Neighborly Christmas Delights and Local Sports Notes
Christmas Day brings cheer as Kathryn Keath and Stella Coburn welcomed turkey dinners and mince pies from Myrtle Ogden at 19 S Central. R. W. McCulloh prepares for the Big Seven Invitational at Kansas City's Municipal Auditorium, planning to guide teams to dressing rooms but not stay through Friday. A White House letter to R. B. Garvin credits the Silver Beaver award, signed by Sherman Adams, with holiday good wishes to his Boy Scout troop. Gust Larson reports a stray collie staying at his Plummer Street home, possibly a wandering Christmas gift seeking its owner.
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Kathryn Keath
S. Central
Stella Coburn
Myrtle Ogden
No Christmas Greeting For Dionne Quintuplets
In North Bay Ontario the Dionne family says the four surviving quintuplets did not send Christmas greetings or visit on Christmas Day. Oliva Dionne cites concern about outsiders influencing the girls and notes the family’s belief the quints have become more distant after gaining money at age 21.
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Dionne
North Bay
Ont
Oliva Dionne
Two Non Injury Mishaps Here Over Weekend
Police investigated two non injury motor car accidents over the weekend. Monday at Main and Highland a collision damaged the right side of Clara Hilton’s car and the right front fender of Harry Hangon’s vehicle. A three car rear bump Sunday on West Main damaged the Wilson, Brinkman, and Moore cars.
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Harry A. Hangon
S. Washington
Clara Hilton
E. Pine
Main
Highland
West Main
Kearl K. Wilson
Central
Donald K. Brinkman
Humboldt
Brinkman
Ernest E. Moore Jr
Wilson
Moore
Holiday Traffic Death Toll Reaches 605 in Nation
The Christmas weekend traffic toll set a holiday record with 605 deaths plus 68 in fires and 105 in other accidents, totaling 778 for all causes. The article notes the prior records and quotes safety officials urging motorists to slow down. It also reports state breakdowns and several specific crash incidents across Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and nearby towns. In Washington, Eisenhower planned to deliver the State of the Union on January 5 as he recovers from a heart attack.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Gan
Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Kansas
Colorado
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Chicago
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Dulles
Nathan Twining
Air Force
James C. Hagerty
Senate
House
Pius XII
Hagerty
Key West
Fla
Twining
North Plummer Highway project advances with bridge work
Foreman Ernest Wheeler of Thayer reports progress on the Village Creek bridge as two piers are poured and abutments prepared. Weather will largely decide the completion pace, with concrete flooring and overpass fills on deck and steel on hand for both structures.
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Village Creek Bridge
North Plummer Road
Ernest Wheeler
Thayer
Wheeler
Farmers Kill 2 000 Rabbits in Countywide Roundup
Tyrone Oklahoma residents joined farmers and about 1 000 spectators in a six section rabbit roundup that killed an estimated 2 000 rabbits. Ronald Scott of Garden City Kansas bought 900 rabbits at four cents each for mink feed. Dogs killed six coyotes during the hunt.
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Tyrone
Okla
Panhandle
Ronald Scott
Garden City
Kas
Minnesota
Elkhart, Kas
Smoking in Bed Fatal to Wichitan
Mrs. Georgia Carroll a 47 year old secretary died in a fire at her Wichita apartment. Firefighters found her body sprawled on the bed after a cigarette set the bed ablaze while she apparently dozed. District Fire Chief C E Holder provided the account.
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Wichitan
Georgia Carroll
C.E. Holder
Final Induction for Two Neosho Men
A call for two men to report on January 18 for final induction into the armed services was received by Neosho County Selective Service headquarters. Induction will take place in Kansas City the following day.
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Armed Services
Neosho County
Selective Service
Kansas City
Tucson airman rescued after 24 hours on canyon ledge
Donald Ellison a 28 year old airman from Tucson spent a full day on a two foot ledge in the Catalina Mountains fighting sleep to avoid a fall. A four man rescue team lowered him to safety after help from local newspaper staff.
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Tucson
Ariz
Donald Ellison
Ellison
Dean Prichard
Jack Sheaffer
Arizona Daily Star
Santa Claus Delivers Switches to Engineers for Dam Project
In Manhattan two bundles of switches were delivered to the Corps of Engineers tied to the Turtle Creek Dam site. The Blue Valley residents opposed the project and left a note accusing the engineers of misrepresenting the 1951 flood and pressuring city officials. C. R. Norris, project manager, said land acquisition was progressing with no opposition reported.
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Manhattan
Santa Claus
Corps of Engineers
Turtle Creek
Blue Valley
Engineers
Corps’ Real Estate
Santa
C. R. Norris
Man Held in Death Of Wichita Trash Hauler
Wichita police arrested 43 year old Guy E Henderson in Santa Rosa California for questioning in the murder of 77 year old Jim Ross, a Wichita rag picker. Ross was found beaten and shot December 19 with over $17000 in cash recovered from trunks in Ross's garage. Henderson once lived across from Ross and has an extensive police record.
