Nurse revives man in Chanute utility line incident
A Chanute nurse in line to pay a utility bill revived a man who fainted in front of her, later learning the illness was long developing. Leap Day birthday notes seek names and addresses for the Feb 29 celebrants, with two known cases. A switch engine collision spooked a neighbor and highway workers dynamited a low water bridge on South Plummer.
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Chanute
Parsons
For
Parsons Sun
The
Tribune
Charles Rubew
James
South Plummer
GM Cuts Delivery Charges and Raises Wholesale Prices
General Motors announces a major revision of dealer delivery charges and wholesale price increases effective Monday. Destination charges are reduced for Chevrolet Pontiac Oldsmobile Buick and Cadillac with savings up to 72 dollars for Cadillac plus reductions for trucks. Wholesale prices rise from 22.80 on Chevrolets to 63 on Cadillacs while Ford made a similar move last week.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Oldsmobile
Buick
Cadillac
Ford Motor Co
Michigan
St. Louis
Dallas
Smolan Banker Charged With Embezzlement in Salina
Smolan State Bank former cashier Raymond Holmquist, 44, faced three embezzlement counts in Salina City Court after bank examiners found a 258 500 shortage at the small Saline County bank. He posted 20 000 bond and awaits a preliminary hearing while prosecutors anticipate more charges after a full audit.
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Salina
J. W. Carlin Fot Salemsborg
Haggart
Holmquist
Theodore Holmquist
Upton Electrocution Clears New Mexico Murder Case
James Larry Upton, 22, of Bakersfield California, was electrocuted early today for the hitchhike slaying of Airman Donald Dilley of Salt Lake City near Albuquerque on September 10, 1954. His mother Annie Wood, detained in a hospital, asked for help hours before the execution.
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Santa FE
N.M
James Larry Upton
Bakersfield
Calif
Donald Dilley
Salt Lake City
Albuquerque
Annie Wood
Sgt. I. E. Salazar
St. Vincent Hospital
Do We Need More Easter A Lenten Reflection
A Lenten reflection emphasizes hope and renewal through Christ's life death and resurrection. It urges living with faith now rather than saving it for a future occasion, arguing faith grows when used and remains available to all.
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Christ
Miss Shannon
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka Report Of 1956 Data
Kansas accident records list traffic fatalities in Topeka over a 24 hour period. The report shows totals for last 24 hours and year-to-date figures, with comparisons to the previous period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Auction Sale Realizes About Four Thousand From Late Mrs Hoshaw
The auction of the lifetime possessions of 92 year old Ema Huey Hoshaw drew a large crowd at the Masonic Temple dining room. Neal McCoy led bidding starting at 1 pm as furniture, china, linens and antiques changed hands amid a steady stream of buyers from several cities. The sale topped about four thousand dollars, slightly over the estimated total.
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Haviland
Ema Huey Hoshaw
Masonic Temple
Sterling
Tribune
Joe Balch
Neal McCoy
Forecast of showers and colder trend across Kansas
A mix of cold and warmer air brings drizzle rain and snow in parts of Kansas through Saturday. Expect cooler readings tonight with 25 to 35 in the west and north and 40s southeast, while Saturday highs reach 35 to 40 west and 50s southeast. The five day outlook calls for near normal northern Kansas and much above normal southern Kansas with 0.10 to 0.25 inches of precipitation statewide.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Temporary injunction to halt violence at Republic Aviation plants
A court issued a temporary injunction today to stop acts of violence and mass picketing at strike bound Long Island plants of Republic Aviation Corp. The ruling aims to protect workers and maintain operations during the labor dispute.
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Farmingdale
N. Y
Long Island
Republic Aviation Corp
Highway Accident Fatal For Little Ottawa Girl
A 13 month old girl, Luella West, died after a collision involving two autos and a truck on U S 508 about three quarters of a mile north of Ottawa. She was the only child of Mr and Mrs William H Vest of Ottawa.
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Ottawa
U.S. 508
Luella West
William H. Vest
Topeka Woman Found Shot to Death in Car
Mrs Frances Towle a 40 year old Topeka resident was found shot to death yesterday in a car at the citys northwest edge Sheriff Allen Engler classified the case as apparent death by own action The woman and her husband Maurice Towle had separated last December and a divorce action was pending
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Topeka
Frances Towle
Allen Engler
Maurice Towle
California Republicans Unite for Eisenhower
In Sacramento California the Republican leadership presented a united front behind a state delegation pledged to President Eisenhower. Gov Goodwin Knight set aside plans for control of the state while Vice President Nixon and Senator Knowland endorsed the move and welcomed the unity.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Eisenhower
Goodwin Knight
Nixon
Sen
Knowland
Boundary Extension and Water Plan Moves Approved
The city governing board approved extending city boundaries in two areas and purchasing a $1 966 16 wash pump from Fairbanks Morse after a low bid. Students urged traffic lights near the school campus and a temporary patrol at Fourth and Highland to ease congestion. The board slated discussions on a river reservoir dam and planned northward expansion of the electric plant site, with input from local officials.
