Four Racketeers Seized by FBI In Acid Case
FBI agents arrested Johnny Dio and three associates over the acid attack on labor columnist Victor Riesel. The group, led by Dio, allegedly planned the assault after Riesel prepared to testify before a federal grand jury. Additional defendants include Thomas Dioguardi Domenico Bando and Charles Tuso, all with prior criminal histories.
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FBI
New York
Johnny Dio
Underworld
Victor Riesel
Riesel
Broadway
Abraham Telvi
Telvi
U.S
Paul W. Williams
Federal Grand Jury
Thomas Dioguardi
Domenico Bando
Brooklyn
Charles Tuso
Charles Carlino
Joseph P. Carlino
Charles
Gondolfo Miranti
Modest Surplus Dims Tax Cuts For Next Year
The midyear budget review shows revenues of 69.8 billion dollars and spending of 69.1 billion, creating a 700 million expected surplus for 1957. Officials say the margin remains too narrow for tax cuts, despite better than expected business conditions and other higher estimates from some bodies.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate House Economic Committee
El Dorado Surgeon Sued for $59,060
Mable K. Harris of Fort Smith Arkansas sues Dr R M Brian in federal court over alleged negligent treatment of injuries from a highway crash near Leon Kansas on April 24 1955. Harris claims improper casting caused blistering and infection leading to permanent disability and loss of earnings as a broker and builder.
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Wichita
el Dorado
Mable K. Harris
Fort Smith
Ark
R. M. Brian
Leon
Kas
el Dorado Hospital
Two Women Wounded By Stray Bullet In El Dorado
A stray bullet entered an open window at a Salvation Army meeting injuring Daisy Rhodes 67 and Lt Bella Elliott 21. The bullet passed through Rhodes lip without breaking dentures and hit Elliott in the arm. Both were treated at a hospital. Police say the .22 caliber slug was likely fired from a distance and nearly spent.
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EL Dorado
Salvation Army
Daisy Rhodes
Bella Elliott
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Topeka 1956 Figures
The State Accident Records Section lists 24 hour fatalities for Topeka with totals of 0 in the last day, 403 year to date in 1956, and 355 for the same period in 1955.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wind Destroys Power Lines and Frays Town
A 62 mph wind gust caused widespread damage to power and telephone lines, trees, and TV antennas. City crews repaired outages after limbs blocked streets and a northern area lost service until about 3 a.m. CAA recorded 62 mph at 9:14 p.m. Lightning and heavy showers accompanied the storm with light rain totals.
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Chanute
Parsons
Independence
Ed Sloan
City Electric
15Th
Central
First
Lafayette
Buffalo
Plummer
City
Fifteenth
Elmwood Cemetery
Ray Walsh
CAA
First Meeting Of GOC Formed In Chanute
Chanute holds the initial session of its Ground Observer Corps at the Memorial Building with 28 attendees. Sgt. William Orr outlines the national program, post staffing needs, and observer duties. Mrs. Annetta Harris is named chief observer. Planning for a 24 hour post and enrollment through the Chamber of Commerce follows.
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Chanute
New Ground Observer Corps
Memorial Building
William Orr
Coffeyville
U.S. Air Force
Les Matthews
Chamber of Imerce
Annetta Harris
S. Ashby
Harris
Los Angeles
Calif
Chamber of Commerce
Air Force C47 Makes Emergency Landing Near Chanute
An Air Force C47 en route from Tinker AFB Oklahoma to Cedar Rapids Iowa made an emergency landing at Chanute City Airport at 10 22 a m. The right engine failed and the left showed trouble, but the craft landed safely and was towed to the hangers due to brisk winds and engine loss.
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Air Force
Cedar Rapids
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma
Chanute
CAA
Second Body Is Found Of Downed Plane Crew
The Navy reports the second crewman of the patrol plane shot down off the China coast last Thursday has been recovered by a U S destroyer. The Mercator carried 16 aboard. the first body was found near Shanghai a day earlier as wreckage and the earlier remains were located. Communist China admitted the shootdown but claimed it attacked a nationalist aircraft.
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Washington
Navy
Mercator
China
U.S
Victim of Beating Found Semi Conscious Near Shop
A 63 year old man named Mike Friedman was found semi conscious on a sidewalk outside his motor car parts shop in Kansas City. He was admitted to a hospital with facial lacerations and bruises and could not recall the attack. Detectives are investigating the beating.
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Kansas City
Kas P
Mike Friedman
Friedman
Child Drowns in Pond Near St Joseph
Seven year old Carole Vivian Scott drowned while wading in a pond at her home north of St Joseph last night, authorities said.
