Teen driver restrictions under new Kansas law explained
Police Chief Tom Morehead outlined a 14 to 16 year old restricted license rule set effective July 1. The rule allows daytime driving to and from school with limits on nighttime use and rural exemptions, plus possible city ordinances tightening licenses. Motor scooters and bikes fall under the same age rules and must carry a restricted license.
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Tom Morehead
Kansas Highway Department
Morehead
Price sues railroad for 100000 in damages
George F. Price of Pratt files a damage suit in Sedgwick County District Court seeking 100000 from the Rock Island Railroad. He says he was seriously injured when a defective deadman valve caused an emergency stop on the passenger train where he served as a brakeman near Logan New Mexico on April 28.
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Wichitap
George F. Price
Pratt
Rock Island Railroad
Sedgwick County
Price
Logan
N. M
Chanute area back to school with Sept. 2 half days
Chanute area prepares for a return to classes with many schools starting Sept. 2 for half day sessions and a full schedule beginning Sept. 6. Enrollments for Grades and Junior College vary with freshmen exams Aug. 30 and sophomores Aug. 30. Superintendent Buford Fisher notes major summer renovations and a push toward stronger fundamentals and arts.
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Chanute
ST. Patrick's
Stark
Grant High
ST. Paul
Galesburg
Benedict
Altoona
Vilas
Erie
Thayer
Buffalo
Spring
Humboldt
Walnut
Buford Fisher
Fisher
Eldon Penner
Chanute Teachers Assn
Atomic Workers In Top Ranks Of Red Labor
Soviet atomic workers gain six hour days and up to a month of paid vacation with sanatorium options while maintaining a six day week. Letavet notes a permissible radiation dose of five hundredths roentgen per day and thirty percent of vacation costs paid by workers with the rest from the state Social Insurance Fund. An AEC official says U S workers see high safety records with few midweek reassignments.
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Atomic Workers
Geneva
Soviet Union
A. A. Letavet
Letavet
Russia
United States
Britain
American Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
Two men assault tourist in Dakota City robbery
Paul G. Cromwell of San Bernardino California stopped beside the highway near Dakota City Nebraska after a flat tire. Two men offered help, one drew a gun and robbed him of 72 dollars from his wallet a suitcase full of clothes and the car spare tire.
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Dakota City
Neb
Paul G. Cromwell
San _ Bernardino
Calif
Cromwell
D C Gilbert Dies in Crash Near San Diego
Twenty year old D C Gilbert aviation machinist from Galesburg Kansas named as one of two airmen killed when a twin engine F3D Douglas Skynight interceptor crashed during a Navy training flight in the mountains near San Diego California Lt J G Joslin 24 of Kemmerer Wyoming also died The Gilbert family recently moved from Galesburg to Benton Kansas where Clark Gilbert father serves as superintendent of schools Survived by mother a brother and two sisters.
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San Diego
Canf
D. C. Gilbert
Galesburg
Kas
J. J. Joslin
Kemmerer
Wyo
Gilberts
Benton, Kas
Clark Gilbert
Gilbert
New Company Plans General Oil Work in Chanute
Oil Field Construction Inc is formed in Chanute with 10000 authorized capital. Incorporators are Mr and Mrs John W Johnson of 1321 W 4th and Mr and Mrs B W Klippel Jr of University City Missouri. Johnson named resident agent and is an oil producer in the area.
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General Oil Field
Chanute Company
Secretary of States
Topeka
Oil Field Construction Inc
Leslie Cable
Chanute
Johnson
John W. Johnson
B. W. ‘Klippel Jr
University City
Condemnation Set For Walnut Road
Erie county plans condemnation proceedings to secure right of way for a new county road from north of Erie to Walnut. The appraisal board says deeds for 32 of 44 tracts are secured. The road will be widened improved and surfaced by the Kansas Highway Department to the Crawford County line north of Erie.
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Erie
Walnut
Charles Forsyth
Neosho County
No. & School House
Crawford County
Kansas Highway Department
Boys Die Trapped In Abandoned Refrigerator
In Philadelphia two young brothers Lee Andrews aged 2 and Lewis Andrews aged 5 suffocated after being trapped inside an abandoned refrigerator. Their mother Veronica Andrews 21 found the bodies in a vacant first floor apartment after reporting them missing to police.
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Philadelphia P
Lee Andrews
Lewis
Philadelphia
Veronica Andrews
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka Report 1955 Totals
In Topeka the state Accent Records Section lists traffic fatalities. In the last 24 hours zero deaths, year to date 1955 show 330 fatalities, compared with 329 in the same period in 1954.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Accent
Nebraska Prison Outbreak Quelled by Troops at State Penitentiary
Lincoln Nebraska a 12 hour prison rebellion at the Nebraska State Penitentiary ended as armed troopers and National Guardsmen moved in to the cell block with orders to shoot if needed No shots were fired About 225 inmates had set fires and damaged facilities but surrendered after authorities demanded return to cells Two convicts were injured and no guards were harmed Governor Victor Anderson attributed the uprising to segregation policy complaints marking Nebraska's second prison riot this year
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Victor Anderson
Joseph Bovey
Gov. Anderson
Bovey
Nebraska
Rough Riders Ride to Dodge City for Cowboy Capital Drive
A Kansas City group of 20 young riders aged 4 to 14, the Roy Knapp Rough Riders, depart by horseback for Dodge City to support the Cowboy Capital of the World campaign. They plan 50 mile daily legs with a wagon, arriving for Aug 28 cattle drive and a fundraiser exhibition.
