JayCee Special to Kansas City Hits Almost Sold Out
Chanute Junior Chamber of Commerce reports more than 135 of 170 tickets for the JayCee Special to Kansas City have sold. The trip to watch the Kansas City Athletics vs Detroit Tigers departs Chanute at 9 50 a m and returns by 7 20 p m. Tickets 750 for adults 5 for children include train fare bus to the ballpark and game admission. Stops include Humboldt and Iola with 26 Humboldt tickets sold.
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Chanute Junior Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City
Ray Christiansen
Santa Fe Railroad
Kansas City Athletics
Detroit Tigers
Chanute
Christiansen
Humboldt
Iola
JayCees
Docking Blocks Beatty Travel Hearing by Refusal
Gov George Docking denies funding for Marion Beatty to attend a Federal Power Commission hearing in Washington Beatty a former KCC chairman alleges retaliation for past statements. Harry Wiles and Richard Byrd will travel to press the KCC position on regulating minimum natural gas prices in the Hugoton field before the Supreme Court event.
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Topeka
George Docking
Marion Beatty
Kansas Corporation Commission
Washington
Beatty
Docking
KCC
Harry Wiles
Richard Byrd
Wiles
Federal Power Commission
FPC
U. S. Supreme Court
Hugoton
Frisco to London Flight Cuts Time on Arctic Route
Pan American World Airways flew a Boeing 707 from San Francisco to London in just over 13 hours with 124 passengers. The flight bypassed refueling at Frobisher Bay due to an unfinished runway and used a Boston stopover. The airline plans to begin Arctic routing in about three weeks, shortening the trip to around 12 hours.
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London
Pan American World Airways
San Francisco
Boston
Frobisher Bay
Canada
Northwest Territories
Frobisher
Arctic
Jupiter Missile Test Reaches 300-Mile Flight
An Air Force crew aided launching the Army Jupiter missile on a 300 mile test flight from Cape Canaveral. The 60 foot missile had 17 wins in 18 prior launches over 1500 miles, and Wednesday night marked its first test at the minimum range.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Thor
Adm
Arleigh Burke
U.S
Cape
Polaris Missile Launch From Ship Successful At Sea
The U S Navy fired a test Polaris submarine missile from the USS Observation Island seven miles offshore in calm waters. The 28 foot missile arched skyward with a long white smoke trail as stages ignited, marking a key step in developing the weapons system for ocean going submarines.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Navy
Observation Island
Atlantic Missile Range
Two Families Await Rabies Test Results
In Topeka and Menlo Park, two families await rabies test results for a chipmunk that bit Janice Thurber and her cousin Gordon Kelley during a California vacation. The ill animal died in a cage, was transported via Kansas patrol relays to state labs in Manhattan, and the tests determine whether the children will need shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Menlo Park
Calif
Hugh Thurber
Janice
Redwood City
Gordon Kelley
Leslie D. Kelley
Liberal
Kansas
Ralph Smith
Highway Patrol
Manhattan
Water Project At Humboldt Approved For $17959
The Kansas Corporation Commission approved Humboldt Kansas waterworks improvements totaling 17959 to extend about 10 blocks of mains to Wakefield second addition and add hydrants a new line and larger lines to improve fire protection. City clerk Leroy Wright said funds will be provided by an ordinance.
