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Bill Schultz rode his motorcycle from Oregon to Chanute for a five day trip covering nearly 1840 miles. He averaged eight hours a day on the road and arrived home yesterday after summer work in Helix Oregon. He plans no more long rides after this adventure. Schultz is a junior at Kansas State College in Manhattan.
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Bill Schultz
Ebur Schultz
Oregon
Chanute
Schultz
Helix
Ore
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Dealers Meeting Here at Tioga Hotel
The Pioneer Hardware and Music Co entertained 65 dealers, their wives and sales personnel from an 11 county area of southeast Kansas at a dinner last night. Models of the Philco washer and dryer line for 1958 and the new high fidelity phonograph were shown.
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Pioneer Hardware & Music Co
Kansas
Tioga Hotel
Philco
Students Rush Back to Classes Ushering in New School Year
City schools opened with a morning rush of students and ongoing enrollments. Principals at Alcott Roosevelt Murray Hill Lincoln Hutton reported most students in by midmorning with late enrollments due Tuesday. Junior College enrollment stood at 170, with final totals expected around 200.
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Buford Fisher
Myrtle Moeller
Alcott School
Roosevelt School
Calvin Cassady
Prin
Cipal
Murray Hill
Ruth Crossfield
Lincoln School
Vendla Kjellander
James B. Hutton
Royster Junior High School
Paul Parsons
St. Patrick's School
Dean Howard A. Jester
Reuther urges White House study of car price cut plan
Walter Reuther of the United Auto Workers pushes for a White House study of a proposed car price cut average of 100 dollars for 1958. He calls on the administration for an immediate, sympathetic answer while Big Three car makers reject the plan as inflationary.
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Detroit
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
White House
Reuther
Washington
James C. Hagerty
Gabriel Hauge
Eisenhower
Hauge
UAW
Henry Ford I
Ford Motor Co
General Motors
Chrysler
Kansas Couple Killed In Car Truck Crash
Arlington Kansas residents Mr and Mrs Ed H Helmke were killed in a collision three miles northeast of Arlington when their car struck the rear of a house trailer being towed by Nick L Kosevich of Parkville Minnesota who was attempting to change a flat tire. He was uninjured.
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Arlington
Kas
Preston
Ed H. Helmke
Kal
Nick L. Kosevich
Parkville
Minn
Kosevich
Traffic Fatalities Reported In State Records
Kansas accident records show 2 deaths in last 24 hours and 332 for year to date 1957, compared with 411 for the same period in 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
Midway school progress and Vilas sale set
Kansas City contractor moved in to install the Midway consolidated school sewage system and build a 20 000 gallon cistern. A well test shows adequate supply with roof drainage possible via filter. Inside water lines are in place but no completion date yet. Bond funds cover costs. Vilas district property now consolidated with Midway will be auctioned Monday at 1 30 p m featuring the two story Vilas building equipment and 31 land lots.
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Marple
Buffalo
Vilas
Midway
Traffic Deaths Hit 420 for Labor Day Holiday
The National Safety Council estimates 420 people will die in traffic accidents during the 78 hour Labor Day weekend from 6 p.m. today to midnight Monday. Last year the toll was 435 with 89 drownings and 72 other accident deaths, totaling 596.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Fire Damages Dodge City Building Estimated at $50,000
A vacant two story brick building formerly a bowling alley in Dodge City suffered extensive fire damage of undetermined origin last night. Unofficial estimates put the loss over $50,900. The bowling alley, closed about a month ago, was run by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Warner.
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Dodge City
Paul Warner
Thayer Fair Exhibits Due Wednesday Message
Thayer fair officials anticipate the first exhibits at 9 a.m. on September 4 with melon maize corn and potatoes listed for entry. A total around 100 exhibits is expected from George McCready and Garland Chrisman the largest single entry. Entries close at 7 p.m. September 4 and displays run through September 6.
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Thayer
Harry Minnich
Minnich
George McCready
Garland Chrisman
Denver Driver Admits Hit and Run Death
Clarence Everett, 33, admitted today to the hit and run death of Martha Jane Masters, 19, a student nurse. He was arraigned on a first degree manslaughter charge after being brought from Denver. he signed a confession saying he struck an object, banged his head, blacked out, and left the scene.
