July library circulation rises due to children use
Public library circulation in July rose from 3 758 to 3 801 with children driving the gain. Children checked out 2 383 books, up from 2 121 last July. fiction 2 052 and non fiction 331. Adult checkouts fell 229 to 1 408, while non fiction adults rose to 420. Kate history biography travel top non fiction. useful arts second. fine arts third. Donkey baseball receipts reached 284 with about 400 attendees to fund the JayCee Fall Festival.
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Public Library
Harvey S. Mowrey
Dean Skinner
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Park Airport Proposals Official Count Delayed
City canvass of returns on the Santa Fe Park expansion and airport bond proposals will likely wait until the next regular city commission meeting on Aug 23. With Mayor Lightfoot away and Commissioner Rice unavailable, Randall Diver serves as acting mayor. Unofficial tallies show airport bonds 1 203 to 1 109 and park expansion 1 371 to 925.
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Santa Fe Park
City Commission
J. D. Lightfoot
Charles Rice
297Th Field Artillery
Camp McCoy
Wis
Randall
Lightfoot
Crackdown on Vice in San Francisco
San Francisco Police Chief Frank Abern says a crackdown is under way ahead of the Republican National Convention opening August 13. He notes increased solicitations of prostitution and warns of an influx of unwanted characters targeting politicians as the city tightens vice enforcement.
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San Francisco
Frank Abern
Man asserts home invasion ends with shooting and wife missing
North Branford police report a wounded Air Force sergeant, T Sgt Albert Dreppard, 26, said a stranger posing as a state police officer shot him after declaring intent to kill his wife Arden Dreppard, 29. The gunman fled. Mrs. Dreppard was missing and later unaccounted as hospital officials listed the airman in critical but improving condition.
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North
Branford
Conn
Air Force
Albert W. Dreppard
Arden
Middletown
Dreppard
Bob Crosbys Separate After Eighteen Years
Los Angeles reports the separation of Bob Crosby and his wife June Kuhn Crosby who sues for divorce alleging beatings and threats to withhold support. Crosby denies the beating claim and cites his wife's illness and hospitalizations. They have five children and nearly 18 years of marriage. Custody and monthly support of 3155.75 dollars are requested. Crosby earnings are estimated at 8500 dollars per month.
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Los Angeles
Bob Crosbys
Crosby
June Kuhn
Crosbys
Hay shortage hits Oklahoma farmers warned by extension director
Stillwater Oklahoma report says farmers across the state face the most severe hay and roughage shortage since the dust bowl era. Oklahoma A&M extension director Shawnee Brown warns that unless weather improves, the livestock feed crisis may worsen.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma
Shawnee Brown
A&m Extension
Brown
Newton Man Sponsors Refugee From Poland
WASHINGTON The Newton Kansas sponsor W W Weiss backs Polish refugee Ludwig Neumann an electro welder who will land in New York August 16 aboard the U S Navy transport General Langfitt carrying 1247 other visa holders under the refugee relief program.
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Washington
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Showers Bring Measurable Rain Across Kansas States
A heavy rain event drenched most of Kansas with up to 1.96 inches core rainfall in Norcatur and reports of hail near St. Francis. Drought relief arrives too late for corn but benefits sorghums pastures and fall wheat seeding. Temperature highs ranged to 94 at Garden City, lows to 56 at Goodland, with continued unsettled, partly cloudy skies and chances of thundershowers through Sunday.
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PEKA
Kansas
Bene
Norcatur
Goodland
St. Francis
Junction City
Mankato
Jewell
Jamestown
Concordia
Miltonvale
Manchester
Clay Center
Wakefield
Minneapolis
Barnard
Beloit
Cawker City
Covert
Luray
Wilson
Russell
Great Bend
Ellsworth
Brookville
Marquette
McPherson
Lindsburg
Salina
Mentor
New Cambria
Abilene
Elmo
Herington
Hillsboro
Florence
Wichita
Dodge City
Hill City
Stockton
Phillipsburg
Norton
Wamego
Garden City
Pittsburg
Goodland. the Weather Bureau
Six Kansans Injured In Missouri Jeep Crash
A jeep and a car collided near Altamont Missouri injuring six Kansans. Richard D Rapier Fort Scott was driving the jeep and said he lost control while grabbing a sleeping companion Glen L Tuggle Kevon. Charles W Euston Leavenworth drove the other vehicle. his wife and two children and the jeep occupants were injured. None in critical condition.
