Patrol Cars Fully Equipped with Photography Gear
Captain Clarence Shelton states highway patrol cars now carry standard photography kits for accident scene views. Kansas leads states with all patrol cars fitted, including press type cameras adaptable to sheet or roll film. Also notes Scout Troop 3 from First Methodist plans an overnight cookout at Camp Cauble and Lincoln birthday observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Shelton
Kansas
First Methodist Church
Camp Cauble
George Palen
Bill Slane
Cauble
Lincoln's
Prosegregation Rally Draws 15 000 in Montgomery
A large prosegregation rally in Montgomery Alabama drew about 15 000 people. Senator Eastland urged resistance to integration while avoiding lawlessness and urged orderly behavior. Authorities note earlier rioting at the University of Alabama involving Autherine Lucy and NAACP backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Sam Engelhardt
Alabama
NAACP
Autherine Lucy
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
University Board of Trustees
Miss Lucy
University
Missouri Man Found Dead Near Princeton
A farmer discovered the body of Wayne D. Pennington 28 of Lamar Missouri in a car near Princeton Kansas. Sheriff Jay Brown said Pennington died by carbon monoxide poisoning from the car exhaust with no note. Oscar Neff reported finding the car in a field after thinking it belonged to hunters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Kas
Wayne D. Pennington
Rt. 2
Lamar
Princeton
Jay Brown
Oscar Neff
Federal Mediator Quits Strike Talks
In Pittsburgh the Westinghouse Electric Corp. strike escalates as the Federal Mediation Service withdraws after mediator John R. Murray resigns. He says he is convinced he can be of no useful service and that negotiators now bear full responsibility for continuation or settlement of the costly dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Federal Mediation Service
John R. Murray
Traffic Fatalities Reported In Topek State Records
Traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section show 2 in the last 24 hours and 53 to date in 1956, with figures for the same period in 1955 at 60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topekap
Kansas
Aide testifies on Neff visit to Sen Case over gas bill
A Senate committee hears that John M Neff visited Sen Francis Case's office last month and referenced the natural gas bill. Neff, from Lexington Nebraska, gave a $2 500 contribution to Case. The witness could not recall exact remarks but said Neff was referred to Case's clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Francis Case
R-Sd
John M. Neff
Case
Neff
Lexington, Neb
South Dakota
Mabel Connell
Pride in New Office By State Highway Division
State Highway Commission fourth division announces its new headquarters and laboratory buildings in use for three weeks. Office layout includes lobby reception and separate zones for patrol, engineers, materials, and landscape staff with a lower floor assembly room. James Farrell named division materials engineer, succeeding J O Adams. radio department vacancy remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Naylor
New State Highway Commission
Tribune
State Highway Commission
Fourth Division
Highway Patrol
Division
James Farrell
J. O. Adams
Warrell
Commission Soils Lab
Topeka
Arthur Wells
Arkansas City
Little Change Area Forecast for Kansas Weekend
Forecaster Tom Arnolds predicts a little change in Kansas weather through the weekend with cloudy today tonight and partly cloudy Sunday. Low tonight in the 20s with highs in the 40s tomorrow and generally 40s Sunday. Traces of snow reported in Concordia Salina Emporia and Topeka. highs yesterday ranged from 37 to 45, lows 11 to 33.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topekap
Kansas
Tom Arnolds
Concordia
Salina
Emporia
Topeka
Chanute
Pittsburg
Russell
Woman Is Killed In Missouri Mishap Near Atchison
Mrs. Charles P Sego, 72, of the farm east of Atchison Missouri, was fatally struck by a car while crossing U S 59 to her mailbox. She died at Atchison Hospital shortly after the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison
Charles P Sego
Here
Missouri
Missouri Highway Patrol
U. S. 59
Lincoln Day talk defends Dulles and GOP gains
