Teen Club Members Back Plan for Local Dragstrip
Local law enforcement backs a proposed dragstrip for acceleration tests by teen car clubs the V-Eights Angels and Roadrunners. A half mile straight track with a smooth surface is desired for two-car races and time trials. Patrols lack manpower for full supervision while an abandoned Parsons air strip is noted as a possible site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Patrol
Police Department
Clarence Shelton
The
Parsons
Orly
Angels
Roadrunners
Fragrance of forgotten flowers on page five reads aloud
The Tri bune prints a note about a Self Service Grocery advertisement sprayed with perfume ink. Mayor Charles Rice reports a letter from Sherman Adams, assistant to President Eisenhower, thanking him for a telegram urging flood control funding. Adams notes a tentative $50,000 1957 budget allocation to continue Strawn Reservoir advanced engineering and planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Self Service Grocery
The
Tribune
Charles Rice
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Strawn Dam
Neosho
Cottonwood
Adams
Secretary of the Army
Strawn
Flooding isolates towns as high tides flood Virginia coast
Hampton Roads area endures quick flood from two decade high tides. Two deaths reported. a North Carolina boatman drowned aboard L T Rose and a Cherokee crewman died after grounding near Wrightsville. Coast Guard rescued four others while ferry service and a James River bridge shut down. Willoughby and Poquoson isolated until Army amphibious vehicles aided reconnection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Tidewater
North Carolina
Hampton
James River
Coast Guard
Charles Melikin
L. T. Rose
Wrightsville
N. C
D. L. Hobb
Sneed
Convair Announces Sky lark 600 Jet Transport
Convair will deliver the Sky lark 600 jet transport early in 1960, billed as the fastest commercial airplane. Priced at 3 300 000 it cruises at 609 mph with 80 passenger capacity and 5000 foot runway operation, wing fuel tanks allow possible non stop cross country despite a one stop design. Coach version seats 99 passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Convair
Gravette Ark Uncle Everett Parson Critically Ill
City clerk Howard Parsons reports from Gravette Arkansas that his uncle Everett Parson, reared in Yates Center, is critically ill in a local hospital. Readers urged to contact Tribune carrier or call 700 after 6 p.m. if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Parsons
Gravette
Ark
Everett Parson
Yates Center
Tribune
New State Highway Office to Open for Public Inspection
The state highway commission unveils its new fourth division office on West 14th Street and a materials laboratory. Public viewing runs 2 to 5 p.m. April 22 with Gov. Fred Hall among invitees. no formal program planned. Buildings cost about 135000 dollars and have been in use since late January beside the retained maintenance shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Fourth Division
West 14Th Street
Fred Hall
Commission
Avalanche of Trouble For Family in Salina
A Salina family endures a rash of misfortunes with multiple hospitalizations and injuries within weeks. Amid the woes, a bright note arrives as Paul Breer of Kansas City Missouri welcomes a new son.
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Salina
Endowment Gifts Total $45,910 for K State 1955
Kenneth Heywood director of development reports the Kansas State College Endowment Association received gifts and contributions totaling $45,910 in 1955. The figure reflects donations to the college during the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan, Kas
Kansas State College Endowment Assn
Kenneth Heywood
the College
Bank Call Sets Report on National Bank Condition
WASHINGTON The comptroller of the currency issued a call for a report on the condition of national banks as of April 140. The action seeks comprehensive data from banks nationwide to assess stability and solvency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Penny the dog travels 1250 miles to return home
In Asherville Kansas Penny a white with spots wirehaired and chow mix wandered off after a six week vigil along U S 106. The dog reportedly reached Somerton Arizona then Yuma before ending up near the Neville home where it finally rejoined the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asherville
Kas
Chetopa
U. S. 106
Uphaven
Jack L. Neville
Penny
E. T. Vestal
Yuma
Ariz
Nevilles
Somerton
Dr. Neville
Ray Falkenstine
Kansas Postmasters Elect Officers
Wichita Garden Plain postmistress Aquina Thimmesch becomes president of the Kansas branch of the National League of Postmasters. E L Scott of Altoona leaves his role as predecessor. Charles W. Taylor of Edna becomes vice president and Blanche M Schwilling of Bazaar is reelected secretary treasurer. Schwilling named Kansas postmaster of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Garden Plain
