Fort Scott coin heist and holiday notes spark local news
A burglary at Ted Reeves’s Fort Scott home revealed a coin collection valued over 5000 dollars with 1650 Indian head pennies and 1500 Lincoln pennies among other rare pieces. The month’s other items include a Sherman family photo from Kentucky, a meteor sighting near Moran, and Best Yet 4 H club members aiding elderly neighbors by cutting four truckloads of wood in Beal timber.
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Ted Reeves
Fort Scott
L. I. Queen
Bourbon County
Country Boy Enos Slaughter Set For Chanute Visit
Enos Slaughter, famed outfielder formerly of the Cardinals and Yankees, now with the Kansas City Athletics, will visit Chanute next Friday as a guest of the local American Legion post. He will speak at Memorial Auditorium at 7 30 p.m. and autograph items for youngsters. An evening session may include a Legion member only talk in the club rooms. Slaughter arrives from Emporia and is scheduled to speak before Chanute hosts Lou Boudreau on Feb 3.
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Chanute
American Legion
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Belt saves woman as attacker flees in exhaust
In Louisville a man installing a safety belt in his wife's car recounts that a young assailant opened the door at a red light and tried to drag her out. The belt held, and the suspect disappeared in exhaust fumes when the light turned green.
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Louisville
Clement Hall Named to Kansas Board of Regents
Governor Fred Hall announces Clement H. Hall of Coffeyville to a four year term on the State Board of Regents. Hall, a Democrat and former Montgomery County attorney, will succeed Willis Kelly on the bipartisan board. He is second cousin to the governor, who notes this is not a factor.
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Clement H. Hall
Coffeyville
State Board of Regents
Fred Hall
Willis Kelly
Hutchinson
Harry Valentine
Clay Center Republican
State Board of Education
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Clay Center Dispatch
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Iola Republican
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Board of Education
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Coldwater Democrat
Harold Lobaugh
Kansas Council of Churches
Richard Garrett
U. S. Weather Bureau
State Civil Defense Committee
Clement Hall
Home Owners Loan Corp
University of Kansas School of Law
Tom Morrison
Chanute
Montgomery County
No Refund Benefits For Kansas Gas Users
Kansas gas consumers are not affected by a federal refund order aimed at Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. The Federal Communications Commission directed a refund of 36 million plus 6 percent interest to about 50 wholesale gas customers in the Midwest, tied to a Panhandle rate increase. Kansas officials say local small buyers did not pass the rise to end users. Panhandle sources include the Hugoton field with pipelines to Detroit.
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Kansas
Federal Commission
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co
Kansas City
Midwest
Panhandle
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Utilities Department
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Kansas Corporation Commission
Hugoton
Detroit
Dogs Rolling in Dough Solves $200,000 Mystery
In El Centro California a shipment of nonnegotiable checks vanished while en route to Los Angeles. A tracer traced the loss to a crate of dogs that chewed the checks and used the paper as bedding, literally rolling in the dough.
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EL Centro
Calif
Los Angeles
Extra Patrols to Cut Traffic Deaths Tonight
Police Chief Tom Morehead announced extra patrolmen will work night shifts to reduce accidents and intoxicated drivers will be jailed. An additional cruiser will patrol as Kansas Governor Fred Hall urges heightened vigilance for the two day holiday to lower traffic fatalities.
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Tom Morehead
Fred Hall
Kansas
Congress Big 4 Face Hard Tasks
Washington report on the 1956 session identifies Sam Rayburn Lyndon B. Johnson Joseph W. Martin Jr. and William F. Knowland as the four leaders guiding Congress. They face a presidential election year with Democrats holding majorities and Republicans controlling the White House and executive agencies.
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Congress
Capitol Hill
Sam Rayburn
House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Rayburn
Texas
Senate
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
William F. Knowland
GOP
White House
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Johnson
Knowland
Kansas Employment Shows Another Gain
Kansas employment continued its uptrend with a gain for the third consecutive month. Non-farm employment for the period ended November 15 totaled 549,800, with manufacturing jobs accounting for the entire 1,000 rise during the 30-day period.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Labor Department
Bulganin cites Geneva spirit and peace hope
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin said the world desires the Geneva spirit and peace, arguing that possession of hydrogen weapons does not guarantee preventing war. He urged renewed high power talks and endorsed the Geneva spirit as the basis for future diplomacy.
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Nikolai Bulganin
Geneva
Telenews
Georgi Malenkov
Malenkov
Bulganin
Russia
Eisenhower to Welcome New Year Quietly in Key West
President Eisenhower ends a hectic 1955 with hope for health recovery. Mrs. Eisenhower will fly to Key West with her mother and Mrs. Snyder for a quiet New Year’s Eve at the naval base. Major General Snyder arrived with Eisenhower, who aims to rest as he considers a second term.
