Lack of Funds Delays Missiles Says Medaris
Army Missile Agency chief Medaris testified before the Senate preparedness subcommittee that funding shortages delayed plans to develop a 1,500 mile missile by at least a year. He traced the delay to 1954 readiness and a go ahead only in October 1955 after a Killian committee review. Democratic senators criticized Eisenhower administration efforts to speed production.
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Washington
John B. Medaris
Army
Medaris
Senate Preparedness
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Huntsville
Ala
James R. Killian
Eisenhower
Redstone
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Boy Swallows Mother's Wrist Watch Ticking Away
Two year old Kenneth Rogers of Detroit is hospitalized after swallowing his mother's wrist watch. X rays show the watch in his stomach and the device was still running. Doctors plan more X rays and decide on removal strategy. his mother, Betty Rogers, says Kenny claimed to have eaten it.
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Detroit
Kenneth Rogers
Kenneth
Betty Rogers
Kenny
Collision Fatal in Topeka After Two-Car Crash
Topeka man M E Wolf aged 57 died last night from injuries after a two car collision at a residential intersection. It marked the city's eighth traffic fatality of the year.
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Topeka
Policemen Deliver Boy's Gift to Girl in Chicago
In Chicago, police delivered a gray purring kitten with a red ribbon to Kathy Brown after 7-year-old Brian Soncrant sent $5 to Police Commissioner Timothy O’Connor. Capt Leroy Steffens and Officer James Bes Palets presented the cat to Kathy on the North Side, as Brian’s Christmas gesture to the girl he met years earlier near Birmingham, Michigan.
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Chicago
Brian Soncrant
Kathy
Toto) Brown
Brian
Birmingham
Mich
Timothy O'Connor
North Side
Leroy Steffens
James Bes Palets
Misty
O'Connor
Steffens
Town Hall
Kathleen Brown
Bes Palets
Anti-Cruelty Society
King Mohammed Ends U S Visit
King Mohammed V of Morocco completed a 19 day U S tour and flew home aboard the Columbine 1, the plane once used by President Eisenhower. He thanked President Eisenhower and the American people for their kindness before departure.
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New York
Mohammed V
Morocco
United States
Columbine 1
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Traffic Fatalities Reported in State Records
In the last 24 hours and year to date, Kansas traffic fatalities are listed by the State Accident Records Section. For 1957 the counts are 2 in the last 24 hours and 534 year to date, and for 1936 the counts are 1 in the last 24 hours and 637 year to date.
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Topeka
Kansas
Strike Set Against Gas Service Co in Eight Communities
United Mine Workers of America District 50 plans a midnight strike against Gas Service Co involving 516 workers in Wichita Mission Pittsburg Newton Kansas City Kan and northeast Johnson County Kansas and Independence and Lee's Summit Missouri. The dispute centers on contracting outside personnel for meter work maintenance and line duties while other contract issues are settled.
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Kansas City
Gas Service Co
Kansas
Missouri
United Mine Workers of America
Gas Service
Wichita
Mission
Pittsburg
Newton
Kan
Johnson County
Independence and
Lee’s Summit
B. C. Adams Jr
Weekend Weather Forecast for Topeka and Region
Partly cloudy and mild through Sunday with highs in the 60s and lows near 30. Forecaster Tom Arnold notes no precipitation, cloudiness through Sunday, and good shopping weather today and driving weather tomorrow. Temperatures rose to 66 in Garden City, Dodge City and Hill City. lows ranged from 24 to 34 across the area.
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Tom Arnold
Garden City
Dodge City
Hill City
Chanute
Toypeka
Goodland
Senate probes to explore UAW activities amid strike dispute
Senate Rackets Investigating Committee will examine reports of improper UAW activities as part of its broader probe into violence surrounding the Kohler Co strike. Senator Mundt defends objective inquiry against AFL CIO charges of anti union bias, urging Mazey to present evidence.
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Washington
Sen
Mundt
R-Sd
Senate
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Kohler Co
Wisconsin
Walter Reuther
Afl-Cio
Atlantic City
McClellan
D-Ark
Curtis
R-Neb
Sen. Goldwater
R-Aziz
Goldwater
Emil Mazey
Mazey
Wichita Airman Slain at McConnell Base in Knife Attack
Tommy L. Taylor 19 of Memphis was killed during an argument with another airman at McConnell Air Force Base Wichita. Richard H. Basden 20 of Miami is in Air Police custody awaiting homicide investigation. Next of kin is Mandy Taylor of Memphis.