Aquina Thimmesch
Kansas
National League of Postmasters
E. L.scott
Altoona
Charles W. Taylor
Edna
Land Blanche M. Schwilling
Ba‘zaar
House panel blocks Cinerama carrier propaganda voyage
A House Appropriations subcommittee reportedly scuttled plans to outfit an aircraft carrier with Cinerama and deploy it worldwide for propaganda. Atomic Energy Commissioner Thomas E. Murray urged a cap on hydrogen bomb tests and stockpiles citing moral and military reasons. Dag Hammarskjold reported Israel and Egypt agreed to refrain from hostilities except in self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON \P
House
Washington
Atomic Energy
Thomas E. Murray
United States
United Nations, N.Y
Dag Hammarskjold
Security Council
Israel
Egypt
Altoona Collects 102 Dollars for Cancer Fund Drive
A house to house canvass by 28 Just-A-Mere Club members raised 102.22 for the American Cancer Society Fund in Altoona. Bells rang to start at 7 p.m. Refreshments followed at the grade school. Plans call for a cancer fund benefit on Apr 27 with Mrs Harold Duncan as city chair and Mrs William Hansen as Wilson County chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
American Cancer Society Fund
Cancer Fund
Harold Duncan
William Hansen
Wilson County
Highway Commission Rejects Turnpike Study Funds
The State Highway Commission rejected one Kansas Turnpike Authority request for feasibility study funds and put another under advisement. It will not fund a north south route along the eastern border due to overlap with U S 69. The commission also eyed the Wichita Hutchinson two lane toll road study with caution and refused a U S 54 Butler County project. New members Walter Rugan Ivan Wassberg and Edgar Heyl joined the panel after appointment by Gov. Fred Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
State Highway Commission
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Wichita
Hutchinson
Turnpike Authority
The
Highway Commission
Wichita- Hutchinson
U. S. 54
Butler County
el Dorado
Walter Rugan
Ellinwood
Ivan Wassberg
Manhattan
Edgar Heyl
Sharon Springs
Fred Hall
Daylight Time Poll Planned by Hutchinson Jaycees
The Hutchinson Junior Chamber sponsors a daylight saving poll in the trade area over the next 10 days. Receptacles at Myers Motor Supply, Midwest Office Supply, and Lassman & Steeves invite yes or no votes with optional reasons. Results will be shared at the Jaycee state convention in Salina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Chamber of Commerce
Dale Stemple
Tribune
People’s Forum
Myers Motor Supply
E. Main
Midwest Office Supply
W. Main
Lassman & Steeves
Stemple
Hutchinson JayCees
JayCee
Salina
Hutchinson
District Court Jury Doubles Land Award
A Kansas district court jury boosted a land condemnation award on appeal from the Kansas Turnpike Authority. Appraisers had valued 23.37 acres near Cassaday at 6,167.70 for Henry Unruh. the jury set it at 16,214.60. An attorney said a motion for a new trial would be filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Dorado P
Butler County District Court
Kansas Turnpike
Henry Unruh
Cassaday
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Eisenhower Studies Farm Bill Approved By House
Washington reports the House and Senate approved a controversial farm bill amid White House opposition. The measure returns price supports to 90 percent of parity for one year and includes a soil bank program paying farmers up to 1.2 billion dollars annually for not planting. Major farm groups urged Ike to sign, while the American Farm Bureau criticized the bill as ill conceived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Washington
Eisenhower
National Grange
National Farmers Union
Congress
American Farm Bureau Federation
White House
Charles B. Shuman
Truman
Augusta
Soil Bank
The
Grange
Farmers Union
Hall urges lake-building plan across Kansas
Gov. Fred Hall asks the Kansas Highway and Forestry Fish and Game Commissions to expand cooperative lake projects. He cites a Buffalo lake development using a 100-foot dirt fill on U S Highway 75 as a model for other communities to create dams and 120 acre lakes, urging converts of highway fills into dam sites to speed construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Fred Hall
Kansas Highway and Forestry, Fish and Game Commissions
Hall
Buffalo
Kas
Fish and Game Commission
Ferguson wins Fulbright study grant to Paris in 1956
Robert LeRoy Ferguson a University of Kansas senior from Erie receives a Fulbright foreign study scholarship to study mathematics at the University of Paris next year. He will arrive in Paris by late September 1956 for orientation and begin formal coursework around November 1. Ferguson is the son of Mrs. Ava Ferguson and is the KU Navy ROTC participant already employed part time on campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Robert LeRoy Ferguson
