Gunman Kills Night Club Operator in Missouri Store
In Springfield area a gunman shot and killed Bill Murrell about 60, operator of a local night club, at a grocery store on U S Highway 65. Myrtle Schaupp, the owner’s daughter, was critically wounded. a 16 year old witness described the shooter and escape in a green Chevrolet.
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Springfield
Here
Bill Murrell
Crystal Cave
Myrtle Schaupp
C. B. Schaupp
Schaupp
Robert Caldwell
Miss Schaupp
Burge Hospital
Four Deaths On Highways Reported In Kansas
Kansas motorists recorded four highway deaths over the weekend. Allan L Blackburn 19 of Hutchinson died when his truck rolled four miles west of Hutchinson his passenger Betty Hamilton 15 suffered minor injuries. Saturday victims included Richard Holmes 18 of Winchester who died when his motorcycle flipped north of McLouth Robert M Southworth 19 of Ruston killed in a one car crash near Ellinwood on US Highway 50N and Richard Archer 28 of Phillipsburg killed in a one car crash on US Highway 183.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Allan L Blackburn
Hutchinson
Blackburn
Betty Hamilton
Nickerson
Kas
Richard Holmes
Winchester
McLouth
Robert M. Southworth
Rushton
Ellinwood
Richard Archer
Phillipsburg
Four Masters Named to Handle Andrea Doria Stockholm Suits
Federal Judge Lawrence E Walsh selects Simon Rifkind Louis Loeb Benjamin Matthews and Mark MacLay as special masters to hear pretrial testimony and motions in suits stemming from the July collision off Nantucket that sank the Andrea Doria and injured many. The four, all New York City lawyers, will serve without pay to speed proceedings and reduce fees.
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New City
N. Y
Lawrence E. Walsh
Stockholm
Walsh
Nantucket Island
Mass
New York City
Simon H. Rifkind
U.S
Louis M. Loeb
Association of the Bar of the City of
New York
Benjamin A. Matthews
New York County
Manhattan
Equipment Stolen But Hole Is Left
Denver reports burglars stole 74 concrete moulds and a diving tower from a pool construction firm. Manager Raymond P. Sweeney said only the hole remained, with loot valued at 3690 dollars.
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Hole
Denver
Raymond P. Sweeney
Hurricane Betsy Threatens Florida East Coast Watch Issued
Florida east coast from Daytona Beach to Miami placed under hurricane watch as Betsy, a tropical storm with potential 110 mph winds, nears 530 miles east southeast of Miami. The Weather Bureau notes Betsy is small in size but powerful near its center as it moves northwest at 19 mph.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Daytona Beach
Weather Bureau
Miami Weather Bureau
Youths Hurt In Car Mishap Near Chanute
Two youths, Roger Dent and Nancy Donaldson, were hurt when a 1950 Ford sedan collided with a bakery truck on US 169 north of Chanute. Driver Donald Lee Kelley and Judy Jordan were uninjured. Dent was treated for abrasions and shock, Donaldson for a scalp laceration and later released.
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Chanute
Allen County
B. E. Lorance
Iola
Roger Dent
Rose Dent
N. Grant
Nancy Donaldson
George W. Donaldson
S. Wilson
Dent
Miss Donaldson
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Humboldt
Lorance
Minor shifts noted in Neosho county primary tally
County Clerk P W Kyle reports minor changes from canvassing Neosho county primary ballots. Out of state absentee ballots numbered 68 mailed, 10 returned too late. eight in-state absentees awaiting board check. final returns expected tomorrow with Republican and Democrat contests listed in detail.
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Erie
Neosho County
P. W. Kyle
Kyle
Hall
Shaw
George
Gray
Jack Shaw
Mong
Caviness
Anderson
Putnam
Eckdall
Sowers
Lancelot
Butters
Not Enough Tickets At National Convention In Chicago
At the Chicago national convention delegates and alternates faced ticket shortages. Many arrived with families only to find admission cards unavailable. Adlai Stevenson’s staff circulated a appeal to state delegations to send any unused tickets.
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Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Grants totaling 336000 to twenty colleges announced
Danforth Foundation awards 336000 in grants to ten liberal arts and ten teacher training colleges to aid individual students in gaining a more rounded experience. Kenneth I. Brown, executive director, notes the programs vary and include Kansas State College among teacher training schools.
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ST. Louis
Danforth Foundation
Kenneth I. Brown
Foundation
Kansas State College
$12,000 Grant For Study Of Viruses In Kansas
TOPEKA The Kansas State Board of Health received a $12,000 public health service grant for isolation and identification of polio and other viruses. Dr. Thomas R. Hood, the board's executive secretary, called the grant a real recognition of the high quality work in the state laboratory.
