Left Hand Scouts to Attend World Jamboree in Canada
Two Explorer Scouts from Sedan Area Council Allen Moorhead of Neodesha and David North of Coffeyville will represent the council at the Boy Scout World Jamboree New Horizons August 18 28 at Niagara on the Lake Ontario Canada About 10 000 Scouts and leaders from eight nations are expected Moorhead and North will join other Scouts in St Louis and travel by an extended tour to Washington New York and by boat to the jamboree Police report several local incidents including a farm home break in a shirt left behind a large water moccasin shot by a patrolman and a San Jose California baseball prospect George Markley a former area resident hoping to start in playoffs with Stockton today.
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Ray Aringdale
Independence
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Neodesha
David North
Coffeyville
New Horizons
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North
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Washington, D.C
New York
Connie Menace Shrugs Toward Carolinas With High Winds
Hurricane Connie battered the Carolina coast with gusts near 75 mph and 100 mph in the eye as towering waves flooded dunes and streets. The eye moved toward Myrtle Beach at 6 to 7 mph, with the Boston Weather Bureau warning the storm remains dangerous. 48 Air Force radar crew evacuated from a sea platform reached the McCulloch while 60 workers stayed behind on the Texas tower island.
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Boston Weather Bureau
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Entries for this week's puzzle show strong turnout at 1582
The Tribune received 1582 Little Stinker entries by deadline yesterday with fourteen late submissions rejected. Entries must arrive at The Tribune office by 5 p.m. each Wednesday. The solution and a new puzzle will appear tomorrow with prize money noted as 1770.
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Alanda
Eleven Airmen Head for California Reunions
Eleven U S transport airmen freed after 32 months as prisoners of the Chinese Communists arrive in Hawaii and prepare for reunions this weekend. They are due at Travis Air Force Base near San Francisco at 8 am Friday and will be transferred to flights home. The group has gathered in good spirits after a welcome in Hawaii with leis and aloha kisses.
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Hawaii
Spencer Weaver
Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Bataan
Labette Schools Merge Bonds Pass in County Vote
Voters in Labette County School District No. 7 approved a $105,000 bond issue for a new school building by 136 to 20. Construction will start in about six weeks. For Tribune delivery issues call 17 between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. weekdays and Saturdays.
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Labette County
Ike Returns to Capital After Gettysburg Stay
President Eisenhower flies back to Washington by automobile from his Gettysburg country home after a six day absence as Hurricane Connie threatens the capital.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Topeka 1955 Update
State accident records show 2 deaths in the last 24 hours bringing Topeka totals for 1955 to 322 with 324 for the same period in 1954. One death from an earlier accident was reclassified from this count.
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Topeka
Kansas
Specific Charges Asked of Hall In Ouster Case
TOPEKA The independence attorney Jay Scovel said a mandamus petition will be filed in district court seeking a court order for Gov Fred Hall to specify the charges against two Civil Service Board members Gilmore and Trusler. The petition asks the governor to spell out who is involved and what was done and to postpone the August 18 hearing until amended charges are issued.
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Topekap
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Independence
Fred Hall
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Harold P. Trusler
Emporia
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Trusler
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Emmett
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Topeka
Lillard
Fair Weather Forecast Tosses Small Temperature Change
The Kansas forecast predicts little overall change with upper 60s tonight and highs near 90s tomorrow. Scattered thundershowers possible in the extreme west late today, with fair conditions in the east and partly cloudy skies in the west.
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Kansan Is Killed In Jet Plane Crash
An Air Force pilot Maj. Conrad A. Anderson, 37, of Tucson and Cadet Richard D. Hazlett, 20, of Alva Oklahoma were killed in a T33 jet trainer crash 15 miles northwest of Tucson. Hazlett, son of Mr and Mrs Theodore R Hazlett of Cunningham Kansas, was a University of Kansas senior in Air Force reserve training continuing in Tucson.
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Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
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Cunningham, Kas
University of Kansas
Air Force Reserve
Two C119 Planes Collide Killing 66 in Germany
U S Air Force reports 66 dead after two C119 Flying Boxcars collide near Stuttgart Germany on a training flight from Echterdingen with 7th Army troops aboard. One plane crashed in the Black Forest the other in an open field.
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Wales
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Rhein-Main Air Base
Frankfurt
7Th Army
Roaring Blast in Resort Town Fatal to 21 in Ohio
A roaring blast and flames swept a row of buildings in Andover near Pyma tuning Lake. Twenty one people died and at least eighteen were injured as the Gateway Restaurant collapsed. two more were reported missing. Fire crews worked through rain to recover bodies and identify victims. Authorities could not confirm the cause, though gas ignition from lightning or electrical sparks in a flooded basement was considered.
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McPherson Welcomes Triplets With Community Aid
McPherson residents rally to support new parents George and Mrs Cook after the birth of triplets two boys and a girl. Father works as a rigger at the NCRA refinery and the chamber of commerce asks members to gift wrap presents while 300 coworkers raise funds for an automatic laundry dryer. The older siblings are Gary, 9, and Georgia Kay, 6. The smallest baby weighed 3 pounds 12 ounces and the largest 4 pounds 3 ounces. Mother and babies were reported to be fine.
