Modern Southeast Kansas TB Hospital Nearing Open House
Dr George W Jackson says the Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital on West Seventh is progressing well with minor finishing work behind schedule. Open house is tentatively set for Oct 21 and major construction should wrap by Oct 1, while some plumbing and wiring may spill past that date.
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Southeast Kansas
West Seventh
Topeka
State Board of Social Welfare
Jackson
Roy A. Lawson Jr
Huntler & Lundberg
Manhattan
Ing
George Eicholtz
Lawson
Chester L. Hamsher
Chanute Faces Full Water Supply Amid Upstream Rains
Chanute's pumping station runs at peak capacity with three inches of water over the dam due to upstream rains last week. Officials say cooler weather reduced demand and less evaporation helped keep the reservoir full despite no local rainfall. Herman Janzen reports on a growing Boy Scout movement in Saigon Indochina, where he serves with an American operations mission as part of Troop 1 Saigon chartered from Brunswick New Jersey.
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Chanute
Herman Janzen
State Board of Health
Saigon
Indochina
Janzen
Ray Aringdale
Independence
Abductors Free Man After Kansas City Grocery Robbery
In Kansas City readers report three robbers robbed the P A supermarket at 76th and State Line last night. They abducted cashier Ritterhoff and driver Staver and locked them in a car trunk before abandoning the vehicle miles away. Both were freed by passing motorists. Staver had been imprisoned over two hours, Ritterhoff about 45 minutes.
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Kansas City
Ritterhoff
Staver
Moh
Plane Misses Houses Kills Three Crewmen in Fire Crash
An Air Force transport plane struck houses in West Palm Beach Florida banked to an open area before crashing and burning. Three crewmen were killed and three more were critically injured. Names were withheld pending family notifications. Cause undetermined with reports of at least one engine not operating.
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West Palm Bach
Fla
London Meeting Urged to Reject U S Suez Plan
London delegates hear India urge rejection of the U S plan for international Suez control as Egypt would reject it and negotiations would fail. India notes Egypt seized the canal and would retain control under rival proposals while Britain France and the United States push a path to talks with Nasser.
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London
U.S. Suez
India
U.S. Suez Canal
Egypt
Spain
U.S
U. S
V. K. Krishna Menon
Selwyn Lloyd
Suez Canal
Lloyd
Christian Pineau
France
Dulles
Menon
Pineau
Nasser
Eden
Dmitri Shepilov
Shepilov
Car crashes kill man near Platte City Missouri
A car struck a bridge abutment on State Highway 45 about four miles west of Platte City late yesterday killing Eddie Mayes 35 a Leavenworth resident and injuring two others.
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Platte City
Here
Leavenworth
Eddie Mayes
Neosho County Fair Opens with Busy Preparations
Erie prepares for the Neosho County fair with volunteers setting up livestock pens and home economics exhibits at the American Legion Hall. The 11 a.m. Friday opening features floral and culinary judging at 2 p.m. with entertainment at 8 p.m. and a 4-H livestock parade at 7 p.m. The event runs through Sunday with exhibits open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and a fat livestock sale at 8 p.m. Monday.
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Fair Grounds
American Legion Hall
Erie High School
Fairgrounds
Five Children Die in Chicago Fire
A gas explosion in a suburban Argo housing project apartment housing five children of Jack Davis and his wife Alice caused a devastating blaze. The five youngsters aged 4, 3, 2, 1, and 3 months perished while their parents, both adults, survived with injuries as firefighters contained the fire minutes after arrival.
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Chicago
Jack Davis
Argo
Alice
Mike
Allen
Jacklin
Denise
Rickey
Davis
Two Pets and Legacy Help Widow Care For Pets
In St Louis, Harry B. Fosterman's will leaves each of two dogs 25 dollars a month and a retired 28 year old riding horse 25 dollars monthly. He also bequeaths 15 thousand dollars for a house and 100 dollars monthly to widow Gladys Mertz who will care for the pets. Mrs Fosterman, who died in May, left 50 dollars monthly to the animals. Fosterman's estate totals 427 thousand eight hundred five dollars and includes sizable gifts to five charitable institutions. He died Saturday at age 69.
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ST. Louise
Harry B. Fosterman
Gladys Mertz
Fosterman
Topeka Receives All Vote Abstracts From Counties
Abstracts of votes cast in the August 7 primary have been received from all counties, including Trego. The State Canvassing Board met briefly and recessed until abstracts are checked. Officials hope to certify official results Saturday with no major errors affecting winners.
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Topeka
Paul Shanahan
Trego County
Hanahan
Eisenhower Sees Open Convention and Nixon Backup
President Eisenhower discussed renomination plans with GOP Chairman Hall as the 100th anniversary GOP gathering nears a vote. Hall said the convention would open openly with Nixon still acceptable as running mate and no discussion of other vice presidential nominees. Nixon’s father’s illness adds uncertainty to acceptance speech timing.
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San
Nixon
Eisenhower
Hall
Chicago
Harold E. Stassen
GOP
Welfare Ministry Plans 200 Additional Pawn Shops in Aid Drive
Tokyo officials announced a new welfare program to aid the poor, including the opening of 200 more pawn shops to expand access to loans and basic services for low income residents.
