Left Hand Pitch Left Hand Pitch Bonds by Mail Put Into Record
The city court clerk records the first mail posted bonds under the new state law. Donald Lee Huse of Wichita sent a ten dollar bond after a muffler violation but forfeited it for missing the hearing. Jack Elvin Troutt of Aransas Pass posted ten dollars for failing to clear a port of entry.
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Donald Lee Huse
Wichita
Jack Elvin Troutt
Aransas Pass
Tex
Dick Harbaugh
Iola
Kansas
Altoona Man Found Dead At Farm
Altoona in Kansas Leo E George 58 was found dead of a gunshot wound at his farm two miles east and one mile south of Altoona by his uncle Sam A Wilson. Coroner William Chamberlain unavailable for details. Body taken to Loran Fawcett Funeral Home Neodesha. Survived by wife Faye three sons M Sgt William K George Albuquerque M Sgt Dale K George Midwest City Okla and Tom K George Wichita and five grandchildren.
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Leo E. Geoge
Sam A. Wilson
William Chamberlain
Wilson County
Loran Fawcett Funeral
Neodesha
Faye
William K. George
Albuquerque
Dale K. George
Midwest City
Okla
Tom K George
Wichita
City Court Case Set for Trial
A 12 man jury will hear the case State of Kansas versus Louis Jean Adams in Chanute at 1 p.m. Friday in the Memorial Building. Adams was arrested July 21 by local officers on charges of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and reckless driving.
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Chanute
Memorial Building
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Broadcasting Firm Is Incorporated In Topeka
Christian Broadcasting Co. of America, a non profit organization at Pratt, completed incorporation in the secretary of state’s office today. Darrell F. Hecht of Coldwater is resident agent. Also completing proceedings were B. and D. Builders Inc of Newton with resident agent Benjamin A. Thompson and $25,000 authorized capitalization.
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Topeka
Christian Broadcasting Co. of America
Pratt
Darrell FE. Hecht
Coldwater
Religious Broadcasting Company
B. and
D. Builders Inc
Newton
Benjamin A. Thompson
Swedish Navy reports three subs sighted off east coast
Stockholm reports the Swedish navy spotted three unidentified submarines off the country’s east coast. It marks the seventh sighting this summer of foreign subs in Swedish waters. The Soviet Foreign Office denied informal notes claiming the subs were Russian.
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Stockholm
Sweden
October Draft Call Sets Number at 149 Men for Kansas
Maj. Gen. Joe Nickell states Kansas faces an October draft call for 149 men, up from 138 in September and 142 in October prior. The state selective service director issued the figures today as part of ongoing recruitment and deployment planning.
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Topekap
Kansas
Joe Nickell
Selective Service
Typhoid Threat Looms As Flood Claims Rush In
Stroudsburg and East Stroudsburg reel after Hurricane Dianes flood. Death toll unofficially 93 and rising past 100. Typhoid fears grow as 8,000 inoculated. dysentery blamed on polluted Bucks County water. Bridges destroyed, Bailey bridges planned, curfews imposed, National Guardsmen patrolling. emergency shelters open for the homeless.
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Stroudsburg
Pennsylvania
Pocono
Bucks County
Truck Upsets with Uninjured Driver in Kansas City Intersection
A semi trailer carrying tractor chain belts tipped on its right side at Seventh and Santa Fe about 10 50 p m Sunday. Edwin I B Smith 28 of Hickman Mills Missouri, the driver, escaped unharmed. The truck owned by Chief Freight Lines rolled after shifting cargo as Smith turned from Seventh to Santa Fe. Streets were barricaded by Emil Betase, and the vehicle was righted and emptied into another truck.
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Edwin IB. Smith
Hickman Mills
Oklahoma City
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Emil Betase
Freeport Bank Loot Recovered From Farm Pond
In Land Springs Oklahoma an amateur diver recovered ten safety deposit boxes and their contents from a farm pond. Roy Hanna turned them over to Tulsa police. Vernon Luther Young, 16, admitted participating in the Freeport Kansas burglary and was arrested earlier in Council Bluffs Iowa, with a box found in his car.
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Okla
Freeport
Kas
Roy Hanna
Tulsa
Vernon Luther Young
Young
Council Bluff
Iowa
Red Cross Surveys Damage to Homes Across Six States
The Red Cross announced an incomplete survey showing 34 169 families displaced by flood waters in six Eastern states. It cites 439 homes destroyed and about 14 000 damaged. In Pennsylvania the health problem was worsened by thousands of dead chickens and many head of livestock. Scranton faced a severe water shortage with 17 Army canvas tanks delivering 3 000 gallons each.
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General Raymond Duval Killed in Plane Crash Near Paris
Paris reports General Raymond Duval commander of troops in Moerseco died today in a plane crash. French News Agency confirms the fatal incident and identifies Duval as the senior military figure.
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Paris
Raymond Duval
Moerseco
Hair Turning White From Cosmic Rays Not Space Danger
Hollo man Air Development Center reports space biology tests with monkeys and rats in balloons 90 120 thousand feet show no serious after effects for travelers in the stratosphere. Some black haired rats developed white hairs from cosmic ray exposure, but monkeys behaved normally after 35 hours.
