City staff visit A's vs White Sox in Kansas City
A group of city school employees including maintenance staff and several teachers rode the school bus to Kansas City to watch this afternoon's game between the A's and the White Sox. The return trip is planned for this evening. Water haulers drew 56 400 gallons from a fire hydrant to set a daily demand record, higher than Tuesday's 49 200 gallons, though officials say the city water supply remains unaffected due to upstream rains.
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Kansas City
A’s
White Sox
C. W. Brennan
Chanute
Fire Near Urbana Destroys Smokehouse
A smokehouse and contents burned at the W. Peck farm home two miles south and 244 miles east of Urbana. The alarm came in at 8 52 am. Neighbors and city firemen fought the blaze to protect nearby structures. C W Brennan said cause undetermined and loss not yet estimated. A Freeton Construction water tank truck provided 3000 gallons of water.
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W. Peck
Urbana
C. W. Brennan
Peck
Brennan
Freeton Construction Company
Montgomery Officers Sued for $90,000
William B. Barry of Copan Oklahoma filed a federal court claim seeking 90000 dollars from Montgomery County Sheriff Floyd J. Huggins and two deputies and the bonding firm. He alleges deputies Soles and Miller struck him with a night stick after arrest near Caney Kansas and that he was beaten and left unconscious for 40 hours with no food water or medical care before hospitalization on April 20. He seeks 8500000? no the amount is 85000 from officers and 5000 from the bonding company.
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Wichita
William B. Barry
Copan
Okla
Floyd J. Huggins
Montgomery County
Barry
Caney
Kas
Harold Soles
Larry Miller
Independence
Hospital Addition Acceptance Is Near
Neosho Memorial Hospital nears acceptance of its new addition after a board meeting. Air conditioning issues remain to be resolved. Dr. William H. Bailey, retired pathologist now working part time at the hospital lab, attended the session and discussed routine business.
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Neosho Memorial Hospital
Neosho County Hospital
Wichita Woman Dies in Highway Collision East of City
Sedgwick County sheriff reports Dorothy Faye Pierce, 42, of Wichita killed in a late night highway crash seven miles east of Wichita. A car driven by Dean Buhrer, also of Wichita, left the road and injured a man who was in critical condition.
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Wichita
Here
Sedgwick
Dorothy Faye Pierce
Dean Buhrer
Chanute ties all time high as heat wave bogs down Kansas
Chanute reached 108 degrees at 1:30 p.m. tying the date’s all time high as Kansas baked in a heat wave. Forecasters warned the heat would persist through Friday with scattered showers mainly in the northeast and lows in the 60s to 70s.
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Chanute
CAA
Kansas
Salina
Russell
Wichita
Pittsburg
Hutchinson
Hill City
Garden City
Topeka
Goodland
Emporia
Kansas City
Meeker Nominated by Write-in in Neosho County Primary
Erie rural candidate Hazel Meeker won the Democratic write-in nomination for superintendent of public instruction with 277 votes. Total Democratic secretary of state votes were 2,827, requiring 141 write-ins to qualify. Incumbent Nelle H. Stevens was renominated Republican.
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Erie
Neosho County
Hazel Meeker
Superintendent of Public Instruction
P. W. Kyle
Meeker
Nelle H. Stevens
Stark
Kyle
Charles Nation
Marion
Showalter
Official Rotary Visit By Tom Lightfoot
Tom Lightfoot of Van Buren Arkansas spoke to the local Rotary Club as district governor of Rotary International. His dinner meeting talk was followed by an assembly of officers and committee chairs and plans for the year were discussed. The Lightfoot party stayed with Jim and George Lightfoot and their wives before moving on to Fredonia for a Rotary meeting.
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Tom Lightfoot
van Buren
Ark
Rotary
Rotary International
Lightfoot
Jim
George Lightfoot
6000 Acres Popcorn Harvest In Kansas
Kansas popcorn growers expect to harvest 6000 acres this year, up from 5600 acres in 1955 and above the 10-year average of 5710. The area would represent about 3.6 percent of the national popcorn crop, according to federal and state agriculture departments.
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Kansas
Topeka
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Terrible Choice Faced Woman in a Coma Is Expecting Baby
Newcastle England AP reports a coma patient Mrs Ellen Moore after 100 days with brain injury is pregnant. If she does not regain consciousness doctors say her husband Kenneth may face a terrible choice between saving the mother or unborn baby, due in three months. Paul their 18 month old son rests at the bedside as specialists say all they can do is wait.