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Topeka
Kansas State Board of Health
Public Health Service
Thomas R. Hood
Jones to Attend Republican National Convention as Alternate
Mrs Hugh T. Jones Jr and her husband will fly from Kansas City to San Francisco for the Republican national convention at the Cow Palace where Jones serves as alternate 3rd District delegate. The Kansas delegation lists 22 delegates and 22 alternates led by Harry Darby. Jones is alternate for Judge Hartley. A telegram to President Eisenhower was sent during the caucus urging renomination of the Eisenhower-Nixon ticket. The convention closes August 23.
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Hugh T. Jones Jr
S. Steuben
Toomorrow
Kansas City
San Francisco
Jones
Cow Palace
Kansas
Harry Darby
Robert Hartley
Baxter Springs
Eisenhower
Arab League Warns West Over Suez Crisis
The Arab League of nine nations warns the West that an attack on Egypt in the Suez crisis would be aggression against all Arab states. The Cairo meeting backs Nasser’s call for a 45 nation conference on canal freedom and counters Britain’s 22 nation plan opening in London. Britain airlifted troops and ferrying of families from the canal zone continues as Bonn signals troop withdrawals to bolster reserves. Israel’s Beigin criticizes Ben-Gurion’s stance and urges alliances against Nasser.
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London
Arab League of Nine Nations
Egypt
Suez Canal
League
Cairo
Nasser
Britain
Mediterranean
Suez
Canal Zone
Malta
Bonn
Germany
Tel Aviv
David Ben-Gurion
Menachem Beigin
Heruth Party
Israel
Bergin
Nasser Canal
Hodge Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement
Orville E. Hodge former Illinois state auditor pleaded guilty in Springfield to charges tied to a million dollar embezzlement and forgery scheme. He altered his plea from innocent to guilty as indictments were read before Circuit Judge Clem Smith amid a lengthy arraignment.
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Springfield
Orville E. Hodge
Hodge
Clem Smith
Mt McKinley Now Measured At 20320 Feet
North America’s tallest peak Mt McKinley is officially recorded at 20 320 feet, a rise of 20 to 63 feet from prior estimates. The change follows more than ten years of surveys by the U S Geological Survey, announced by the National Geographic Society.
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Washington
North America
Mt. McKinley
National Geographic Society
U. S. Geological Survey
McKinley
Southcentral
Alaska
Bipartisan backing Seen for Suez Settlement Plan
President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles hold talks with nine Democrats and thirteen Republicans, signaling broad support for a peaceful Suez Canal resolution. Lyndon Johnson says politics stop at the water's edge, as Dulles prepares to seek international agreement on canal operation under an advisory authority. Nasser responds calmly with a counterproposal for a larger conference to discuss guarantees of international freedom of the canal.
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Washington
Eisenhower
State Dulles
Dulles
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Rosenthal Injured in Three Vehicle Collision
E. E. Rosenthal 48, operator of Sky Line Motel, was hospitalized with bruises and shock after a noon Saturday crash at Main and the Santa Fe tracks. His car was rear ended by a pickup driven by Gilbert Horn after being bumped by Hass's car, and Rosenthal was dazed by a door impact.
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E. E. Rosenthal
Sky Line
West Main
Main
Santa Fe
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Rosenthal
Oren Loyd Hass
E. Main
Hass
Inter-American Meeting Proposed by United States
The United States sent notes to 20 American republics proposing a special inter American committee to draft concrete recommendations for cooperation in economic financial social and technical fields. President Eisenhower proposed the committee and its meeting date will be decided soon. The notes invited presidents to appoint representatives and welcome observations or suggestions.
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Washington
United States
Eisenhower
U.S
State Department
Theis Heads Kansas Delegates As Demo Convention Starts
The opening of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago featured favorite sons resisting immediate binding, with Stevenson leading on the first ballot and Harriman touted as a strong challenger. Truman met Stevenson at a Daley breakfast, while Lyndon Johnson’s Texas bloc and Ohio’s Lausche kept their delegates unpledged, signaling bargaining leverage early.
