No fruit tree damage from early April freeze observed
J L Taylor of 212 N Allen reports no damage to fruit tree buds or blooms after a freezing night, noting protection from losses since trees hadn t bloomed yet and predicts only about half the normal crop may be harvested due to late January lows though some trees will bloom without bearing fruit. The Tribune marks its 68th year of publication.
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J. L., Taylor
N. Allen
Taylor
The
Tribune
Chanute
Kansas Town
Snow and Rain Sweep Nation as Cold Front Grips Wide Area
The nation endures near freezing temperatures with rain and snow across the central United States. Fresh snow blankets parts of the Plains and upper Mississippi Valley while the Far West stays fair. Rain from the Great Lakes to the Northeast and Gulf Coast, with heaviest totals around Washington DC and Pensacola. Heaviest snow 4 inches at Redwood Falls Minnesota.
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Rockies
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Northeast
Middle Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Washington, D.C
Pensacola
Fla
Wyoming
Colorado
Dalhart
Texas
Denver
Lemmon
S.C
Redwood Falls
Minn
Duluth
Montana
mid-Mississippi Valley
Laramie
Wyo
Dickinson
N.D
Virginia
Car Crash Injures Store Proprietor in Clinton
Mrs. John Hamm of Clinton misstepped and drove a station wagon into a grocery store, pinning proprietor Olaf Hay at the checkout. Hay was taken to a hospital in serious condition. Store front damage exceeded $600. Hamm was unharmed.
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Clinton, Mo
John Hamm
Clinton
Olaf Hay
Hay
Hamm
Elsmore Teen Injured in Car Crash
Joyce Elaine Thompson, 18, of Elsmore R. 1, sustained a cut chin when her 1958 Mercury clipped a curb and struck a utility pole guy wire at Larson Street. Groceries on the seat slid forward causing distraction. She received stitches at a doctor’s office. passenger David Harris was unharmed. A second crash at 526 W Main damaged Kenneth Cole’s 1959 Mercury fender.
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Joyce Elaine Thompson
Elsmore R. 1
Larson
David Harris
Tots Play With Gun Killing Two Year Old Girl in Missouri
Two year old Rachael Elizabeth Harris died in Stoutland Missouri when a three year old brother, John Phillip Harris, shot her with a .22 rifle. Sheriff Jack Stotler said the rifle was in the home for protection and the mother had stepped outside briefly.
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Stoutland
Rachael Elizabeth Harris
George E. Harris
John Phillip Harris
Jack Stotler
Camden County
Harris
Colorado
Nixon Seeks Talks With Castro During Cuba Leader Visit
Vice President Richard Nixon says he wants to meet Fidel Castro when the Cuban leader visits Washington next week. Castro has only one official U S meeting scheduled, a luncheon hosted by Acting Secretary of State Christian Herter. Reports circulate that a Nixon Castro meeting is likely.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Fidel Castro
Castro
U.S
Christian Herter
Nixon
Florida
Force Against Crime To Move Into Action
Washington AP report says a special government task force on organized crime has finished a year long study of racketeering and will enter the action phase with expanded staff. Attorney General Rogers cited increased prosecutions and integrating the group into federal district offices in New York Chicago Los Angeles and Miami led by Milton R. Wessel.
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Washington
Atty
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Milton R. Wessel
New York
Federal District Attorneys
Chicago
Los Angeles
Miami
Pay for Year Off To Loaf and Study
Los Angeles AP reports labor expert Arthur Carstens of UCLA proposes a yearly sabbatical system. Workers would take one year off in five or seven, with half pay from the state and half from employers. Retirees would stay employed and younger workers enter earlier, creating “borrowed time” for leisure or study.
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Los Angeles
Arthur Carstens
Institute of Industrial Relations
University of California At
Carstens
Pistol stunt fatal to youth in Kansas City
A 16 year old boy died after a live .22 pistol discharged while he tried to frighten his brother and a neighbor. Thomas Allen Johnson Jr. loaded the weapon after removing rounds and planned to threaten himself, police said. The incident occurred in the Johnson home with two 12 year olds present.
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Kansas City
Kan
Thomas Allen Johnson Jr
Jimmy Johnson
Larry Skorupan
Jimmy
Larry
Johnson
Tommy
Daddy
Thomas A. Johnson
Roller Coaster Mishap Fatal to Youth in Oregon
A 16 year old boy from Orchards Washington died at Jantzen Beach Amusement Park in Portland after being pitched from a roller coaster car. The car rolled over him while on an elevated track, sheriff's deputies said. The victim was Gary Seekins.
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Portland
Ore
Gary Seekins
Orchards
Wash
Jantzen Beach
Jim Purcell
Break-in Reported At Thayer Lumberyard
Thayer lumberyard operated by Charles Payne broken into last night. Sheriff Jerry Sloan said nothing was missing. intruder opened an empty cash register and left without disturbing other property. Entry was gained by breaking a back door glass.
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Thayer
Charles Payne
Jerry Sloan
Sloan
More Polio Cases Exceed 1958 Period New figures
Washington AP reports the Public Health Service says polio paralytic cases reached 207 for the week of April 4, higher than 113 in the same period in 1958. Total polio cases stand at 298 this year, versus 205 last year.
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Washington
The
Public Health Service
Edge of Space Hops Planned For Seven
Washington AP reports NASA will send seven Mercury astronauts on short hops to about 20 to 25 miles from Cape Canaveral. Capsules return by parachute near the Bahama Islands as one man is chosen for the first orbital flight planned for 1961.