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Harry Byers
Seventh
Allen
Ross Cooper
Fairbanks-Morse Company
Layne Western Company
Ior High School
Junior College
Tom Morehead
Don Snart
Ed Hack
College
Richard Schultz
Fourth
Evergreen
Highland
Morehead
Neosho
Cooper
Gordon Barker
Lish
Barker
Chanute
Chamber of Commerce
Grace Caldiwell
E. H. Pearson
Grant Avenue Baptist Church
Train wreck near Baltimore kills five. 100 plus injured
A passenger train roaming at 80 mph derailed ten miles south of Baltimore killing five and injuring more than 100. Investigators ruled out air brakes fault. engineer said brakes grabbed suddenly. Names include Alexander Nero and Sydney Jackson among the dead. Herbert O'Conor among the injured.
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Odenton
Washington
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Alexander Nero
Trenton
N.J
Thomas Reed Johnson
Alfred B. Haupt
Sydney Jackson
New York City
Edward Q. Holloway
Wilmington
Del
Jackson
Holloway
Maryland
Herman Malzer
Point Pleasant
Herbert R. O’conor
U.S
Seat sells for 100000 on New York Stock Exchange
New York brokered sale marks the first time since 1937 crest of the bull market that a seat on the New York Stock Exchange fetched 100000. The peak previously reached was 106000 on April 27, 1937.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
State Hospital Here To Open About July 1
A new million dollar state hospital to combat tuberculosis in Southeast Kansas is slated to open around July 1 with a 65 member staff. Dr. George W. Jackson announced the tentative date during a project inspection, noting plans for 76 beds and extensive outpatient services. An administrative staff should be in place by June 1 to recruit personnel, with a superintendent, business manager, and nursing head among the early appointments.
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George W. Jackson
T . Ata
Johnson
Kansas
Croxton Files for Second Term in 8th District
Dillard Croxton a candidate for a second term from the 8th District of Anderson Bourbon and Linn counties filed yesterday. He is the first to file for the seat.
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Topeka
Dillard B. Croxton
LaCygne
Anderson, Bourbon
Linn
Admiralty Calls Off Search for Sub Acheron
The Admiralty ended the hunt for the British submarine Acheron after it was sighted safe in gale swept arctic seas following a six hour radio silence.
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London
Admiralty
Acheron
Arctic
Kelsey Escapes Jail at Iola in Cha Inute Case
Emory Kelsey a 45 year old felon with a long forgery record escaped from Allen County jail in Iola last night after slugging jailer Alec Milne. Milne was struck in the face with a chain linked weapon. Kelsey fled as police spread the alert. Chanute and local authorities traced his history of arrests and parole.
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Emory Kelsey
Cha Inute
Allen County
Iola
Kelsey
Alec Milne
Milne
Chanute
Neosho County
Baby-Sitter Quits Over Demanding Baby in Denton
A Denton couple at North Texas State College hired a neighbor to watch their children for the evening but the sitter left after the baby proved too demanding. A substitute said the original sitter went to the hospital to have a baby.
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Denton
Tex.p
North Texas State College
Sabotage Doubted in Sand Barge Capsizing
Warner Moore, county attorney, stated there was no sabotage suspected in the January 20 capsizing of a sand barge that had supplied a nearby Kansas Turnpike project. He expressed official satisfaction with the ruling.
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Wichitap—County
Warner Moore
Cyanide Ends Life of Slain Wilma Allen's Killer at Missouri Prison
Arthur Ross Brown, 80, confessed to kidnapping, robbing, raping, and slaying Wilma Allen in August. He was executed by gas in Missouri prison at 12:08 a.m. after pleading guilty and embracing Catholic faith. Priests offered prayers as Brown died.
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Jefferson City
Arthur Ross
Missouri
Wilma Allen
Kansas City
Brown
San Francisco
U.S
Burke Dennis
Mary Brown
Oakland
Calif
Mary
James D. Carter
California
Reformatory
Allen
Powder-Packed GOP Delegation Races in District Three
Republican politics heat up in Kansas third district as Crawford and Cherokee counties square off for national delegates. Contests hinge on Gov. Hall alignment while Neosho Wilson and Labette counties planned quiet meetings to select district and state delegates. Final decisions come at Coffeyville convention March 7 and Wichita state convention April 14.
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Crawford
Cherokee
Neosho
Wilson Counties
San Francisco
Crawford County
Tomor‘row
Cherokee County
Columbus
Fred Hall
Coffeyville
Chautauqua County
iSen
A. B. Keller
Senate
Hall
W. R. Hagman
C. Y. Semple
Baxter Springs
Robert Hartley
Jerome Harman
Delejpate
Ednad Peterson
Neosho County
County Central Committee
Erie
Wichita
Wilson County Central Committee
Paul Stazel
Fredonia
Labette County
Altamont
Driver Arrested In Topeka Construction Pickup Case
Sam S. Israel a 28 Topeka employed on a construction project was arrested at Seventh and Lincoln on charges of illegal transportation of liquor and driving under the influence. He refused a blood test according to police headquarters.
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Sam S. Israel
Topeka
Seventh and
Lincoln
Ars Best
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