Twisters Strike Kansas Farm Areas Across State
Severe weather battered Kansas with tornadoes damaging farm buildings near Pratt and Clay Center and funnels sighted near Lindsborg Ellinwood and Girard. Hail fell in multiple counties while Texas and Oklahoma endured flood conditions along a fast moving squall line.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Pratt
Clay Center
Lindsborg
Ellinwood
Girard
Arkansas City
Dallas
Texas
Oklahoma
Waco
Weather Bureau
Window peeper caught after green paint traces found on nose
A 12 year old boy was apprehended in the south town after a prowler report. He admitted peering into a home, nose bearing green paint from pressed window screen, and was released to his mother.
Early fruit in Chanute hurt by hard freeze
Horticulturist J L Taylor reports darkened pistils on peach plum and early cherry blossoms after a hard freeze, while apple blossoms escaped damage and may yield apples and late cherries. He notes protected trees may still bear peaches plums apricots and pears. Frank Young elected director of Neosho Fertilizer Inc., replacing Harry Davis who resigned as plant manager. Davis left no future plans known. a new plant manager has not been named.
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Chanute
J. L. Taylor
Taylor
Frank Young
Bank of Commerce
Neosho Fertilizer Advised
Aft
Blooms
Inc
Robert L. Briley
Young
Harry E. Davis
Davis
Ash Grove plans 100 million gallon water reserve pond
Ash Grove Lime and Portland Cement Company begins an auxiliary pond north of the quarry to prevent future shutdowns from water shortages. Superintendent Kenneth W. Wright says the 100 million gallon reservoir will supply 166 days of operation under severe drought, fed from the Neosho River and completed while river levels are high. Freeport Construction Company performs preliminary grading to move water lines and an oil pipeline. Last winter the Neosho dried up, forcing hauling 20 million gallons from Humboldt city reservoir.
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Ash Grove Lime & Portland Cement Company
Kenneth W. Wright
Neosho
Freeto Construction Company
Humboldt
Eisenhower to Confer on Labor Legislation
President Eisenhower summoned Secretary of Labor Mitchell to a Thursday conference in Augusta to discuss possible legislation addressing issues disclosed by the Senate Rackets Investigating Committee. Mayflower II about 100 miles off England en route to Plymouth to reenact the Pilgrim voyage. Sir Anthony Eden shows normal progress ten days after biliary obstruction operation.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Labor
Mitchell
Senate
London
England
Plymouth
Mass
Boston
Sir Anthony Eden
Birmingham Felt Slight Earthquake at 3:24 A.M.
The U.S. Weather Bureau reported a minor earthquake tremor in Birmingham at 3 24 a m today. The quake was felt across the city with no immediate reports of damage or injuries. Local residents described shaking windows and rattling utensils as the ground quivered briefly.
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Garnett
Haddam
Moran
Quenemo
Fort Scott
Salina
Arkansas
Junction City
Birmingham
Ala
U. S. Weather Bureau
Pruning Techniques Improve Fruit Tree Crops
The text describes pruning limbs back three to feet to promote fruit bearing shoots and centered crops, noting that pruning wounds are less damaging than lunch breaks. It mentions dormant spraying in March, an August spray for leaf spot, and timing around petal fall to reduce pests. Taylor began interest in fruit trees in 1914 and speaks with many fruit and flower problem callers.
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Taylor
Rock Island Freight Derailment Near Dwight
Twelve cars of a Rock Island wheat train derailed west of Dwight, Kansas yesterday. The derailed cars were near the end of the train. No injuries were reported and through traffic resumed yesterday afternoon.
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Dwight, Kas
Rock Island
Dwight
Telephone Tribune Delivery Relief Info
If you do not receive your Tribune, contact your carrier for help after 6 pm. If the carrier cannot be reached, call 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance with delivery inquiries.
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Tribune
Boy Slips and Falls 800 Feet to His Death at Stone Mountain
New York teenager Michael Moret, 15, climbed Stone Mountain with his vacationing parents watching from a car. Wet moss caused a slip on the 800 foot granite, he lost footing and plunged to his death as his trainer father Sidney S. Moret and mother waited below.
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Atlanta
New York
Stone Mountain
Sidney S. Moret
Michael
Moret
New York Giants
Four More Named To Centennial Group
Gov. George Docking announced four more appointments to the Kansas Centennial Commission. The appointees are state Sen. Fayette E Rowe of Columbus Leila E Elliott Mrs. Paul Wade and Walter Keith of Coffeyville.
