West Leaders Agree On Berlin Proposals
Four Western foreign ministers in Paris reached large areas of agreement on Berlin and European security proposals. The group plans to revise sections tonight and resume talks Thursday. Britain favors splitting Berlin from other issues to aid a possible East West deal.
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Paris
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Washington
Berlin
Germany
Warsaw Pact
Warsaw
Poland
Geneva
Britain
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Heinrich von Brentano
Herter
Couve de Murville
von Brentano
Area FFA chapters shine at state convention in Manhattan
Altoona, Erie, Neodesha and Fredonia FFA chapters earned top awards at the state convention in Manhattan with Fredonia and Altoona among top three teams. Officers elected include Steve Robb president and Kenneth Lambert secretary. Chanute Yates Center also placed, with Claude Crawshaw and George Weston earning multiple honors.
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Altoona
Erie
Neodesha
Fredonia
Future Farmers of America
Manhattan
Chanute
Yates Center
Kenneth Lambert
Steve Robb
Lawrence
Eldon Eastman
Arkansas City
Earl Kelloff
Stockton
Lawrence Schrader
Effingham
Lawrence Bathurst
Claude Crawshaw
Ronald Kuykendall
Steve Reynolds
Kansans forecast to warm into the 80s statewide
Fair and warmer area outlook shows temperatures climbing into the 80s in most sections today with readings of 75 to 85 forecast for tomorrow. Skies to be mostly fair tonight and partly cloudy Thursday. Lows tonight 40 northwest to 50s elsewhere. a few sprinkles were reported in northeast Kansas with no significant accumulation.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Pittsburg
Emporia
Lawrence
Dams for Area Urged by Arkansas Oklahoma Kansas Delegation
An Arkansas Oklahoma Kansas delegation urged Congress to fund Arkansas River Valley projects to unlock regional resources. Clarence F. Burns of Fort Smith led the Tri-State Committee for Arkansas Basin Development in backing Eisenhower budget items for Keystone Dam Oologah Reservoir Eufaula Dam and Dardanelle Dam, while proposing $2 million for bank stabilization and funds to begin Elk City Council Grove Marion Cedar Point Pine Creek reservoirs. City officials arranged to press for hearings in Washington.
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Washington
Congress
Arkansas River
Senate Public Works Appropriations
House
Clarence F. Burns
Fort Smith
Ark
Tri-State
Arkansas Basin
Arkansas
Southwestern
Burns
Eisenhower
Keystone
Oologah
Eufaula Dam
Oklahoma
Dardanelle
Elk City
Kan
Council Grove
Marion
Cedar Point
Kansas
Pine Creek
Little River
Bove Ends 42-Year Career at Star Drilling
Leo Bove of 321 S Kansas will retire Friday after 42 years as a machinist at Star Drilling Company with a 23 month World War I break. He started in 1917 after a year at Santa Fe machine shop, served in France with the 42nd Rainbow Division, and now plans to devote time to fishing with his wife Letha.
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Leo Bove
S. Kansas
Star Drilling Company
Booe
Star
Santa Fe
Army
France
42Nd
Rainbow Division
Chanute
North
Letha
Leo Booe
Tribune
Oregon wagon train heads toward Independence from Westmoreland
The Oregon wagon train company of 23 hardy individuals rode out of Westmoreland headed for Frankfort and closer to their destination of Independence, Ore. The group started their trek as the Westbound Oregon wagon train rolls westward for settlement.
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Westmoreland, Kan
Oregon Wagon Train Company
Westmoreland
Frankfort
Independence
Ore
Plans For Canteen Fund Raising And Junior Board
Community Council discussed fundraising and reorganization for the Teen Canteen. Money from the snack bar covers running expenses through May and a talent show is planned by local youth groups. A five member junior board from both middle and high school councils was approved to govern the canteen.
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Chanute Youths Groups
Chanute Parks
Santa Fe Park
Merle Estes
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Harold Dodson
Elsie Cunningham
BPW
PTA
Junior Chamber of Commerce
VFW
Ten
Dentists Elect John Albers President-Elect
In Topeka AP reports Dr John Albers of Lawrence is elected president elect of the Kansas Dental Association. He succeeds current leader and will guide the group through upcoming terms.
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Topeka
John Albers
Lawrence
Kansas Dental Assn
City to Spray for Insects in Summer Campaign
City Manager R. J. Hayes announced the annual summer spraying to combat tree worms and other insects will begin in the next week to ten days. Spraying times will follow past practice with three to four nights required to cover the town. effectiveness depends on light winds and dry nights. rain can wash away the solution. Chemicals cost the city 1500 to 3000 dollars each summer, based on the number of sprayings.
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R. J. Hayes
Hayes
No Peace Sighted In Television Strike
New York AP reports a 1500 technician strike against National Broadcasting Co. continues with no agreement in sight. NBC filed two lawsuits totaling over a million dollars against the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians Union alleging the walkout violated a no-work clause by not striking at night.