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Humboldt
Kansas Corporation Commission
Associated Press
Topeka
Wakefield
Leroy Wright
Wright
Starling Warfare Continues in Mount Vernon Despite Chaser
Mount Vernon residents still endure flocks of starlings as Otto Standke, the bird chaser from Great Bend Kansas, works under a $4000 contract that expires at midnight. The city will wait 30 days before deciding if he defaulted, and Dr. T A Jost, the health commissioner, will survey for lingering birds after that period.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
Otto Standke
Great Bend
Kaw
T.A. Jost
Standke
Crime Spree Ends for Couple in Multiple States
An Ohio couple, Meredith Carl Waller and his common-law wife Jean Ann Waller, told detectives the arrest in Kansas City ended a spree of armed robberies and fake checks in 20 states. He said the haul totaled thousands of dollars and detailed robberies from a Newport drugstore to a St. Louis grocery and a Cincinnati tavern, with money orders and blank-check schemes spread across many states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Ohio
Meredith Carl Waller
Julian Hulett
Jean Ann Waller
Julian
Waller
Newport
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Hulett
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Missouri
New York
Tennessee
Texas
Washington
California
Kentucky
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Colorado
Minnesota
Montana
Oregon
Vehicles Damaged In St Paul Collision
ERIE Front of a 1959 Ford driven by Albert Balfay of St Paul was damaged in a collision on highway K57 about 10 a.m. today. The car struck a panel truck owned by Harold Liebst and driven by Dennis Berry of St Paul. Berry turned left as vehicles approached from opposite directions. A separate collision near South Mound involved Claude E Barnes of Parsons and Charlene Lacy of rural St Paul with left fronts damaged.
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Claude E. Barnes
Parsons
Charlene Lacy
St. Paul
Pittsburg Boys Complete 380 Mile Missouri Raft Trip
Four Pittsburg Kansas youths aged 16 to 20 finished an 11 day journey from Kansas City to St. Louis on an 18 by 24 foot raft. Built from 50 oil drums and an oak frame with cooking on a drum stove, they slept in a tent each night. Accompanied by Armstrong's uncle Randall Kennon, they reported a minor collision with a barge early in the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Pittsburg
Kan
Kansas City
Mike Armstrong
Ronnie Susnik
Pat Beard
Larry
Armstrong
Randell Kennon
Bride to Be Burned in Liberal Explosion
Dorothy Lampton a 19 year old from Churchill Tennessee and Walter Gene Lay a 28 year old oilfield worker were in Liberal Kansas bound for a wedding trip to Raton New Mexico. Lampton struck a match to light a cigarette in a car fueled with butane at a service station when an explosion occurred blowing out the windows. Lampton suffered burns on her legs chest arms neck and face.
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Tennessee
Dorothy Lampton
Churchill, Tenn
Walter Gene Lay
Raton
N. M
Lay
Miss Lampton
Warm Humid Kansas Forecast With Scattered Thunder Showers
Weather brief notes extended through Friday with heavy cloudiness and humidity. Central Kansas saw light showers and varied rain amounts with highs from 87 to 95 at several cities and overnight lows from 59 to 75.
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Jewet
Topeka
Kansas
Wamego
Jewell
Russell
Dodge City
Abilene
Manhattan
Concordia
Goodland
Salina
New York Lawyer Elected National Commander of American Legion
Martin B. McKneally a 44 year old New York lawyer was chosen as national commander of the American Legion. Rabbi Robert Kahn of Houston was elected national chaplain. The five vice commanders are William G. Brennan Indianapolis A Layman Lexington Charles C. McGonegal Sunol Nate Keller Virginia Minn and Willard W. Brandt Lanton NC.
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Minneapolis
Martin B. McKneally
Newburgh
N. Y
American Legion
The
Legion
Rabbi Robert Kahn
Houston
Tex
William G. Brennan
Indianapolis
A. Layman
Lexington
D. C
Charles C. McGonegal
Sunol
Calif
Nate Keller
Virginia
Minn
Willard W. Brandt
Lanton
N.C
Chamber plans meeting on new industry interest
Kenneth Brown announces a Chamber of Commerce meeting tomorrow night at the Memorial building offices to discuss a potential new industry. Ord Morgans of Boone Jr and his attorney will attend. Morgans has met with the industrial committee about establishing pharmaceutical manufacturing locally after an extensive research program.
