Dahlia Show Sparks Interest At Local Fairs
Members of the Southeastern Kansas Dahlia Assn displayed 130 blooms at the Allen County Fair in Iola and 200 at the Neosho County Fair in Erie. Exhibits featured blooms from Chanute Humboldt Iola and Columbus Parsons Independence.
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Kansas
Allen County
Chanute
Humboldt
Iola
Erie
Columbus
Parsons
Independence
Harold Strack
Floyd Strack
Lolo
John Bardwell
Whittaker weighs NAACP plea on Central High race case
Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Whittaker may decide whether to lift barriers delaying racial integration at Little Rock Central High as it reopens September 2. The NAACP seeks immediate re-entry for Black students and asks Whittaker to set aside a lower court order.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Charles Evans Whittaker
Little Rock
Central High School
Whittaker
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
Central High
NAACP
US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Arkansas High School
Eighth Circuit
Arkansas
Los Angeles
Thurgood Marshall
New York
Edmund P. Cullinan
American Bar Assn
Pacific
Marshall
Ogden
Utah
Final Enrollment At Midway Aug 29
Final enrollment at Midway Consolidated School southeast of Buffalo will be held for all students Aug 29 at 9 a.m. Buses will run 30 minutes behind schedule and school will dismiss at noon. Classwork starts Sept 2 at 8 35 a.m. New bus riders should notify the route driver or superintendent.
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Buffalo
Midway Consolidated School
Robert J. Dollar
Dollar
Roy Simmons Jr. Drowns in Kansas City Creek
Bobby Simmons, 13, of Rockville Missouri, drowned yesterday in a creek at the south edge of Kansas City. His father Roy Simmons Sr. works in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Bobby Simmons
Rockville
Roy Simmons
Enrollment Dates For Humboldt Grades
Humboldt elementary schools set enrollment on Thursday and Friday August 28 and 29. Supt. W S Scott notes Lincoln School kindergarten enrolls August 28 and Washington School kindergarten on August 29. Grades 7 12 have finished enrolling. School opens with a half day on September 2.
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Humboldt
Supt
W. S. Scott
Lincoln
Washington
Kitchen Cleaner Triggers Fire Alarm Thinks Dust Appears
Don Bryant cleaning a nursing home kitchen noticed black specks on the ceiling and sponged them with hot soap. Three fire trucks rushed to the scene to find the specks were thermos tats that relay a fire alarm. Bryant’s hot water damaged them.
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Kansas City
Don Bryant
Bryant
No Parking Zone Signs Set for Trucks Citywide
City officials unveil 24 hour no truck parking zones in multiple streets including Santa Fe Main to south limits Lincoln Main to 8th 7th Steuben Plummer 3rd Santa Fe Plummer Walnut Lincoln Walnut east limits and Lincoln Walnut north limits. The ordinance takes effect after publication with no date set. Safety and visibility are cited goals.
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R. J. Hayes
Santa Fe
Main
Lincoln
8Th
7Th
Steuben
Plummer
3Rd
Walnut
14Th
Hayes
Fireman Killed At Kansas City Scene
CAPT FRANK E. EDELman 59 of the Kansas City fire department was fatally struck by a fire truck at a minor blaze scene. He stepped from behind a truck already on site and was run over by a truck arriving at the scene.
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Kansas City
Frank E. Edelman
Phone line note directs readers to Tribune contact after hours
The message advises readers to contact Tribune through a carrier and to call 700 after 6 p.m. when the carrier is unreachable, indicating an after hours communication procedure.
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Tribune
Warning to drivers on school crossings after August 28
The Police Department issues a public safety notice urging motorists to watch for school children crossing in school zones after August 28. Police emphasize heightened vigilance, slow speeds, and adherence to crossing guards and posted signs to protect students.
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Police Department
Boat Crashed Under Wheels After Boat Slips From Car
AP report from Kansas City says a car with a boat on top drove north on U S 69 when the boat flipped off and was crushed by a following truck. The truck driver James Doyle George 31 Anna Texas said the car kept going with the other driver unaware.
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Kansas City
U. S. 69
James Doyle George
Anna
Tex
Costly Bird Trinkets Baffle Dallas Coin Collector
Dallas attorney Ben Henderson, a coin collector, found four rare pennies valued at $40. He oiled and placed them on a window sill to even their color, but minutes later pigeons swooped in and snatched the coins, vanishing from sight.
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Dallas, Tex
Ben Henderson
Eisenhower Plans Nuclear Test Talks With USSR
Washington reports say the United States expects Moscow to accept a plan to begin negotiations in New York on a worldwide system to monitor nuclear tests. The plan includes suspending U.S. tests for a year and requires continued Soviet halts, with Britain also willing to suspend.
