Left Hand Pitch and Dahlia Show Updates
S Sgt. and Mrs. Eugene Willis on a 24 day leave touring Europe in a Volkswagen shipped via the Channel. They visited Brussels World’s Fair and sent a card home noting travels through Italy and Switzerland and 265 miles driven. Dahlia interests: Southeastern Kansas Dahlias display at Erie Aug 22 25 and Iola Aug 21 23 with about one hundred blooms, Oct 5 show in Masonic hall expected to exceed a thousand blooms.
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Eugene Willis
London
England
Europe
Volkswagen
English Channel
Brussels
Reuben M. Willis
S. Wilson
Sgt. Willis
Italy
Switzerland
France
Neosho County
Erie
Allen County
Iola
Masonic Hall
S. A. Mannoni
Tribune
Arthur Godfrey
Tom Gardner
Mapnoni Garden
Rain spreads across Kansas with regional flood risk
A statewide rain system drenched Kansas last night with totals exceeding three inches in places. Thunderstorms caused tree and power line damage near Ottawa, and a localized 3.50 inch storm hit Montezuma with hail piling up several inches. Forecasts call for continued clouds and showers through Sunday with cooler today and highs near 85 to 90 in northern and central sections.
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Topeka
Kansas
Ottawa
Morse
Stilwell
Montezuma
Brewster
Hill City
Atwood
Norcatur
Stockton
Phillipsburg
Smith Center
Beloit
Concordia
Hanover
Blue Rapids
Clay Center
Osage City
Cottonwood Falls
Florence
Gunshot Wound Fatal to Farmer Edward Windholz
Edward Windholz a 38 year old farmer living 23 miles northeast of here was found dead yesterday from a gunshot wound to the right temple. Sheriff Clarence Werth Ellis County said the wound came from a .22 caliber rifle and while despondent over ill health no evidence of foul play was found.
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Hays
Edward Windholz
Here
Clarence Werth
Ellis County
Windholz
Neosho County Levy Edges Higher for 59
The proposed 1959 Neosho County budget shows an $18,000 drop in total expenditures to about $1.665 million. Levies for residents in and out of the high school district rise by 13 cents and 1.37 dollars per thousand respectively, with new funds for a county bridge and a planned $350,000 courthouse fund to be built via a 10 year levy. The public hearing is set for August 20 in Erie.
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Neosho County
Marion Showalter
Board of Corn
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Commissioners
Court House
Erie
Tribune
Man Captures Theft Suspect at Downtown Theater
Kansas City AP reports Joseph Quick, a department store collection investigator, observed a hold up, followed the robber Charles Newcomb Johnstone of Omaha, and summoned police. Johnstone, 43, was wounded by three bullets in a basement restroom shootout during a movie, with $2100 taken.
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Kansas City
Joseph Quick
Charles Newcomb Johnstone
Omaha
Quick
Johnstone
Ralph Stewart
Senate Debates Social Security In Stretch Drive
The Senate returns for overtime Saturday debate on a major social security bill after passing a large money measure. Key tests include raising benefits from 7 to 10 percent while issues such as housing funding, low income areas aid, farm policy, and civil rights nominations are debated through next week in Washington.
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Chamber
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Congress
Albert Rains
Ala
Benson
W. Wilson White
White
Justice Department
Chanute Delegation Attends State Legion Convention
Chanute officers and members of the American Legion post attend the state convention in Hutchinson which runs from yesterday to tomorrow. Delegates include Post Commander Robert Kern and others with John Nation serving as delegate at large as a past department commander. Lee Wasser for insurance. Ph. 119 (adv.)
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American Legion
State, Legion
Hutchinson
Chanute
Robert Kern
Jack Owens
Richard Ashley
Jack Durham
Watt Johnson
Raymond Kern
Bill Roberts
Dean Skinner
Marvin Seefeldt
Roscoe Offenbacker
John McCall
Robert Harmon
Tom Blancett
Gene Dunaway
Marion Johnson
John Nation
Moon Mystery Drives Air Force Snoop Mission
The Air Force plans a camera equipped rocket to the moon soon possibly Sunday morning to study the unseen far side. Scientists seek answers on lunar rays craters possible vegetation atmosphere and origin while noting limited views and uncertainties about what lies beyond the familiar face.
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Chris Macgill
Associated Press
Air Force
Selene
22 Killed as Northeast Airlines Convair Crashes Near Nantucket Airport
The Northeast Airlines two engine Convair from New York broke up in fog near Nantucket Airport killing 22 of 34 aboard. Notables include Gordon Dean former AEC chairman and Harvey Schwamm a prominent banker. The pilot John Burnham and copilot David Carey died, as did stewardess Arlene Dabek and board chairman George Gardner.
