Union Official Bribe Taker Allegations Surface in Hoffa Probe
Senate investigators heard Arthur Morgan of Minneapolis testify that a Minneapolis Teamsters local reinstated a jailed bribe taker, Ger ald Connelly, who ran the local from prison. The hearing, part of the Hoffa probe, also covered a Teamster loan to Benjamin Dranow's Minneapolis department store and Hoffa's horse race betting partnership with Owen Brennan. Hoffa, campaigning in Miami Beach, defended pension fund investments and challenged the committee on his union credentials.
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Washington
Senate
Teamsters Union High Command
Minneapolis
Arthur Morgan
Gerald Connelly
Morgan
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Midwest
Teamsters
Midwest Teamsters
Owen
Bert) Brennan
Detroit
Brennan
Committee
McClellan
D-Ark
Benjamin Dranow
Dranow
John W. Thomas Department Store
Teamster
Retail Clerks Union
Miami Beach
Fla
Robert F. Kennedy
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
George Fitzgerald
Erie Completes Dam Project For Five Million Gallon Reservoir
Erie plans a five foot high dam across the Neosho River to create a 100 million gallon reservoir. Construction resumes after weekend rains. cost seven thousand dollars funded from municipal water profits with no bonds. Dam extends 220 feet, five feet thick bottom, 16 inches top, backed five miles. Completion expected within three weeks after waters recede.
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ERIE
Ray Hill
Neosho River
Jim White
Tribune
Dick Buzbee
Neosho
Chanute
White
Ieam
Municipal Water Department
Harvey Steeler
Steele
Jets Collide in NATO Exercise Off Iceland Nor Norway
Two U.S. F4D Sky Ray jets collide during Strikeback drills with NATO forces near Iceland and Norway. Two trackers from USS Essex overdue, while 100 ships and 700 aircraft search for crews of four aboard each missing plane.
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London P
U.S
Atlantic
Saratoga
Essex
Iceland
Norway
NATO
London
U. S. Essex
Santa Fe Park Water Safety Discussed by Council
Santa Fe Park water safety and the Central Park shelterhouse remodel were debated by the Community Council at the Memorial Building. The council voted to ask the city governing board to remove utility poles from the lake and relocate them above water level to reduce boating hazards.
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Santa Fe Park
Central Park
Memorial
Glen Shook
Warren Fitch
Jack Durham
Charles Rubew
Mild Weather Expected With Scattered Skies
Forecast calls for partly cloudy and mild conditions through Thursday as a Canadian front stalls in Nebraska. Kansas today should see highs in the 80s with nightly lows in the 50s, while five day outlook shows 6 to 10 degrees above normal and little rainfall.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Canada
Nebraska
Olathe
Emporia
Hill City
Goodland
Concordia
Pittsburg
Minor Injuries in Two Separate Local Traffic Collisions
A noon collision near Senior High School injured two people including Diana Vaughn with head and leg bruises and Darrel Stripp with a head bump. Stipp was cited for reckless driving and a hearing is set. Separately, two cars at 12th and Highland and another at Sixth and Garfield sustained bumper and fender damage. Urbana Grange plans a Thursday meeting at 8 p.m. in the Urbana gym.
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Fourth and
Highland
James F. Vaughn
Santa Fe
Darrel E. Stripp
Malcolm
Stipp
Diana Vaughn
Vaughn
Ford
Andrew G. Wall
Katherine B. Wintle
12Th
Chevrolet
Buick
Sixth
Garfield
Leon C.butler
Neosho Falls
Arthur A. Cochran
Forest
Butler
Cochran
Twin City Bank Robbed. Suspects Linked to 1912 Heist
The Twin City State Bank was robbed today. Detectives say the robbers resembled two men sought in a prior August 20 heist that involved $12 100. Suspicious figures include William Reece Johnston and Fred Charles Riley, both facing federal bank robbery charges, with Lyle Richard Johnson also under arrest.
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Kansas City, Kas
Twin City State
William Reece Johnston
Fred Charles Riley
Missouri Penitentiary
Johnston
Lyle Richard Johnson
Johnson
FBI
Long Beach
Calif
Chanute taxpayers face 6.326 property tax per hundred
Tax rates released by Don Harding show a year over year rise to 6.326 per $100 of assessed valuation in state county and school taxes for 1957. State 0.175, county 3.223, and school 2.928 levy components total Erie 6.854 and enumerate district variances with deadlines and 10 percent penalties for late payment.