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Altamont
Nell Memorial Hospital
Bethany
Richard Dale Rapier
Fort Scott
Kan
National Guard
Glen L. Tuggle
Kevon
Charles William Euston
Leavenworth
Euston
Fatal Crash Claims Iola Woman Mrs Brigham
Mrs Newton J. Brigham 62 died after a two car collision at Kentucky and Lincoln in Iola. Her husband was not seriously hurt and Arthur W. Watson 34 suffered only minor injuries. Brigham, a retired hardware merchant, was thrown from the car and died en route to Allen County Hospital.
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Iola
Newton J. Brigham
Kentucky
Lincoln
Brigham
Allen Coun Hospital
Arthur W. Watson
Charles Walters
Lightning Kills Seven Cattle Near Buffalo
Verner Wilson reports seven white face cows struck by a severe lightning bolt on pasture 12 miles northeast of Chanute. The herd, valued around $1,000 and uninsured, were found dead under a hedge tree on land owned by Judd Wilson, with other livestock losses noted in Elsmore.
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Buffalo
Verner Wilson
Chanute
Wilson
Judd Wilson
Oleg Apt
Elsmore
Betsy Threatens Caribbean Island With 120 MPH Winds
Hurricane Betsy, with winds up to 120 mph, roared near Dominica as warnings extended from St. Lucia to Antigua and northward to St. Lucia. Small craft were told to seek shelter in the Leeward and Windward Islands while a hurricane watch covered Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
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Fla
Dominica
British West Indies
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Antigua
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Britain rejects Soviet Suez talk expansion proposal
London rejects Moscow bid to widen the 24 nation Suez conference and move the opening date to month end. A Foreign Office spokesman delivers the reply in Moscow as Britain and allies press for a limited talks setup amid Cairo street protests and Egypt hinting at a boycott.
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Britain
Foreign Office
Moscow
William Hayter
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Red China
Morocco
Iraq
Cairo
Suez
Paris
Egypt
France
America
Mississippi oil rig barge capsizes. two missing presumed dead
The search for two of four missing crewmen from the offshore oil drilling rig capsizing near Avondale Marine Ways was abandoned at dawn. Rescue crews found the 60 foot barge rolled over and partially submerged, with 42 aboard earlier. five injured. Identified missing men are Joseph Clanton of Vealmore Texas and Herbert Ray of Kilgore Texas. Lawrence J. Boudreau of Raceland Louisiana and Clinton Bennett of Slidell Louisiana were named among the two presumed lost.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Lawrence J. Boudreau
Raceland
Clinton Bennett
Slidell
Avondale Marine Ways
Joseph Clanton
Vealmore
Tex
Herbert Ray
Kilgore
Kansas City Market Struck by Lightning
Lightning struck a Kansas City market causing heavy damage to the first floor and forcing eight residents from a second story apartment. No injuries were reported and the fire department estimated damage at 25000 dollars.
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Kansas City
Kas
Negro Leaders Threaten Party If Civil Rights Plank Is Weak
Chicago report shows Northern Negro voters threaten to leave the Democratic Party if civil rights demands are not met. Witness John T. Blue Jr. cites desire for simple justice as key to party loyalty, while Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. calls for strong federal civil rights action amid school integration debates.
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Chicago
Democratic Platform
John T. Blue Jr
Washington, D. C
American Council On Human Rights
Democratic Party
Jennings Randolph
West Virginia
Blue
Martin Luther King Jr
Montgomery
Ala
Truman Says He Will Reveal Nominee Later Today
President Truman refused to name his chosen Democratic presidential nominee, saying he will disclose the selection at a news conference this afternoon. He declined to discuss the matter further at Chicago.
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Chicago
Harry S. Truman
Morale Builder Speech Highlights U S Resolve
Defense Secretary Wilson argues the United States must show dynamic military power to deter aggression and preserve peace. He jokes about a public house in the Pentagon and explains updated speech text. Truman contemplates a choice with Stevenson backers pressing Harriman.
