Seattle Boy Scout chosen Junior Dealer of month
Darrell Muzingo grandson of S A Muzingo Buffalo was named Junior Dealer of the Month for the Seattle Post Intelligencer. He received a $100 U S Savings Bond in the presence of Fleet Admiral Halsey and Rear Admiral Bledsoe. He lives in Seattle with his parents and is a sixth grader and Boy Scout.
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Darrell Muzingo
S. A. Muzingo
Buffalo
Seattle Post- Intelligencer
U. S
Fleet
William F. (Bull) Halsey
A. M. Bledsoe
Darrell
His
Mrs
Howard C. Muzingo
Seattle
The
Post-Intelligencer
Boy Scouts
Hoffa Denies Pull-Out Amid AFL CIO Meeting
James R. Hoffa says he has no intention of leading the three million building trades unionists out of the AFL-CIO. He promises resolution of issues at a one day meeting of the AFL CIO Building and Construction Trades Department on the eve of constitutional revision talks. Hoffa directs reporters to the jurisdictional committee president as he forecasts progress at today’s convention.
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Atlantic City
James R. Hoffa
Afl-Cio
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
Afl-Cio Building and Construction Trades Department
Hoffa
Midwest Teamsters
Teamsters
Building and Construction Trades Department
Washington
Ela
Aflcio
George Meany
Firemen Injured As Bakery Warehouse Blaze Sweeps Pittsburgh
A basement and first floor fire at a Pittsburgh bakery warehouse caused about 125000 dollars in damage. Twelve firemen were injured as six companies fought flames and smoke into the early morning. Police ordered nearby evacuations after gunpowder stored on the second floor was found near the Pennsylvania Gunsmith School and George R Thacker Arms Co.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Gunsmith School
George R. Thacker Arms Co
Added Federal Judge For Kansas Gets OK
Washington The Senate Judiciary Committee approved bills authorizing two additional federal district judges for the northern district of Illinois and one extra judge at large for Kansas. The measures move to the Senate for final approval.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Kansas
Illinois
Senate
Dams Burst Flooding Gallinas River Area In New Mexico
Three dams on the Gallinas River burst releasing up to 90 million gallons of floodwater. Hundreds evacuated as water depths reached 12 to 14 feet in surrounding communities near Las Vegas New Mexico. No deaths reported, but livestock and property damage heavy.
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Las Vegas
N.M
Gallinas
George Shannon
New Mexico City
Santa Fe
Shannon
Montezuma Canyons
Pecos
National Guard
High Butte
Teen-Agers Kill Three in New York
New York police on special alert after a spate of teen age violence. Acting Commissioner Kennedy deployed officers following three killings and a later shotgun wounding in Brooklyn. Gov. Harriman urged a Youth Commission meeting as officials weigh a curfew proposal for under 18s.
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New York
Joel R. Kennedy
Brooklyn
Bronx
Averell Harriman
State
Hyman Korn
Walter Arm
Parallel in Moorer Jones case sparks new check forging angle
Police Chief Morehead reported Arkansas state police evidence suggesting a new parallel in the Dorothy Moorer and Lucille Jones case. An Arkansas officer cites a woman’s year prison term for check forging and notes similarities to the checks Jones admitted writing, including Vera Mare in the name and misspelling forty as forty. The officer may travel to Chanute for further investigation. preliminary hearing for Jones and her husband is set for tomorrow at 3 p.m. in city court.
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Tom Morehead
Arkansas
Morehead
Arkansas Poiceman
Chanute
Jones
Moorer
Venetian Blind Cord Strangles Child in Kansas Home
A year and a half old child, Guy George Stark, of Johnson County, died after a venetian blind cord strangled him at home. Fire chief C. G. Lipps said the boy became ensnared in the cord while playing in bed.
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Kansas City
Guy George Stark
William P. Stark Jr
Johnson County
C. G. Lipps
Prairie Village
Trespassers Warned Of Chemical Spray
Clay Center reports farmers in Clay County have posted ads and placards warning that their corn fields have been sprayed to kill grasshoppers and may be poisonous to humans.
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Clay Center
Clay County
Lauderdale Sets World Speed Record In Model Plane Meet
Bob Lauderdale of Fort Smith Arkansas broke the world speed record with a 168 mile per hour flight at the national championship model plane meet in Willow Grove Pennsylvania. James Z Paysen 34 of Wichita won the grand national championship with 682 points in the open national championship competition.
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Willow Grove
Bob Lauderdale
Fort Smith
Arkansas
Lauderdale
James Z. Paysen
Wichita
Softball Team Plays On After Pitcher’s Death
The Durham softball team continued to play in a district tournament in Clay Center hours after pitcher Kenneth Klein, 20, died in a tractor accident. Despite plans to cancel, Klein’s family asked the team to proceed. nine players traveled to Clay Center and lost to Highland 0–10.
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Clay Center
Durham
Kenneth Klein
Klein
Highland
Boat Accident Fatal To Lenexa Fisherman
Lenexa Kansas Joseph Krumm 24 drowned when a fishing boat capsized on a lake on his father August Krumm’s property. Witness Herold Pelham said the boat struck an obstruction and Krumm disappeared while swimming to shore with Pelham.
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Lenexa
Kas
Joseph Krumm
Krumm
Herold Pelham
Clathe
Pelham
Krum
August Krumm
Nixon Heads Rights Drive Against Jury
President Johnson accuses Vice President Nixon of leading a propaganda campaign against the Senate jur y trial amendment to the civil rights bill. Johnson says the bill advances civil rights and predicts its passage, while Eisenhower’s veto threat looms if the Senate version reaches him.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nixon
Senate
Johnson
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Accidental death ruled in Holmes case near El Dorado
A coroner's jury in El Dorado found Nolan Holmes, 47, of Lynnville Kentucky died accidentally from multiple fractured ribs puncturing the heart or lungs. Holmes was found last week in bushes beside Santa Fe Railway tracks about 15 miles northeast of El Dorado. Dr. B E White, coroner, said he had probably been dead several weeks and that a fall from a freight train was likely.
