Makeshift Bomb Kills Six At Los Angeles Bar
A makeshift gasoline bomb ripped through Club Mecca on a quiet south central Los Angeles street killing six patrons and injuring at least five. Three men, ejected earlier for dancing with a regular woman, fled as a passerby fired at them. Police named victims including Jacqueline McInnes and Gilbert John Gonzales with several others identified. bartender Larry Fenton survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Mecca
R. A. Williams
Jacqueline McInnes
Georgia Street Receiving Hospital
Gilbert John Gonzales
Harry L. Robinson
Tony Smaldino
Philip Crawshaw
John Doe
Fenton
Tioga Township Tops Red Cross Drive in County Report
Tioga township becomes the second in the county to exceed its Red Cross quota with a final report of 233.56 dollars against a 230 goal. Big Creek township followed with 129 dollars, four dollars over its quota. Dr. Thurlow Lieurance, famed University of Wichita music dean, to receive Alumni Recognition Award at the formal dedication of the new Fine Arts Center. He is noted for Indian-flavored symphonic works and the Minisa Orchestra founded at WU. Jokesters blamed for discovery of a medical bag at the Lloyd Barham residence. Dr Ed Ashley’s bag was found but contents checked and nothing missing.
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Tioga Township
Red Cross
Tioga
Vincent Saving
Mmes
Ivan Lock
H. L. Johnson
Clarke Anderson
Harold Watts
Ralph Debler
Louis Feld
L. R. Fillman
Lieurance
University of Wichita School of Music
WU Fine Arts Center
Minisa
Wichita
Dean Lieurance
Presser
Fountainbleu
France
Ed Ashley
Lloyd Barham
South Santa Fe Road
Modern Front Project For Nation Building
West Main facade remodeling underway for Nation Building. The project features a western style exterior with Colorado rock walls trimmed in red wood and chrome. The Nation Cleaners & Hatters and a barber shop occupy the first floor while the Union LP Gas System Inc. has moved to a new address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nation
West Main
Colorado Rock
John Nation
Nation Cleaners & Hatters
W. Main
Jay T. Klinginsmith
Union LP Gas System Inc
Accident Fatal Near Cedarvale Claims Driver Johnny Dollar
Johnny Dollar aged 49 from Arkansas City was killed when his car left U S 166 east of Cedarvale and overturned after missing a curve. He was alone in the vehicle and died at the scene.
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Cedarvale
Kas
Johnny Dollar
Arkansas City
Here
U. S. 166
Dollar
Eisenhower presses school building to meet defense needs
President Eisenhower told a National Education Assn centennial audience and a nationwide radio audience that the nation must fund a five year two billion dollar federal school construction program. He argued strong schools are essential to national defense and to understanding atomic energy, stressing classrooms as vital as arms and missiles. A House subcommittee backed a two billion dollar five year grant program, advancing toward Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
America
National Education Assn
House
Kansas Car Dealers Elect State Officers
WICHITA The Kansas Motor Car Dealers Assn elected H B Wall as president at the close of the two day convention. He succeeds Jim O Mara of Hutchinson. Other new officers include Paul Bruce Kansas City vice president Elmer Beeman Topeka treasurer and Ben Robinson Wichita director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kansas Motor Car Dealers Assn
H B. Wall
Jim O'Mara
Hutchinson
Paul Bruce
Kansas City
Elmer Beeman
Topeka
Ben Robinson
Tribune Delivery Help Line Notice
If you do not receive your Tribune, contact your carrier. If the carrier cannot be reached call 700 after 6 p.m.
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Tribune
Chilly weather dips to 30 degrees with light snow
Cold snap hits the region with 30 degree lows and scattered light snow. Weather figures show minor accumulations in Kansas, with some locations reporting trace to .03 inches and a general freeze overnight. Forecasters predict partly cloudy skies and a modest warmup by Saturday.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Topeka
St. Francis
Goodland
Hill City
Pittsburg
Walters, 29, dies after Humboldt train collision
Eugene Walters of 1614 S Edith dies at Neosho Memorial Hospital from a blood clot after a March 25 car train crash at Humboldt that killed Kenneth Freidline. Walters, shop foreman for Sievers Implement Co., is survived by his wife Bonnie Pace and three sons. Burial in Memorial Park follows a 2:30 Sunday funeral at First Methodist Church.