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Washington
Russia
Eisenhower
U.S
Kremlin
New York
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N. General Assembly
Security Council
Radio Moscow
Tass
Congress
Chet Holifield
Dcalif
Holifield
Geneva
United States
Britain
Military Projects Approved for Kansas Military Forts
A Senate House conference committee approved Kansas and Missouri military construction projects. Kansas totals include Fort Leavenworth 363000 Fort Riley 1504000 Forbes AFB Topeka 2304000 McConnell AFB Wichita 263000 Schilling AFB Salina 2341000. Missouri totals Richards-Gebaur AFB Grandview 2714000 Whiteman AFB Knob Noster 5318000. The bill now goes to both houses after trimming 1989856 from Kansas and 308000 from Richards Gebaur.
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Washington
Senate
House
Kansas
Missouri
Ft. Leavenworth
Ft. Riley
Forbes Afb
Topeka
McConnell Afb
Wichita
Schilling Afb
Salina
Richards - Gebaur
Grandview
Whiteman
Knob Noster
Conference
Richards-Gebaur Afb
Sooner Killed in Two-Car Crash Near Seneca
Leslie W. Elliott, 63, of Miami Oklahoma, died yesterday in a two vehicle collision on U.S. 60 just over the Oklahoma border near Seneca.
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Seneca, Mo
Leslie W. Elliott
Miami
Okla
Oklahoma
U.S. 60
Erie County Fair Talent Contest and Exhibits Judging
Erie Neosho County Fair events featured 4-H talent entries with nineteen groups at Erie High School winning honors for a Stark boy trio. Judgment continued for livestock dairy poultry crops and 4-H booths as exhibits opened Sunday with a free Shodeo planned by the Erie Saddle Club and a fat stock sale Monday night.
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Erie
Gale Mullen
Dairy and Crops and Gardens
Erie High School
Jolly Jay Hawkers
Stark
Stephen Olson
Don Richwine
Robert Wilson
Hillcrest
Jolly Go
Savonburg
Leonard Seac
Erie Saddle Club
Neal McCoy
Chanute
Fairgrounds
Two Minor Accidents Reported in Traffic
Police investigated two minor traffic accidents yesterday. The first occurred at Main and Steuben around 3 15 p.m. involving Ella Mae Turner and Marilyn Jo Marts with damage to the rear of Turner s 1957 Ford and the front of Marts 1955 Ford. The second crash at 4th and Highland involved James H Tallman and Lou Darlington with damage to the right front fender of Tallman s 1951 Chevrolet pickup and the left front door of Darlington s 1953 Buick.
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Main and Steuben
Ella Mae Turner
Washington
Marilyn Jo Marts
Turner
Ford
James H. Tallman
S. Kansas
Lou Darlington
N. Central
4Th
Highland
Sewer Bond Issue Approved in Neosho Vote
Neosho residents approve a $120 000 sewer bond issue by 329 to 28. The project will serve 300 families in four new city areas.
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Neosho
Treatment Yields Three Inch Gain For Dwarfed Girl
A dwarfed 11 year old girl at UC, treated with human pituitary growth hormone, grew over three inches in six months. Doctors say this is the largest reported growth rate from such treatment and hint at future simplification of the hormone.
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Madison, Wis
University of California
The
Roberto Escamilla
John J Hutchings
William C. Deamer
Breakin at Chanute Wholesale Meat Co Misses Loot
Police report a break-in at 104 West Main the Chanute Wholesale Meat Co building but owners Lloyd Moulton and wife found nothing missing. Officers said equipment in the building was undisturbed after the entry through a broken screen and rear door. Break occurred around 4:55 am, with earlier check at 3:15 am.
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W. Main
Chanute Wholesale Meat Co
Lloyd Moulton
Action Completed On Debt Limit Boost
Congress completed action on an eight billion dollar increase in the national debt limit. The House sent the bill to President Eisenhower after Senate approval raised the permanent ceiling from 75 to 283 billion and added a five billion temporary boost to about June 30. The new limit reaches 288 billion including the temporary amount, a peacetime high second only to the 1945 WW II ceiling.
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Washington
Congress
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Congress Hopes to Adjourn Tonight Amid Delays
Washington sources say the 85th Congress aims to adjourn tonight but talkative senators and House disputes may push adjournment to next week. Key items include a 3.2 billion foreign aid measure, a six billion dollar operating funds bill, and water diversion for Chicago.
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Washington
Senate
Senate House
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
George A. Malone
R-Nev
Allen J. Ellender
Dla
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Congress
William F. Knowland
California
Johnson
Chicago
Great Lakes
Michigan
Great Lake
Wichita to put 14 meter maids on traffic beat
Wichita will train 14 meter maids to assist the police in checking parking meters issuing tickets and traffic control starting Sept 2. The women will receive two weeks of training while male officers reassigned from traffic duties take other duties.
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Wichita
Eugene Pond
Japanese Warships Visit U S Mainland Then Head North
Six Japanese warships became the first to visit the U S mainland and Canada since before World War II. They left Pearl Harbor for Seattle after a three day port call during which crews enjoyed sightseeing and shore leave.
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Honolulu
U.S
Canada
Pearl Harbor
Seattle
Traffic Fatalities In Kansas State Records
Traffic fatalities listed by the state accident records section show 0 in the last 24 hours. To date in 1958 the count is 327, compared with 329 for the same period in 1957.
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Topeka
Kansas
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