South Korea upheaval ends Rhee era as Lee Ki-poong dies
Lee Ki-poong and his family died in a cottage on the presidential grounds after the revolt that toppled President Syngman Rhee. Acting President Huh Chung named ministers while former officials face arrest warrants over alleged voting fraud and police abuses.
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Seoul
South Korea
Lee
Rhee
Ki-poong
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Defense
Huh Chung
Six Inde
Huh
Choi In-kyu
Choi
Four Students Die as Turkish Riots Erupt Over Ban
In Istanbul thousands of rioting students protested Premier Adnan Menderes after a three month ban on politics. Four killed and many injured as police clashed near the University of Istanbul while authorities halted classes. The unrest mirrors South Korea's crisis and toppled leaders.
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Istanbul
Turkey
TAP
Adnan Menderes
University of
Menderes
South Korea
Rhee
Ferguson Enters GOP Bid for Attorney General
William M. Ferguson of Wellington, 42, the Republican candidate for attorney general, visited yesterday. A lawyer with 15 years practice, he has banking and ranch interests and served nine years as Wellington city attorney. He was in the state Legislature 1949 to 1957, chaired the House welfare committee, and sat on several panels including ways and means and roads. He helped establish the state mental health program as welfare chair.
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William M. Ferguson
Wellington
Ferguson
House
Legislative Council
Chamber of Commerce Dinner Features Robert Gadberry
The annual Chamber of Commerce dinner is at 6 30 tonight at the Masonic Temple. Wichita banker Robert Gadberry will be the featured speaker. The program includes a recap of past chamber work and plans for the coming year.
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Chamber of Commerce
Masonic Temple
Robert Gadberry
Wichita
Electric Beam Replaces Shovel at Western Electric Plant
Lee's Summit Missouri AP reports construction on a 50 million dollar Western Electric plant near the city. Groundbreaking used dynamite blasts set by an electronic rifle beam. Lt Governor Edward V. Long fired the detonating signal at a microwave antenna on the 340 acre site. The plant aims to employ up to 5,000 and be completed in 1961 producing electronic components.
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Lee’s Summit
Western Electric Co
Edward V. Long
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours to 9 a.m. Thursday with 146 fatalities for the 1960 to 1959 comparable period and noting an earlier fatality that was not previously reported.
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Topeka
Kansas
AMA Official Blasts Reuther Over Health Insurance Stance
Dr. F J L Blasingame of the AMA charged Walter Reuther and other labor leaders with pressuring Congress for risky health care legislation. He criticized the Forand bill as pushing compulsory federal health insurance funded by payroll taxes and urged rejection of such a plan.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Medical Assn
Walter P. Reuther
Congress
F.J.L. Blasingame
Chicago
AMA
Said Reuther
United Auto Workers
Blasingame
Middle Atlantic Hospital Assembly
House
Ways and Means Committee
Northwest Missouri jails show 15 of 23 empty
Census takers inspected 23 jails in northwest Missouri and found 15 without inmates. The brief note adds a Tribune phone line and after hours contact number for readers seeking assistance.
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St, Joseph, Mo
Missouri
Baby Falls From 3rd Story Lands in Arm of Man
In Seattle a 16 month old, Richard Hudson, fell from a third story window and was caught by Richard Taylor, a public school employee. Taylor and friend David Fitzgerald were returning from a coffee break when the baby landed safely in Taylor’s arms. The mother, Irvin Sullivan, initially blamed her daughter Vicky, saying she pushed Rickey.
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Baby
Seattle
Wash
Richard Taylor
Taylor
David Fitzgerald
Seattle Public
Richard Hudson
Fitz
Richard
Irvin Sullivan
Vicky
Rickey
Erie Defeats School Bonds Defeated by 159 Votes
A proposed 160000 school bond issue was defeated in Erie by 416 to 257, with 683 ballots cast and 10 invalid. Superintendent Robert Krieger estimated about 900 eligible voters. The plan would have funded a grade school addition of five classrooms a multipurpose room a high school band room and an addition to the shop building.
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Erie
Robert Krieger
Two Humboldt Men Waive Preliminary Hearing
Clifford Cheney 26 and Gerald Cheney 25 waived preliminary hearings in city court and were bound over to district court for trial on first degree robbery charges for the Woodruff Oil Co. holdup north of Humboldt. Bond set at $2,000 each. both jailed at Erie. They were arrested near Parsons about two and a half hours after the incident.
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Humboldt
Woodruff Oil Co
Here
Clifford Cheney
Gerald James Cheney
Cheneys
Erie
Parsons
Writ Denied for Soldier Desertion Case
Robert D. Blevens, imprisoned for 13 years for desertion and defecting to East Germany in 1953, had a habeas corpus petition denied by U. S. Judge Walter A. Haxman who ruled the conviction based on the proper charge.