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Chatauqua
N. Y
Wilson
United States
Free World
Chautauqua
Pentagon
Six Wichitans Return For Tour of Russia
NEW YORK Six Wichitan businessmen returned home today from a tour of Russia. An hour after they stepped off a trans atlantic plane, they boarded another plane bound for Chicago. Those making the trip were Arthur W. Kincade Oliver H. Hughes Dee R. Lauch Aris Small Kenneth C. Fitch and Frederick Murfin.
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New York
Russia
Chicago
Arthur W. Kincade
Oliver H. Hughes
Dee R. Lauch
Aris Small
Kenneth C. Fitch
Frederick Murfin
National Guard Unit Heads to Camp McCoy for Training
Chanute Kansas National Guard Battery B 297th Field Artillery Battalion entrained today for Camp McCoy Wisconsin for 15 days of joint training. An advanced detail left Thursday and motor tail left Friday. In East St. Louis Marcel Holton 21 stood on a bumper peering inside as John Riley 19 drove into a parked car causing Holton to suffer two broken legs.
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Chanute
Kansas National Guard
297Th Field Artillery Battalion
Camp McCoy
Wis
297Th
East ST. Louis
Ill
Marcel Holton
John Riley Jr
Holton
Pike's Peak Race Smokers Lose to Nonsmokers
Smokers fared poorly in a 24.6 mile endurance race up Pikes Peak. Only three smokers entered against twelve nonsmokers and two dropped out while the rest finished hours behind leaders. Tom Brewster, 17, placed second with 6 21 81.8, Monte Wollord, 28, finished second, and Dr. Arne Suominen, 56, from Delray Beach, Florida, finished third in 6 36 28.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Bult
Springs
Monte Wollord
Colorado
83rd Soldiers and Sailors Reunion Bean Supper Draws 3500
ERIE reports a 3500 attendance at the 83rd Soldiers and Sailors Reunion bean supper. Richard Salb commander of Erie American Legion post says turnout matches past years. Pancakes served at Legion hall with noon service. The final event is an 8 o'clock amateur program on the courthouse lawn featuring accordionists gymnasts vocalists and tap dancers.
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Erie
83Rd
Soldiers and Sailors
Richard Salb
Erie American Legion Post
Salb
Legion Hall
Girl Electrocuted After Traffic Mishap in Westhampton
Westhampton Beach teenager Sherry Topping, 15, died after stepping against a downed 2300-volt wire following a car crash that left the vehicle's occupants with minor injuries. The wreck occurred late at night when the car left the road and struck a utility pole, breaking it.
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Westhampton
N. Y
Sherry Topping
Westhampton Beach
Miss Topping
Mishap in Dust Storm Fatal for Kansan
Ellinwood resident Elwood J. Peters Sr. was killed when his car hit a farm tractor during a heavy dust storm. Peters, 56, from Route 1, died at the scene. two relatives, Rol lie Peters 51 and Lawrence Harlan 27, were hospitalized. Tractor driver Rodger Kader, about 20, of Tribune, suffered minor cuts on a county road about 142 miles southwest of here.
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Tribune
Kas
Elwood J. Peters Sr
Vn Rt. 1
Ellinwood
Rollie
Lawrence Harlan
Rodger Kader
Here
Truman tag would impact convention as Harriman favored
Chicago reports Truman weighs endorsement of Harriman over Stevenson for the Democratic nomination. Callers hint Truman could back Harriman if a delegate votes up his ticket, while Stevenson backers push for decisive support. Meany urges a strong civil rights plank to unite the party.
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Chicago
Harry S. Truman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Averell Harriman
Truman
Stevenson
Harriman
New York
Missouri
George Bell Timmerman Jr
South Carolina
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Rescue Try Ends in Tragedy at Farm Pond
Augusta Kansas report says 10-year-old Richard Siemen fell from a boat and Merle Urban, age 4, dragged him to shore then fled in fear. Richard's body was found five hours later by Gerald Burress on the farm pond southwest of Augusta. Urban said he could not revive him. Richard Siemen was the son of Mrs. Helen Siemen.
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Augusta
Kas
Glenn Tarrant
Butler County
Merle Walter Urban
Richard Siemen
Richard
Merle
Gerald Burress
Helen Siemen
Eby Submits Low Bid for Ft. Riley Motor Park
The Army Engineer's office reported that Martin K. Eby of Wichita submitted the apparent low bid of 477,375 dollars for the construction of a regimental motor park at Ft. Riley. Five other bidders participated.
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Kansas City
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