In Independence Kansas, Fred A. Seaton praised the Republicans for stopping the Korean War, balancing the budget, and improving the peacetime economy. He defended Secretary of State Dulles as a weary peace persists, while State Sen. Wunsch warned of new revenue needs in the 1957 Legislature. The 3rd District Lincoln Day Club elected officers and district directors from nine counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaton
Lincoln Day
State Dulles
Paul Wunsch
R-Kingman
Lincoln Day Club
Paul Wilbert
Pittsburg
Neil Renn
Arkansas City
David Scott
Independence
Marie Therkelsen
Cherokee
Venus Yount
Galena
Bill Fribley
Crestline
Cowley
Hazel Cates
Duane McGill
Winfield
Crawford
Henry Jelochan
Franklin
Winifred Walsh
Walnut
Elk
Marguerite Stewart
Caney
Neosho
Hugh T. Jones Jr
Chanute
Elsie McMullin
Eric
Wilson
Charles R. Head
Neodesha
Virginia Bargeman
Fredonia
Thomas
Dick) Scovel
Veterans Club
Russell Mairs
Altamont
Harry Depew
Guard Unit Drive Planned in Chanute Kansas
Chanute Kansas National Guard Battery B 297th Field Artillery Battalion will launch a one week recruiting drive starting Monday announced Capt Charles Rice commanding officer The week includes a Monday night unit party at the Armory with refreshments and entertainment A public drill Saturday from 8 to 10 30 a m will welcome prospective recruits followed by a Q A session The effort is part of a state wide campaign involving all guard units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
Kansas National Guard
297Th Field Artillery Battalion
Charles Rice
Rice
Anglo American Rifts Taken With Salt Pinch
Britain's ambassador to Washington Sir Roger Makins told a military college audience in Charleston that reports of growing Anglo-American rifts should be viewed with a pinch of salt. He cited broad U.S.-British agreement on foreign policy issues worldwide in his prepared remarks at the Citadel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
S. C
Roger Makins
Britain
Washington
Makins
Citadel
Full Scale Ike Medical Exams Begin Today
President Eisenhower to undergo preliminary tests as part of a full scale physical, with doctors including Snyder Col. Mattingly White Dr. White and Col. Pollock assessing his heart and overall condition. White House press secretary Hagerty says findings remain confidential until consultations end. The tests include a blood analysis at the White House and heart studies at Walter Reed Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
White House
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Snyder
Thomas W. Mattingly
Walter Reed
Paul Dudley White
Boston
Byron E. Pollock
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Denver
Last of Civil War drummer boy Woolson turns 109
Albert Woolson of Duluth Minnesota, the last surviving Civil War drummer boy, marks his 109th birthday with birthday wishes from President Eisenhower and a Minnesota veterans medal. He will stay home for solitude and has outlived about 2 675 000 Union soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth, Minn
Albert Woolson
Eisenhower
Minnesota
Orville Freeman
Woolson
South
Illness of Gov Knight Delays Lincoln Day Dinner
Oklahoma Republicans postpone their Lincoln Day dinner after California Governor Goodwin Knight falls ill with influenza. Knight was to be principal speaker at the $10 plate event in Oklahoma City, with tickets honored at the rescheduled banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
California
Goodwin Knight
Knight
Purse Lost Halts Party Plans in Newcastle
Police found a purse on a Newcastle street containing four pound notes and a shopping list for whisky sherry stout beer aspirin and stomach powders. The article notes how the purse interrupted party plans and provides a Tribune contact for readers to call between 5 30 and 6 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
England
Accused Killer Tries Death by Own Action
John Gilbert Graham, 24, accused of murdering his mother and 43 others by dynamiting a United Airlines plane, attempted suicide in his Denver jail cell. Guard James E. Martin and others revived him. he refused hospital care. Graham faces murder charges in the November airliner disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