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Davis G. Simons
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Aero Medical Field Laboratory
Sault Sainte Marie
Mich
Girl Killed Crossing Road Near Rose Hill
Thirteen year old Jeanne Kay Russell daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene Russell was killed Saturday night when struck by a car as she crossed a road in front of her home in Rose Hill Kansas.
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Kas
Jeanne Kay Russell
Eugene Russell
Nebraska Woman Dies in Car-Truck Wreck
A Nebraska woman was killed and her two brothers injured in a crash at the west edge of Wakeeney Kansas. Allen W. Hamilton 54 of Council Bluffs Iowa was in critical condition with a chest injury. Homer R. Hamilton 63 of Red Oak Iowa was less severely hurt. Mrs MacKenzie rode in the back seat as a car and a transport truck collided at Highway 283 and 40. The truck rolled onto its side. drivers Lloyd H. Smith 42 of Denver and Ralph Herndon of Aurora Colorado were uninjured.
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Kas
Nebraska
Allen W. Hamilton
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Trego-Lempke Memorial Hospital
Homer R. Hamilton
Red Oak
Lloyd H. Smith
Denver
Ralph Herndon
Aurora
Colo
Traffic Fatalities Reported By State Accident Records
Topeka Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section show 3 new fatalities in the last 48 hours and totals for year to date 1955 at 337, compared with 348 in the same period in 1954. An additional earlier fatality not previously reported is included.
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Topeka
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Man Killed in Highway Collision Near Platte City
Orville Wade 48 of Kansas City Kas was killed in an automobile collision on U S Highway 71 north of Platte City Saturday.
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Orville Wade
Kansas City
Kas
U. S. Highway 71
Eisenhower To Inspect Six State Flood Damage From Air
President Eisenhower will fly a six state aerial survey of hurricane and flood damage in Pennsylvania New Jersey Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut and the Port Jervis area of New York. He will confer with E Roland Harriman of the Red Cross and meet six state governors before addressing the American Bar Association in Philadelphia. He plans further talks with Lewis L. Strauss on atomic issues.
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Second Case Reported Of Suspected Polio
Mrs. Leon Pfeifer, 22, of 1818 Wilson, was flown to Wesley Hospital in Wichita for suspected polio. The flight, piloted by Fred Montague, carried Mrs. Dean Skinner of the Skinner Koch Memorial Home. Dean Moore of Chanute, taken Friday, was said to be slightly improved but still critical, with polio diagnosed.
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Chanute
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French Troops Fight Rebels in Morocco After Weekend Bloodshed
French forces using tanks and fighter planes blasted rebel bands in Morocco as violence flared across the protectorate. Casualty counts varied with reports near 800 to 1,341 dead, while operations targeted the Oued Zem area. Premier Faure and Pinay opened talks with Moroccan leaders on self-government.
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Family seeks help for Elmore farm family near Erie
The Carl Elmore family in the Pratt district six miles northwest of Erie suffered a tornado and a recent fire destroying their farm home and most belongings. They live under a tarpaulin while awaiting a temporary house. Mrs. Dee Akers solicits clothing and gifts, with a show er at the Pratt school and a quilting party at the Cox home to make clothes for two girls and three children.
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Erie
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Pratt School
Chanute
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Cox
Elmore
Deaths and Injuries In Car Pileup Near Olathe
Mrs Adelia David of Osawatomia Kansas was killed in a two car smashup as one car crossed the highway to enter a service station. Delmar H David her husband was struck by a car driven by 18 year old William Moore of the Olathe Naval Air Station. Nine others were injured when three additional vehicles collided with the wreckage. The crash occurred Saturday.
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Adelia Davidson
Osawatomia
Kas
Delmar H. Davidson
William Moore
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Tavern Worker Dies From Glass Cut In Wichita
A Wichita tavern employee, 31 year old Jack Raymond Cary, died in a hospital hours after being cut by a broken beer glass while ejecting a customer, Cruz Lopez Casanova, 26, who is charged with first degree murder.
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Jack Raymond Cary
Cruz Lopez Casanova
Casanova
Showers Enter Weather Picture In Kansas
Forecaster Tom Arnold notes showers entered the Kansas weather picture last night with light, scattered amounts. Trading Post and LaCygne led rainfall at 1.10 inches as a weak cool front moved across the state, with cooler temperatures tonight and 90 to 95 tomorrow across regions.
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Tom Arnold
Pilot Pulled From Burned Navy Plane in Kansas Crash
Lt. John T. Dixon, 38, of Wichita, was critically injured when his Navy F4U-4 Corsair crashed near U.S. Highway 50 while attempting a landing at Olathe Naval Air Station. Enlisted men John R. Newbold and Howard W. Zeliff pulled him from the wreckage before flames spread. Both rescuers suffered minor facial and hand singes.
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John T. Dixon
Wichita
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U. S. Highway 50
John R. Newbold
Howard W. Zeliff
Dixon
Floods devastate six states amid rising death toll
The Northeastern flood disaster spans six states with about 188 dead and as many as 130 missing. President Eisenhower plans an aerial survey with Connecticut and Rhode Island emergency-loan declarations expanding. Torrington and Stroudsburg suffer major damage as relief efforts rush in.
Strike Ends as Washington Transit Workers Return
AFL transit workers resumed duties in Washington after a two day strike end. City grants Capital Transit Co fare increases to offset hourly wage losses for drivers and mechanics, settling the walkout.
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