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Wichita
Guy E. Henderson
Santa Rosa
Calif
Floyd Hannon
Henderson
Jim Ross
Ross
Hannon
Japanese Seamen Rescued by Helicopters Off Japan
American Air Force helicopters plucked 22 Japanese crewmen from raging seas off northeast Japan. A U.S. destroyer rescued three fishermen from a sinking vessel, while six ships were reported missing. The 22 clung to debris from the Handa Maru 1,339 tons. seven others remained missing. Three crew swam ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
U.S
Asahi
Hachinohe City
Emergency Landing After Fire Warning Over Utah Flight
An American Airlines DC7 with 46 aboard made an emergency landing at Bryce Canyon Airport after a fire warning light flashed over southern Utah on the Los Angeles to New York run. No fire was found, but after landing flames issued from engine No 1 in a torching effect and carbon dioxide extinguishers were used as a precaution.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Bryce Canyon
American Airlines
Los Angeles
New York
Major Industries Predict Peak 1956 Output
Secretary Weeks released a yearend survey showing iron and steel, aluminum, automobiles and trucks, and construction lumber expect to operate at peak or near peak levels in the first half of 1956. Iron and steel foresee one of the highest production periods on record, while aluminum shipments may rise about 1 percent from the first half of this year and 7 percent from the last half.
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Washington
Weeks
Iron and Steel
Billy King Receives Pekinese-Cocker Spaniel Gift
Billy King seven receives Taffy a registered Cocker Spaniel puppy from Mr and Mrs John Myers after his former Pekinese Dog Ginger died in an unexplained incident Friends plan to raise a fund to assist Billy after he enters Parsons State Training School for clothing haircuts and needs The fund is led by Mrs E B Weaver and Mrs Kenneth Cumings The boy born with a cleft palate survived multiple operations and will enter Parsons soon Chanute merchants report strong post holiday sales with inventory underway and optimism that December business matched or surpassed last year
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Billy King
Harold L. King
R. J
Ginger
Billy
John Myers
Grant
Parsons
E. B. Weaver
N. Highland
Kenneth Cumings
Plummer
Chanute
Traffic fatalities listed by State Accident Records Section
Topeka report shows 1955 579 fatalities in last 72 hours with 604 for the same period in 1954 and notes one earlier fatality not previously reported.
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Topeka
Kansas
Flood toll soars in California and Oregon amid delta danger
California and Oregon flood deaths reach 41 with 19 more presumed dead. In California the delta near Stockton and Yuba City face renewed danger as levee breaks and high tides threaten communities. Oregon reports five dead in a canyon mudslide near Remote, with three missing.
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San Francisco
California
San Joaquin River
Stockton
Oregon
Sacramento
Delta
Yuba City
Feather
Ellsworth Bunker
National Red Cross
Great Family Joins to Cheer Polio Victims
Betty and Herb Smith once lay in iron lungs at Ventura County General Hospital with two daughters awaiting Christmas. A nationwide Associated Press feature sparked a flood of letters gifts prayers and visits. Relatives and strangers alike joined a vast support network turning a tragedy into a shared family effort.
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Ventura
Calif
Betty
Herb Smith
Ventura County General Hospital
Jody
Debby
Spokane
Wash
Ernest Hix
Betty Smith
Herb
William Smith
Santa Maria
Smith
American GI Missing After Berlin Crash
U S officials say M Sgt Mike Kliman a Brooklyn N Y air force sergeant visiting Berlin over Christmas disappeared in the Soviet sector after a crash. He was reportedly taken from a hospital by Communist police and a preliminary inquiry has not located him. A request was sent to the Russians to investigate.
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Berlin
Paris
U. S
Army
Mike Kliman
Brooklyn
N. Y
Kliman
Kansas Weather Forecast Warmth Then Colder Turn Ahead
The forecast calls for mainly party cloudy conditions with milder temperatures tonight and Wednesday. Records show a high of 73 degrees set Saturday, with a turn to colder weather in the northwest tomorrow and southerly winds increasing statewide. Overnight lows range from the 30s northwest to 44 southeast, with highs tomorrow from 45 northwest to near 60 east and south. No holiday precipitation reported. past highs yesterday ranged from 43 at Concordia to 62 at Goodland.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Tom Arnold
Arnold
Concordia
Goodland
Wichita
Hill City
Death Notice: Husband Dies as Wife Is Found Dead
In Kansas City Mrs Minnie Heidorn 70 spent part of Christmas Day at her husband George 73s bedside after a mild heart attack Friday. The hospital tried to reach her by phone yesterday about his death. police broke into the home to find her dead seated near the telephone.
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Kansas City
Minnie Heidorn
George
KU Student Joins Campus Humor Staff as Artist
Joan Marsh a KU junior majoring in fine arts serves as staff artist for the campus humor magazine Squat. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Marsh of 411 North Evergreen.
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Joan Marsh
University of Kansas
Harold Marsh
N. Evergreen
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Municipal Auditorium
R. W. McCulloh
McCulloh
R. B. Garvin
S. Western
Sherman Adams
Boy Scouts
The
Boy Scouts of America
Gust Larson
S. Plummer
Tribune
State of Union
Jan 5
Lhe
Ft. Riley
Harry D. Stewart
Donald D. Emery
Junction City
Charles D. Carey
Ottawa
Phyllis Grace Hammond
Emporia
Howard
Ralph Gassman
Ness City
Joseph Clifford Henry
Abilene
Albion Britt
Floyd C. Cornwell
Luray
Haviland
Edgar Beall
Fredonia
Robert L. Bowles
Hutchinson Street
North Plummer Highway
Holiday
Catalina Mountains
Empire Tract
Venice
Feather River
Dela Area
San Francisco Bay
San Joaquin
Joe W. Sanderson
Bay
Pacific Ocean
Golden Gate
Roseburg
Ore
Marion E. Neal
Acerena
Mary
Becky
Tom
Remote
Margaret Elaine
Alvis
Margaret Flaine
Douglas County
L. L. ‘Powers
Neil
Powers
By Marvin Sosna
Ventura Star-Free Press
Smiths
United States
America
Little Rock
Ark
New York City
Butte
Mont
Abilene, Kas
East
Mercury
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