Reactions Sought to Possible Eisenhower Khrushchev Visit
Western diplomats say an invitation from President Eisenhower to Soviet Premier Khrushchev to visit the United States could be announced within days. The discussion centers on a potential Eisenhower Khrushchev meeting as an alternative to a broader summit amid stalled Berlin talks.
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Geneva
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
United
Richard M. Nix
Russia
Moscow
Warsaw
U.S
Christian Herter
White House
Berlin
Army recruiters vie for all expense paid trip to Branson
SFC H L Lynch and SFC H E Erickson compete for top Kansas Missouri recruiter prize. Col Ray E Ecker announces two person trip to Branson Missouri includes boating dancing and fishing. Contest runs two months through August with Chanute office near top. Easter lily bloom puzzle adds local note.
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Chanute Army
H. L. Lynch
H. E. Erickson
Ray E. Ecker
Kansas City
Kansas- Missouri
Branson, Mo
Chamber of Commerce
Branson
Chanute Recruitment Office
Erickson
Man Arrested After Accident In Chanute Police Incident
Lloyd G. Reynolds 41 of Independence was arrested by Chanute police for driving while intoxicated open bottle transportation failure to reduce speed and no valid license after a 7 45 p m crash in which his 1955 Plymouth struck a 1951 Pontiac driven by Mrs Betty Newton who had six children in the car Reynolds was taken to Neosho Memorial Hospital for a blood alcohol test and both cars sustained damage In a separate incident at 6 30 p m a backing accident in the 1700 block of South Santa Fe damaged a 1958 Chevrolet. William A Johnson 30 of R 3 backed into Richard H Graham's parked car Johnson's vehicle had no damage
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Lloyd G. Reynolds
Independence
Chanute
Reynolds
North Santa Fe
Betty Joan Newton
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Newton
South Santa Fe
William A. Johnson
Santa Fe
Richard H. Graham
Oklahoma City
Okla
Johnson
Ten More Polio Cases Reported in Kansas
AP dispatch says ten new polio cases raise Kansas year total to 57, up from eight at this time last year. Only 34 polio cases occurred in all of 1958. New patients include five in Sedgwick County and one each in Wyandotte Harper Labette Nemaha and Barton counties.
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Topeka
Kansas
Sedgwick
Wyandotte
Harper, Labette
Nemara
Barton
U S Research Balloon Lands in Finland
A U S research balloon launched July 23 from Northfield Minnesota landed near Ilomantsi Finland ten miles from the Soviet border. The 75 foot plastic bag carried instruments to record air pressure and temperature and radio ground station data.
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Northfield
Minn
State Department
Finland
G.T. Schjeldah Co
Ilomantse
Funds in Bill For 170 Missiles
The compromise defense appropriations bill includes funds to build at least 170 Atlas missiles. The Atlas program details remain secret, with figures tied to congressional sources. The measure, drafted by Senate and House conferees, awaits final passage and would boost Army funding while trimming some Navy and Air Force appropriations. It also funds 25 million dollars to start an additional nuclear powered aircraft carrier and advances other missile programs including Titan Minuteman and Nike Zeus.
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Washington
Congressional
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Conference Committee
Pentagon
National Guard
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Secretary of Defense
Army
Atlas
Titan
Steel Strike At a Glance In The Steel Industry
The strike involves about half a million United Steelworkers and 85 000 allied workers. Talks are set in New York Monday with federal mediator Finnegan having met Friday. The industry loses roughly 300 million dollars weekly in business and workers lose about 70 million in wages. The union seeks 15 cents per hour plus fringe benefits, while the industry opposes higher costs raising steel prices and the potential for an inflated national economy.
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Associated Press
United Steelworkers
Allied Industries
New York
Joseph F. Finnegan
Cat's Whiskers Trigger Car Crash in Kansas
Joseph Gilbert Lewis of Wichita was hospitalized after a cat jumped into his car while he stretched in darkness. The cat rubbed against him and meowed, startling him and causing his car to skid off the road into a field, leaving the vehicle badly damaged.