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Weaven
Eugene Walters
S. Edith
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Humboldt
Kenneth Freidline
Walters
Sievers Implement Co
St. Santa Fe
Fieidline
Santa Fe
Central Street
Lebanon
Bonnie Pace
Erie
Jimmie Lee
Dale Eugene
Alan Lewis
Lewis Walters
Clyde
Claude
Wichita Falls
Texas
John
United States Air Force
Altus
Okla
Alice Tooley
Kansas City
Kas
Naoma Long
Roach
Teressa Matkins
Phoenix City
Ala
VFW
First Methodist Church
Judd Jones
Iin Memorial Park
Three Children Trapped in Walk-in Safe in San Francisco
In Pacific Heights a deserted mansion trapped Cheri Stevenson 11, David Rude 15, and William Moore 16 for 12 hours. Fire crews removed the dial and used oxygen tubes as a safe mechanic pried the door open after efforts to breach the walls failed. Cathy Stevenson, 13, sounded the alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Pacific Heights
Cheri Stevenson
David Rude
William Moore
Cheri
Cathy
Funds Needed By Red Cross Drive Lagging
Charles F. Forsyth, Erie county Red Cross chairman, reports the 1957 fund drive is lagging while tornado damage in Texas and Oklahoma and flood threats in Arkansas threaten urgent needs. National and area officials urge immediate appeals to all citizens as Chanute leads local contributions toward a $10 112 goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Texas
Oklahoma
Charles F. Forsyth
Erie
St. Louis
Frederick S. Laise
Dallas
Arkansas
Missouri
Forsyth
Plains
Neosho County
United States
Alfred M. Gruenther
National Red Cross
Chanute
Popularon Center
New Steel Building Planned for Coffeyville Plant
Continental Can Co announces a 7 acre steel building with 10 000 square feet of floor space to be added to the Coffeyville plant. The addition follows 30 000 square feet already built recently. Convair B58 and Boeing B52 contracts will keep workers busy into 1958, officials say.
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Coffeyville 7
Coffeyville
Continental Can Co
Convair
Boeing
Traffic Fatalities Reported For 24 Hours In Topeka
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the state accident records section show 2 deaths in the past 24 hours, 125 for the year to date in 1957, and 155 for the same period in 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
Lenten Series Restudy of Faith by Ronnie Chandler
Junior College Freshman reflects on the meaning and personal impact of Lent. The column urges self question, faith reaffirmation, and honest introspection, noting individual belief may evolve. Ronnie Chandler identifies his parents as Mr and Mrs Wilbur O Chandler of 415 W Sth.
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Ronnie Chandler
Ronnie Chandler Is
the Son
Mr. and
Mrs
Wilbur O. Chandler
W. Sth
Veto of Sales Tax Increase Is Sustained by House
The Kansas Legislature sustained Gov. Docking's veto of a 16 million dollar sales tax increase 77 to 45 in the House. An override motion failed by seven votes as 29 Democrats and 6 Republicans supported sustaining the veto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
George Docking
House
Docking
Robert N. Allen
Neosho
Clyde Hill Woodson
Lynn R. Morse
Wilson
A. R. Chambers
Allen
Associated Press
Founders Day Marked by Centennial Talk and Choir
The Chanute Teachers Association observed the National Education Association centennial at Murray Hill School with Rev. Ted Hurst detailing an educated people moving freedom forward. A 30-voice Independence men's chorus performed under Harold Thompson as program director, with tributes to Agnes Crockatt on retirement and to the late stages of Kansas education through the Senior High School Science Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Hurst
En Church
Independence
Hurst
Harold Thompson
Independence Junior College
Margaret Hollenshead
Athaleen Dahlstrom
Association
Ruth Crossfield
Murray Hill
Hazel Russell
Harold Andersson
Elizabeth Pieper
Robert Blunk Jr
Agnes Crockatt
Buford Fisher
Crockatt
Fisher
Kansas
Board of Education
Royster
Glenn D. Peak
Larry Phil Thompson
Roy Marks
Mike Myers
Barry Gerken
Students Enter Music Festival At Pittsburg
Senior High School musicians attend the district music festival in Pittsburg with ensembles and soloists performing. The trombone quartet, girls trio, madrigal group and soloists including Sam Morford, John Boydston and Anita Weber are listed with Alice McCune as accompanist.
