Family Rents a Hall For Christmas Dinner
The W T Lockes arranged a Christmas gathering at the American Legion hall in Macksville Kansas to fit their large clan. Ten children plus spouses and 40 relatives joined the feast making a total of 61 people with 47 present including 15 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Attendees came from Liberal Hutchinson Lyons Chase Belvidere Preston Belpre and Macksville to celebrate the holiday.
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Macksville
Kas
W. T. Lockes
American Legion Hall
Hutchinson
Lyons
Chase
Belvidere
Preston
Belpre
Eureka Child Dies in Lincoln Car Crash
Danny Boardman, aged 2, son of Mr and Mrs Loy Boardman of Eureka Kansas, died in a Lincoln hospital from injuries sustained in a Monday car collision near Eureka. Hans Christofferson of Lincoln was killed in the same crash involving the Boardman vehicle and another car.
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Lincoln, Neb
Danny Boardman
Loy Boardman
Eureka
Kas
Lincoln Hospital
Here
Hans Christofferson
Lincoln
Boardman
Eagle Award to Forrest Junod At Boy Scout Court of Honor
Forrest Junod aged 17 received the Eagle badge at an Eagle Court of Honor at Alcott School. He is a member of Troop 3, Methodist Church, with eight years in scouting and multiple prior ranks and awards. The ceremony included a general court of honor and presentations by Troop 3 and other local units.
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Forrest Junod
Boy Scout Court of Honor
L. J. Junod
Boy Scouts of America
Alcott School
Forrest
Methodist Church
SeKan
Jim Bedenbender
Troop 3
Troop 9
Episcopal Church
Judd Jones
Ebur
Schultz
George Palen
Mr. Jones
Roy Smith
A. F. Leverenz
Buford Fisher
Floyd Potter
Wiley Tracy
Neodesha
Den
Gordon Boerwinkle
Pat Cathers
Cathers
Donald Umbarger
Herbert Shores
Joe Stout
Ralph Shores
Larry Kirkpatrick
Marvin Atkins
Jerry Redden
Tribune
Park Extension In Negotiations By City Dads
City commissioners approved funds for Santa Fe Park expansion and discussed land acquisition by condemnation. Negotiations continue for parcels by Curtis C. Taylor and Lulu Cross Collier. Beer licenses were approved for several establishments. An audit contract and boundary ordinance were authorized. Adjourned session set for Monday.
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Curtis C. Taylor
Santa Fe Park
Lulu Cross Collier
Austin
Texas
Park
Ross Cooper
Cooper
Sterner & McDowell
Kansas League of Municipalities
Chanute
Howard Parsons
Prairie Village Achieves First Class City Status
Atty Gen John Anderson announced Prairie Village Kansas now qualifies as a first class city after a Dec 1 census shows 15 154 residents surpassing the 15000 threshold. The source notes the legal threshold and population figures backing the change.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Prairie Village
Kan
Anderson
Fred Hall
Tribune
New Vehicle Tags On Sale In Erie County
Neosho County offices prepare to issue 1957 motor vehicle license plates starting 8 p m Wednesday with about 150 people in line last year. Total plates issued this year reach 10 464 with 7 675 for cars and 2 789 for trucks.
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Erie
Neosho County
Harding
Patrol Head Warns Drivers For New Year Holiday
Topeka Kansas drivers face four day New Year weekend with road blocks to check licenses and observe driver condition. Col Tom Glasscock says full prosecution for liquor impairment and sleepy driving while Gov Fred Hall orders extra patrols to reduce fatalities after twenty deaths in the Christmas weekend.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tom Glasscock
Glasscock
Fred Hall
Hall
National Guard
Malibu Brush Fires Threaten Monastery and Homes
Massive Malibu blaze covers about 25000 acres in two main fronts. Sixty eight structures destroyed, including 34 unit motel and a monastery holdout. Governor Knight declares state disaster as flames strike Malibu Canyon and Bel Air districts.
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Malibu
Calif
Keith Klinger
Sacramento
Goodwin Knight
Los Angeles
County Board of Supervisors
Malibu Township
Malibu Canyon
Comedienne
Imogene
Coca
Bel Air
Infantry Units Streamlined for Atomic Warfare
Five combat units will replace three regiments in infantry divisions with greater firepower mobility and wide dispersal to survive atomic attack. Armored divisions will see minor changes. A new 7.62 mm light machine gun rifle and a guided anti-tank missile named Dart will be introduced along with reorganization expected to begin in the next month or two pending approval.
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San Francisco
Army
Washington
6Th Army
Ft. Ord
Calif
Eisenhower
Wilson
Traffic toll over holidays shocks nation
Gas and oil and blood mark Christmas travel as 706 Americans die and about 24 000 are injured in holiday crashes. NSC predicts 490 fatalities for New Year weekend. Illinois, California, Texas report high counts. speed and weather blamed. Officials urge civic backing and public cooperation to curb the carnage.