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ST. John
Kan
Joseph Gilbert Lewis
Wichita
Lewis
Tony Bendell
Garage Cut in Half By Street Dispute
In Mission Kansas the city halved a resident’s garage to clear a street extension right of way. Ernest P Nelson watched as workmen sawed off the disputed section and towed it away. Officials said Nelson refused a $500 offer to move the structure.
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Mission, Kan
Ernest P. Nelson
Nelson
Ten-Year Prison Terms For Two Kansas City Youths
Two 17-year-old African American youths received ten-year federal prison terms for robbing the Home Savings Assn. of 3512 at knife point on June 26. Charles LeRoy Asberry and Byron D. Britton pleaded guilty. Freddie Leonard Harold, 16, refused to plead and is held awaiting grand jury action.
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Kansas City
Home Savings Assn
Charles LeRoy Asberry
Byron D. Britton
Freddie Leonard
Army plans to destroy 7000 cases of beer on St. Lawrence Island
Volunteers are sought to destroy beer buried on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea after natives salvaged some from pits. Medical officers had deemed it unfit two years ago. the Army burned and buried it, prompting village disturbances. Lt. Gen. Armstrong agreed to airlift a platoon to certify destruction.
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Washington
St. Lawrence Island
Bering Sea
Soviet Union
Alaska
Gambell
E. L
Bob) Bartlett
Bartlett
Frank A. Armstrong
Alaskan Command
Bartett
Armstrong
West Virginia Turnpike Crash Kills Five
Five people died in a head on collision on the West Virginia turnpike about 15 miles north of Beckley. Six Fort Bragg soldiers and four Troy Ohio residents were involved. Two soldiers died and four were injured including three critically. Three Ohio occupants died and one was injured. One car reportedly was on the wrong side of the road.
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Beckley
W.va
West Virginia Turnpike
Here
R. G. Coen
Fort Bragg
Troy
Ohio
Coen
Fatal injuries in Fort Scott crash claim mother and son
Mrs Cecil Vaughn 23 of Fort Scott died today in a hospital from injuries suffered Wednesday night in a car truck collision. Her 4 year old son Randy Eugene also died in the crash.
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Fort Scott
Cecil Vaughn
Randy Eugene
Topeka Fire Sparks $985000 Suit Over Damages
A downtown Topeka fire last March led George Gordon to sue Berkson's Inc. for 985,500 in Shawnee County District Court. Gordon, owner of the building, says Berkson's vacated on July 1 though the lease runs to 1981. He seeks 2,500 July rent 75,000 for repairs 625,000 for remaining rent and 256,000 for taxes.
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Topeka
Shawnee County
George Gordon
Berkson's Inc
Consolidated Sun Ray Inc
Philadelphia
Gordon
Fear and tension era warned by Nixon in Moscow
Vice President Nixon warned Soviet Premier Khrushchev of an era of fear and tension if communism spreads, urging mutual respect and a just peace. He proposed direct broadcasts, reciprocal printing of speeches, wider cultural exchanges, and ending VOA jamming. Nixon plans talks in Warsaw with Gomulka.
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Moscow
Nixon
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Khrushchev
United States
Eisenhower
Washington
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Soviet Union
Voice of America
Humboldt Budget Shows Slight Tax Levy Decrease for 1960
Humboldt approves a 1960 budget with a levy of 25.23 per 1000 value, down from 25.26. Expenditures total 242,022.09, up 1,976.87, funded by 41,917.36 in city taxes and remaining balances. A hearing is set for Aug. 10 at City Hall.
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Humboldt
Elderly Man Killed as Wall Collapses in Carthage
Jacob S Hoff 81 died Friday when a wall of an old school building collapsed during razing. Hershell Ralston of Carthage, the victim’s son in law, said the two had been razing the building.