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Chamber of Commerce
Kenneth Brown
Chamber
Memorial Building
Brown
Ord Morgans
Boone, Jr
Morgans
Seven Die in Helicopter Crash Near Greenland Base
The 8th Air Force reports seven people killed when a helicopter crashed about 11 miles north of the Thule base in Greenland. Names of the victims are being withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Westover Air Force Base
Mass
API
8Th Air Force
Thule
Greenland
Eisenhower lands in London for Western Alliance talks
President Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in London after a Bonn visit with Chancellor Adenauer. He vows to protect West Berlin and unite Western Europe while preparing for talks with Khrushchev. Crowds greet him. plans include Paris discussions with de Gaulle before Sept. 4 return.
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London
Eisenhower
Western Alliance
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
West Berlin
America
West Germany
Harold Macmillan
Retary Selwyn Lloyd
Macmillan
Winfield House
U.S
John Hay Whitney
Ike
Adenauer
Europe
Nikita S. Khrushchev
NATO
Khrushchev
United States
Berlin
Eissenhower
Palais Schaumburg
Fisenhower
Wahn
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Navy's Scuttling Slams Callery Chemical in Fuel Program
Washington AP report on House Space Committee hearing where Callery Chemical Co. vice president W H Schechter warns Navy and Air Force shutdown of high energy boron fuel research will be a knockout blow to Callery. He notes 240 million spent, 200 of 460 Muskogee jobs cut, and a Muskogee plant placed on standby while Olin Mathieson reports a separate 45 million dollar plant awaits.
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Washington
Congress
Navy
W. H. Schechter
Callery Chemical Co
Air Force
Mine Safety Appliances Co
Pittsburgh
Muskogee
Okla
Callery
Schechter
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
D. J. Carroll Copps
Government Lake Ontario
Buffalo
N. Y
Kansas Polio Cases For Year Reach 108
Eleven new polio cases, ten in Wichita, raise Kansas total for the year to 108. State health officials say the new onsets are expected to peak in another week.
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Kansas
Topeka
Wichita
Livestock Panel To Discuss Market Outlook Tonight
A National Guard Armory event at 7 30 features a panel of Kansas City Stockyards officials and buyers from Ray Davis to George Dudley discussing current trends and outlook for livestock. The Bank of Commerce sponsors Farmer's Night with refreshments by the Wide Awake 4H club.
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Kansas City
National Guard
Bank of Commerce
John Gorton
Kansas City Live- Stock Market Boosters Association
Ray Davis
Witherspoon Commission Company
Ed Bowman
Donahue Order Buying Company
Jerry Herman
Kansas City Dressed Beef Company
Pat O'Malley
Wilson
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas Update 1959 Summary
Topeka report shows 0 traffic fatalities in the last 24 hours ending 9 a m today. Year to date 1959 totals 383 fatalities, compared with 339 at a comparable point in 1256.
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Topeka
Kansas
Mexican Quake Fatal. Ten Dead as Tremors Hit Six States
A powerful earthquake struck southern Mexico at 2:20 a.m. causing widespread destruction across Veracruz Oaxaca Campeche Yucatan Puebla and Tabasco with at least ten dead and up to 40 feared. Jalapan Acayucan Coatzacoalcos and Sayula reported deaths and injuries as lines of communication collapsed.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Veracruz
Oaxaca
Campeche
Yucatan
Puebla
Tabasco
Tehuantepec
Mexican
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific
Jalapan
Gulf Coast
Pemex
Monopoly
Jalaipan
Acayucan
Chinameca
Sayula
Coatazacoalcos
Loma Bonita
Torture Talk Opens At Toastmasters Convention
In San Francisco AP reports Toastmasters International begins its annual convention with a featured talk by Charles W. Ferguson of New York titled How to torture an audience. The session focuses on improving public speaking by avoiding such tactics.
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San Francisco
Toastmasters International
Charles W. Ferugson
New York
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Wilson Clothiers
Limerick Finance
Frisco
Sharon O'Neal
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Kay Hargrove
Jack Kensinger
Polaris
Starling
Armed Services
Marcia Houck
Duane Houck
S. Grant
Marcia
Neosho River
Houck
Tribune
Wasser
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