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Theis
Kansas
Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Averell Harriman
Associated Press
Stevenson
Harriman
New York
Stockyards
Paul Butler
Harry S. Truman
Thelma P. Sharp
New Jersey
Cochairman
Platform Committee
Truman
Richard J. Daley
Sen
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Senate
Johnson
Congress
Frank Lausche
Ohio
Florida
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Harry Truman
Anderson
Traffic Fatalities Reported in State for 1956
State Accident Records Section releases figures showing 378 traffic deaths in the same period last year 329 in 1955 and 5 fatalities in the last 48 hours to date in 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
Electrified Fence Fatal to Little Boy
In Indian Head Maryland a five year old boy, Thomas Edward Pearson, was found dead in his yard draped across an electrified fence set by his father to deter dogs. The fence carried 21 volts, which authorities say could kill under certain conditions, and officials label the death likely accidental.
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Indian Head
Thomas Edward Pearson
Raymond Pearson
Edward J Edelen
Charles County
Baltimore
Paul F. Guerin
Not So Hot Weather Forecast For Kansas
Topeka reports 105 degree high as a weak cold front moves across the state bringing relief. Partly cloudy skies, isolated thunderstorms possible in the northwest Tuesday, cooler in west and north today, highs in the 90s Tuesday. Five day outlook expects temperatures about five degrees above normal with 10 to 15 percent inch of precipitation. Chanute reached 105, Wichita Salina Topeka 104, Goodland 95. overnight lows 64 to 81 with trace moisture. Radar shows showers southeast of Goodland but no measurements available.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Chanute
Wichita
Salina
Goodland
Wamega
Manhattan
Concordia
Parole Requested by Henry Fields in Chanute Case
Fields from Chanute serving one to five years for assault with intent to kill will apply for parole on Oct. 2. Announcement from Kansas State Prison at Lansing notes the parole request.
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Henry Fields
Chanute
Neosho County
Kansas
Lansing
Driver Arrested for DUI on North Santa Fe
Paul Dent and R J Earlton were taken into custody early Sunday on North Santa Fe on a charge of operating a motor car while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Hearing on the charge set for 1 p.m. Thursday in police court.
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Paul Dent
R.J. Earlton
North Santa Fe
Test Flight Successful For Cessna Model 620 Plane
Cessna Aircraft Co reports its four engine pressurized executive transport, the model 620, achieved a successful first flight Saturday. The test aircraft took off from McConnell Air Force Base and circled for about an hour before proceeding to the main plant. Further tests will continue through the summer.
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Wichita
Cessna Aircraft Co
McConnell Air Force Base
Cessna
Control Ends for Mrs. Semple Over Cherokee County GOP
Mrs. C. Y. Semple Kansas Republican national committeewoman lost control of the Cherokee County GOP Central Committee in an organizational meeting. Paul Stoskopf defeated Hartley 44 to 35 for county chairman as Bradney forces swept in, with Hazel Wilson vice chair, Julia White secretary, and Thelma Robinson treasurer.
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Columbus
Kas
C. Y. Semple
Kansas
Republican National
Service Board
Bradney
Hazel Wilson
Rural
McCune
Julia White
Weir
Thelma Robinson
Galena
Kansas delegates choose Frank Theis as chairman at first caucus
Frank Theis of Arkansas City was elected chairman of Kansas' delegation with Kenneth Anderson losing 22-7. Leigh Warner was named vice chairman and Mrs Myrl Kliesen secretary. Alternates filled for three absentees as Sen Symington visited and polls showed Stevenson 11, Williams 8, with 10 undecided. Delegation plans further voting while Truman's stance shapes expectations.
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Chicago
Kansas
Frank Theis
Arkansas City
Theis
Kenneth Anderson
Emporia
Leigh Warner
Cimarron
Thomas Lysaught
Kansas City
Cairman J
Myrl Kliesen
Dodge City
Frank McDonald
Lawrence
Wilbur Marten
Cedarvale
Frank Stillman
Council Grove
M. R. Lee
Wichita
Frank Lenski
Iola
Albert Wilson
Sen
Symington
D-Mo
Associated Press
Adlai Stevenson
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Stevenson
Harriman
Illinois
New York
County GOP and Democrats Plan Campaign Meetings
Neosho County Republicans and Democrats will organize for the 1956 campaign at the Erie courthouse this week. Republican chairwoman Mrs. Ed F. Peterson calls a 10 jam meeting to elect officers and outline campaign plans. Democratic chairwoman Mrs. Floyd Kelley sets a 7:30 p.m. Wednesday gathering for the same purpose.
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Neosho County
Erie
Ed F. Peterson
Republican Central Committee
Democratic Central Committee
Floyd Kelley
Ihairman
If you don't get your Tribune call your carrier
If you cannot reach the carrier for your Tribune, contact the number 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
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