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New York
National Broadcasting Co
National Assn. of Broadcast Employes and Technicians Union
Missing Pair Seeks Trail Between Columbus and Joplin
In Kansas and Missouri authorities search for Mrs. Benjamin Jones, 23, and her daughter Benetta Kay after they vanished from a Wichita area route. Officers traced leads from Newton to Salina and Columbus, with a 40-year-old gray-haired man seen with them and a bus transfers chain. the search yielded no results.
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Columbus
Kan
California
Joplin
Benjamin Jones
Brunet
Benetta Kay
Springfield
van Nuys
Wichita
Newton
Jones
Wichita Eagle
Bill Routen
Kansas City
Salina
Routen
O. A. King
George Mohrbacher
Parsons Great Bend Win Safety Awards
Great Bend and Parsons in Kansas were named winners in the under 20 000 population class of the U S Chamber of Commerce fire safety contest. West Milwaukee Wisconsin captured the top honor in the division.
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Washington
Pend and
Parsons
Kas
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
West Milwaukee
Wis
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Kansas
AP notes Kansas accident records show 2 fatalities in the last 24 hours to 9 am today raising 1959 year total to 137. The comparable period in 1958 also lists 137 fatalities, with both fatalities previously unreported.
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Topeka
Kansas
New Dial Building Excavation Nears Start in Chanute
Southwestern Bell Vice President Al Endres announced that H. G. Weller Construction of Wichita will begin excavation at First and Steuben for Chanute’s new dial building. Work should finish in about two months with rock under the site delaying until the separate contract. The one story structure with partial second floor and basement is part of a 1,256,000 project to bring dial service by mid 1961.
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Chanute
al Endres
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
H. G. Weller Construction, Company
Wichita
First and Steuben
Southwestern Bell
Endres
Dial
Dial Telephone
First and Highland
Enidres
Coon Dog Freed After Six Days Trapped on Cliff
Little Richard the coon hound was rescued after six days trapped in a limestone cliff crevice near Owasso Oklahoma. Rescue workers used drills dynamite and air hammers while Don Dillard a Owasso High School senior fed the dog ham. Veterinarian Dr James H Collins said the dog could be kept alive indefinitely pending recovery.
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Owasso
Okla
Little Richard
Sid Bob Parkhurst
Tulsa Radio
KRMG
Richard
Don Dillard
Dillard
James H. Collins
Tulsa
Little
Larry Wilson
Eisenhower calls for tighter labor bill amendments
President Eisenhower urged Congress to tighten the Senate labor control bill at three points. He criticized weaknesses in the measure and suggested House amendments to curb secondary boycotts outlaw blackmail picketing and clarify authority in the no man’s land between National Labor Relations Board and state powers. He praised the original bill of rights but called the adopted compromise inadequate.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
House
National Labor Relations Board
John McClellan
D-Ark
Thomas Kuchel
California
Ash Grove to Modernize Chanute Cement Plant
Ash Grove Line and Port land Cement Co. will replace three older facilities at its Chanute plant in a modernization project that does not increase production. Structures to go include raw materials storage rock crushing and coal gypsum and shale handling. Work to begin by mid summer with a contract signed soon for demolition and construction. track system changes are already underway by Freeto Grading Co.
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Ash Grove
Portland Cement Co
Chanute
Ira E. Barber
Freeto Grading Co
Hanson girl awarded 2250 in scholarships over four years
Lyla Hanson, a 19 year old sophomore at Chanute Junior College and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn E Hanson, receives a 500 yearly scholarship to the Philadelphia Textile Institute for four years provided she maintains good standing. She also earns a 250 4 H award from the Woolworth Company for achievements during 11 years with the Neosho Valley Busy Bees.
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Lyla Hanson
Chanute Junior College
Glenn E. Hanson
Hanson
Philadelphia Textile Institute
Hansson
Woolworth Company
Neosho Valley
Busy Bees
Kansas
Kansas City
Eight Sailors Killed In Ship Explosion Near Fremantle
The Norwegian tanker Farmand suffered an engine room explosion killing eight crewmen and injuring five of its 45 aboard. The Italian liner Australia with two doctors aboard rushed to assist about 780 miles northwest of Fremantle, while Farmand, en route from Adelaide to the Persian Gulf, reported the fire extinguished.
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Perth
Australia
Farmand
Fremantle
Adelaide
Persian Gulf
Boat Accident Fatal To Two Kansas Citians
Two men drowned in the Kaw River near the Seventh street landing in Kansas City Kansas when an outboard motor tipped the tail of their eight foot boat. The dead were Ted Morris 29 and Jack Wright 21 both of Kansas City Missouri. A witness said the boat lurched forward as the motor started throwing Morris and Wright into the water and they disappeared while trying to swim to shore.
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Kansas City, Kan
Kaw
Seventh Street
Kansas City
Kan
Ted Morris
Jack Wright
Morris
Wright
Car Burns At Stewart's Lake Near Chanute
Floyd D. Shultz reported his 1952 Plymouth totaled after burning around 1 45 p.m. yesterday at Stewart's Lake north of Chanute where he had gone fishing. Dale Pine address 524 W. Pine provided.
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Floyd D. Shultz
W. Pine
Stewart’s Lake
Chanute
Shultz
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Bove
Wasser
Ady
Lee Sharp
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Hugh Bower
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