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National Safety Council
J. O. Musick
The
Texas Safety Assn
Outer Space
United States
Texas
Illinois
California
Bernard R. Caldwell
San Francisco
Texas City
State Division of Traffic Safety
William G. Stratton
NSC
Docking Announces First Appointments for Administration
Gov elect George Docking named Jack L. Goodrich Parsons attorney and former legislator as executive secretary and William C. Salome former Wichita mayor as director of the State Department of Administration. Docking plans more picks next week including highway director and patrol head.
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Topeka
George Docking
Jack L. Goodrich
Parsons
Docking
William C. Salome
Wichita
State Department of Administration
Goodrich
Labette County
State Highway Patrol
Evan Griffith
Manhattan
Col
Tom Glasscock
Glasscock
Jack Jenkins
Clathe
Jenkins
Frank Theis
Arkansas City
Arthur Nevins
Dodge City
William Murphy
Alcholic Beverage Control
Georgia Neese Gray
Richland
U. S
Andrew Gray
Dan Cain
State Board of Penal Institutions
Harry Woodring
Salome
Mount Hope
Five Die in Two Fires at West Virginia Farm Home
Five persons were burned to death in their beds as a rural house burned near St. Marys West Virginia along the Ohio River. Fire occurred early today and destroyed the home with multiple fatalities. Investigators search for cause and details of the blaze.
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ST. Marys
W. Va
Ohio River
Tronwood
Mich
Ina Heiley
Dennis
Sandra
Linda
Keith
James Gallo
William Heileg
Bessemer
Explosion at Ameri can Cyanamid plant injures chemist
An explosion at the American Cyanamid Co dynamite plant near Edinburg New Castle Pennsylvania leveled the ammonia building. One chemist Orrin W Calderwood 57 of New Castle is critically injured. Fire not reported. Plant buildings damaged. blast heard 20 miles away.
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New Castle
American Cyanamid Co
Edinburg
Amonia
Orrin W. Calderwood
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Kansas 1956 Update
The state accident records list 1 traffic fatality in the past 24 hours. To date in 1956 total fatalities reach 672, compared with 586 in the same period of 1955.
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Topeka
Kansas
Unseasonably Warm Weather Persists Across Kansas
Topeka reports continued warmth with afternoon highs about 20 degrees above normal. The Weather Bureau notes a cooler trend in eastern Kansas today with a band of clouds and light sprinkles. Western areas stay in the 60s as eastern highs reach the 50s under northwest winds 20 to 25 mph and possible dust in the extreme northwest.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Russell
Concordia
City Water Usage Report Summary
City water usage shows 1,369,000 gallons for weekday yesterday and 1,341,000 for the previous day. Over the last seven days total usage was 8,656,000 gallons, down from 9,036,000 gallons in the seven days prior.
Gang Member To Be Freed From Leavenworth Prison
Floyd Hamilton, a Barrow gang member, will be released from Leavenworth tomorrow after 18 years of a 30 year term for bank robbery and related crimes. Texas authorities plan to escort him back for further confinement as he pursues habeas corpus appeals challenging due process claims.
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Leavenworth
Floyd Hamilton
Barrow
Southwest
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Texas
Raymond Hamilton
Hamilton
Alcatraz
Buck
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
A At
Barrows
Bon_nie
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Carl Wortman
Wortman
Les Matthews
Matthews
Junod
la Vera
Norman
Ricky Hummer
Ricky Fitch
Ellis Potter
Larry Hutchinson
Larry Steeves
China Coots
Reading
Glen Campbell
Dale Atkins
Gary Lindquist
Bill Schupbach
Lyon Defebaugh
Leland Raney
Roger Umbarger
Troop
William Barker
Robert Barker
Frank Janzen
David Gough
David Judy
Yussie Carpenter
Gary Hibbs
Tim LaPlaunt
Larry Seefeldt
Alvin Seefeldt
Ruth Buster
E. Main
C. F. Disney
Disney’s
N. Santa Fe
Jennie P. Lambert
Top Hat
Hazel Cook
Cooky
E. D. Bell
E&m
W. Main
Oma L. Caldwell
Seventh Street
Seventh and Steuben
Myrtle A. Schlecht
South Side
S. Santa Fe
Burris
Brian Haller
Don Harding
William J. Conway
Chicago
Jola Vavulilii
Augusta
Augusta National Golf Club
Cleveland
Bob Feller
Cleveland Indians
Rapid Robert
Hanno
Japan
White House
Suez Canal
United Nations
Egypt
Suez
C. A. Ruttencutter
Layman H. Speece
Dolly Speece
Mable Speece
Harry
Braey Lee Speece
Correncoeen
Jinches
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