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EL Dorado
Nolan Holmes
Lynnville
Holmes
B. E. White
Burns Fatal in Wichita Fire
Philo Archer, 72, died Saturday from burns he suffered Friday when a fire broke out in a frame apartment building in Wichita. Fire department officials said the blaze caused extensive damage to the structure and nearby units.
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Wichita
Philo Archer
Municipal utility budget sees 1958 sales at 1.19 million
The 1958 city budget estimates municipal utility sales at 1,193,000 dollars with electric, gas, and water departments totaling 904,158 364,576 and 170,900 dollars respectively. Transfers from utilities fund 452,984 and general fund expenditures are 372,500 dollars. Public hearing set for August 15 at 7 30 p.m. in the Memorial building.
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the Tribune
J. Hayes
Electric Department
Gas Department
Water Department
General Operating
General Fund
Hayes
State Board of Health
Memorial Building
Erie Soldiers and Sailors Reunion Aug 12 17
Erie hosts its annual Soldiers and Sailors Reunion August 12 to 17 with nightly entertainment on the courthouse lawn. Johnnie Lee Wills and his Oklahoma band perform Tuesday, Joyce's Studio of Chanute and Parsons dances Wednesday, Coffeyville singers Thursday, a free bean feed Friday, and an amateur program with prizes Saturday. Carnival concessions will be available throughout.
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Erie
Soldiers and Sailors
Johnnie Lee
Wills
Oklahoma
Joyce
Chanute
Parsons
Coffeyville
Oklahoma anthrax scare calms livestock fears area wide
Oklahoma reports an anthrax outbreak near the border with Kansas, but officials say few locally infected animals and no Kansas cases. Kansas and Oklahoma authorities, veterinarians, and college experts meet to inform farmers and enforce quarantines while vaccination efforts continue.
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Oklahoma
T. A. Newlin
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Aadi Ian
N. Forest
Kansas
Kansas Livestock Sanitary Commissioner
Associated Press
Topeka
Vinita
Mayes County
Ottawa County
Craig Coury
State Board of Agriculture
Harold Hutton
Hutton
Arkansas
Missouri
Washington, D. C
Weather Summary and Temperature Trends for Region
A mid day forecast notes a cooldown from weekend heat with a low around 60s and highs near 90s. Cooler nights persist with humidity measured at Topeka at 31 percent and a chance of scattered thunderstorms in the west. The report contrasts recent extended heat with a return to milder conditions and mountain like comfort.
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Mercury
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Topeka
Hill City
Wichita
Goodland
Wamego
Legion Events Highlight Weeklong Erie Activities
The week features a series of events sponsored by Erie's George L. Hendricks Post of the American Legion. Activities promote community engagement across the city with involvement from local veterans and residents.
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Erie
George L. Hendricks
American Legion
Second Floor Jump Injures Mrs Scarberry
Mrs Arnold Scarberry 25 was seriously injured around 4 20 p m Saturday after jumping from a second floor window at 1132 S Central. Doctors report a fractured vertebra and partial paralysis. She was rushed to Neosho Memorial Hospital by ambulance. Police say the act followed an argument and she gave the same account to the physician.
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Arnold Scarberry
S. Central
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Kansas Traffic Fatal to Seven Over Weekend
Seven people died in Kansas traffic crashes over the weekend raising the year total to 295. Killed were four in a two car crash near Louisburg and others near Marysville and Lawrence, with additional deaths in Topeka and Wichita. A grand jury charged Sgt. John B. Cochrane with negligent homicide in the Big Springs crash.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Louisburg
U.S
Willa Reynolds
Thelma Barnett
Arthur Johnson
Kansas City
Kas
Clyde William Hill
Darrell
Lawrence
Douglas County
John B. Cochrane
Ft. Riley
Big Springs
Aston Albert Womack
Topeka
Wichita
Gregory Breitenstein
Two Former Kansans Drowned at Point Pelee Beach
Virgil Regier 21 of Buhler Kansas and Arnold Kroeker 20 of Inman Kansas drowned in Lake Erie off Point Pelee National Park when a strong undertow pulled them under. Three companions watched helplessly as warning signs cited dangerous current reaches the shore.
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Point Pelee
Ontario
Virgil Regier
Buhler
Kas
Arnold Kroeker
Inman
Detroit
Lake Erie
Pt. Pelee National Park
Kansas Postmasters Confirmed by Senate
The Senate confirmed postmaster appointments by President Eisenhower. Names listed include Herbert G. Ham for Atchison, Glenn Tarrant for El Dorado, and Ernest R. Dicks for Hutchinson.
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Kansas
Senate
Washington
Eisenhower
Atchison
Herbert G. Ham
el Dorado
Glenn
Tarrant and Hutchinson
Ernest R. Dicks
Atomic Test Delayed at Nevada Site by Wind
The detonation of the lith atomic shot in the summer test series at the Atomic Energy Commission site was postponed today due to high surface winds. The delay affects planned timing and scheduling for the ongoing program at the test site.
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Atomic Test Site
Atomic Energy Commission
Traffic Fatalities Reported For 1957 In Kansas
The State Accident Records Section records traffic fatalities in the last 48 hours and year totals. For 1957 the fatalities reach 295 to date, compared with 871 in the same period of 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
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Erie Reunion
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Kansas State College School of Veterinary Medicine
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