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Ing
Secon
Ellen Moore
Moore
General Hospital
Paul
Kenneth
Two Traffic Accidents Reported to Police
Two motor car accidents were investigated in the city yesterday with no injuries. At about 1 55 p m a rear of a car driven by Donald E Hancock at 1207 S Edith backed from a curb and struck the right front of a car driven by W J Sleicher of 920 S Highland. About 9 30 a m a car owned by Bauers Market and driven by James W Stanlick at 1220 S Grant collided with a car driven by F G McCoy of 1623 St Ashby at 16th and Highland. McCoy car undamaged.
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Donald E. Hancock
S. Edith
W. J. Sleicher
S. Highland
Bauer's Market
James W. Stanlick
S. Grant
F. G. McCoy
St. Ashby
16Th and
Highland
McCoy
Derailment Fire Destroys 34 Freight Cars Near Baltimore
Thirty four cars of a Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailed about five miles east of Baltimore and several cars burned. Three firemen suffered minor injuries. Officials blamed an overheated journal box. Main line tracks were damaged and communications broken. eastbound service was to resume by 3 p m EDT and westbound by 5 p m with trains rerouted via Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
Here
Journal
Pennsylvania Railroad
Typhoon Babs Hits Kyushu Amid Quiet Casualty Toll
Typhoon Babs with 110 mph winds brushed Kyushu tonight. No casualties or damage reports immediately available. In the Jerusalem sector, an ambush on a bus in the Negev Desert near Eilat claimed the lives of three Israeli soldiers and a woman. The strike occurred around noon.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kyushu
Jerusalem
Israel
Negev Desert
Eilat
Painter Will Attend School of Banking
Dale Painter of the First National Bank will travel Sunday to Madison Wisconsin for two weeks at the University of Wisconsin School of Banking. This marks his third year of residency and he will receive a graduation certificate at course end. The school has a 110 strong faculty and is sponsored by the Central States Conference, with bankers associations in 16 midwestern states. About 1050 bankers from 39 states attend this year.
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Dale Painter
First National Bank
Madison
Wis
School of Banking
University of Wisconsin
Central States Conference
Midwestern
Scholarship Awarded to Raymond Stratton at Kansas State
Raymond Dale Stratton of Louisville Kas receives a $750 J. B. Ehrsam and Sons Manufacturing Co scholarship to Kansas State College for this fall.
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Manhattan
Raymond Dale Stratton
Louisville
Kas
J. B. Ehrsam and Sons Manufacturing Co
Kansas State College
Tribune Delivery Help and After Hours Contact
If you do not receive your Tribune contact your carrier. If unreachable call 700 after 6 PM for assistance.
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Tribune
Kansas Delegation Backs Stevenson For President News
Kansas delegates to the Democratic national convention voted to give all 16 votes to Adlai Stevenson for the presidential nomination. They also showed strong preference for Estes Kefauver for vice president with a 20 to 5 margin, though some support shifted to Stevenson before the tally. The vote reflected party unity concerns and limited support for a bolder civil rights plank.
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Fred Moen
Chicago
Kansas
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Stevenson
Gov
Averell Harriman
Stuart Symington
DMO
Harriman
Symington
Kefauver
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Frank Theis
Supreme Court
One Killed in Crash On Mercy Mission
An Air Force C124 carrying relief supplies to San Salvador in the Bahamas crashed on landing at Cocoa Florida. The crash killed one of 13 crew aboard when the plane from Kelly Field Texas exploded at the runway end shortly after 7 a.m. EST.
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Cocoa, Fla
Air Force
San Salvador
Bahamas
Kelly Field
Tex
Patrick Afb
Traffic Fatalities Report For Topeka 1956 Year
State Accident Records lists 381 traffic deaths in Topeka for 1956 year to date, compared with 336 in the same period of 1955. The latest 24 hours show one fatality.
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Topeka
Kansas
Control of the Democratic Party in Chicago Convention
In Chicago a factional fight over control of the Democratic Party pits liberals and labor against moderates and Southern and civil rights factions. The battle centers on influence for the next four years, shaping the 1960 nomination, with Stevenson poised to be ratified as standard bearer. Truman's venom adds to the bitterness as party leaders seek a path to future victory.
