With Cash Premiums
The 16th annual Chanute Fall Festival begins with grain and food exhibits entering at 9 a.m. in the Leverenz Building. Entries compete for 1000 dollars in cash premiums with judging Friday morning. Festival Queen candidates include Alice McCune and eight others. Highlights include free movies for grade schoolers, a Festival Frolics show at Memorial Building, a St Joseph carnival, free carnival rides by JayCees, stock car races, a Saturday parade, team-pulling contest, and a Armory dance to close the three day event.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Leverenz
Main and Highland
JayCees
JayCee Jaynes
Peoples Theater
The
Lincoln
Murray Hill
Roosevelt, Alcott and
Hutton
Alice McCune
Barbara Thompson
Phyllis Carder
Carolyn Thompson
Deanee Burks
Donna Lucas
Chanute
Carol Shook
Pat Porter
Humboldt
Maple Leaf Tea Room
Memorial Building
Glen Halbe
Said
Pat
Janis Fail
St. Joseph
City Park
Cherryvale
Coca Cola
National Guard Armory
Bids Received For Erie Sewage Ponds Project
Erie city council accepted bids for three raw sewage stabilization ponds as part of a new disposal system. Fifteen bids ranged from 71,869 to 38,580 with Passmore and Sons of Strong City making the apparent low bid. Mayor Rogers expects total project cost under 100,000 while other work is to be done by city crews.
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ERIE
Brink and Dunwoody
Iola
Passmore and Sons
Strong City
M. W. Watson
Topeka
L. R. Rogers
Rogers
Frederick Swan
O. E. Fones
Verle Craven
G. C. Freeley
Hollis Dunham
Harvey Steel
James White
Charles Forsythe
Community Council Resumes Meetings
The Community Council reopened its monthly sessions at the Memorial building after summer adjournment. Topics included planning for the coming year and Teen Canteen operations with funds needed to sustain the youth center. An officer election is set for 7 30 p.m. October 27, with nominees named and outgoing president Howard Dobson noted.
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Community Council
Memorial Building
E. D. Horne
W. J. Althaber
Horne
John Barney
Howard Dobson
Airman Killed in T-33 Trainer Crash Near Cherokee
An Air Force T-33 jet trainer crashed and burned near Cherokee Oklahoma on Tuesday killing Lt. Richard L. Rodgers of Mattoon Illinois and injuring Lt. Dennis Farrington of Compton California. The instructor survived with burns and a broken ankle after an attempted emergency landing went wrong. Probable cause cited as engine failure.
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Cherokee
Okla
Vance Air Force Base
Enid
Richard L. Rodgers
Mattoon
Ill
Dennis Farrington
Compton
Calif
Vance Information
Eddie Fulps fund reaches 1407 with 15 new contributions
The Eddie Fulps fund total rose to 1407 today as additional contributions added 15 more dollars. Fund organizers note ongoing support from donors and urge further gifts to reach stated goal.
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Eddie Fulps
Fantastic Bank Robbery Plot Thwarted in Cleveland Siege
In Cleveland a bank robbery plot ended after a 45 minute siege at the Cleveland Trust Co branch. The holdup man, found dead with a revolver, apparently killed himself. Fox, the manager, and staff were released. one employee was wounded. Marilyn Fox aided in the escape and police surrounded the bank with tear gas and gunfire.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Herbert Fox
Cleveland Trust Co
Fox
Marilyn
FBI
Bank
Joseph Noffziger
New York
Lee C. Terry
Alery
Chanute 1960 tax levies rise across county and towns
The 1960 Chanute tax picture shows total levies at 71.82 per 1000, up 7.33 from 1958. County and school taxes drive the hike, with city levy up from 2 to 8, state tax 1.75, county 30.43, and school 31.64. Galesburg tops local lists at 90.80, Thayer and St Paul near 72.5, Earlton down 4.27 to 47.83, and district totals vary with cemetery levies adding modest amounts.
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Chanate
the Tribune
Chanute City
Neosho County
Galesburg
Thayer
St. Paul
Stark
Earlton
Walnut Grove Township
Mission Township
Explosion Levels Wichita Club
An explosion leveled the Offset Club at Wichita's south edge just before dawn. Sheriff Denver Bland estimated damage likely exceeds $15,000. Fred Farris, 38, operator, said the blast wiped him out. Four detectives were assigned to probe the blast. no one was in the building. Deputy state fire marshal Al Sherman joined arson clues check.