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Fla.p
Eisenhower
Columbine III
John W. Doud
Denver
Howard M. Snyder
Snyder
Naval Base
Washington
Geneva
Russia
Helen Hayes Celebrated for Fifty Years on Stage
A large New York celebration at the Waldorf Astoria honored Helen Hayes for half a century of acting. Show business figures and socialites attended as Hayes watched from a stage box while tributes reenacted scenes from her famed stage roles.
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New York
Helen Hayes
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Miss Hayes
Two Day Holiday Hours Close Early. Tribune Off Monday
Retail stores close about 8 30 p m for a two day holiday observance and reopen Tuesday morning. The Tribune will not be published Monday and the post office will offer Sunday service only that day.
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Post Office
Traffic Fatalities Reported In 1955 To Date In State
State Accident Records lists 584 deaths so far in 1955 with 609 for the same period in 1954. A single December death in a 24 hour period is noted as unrecorded previously. Urbana Grange will meet Tuesday night at the Urbana Community hall with coffee and sandwiches served.
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Topeka
Kansas
Urbana Grange
Urbana Community Hall
Varied Views From Cavaness and Sherman on Budget Session
Neosho county senators Wilfrid Cavaness and John Sherman Jr. offer different takes on the state budget session opening January 10. Cavaness backs his $18 million revenue need, while Gov. Hall cites about $9.6 million. Sherman favors careful cuts and opposes broad tax hikes, proposing tax options like alcohol and cigarettes if needed.
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Sherman
Neosho County
Wilfrid Cavaness
John Sherman Jr
Senate Ways and Means Committee
Fred Hall
Dionne Quintuplets Reconcile With Parents After Dispute
The Dionne quintuplets and their parents say a misunderstanding caused recent trouble but has been ironed out. Three daughters visited Callander home with Oliva Dionne blaming outsiders, and a family statement affirmed reconciliation and no further misunderstandings.
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Quints
Oliva Dionne
Callander
Dionne
North Bay
Papa Dionne
Holiday Traffic Toll Rises Slower During New Year Weekend
The Associated Press reports a New Year holiday toll rising at a slower pace than Christmas, with 340 highway deaths by noon and a projected end total near 420. States list New York six fatalities and others, while Illinois Wisconsin Michigan and Arizona mobilize guards and planes aid patrols. Police extra duty and dry weather. officials urge strict enforcement to curb deaths.
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Arizona
California Flood Waters Continue to Recede
Northern California flood scene saw levees guarded around the clock as light rain and snow fell. The death toll reached 52 with potential for more discoveries as waters receded and authorities monitored the aftermath.
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San
British Halt U.S. Return Of Chinaman
The Immigration Service seeks Liu Yung-ming a Chinese former University of Missouri student detained as a schizophrenic at Farmington Missouri state mental hospital. Britain balks at allowing passage via Hong Kong hindering deportation order from 1951. Liu is 36 and confined but allowed hospital grounds access.
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Legless Veteran Fights to Keep WWII Pension
James Kutcher, a WWII veteran who lost his legs, seeks to retain a $32 monthly disability payment while facing possible loss for alleged disloyal activities. VA committee to decide next week or later. Kutcher vows to appeal if needed and defends his Socialist Workers Party membership as constitutional and nonviolent.
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James Kutcher
Kutcher
Veterans Administration
Peyton H. Moss
Socialist Workers Party
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Leon Trotsky
China
North Korea
Kidnap Slayer Brown Pleads Guilty in Kansas Case
Arthur Ross Brown, a 30 year old ex convict, pleaded guilty in federal court to kidnaping Mrs. Wilma Allen. A jury hearing on possible death penalty was set for January 23 before Judge Charles Whittaker. Brown admitted abducting Allen last August 4 and forcing her to a Johnson County farm where she was killed. arrest followed in San Francisco.
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Arthur Ross Brown
Wilma Allen
Charles Whittaker
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Allen
Johnson County
Kansas
San Francisco
Mild Weather For Holiday Across Kansas
Topeka forecast calls for fair and unusually mild weather as the new year arrives. Overnight lows will be in the 20s with highs in the 50s tomorrow across the state, ranging from 38 at Olathe to 47 at Hill City. No precipitation reported across Kansas.
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Kansas
Mercury
Olathe
Hill City
Salina
Topeka
Winter Crops School Held at Dorie Theater
Erie officials announce the annual winter crops and livestock school will start next Wednesday at 9 30 a m at the Dorie Theater Agricultural Agent Mahlon Morley says three Kansas State College specialists will discuss crop livestock and insect problems Dell E Gates A Cleavinger and Wendell Moyer will lead sessions in subjects from Kansas State College Manhattan and will address growers in attendance
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Mahlon Morley
Dorie Theater
Kansas State College
Manhattan
A. Cleavinger
Wendell Moyer
Dell E. Gates
Church of Nazarene Plans Watch Service Tonight
The Church of the Nazarene will hold a watch service tonight from 9 p.m. to midnight led by Pastor Rev. Milton B. Parrish. A variety program is planned and the service will end with a candlelight communion service.
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Church of the Nazarene
Milton B. Parrish
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