Tulsa Grand Jury to Probe Police Ouster Bid
A Tulsa County grand jury will be convened by Judge W Lee Johnson by June 3 to probe conditions revealed in a federal liquor conspiracy case and consider ouster proceedings against Police Commissioner Jay L Jones. County Attorney J Howard Edmondson seeks transcripts and will guide an independent county inquiry alongside federal actions.
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Tulsa
Tulsa County
W. Lee Johnson
Jay L. Jones
Atty
Howard Edmondson
Edmondson
Glenn L. Brown
U. S. Atty
B. Hayden Crawford
Jones
Paul J. Livingston
Edmonson
U. Ss
Royce H. Savage
Livingston
Savage
Johnson
Ross Cooper Named Manager of Neosho Fertilizer Plant
Neosho Fertilizer Inc announces Ross Cooper will manage the Chanute area plant after he completes duties as city manager. His resignation becomes effective May 15. Cooper helped organize the company since its 1953 founding and has served on the board. The plant is undergoing remodeling to increase capacity and a brick addition for storage. A later expansion is planned.
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Neosho Fertilizer, Inc
Ross Cooper
Chanute
Cooper
Fertilizer Company
First Ladies Gowns On Fund Raising Tour
The Republican National Committee sends a collection of gowns replicas of first ladies worn for a cross country fund raising tour. The gowns, copies of originals at the Smithsonian, debut May 2 at Rutland Vermont. Shows will travel to about half of the 48 states over six months.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Smithsonian Institution
Rutland
New Trooper District at Garnett to Open May 15
A new highway patrol district will be established at Garnett on May 15 with Trooper Bill Gray, currently at Pleasanton, in charge. Trooper Dee Montgomery of Baldwin will replace Gray at Pleasanton.
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Garnett
Topeka
Bill Gray
Pleasanton
Dee Montgomery
Baldwin
Gray
2nd Drowning Victim Found at Fall River
Eureka Kansas reports the body of Clifton K. Calhom 46 Newton found today in Fall River Reservoir where he and a companion drowned last week. The companion Glen A. Fallot 48 Wichita was found in the lake Thursday.
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Eureka
Kas
Clifton K. Calhom
Newton
Fall River
Glen A. Fallot
Wichita
Detroit psychiatrist hires hit man plot fails at rendezvous
Dr C L R Pearman a 56 year old Detroit psychiatrist arranged to hire an ex convict killer to murder him claiming despondency but changed his mind The undercover officer posed as the killer and the plot collapsed Pearman faces possible attempted conspiracy charges carrying up to five years in prison Garber said the tale was the most fantastic he had heard
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Detroit
Ralph Garber
C. L. R. Pearman
Pearman
Wayne County
Detroit) General Hospital
Grosse Ile Naval Air Station
Garber
Honduran Nicaragua Border Crisis Escalates
Honduras recalled its ambassador from Nicaragua amid border tensions over areas administered in Graicas A Dios. Nicaragua denies invading Mocoron and Umaru, calling those forces bandits. Honduras plans a written protest and apology while a junta in Honduras avoids sending a delegation to Somoza’s May 1 inauguration.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Nicaragua
Jorge Fidel Duron
Graicas A Dios
Mocoron
Umaru
Fidel Duron
Luis Somoza
Fidel Duran
Somoza
Managua
Three-State Search For Joplin Flier
A three state search is under way for Henry Maddox 37 a Missouri restaurant and filling station operator from Asbury near Joplin who vanished after leaving San Antonio Texas on Wednesday. His wife says he reported weather delays earlier in the week but has not communicated since. Civil Aeronautics Administration checked major airports within 600 miles of San Antonio and Civil Air Patrol planes from Texas Oklahoma and Missouri were to join the search today.
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Joplin
Missouri
Henry Maddox
Asbury
Maddox
San Antonio
Tex
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Civil Air Patrol
Texas
Oklahoma
Kittens Offered Due To Owners Marriage
Topeka news notes Miss Portia Anderson of the Kansas Historical Society placed an ad seeking homes for five Sia mese kittens before her upcoming honeymoon. She said she has no one to care for them during her absence.
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Topeka
Portia Anderson
Kansas Historical Society
State Official Prestige Not Aided by Big Car
Gov. George Docking in Topeka says a big car and a $200 suit do not add to a state official's prestige. He notes he would not follow the prior administration in approving state purchases of large cars for top officials, stating any official needing such items lacks on the ball.
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Topeka
George Docking
Docking
Elderly Widow Found Beaten to Death in Harper
In Harper Kansas an 87 year old widow Mrs Annie Shields was found beaten to death in her home yesterday. Sheriff Floyd Snyder stated her clothing was torn and she had been beaten about the head.
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Harper
Annie Shields
Floyd Snyder
Chamber of Commerce Dinner Features Tom Collins Address
About 300 people are expected at the annual Chamber of Commerce dinner at the Masonic Temple. Tom Collins, public city director for City National Bank in Kansas City, will speak. Retiring president Clarence Sievers will pass the gavel to new president-elect O H Cunningham. Music by the Senior High madrigal singers. The event is open to the public.