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Chanute Tridane
Chicago
Eisenhower
Truman
Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry Truman
Stevenson Keeps Running Mate Field Open for Nomination
Adlai E. Stevenson maintains a wide list for a vice presidential pick with six names on the radar. Senators Estes Kefauver John F. Kennedy Hubert Humphrey and Albert Gore Mayor Robert Wagner Governor Robert B. Meyner are among those approached. Humphrey campaigns actively while others hint availability. Clement said he sought no commitments during a hotel visit. Kennedy met Stevenson at headquarters earlier.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Roger Tubby
Stevenson
Tubby
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
John F. Kennedy
Massa _chusetts
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Albert Gore
Robert Wagner
New York
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
Humphrey
Frank J. Clement
Sheraton- Blackstone
Clement
Neosho County Democrats elect new party leadership
Mrs. Floyd Kelley of Chanute was reelected chairperson of the Neosho County Democratic Central Committee. John Moriarty of St. Paul was reelected vice chair, Mrs. Marjorie Howard of Eric secretary, and Ebur Schultz of Chanute treasurer. The group backed all Democratic candidates and heard speeches from candidates including Denver Hargis after defeating Henry Smith in the primary. Precinct committeemen and committee women from nearly all 29 precincts attended.
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Erie
Floyd Kelley
Chanute
Neosho County
Democratic Central Committee
John Moriarty
St. Paul
Marjorie Howard
Eric
Ebur Schultz
Schultz
George Docking
Lawrence
L. F. Cragg
Henry Smith
Denver Hargis
Coffeyville
Hargis
Smith
Horton Party Returns From Seattle Visit
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Horton and Bill returned by plane from Seattle Washington where they visited two weeks with Dr and Mrs W D Horton and family in a family trip.
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Kenneth Horton
Bill
Central
Seattle
Wash
W. D. Horton
Western Big Three Propose International Board for Suez
The United States Britain and France offered a four point plan to run the Suez Canal through an international board linked to the United Nations and bound by the 1888 Constantinople Convention. The plan aims to prevent dominance by any one power and to keep the canal open to all nations.
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London
Suez Canal
Egypt
United Nations
U. S
State Dulles
United States
France
Britain
Nasser
Dulles
Big
Army Reserve Units Train at Fort Carson
Three Army reserve units will arrive at Fort Carson for two weeks of training. The 89th Infantry Division includes 2,200 reservists from 48 cities and towns in Colorado Kansas and Nebraska. Also joining are the 454th General Hospital from Grand Rapids Michigan and the 83st Station Hospital from Boulder Colorado. About 7,000 citizen soldiers will complete summer training when the program ends September 22.
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FT. Carson
Colo
89Th Infantry Division
89Th
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
454Th General Hospital
Grand Rapids
Mich
83St Station Hospital
Boulder
Lightning kills calves on Neodesha farm
A storm struck a farm near Neodesha Kansas destroying three calves and feed when lightning ignited a barn on the Ralph Savage property four miles west of A Shetland pony escaped through a window with severe burns. Utility lines were downed and trees damaged as rain totaled about a quarter inch.
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Kas
Ralph
Savage
Here
Stevenson Nominated by Kennedy for Democratic Presidential Bid
Adlai Stevenson was formally placed before the Democratic convention in convention hall on August 16 with Sen. John F. Kennedy nominating him. Delegates roared as Kennedy declared Stevenson the best qualified to lead the party and the nation. The session also saw debates over civil rights and the search for a running mate as Harriman and others pressed for nomination.
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Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Nixon
Libertyvi
Adlai
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Alabama
Alaska
Washington State
Henry M. Jackson
Warren Magnuson
Magnuson
United States
Bedlam
Illinois
Associated Press
Nort Carolina
Kansas
Tennessee
Frank Clement
Averell Harriman
New York
Truman
Harriman
Raymond Gary
Oklahoma
Sen
John Kennedy
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C. H. Pankratz
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Fredonia
Neodesha
The
Topeka Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
South Dakota
Topeka Municipal
Mrs. Meeker
Newcastle
England
Painter
Demos
John P. Harris
Conrad Hilton Hotel
Mrs. Kelley
Big Three
Suez Plan
Ers
Dmitri Shepilov
Red China
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Shepsloy
Cairo
Army Reserve
Fort Carson
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