House Rules Committee clears civil rights bill for House action
The House Rules Committee voted 10 to 2 to clear the compromise civil rights bill for House action, overriding opponents and signaling swift passage. The measure would empower federal judges in voting rights cases and include a Civil Rights Commission and Justice Department actions, with the Senate likely to act next. The bill faces limited debate and aims for adjournment by week’s end.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Howard W. Smith
Dva
Rep
Colmer
D-Miss
House
Rules Committee
Senate
Rules
Smith
White House
Hugh Scott
Congress
Civil Rights Investigating Commission
Justice Department
U.S
Oil Storage Fire at Andale Threatens Business District
A fire at the Andale Cooperative Association oil storage facility near Andale 21 miles northwest of Wichita spread quickly while a gasoline truck was being loaded. Fire crews from Sedgwick County and response units from McConnell Air Force Base and Hutchinson Naval Air Station aided, with danger of a large explosive gas tank.
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Wichita
Andale Cooperative Assn
Andale
Co-Op
McConnell Air Force Base
Hutchinson Naval Air Station
Sedgwick County
Student Nurse Killed In Hit and Run Near Church
A 19 year old student nurse Martha Jane Masters was killed when a car struck her after services at Faith Baptist Church in Kansas City Kansas. Police said the driver did not stop and fled the scene after the collision.
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Kansas City
Kan
Faith Baptist Church
Martha Jane Masters
Best Groomed Boy and Girl Crowned at Neosho County Fair
Jeannene Meyer and Gary Braden were selected best groomed boy and girl at the Neosho County Fair in Erie. They will represent Neosho at the State Fair in Hutchinson. Over 200 youths modeled 4-H sewing projects as Marjorie Price narrated the show in the high school auditorium, closing the county fair Saturday night.
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Erie
Jeannene Meyer
Gary Braden
Neosho County
Hutchinson
Jeannene
Lyle Meyer
Chanute
Gary
Guy Braden
Humboldt
Lila Hanson
Glenn Hanson
Valley Busy Bee
Judith Dodge
Walton Dodge
Eric
Jolly Jayhawkers
Riche George
J. K. George
Thayer
Marjorie Price
Tribune
Kansas Weekend Toll Rises With 12 Dead In Accidents
Over a Kansas weekend twelve people died in crashes raising the state toll to 328, with victims including Tulsa residents McAnally and Bicking in a truck car collision near Great Bend, two Ft Riley airmen near Jay Center, and a nurse student in Kansas City Kansas. Several other wrecks across the state and nearby Colorado produced additional fatalities and injuries among soldiers, youths, and civilians.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Youth Faces Manslaughter At Coffeyville
A fatal shotgun shooting at a farmhouse near Coffeyville leaves 15 year old Rex Rees dead and 18 year old Jerry Levy charged with manslaughter. Levy pleaded innocent and posted a 1500 bond after the county filed charges. Preliminary hearing set for Sept 71. A prank gone awry involving a fake call and a pretend shotgun father led to the fatal incident.
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Coffeyville
Rex Rees
Jerry Levy
Montgomery County
Levy
Sooner Plane Plant Destroyed by Fire
Engineers probed the Aero Design and Engineering Co. plant after a fire destroyed the main assembly building and seven Aero Commander twin engine planes. President R. T. Amis Jr. estimated plane damage well over half a million dollars and fire losses at similar levels. The firm, which built 15 government planes, has no current contract.
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Oklahoma City
Aero Design and Engineering Co
R. T. Amis Jr
Eisenhower
Amis
Wells Named Coffeyville Postmaster in Swearing In
John K. Wells, longtime manager of the State Employment Service here, was sworn in as Coffeyville postmaster succeeding John Robinson. Ben Courtwright, longtime manager at El Dorado, replaces Wells in the Employment Service office.
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Coffeyville
John K. Wells
John Robinson
Ben Courtwright
el Dorado
City commission to scrap old Ludington laws
Ludington Michigan officials plan a meeting to repeal outdated ordinances including crossing a bridge and bicycling over six miles per hour. The panel is likely to keep a 1874 rule that bans planting a tree in the middle of a street.
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Ludington
Mich
Driver Arrested After Erie Area Crash
Edward H. Grosdidier a 21 year old from St. Paul faces a hearing for reckless driving while intoxicated set for 2 p.m. Wednesday in justice of the peace court near Erie. A passenger Don Moody escaped with cuts as the 1946 Pontiac hit a bridge on highway K146. John Beechner also arrested for intoxication. both posted bonds.
