Stronger Civil Rights Bill Sparks GOP Stand
Washington Rep. Martin said Republicans still stand for a stronger civil rights bill than the House Democrats. The scene at the White House followed talks with President Eisenhower as a compromise measure loomed in Congress, with the Senate’s version trimmed but still facing veto risk.
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Rep
Martin
R-Mass
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Celler
D-Ny
Marin
White House
Cel‘er
House Judiciary Committee
Brazilian airliner crashes off Dominican coast
Ten airmen were rescued after Varig Airlines four engine Constellation ditched off Ciudad Trujillo while en route to New York for repairs. One Brazilian crewman is missing after the nose section exploded on impact and sank, leaving two other crewmen to swim to safety. Captain Gerald Kippling reported engine failure reducing power to one engine before the crash.
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Dominican Republic
Varig Airlines
New York City
Buenos Aitres
Gerald Kippling
New York
Varig
Kippling
Puerto Plata
Tne
Oswaldo Scherer
Boy Reunited With Parents After Weeklong Search
An 11 year old boy found wandering in Moore Oklahoma recovered his identity as Charles Haddock Jr son of Mr and Mrs Charles Haddock of Oklahoma City. Deputy Lynn Marvel who sheltered him in Moore said the father rejected adoption stating the child is not up for adoption.
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Moore
Charles Haddock Jr
Charles Haddock
Cleveland County
Lynn Marvel
Charles
Haddock
Kansas City Storm Claims 41st Life
Kansas City's May 20 tornado has now claimed 41 lives. Lena Smith of Ruskin Heights died of injuries, and her daughter Margaret Smith was also killed in the twister. Mrs. Smith had been hospitalized since.
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Kansas City
Lena Smith
Ruskin Heights
Margaret Smith
Ghost reports stir Rest Haven in Wilmingon area
Wilmingon correspondent details strange events blamed on ghosts at Rest Haven. Objects move and float, a salad tosses itself, and a cabbage and butter strike a girl, while officials seek rational explanations and find no solid evidence of haunting.
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Susan
Probers Seek Five Witnesses in New York Labor Rackets Inquiry
Federal marshals search for five witnesses in the Senate Rackets Committee inquiry into New York labor rackets. Benny Ross and Leonard Geiger are named. others remain at large. The panel plans to question James Hoffa and other Teamsters leaders over phantom locals used to sway the 1956 council election. O'Rourke invoked the Fifth Amendment, while Hickey announced his candidacy for the union presidency amid possible moves against him at the next convention.
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McClellan
D-Ark
Committee
Robert F. Kennedy
U.S. Marshal’s
New York
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Thomas L. Hickey
Teamsters
Hoffa
Dave Beck
Phantom Teamsters
O'Rourke
Hickey
Pilot's Widow Files $332,500 Suit
Mrs. June F. Gandy of Mission Kansas filed a $332,500 suit in U S District Court against United Air Lines alleging negligent operation of a United plane that collided with a Trans World Airliner killing her husband Jack and 127 others in the Grand Canyon crash of June 30, 1956.
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U. S
United Air Lines
Grand Canyon
June F. Gandy
Mission
Kas
United
Jn Trans World
Jack
Lightning Fatal to Kansas Youth Plowing on Farm
A lightning strike near Caldwell Kansas killed James Lee Roth 12 1 a theology student fromConception Missouri as he was plowing on his parents farm He was knocked from the tractor and run over by the implement The storm dumped 2 18 inches of rain on Wellington and was general in the area.
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Caldwell
Kas
B. J. Myers
James Lee Roth
Theological Seminary
Conception
Young Roth
Leo Roth
Santa Fe Presents Lake to Augusta for Water Supply
Santa Fe Lake with 1851 million gallon capacity is gifted to Augusta by the Santa Fe Railroad to bolster the city water supply. Located four miles northwest of Augusta, the lake formerly served steam engines. the railroad now uses diesel power.
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Augusta
Kas
Santa Fe Railroad
Fugitive in trunk kidnapping held after car stop
Ohio killer James Richard Esson, 35, was captured after being found in the trunk of a car he hijacked with a gun. Airman Carl Wagner, 21, and his pregnant wife Molly, 18, from Salina Kansas, were bound and gagged but escaped after Wagner poked through the trunk. Wagner, treated for a head wound, and his wife were released. Esson, a life term escapee from London Ohio prison farm, was taken into custody near Lexington Missouri.