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Topeka
Robert D. Blevens
U. S
Walter A. Haxman
Blevens
Showers Forecast as Kansas Sees Wide Rain Spread
Scattered showers and thunderstorms entered western Kansas and spread across the state with heavy hail east of Tribune and a tornado funnel reported near Tribune. Precipitation exceeds 0.16 inch with more rain possible over the next 24 hours. temperatures remain mostly steady with regional variation.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Tribune
Sharon Springs
Court Monitors Accused of Framing Hoffa in Power Grab
James R. D. Hoffa's lawyer accused court-appointed monitors of plotting to oust Hoffa and seize control of the Teamsters in a high stakes civil case. He argued the monitors sought to block Hoffa’s reelection and cited union assets and member counts as motive.
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Hoffa
Washington
James R. D. Hoffa
Teamsters
Jacob Kossman
U.S. Dist
Joseph R. Jackson
Kossman
Detroit Teamsters
Orlando
Fla
Florida
Teamsters Union
Florda Bank
Log Bridge Fatal For Wichita Boy
James H. Buckley aged 13 died in a Wichita hospital after he and three 13 year old playmates attempted to place a 15 foot log across Gypsum Creek near Jardine Intermediate School. The log broke a rotten section and struck Buckley on the head. The other youths were named Richard Cox Gary Blanchard and Jimmie Dougherty.
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Wichita (Ap
James H. Buckley
Wichita
Jardine
Thomas Buckley
Richard Cox
Gary Blanchard
Jimmie Dougherty
State Printing Plant Studied by Council
The Federal and State Affairs Committee of the Kansas Legislative Council will study the operation of the state printing plant starting Friday. Rep. Charles Arthur leads the panel and has invited state printer Mrs. Lillie Washbaugh and plant production manager Harvey Ray to testify.
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Topeka
Kansas Legislative Council
Charles Arthur
Manhattan
Lillie Washbaugh
Harvey Ray
Crucial Issue Looms As Methodist Conference Debates Racial Policy
Denver AP reports the quadrennial General Conference faces a pivotal clash over a 70 member commission study on racial policy. The plan would maintain separate Negro jurisdictions while tying church governance more closely to overall structure, drawing Southern opposition and Northern protest.
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Denver, Colo
Methodist General Conference
America
Agents Raid Bookie Joints Coast to Coast
U S Treasury agents raided backroom bookie joints and numbers rooms in about 50 cities. At least 65 arrests were made with numbers possibly reaching 100. They targeted locations from candy stores to hotel rooms over compliance with a $50 tax stamp rule.
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Washington
U.S. Treasury
T-Men
Theft of Clothing Reported from Joplin Car
Lester L Poulson reported clothing and other items stolen from his car parked at 501 N Santa Fe. Missing items include two summer suits a pair of binoculars a camera that develops its own pictures and a movie camera. The theft occurred between 11 p m and midnight with a broken glass vent wing entry.
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501
N. Santa Fe
Lester L. Poulson
Joplin
Paulson
Landon Declines Senate Candidacy Amid Editorial Praise
Former governor Alf Landon says he will not enter the U S Senate race while editors in Kansas urge him as a Republic candidate. Schoeppel seeks reelection. Theis and Lt. Gov. Henkle seek the Democratic nomination. Landon criticizes Gov. Docking over capital punishment remarks.
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Topeka
Kan
Alf Landon
Kansas
Landon
U. S. Senate
Senate
Andrew Schoeppel
Frank Theis
Joe Henkle
Schoeppel
Ilike
Interior
Fred Seaton
Seaton
Midwest
Hastings
Neb
George Docking
Docking
Bobby Joe Spencer
Kansas PTA installs officers in three day meeting
Mrs Ray W Scoville of Kansas City was installed today as president of the Kansas Congress for Parents and Teachers. She succeeds Mrs J E Beth of Wellington. Vice presidents named were Mrs Quentin Nelson of Chanute and Mrs H A Garrett of Cawker City.
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Kansas City
Kas
Ray W. Scoville
The
Kansas Congress For Parents and Teachers
J. E. Beth
Wellington
Quentin Nelson
Chanute
H. A. Garrett
Cawker City
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Janet Donaldson
Barbara Chase
Lyle Chase
S. Steuben
Judy Bower
Li-Poong
Wwensen
Agriculture and Communications
National Assembly
Liberal Party
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Lee Ki-poong
Iran
Central Treaty Organization
C of C
Reuther
Pittsburg
Kansas State Firemen
Assny
Darrel Keller
Salina
William Fanska
Emporia
H. W. Childs
R. W. Owsley
Atchison
Martin F. O'Donoghue
Godfrey P. Schmidt
Wasser
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