Ike and Khrushchev to Exchange Visits in Autumn
President Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Khrushchev will swap visits this fall as part of renewed diplomacy. Khrushchev will visit the United States in September, with Eisenhower traveling to Moscow later in the year.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Moscow
Warsaw
Richard M. Nixon
United States
Europe
Harold Macmillan
Charles de Gaulle
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Plane makes emergency stop at Chanute service station
An airplane diverted to Floyd Osborn’s Chanute service station on Saturday afternoon after fuel trouble forced an emergency landing on the new K39 highway. Pilot Robert L. Brewer of Tulsa fueled five gallons of high test gas, with police clearing roads and Seventh Street to help taxi to the airport. The wing tank pump failed, but at Chanute Municipal Airport the problem was fixed and Brewer continued to Kansas City.
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Floyd Osborn
Plummer
K39
Chanute
Osborn
Robert L. Brewer
Tulsa
Chanute Municipal
Brewer
Chanute Police
Kansas City
Steel Talks Are Resumed After Labor Mediation
New York report says industry and United Steelworkers resume joint talks after a Mitchell demand for serious bargaining. Mitchell, Eisenhower adviser, called out both sides for weak efforts as mediators arranged the session amid the steel strike that began July 15.
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New York
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
Washington
Eisenhower
United Steelworkers of America
Fourth Polio Victim for Kansas City Kansas
A one year old boy admitted to the University of Kansas Medical Center last Wednesday is Kansas City Kansas fourth polio victim of the year. Willis Wansetter son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Wansetter had received no vaccine shots and was reported in fairly good condition.
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Kansas City
Kan
University of Kansas Medical Center
Health Department
Willis Wansetter
Clarence Wansetter
Eisenhower Khrushchev visit plan draws mixed praise
Congressional reaction to Eisenhower's decision to exchange visits with Soviet Premier Khrushchev was mostly favorable yet divided. Senators Capehart and Johnson supported the move while Capehart warned of overenthusiasm and distrust of Soviet intentions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Congress
Hepler Walnut School Plan to Consolidate in Fall
The newly elected Joint District No. 3 board plans combining Walnut Hep ler and Grant Stark Rural High Schools into one central building for the 1960 61 term. The move aims to offer a better curriculum and faculty selections are pending. A Walnut High School meeting will discuss the proposal and hear patron objections.
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Hepler
Board of Education
Joint District No. 3
Grant
Stark Rural
Howard Woodworth
Walnut High School
Accidents Reported Around Galesburg Over Weekend
Sheriff investigated two non injury crashes near Galesburg plus a highway collision on K47. Involved were Larry McMillan 15 and Jerry Kramer 16 in separate Galesburg area wrecks, and N L Mayfield of Wichita with Warren Peck of rural Galesburg in a two vehicle collision on highway K47. A farm yard incident near Erie involved Dwaine Ashcraft backing into a parked Hammans pickup.
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Erie
Sheriff's Office
Galesburg
Larry Dean McMillan
Jerry Kramer
N. L. Mayfield
Wichita
Warren W. Peck
Jerry Sloan
Mayfield
Peck
Bud Hammans
Sloan
Dwaine Ashcraft
Hammans
School Budget Hearing Tonight Closes In on Budget Details
A public hearing on the 1959 60 school budget will be held with the regular school board meeting at 8 o clock in the new Board of Education building. The budget calls for expenditures of 76833111 up 37162 24 from last year with salary increases and a one mill tax levy rise to 34 62 per thousand amid a district valuation decline.
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Buford Fisher
Board of Education
Fisher
Girard Prisoner Found Hanging in Jail
Donald Hinton a 28 year old held on rape assault and burglary charges was found hanged in Crawford County jail. He was discovered by Jailer Albert Sell after 10 15 p m in a cell alone with a belt around his neck and tied to cage bars. Sheriff Hobart Ahrens said the light was on at the time and no other prisoners were in the second floor cells. Hinton faced charges from two Pittsburg assaults in June and had been arrested with Paul Parsons 19 in Colby on burglary grand larceny and criminal assault.
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Kas
Donald Hinton
Crawford County
Pittsburg
Albert Sell
Hobart Ahrens
Hinton
Goodland
Paul Parsons
Colby
Parsons
Two Cars Collide Near Emporia Killing Seven
A head on crash on U S 50 ten miles east of Emporia killed seven people in two cars including Opal Epting and Marie Walt sisters en route to a wedding shower and Truman Hoover his wife and children. The wreck halted traffic for an hour as responders cleared the scene.
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Mporia
Kan
Kansas
U. S. 50
Meade County
Geary County
Lyon County
Opal Epting
Burlington
Marie Walt
Epting
Linda Epting
Emporia State College
Truman M. Hoover
Wichita
Irvin
Bobby Toles
Toles
Hoovers
L. R. Epting
Emporia Sunday
Thayer
Soldier of Future Awe-Inspiring War Gear Shown
The Army staged a future soldier briefing with a masked combat figure in contamination resistant gear and 16 layer nylon armor. A radio helmet keeps contact with command while a rocket jump belt and air car concepts promise enhanced mobility on future battlefields.
