Retired Railway Agent Fascinated With Work
Nelson A Cloutier of Goodland retired as Rock Island agent in Goodland after nearly 50 years in railroading. A telegrapher in Maine Central 1910, he earned law degrees in St. Louis and practiced briefly before returning to railroading. Now 69, he recalls steam to diesel shifts, wartime freight trains, and Civilian Conservation Corps movements, while predicting a resilient railroad future. He and his wife Ruth raised two children Jim and Mary, with Jim also pursuing rail work before military service.
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C.A. McGinnis
Goodland Daily News
Associated Press
Goodland
Kan
Nelson
A. Cloutier
The
Iron Horse
Cloutier
Rock Island
Maine Central
New England
Quebec
Benton College
St. Louis
St. Louis University
Salmon Falls
N. H
Jim
Air Force
Benton
St. Louis U
Colorado
America
Ruleton
Coutier
Ruth
Sherman County Tuberculosis Association
Mary
Wichita University
Mulvane
Canada
Continental Bus Lines Receives Authorization
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized Continental American Lines to acquire Midwest Busline Inc. of Little Rock. Midwest operates routes in Arkansas with extensions to Memphis St. Louis Kansas City and Houston. Continental American will issue 4400 shares of its $25 class B common to exchange for Midwest stock owned by Trammel Crow of Dallas.
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Washington
Continental American Lines
Lincoln
Neb
Interstate Commerce Commission
Midwest Bus- Line Inc
Little Rock
Midwest
Arkansas
Memphis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Houston
Continental American
Midwest Stock
Trammel Crow
Dallas
Kalvesta Crash Survivor Freed From Toledo Hospital
Kalvesta area reports Russel Woods brother of Marvin Woods has been released from a Toledo Ohio hospital and returned to Gridley California after surviving the Cal Poly football team air crash that killed several players in Ohio. Thanksgiving guests and local visits follow, with many families hosting kin from across Kansas and beyond.
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Kalvesta
Russell Woods
Marvin Woods
Toledo
Ohio
Gridley
Calif
Russel
California Polytechnic Institute
Ralph Smith
Jimmy
Marilyn
Faith Vogt
Fred Dahm
Meade
Leo Bachem
Plains
Fred Stalder
Long Island
N.Y
Kelley Bryants
Les Houser
Dodge City
George Evans
Burton Lamar
Denver
Colo
Florence Lamar
Garden City
John Jenkins
Melvin
Topeka
Evans, Lamars
Bob Faurot
Satanta
Jenkins
Don Hastings
Dale
Dick Bond
Church of the Nazarene
Hutchinson
U S Rocket Fragments Fall Near Cuban City
U S space rocket fragments weighing up to 40 pounds fell near Holguin, Cuba, about 10 miles from the city center at 3 p.m. A two stage Thor Able Star rocket fired from Cape Canaveral was destroyed in flight. Cuban officers noted debris marked Made in the United States.
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Havana
Cuba
Holguin
U.S
Oriente Province
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Revolucion
United States
Fidel
United Nations
Organization of American States
Castro
U.S. State Department
U.S. Atlantic
Manuel Fajarado
Escambray Mountains
Fajarado
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Nelson A. Cloutier
Tip Dores Lincosvat For
Continental Bus-Lines
Kalvesta News
Claude Johnson
Jim Hall
Lewis
Ada, Okla
Claude
Effie Carniey
Wayne Wheeler
Childran
Dale Mead
North
Gardens City
Alvin Lillibridge
John Houk
Kenny
Wichita
Gale Butcher
Howard Bond
Manuel Kehr
Sons
Derby
F.W.D
Great Bend
R.G. Brown
John Briggs
Joe
Vernon Ochs
Ollie Hill, Jr
Marvin Holden
Holden
Earl Delfelter
Iva Deering
George Fowler
Jerry Reigel
Don Fowler
Delphos
W.C. Fowler
Ford
Wm. MecJones
Bud Beery
Mike Voshell
Robert Timken
Fort Hays
Kansas State College
Loyd Timken
Timken
Hugoton
Litley Timken
Ivan Baldwin
Trinity Hospital
Bill Ross
Kincaid
Frank Wheeler
Ronald Scott
Bob Dalley
Bill Warr
Lloyd Phipps
Matfield Green
Garland Phipps
Clyde Smith
C.J. Smith
David Ttokazu
Honolulu
Hawaii
Emporia State Teachers College
Mort Newton
Peggy Boyd
Melvin Hoskinson
Cimarron
Emery Newton
Henry Wallace
Darrel Smith
Pearl Goodale
Clark Bibb
Coldwater
Leon Smith
South Haven
Grace Courbet
Della
Willard Nolan
Terry Ray
Grace Ann
Rufus Woods
Ben
Glenda Woods
Bethany
Okla
Leonard Woods
Gerald Woods
Virgil Woods
Don Bridgewater
Jeff
LB. Omey
Alva
Lewis Omey
Jim Cahoon
Lloyd Smiley
Colorado Springs
George Nash
W.W. Bell
Isabel
Richard Grimley
Midland
Tex
Luther Bell
Harry Ferris
Ted Ferris
Gilbert Sanford
McPherson
Raymond Erkie
Edith Erkie
Milton Bailey
Otis Bond
Larry
Marvin
Snowbarger
Emporia
Melvin Nuefeld
Rufus Woods, Jr
Richard Evans
Ed Dunsworth
Audrey Reimer
Don
Jeannette
Graham and
Frankie Thomas
Paul Richman
Dumler
Darrel Gene Woods
Leslie Thomas
Ransom
Cuban City
Fajardo
Rey
Fulgencio Batista
Los Angeles
E. A. Chitwood
Los Angeles City College
Sale CO. Inc
Kansas
KIAL
Tues
SGLD
Gud
M. D. Niedens
N. Main Street
Garden City, Kansas
Winston Churchill
Winston
Billfolds
Santa Fe
Crisco
Campbell
Welch
Jar
Tor-Fun
Christ- Y Dor
Dodie
Sean Te
Dold
Nder & Lea Pork Steak
Filberts
Sonnie
Stoner
Dave
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