Conservation commandments aim to shield parks from damage
Izaak Walton League issues ten travel rules to prevent costly harm to parks forests and historic sites as about 80 million people in 30 million cars plan trips through September. A collision near Oak and Lincoln involved D W Pienessen a house trailer, E D Uthman driving a field truck and Nellie Stevens with damage to the truck front and car side.
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Florida
Oak and
Lincoln
E. D. Uthman
Nellie Stevens
S Central
Uthman
No Wild Rabbits For Little Boys' Pets
Louis Rush offers a reward for information leading to arrests of vandals who damaged a boat on the Neosho River bank near Chanute and struck Harmony School at night. Wildlife officials explain wild rabbits may only be kept during hunting season, which runs Nov. 20 to Jan. 18.
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Dalice Rush
S. Highland
Louisville
Little Weatherford
Neosho
Rush
East River
Sheriff's Office
Harmony
Chanule
Yancy
Dell
C. W. Weatherford
Weatherford
Cliff Sipe
Sipe
Eisenhower backs guided missiles tests while H bomb debate rages
President Eisenhower said the United States is near the Soviet Union in guided missile tech and defended hydrogen bomb tests. He rejected halting tests and urged continuing work, noting a Pacific test is planned next month. Berthoz Construction won the bid for a new music room at the Senior High School Junior College, $28,174.23, with completion by Sept. 1.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Adlai Stevenson
Pacific
Stevenson
Khrushchev
Berthoz Construction Co. of
Chanute
Board of Education
Caldwell Construction Co
George Senne
Topeka
F. E. Brooks Construction Co
Cherryvale
Edmonds Construction Co
Lawrence
Buford Fisher
Berthot
Fisher
Cancer Fund Collections Reach $1,820.37 in Neosho County
Mrs. Ross Miller reports Neosho County’s Cancer Society fund drive has collected $1,820.37 toward a $3,234.38 quota. The drive, begun April 1, runs through May 1. Reports come from only three towns so far, per the county commander.
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Cancer Society Fund
Neosho County
Ross Miller
Death Takes Emile Betase
Emile Betase 64 of 1310 S San ta Fe died at 1 03 this morning at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a heart attack. He was city street department foreman since 1938 and lived in Chanute 25 years moving from Pittsburg. Born December 3 1891 in Silver Plume Colorado he married Pauline Uresk October 18 1919 at Columbus she survives. Also surviving are a stepdaughter Olga Hinshaw granddaughter Trudy Hinshaw Emor ia two sisters Mrs Fred Anselene Alma and Mrs Clifford Bezingue Topeka. Funeral 2 pm Saturday Wilson Johnson chapel Rev Ted D Hurst Christian Church burial Memorial Park cemetery.
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S. Santa Fe
Neosho Memorial Hospital
City
Chanute
Pittsburg
Silver Plume
Colo
Pauline Uresk
Columbus
Few Months to Live for Little Salina Girl
Margaret Egan, 19 months old of Salina, is expected to live only a few months due to Letterer-Siwe disease. Doctors in Denver diagnosed the cancer after she was hospitalized. she will be cared for at home per her physician's advice.
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Salina
Margaret Egan
Margaret
Thomas F. Egan
Children’s Hospital
Denver
Egan
Kansan Elected National Peace Officers President
Jack Post of Great Bend Kansas, a policeman, has been chosen as the new president of the National Peace Officers Association. The announcement comes as the organization shapes its era police reform initiatives.
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Clayton, N. M
Jack Post
Great Bend
Kas
The
National Peace Officers Assn
Weather forecast for Topeka area turns partly cloudy
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with lows 35 to 45 and highs in the 50s, followed by a warming trend in the west and central. Scattered thundershowers moved through Kansas last night with light amounts, including Fort Scott and Centralia.
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Kansas
Frankfort
Centralia
Topeka
Weather Bureau
Infant Girl Found In Hospital Restroom In Salina
An infant girl, born without medical attention, was found in Ashburn Hospital on the first floor women’s restroom. Authorities estimate the baby’s age at one to two hours. A clerk said the crying was heard about an hour before staff found the child at 7:30 p.m. Wrapped in what seemed a shower curtain, the infant awaits the mother’s identification as police investigate.
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Salinap
Ashburn Hospital
Turnpike work speeds toward October opening
Turnpike construction in Kansas advances rapidly with about 7,500 workers under 100 contractors on the 160 million dollar project stretching from Kansas City to the Oklahoma line south of Wichita. Contractor engineer L. W. Newcomer said crews are active across multiple phases as the toll road nears its planned October opening.
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Kansas City
Kas
Kansas Turnpike
L. W. Newcomer
Oklahoma Line
Wichita
Tractor Mishap Claims 77-Year-Old Farmer Near Farm
A 77-year-old farmer Guy Williamson was killed in a tractor accident near his Mankato farm. His body was found under the tractor in a creek bed.
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Mankato, Kas
Guy Williamson
Williamson
Soil Bank Speed Urged by Benson for Farm Aid
Secretary Benson urged Congress to speed approval of Eisenhower's soil bank bill to start work for fall plantings. He outlined that plowing would begin within 90 days and emphasized the need for new authority to fund soil bank payments this year amid multiple competing bills.