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Wichita
Tommy L. Taylor
Memphis
Students to launch three rockets in Texas pageant
A group of students in Beeville Texas plans to fire three missiles from a ranch near town. The largest rocket stands almost eight feet tall weighs 120 pounds and is expected to reach an altitude of 12 000 feet.
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Beeville
Tex P
South
Texas
Aga Khan Dances on 21st Birthday at Champagne Ball
London observances diverge on the birthday evening with the Aga Khan dancing at a champagne ball while in a mosque nearby his followers mark coming of age in a quieter prideful gathering.
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London
Aga Khan
Iran quake leaves thousands dead in western region
A post and telegraph report cites 1,287 killed in western Iran with 500 victims in a single village near Sehneh. Government tally 205 bodies recovered, final toll uncertain as aid staff rush food and tents to the mountainous area. Casualties not confirmed in nearby Greece or Mongolia quakes.
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Tehran
Iran
Post and Telegraph
Caspian Sea
Etela
Farsang
Sehneh
Shah Pass
Athens
Greece
Turkey
Tass
Outer
Mongolia
Soviet Union
China
Sinkiang
Tokyo
Las Vegas arrest links bandit to Missouri bank heists
John Harris Hudson, 43, accused of three Missouri bank holdups, was arrested at a Las Vegas bar by FBI and police. He faced two Riverside Missouri robberies in May and October and a Fairmount Missouri heist in November, with $50,000 bail set. Evidence included travel gear, train tickets, and a bank deposit in St Joseph.
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Las Vegas
Nev
John Harris Hudson
Kansas City
FBI
Hudson
U.S
A. G. Brad
Missouri
Riverside
Standard State Bank of
Fairmount
Nevada
Chicago
Drovers and Merchants Bank of
St. Joseph
Standard State
Tribune Delivery Help Line Notice
If you do not receive your Tribune contact your carrier and ask for assistance after hours call 700 after 6 p.m. The notice provides a phone contact for delivery issues and a after hours number for the newspaper.
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Tribune
Poor Condition Of Missing Girl Found In Ice
Rosella Auxier, 15, was found unconscious and in shock in an abandoned Prestonsburg store after five days missing. Doctors in Louisville described her legs as frozen solid with minimal frostbite, yet she had eaten since Sunday and was not in pain.
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Louisville
Rosella Auxier
Prestonsburg
Rosella
Richard Auxier
George Archer
Unlucky Day for Bank Bandit
A Friday the thirteenth bank robbery attempt at a Chemical Corn Exchange branch near the 54th Street precinct failed as officers cashing checks confronted the suspect. John A. Cronin, assistant manager, directed the robber, Bernard Jackson, 27, to the cages and police arrested Jackson on charges of attempted robbery and illegal possession of a gun.
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New York
Chemical Corn Exchange Bank
54Th St
Cronin
Ellers
Jackson
Bernard Jackson
Drum Corps Trip to St Petersburg Receives 700 In Funding
The Christmas trip for the senior high school drum corps to the Holiday Bowl in St Petersburg Florida is financed with 350 from the school board miscellaneous fund and 350 from a civic trust, totaling 700 of the 3700 cost. The corps has raised over 3000 through school activities porchlight drives and donations and will travel by train leaving Chanute Tuesday at 5 30 pm. The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics game pits Pittsburg State College against Hillsdale Michigan and will be telecast by CBS starting at 12 30 p m Chanute time. The corps returns home December 24 after the game.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
Buford Fisher
Board of Education
Pittsburg State College
Hillsdale
Mich
CBS
Chanute
The
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Rocket Fuel Blast Kills 4 at Elkton Plant
The Elkton Maryland Thiokol Chemical Corp plant suffered a flash fire and explosions killing four workers and injuring four others. The blast damaged a 100 by 40 foot one story unit where solid rocket fuel is mixed. Victims were Charles L. Devault and Marvin E. Kincaid both from North East, Jerome J. Kahl of Riverside Beach, and Frank K. Knight of Rising Sun. Authorities traced the fire to a mixing vat as rockets were unintentionally ignited. no reports of rockets landing. The fire prompted FBI involvement due to government contracts for solid propellant used in Army and Air Force missiles. Safeguards and dispersed buildings were noted.