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Pittsburg
Craig Berry
Robert Hopper
Sam Morford
Jim Baylor
Sandra Nicewaner
Carol Knox
Susan Francis
Alice McCune
John Boydston
Larry Harris
Ronald Sandberg
Bob Byers
Howard McMurray
Alice Hazen
Kathleen Crabtree
Lois Kern
Anita Weber
Judy Oliver
Janice Cox
Miss Hazen
Miss Oliver
Carolyn Loveaul
Dorst Suffers Skull Fracture in Fire Station Fall
Dana Dorst of 621 West Oak was hospitalized in satisfactory condition after a skull fracture from a fall near the Neosho Memorial Hospital following an accidental slip from a moving pickup while assisting firemen during the annual inspection. Witnesses say he struck his head on the concrete as the truck rolled into a parking area in front of the fire station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dana Dorst
W. Oak
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Dorst
No Major Changes In Egypts Suez Plan
The United States warned it has not secured major revisions to Egypts proposed Suez Canal arrangements. U.S. ambassador Walworth Barbour told the SCUA at a special meeting that talks between Egypt and the United States continue without clear changes, as 14 major user nations monitor the dispute.
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London
United States
Egypt
U.S
Britain
Walworth Barbour
Council of the Suez Canal Users’ Assn
SCUA
Nasser
Council
Barbour
Suez Canal
Robert Cox Buys Cone Printing Firm
Robert Cox, printing instructor at Chanute Trade School, announces purchase of the Cone Printing Firm from Mrs. Cone. He will operate at 14 S. Lincoln rear location, open Saturday, specializing in job work. Bill Treloggen, a senior high printing student, joins and may become a partner. building owner is Mrs. Walter A. Lapham.
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Fred P. Cone
Robert Cox
Chanute Trade School
Cox
S. Lincoln
Bill Treloggen
Treloggen
Cone
Walter A. Lapham
Revenue Plan Is Worked Out By Republicans
Republican leaders finalized a revenue program to satisfy a 22 million dollar need at the 1957 Kansas Legislature closing hours. The plan would raise about 19 million in new taxes and transfers plus 3 million from general fund surpluses, while halving elementary school aid to 8.6 million for the general fund.
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Topeka
GOP
George Docking
House
Docking
House approves Post Office extra funds and waits on further request
Washington reports the House Appropriations Committee informally approved a 17 million dollar extra for the Post Office and will consider a 30 million dollar request next Friday. The action implies no immediate sharp service cuts. Wichita tolls on the Kansas Turnpike rose again in March to 277 925 60 total. March daily average 8965 34. February totals 225 687 72 daily average 8060 28. Topeka lawmakers back an 18th Street traffic way funding for Kansas City by 67 to 33 recall of the conference committee and acceptance of the Senate version.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Summerfield
Wichita
Kansas
Topeka
Kansas House Today
George Docking
Kansas City
House
Conference Committee
Senate
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Larry Fenton
Vernon Waggy
Miguel Martinez
Martinez
Art Hartner
Juanita
Hartner
Mase Fd
Big Creek
Thurlow Lieurance
Minnetonka
Neosho Falls
Barham
Dr. Ashley
Elden Penner
Hutton School
Old Man Winter
Esewees
Border Counties
Call
Thomas van Cleave
Ckansas City
18Th St
Founder’s Day
National Education Association
Chanute Teachers Association
Murray Hill School
Cone Printing Firm
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