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Chamber of Commerce
Masonic Temple
Les Matthews
Hulda Parker
The
Eastern Star
Tom Collins
City National Bank & Trust Co
Kansas City
Clarence Sievers
O. H. Cunningham
Sievers
Cunningham
Madrigal Singers
Marlin Blackston
Chamber of Commerce Se
State District Judges Name New Officers
The Kansas District Judges Assn elected Judge Lewis L. McLaughlin of Marysville as president Floyd H. Coffman Ottawa was named vice president and Judge Doyle White Arkansas City secretary treasurer The Kansas Junior Bar Assn elected Robert Thiessen Wichita president James James Topeka vice president and D G Tudor Wichita secretary treasurer Honor certificates were awarded to 12 attorneys for 50 years of practice including Henry Lampl Wichita S S Alexander Kingman James P Coleman Junction City and others
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Wichita
Kansas District Judges Assn
Lewis L. McLaughlin
Marysville
Floyd H. Coffman
Ottawa
Doyle White
Arkansas City
Kansas Junior Bar Assn
Kansas Bar Assn
Robert Thiessen
James James
Topeka
D. G. Tudor
Henry Lampl
S. S. Alexander
Kingman
James P. Coleman
Junction City
John C. Quinn
Arthur W. Relihan
Scott City
Owen S. Samuel
W. W. Parker
Emporia
Jerry E. Driscoll
Russell
J. R. Hyland
Washington
W. E. Brodie
Winfield
Edward G. Flood
Hays
H. W. Cramer
LaCrosse
Car Slides Down Slope Strikes Tree After Parking Incident
James Lindsay of 514 West Fourth reported to police at 5 15 p m yesterday that his Pontiac parked by his wife on South Katy rolled down a slope and hit a tree. The 1956 Pontiac loss and driver details were recorded as a domestic parking mishap.
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Prakes
Katy
James Lindsay
Final Induction For 2 Neosho Men
Two Chanute men Dwight L. Hummer and Ralph E. Debler will report here Wednesday for final induction into the armed services at Kansas City on the following day, per the county selective service at the post office.
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Chanute
Dwight L. Hummer
N. Washington
Ralph E. Debler
W. Main
Armed Services
Kansas City
Post Office
Forecast of light rain and mild weekend weather
Topeka weather office reports partly cloudy skies with scattered showers this afternoon. Southeast and southwest tonight and tomorrow may see light rain with highs around the mid 60s and tonight's low near 55.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Duke Shoop Dies in Washington Hospital
Duke Shoop chief of the Kansas City Star Washington Bureau died at Garfield Hospital in Washington early today. He celebrated his 53rd birthday yesterday. Shoop reported political events and national developments from the capital for more than 25 years after being stricken with an abdominal ailment in April.
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Washington
Duke Shoop
Kansas City Star
Garfield Hospital
Shoop
United Nations debates Egypt plan for Suez Canal
The Security Council split on Egypt’s declaration to run the canal. Nine members weighed options from maintaining to replacing it with an international agreement. Britain Australia France and Sweden favored replacement. United States Philippines Nationalist China backed it. Iraq and the Soviet Union supported the declaration. Egypt vows to honor the 1888 Constantinople convention and run tolls with 5 percent royalties and 25 percent for improvements, while allowing up to a 1 percent annual toll rise.
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N.Y.P
U.N. Security Council
Suez Canal
Egypt
France
Sweden
Pierson Dixon
Britain
Council
Dixon
E. Ronald Walker
Australia
Guillaume Georges-Picot
Cairo
Paris
China
Cocom
United States
NATO
Japan
Workers Vote To End Strike In Texas And Omaha
About 1,300 telephone installation workers in Texas and Omaha approved ending a 12 day walkout against Western Electric Co. They will return to duty Monday after failed talks over transfer procedures. The dispute began April 15 over eight Dallas based workers assigned to Waxahachie on a commuter basis. Cantrell of Local 6290 said negotiations failed to alter the company stance and advised return to work.
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Dallas
Texas
Oma
Western Electric Co
Waxahachie
Tex
W. Cantrell
Cantrell
Southwest
Shriners Parade Through Pratt In Special Rail Cars
The Rock Island Rocket Club of Chicago arrives in Pratt in two special rail cars for a parade followed by a dinner and dance hosted by the Shriner organization.
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Pratt
Rock Island Rocket Club of
Chicago
Shriner Organization
Meanest Briton fined for vile letters to bereaved mothers
Frederick Henry Bessemer Clark, 76, a retired businessman and descendant of Sir Henry Bessemer, was fined 112 for mailing anonymous letters that called a child’s death a blessing. Detective Inspector Fanstone traced him after 32 years. the judge warned of jail if he writes again.