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Benson
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate Appropriations Committee
Soil Bank
Sen. Aiken
R-Vt
Senate
Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Eisenhower Wins Big In Pennsylvania Primary
President Eisenhower scored a 260000 plus plurality over Adlai Stevenson in the Pennsylvania primary, with both parties expressing satisfaction. Republican chairman Miles Horst called it a resounding endorsement while James A Finnegan praised Stevenson’s strong showing, noting the light voter turnout.
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Philadelphia
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Pennsylvania
Miles Horst
James A. Finnegan
Stevenson
Traffic Fatalities Report From State Records
Traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section for the last 24 hours and year to date. Figures show 1956 figures and a prior year comparison, noting Tribune deliveries by carrier and a contact number after 6 p.m. for subscribers.
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Topeka
Kansas
Chanute Voters to Decide On 1 Mill Recreational Levy
Voters in Chanute will decide in the August primary whether to levy up to one mill for a year around recreational program run by a joint city and school district, with a recreation commission overseeing the project and a full time director.
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Chanute
Stop signs approved after Topeka crash death
In Topeka the city commission backed a police recommendation to place stop signs at a busy intersection after a two car crash killed Mrs. Fern Gower 25 and injured two others. In Winfield a trucker report led to discovery of a wreck on U S 77 killing 21 year old James Darrell Dill and injuring Steve Lacy 18. tire failure and an embankment crash caused the fatality.
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Topeka
Fern Gower
Winfield
James E. Dill
U. S. 77
James Darrell Dill
Steve Lacy
Melvin Lacy
Young Dill
The
Seabees
Bus firm pledges support for drivers on Montgomery integration
A Nation al City Lines Inc official pledged to back any driver arrested for allow ing racial integration on a Montgomery bus. The statement came at a news conference by B W Franklin vice president of the Chicago company. Montgomery City Lines Inc operates the citys only bus service as a subsidiary of the Chicago firm.
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Ala
B. W. Franklin
National City Lines Inc
Chicago
Montgomery City Lines Inc
Big Mixup Big Mixup Ends With Safe Return Of Randy Feezell
Randy Feezell 5'2" was missing for about ten hours prompting a wide search before being found at home with his parents in Galena Kansas. Mrs Faye Bailey, a babysitter from Corona California, believed Randy planned a visit with relatives near Carthage and only learned of the radio alert after a niece called. The father called it a big mixup and noted Bailey is a close family friend who watched Randy for about a year before she moved away.
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Galena
Kas
Randy Feezell
Faye Bailey
Randy
Eugene Feezell
Beedes
Carthage
Corona
Calif
Three Missing In Hotel Fire in Warren Pennsylvania
A blaze destroyed the century old Carver Hotel in Warren with 65 guests registered. Three guests listed as missing were M D Pinney from Jefferson Ohio B J Stotts of Dayton Ohio and M W Dwight of Akron Ohio an employee of B F Goodrich Rubber Co. Police hoped to locate them while one guest and a rescuer were hospitalized and at least five others suffered shock or minor injuries. The four story brick hotel burned rapidly, the search ongoing.
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Carver
Mike Evan
Evan
M. D. Pinney
Jefferson
Ohio
B. J. Stotts
Dayton
M. W. Dwight
Akron
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co
Good Fishing But Season Closed
Three boys aged 11 13 and 14 were found by a game warden at Trinchera Ranch about 30 miles east of Alamosa Colorado with 81 trout caught yesterday. The catch exceeded the open season limit by 66. The season does not reopen until May 19. The youths were released to their parents.
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Colo
Trinchera Ranch
Here
Rio Lake Creek
Sid Caesar selects Janet Blair as TV mate
New York comedian Sid Caesar has chosen Janet Blair to replace Nanette Fabray as his TV partner joining the show next fall. Blair, a 35 year old Altoona Pennsylvania actress, joins Caesar amid talks of a long term contract while terms remain undisclosed.
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New York
Sid Caesar
Janet Blair
Nanette Fabray
Miss Blair
Altoona
Caesar
Imogene Coca
Miss Fabray
Air Force KC97 Tanker Crashes Near Woodbine Kansas
An Air Force tanker from Forbes AFB Topeka exploded and crashed about 10 miles northeast of Woodbine. Witnesses said six bodies were recovered and four others believed missing. The plane, reportedly with 10 aboard, crashed around 10:30 a.m. in a wheat field, burning intensely as debris spread. Helicopters from Ft. Riley were at the scene while Forbes officials awaited confirmation.
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Abslene
Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
Woodbine
Abilene Reflector Chronicle
Frank Frohn
Paul Hansen
Hansen
Arnold Kickhofer
Ft. Riley
Public Information Office
Forbes
Meeting to Organize Storm Warning Plan in Neosho County
A meeting to organize a tornado warning system in Neosho County is set at the district courtroom tonight at 7:30. Sheriff Lee Montgomery will preside as officials from the United States Weather Bureau explain program requirements. A Wichita Bureau official will attend and a demonstration film of a working system will be shown.
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Erie
Neosho County
Lee Montgomery
United States Weather Bureau
Wichita
Bureau
Driver Is Exception To Alcometer Test In Valley Center
Opal Smith of Valley Center was arraigned on charges of driving while intoxicated and having an open bottle in her car. Judge Tom Baum set the trial for May 14 with a $500 bond. Sheriff Lt. Larry Duffy cited an alcometer breath reading of 0.41 percent and noted state law defines intoxication at .15. he claimed a person may pass out after 40.
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Opal Smith
Route 2
Valley Center
Common Pleas
Tom Baum
Larry Duffy
Alcometer
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