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Chanute
Don Harding
Erie
Earlton
Galesburg
Stark
St. Paul
Thayer
Lincoln Township
Lahore
Harding
Two 15 Year Old Boys Admit Damage to Car
Two 15 year old schoolboys admitted pilfering and damaging the William P. Lowry car last week. Damage was estimated at 250 dollars. The Lowrys were away from home and the car was left in the garage. Disposition of the case has not been decided.
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William P. Lowry
Lowrys
S. Steuben
Blast at Pusan school kills four children in garbage explosion
Police say explosives hidden in garbage at a Pusan primary school detonated today. Four children were killed and 12 injured as students burned the refuse. Investigators offered no explanation of how the devices were placed.
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Seoul
Pusan
Eisenhower orders troops to Little Rock to enforce court order
President Eisenhower announces federal troops and federalized Arkansas National Guard to maintain compliance with the school desegregation order at Central High in Little Rock. He warns mob rule cannot override court decisions and appeals for national unity amid global scrutiny. About 1,000 paratroopers arrive as the guard goes under federal control.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Little Rock
Ark
Central High School
South
Arkansas
Arkansas National Guard
Rome
L’unita
Paris
L Humanite
Fall Fashions On Parade Here 1957
The Tribune highlights a simple look for 1957 fall attire with dark school and work wear, Ivy League accents, Chanel influences from the 20s and 30s, and straightforward hair and shoe styles for men and women.
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Paula
Ronnie
Merle Venus
S. Larson
Sissy
Tribune
Jan Holman
Chanute
The
Tribune Today
Charleston
Nine Negroes enter Central High amid armed guard clashes
In Little Rock the riot at Central High ends with paratroopers guiding nine black students inside while earlier scuffles leave one man clubbed and another with a bayonet wound. Troops maintain a two block perimeter as students and townspeople watch.
Shrine Ceremonial Set For Emporia November Second
Nearly 600 Shriners are expected in Emporia November 2 for a Shrine ceremonial. The Neosho Valley Shrine Club hosts with delegations from Topeka Wichita Salina Pittsburg Kansas City and St. Joseph. The Arab Shrine band of Topeka and other Shrine patrol units will attend.
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Emporia
Milk Price Hearing Called By Atty General
A Kansas City Kansas hearing will probe possible milk price cutting violations in several eastern Kansas counties. Atty Gen John Anderson will preside over the inquiry next week to determine if laws were violated.
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Topekap
John Anderson
Kansas City
Kas
Kansas
Two Die in Collision Near Athol Kansas
Mrs. James Boles 59 of Detroit and Rudolph Blecha 74 of Kensington Kansas were killed in a two car crash on U S 36 one mile west of Athol Kansas yesterday.
Jungle Tricks to Trapping Animals by Elias Ward
Elias Ward, jungle hunter and animal trader, demonstrated trapping methods to about 80 Talk of the Month Club members at Tioga Hotel. He described methods for capturing giraffes, Bengal tigers, red monkeys, gray monkeys, chimpanzees, pythons, and cautioned that full grown rhinoceros or male gorilla cannot be captured alive. Ward, Yale biology graduate, tied his talk to slides on animal myths and life spans.
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Elias Ward
Tioga Hotel
Ward
Kenya
Africa
South-East Asia
Asia
Yale University
Osa Johnson
Chanute
Martin Johnson
Richard Willis
Fall Festival Kicks Off With Stage Show and Exhibits
The Junior Chamber of Commerce marks its 14th Fall Festival starting tomorrow at the Memorial building with a free 8 p.m. stage program featuring the 12 festival queen candidates and local acts. Grain garden and canned goods enter after 9 a.m. Baked goods in the afternoon.
Four Nike missile bases eyed for Kansas City area
Lt. Gen. Stanley R. Mickelsen said four Nike missile bases are likely in the Kansas City region despite defense budget cuts. He noted military spending is being re-evaluated in Washington but expressed optimism about retaining the Nike projects due to national defense needs. Proposed sites include Excelsior Springs and Pleasant Hill in Missouri and Leavenworth and Gardner in Kansas.
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Kansas City
Stanley R. Mickelsen
Mickelsen
Army Air Defense Command
Colorado Springs
Washington
Nike
Excelsior Springs
Pleasant Hill
Missouri
Leavenworth and Gardner
Kansas
Command General Staff College
Ft. Leavenworth
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Reported For 24 Hours
Topeka records show 3 traffic fatalities in the past 24 hours and 391 for year to date 1957, compared with 475 in the same period in 1956. One death is noted as previously reported.
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Topeka
Kansas
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Abe Abu
Urbana Grange
Urbana
Twin City State Bank
C. E. Blake
Blake
Paul Downs
Springfield
Jess Matthews
United States
James Meyers
San Antonio
Tex
Meyers
City Park
Memorial Building
Masonic Temple
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