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Topeka
George Docking
Kansas Centennial Commission
Fayette E Rowe
Columbus
Leila E.]liott
Paul Wade
Walter Keith
Coffeyville
Weather Summary and Rainfall Across Kansas
Forecaster notes the shower activity ending and a forecast of partly cloudy skies with showers tonight. Reports show scattered rainfall across Kansas with Burrton 2.58 inches Emporia 2.14 and Great Bend 0.72 contributing to the seasonal totals as April nears 10 years of wet records.
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Topeka
Kansas
Burrton
Emporia
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Chanute
Wichita
Pittsburg
Junction City
Great Bend
Lyons
Ellinwood
St. John
Stafford
Hudson
McPherson
Wellington
el Dorado
Anthony
Arkansas City
Oswego
Madison
Hillsboro
Conway Springs
Sedgwick
Rosalia
Council Grove
Elmdale
Fire Destroys Red X Market in Kansas City Suburb
Firefighters from seven cities battled a massive blaze that leveled the Red X Market in Riverside, destroying the stock room and causing an estimated loss of over half a million dollars. Owner E. H. Young lamented insurance coverage as inadequate and vowed to rebuild.
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Kansas City
Riverside
E. H. Young
Young
Shock Fatal In Wichita Man Dies Clearing Basement Water
Albert F. Louie, 72, of Wichita, died after an electrical shock when he touched a live wire on a pump while pumping water from his basement. The incident occurred yesterday and authorities are investigating.
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Wichita
Albert F. Louie
Untaxed Liquor Drive to Start, Murphy Says
Kansas ABC director William Murphy announces a June 1 start to crack down on untaxed liquor imports. A 20 man border patrol will monitor key crossings along Missouri and Nebraska borders. cooperation with other law enforcement is sought. citizens urged to comply. Proponents expect $300,000 to $400,000 extra revenue.
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Topeka
William Murphy
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Kansas
Murphy
ABC
Missouri
Nebraska
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Pittsburg
Fort Scott
Kansas Is Called The Russian Zone
Kansas liquor control director William Murphy criticized a Missouri liquor ad in a Kansas paper that warned Missouri liquor would be illegal in Kansas on June 1 and offered toll bridge payment for purchases of six dollars or more. He questioned why a Kansas paper would print an ad calling Kansans Russians.
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Topeka
Kansas
Missouri
William Murphy
Murphy
Explosion Wrecks Animal Hospital Outside Salina
An explosion three miles south of Salina on U S 8 1 wrecked a veterinary clinic and seriously burned owner Dr. Charles Olson after lighting a cigarette post surgery. Eight dogs and three cats escaped harm while a nearby restaurant and motel suffered no damage. Gas from a broken service line feeding a nearby restaurant is blamed for the blast. Hospital damage estimated at 10000 dollars.
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Salina
Charles Olson
Olson
R. R. Shideler
Kansas Power and Light Co
Kansas City Postmaster Will Resign April 30
Kansas City postmaster Alex F. Sachs, 68, says he will resign next Tuesday due to ill health. He expects President Eisenhower to name an acting postmaster pending a civil service successor.
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Kansas City
Alex F. Sachs
Sachs
Eisenhower
Eisenhower cautiously hopeful on arms talks with Russia
President Eisenhower, after a 75 minute Augusta meeting with disarmament adviser Harold Stassen, says U S policy favors controls and reduction of arms as possible and indispensable. The White House notes progress may come in measured steps as London resumes UN disarmament talks.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
United States
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Washington
London
United Nations
Watershed tour grows list of attendees in Cham ber of Commerce drive
Nearly 70 names of residents from Neodesho Humboldt Iola and Lebo in Neosho County were filed for the Brown County watershed tour tomorrow under the Chamber of Commerce agricultural committee sponsorship. The tour will start in Horton at 10 a.m. with stops to pick up riders, traveling by car to cover the Little Delaware Mission Creek Watershed District and conclude withAccessible routes on surfaced roads easing travel despite potential rain.