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Logan Hunt
ST. Joseph
Carole Vivian Scott
Here
Kansas Republicans seek unity after tense primary fallout
After a bitter fight in the Kansas GOP primary, party leaders moved to unity and set platforms for the general election. Governor candidate Warren Shaw and Gov. Fred Hall clashed publicly while Democrats accused Shaw of one cent per gallon kickbacks.
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Topeka
Kansas
Warren W. Shaw
Fred Hall
Shaw
Hall
John J. Williams
Arkansas City
Democratic Party Council
George Docking
A. Lewis Oswald
Hutchinson
Oswald
GOP
James Pratt
Colby
Harry Darby
Eisenhower
Darby
Ike
Phil Hawkins
Olathe
Bess Baker
Moran
Fred Dunlap
Pleasanton
E. P. Day
Lawrence
William R. Hageman
Pittsburg
Marie Pitts Pazzie
Coffeyville
John Wall
Sedan
Holiday Toll Projection for Labor Day Weekend
The National Safety Council estimates 480 traffic deaths over the 78 hour Labor Day period from Friday evening to Monday midnight. The council urges enforcement collaboration to limit the toll to 350, noting this would be normal for a non holiday weekend.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Safety clinic for school bus drivers draws 100 attendees
More than 100 persons attended the annual safety clinic for school bus drivers at the State Highway Commission building. Harold Pellegrino led the session with Ted Calhoun and Joseph R. Hachey as consultants.
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State Highway Commission
Harold Pellegrino
Traffic Department of Commission
Topeka
Ted Calhoun
Joseph R. Hachey
Pellegrino
Mason Bridges
Red Cross
Manhattan
First Aid
J. L. Baker
C. W. Frost
Highway Patrol
Thayer Field Day Cancelled by Drought
Fall agronomy days at the Thayer and Columbus Experiment fields are canceled due to extreme dry weather and crop damage. R V Olson of Kansas State College announced the Columbus event was set for Sept 5 and Thayer for Sept 6.
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Manhattan
Thayer and
Columbus
R. V. Olson
Kansas State College
Thayer Field
Boy on Bicycle Burned by Acid
James Badger a 13 year old boy riding a bicycle in Lemay was drenched with sulphuric acid leaking from a truck. A passing car splashed the chemical causing a loss of control and burns to his chest arms face and legs. About 4000 gallons escaped after a valve opened near railroad tracks.
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ST. Louis
James Badger
Lemay
Badger
Employment Practices Survey Planned for Chanute Area
Kansas Anti-discrimination Commission officials announced a Chanute area survey of employment practices affecting minorities. Malcolm Higgin and Dr. William Key will interview major employers and compile confidential data to guide an educational program promoting minority hiring. The study aims to provide a statewide picture if funding allows.
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Chanute
Kansas
Higgins
Gices
London
Nasser
Key
Suez Canal
Cairo
Triplets Born to Baldwin Couple in Fort Leavenworth
A Baldwin Kansas naval airman D K Joseph C Calvin and his wife welcomed triplets at the U S Army Hospital Fort Leavenworth. The newborns include two girls and one boy with weights 4 lb 9 oz 4 lb 7 oz and 3 lb 13 oz. The mother and babies are reported in good condition. This is the first multiple birth in the family.
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FT. Leavenworth
Baldwin
Kas
U. S. Army Hospital
D. K
Joseph C. Calvin
Olathe Naval Air Station
Fire Destroys Owens-Corning Warehouse in Fairfax District
Fire destroyed a warehouse of Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp in the Fairfax district last night. Company officials estimate damage may reach half a million dollars and a company executive said as much as 1,000 tons of insulation could have been stored in the building.
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Kansas City
Kas
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp
Fairfax District
Egypt in Doubled Tension as British Secretaries Charged
Egypt bars another British subject amid rising strain after charges that two British Embassy secretaries ran a spy ring. In the U.S. Nixon vows worker support for Eisenhower despite AFL CIO opposition. Angelo LaMare, 31, indicted in the kidnapping and murder of infant Peter Weinberger in Minero la New York.
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Cairo
Egypt
Washington
Nixon
Eisenhower
Afl-Cio
Minerola
N. Y
Angelo John LaMare
Peter Weinberger
Tribune Delivery Help Line Instruction
A notice instructs readers who do not receive their Tribune to contact their carrier and if unreachable to call 700 after 6 p.m. The guidance emphasizes using the stated phone contact for delivery issues and service hours.
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Tribune
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Leempton
Manhattan Traces
Weather Bureau
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L. H. Hefling
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