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Associated Press
Nantucket, Mass
New York
Nantucket
Gordon Dean
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Nuclear Science and Engineering Corp
General Dynamics Corp
General Dynamics
New York City
Harvey Schwamm
Lillian
Jacqueline Young
Cape Cod
Martha's Vineyard
Boston
Falmouth
Air Force
Massachusettes General Hospital
Air T
Seven killed in rural Wisconsin crash involving three cars
A rural Portage intersection crash on Friday killed seven people from two families and left two others critically injured. Victims include Kurt Bredel 74 and Numa 70, Charles Meier 74 and wife 70, and Donald Meier's family with children Donald Jr 4 Barbara and David 8 in critical or fair condition. One car likely ran a stop sign. details uncertain which vehicle.
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Kurt H. Bredel
Topeka
Kan
Numa
Charles H. Meier
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Donald Meier
Hopkins
Minn
Donald Jr
Barbara
Trio Captured Ending Multi-State Theft Spree
Two men and a 17 year old girl were captured in Missouri ending a theft wave spanning 20 states. Billy Lee Berry age 28 of Belton Jeremiah Disotell 19 of Krotz Springs and the girl known as Jean Ann Highley formerly of Belton were in custody after a highway patrolman surprised them in two stolen cars near Belton. Berry claimed marriage to the girl in Mexico after abducting her in Albuquerque. They planned to rob a Peculiar Missouri bank using a stolen car as a getaway while officers search for Berry and the girl.
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Harrisonville
Billy Lee Berry
Belton
Jeremiah Disoteli
Krotz Springs
Jean Ann Highley
Berry
Mexico
Albuquerque
N. M
Dewey Millsop
Disotell
Millsop
E. E. Gregory
Urich
Here
Gregory
Peculiar
Evidence Points to KLM Airliner Explosion Over Galway
In Galway Ireland AP reports strong evidence that the KLM airliner Hugo de Groot exploded in flight killing all nine aboard before it plunged into the sea. Post mortems show victims died before impact. Autopsies on 34 recovered bodies include 25 women eight men and one child.
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Galway
Ireland
KLM
Hugo de Groot
K. Vaandrager
Galway Bay
Two Minor Accidents Reported by Police
Police reported two minor traffic accidents yesterday. A 1955 Chevrolet driven by E. E. Zastrow at 401 W. 5th damaged in an alley collision with Larry J. Gallagher's truck at 214 E. Main. A 1955 Chrysler driven by Agnes Louise Braujmann at 322 E. Main was damaged as Mary Lou Page backed from the curb at 906 N. Grant.
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E. E. Zastrow
W. 5Th
Larry J. Gallagher
Coffeyville
E. Main
Agnes Louise Braujmann
S. Kansas
Mary Lou Page
N. Grant
Two Kansans Killed In Mississippi Crash
Two Kansas men from Haven, Ralph Morris and Harry Conrad, were killed in a three vehicle wreck in Jackson Mississippi. Bob Triplett, also of Haven, was critically injured as the group was returning from a National Guard encampment.
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Jackson, Miss
Kansas
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Ralph Morris
Harry Conrad
Haven
Bob Triplett
National Guard
Autocar Accident Fatality Claims Arkansas City Man
Julian Conroy a 40 year old resident of Arkansas City died in a local hospital yesterday from injuries suffered in an auto accident Wednesday. Local authorities reported the crash occurred near the city. Conroy is survived by his wife and two children.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Julian Conroy
Crash Kills Seminole Man Near Hays
L L Sullins of Seminole Oklahoma an employee of an oil field company was killed in a collision on highway 123 thirteen miles north of Hays last night.
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Hays
Lloyd L. Sullins
Seminole, Okla
Highway 123
Western Envoys Delay Proposal at U N Session
Western diplomats delay introducing a resolution to frame Eisenhower Middle East peace plan at the U N General Assembly special session. Norway to introduce with Hammarskjold as key figure. UAR seeks troop withdrawal before long range talks.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Eisenhower
Middle East
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Norway
United Arab Republic
UAR
Lebanon
Jordan
Mahmoud Fawzi
Hammarskjold
Fawzi
Andrei Gromyko
Dulles
Gromyko
Selwayn Lloyd
Police Officer Hurt While Giving Ticket In Kansas City
Officer Fletcher Franklin, 26, was seriously injured when another car rear ended the police vehicle after he stopped to issue a ticket at a south side intersection. He suffered compound fractures of both legs. Lyle Richard Johnson, 35, of Kansas City, was held for investigation. Johnson was the driver of the third car involved.
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Kansas City
Fletcher Franklin
Franklin
Lyle Richard Johnson
Johnson
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Reported As Of 1958 Periods
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the state accident records section. In the last 24 hours two to date in 1958 three hundred eighteen.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tribune For Results List With Henley Phone
Advertisement fragment instructs readers to call 700 after 6 pm for results with Henley. Mentions Real Estate Agey and phone 2195.
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Tribune
Henley
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Earth
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CAA
Trio
John F. Young
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Wayne Ellis
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Hugh Bower
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