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Sevenoaks
England
Frederick Henry Bessemer Clark
Sir Henry Bessemer
Clark
Henry James Fanstone
Fanstone
Jordan's King Hussein Tightens Grip with Martial Law
Jordan's new government orders military courts to try red elements amid martial law. Arab Legion rounds up leftists and extreme nationalists as Amman and major cities lie under curfew. Suleiman Nabulsi faces house arrest. Suleiman Toukan named military governor to stabilize Palestine west of the Jordan River.
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Amman
Jordan
Hussein
Arab Legion
Suleiman Nabulsi
Ibrahim Hashem
Nabulsi
Old Jerusalem
Nabuls
Ramallah
Irbid
Suleiman Toukan
Toukan
Scouts Plan Show at Iola Exhibit With Global Aid
Scoutmaster Ralph B. Garvin of Boy Scout Troop No. 6 reports extensive support for the Scouts in Action exhibit at Iola High School. He arranged displays on fingerprinting with help from Scotland Yard the FBI Kansas Texas and Royal Canadian Mounted Police. FBI Topeka will send Harry Felker Jr to explain fingerprinting. The program starts about 7 p.m. at Iola Senior High School with all Chanute groups also planning booths and activities.
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Ralph B. Garvin
Lola
Garvin
New Scotland Yard
London
England
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Texas Rangers
Austin
Tex
Kansas Bureau of Identification
Topeka
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Toronto
Canada
Scotland Yard
Texas Ranger
FBI
Bureau
Harry Felker Jr
Iola
Chanute Boy Scout
Iola Senior
Rural Schools Conso l idate East of Chanute
Eight rural districts east of Chanute approved consolidation by 109 to 51 with three districts voting unanimously. Passage required all eight districts, and the merger passed in some with only two votes to spare. A new consolidated district number will be assigned within 10 days and a special election for a board of education set. A new school is planned with a fall 1958 completion goal.
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Chanute
Nelle H. Stevens
Board of Education
Stevens
Chanute FFA Wins Southeast Kansas Safety Award
The Chanute High School Future Farmers chapter earns a district national safety award for farm safety. The recognition, announced to chapter sponsor Charles O. Carter Jr. by C. C. Eustace, cites 66 farm inspections, a radio program, a safety display, multiple non smoking signs, and safety meetings. David Masters placed third in district junior speaking. Larry Ingraham serves as safety chairman.
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Chanute
Future Farmers
Kansas
FFA
Charles O. Carter Jr
C. C. Eustace
Manhattan
Grice E. Sexton
Kansas Farm Bureau
Carter
Farm Bureau
National Safety Congress
Chicago
David Masters
Larry Ingraham
Directors Re elect 4 Topeka and Santa Fe Board
Thursday re elected four members of the Board of Directors of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company. They are J Luther Cleveland of New York B L Hupp of La Jolla California John L McCaffrey of Chicago and George P Getz Jr of Chicago.
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
J. Luther Cleveland
New York
B. L. Hupp
la Jolla
Calif
John L. McCaffrey
Chicago
George , P. Getz, Jr
Monarchs Plan Vatican Visit After Rome Trip
Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco depart for Rome to visit the Vatican and meet the Pope on Tuesday. Baby Princess Caroline stays with nurses at the palace.
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Monte Carlo
Prince Rainier
Grace
Monaco
Rome
Vatican
Caroline
Rainer
Traffic Fatalities Reported Across Kansas
Topeka dispatch notes 4 deaths in the last 24 hours while 1957 year total reaches 161. The prior year’s figure for the same period stood at 187, with the record section marking the data as sequentially updated.
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Topeka
Kansas
Texas Floods and Rains Trigger Wide Evacuations
Torrential rainfall and rising Trinity River levels forced evacuations across south Dallas and surrounding counties as floods threatened homes. Central Texas saw tornadoes injuring five and causing over a million dollars in damage while Comanche and Killeen faced isolation and displaced residents.
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Dallas
Texas
Kenedy
Karnes County
Trinity River
Trinity
Department of Public Safety
Comanche
Fort Worth
Killeen
Fort Hood
Tex
Officers’ Club
Red Cross drive progress reported in county
Campaign treasurer Billy R. Coats reported that about half of the county's $10 112 goal has been raised. Totals include Chanute 4141 against 6832 Erie 908 toward 950 St Paul 116 05 against 275 and Erie township already meeting its 160 goal Final reports for Thayer are still awaited and contributors are urged to send donations to Coats or the county Red Cross office.
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Billy R. Coats
Coats
Chanute
Erie
Erie Township
St. Paul
Thayer
County Red Cross
Memorial Building
Quake Triggers Frame of Aid in Falmouth Maine
A tremor that rattled four New England states helped Mrs. Herbert E. Jenkins when a bedroom light finally sparked to life during the tremor after 15 minutes of attempting to switch it on. The shake left the home of the Jenkins family intact and offered a small moment of relief amid the unusual event.
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Falmouth
Maine
New England
Herbert E. Jenkins
Tribune Delivery Help Line Note
If you do not receive your Tribune contact your carrier. If the carrier cannot be steadied call 700 after 6 p.m.
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Tribune
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