Moore-Chanute ties to national Legion post curfew prompt
Preston J. Moore of Stillwater Oklahoma, a past state Legion commander and national committee member, is linked by marriage to Chanute through Nella Mae Reinhardt. Janet Scribner 17 drew the Celtic Cross designs for Independence Missouri church while her Scribner relatives are named. Police intervened when a woman wearing only underwear hung laundry outside.
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Preston J. Moore
Stillwater, Okla
Nella Mae Reinhardt
K. R. Reinhardt
S. Highland
Bartlesville
Moore
Oklahoma Legion
Legion National Committee
Legion
Stillwater
Norman
American Legion
University of Oklahoma
Janet Scribner
Sam Scribner
Chanute
Trinity Presbyterian Church
Watershed tour participants express satisfaction with results
Sixty eight people from a wide Brown County area joined the Little Delaware Mission watershed tour under the Chamber of Commerce agricultural committee sponsorship. The group, traveling in 14 cars, toured five stops including a dam linked to roads, a dry flood control dam, and Horton city lake, with landowners and soil conservation agents detailing structures and district operation.
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Brown County
Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Committee
Ebar Schultz
Chanute
Savenburg
Humboldt
Piqua
Yates Center
Earlton
Moran
Elsmore
Thayer
Altoona
Fredonia
Erie
Iola
Independence
Buffalo
Neodesha
Lyre
Lebo
Lyndon
Olivet
Schultz
Little Delaware-Mission Creek
Horton City
Mercier
Walnut Creek
Little Delaware Mission
Verne M. Bathurst
Soil Conservation Service
Hiawatha
Harvey E. Goertz
Horton
Floyd Howard
Horton Chamber of Commerce
Joe Hamel
Clarence Sievers
O. H. Cunningham
Tremor in Turkey Kills Seven in Fethiye Collapse
An earthquake struck the Turkish village of Fethiye on the southwest coast today, killing at least seven people and injuring about 70. Rescue teams searched rubble as officials warned of possible higher tolls.
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Fethiye
Turkey
U.N. Debates Egypt Suez Canal Plan Change Risks
At the United Nations delegates weigh possible changes to Egypts Suez Canal plan while Nas ser asserts final rules may stand. US officials say no binding resolution, the issue to be discussed in a future session as Cairo seeks international instrument status.
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United Nations
N. Y
U.N
Egypt
Suez Canal
Nasser
Middle East
Henry Cabot Lodge
Security Council
Lodge
U S
Cairo
United States
Council
Dag Hammarskjold
Omar Loutfi
Chicago School Head Is Highest Paid
Benjamin C. Willis, superintendent of Chicago public schools, signed a four-year contract making him the nation’s highest paid school administrator. His salary rises from 30 000 to 42 500 over the term with a 5 000 first year raise and 2 500 yearly increases. he will surpass rival superintendents in New York and Los Angeles.
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Chicago
Benjamin C. Willis
Willis
New York City
Los Angeles
R. Sargent Shriver Jr
Two Men Drown at Hulme Sandpit Near Great Bend
Two men, Carl S. Mohr aged 52 and George Sqyre about 55 to 60, both residents of Great Bend, drowned yesterday in the Hulme sandpit near Great Bend. Firemen recovered the bodies after Mrs. Emil Kruckenberg, fishing nearby, saw one man sink.
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Great Bend
Hulme
Carl S. Mohr
George Sqyre
Emil Kruckenberg
Two Young Women Die in Junction City Car Crash
A vehicle left Highway K18 on a curve between Junction City and Ft. Riley and struck a tree, killing Catherine Davis 23 and Dixie Wolfe 25 and seriously injuring Sharon Warner 18 and Roy L. Piske. Davis was a candidate for Miss Junction City in a contest held during a four day merchants exposition.
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Junction City
Here
Ft. Riley
Catherine Davis
Dixie Wolfe
Sharon Warner
Roy L. Piske
Davis
Speed Law Enforced Nationwide Start May 1
Topeka Kansas. Kansas Highway Patrol will enforce the new speed limit law starting May 1 using patrol cars and radar. The 1957 Legislature set daytime cab limits at 70 mph and 60 mph at night with possible zone variations. Radar units will operate on open highways statewide.
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Topeka
Harvey Schmedemann
Kansas Highway Patrol
Schmedemann
Highway Patrol
Russians Suspected Sub Patrol Off Florida Coasts
Sen Bridges warns Russian submarines may be patrolling off Florida to monitor US missile tests. In Budapest Mihaly Farkas is sentenced to 16 years in prison after a secret trial for Stalin era purges. Eisenhower cites oil imports endangering national security and approves a mobilization finding. Western Electric suspends Missouri Kansas installers for one day after leaving work early.
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Washington
Sen. Bridges
RNH
Flor- Wa
Budapest
Hungary
Mihaly Farkas
Janos Kadar
Kadar
Augusta
Eisenhower
United States
Gordon Gray
Office of Defense Mobilization
ST. Louis
Western Electric Co
Missouri
Kansas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Knowland Doubts Western Tax Cuts This Year
Senator Knowland of California said there would be no tax reduction legislation in this session even with cuts to Eisenhower's budget. He urged waiting until early next year to consider tax relief and argued for reducing the national debt first, noting net deficits and the need to test estimates over five or six months.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Eisenhower
Senate
Congress
House
Rayburn
D-Tex
Martin
R-Mass
Landlord Bequeaths Water Valley House to Tenants
In Albany, landlord Thomas Grogan left his Water Vliet rental home to longtime tenants Mr. and Mrs. Charles Taylor in a will. The Water Vliet property is appraised at about $10,000.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas Grogan
Tennants
Charles Taylor
Watervliet
President Eisenhower Presses Anti Racketeering Stand
President Eisenhower denounces labor racketeering as an abomination and backs swift legislation for union finance disclosure. He cites health and welfare fund data and public records of dues salaries and treasuries, following a 90 minute talk with Secretary Mitchell. Senate committee chief McClellan urges measures to safeguard funds and democracy as Teamsters head Dave Beck invokes the Fifth Amendment.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Mitchell
Senate
Washington
McClellan
D-Ark
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Beck
Woman Bank Bandit Captured at Wichita
A middle aged woman nabbed a teller at Fourth National Bank of Wichita around 11 am today. Guard Bill Bulla, assisted by Clifford Kearns, stopped her as she fled with about $3000 after teller Janet Huntsinger complied under threat. A cap pistol was found in her coat pocket. The suspect was identified as Mrs Consuello Innocenti, 45.