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James Richard Esson
Ohio
Carl A. Wagner
Molly
Salina
Kan
Kingdom City
St. Louis
U.S. 40
Esson
Wagner
Reavis
Schilling Air Force Base
London
Lexington
B25 Bomber Crash Fatal to Four at West Palm Beach
A B25 bomber from Vance Air Force Base crashed into a housing development near West Palm Beach AFB, killing four crewmen. No civilians were hurt, and names were withheld pending kin notifications. The plane had cleared the tower to land from Barksdale AFB to West Palm Beach.
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Vance Air Force Base
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Air Force
Beekeeper's Panic Triggers Truck Crash in Clover
In Clover South Carolina a 59 year old man Lee Henry Minnow tried to shed a shirt when a swarm of bees attacked. He drove a two ton oats truck during the escape and lost control causing $1500 in damage though he was not injured. The bees escaped.
Baby Dies and Two Held in Colorado Child Death Case
In Springfield Colorado a 9 month old boy Kenneth Lee Patton died of pneumonia linked to abuse. His mother Matilda Patton 17 and travel companion Mike Thompson 26 are charged with murder and held without bail. A second child James Ray Patton III 2 is hospitalized with five broken bones. Father is serving overseas.
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Colo
Kenneth Lee Patton
Udge
A. Array
Baca
James K. Eaton
Warren E. Schmidt
Thompson
James Ray Patton III
Lamar
Patton
Fort Smith
Ark
Kansas Penitentiary
Eisenhower Seeks Restoring Foreign Aid cuts
President Eisenhower voiced disappointment over the House 809 million dollar foreign aid cut. Rep Martin said the President hopes the Senate will restore most of the reduction after breakfast talks, with Senate Leader Knowland echoing support.
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Eisenhower
Martin
Driver Fined for Driving While Intoxicated in City Court
Cecil Hight of Thayer was fined $125 and had his license suspended after pleading guilty in city court to driving while intoxicated. He was arrested east of Chanute on highway K39 around 7:40 p.m. yesterday by Sheriff Lee Montgomery and a city police officer.
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Thayer
Chanute
Lee Montgomery
Bonn Diplomats Swap Charges in Moscow Talks
Rolf Lahr, West Germany’s special ambassador for German Soviet negotiations in Moscow, was ordered to report for consultations again today as efforts to restart talks continue.
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Germany
Rolf Lahr
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Moscow
Senate Approves Government Atomic Power Program
Democrats in the Senate backed a government built atomic power reactor program despite administration opposition. The 389 million dollar authorization passed by voice vote after defeating key administration changes. The House trimmed most reactor provisions, sending the measure toward conference where both sides expect concessions yet aim to preserve core reactors.
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AEC
Russia
Great Britain
Oil Well Fire Fatal to One near Hobbs New Mexico
An oil well 23 miles west of Hobbs was ignited during a cementing job by Southern California Petroleum Co. Elbert Tipton, 22, of Hobbs, died about five hours after the accident at Lea County Hospital. Seven others were injured, including Judge Jeffreys, 34, and Joe Green, 20, both in critical condition. The well continued burning hours after the blast as oil and gas vented, likely ignited by a portable power plant.
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Hobbs
Lea County
B & J Well Servicing Co
Judge Jeffreys
Joe Green
Odessa
Tex
Dan van Huss
Eunice
Rowland Trucking Co
Hobbs Hospital
New Uniforms Ordered For Humboldt Band
Humboldt High School will debut new band uniforms at the first home football game on September 27. Superintendent W. S. Scott said the outfits will be mostly black with orange and white accents and feature a state-shaped emblem with a star marking Humboldt.
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Humboldt High School
W. S. Scott
Neosho Fair Exhibits Curtailed After Anthrax Scare
Neosho County fair board cancels open class livestock shows and 4-H breeding stock and the Aug 25 rodeo to prevent possible anthrax spread. Poultry rabbits junior fat stock and other displays remain scheduled as the fair opens next Friday for four days. Gale Mullen county farm agent and fair superintendent quoted on the precautionary move.