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McPherson Chamber of Commerce
Cook
Air Force readies X2 rocket plane for first powered flight
The X2 research aircraft built by Bell Aircraft for the Air Force and NACA is prepared for its first rocket powered flight at Edwards Air Force Base California. It will exceed the X1A speed record of 1650 mph and test speeds around 2000 mph or more.
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Bell Aircraft Corp
National Advisory Committee On Aeronautics
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Union merger vote scheduled for today in St. Louis
In St Louis the AFL Chemical Workers Union plans to vote today on a proposal to merge with its CIO counterpart to form a 250000 member union. The move aims to create a larger labor organization and unify the two factions under one banner.
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AFL Chemical Workers Union
CIO
Colmery Named Aide to Army Secretary
Topeka attorney and former national commander of the American Legion Colmery was named a civilian aide to the secretary of the Army.
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Topeka &P
Harry W. Colmery
Topeka
The
American Legion
Army
Largest cash bank robbery case cracked by FBI
The FBI says McCoo, 36, and Frank Cocchiaro, both of Astoria, Queens, are tied to the largest cash theft from a Chase Manhattan branch in Woodside. Warrants target two others as ringleaders. a fifth person is a material witness. Cocchiaro’s wife, Mildred, a former Woodside teller, was charged. no money recovered. Investigators cite an inside element but name no employee.
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FBI
McCoo
Frank Cocchiaro
Astoria
Queens
Woodside
Chase
Hattan Bank
Cocchiaro
Mildred
Woodside Bank
National
James Ing
Floods Displace Dozens in Brush Colorado and Mountain Resort
Heavy rains in Brush area force at least 150 farm families from homes and a drowning is reported. A cloudburst southwest of Colorado Springs strands tourists and damages run into thousands of dollars. Mrs Nathan E Scott of Marion Indiana is believed drowned when a crest struck a bridge and swept her car away. Rev Nathan E Scott was rescued by Brush resident Jack Weis after two hours clinging to a log.
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Girard Youth Killed In Traffic Accident
An eighteen year old Girard youth George Hill was thrown from a car when it struck a concrete culvert on a rural road near here last night and died. Driver Bob Bennet, also eighteen, received major injuries and fellow passenger Bob Mittlestead of Appleton Wisconsin, eighteen, was in critical condition with a fractured skull.
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Girard
Here
Bob Bennet
Bob Mittlestead
Appleton
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Arkansas City Tragedy Tells of Farm Pond Drownings
Wynona Goodno, five, drowned yesterday in a pond on her parents farm near Arkansas City. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Elzie Goodno.
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Arkansas City
Near Agreement Reported On Release Of 40 Americans
A Chinese Communist source says Peiping and the United States are near agreement on releasing 40 Americans held by Peiping with only details to be worked out. No confirmation came from either side. Johnson and Wang Ping Nan met for an hour and a half in Geneva and will reconvene Saturday morning. The talks stalled over a list of Chinese nationals in the United States and a third party repatriation proposal, which the United States rejected.
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Vehicles Damaged In Two Chanute Traffic Mishaps
Two non injury crashes were investigated by Chanute police. Carroll Wells backed from a curb parking spot near Main and Grant striking Vada Lash’s car, damaging tail light and right side. Wells cited for no driver license. Earlier, Sheridan Crumline and Verta Chandler collided at 212 E Main as Chandler backed. Crumline’s right rear fender damaged while Chandler’s car was backing and undamaged.
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Sheridan L. Crumline
N. Malcolm
Verta Jean Chandler
Rose
E. Main
Chandler
Crumline
Harris resigns as Chanute zoning commission chair
Fred M. Harris a KMBC-TV publicity staffer and former Tribune reporter resigned today as chairman of the Chanute Zoning Commission. He will be in Chanute only on weekends and offered to consult a new appointee. other members include Richard J. Rapley George McClintock Carter Brookm art and Lee Judy.
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W. 2Nd
Kmbc-Tv
Kansas City
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Harris
Tribune
Richard JL. Rapley
George McCline
Carter Brookmart
Lee Judy
Quarles Named Secretary of the Air Force in Defense Post
President Eisenhower selected Donald A. Quarles to lead the Air Force as secretary. The 61 year old Arkansas native and former Bell Labs executive will succeed Harold Talbott, who resigns Aug. 1 after ethics scrutiny. Quarles, a Yale graduate, has led missile programs as assistant defense secretary for research and development and previously headed Sandia laboratory. The move places Quarles over the earth satellite program revealed last month.
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New Mexico
Atomic Energy Commission
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Police seek evidence in slaying of Wilma Allen
Kansas City law enforcement keeps hunting for clues in the slaying of Wilma Allen a week after her nude body was found in a Johnson County pasture. An autopsy showed rape and two gunshots to the head. Mrs Allen had been missing since Thursday while shopping with her husband William R. Allen Jr. A Crime Commission reward now totals $5,200. Funeral services drew about 650 people to the church.
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Wilma Allen
Johnson County
Eas
Well Armed Teenager Picked Up at El Dorado
El Dorado police detained a 15 year old boy at 3 a.m. while searching for a runaway. Officers found 4 blackjack 15 guns five loaded and the youth said he collected guns as a hobby. He faced charges of speeding and driving a car without a license and was released to his parents.
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