John Gilbert Graham
James E. Martin
Graham
Martin
Gordon Dolliver
Dave Kiebach
Jack Piineo
Kiebach
Daisie King
United Air Lines
Ten Airmen Die In Two B47 Crashes
Two B47 jet bombers based in Kansas crashed during training missions. Ten airmen died in the incidents at Ellsworth AFB in Rapid City South Dakota and near Westmoreland Kansas. Victims include Capt Robert Lambiaso and Capt William Youman among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kansas
Air Force
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Rapid City
S. C
Forbes Air Base
Topeka
Westmoreland
Smoky Hill Air Force Base
Salina
Robert Eugene Lambiaso
Peoria
Ill
William L. Youman
Columbus
Ohio
Floyd R. Shirk
Joseph Mchugh
Mobile
Ala
Charles Gosney
Kansas City
Joseph L. Petek
Pueblo
Colo
Frederick G
Headon Collision Fatal to Two in Local Crash
A two car headon collision near Albert Kansas last night killed Ralph Herman aged 45 from Great Bend and Mary Frances Isern 21 of Ellinwood. Marlin Isern 25 husband of Mary Frances was injured and hospitalized in Great Bend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert, Kas
Ralph Herman
Great Bend
Mary Frances Isern
Ellinwood
Isern
Marlin
McCune Heads Zoning Group Map Approved
George McCune was named chairman and Richard L. Ashley secretary in a Chanute zoning committee meeting. The committee approved a new zoning map by the city commissioners and City Manager Ross Cooper, sending it back to the governing board for revised ordinance alignment. Public hearings will follow after revision. other members include Lee Judy Carter Brookhart and Carl Haight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McCune
Richard L. Ashley
Chanute
Memorial Building
Ross Cooper
Robert L. Briley
Lee Judy
Carter Brookhart
Carl Haight
McCune
Fred M. Harris
Kansas City
Ashley
Outer Space Creature Detained in Florida Jail
Jacksonville police charged 17 year old Richard Lorenz with disorderly conduct after he sent threatening letters to a teenage girl claiming to be an invisible creature from a distant planet. The notes described space travel and apologized for poor handwriting, reflecting his fantastical self depiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Outer Space
Earth
Richard Lorenz
New Hampshire Struggle Looms Over GOP Delegates
In Concord NH the possibility of an intra party clash for control of the 14 member Republican delegation to the national convention arises if Eisenhower declines to run. Senator Bridges appears set to file as a pro Eisenhower delegate contesting liberal and conservative factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
Eisenhower
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
GOP
Bridges
Lane Dwinell
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Eisenhow
Texan Held on Richland Bank Robbery Charge
Fort Worth man James Arlington Debenham II is held on a 25000 dollar bond on a federal robbery charge linked to the January 2 Richland State Bank holdup. FBI Dallas chief W A Murphy noted speculation about accomplices as three other Dallas men Joe Hoskins Louis Young Jr and Billy Ross are charged. Ross was killed by Mrs Gray's husband during a follow up at the Gray home January 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
James Arlington Debenham II
Fort Worth
Richland
FBI
Georgia Neese Clark Gray
Richland Bank
W. A. Murphy
Dallas FBI
Joe Herbert Hoskins
Louis D. Young Jr
Billy Gene Ross
Ross
Wyandotte Student Wins State Oratorical Contest
Scott Stanley Jr., 17, a senior from Wyandotte High School Kansas City, won the second district State American Legion Oratorical Contest last night in Ottawa Kansas. He advances to the regional contest here next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Kas
American Legion
Scott Stanley Jr
Wyandotte High School
Kansas City
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Slane
Sen. Case
O. L. West
S. Forest
Gilbert Wilson
James A. Gilbreath
Division Highway
Ben Meee
Dulles
Fred Seaton
Lincoln
Kas Pi
Republican Party
Fred A. Seaton
Deanna Dunham
Charles Whitmer
Miss Dunham
Carol Barnhart
Cathy Thompson
Bob Haskins
Bob Franklin
Headon
Florida
Sen. Kefauver
Tennessee
Richland Robbery
Wyandotte
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