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Washington
Ali
The
Assn
United States Army
Army
Child Dies After Truck Collision In Family Driveway
Penelope Theel, 23 months old of Junction City, was fatally struck and partially run over by a two ton oil truck driven by her father Lloyd in the family driveway in Topeka. The father said he did not see the child run behind the truck.
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Topeka
Penelope Theel
Junction City
Lloyd
Installment Debt Rises in June Nationwide Figures
The Federal Reserve Board reported June installment debt rose by 452 million dollars after seasonal adjustment, bringing total outstanding consumer credit to 35.81 billion. For the first half of 1959, installment debt grew by about 2.4 billion, with new credit and repayments near peak rates. Wasser for insurance. Ph. 119 000.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Wasser
Pair of jailbreakers hunted in Arkansas hills
Arkansas authorities hunted two escapees from Cassville Missouri after they stabbed a jailer and fled. Eddie Weathers 25 of Fullerton California and Edvin Kervalvias 17 Latvian AWOL from Ft Leonard Wood were last seen on U S Route 62 near Garfield. They stole a car, abandoned it near Fayetteville, and were armed with a shotgun and hunting knife.
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Eddie Weathers
Fullerton
Calif
Edvin Kervalvias
Ft. Leonard Wood
U. S. 62
Arkansas
Jimmy Mooney
Washburn
Weathers
Kervalvins
George Smith
Smith
Bill Hemphill
Cassville
Mooney
Hemphill
Garfield
Kervalvias
Monett
School Bus Clinic Held At Highway Office August 13
The 11th annual school bus clinic for area school drivers occurs August 13 at the Highway Commission office basement West 14th. Attendance is expected near 100 with talks by Ralph Stinson, Lee Page, Dr A J Edwards, and Richard C Smith followed by driver knowledge tests. Similar clinics are planned in Hoxie, Garden City, Hays, Pratt, Salina, El Dorado and Topeka.
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Highway Commission
Highway Patrol
Superintendent of Public Instructions
Ralph Stinson
Lee Page
Southwestern Greyhound Lines
A. J. Edwards
Kansas University
Lawrence
Richard C. Smith
Kansas Traffic and Safety Department
West 14Th
Hoxie
Garden City
Hays
Pratt
Salina
el Dorrado
Topeka
Minor Traffic Mishaps Reported In City Saturday
Police investigated several minor collisions and parking lot damages. Peggy Trabue and Ernest Palmer were involved in a backing collision at 221 EF around 1 pm Saturday. Palmer’s 1953 Chrysler sustained a damaged left rear fender. Ronald E. Decker reported a damaged parked 1954 Ford near Sportsman's Bowl. Richard Johns said his 1957 Ford had a left rear fender damaged in the Lincoln and Elms lot between noon and midnight Saturday.
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Peggy Trabue
Garfield
Ernest Palmer
Canton
Ill
Ronald E. Decker
Buffalo
Sportsman's Bowl
Richard Johns
Humboldt
Lincoln and
Elms
Traffic Fatalities Reported In State Accident Records
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic fatalities in the state accident records for a 48 hour period ending at 9 am today. The document shows fatalities to date in 1959 with a comparison to the previous year for the same period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Nixon Meets With Leaders Of Poland
Vice President Richard M. Nixon held a three hour meeting with Polish Communist chief Wladyslaw Gomulka and Premier Jozef Cyrankiewicz in Warsaw. Crowds cheered as Nixon laid a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and a Polish worker impulsively hugged him before security separated them.
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Poland
Richard M. Nixon
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Jozef Cyraniewicz
Nixon
Adam Rapacki
United States
Neexon
Herbert G. Klein
Alexander Zawadski
Belvedere Palace
Czieslaw Wycech
Gomulka
Heat wave sweeps Kansas with readings over 100
Kansans endure extreme heat as dozens of cities report highs above 100. Russell hits 106 tying the year's peak while Garden City Webster Dam and Hill City reach 105 and Dodge City Kirwin 103. Abilene Hutchinson also log 100 plus. northwest may cool slightly but forecast climbs to 105 in the east amid shower activity and Goodland records .12 of an inch.
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Kansans
Russell
Garden City
Webster Dam
Hill City
Dodge City
Kirwin
Concordia
Abilene
Hutchinson
Weather Bureau
Olathe
Goodland
Steve Stanfield Hurt In Drilling Accident
Steve Stanfield 70 of Lincoln was reported in satisfactory condition at Neosho Memorial Hospital from injuries in a drilling rig accident near Savonburg. He suffered a triple fracture of the left arm, a broken left shoulder blade, rib fractures and cuts and bruises after his arm was caught in a rope attached to a cathead while rigging at the well location. He was brought to the hospital by Chanute ambulance and worked for C. M. Greenlee.
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Lincoln
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Savonburg
Stanfield
Chanute
C. M. Greenlee
S. Forrest
Greenlee
Woman Complains as Buckingham Palace Guard Is Confined
London AP report says a scarlet-coated Buckingham Palace guard from the Coldstream Guards was confined to barracks after a woman tourist alleged he kicked or struck the ground during a patrol outside the palace gates Sunday night. Police withheld the guard’s name. A British paper speculated the tourist may be American. An off-duty guardsman described the guard’s salute and rifle butt strike as a sign he planned to march off.
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Buckingham Palace
Palace
Coldstream Guards
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