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Washington
America
Mercury
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Redstone
Bahama Islands
Earth
Kansas Counties to Receive 18 750 000 Share from State
Kansas counties will get 18 750 000 from the state in the next 10 weeks. One third of the amount will be mailed Monday and the remainder on June 15 as the sales tax residue distributed for one and a half years. The June 15 payment of 12 500 000 covers the next full year’s residue. The first installment was sent last September.
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Topeka
Kansas
Redmond Dam land appraisal near completion Kansas Demos eye 1960 campaigns
Engineers report the John Redmond damsite near Burlington is nearly appraised with plans to interview landowners for purchase. A bid round for access road and offices starts soon as construction may begin in June. In Topeka Democrats plan spring events with Sen. Stuart Symington and Gov. George Docking among speakers amid 1960 campaign jockeying.
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Tulsa District Army
John Redmond
Neosho River
Burlington
John D. Brister
Department of the Army
Corps of Engineers
Brister
U. Army Engineer District
Tulsa
Topeka
Kansas
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
George Docking
Newell George
Denver Hargis
Symington
Docking
Mrs Krupp Robbed of 250000 in Gems in Las Vegas
Three gunmen raided Vera Krupp at her Spring Mountain ranch home stealing jewelry valued at 250000. She and ranch worker Harold Brotherson were bound but freed after about two hours. Vera Krupp, ex wife of German industrialist Alfred Krupp, was reported as divorced since 1954.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Vera Krupp
Alfred Krupp
Sheriff's Office
Krupps
Nevada
GOP Picks Chicago For 1960 Convention
The Republican National Committee chose Chicago as the site for the 1960 national convention to begin July 25, citing neutral regional status and sufficient auditorium and hotel facilities. Chicago beat Philadelphia New York San Francisco Los Angeles and Miami Beach with a July 25 date due to the amphitheater schedule.
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Washington
Chicago
GOP
Richard Cooper
New Hampshire
Edward §. Shattuck
California
Los Angeles
Ray C. Bliss
Ohio State
Republican Site Committee
International Amphitheater
Bliss
Philadelphia
New York
San Francisco
Miami Beach
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Republican National Committee
Meade Alcorn
Daughter Held Prisoner for 16 Years in Boston Home
In Boston, a 59-year-old widow Catharine Stearns and her 33-year-old daughter Mary were found in a cluttered foodless apartment. Mary, emaciated and tied for safety, weighed under 60 pounds after 16 years of confinement. both were hospitalized. Police and Rev. Kenneth Murphy of Rescue Inc. led the rescue.
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Boston
Chester A. Henchey
Kenneth Murphy
Rescue Inc
Father Murphy
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas State Records
Traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section show zero in the last 24 hours and 119 to date in 1959, compared with 110 in the same period of 1958.
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Topeka
Kansas
Dorothy the Circus Elephant to be Executed Sunday
HUGO Okla AP Dorothy the 25 year old circus elephant will be executed before onlookers. Officials of the Carson and Barnes Circus say Dorothy is too dangerous to let live after killing one trainer and injuring another. The elephant killed James Lloyd in Texas last November and pinned Richard Shipley two weeks ago, ending any hope of rehabilitation.
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Hugo, Okla
Dorothy
Carson and
Barnes Circus
Port Arthur
Tex
James Lloyd
New York
Hagen Bros. Circus
Lloyd
Shipley
Texas
Sullivan
Ed Vandergriff
Dorothy Star
Proposal to Make Senate Payrolls Public
Sen Wayne Morse proposes publishing names and salaries of all Senate employees to end secrecy. He argues payroll openness follows nepotism disclosures and aims to reveal compensation for all Senate staff. The plan was introduced in the Senate on a Friday session.
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Senate
Washington
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
Congress
Lead zinc import curbs not needed says Seaton
Secretary Fred A. Seaton said there is no need to curb imports of lead and zinc products. He noted imports are being watched but have not affected the market and said benefits from last fall quotas have not yet materialized. He spoke at a news conference after briefing House members from lead and zinc states.
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Docking
U. S. Senate
U. S
Georgia Neese Gray
Senate
William Salome
State Department of Administration
Salome
Joe Henkle
Jack Goodrich
Parsons
John Montgomery
Junction City
State Highway Commission
Marion Beatty
Kansas Corporation Commission
Frank Theis
Washington
Kansas Weather Outlook Says Clouds And Cool In Weekend
Forecasters expect mostly cloudy cool conditions with a chance of brief showers through Sunday. Tonight's low around 30s with highs Sunday near 70s. Reports of freezing temps in northern areas last night and scattered light snow in the west. Highs yesterday ranged 40 to 54 and overnight lows 27 to 35 across towns like Goodland and Pittsburg.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Pittsburg
Pakistan Air Force Downs Indian Plane
In New Delhi Prime Minister Nehru called the downing of an Indian Air Force Canberra bomber by a Pakistani jet "most serious." Pakistan said the bomber was shot down about 40 miles south of Rawalpindi after failing to land. two crewmen survived with broken legs. The Indian defense ministry described the flight as routine.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Pakistan
Rawalpindi
Indian Defense Ministry
Canvass Confirms Election Returns
Unofficial municipal election tabulations were confirmed with no changes during last night’s canvass by the city commission. Reorganization of the governing body is set for 7 p.m. Monday. New commissioners R. D. Churchill and Dallce Rush completed qualifications yesterday before the canvass.
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Fred Harris
W. 2Nd
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Thayer Firm
Lee Wasser
Redmond Dam
Sen
Thruston Morton
Kentucky
Eisenhower
Georgia
National Committee
Connecticut
Thruston B. Morton
Circus Elephant
Richard Shipley
Carson and Barnes
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