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Carthage
Jacob S. Hoff
Hershell Ralston
Hoff
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Reported by State Records
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section for the 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. To date in 1959 326 compared with the comparable period in 1958 203.
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Topeka
Kansas
Georgia boy tells of six day Grand Canyon survival
John Manson Owens, 15, of Savannah, recounts his six day fight for life after being stranded with two companions who perished. He was rescued by Army helicopter and spoke of thirst, cliff descent, raft makeshift, and steadfast prayers that kept him going.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Georgia
John Manson Owens
Savannah
Colorado River
Awesome
Eugene A. Gavigan
Walter J. ‘Mahany Jr
Padre
Pete
Mahany
Mahony
Owens
Manson Owens
Bridge
Pete Mahany
Ravine
Father Gavigan
Rough Budget Battles In Future Years
Budget Director Maurice H. Stans warns that current budget fights are only a foretaste of harsher battles ahead. He states that under existing commitments the 1961 budget could reach 80 billion dollars or more. The President had proposed a 77 billion dollar budget for 1960.
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Washington
Maurice H. Stans
Nation's Business Magazine
Stans
Anderson to Attend Midwest AG Meeting in Iowa
AP report states Attorney General John Andersen will attend a National Association of Attorneys General gathering at Lake Okoboji in Iowa next week.
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Topeka
John Andersen
Midwest
National Assn. of Attorneys General
Lake Okoboji
Iowa
Firemen crash through door During alarm
Volunteer firefighters at Claremont tried to answer an alarm when the overhead door slammed closed trapping them. They drove the fire engine through the door but could not reach the blaze in the barn.
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Owatonna
Minn
Claremont
Topeka Woman Pleads Innocent
Mrs. Margaret Wolkom, 36, pleaded innocent on embezzlement charges totaling more than 70 000 from Gregg Tire Co. Released on 7 500 bond after a preliminary hearing slated for August 13. District records show a pending divorce. fire company audit cited daily errors of five to sixty dollars over about five years.
Fair Humid Area Forecast With Warm Weekend
The forecast calls for widely scattered thundershowers mainly later today and this weekend. Expect hot and humid conditions with a low tonight in the 70s and a high Sunday near 95 to 100. Cool air yesterday brought showers and a drop in temperatures by about 15 degrees.
Search for Dr. Larson to be called off with no leads
The Missouri Civil Air Patrol will dismiss the search for Dr. Hubert Larson of Columbia if no development occurs today. A small standby crew remains at Springfield Municipal Airport with no flights planned unless a key lead emerges. Five CAP planes and two Missouri Air National Guard planes had scoured areas near Crocker, Rolla, and Waynesville after reports of a possible crash.
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Springfield
Hubert Larsor
Columbia
J. Orval Ladd
Missouri
Civil Air Patrol
Col. Ladd
Larson
Texarkana
Tex
CAP
Missouri Air
New Labor Bill Sent to House by Committee
Washington AP report says a new labor bill with fewer restrictions than the Senate version was sent to the House by the House Labor Committee. The measure, approved Friday by the committee, faces expected rewrites as it moves toward House action with mixed praise and criticism on its effectiveness.
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Washington
Senate
House
House Labor Committee
Beatniks to Hold Reading at Venice Gashouse
Venice residents clash with beatniks as Lawrence Lipton reads a poem with jazz accompaniment at the Gashouse. Lipton says the gathering responds to local efforts to oust beatniks who have made Venice a Southern California beat capital.
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Venice
Calif
Lawrence Lipton
Lipton
California
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N. Central
Tribune
Janet Ahif
Glen Ahif
W. Main
Janet
Future Nurses Club
K.C
West Virginia
Wasser
Arol R. Kozlov
Khrushchevy
Fisenhower
Radio Moscow
Alexander Akalovsky
Izvestia
Communist Party
Pravda
Moscow News
Fra! R. Kozlov
Kozlov
Kremlin
Poland
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Wall
Gashouse
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