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Kansas City
Kas
Clarence Everett
Martha Jane Masters
Everett
Denver
Santa Fe and Youth Sued for $25,000
In Wichita a $25,000 damage suit was filed in U S District Court against the Santa Fe Railroad and James Elmo Lough 16 of Wichita by Horace U Lunn Oklahoma City alleging recklessness and negligence over a Christmas eve rail crossing crash that killed Lunns son Billie Horace and two other teenagers.
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Wichita
Santa Fe Railroad
James Elmo Lough
U. S. District Court
Horace U. Lunn
Oklahoma City
Billie Horace Lunn
Lunn
Lough
Watch for school children crossing in school zones
Chief of Police warns drivers to slow down and watch for children crossing streets in school zones during arrival and dismissal times.
Congress Approves Civil Rights Bill En Route to President
The first civil rights bill in over eight decades clears Congress with a 60 to 15 Senate vote after a 24 hour 19 minute filibuster by Thurmond. It grants federal power to enforce voting rights and heads to President Eisenhower for signature.
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Congress
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Sen. Thurmond
D-Sc
Thurmond
Sen
Morse
D-Ore
Justice Department
Johnson
White House
School Board Meeting Tuesday Evening Set
The first meeting of the term will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the superintendent's outer office at the High School. New teachers will be introduced. Board members listed: Walter Poor president Ebar Schultz Ed Cathers Floyd Potter Floyd Naff and Paul Brennecke.
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Buford Fisher
Walter Poor
Ebar Schultz
Ed Cathers
Floyd Potter
Floyd Naff
Paul Brennecke
Home School Association Meet at St Patrick’s
New faculty members at St Patrick's School will be introduced at a 7 45 p m meeting of the Home School Association at the school gymnasium. Principal Sister M Ignatius will discuss the school philosophy and policies. Kenneth Brock, 623 S Evergreen, association president, will introduce other officers. Rev Peter Finnegan requests all members attend.
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St. Patrick's School
M. Ignatius
Kenneth Brock
S. Evergreeen
Peter Finnegan
St. Patrick's Church
Father and Son Get Pilot Licenses
Joe Sutcliffe and his son Don received their pilot licenses in a notable local milestone. Don, a Wichita University junior, earned a commercial license allowing him to fly for hire, while Joe obtained a private license after years of flying on a student permit. They own a Cessna 172 based at the Municipal Airport and expect regular flights to Wichita and Kansas City.
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Joe Sutcliffe
S. Grant
Don
Wichita University
Sutcliffe
Wichita
Chanute
Civil Aeronautics Association
Sutcliffes
Kansas City
Warm Dry Weather Expected Across Kansas for Labor Day Period
The forecast calls for warm dry conditions with little change in temperatures through Saturday. Highs mid 90s, Lows around 70, with no measurable rain in the last 24 hours. Labor Day weekend expected to stay warm and dry across the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Chanute
Emporia Teacher Hurt In Fall From a Tree
E. E. McMunn a history and drivers training teacher at Emporia Senior High School will miss most of the first semester. He is in an Emporia hospital for treatment of a fractured right heel and two broken bones in his left leg from a fall while trimming a tree at his home.
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Emporia
E. E. McMunn
Emporia Senior High School
Income Tax Plan Triggers Denver Mayor Recall Bid
Critics launch a recall drive against Mayor Will F. Nicholson after he backs a municipal income tax. The City Council approved the proposal on first reading 7-2 and schedules final action next Tuesday.
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Denver
Will F. Nicholson
Third Federal Judge Approved for Kansas
Senator Schoeppel announced in Topeka that the Senate passed a bill adding a third federal district judge for Kansas. The measure now goes to the House for action when Congress reconvenes next January.
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Topeka
Andrew ‘Schoeppel
Washington
Senate
Kansas
House
Congress
Woman's Body Found Near Quenemo In Hit and Run Case
Osage County Sheriff says Lillie E. Johnson 28 of Quenemo may have been struck by a hit and run driver. Her body was found in the middle of a highway west of Quenemo with her car in a ditch about 150 yards away. Autopsy cites fractured skull and crushed ribs. KBI and coroner probe stains in the car for blood.
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Lyndon, Kas
Osage County
Paul Reed
Lillie E. Johnson
Quenemo
Miles M. Stout
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
KBI
Logan Sanford
Emporia Drum and Bugle Corps to Compete in Atlantic City
Emporia's Plains: the American Legion state champion drum and bugle corps will fly to Atlantic City New Jersey on September 13 to compete in the national Legion convention contest.
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Emporia
Emporia's Plains
American Legion Stae
Atlantic City
N. J
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