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Wichita
Fourth National Bank of
Bill Bulla
Janet Huntsinger
Consuello Innocenti
Traffic Fatalities Reported in State Totals
State Accident Records Section reports 24 hour total of 1 fatality, year to date 1957 shows 153 fatalities, compared with 185 in the same period of 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
Calendar Code in Loot Hunt Stuns Suffield Police
In Suffield Connecticut police chase a payroll robbery suspect who killed an FBI agent and his wife before dying by suicide in an underground shelter. A calendar with mysterious dots near numbers may hide $66,000 in stolen payroll, as jars of cash are found at the suspect’s sister’s home and near the hideout.
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Suffield
Conn
FBI
Francis Kolakowski
Hartford
Hartford Machine Screw Co
Windsor
Kolakowski
Wanda Slater
Jordan under martial law as cabinet resigns
Amman declares martial law and curfews in Amman Jerusalem Nablus Ramallah Irbid as Ibrahim Hashem 83 is named to form a seven member cabinet of moderates. King Hussein vows to press crisis and US supports Jordan's independence.
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Amman
Jordan
Hussein
United States
Mediterranean
Jerusalem
Nablus
Ramallah
Irbid
Jordan's King Hussein rejects outside aid and names cabinet
King Hussein imposes martial law and reshuffles his government blaming communism for Jordan's troubles. He rejects outside help and will consult Arab states on Eisenhower’s plan while warning the U S 6th Fleet to move from the eastern Mediterranean. The White House and Britain insist Jordan's independence is key to peace. President Eisenhower and Dulles discuss the crisis with Augusta officials as the Forres tal departs Cannes.
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Amman
Hussein
Egypt
Richards
Washington
U.S
Mediterranean
United States
Jordan
James P. Richards
Eisenhower
Middle East
White House
Forrestal
Cannes
France
Augusta
Dulles
Mideast
Earlton Church Dedicates Fellowship Hall Sunday
The Evangelical United Brethren church at Earlton will dedicate its new Fellowship Hall at 2 p.m. Sunday with Rev. James A. Buckles presiding. Dr. Earl R. Ford will deliver the sermon both at the morning service and the dedicatory service. A basket dinner follows the morning service.
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Earlton
Evangelical United Brethren Church
James A. Buckles
Earl R. Ford
EUB
Gaddis-Moser Evangelistic Party
Buckles
Thunderstorms Forecast Across Kansas as Storm Center Forms
Thunderstorms, some possibly severe, loom as a new storm center develops over the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles. Gusty moisture from the gulf feeds a cold front from the northwest, with showers in the east likely to persist into tomorrow and cooler air moving in by tomorrow night.
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Topeka
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandles
Gulf
Weather Bureau
Signs Missing in Rochester City Streets
In the past year 300 of Rochester's 500 no parking signs have been stolen from streets. Traffic Engineer Harrison Young suspects some may have been taken as boat moorings by summer cottagers. each sign uses a 26 pound metal base.
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Rochester
N.Y
Harrison Young
Fleet Ordered To Near East In Jordan Crisis
The US 6th Fleet is ordered back to eastern Mediterranean waters amid the Jordan crisis. The fleet has been in French and Italian ports for 10 days. The move aligns with Eisenhower and Dulles remarks on Jordan’s independence and U.S. commitment to defend Middle East nations under threat from communism.
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Washington
Mediterranean
Jordan
Pentagon
Eisenhower
Dulles
U.S
Congress
Middle East
Tulsa Group Liquor Trial Focuses on Missouri Dealer
U S Attorney labeled Missouri dealer Don Gray as the main source of the large Oklahoma whisky traffic as 17 defendants including Tulsa Police officials face conspiracy charges. Gray’s sales to Oklahoma bootleggers and the alleged protection payoff system were depicted amid lengthy testimony. Acquittals were directed for three defendants while others await verdicts.
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Tulsa
U. S. District Court
Missouri
Oklahoma
Don Gray
Joplin
Jay L. Jones
Paul J. Livingston
U. S
Gray
Royce H. Savage
Nolen Bulloch
Tulsa Tribune
Cliff Wells
Bernard Neil Williams
Radio-Navigation Station at El Dorado Airport
The El Dorado City Commission approved leasing 40 acres at the municipal airport to the government for a TVOR aerial radio navigation station. The Air Force will maintain the site, aiding aircraft approaching or leaving McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita. Construction and installation work should be finished by July.
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EL Dorado
el Dorado City Commission
Air Force
McConnell Air Force Base
Wichita
Digging for Gold Ends in Warehouse Vandalism
In Salt Lake City two youths aged six and seven entered the Knudsen Builders supply warehouse and, after claiming there is gold there, caused extensive damage with a crow bar. They wrecked 11 doors a sheet of plywood and three cartons of tile while warehousemen were away for about 10 minutes.
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Salt Lake City
Knudsen Builders
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