University of Kansas
Erie
University of Paris
France
United States Department of State
Ferguson
Paris
Bob
Ava Ferguson
Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps
K.U
State Department
Library Group Attends Southeast District Meeting
Fort Scott hosted the Southeast District meeting of the Kansas Library Association yesterday. Harvey Mowrey public librarian and Mrs. Mowrey led the Fort Scott group joined by Mrs. Vivian Hensley children’s librarian and Mrs. Bruce Burris Chanute Library Board vice president. Forty-two libraries from 17 counties were represented by librarians and trustees. The theme was How Libraries May Be of More Assistance to Communities with panel discussions and a talk by Dr. John Harvey head librarian at Pittsburg State College Porter Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Mowrey
Mowrey
Vivian Hensley
Bruce Burris
Chanute Library Board
Kansas Library Association
Fort Scott
John Harvey
Porter
Pittsburg State College
Wichita Man Faces Manslaughter Charge
Ernest William Hampton, 49, of Wichita, faces a preliminary hearing on April 17 for first degree manslaughter in the death of Horace J. Bernard, 44, also of Wichita. Bernard died when the car Hampton drove hit an embankment near Zarah, Kansas. Hampton’s bond was set at $1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olathe
Kas
Ernest William Hampton
Wichita
Hampton
Johnson County
Horace J. Bernard
Bernard
Zarah
Grace Kelly Reunites With Prince on Monaco Port Visit
Grace Kelly greeted Monaco's Prince Rainier II with a warm smile aboard his yacht Deo Juvante II. The couple, soon to be married, shared brief embraces as thousands lined the Riviera shore to witness the reunion and confirm Grace will settle in the prince’s palace. Grace's parents accompanied her from the liner, and the scene drew reporters, tourists, and Monacan schoolchildren in national colors.
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Monte Carlo
Grace Kelly
Monaco
Rainer II
Mediterranean
Grace
Rainer
Riviera
America
John B. Kelly
Philadelphia
Rainier
Robber Gets 650 Dollars Near Ft. Knox Vault
A lone bandit robbed a Western Union office within 200 feet of Fort Knox provost marshal headquarters, taking 650 dollars after handing a note demanding money. Clerk Shirley Thomas tried to stall but the robber insisted on speed as he showed a likely weapon.
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Fort Knox
Western Union
Army
Shirley Thomas
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Topeka for 1956
State Accident Records Section lists 156 traffic fatalities to date in 1956 with two additional in last 24 hours. Earlier fatality noted. includes comparison to 1955 total of 137 for the same period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Egyptian Jet Shot Down in Israeli Territory during air battle
An Egyptian military jet was shot down in Israel after an air fight with four Egyptian and two Israeli planes. Israeli forces intensified a manhunt after five night raids by Arab commandos killed a schoolteacher and three pupils. The crisis drew U N and U S comments and heightened regional tensions.
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Jerusalem
Prayer
Foreign Ministry
Egypt
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
U. N
Middle East
Cairo
Israel
U. S
Edward A. Lawson
Bar Ilan University
Tel Aviv
Lawson
Weather forecast signals cooling with light rain
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies tonight and Friday with a chance of light rain. Tonight’s low will be in the 40s, Friday’s high in the 50s. Temperatures today ranged from the 60s to near 66 in some cities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Tom Arnold
North
Arnold
Russell
Goodland
Manhattan
Olathe
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Chanute Dragstrip
Richard Gilliland
Alvin Felkins
Felkins
S. Edith
Gilliland
V-Eights Car Club
the Tribune
Virginia
Highway
Ernest Davis
Bernard Breer
Davis
Lois Breer
Orlando
Fla
Everett Keller
Adrian Breer
Shawnee
Dan Crowley
Kansas City
Paul Breer
Falkenstine
Betty Smith
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
U. S. 69
District Court
Fulbright
Arkansas
Hennings
Missouri
Kerr
Oklahoma
McClellan
Symington
Carlson and Schoeppel
Monroney
D-Okla
Green
D-Ri
Avery, George, Hope
Rees
Smith
Belcher
Scrivner
Curtis and Short
Bolling
Cannon
Garnahan
Christopher
Hull
Jones
Karsten
Moulder and Sullivan
Albert
Edmondson
Jarman
Steed and Wickersham
Robert Ferguson
Wichita Man
Ft. Knox
Israeli
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