Mob Kingpin and Beauty Queen Shot to Death in Queens
Underworld figure Anthony Carfano also known as Little Augie Pisano and Janice Drake a former Miss New Jersey 1944 were gunned down in a flashy black Cadillac in Jackson Heights Queens. Two killers fled the car as shots rang out. no weapon found.
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New York
Anthony
Little Augie Pisano
Carfano
Queens
al Capone
Frank Costello
Janice Drake
Allan Drake
Janice Hansen
Palisades Park
New Jersey
Jackson Heights
LaGuardia Field
City Loving Cat Returns Home After Three Week Odyssey
A mixed up cat named Boots, originally from a rural Chanute farm, wandered back from the city after three weeks away. The journey spanned the Neosho River while the owners, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Johnson, restored the urban pet to farm life, though Boots showed a preference for city adventures. A Peace Rose exhibit by Arthur Cochran showcased a five inch bloom from plants bought last year.
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Dick Johnson
S. Lincoln
Chanute
Boots
Neosho River
Marie McDonald
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Report 1959 Count
Kansas traffic fatalities by the State Accident Records Section show 423 for the 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. to date in 1959, up from 390 in the comparable period of 1958. The Topeka area contributed to the toll with ongoing crash statistics.
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Topeka
Kansas
Khrushchev Talks Begin On Cold War In Camp David Talks
Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Khrushchev opened a second round of talks at Camp David Aspen Lodge in Maryland amid heavy fog. They tackled Berlin and a divided Germany while seeking a fresh path for East West negotiations. Vice President Nixon joined later as the world watched for Sunday results.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Camp David
Maryland
Catoctin Mountains
West Berlin
Germany
Khrushchev
Washington
Gettysburg Press Center
Anne Wheaton
White House
James C. Hagerty
Andrew H. Berding
Berlin
Laos
Smoke Bomb Strikes Joplin Cigar Store After Fatal Blast
A smoke bomb was tossed into the Southern Cigar store in Joplin, at the same site as a September dynamite blast that killed Charles Greenwood of Paris, Texas and wounded five others. Owner Alva Donaldson threw the device outside. police say it was likely tear gas. Verne Wilder suspects pranksters.
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Joplin
Verne Wilder
Southern Cigar Store
Wilder
Charles Greenwood
Paris
Tex
Alva Donaldson
Couple Found Dead In Plane Wreckage
A man and a woman were found dead in a light plane wreckage on a farm five miles west of Arcadia Kansas. Sheriff Hobart Aherns withheld the victims' identities pending family notification. Floyd Gibson, a local farmer, reported seeing the wreckage near his home at dawn in an open field about a quarter mile from his house.
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Arcadia
Kan
Here
Hobart Aherns
Floyd Gibson
Youth Killed After Wamego Area Crash
Carl D. Ebert 19 of St. Marys was fatally injured in a traffic accident on a county road northeast of Wamego Friday night. He died shortly after the crash, authorities said.
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Wamego
Kas
Carl D. Ebert
St. Mary's
Fall Festival Parade Breezes Through Sun After Rain
Chanute's streets fill with spectators for the Fall Festival parade featuring 20 plus floats 13 bands and other units. Rain canceled last night's stock car races but cleared by late morning as prizes and expenses are announced for floats bands and children’s activities.
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Chanute
South
Lincoln
City Park
National Guard Armory
Chanute Speedway
Chanute Junior Chamber of Commerce
Bob Davenport
Civic Clubs Prepare Honorary Memberships for Senior Boys
Local civic clubs including Kiwanis Lions and Rotary will award honorary junior memberships to 24 high school senior boys this school year. Dell Reed and club presidents announce the program with coordinators Eldon Penner Harlie Wolgast and Reed. Each honoree will attend one club meeting per month from October, gaining insight into club structure and activities.