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Elkton
FBI
Thiokol Chemical Corp
H. G. Jones
Charles L. Devault
Marvin E. Kincaid
North East
Jerome J. Kahl
Riverside Beach
Frank K. Knight
Rising Sun
U.S. 40
Maryland
Jones
Thiokol
Army
Honest John
Air Force
Hawk
Elevator Destroyed In Chillicothe Fire
A large Missouri Farmers Association elevator in Chillicothe Mo burned early today nearly filling with corn soybeans milo and other grain Edgar Bridges the manager reported the blaze began in the headhouse around 11 last night Firefighters kept the flames from spreading to 14 fuel tanks containing kerosene gasoline diesel and fuel oil owned by two neighboring firms as the building burned and was rebuilt years ago
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Chillicothe
Missouri Farmers Assn
Edgar Bridges
Bridges
Ridges
Motorists Amazed Shoppers Surprised at Store Crash
In Arkansas City a car with four occupants crashed into a drug store after the accelerator allegedly stuck. The vehicle halted 14 feet inside the store, injuring no one. Earl Robert Kelly, 30, blamed loss of control as he left a parking place.
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Arkansas City
Earl Robert Kelly
Officials Charged With After Hours Hunt in Refuge
Gov. A. B. Chandler and wildlife officials faced warrants in Wickliffe Ky for illegal after hours hunting at Ballard County Wildlife Refuge. Earl Wallace John McClintock and Otis Throgmorton were named along with Chandler. Kendall Thomas filed affidavits. Penalty on conviction ranges 15 to 50 dollars. Chandler defended actions saying he acted within company.
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Wickliffe
A. B. Chandler
Kentucky
Commission
Ballard County
Adlai Buchanan
Chandler
Earl Wallace
Fish and Wildlife Resources Dept
John McClintock
Ballard County Wildlife Refuge
Otis T. Throgmorton
Kendall Thomas
Wallace
Thomas
Stolen Car Searched With Narcotics Kit Inside
Salina police focus on a stolen gray 1954 Hudson four door with Saline County plate 4934 taken from a parking lot at the Mawory Clinic. The car contained a physician's narcotics kit on a seat and may have been taken by a drug addict. The parking lot included spaces named after physicians. Tips are requested.
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Salina
Henry 8
Greher
Mawory Clinic
Delphos Youth Killed in Cloud County Crash
Eighteen year old Paul D McHenry died in a one car accident early today four miles west of Delphos Cloud County. He was the sole occupant of the vehicle and officials are investigating the crash.
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Delphos, Kas
Paul D. McHenry
Delphos
Cloud County
Eisenhower tells Paris NATO must meet Soviet space-age threat
President Eisenhower arrived in Paris to press a new Western alliance vitality speech at Orly Field. He warned France and allies against a future under a repressive power, urging a true partnership in spiritual military and economic strength amid a space-age challenge from the Soviet Union. He spoke on his return from a stroke, carefully pronouncing words as he addressed officials and diplomats.
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Paris
Eisenhower
NATO Alliance
Russia
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
West
France
Rene Coty
Felix Gaillard
Orly Field
Europe
Coty
Gaillard
Injuries Fatal to Cheney Youth in Wichita Crash
Charles F. Parham, 19, of Cheney, died from head injuries after his car collided with an ambulance near a Wichita hospital. Maude Fox, 79, of Wichita, died on arrival while being rushed to the hospital. autopsy says heart attack caused her death and officials believe she died before the crash.
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Wichita
Charles F. Parham
Cheney
Maude Fox
Lox
Dean L. Bratt
Psychologist to Test Young Confessed Slayer in Missouri
Liberty Missouri Circuit Judge James R Rooney ordered psychiatrists to examine Salvatore Falbo 15 who confessed to killing Shirley Kyle 10 near the Falbo and Kyle homes in Kansas City North. Falbo admitted the murder and a grand jury indicted him July 2 on first degree murder. Rooney planned to decide Wednesday if the case stays in juvenile court that he also oversees.
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Liberty
Salvatore Falbo
Shirley Kyle
James R. Rooney
Falbo and Kyle
Kansas City
Looney
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C.cesee
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the Weather Bureau
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John A. Cronin
Robert Tennant
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Llegal Hunt
Reds
Young
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