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Brown County
Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Committee
Chamber
Chambers
Neosho County
Memorial Building
Humboldt
Iola
Horton
Little Delaware Mission Creek
Cancer Type Treatment Promising
The American Cancer Society reports a promising neck of the uterus cancer treatment using radioactive gold injections. Research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis by Doctors Willard M. Allen Alfred I. Sherman and A Norman Arneson shows 75 percent long term control in moderately advanced cases, with over 300 treatments conducted. Atomic Energy Commission backed early work.
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ST. Louis
American Cancer Society Today
Washington University School of Medicine
Willard M. Allen
Alfred I. Sherman
A. Norman Arneson
The
Atomic Energy Commission
000 Express Workers Strike in Seven Cities
New York United strike of about 2,000 Railway Express Agency workers shuts operations in seven major cities including Chicago Philadelphia San Francisco St. Louis Cincinnati Cleveland and Newark New Jersey Carload shipments were not affected The action began Sunday at midnight after a 30 day cooling off period under the Railway Labor Act The union rejected an emergency fact finding board recommendation while the company accepted it.
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New York
Railway Express Agency
Chicago
Philadelphia
San Francisco
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Newark
N.J
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Eisenhower
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka 1957 Report
State Accident Records Section lists 24 hour fatalities as 1 in Topeka. To date in 1957 totals 151, compared with 180 for the same period in 1956. One earlier accident was reported later.
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Topeka
Kansas
Living Costs Rise for Seventh Straight Month in March
The Labor Department reported March living costs rose two tenths of a percent to another high, offset by lower dairy and pork prices. Wage increases may lift pay for 1,400,000 workers in electrical, aircraft and textile sectors, boosting annual payroll by about 75 million dollars. One million railroad workers gain three cents an hour from May 1. Factory workers’ after tax weekly earnings fell to 74.65 dollars for a 3 dependent family and 67.25 for a single worker.
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Washington
Labor Department
The
Easter Service at Cherryvale Church Lacks Guest Pastor
About 250 worshippers gathered at First Baptist Church in Cherryvale Kansas for Easter Sunday, but the scheduled guest minister Rev Clarence Worthington did not appear. A deacon led the service as Rev Don Walker was away. Worthington said he stayed in Cherryvale the night before but could not recall the correct church and returned to Turner. Cherryvale has roughly 4000 residents.
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Cherryvale
Kas
First Baptist Church
Clarence Worthington
Turner, Kas
Don Walker
Moline
Irvin Axthelm
Worthington
Turner
Montgomery County
Boys Reported Shooting at Lights Near School
Police received two reports of a carload of boys with an air rifle shooting street lights. A Chanute trio saw the act near St Patrick's school, and at 9 pm another witness said a light in the 900 block of North Steuben was struck. Police have the license number and will prosecute if evidence suffices.
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Chanute
St. Patrick’s School
North Steuben
Body of American Is Found in Iraq
The body of Jack Nash of Memphis Tennessee, 31, was found 25 miles south of Kirkuk after he was sucked from a plane window during a flight over Iraq. He was aboard an Air France Constellation on a world tour. authorities opened an investigation. Nash’s parents flew from Memphis to Paris en route to the Middle East.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Jack Nash
Memphis
Tenn
Kirkuk
United States
Nash
Air France
Thomas Nash
Paris
Middle East
Miners Rescued After Blast At Glen Alden Shaft
A three man rescue team pulled two exhausted miners from the Glen Alden Inman Shaft near Wilkes-Barre after a rock fall and subsequent fire blocked the exit. Walter Olshefski and Earl Hill, both praised for endurance, were brought to Community General Hospital in mild shock.
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Wilkes-Barre
Walter Olshefski
Earl Hill
Glen Alden Corps
Inman
Suspect Captured in Iowa Murder Case Extradited to Kansas City
Willie Otis Taylor, 26, Negro, was arrested at the Mason City bus depot, then returned to Kansas City where he faces a murder charge in the strangulation of 74 year old Albert Cunningham. He waived extradition in district court as another Kansas City man admitted the slaying and named Taylor as an accomplice.
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Mason City
Iowa
Willie Otis Taylor
Kansas City
Kas
Albert Cunningham
Taylor
Best Yet 4-H Club Meeting at Cremona School
The Best Yet 4-H Club holds its regular meeting Thursday evening at 8 o'clock in the Cremona School. Hostesses will be Jeannie and Frances Brazil and Anita and Diane Weber.
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Cremona School
Jeannie
Frances Brazil
Anita
Diane Weber
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