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Neosho County
Fair Board
Gale Mullen
Weekend Forecast Brings Cooler Resort Weather to Chanute
The Chanute area sees 65 overnight drop after a 94 degree high yesterday as a shower cools the swelter. The forecast calls for cloudiness with possible light drizzle, a mild Sunday in the 80s, and beneficial moisture for corn, sorghum, hay, and pastures.
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Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Topeka
3500 Attend Erie Reunion Bean Supper
Erie reunion marks 84th Soldiers and Sailors event as 3500 attendees dodge rain to enjoy bean supper. 800 pounds served from 900 planned. carnival on courthouse lawn wiped out by rain. Mrs Nina Long led Legion auxiliary cooks. entertainment shifted indoors at Wilson Hall with a later dance. Rainfall totaled about .75 inch.
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Hollis Dunham
George L. Hendricks
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Legion
Post Auxiliary
Nina Long
Dunham
Wilson Hall
Woman Claims Clothes Rationed by Husband
In Evanston, Mrs. Sammie Reiling, 21, told a circuit court judge that estranged husband Harry, 32, limited her wardrobe to what she wore on July 24 and one change of clothes since. The judge ordered the husband to return all clothing. Mrs. Reiling seeks divorce on cruelty grounds.
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Evanston
Sammie Reiling
Harry
Reiling
B. Fain Tucker
Pigeons Escape After NJ Car Crash
Edward Cizon, 31, crashed his car into a pole in Lyndhurst New Jersey. A crate of homing pigeons broke open and about a dozen birds flew from the scene toward Cizon's Passaic home four miles away.
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Lyndhurst
N. J
Edward ‘Cizon
Cizon
Passaic
Traffic Fatalities Reported In Topeka State Figures
Traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section show 0 in the past 24 hours and 305 to date in 1957, compared with 303 in the same period of 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
Polish Envoy Granted Asylum in Britain
Mieczyslaw Regula a 26 year old Polish diplomat received asylum in Britain after claiming Soviet bloc pressure to repatriate him. He told police he fled embassy quarters with his son to avoid removal and would have sailed for Poland the next day. Regula alleged his wife a Communist fanatic spied on him at the embassy.
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Britain
Mieczyslaw Regula
British Home Office
Regula
Poland
London Daily Mail
Melania
Margaretta
Richard
The
Daily Mail
U S Presses Russia on TV Broadcast Exchange Plan
The United States urged Russia to agree to an expert exchange and possible program broadcasts as part of expanding cultural exchanges. Washington linked the move to open airwaves, while Moscow questioned related fingerprinting rules for foreign visitors and a bill to modify the policy moved in Congress.
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United States
Russia
State Department
Moscow
U.S
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Road Projects To Begin In Kansas Area
A State Highway Commission spokesman said widening US 169 to 24 feet for two miles north of Iola may start this month with asphalt concrete. A parallel project on US 54 from Iola to Piqua is planned soon. Morehead cut off on US 169 to be completed by Oct 1 with 35 to 40 working days required. Erie bypass construction hoped to let by fall. A second sealing coat will be placed Monday on K146 north of Erie east to Walnut. No new developments on Chanute bypass or East Seventh turns corrections.
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State Highway Commission
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Morehead
Erie
Walnut
Chanute
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South Santa Fe
East Seventh
11 Year Old Girl Delivers Baby on Birthday
An 11 year old girl and her newborn daughter are reported in good condition at the State Medical Center in Little Rock. The six pound four ounce infant was delivered by Caesarean section yesterday on the mother’s 11th birthday. The unmarried mother, a Negro from Curtis,Ark., has been under supervision at the center. Officials say she may be the youngest mother in Arkansas history.
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Little Rock
Ark
State Medical Center
Eva Dodge
Curtis
Arkkansas
Salt and Mayonnaise Stop Holdup in Atlanta Store
In Atlanta, a 57 year old grocer Mrs Qra Rowe repelled a would be robber with a box of salt and mayonnaise jars. The assailant demanded money, brandished a knife, but fled after the improvised defense.
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Qra Rowe
Tribune Delivery Help Line
A reader is advised to contact their Tribune carrier if the newspaper is not received and, if the carrier is unavailable, to call extension 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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