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Erie
Edward H. Grosdidier
St. Paul
Justice of the Peace Court
Lee Montgomery
Grosdidier
Don Moody
Montgomery
John Beechner
Grosdidier’s
Beechner
Jack Reynolds
Duane Houck
Highway Patrol
Two Airmen Jump Land Safely in Bay
Two Air Force lieutenants bailed out of a stricken T33 jet trainer and landed safely in Chesapeake Bay late last night. Identified are Lt. G. K. Bowling and Lt. G Williams of the 3594th Combat Crew Training Squadron, Nellis AFB, Las Vegas. The jet refueled at Andrews AFB before taking off for Greenville MS.
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Washington
Air Force
Chesapeake Bay
G. K. Bowling
G. Williams
3594Th
Combat
Nellis Air Force Base
Las Vegas
Nev
Andrews Air Force Base
Greenville
Miss
Erie man Ted Kyle elected state commander of Kansas Legion
Ted Kyle of Erie was elected state commander of the American Legion at a Hutchinson convention. Kyle, who has led the Third District as senior commander, also serves as a field representative for the Kansas Department of Revenue. He succeeds Howard F. Lawrence of Olathe. Delegates from Neosho County totaled about 35, with Chanute attendees named. Other new officers include Thomas Lowe Em TOria vice commander Ed Sexton Wichita and Red Beamgard Atwood masters at arms Rev Marx Jones Norton chaplain.
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Ted Kyle
Erie
American Legion
Hutchinson
Kyle
Motor Fuels
Kansas Department of Revenue
Howard F. Lawrence
Olathe
Neosho County
Robert Harmon
Chanute
Harmon
Tom O'Donnell
Jack Owens
Bill Dever
Jack Durham
Bill Wise
Marvin Seafeldt
John Nation
Legion State
Thomas Lowe
Emporia
Ed Sexton
Wichita
Red Beamgard
Atwood
Masters-At-Arms
Marx Jones
Norton
Docking
Mark Kraus
Kraus
VFW
Legion
Kansas
Four Policemen Rescued From Missouri River
Four Kansas City police officers and one from North Kansas City were saved after their boat flipped on the Missouri River. The capsizing occurred after striking a submerged object, and two other boats aided in the rescue. Names given include Sgt. Gerald Stone Paul Bailey Larry Gallagher and Sgt. Kenneth Beck.
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Kansas City
Kan
Missouri River
Gerald Stone
Paul Bailey
Larry Gallagher
Kenneth Beck
North
Stage Show Signed For Fall Festival
A two hour stage show by the Country Music Jamboree of Springfield Missouri has been signed for the September 26 28 Fall Festival. The group will also play for the annual dance. Planning continues at a 7 pm meeting tomorrow at the Junior Chamber of Commerce second floor club room 29 West Main.
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Springfield
David Saker
Saker
Junior Chamber of Commerce Entertainment
Junior Chamber of Commerce
W. Main
Massive Lutheran Assembly Draws Up to 100000
An estimated 75 000 to 100 000 people joined an outdoor service in St Paul Minnesota for the final event of the Lutheran World Federation third assembly The vast crowd nearly filled the Minnesota state capitol approaches and was described as the largest in American Lutheran history.
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ST. Paul
Minn
World Lutheranism
Minnesota
Lutheran World Federation
Fire destroys East Waters Hall at Kansas State College
Manhattan Kansas fire officials report East Waters Hall at Kansas State College destroyed with estimated losses over 1 million dollars. The blaze wiped out a flour mill and about 15 agricultural laboratories and many classrooms. Governor Docking ordered state officials to evaluate emergency relief and funding options.
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Topeka
East Waters Hall
Kansas State College
George Docking
William Salome
Department of Administration
James Bibb
State Finance Council
Docking
Bibb
Manhattan
Kas
Glenn Beck
School of Agriculture
East Waters
West Waters
Personal income hits record high as nation averages near two thousand
Census Bureau data show 1956 total personal income at 324 billion dollars with an average of 1940 per person. Delaware leads in per capita income at 2858 while Mississippi trails at 964. Connecticut and New Jersey rank high among states. Great Lakes and Far West regions exceed the national average.