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Dell Reed
L. D. Perry
Roy Smith
Wilbur Thompson
Kiwanis
Lions
Rotary
Eldon Penner
Harlie Wolgast
Reed
Pat Wheatley
Gary Neeley
Bill Triplett
Morton Sutton
Mike Myers
O. D. Sperry
Phil Dryden
Ellis Potter
Paul Anderson
Gary Hibbs
Larry Thompson
Ed Hildebrant
Larry Eskridge
Pat Cathers
Former Chanutes Resident Killed in Minnesota Plane Crash
Frank Gilmore about 45, a former Chanute resident, was killed at noon yesterday when a light plane he piloted crashed near St. Paul Minnesota during a storm. He was alone on a business trip. He lived in Omaha with a Big Creek upbringing and was son of Mr and Mrs J F Gilmore. He left a wife and four children, plus his parents and siblings. Funeral plans are incomplete.
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Chanutes
Frank Gilmore
St. Paul
Minn
Gilmore
Omaha
Big Creek
Chanute
J. F. Gilmore
Denver
Lipsman- Fulkerson Co
Marie Fulkerson
Mildred Gilmore
J. M. Gilmore
Charlie Harris
Ethel Reno
Cafe Destroyed in Pleasanton Blaze Damages Shops
Fire at John’s Cafe in Pleasanton Kansas damaged Torneden Funeral Home and Post Jewelry Co and Parker’s Grocery. Strong winds hampered firefighters from multiple towns as the blaze spread to adjacent structures, with the cause traced to a griddle fire in the kitchen. No loss estimate given.
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Pleasanton
Kan
John
Torneden Funeral Home
Post Jewelry
Parker's
Fort Scott
la Cygne
Blue Mound
Prescott
Russell Teubner
Burglary Suspect Held After TV Shop Break-In
James M. Stowers, 30, of Kansas City, jailed on intoxication charge and for investigation in a suspected burglary at Rollow TV Service, 1028 S. Santa Fe. A 1950 Pontiac found in the alley linked to a man with a burglary record. owner Joseph Hon is wanted on parole violation.
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James M. Stowers
Kansas City
Rollow TV
S. Santa Fe
Stowers
Joseph Hon
Matlock
Hon
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Kansas Area Weather Forecast and Rain Totals
A cloudy mild forecast for the region with scattered showers expected this afternoon and into Sunday. Record highs and lows noted for date with barometer at 28.46 inches. Rainfall varied by location from Sabetha 2.26 inches to Blue Rapids 1.51 inches, with lighter totals in southern Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Sabetha
Axtell
Fostoria
Blue Rapids
Goodland
Hutchinson
Wamego
Manhattan
Pittsburg
U S Steel President Munford Wounded Then Improves
Walter F. Munford, 59, head of U S Steel Corp., was reported in satisfactory condition after a 3 inch knife wound in the abdomen and a Thursday stroke. Cape Cod Hospital gave no further details, and earlier reports said he was making progress toward recovery.
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Hyannis
Mass
Walter F. Munford
U.S. Steel Corp
Cape Cod Hospital
Munford
Navy airmen rescued after Pacific ditching near Oregon
Ten Navy airmen, three officers and seven enlisted, were saved in rough seas after their P5M patrol plane ditched 110 miles off the Columbia River. Coast Guard cutter Yocona plucked them at 12:50 a.m. PST with help from the Olympic Pioneer freighter. They were in good condition though exhausted and exposed.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Ocean
Columbia River
Coast Guard
Yocona
Astoria
Ore
Olympic Pioneer
Navy
Coast Guards
Dahlia Show Scheduled Sunday by Southeast Kansas Dahlia Assn
The Southeast Kansas Dahlia Association will sponsor a dahlia show Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. at Garfield School in Parsons. Public display by area growers including Tom Gardner and S. A. Mannoni is planned, with about 2,000 entries expected.
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Kansas
Changes in Kansas Driver Licensing Process
New rules require all new licenses to go through the State Highway Patrol for exams in the applicant’s county. Renewals move to the Motor Vehicle Department with automatic processing and mail in renewal applications.
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State Highway Patrol
Kansas
Motor Vehicle Department
Highway Patrol
Motor Vehicle Department of the
State Highway Commission
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