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Wichita (Ap
Wichita
Denver Bland
Fred Farris
Kansas City Crash Fatal to Youth
Kansas City Kansas resident William Thomas Cruitt 22 died in a collision Tuesday night between a car and an oil tank truck at 13th and Chestnut Delores Parks the car driver sustained minor injuries in the wreck supporting residents and responders at the scene noted early reports from AP Kansas City Kansas
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Kansas City
William Thomas Cruitt
Kan
13Th
Chestnut
Delores Parks
Cruitt
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas 1959 Reach 420
Kansas traffic fatalities compiled by the state accident records section show 420 deaths in the 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. to date in 1959, compared with 388 in the comparable period of 1958. The figures reflect year-to-date totals through that time frame.
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Topeka
Kansas
Grand Champion Steer Brings $868 at Joplin Show
JOPLIN Mo AP Jeanne Richesin a Miller Mo high school girl sold her grand champion Hereford steer for 868 dollars at the Joplin junior beer show and sale Tuesday night receiving 90 cents per pound from the Mickey Mantle Holiday Inn of Joplin. The price was five cents a pound higher than last year's champion.
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Joplin, Mo
Jeanne Richesin
Miller, Mo
Joplin
Mickey Mantle Holiday Inn
Tribune Delivery Notice
If you do not receive your Tribune, contact your carrier. If you cannot reach him, call 700 after 6 p.m.
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Tribune
Jovial Day for Khrushchev in Iowa Farm Tour
Nikita Khrushchev arrived in Coon Rapids Iowa amid heavy security and crowds as he toured Roswell Garst farm fields and spoke with Garst about sorghum harvesting hog feeding and poultry methods. He appeared fatigued earlier but grew eager during the farm visit while Army Air Force police and security personnel guarded the event near Des Moines and along highway 141.
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Coon Rapids
Iowa
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Army
Air Force
Roswell
Bob) Garst
Des Moines
Garst
Washington
5Th Army
Soviet Union
Hurricane Gracie Passes Northeast Of Eleuthera
An Atlantic hurricane named Gracie moved north-northwest far offshore with 100 mile winds. Weather officials predicted it would pass northeast of Eleuthera Island at noon and parallel the Florida coast, prompting small craft warnings from Florida to the Carolinas. Meanwhile a separate nor'easter in south Florida left one fisherman dead and seven missing during a four day storm.
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Miami
Fla
U.S. Weather Bureau
Gracie
Eleuthera Island
Bahamas
Eleuthera
Florida
Weather Bureau
United States
Carolinas
Florida Peninsula
South Florida
Accident damages two city vehicles at 14th and Forest
Mrs. Juanita Tredway 23 Erie R 3 driver of a 1957 Ford sustained extensive damage estimated at 500 when it hit the rear of a city owned 1950 Chevrolet pickup of Marion Mendenhall 67 of 311 S Malcolm at 14th and Forest about 410 yesterday. The pickup had 25 damage and no injuries were reported. Third city vehicle accident in two days.
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Juanita Tredway
Erie
Baxter Springs Man Carl Semple Dies at Home
Carl Y. Semple, husband of Kansas Republican national committee woman, died at 2 a.m. at his Baxter Springs home after a period of ill health. He was a mining engineer.
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Baxter Springs
Kas
Carl Y. Semple
Kansas
Semple
Hearings Set On CLIC Plan To Reorganize
Two hearings are scheduled in federal court on the Coffeyville Loan and Investment Company's petition for reorganization under the bankruptcy act. Donald R. Elbel and related entities face examination Oct. 1, with a further hearing Oct. 22 in Kansas City or Topeka. The petition seeks restraints on property transfers without trustee consent amid an audit showing over two million dollars of assets controlled by Elbel companies. Arizona Savings and Loan claims CLIC entails seven million dollars in contingent liabilities and accuses Elbel and associates of fraud and misrepresentation to secure loans used for other purposes.
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Topeka
Coffeyville Loan and Investment Company
Donald R. Elbel
Kansas City
E. R. Sloan
James Stanton
Elbel
Arizona Savings and Loan Assn
CLIC
Arizona Savings
V. F. Kanan
Anderson's Condition Reported as Satisfactory
Jim Anderson, a police department radio dispatcher and secretary, is in satisfactory condition at Neosho Memorial Hospital. His wife says doctors tentatively diagnose a mild polio case, pending lab tests in Topeka. Anderson fell ill Saturday and was admitted yesterday. he turns 21 this Saturday and had completed polio vaccination series.
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Jim Anderson
Police Department
Neosho Memorial Hospital
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U.S. Army
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Clarence Myers
Ike
Erie Project
Wasser
Joe
Crow
Tiny
Tommy Smith
Tommy
Rex Smith
Frank Story
Wichita Club
Mr. K
Carl Stemple
Anderson
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