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Washington
United States
Delaware
Mississippi
Indiana
Connecticut
New Jersey
California
Nevada
New York
Illinois
District of Columbia
Far West
Great Lakes States
Cooler Trend in Forecast for Kansas Tuesday
Partly cloudy through Tuesday with scattered thundershowers tonight and Tuesday, turning cooler Tuesday. Highs in the middle 80s, tonight around the middle 40s to 50s. Hot weather returned to most of Kansas Sunday with upper 90s to 100 degree readings. Dodge City reports 13 inches of rain in an earlier period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Concordia
Hill City
Salina
Manhattan
Dodge City
Goodland
Freidline files $25,000 damage suit against Santa Fe
Mrs. Marjorie Freidline of 704 S. Grant sues the Santa Fe Railway Co in Jackson County Circuit Court for $25,000 after a cross ing collision near Humboldt on March 25 that killed her husband Kenneth E. Friedline and companion Weaver E. Walters days later. The Sievers Implement Co. employee pair were returning from a service call when a northbound Tulsa Santa Fe passenger train struck their pickup. The petition accuses the railroad of negligence.
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Santa Fe Railway Co
Marjorie Freidline
S. Grant
Jackson County
Missouri
Humboldt
Freidline
Kenneth E. Friedline
Weaver E. Walters
Edith
Sievers Implement Co
Chanute
Senate restores part of foreign aid funds in Eisenhower bill
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to restore 500.9 million dollars of 809.65 million cut from the foreign aid bill. Myles J. Ambrose was sworn in as assistant to the secretary of the Treasury for law enforcement in New York. In Damascus President Kuwaily met his Cabinet for the first time since appointing a new leftist army command amid talk of administrative changes. In Seoul a Korean civilian died from a ricochet bullet fired by an American guard at the Inchon pipeline.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Myles J. Ambrose
New York
Secretary of Treasury
Damascus
Syria
Shukri Kuwaily
Seoul
U.S
Inchon
Anna Huston Recovering From Surgery in Oklahoma City Hospital
Mrs. Anna Huston a former Cha nute resident is hospitalized in Oklahoma City Oklahoma for surgery and reports indicate she is undergoing a medical procedure today.
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Anna Huston
Chanute
Oklahoma City, Okla
Cars Damaged In Multiple Accidents In Lincoln Area
Police report two accidents near Lincoln and Walnut and Lincoln and Main. A 1952 Chevrolet and a trailer suffered rear and front damage after a trailer came loose from a Jeep driven by Ed Neyhard. Pauline Holman of Elsmore could not be located by the license number. In another incident at Lincoln and Main three cars were involved with a 1950 Ford driven by Howard Gene Wolfe and a 1947 Buick driven by Howard Dale Roles sustaining damage. the third car fled. A separate collision at 16th and Santa Fe involved a 1952 Ford owned by Robert Merle Forslund and a 1952 Ford driven by Clarence Earl Overby. Forslund’s car had right side and door damage.
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Lincoln
Walnut
Ed Neyhard
N. Central
Pauline Holman
Elsmore
Lincoln and
Main
Howard Gene Wolfe
S. Santa Fe
Howard Dale Roles
Pauline
Wolfe
Roles
Robert Merle Forslund
N. Washington
Clarence Earl Overby
Parsons
16Th and
Santa Fe
Forslund
Power & Light Workers Strike in Kansas City Area
About 2,000 union employees of Kansas City Power and Light Co began a strike at facilities in Kansas City and in Missouri towns Brunswick and Sweet Springs and Paola Kansas. Pickets from three IBEW locals protested wage negotiations that started June 30. Wages range 1.60 to 3 dollars per hour. union seeks 8 percent, company offers 3 to 5 percent.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Power & Light Co
Brunswick and
Sweet Springs
Missouri
Paola
Kas
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
John Jiloh
P. A. Metzger
Ka City
Kansas
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka and State Records
State Accident Records reports nine traffic fatalities in the last 48 hours and totals for 1957 reach 328, compared with 408 in the same period of 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
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Joseph C. Ebard
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Jay Center
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U. S. 166
Wauneta
Pratt
U. S. 85
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Ray Looney
Robert Corcoran
Oberlin
Fred Quint
Sterling
Colo
U. S. 83
Bert Bloodworth
Girard
U. S. 69
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Lawrence Egbert Mercier
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