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Kansas City
Kas
Dodge City
Roy Knapp Rough Riders of
Chamber of Commerce
Tonganoxie
Perry
Silver Lake
Manhattan
Junction City
Abilene
Salina
Lindsborg
McPherson
Inman
Hutchinson
Stafford
Mackville
Kinsley
Spearville
Three Noninjury Auto Mishaps Reported by Police
Three noninjury motor vehicle accidents were investigated Tuesday per police reports. Doyle Flynn, 25 S Forest, cited for attempting to pass on the wrong side after a collision with Floyd Stacy, 616 S Malcolm, on Sixth Street between Ashby and Malcolm. Several vehicles were damaged, and Flynn received a citation for the driving infraction. Mary Briley, 911 S Lincoln, cited for operating without a driver's license after a collision at Main and Lincoln with Howard Hollenshead, 504 S Central, causing damage to the Briley car and truck rear.
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Doyle E. Flynn
S. Forest
Floyd F. Stacy
S. Malcolm
Ashby
Malcolm
Flynn
Nation Cleaners
Bill Young Chevrolet Co
Marion A. Bogle
S. Highland
East First
Motor Company
Reed Coatsworth
Kansas City
Mary F. Briley
S. Lincoln
Howard Hollenshead
S. Central
Main
Lincoln
Briley
Hugh Berthot
Missing Youth Found In Missouri Town
A 15 year old Los Angeles boy William A Haupt son of Mr and Mrs William H Haupt was found in Nevada Missouri after being last seen near Atchison Kansas. He had told friends he was going to New Orleans. Mrs Haupt and her father drove to Nevada to collect him.
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Atchison IP
Los Angeles
Missouri
William A. Haupt
William H. Haupt
Atchison
New Orleans
Nevada
Haupt
A. C. Berger
Butler County Fair Opens With 2300 Exhibits at 4-H Building
The annual Butler County Fair opened yesterday at the 4-H Club building with more than 2,300 exhibits by 500 4-H members. The fair will run through Friday.
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EL Dorado
Butler County
4-H Club
Judge Delays Hall Decision in Shawnee County
TOPEKA Kans Sizable courtroom action as Gov Fred Hall fights two civil service board members he seeks to oust. Dist Judge Dean McElhenny recessed to 2 pm after arguments, with a ruling anticipated. Gilmore of Independence and Trusler of Emporia attended. Fatzer and Bal argued for the governor. Elizabeth Barham of Pariton visited.
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Topeka
Fred Hall
Civil Service Board
Shawnee County
Dean McElhenny
James D. Gilmore
Independence
Harold P. Trusler
Emporia
Hall
Gilmore
Trusler
Harold R. Fatzer
Steadman Bal
Atchison
Hal
Diane Fizzles But High Tide Lashes Cities
Hurricane Diane weakened as it moved into North Carolina after lashing the south Atlantic coast. Winds and high tides caused rising floodwaters in Elizabeth City and Washington, with riverfront stores flooded and roads impassable while guards evacuated residents.
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Diane
Wilmington
N. C
South Atlantic
North Carolina
Elizabeth City
Washington
Pasquotank
Weather Bureau
Norfolk
Pamlico
Weather forecast Kansas: steady heat through Thursday
Forecast shows no change in pattern with clear skies through Thursday. Temperatures near seasonal normals with highs in the mid 90s and overnight near the mid 60s. No precipitation reported in the past 24 hours. 30 day outlook calls for normal temperatures and below normal rain.
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Topekap
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Wamega
Chanute
Concordia
St Patrick's Hires New Teacher and Coach
Herbert J. Swender is hired to teach physical education and industrial arts and to coach athletics at St Patrick's Junior High School this fall. Swender, recently married, will move to Chanute in about two weeks after teaching in Admire High School the past two years. He is a Fort Scott native and a 1950 Pittsburg State College graduate with Army coaching experience in Japan and Korea. He is pursuing a master's at Emporia State College.
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Herbert J. Swender
St. Patrick's
Peter Finnegan
St. Patricks Church
Swender
Chanute
Admire
Fort Scott
Sweader
Pittsburgh State College
Japan
Korea
Emporia State College
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Murray Hill
Susan Spiva
Ann Spiva
Stephen Spencer
Leon Ripple
S. Steuben
Stuart Butcher
Wayne L. Butcher
Betty Jane Chandler
Wilbur Chandler
Tribune
Hutton
Alcott Junior High
Royster
Royster Stadium
D. C
Walnut Road
Rough Riders
Cowboy Capital
Elizabeth Barham of
Pariton
St. Patrick’s
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