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Tokyo
Japan
Chanute welcomes first foreign student Katrie Boogert
Katrie Boogert of the Netherlands is set to become Chanute’s first foreign student. She departs Holland Friday and arrives New York August 30 then Chanute September 2 to enroll as a freshman at the Junior College. She will board with Harold and Mrs. Anderson and is funded by a U S Educational Foundation grant, school scholarships, and local UNESCO and AAUW sponsorships.
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Katrie Boogert
Netherlands
Chanute
Sarah C. Haller
Miss Boogert
Holland
United States
U.S. Educational Foundation
American Association of University Women
Unesco
Harold Andersons
W. Main Anderson
Hutton School
Haller
University of Kansas
Miss Boogers
Hall Denied Floor Access at Convention Sparks Row
Gov. Fred Hall of Kansas attends the Republican National Convention but cannot get on the floor while rivals Warren Shaw and Ed Arn gain apparent floor or alternate seating. Hall notes Arn in an alternate seat, discusses his own limited role, and travels with wife amid convention activities. President Eisenhower announces Stassen will seek Nixon second nomination and comments on health and political strategy.
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San Francisco
Fred
Hall of Kansas
Hall
Kansas
Mrs. Hall
California
Goodwin J. Knight
Topeka
Harry Darby
St. Francis
Eisenhower
Fred A. Seaton
Nebraska
Seaton
Hastings
Neb
Fay Seaton
Manhattan
Kas
Stassen
Nixon
White House
Donald
Secret Service
Nixon Rushes To Bedside As Father Falls Ill
Vice President Richard Nixon flies from the San Francisco GOP convention to Los Angeles area to be with his father Frank A. Nixon 77 who suffers a critical abdominal artery aneurysm. Doctors say the attack could be fatal soon or the elder Nixon could endure days.
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Whittier
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Richard Nixon
International Airport
Nixon
Fair and Warmer Area Forecast for Topeka Region
Eastern and southern Kansas to have fair and warmer weather with diminishing southwesterly winds tonight. High temperatures around 90 tomorrow and 90-95 Thursday. No rain expected. yesterday's highs ranged 79 to 88, lows 54 to 66. Five day outlook calls for 3 to 5 degrees above normal 90. Winds subtle, nights cool.
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Topeka
Kansas
Hill City
Goodland
Concordia
Plane Wreckage Found Four Die In Canyon Crash
A five day search ended in John Brown Canyon near Gateway Colorado with scattered wreckage of a private plane. All four aboard were dead including pilot Robert Pruess 39 Continental Uranium vice president and GM Ruth Owens company secretary and two brothers William and Ted Lewis all of Grand Junction. The plane disappeared last Thursday on a Grand Junction to Phoenix flight and apparently crashed within 15 minutes after takeoff.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Gateway
Civil Air Patrol
Phoenix
Ariz
Robert Pruess
Continental Uranium
Ruth Owens
William
Ted Lewis
John Brown Canyon
Two Trucks Collide Killing One Driver
A head on collision on State Highway K10 one mile south of White City Kansas killed Curtis Stone 33 of Council Grove a father of three. Ellis Mullins 43 of Council Grove was hospitalized after the crash yesterday involving two Morrin County gravel trucks one loaded and one empty.
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White City
Kas
Morrin County
Here
Curtis Stone
Council Grove
Ellis Mullins
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka State Records Update
TOPEKA reports traffic fatalities in last 24 hours and year totals. 1956 shows 392 to date, while the same period in 1959 lists 44 fatalities.
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Topeka
Syracuse Man Killed Near Beaumont in Kansas Crash
EL DORADO Kansas June 9 1949 Washington D Bishop 72 of Syracuse was killed when his car struck an embankment west of Beaumont Kas His son Dana R Bishop 40 Kendall Kas was critically injured He died as the ninth traffic fatality in Butler County this year?
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EL Dorado
Washington D
Bishop
Syracuse
Kas
Beaumont
Dana R. Bishop
Kendall
Ol Dorado Hospital
Butler County
Two Kansans Die In Vacation Car Crash Near Westchester
A vacation trip for three Kansans and a Nebraska friend ended in tragedy when a head on collision half a mile west of Westchester Pa. killed Ethel Jane Krehbiel 25 and Sarah A Jantzen 23 both of McPherson and Plymouth Neb Bethesda Md. Injured were Helen Krehbiel 28 a Mec Pherson operator and Vera Jay Krehbiel Newton. The driver of the other car Gerald Kline 47 Dowington Pa. was also injured.
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Westchester
Nebraska
Here
Ethel Jane Krehbiel
Rt. 2
McPherson
Sarah A. Jantzen
Plymouth
Neb
Bethesda
Helen Krehbiel
MecPherson
Vera Jay Krehbiel
Newton
Krehbiel
Gideon Krehbiel
Elyria
Gerald Kline
Dowington
Cyprus Reds Demand End to Emergency Rules in Cease-Fire View
The outlawed Communist party of Cyprus demanded an end to emergency regulations in response to the cease-fire proclaimed by the Greek Cypriot underground EOKA.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Communist Party of Cyprus
EOKA
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