Local Notices and City Dispatches
Notices include car tag contacts at Coats Agency and a tax service closure by Marie Rideau. Sunflower Chapter 147 of OES schedules a Jan 9 meeting with initiation and refreshments. Four Square meets at Mrs. Howard Wise’s home for officer installation and guest welcome. Duane Hoisington reports hit and run damage to his 1956 Ford on Main Street. A converted Japanese 30-06 rifle was stolen from Fred Alford’s car during noon hours.
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Sunflower
O.E.S
Iny
Filiene Cage
W.M
Helen Johnson
Sec'y
Four Square Home
Howard Wise
Duane Hoisington
S. Plummer
Main Street
Fred Alford
R. 3
Youth Kills Coed Then Shoots Self
In Vermillion South Dakota a University of South Dakota coed was shot to death last night by her former fiance, 20 year old Donald Steele. He shot himself in the temple and died this morning. The victim Joanne Bruyer 21 was a drum majorette and campus beauty candidate. Steele the coeds former fiance and a university sophomore died at a Sioux City Iowa hospital.
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Vermillion
S. D
University of South Dakota
Sioux City
Iowa
London cabinet meeting sparks rumor of shakeup
Prime Minister Eden called an unexpected cabinet meeting in London amid rumors of a major government shakeup. Queen Elizabeth II hurried back to London from Sandringham three weeks earlier than planned. The Soviet press launched a full scale offensive against the Eisenhower Dulles doctrine for the Middle East.
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London
Eden
Elizabeth I
Sandringham
Norfolk
Moscow
Middle East
Hog and Cattle Prices Steady Across Markets
Kansas City reports cattle and hog prices with calves and yearlings in ranges from 15 to 21 dollars. Slaughter cows and vealers steady to up, hogs steady to higher, sows up 25 cents, sheep lambs lower. Parson's hogs steady to 25 higher with top at 17.25. Frankfurt figures show heavier sows priced 14 to 15 dollars. Police report minor collision and local injuries in Petrolia, with several residents mentioned and an intoxication arrest in Chanute.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
Mary Thurman
Petrolia
Ford
West Sycamore
Lodge calls for five nation panel on Hungarian truth
United Nations in New York Henry Cabot Lodge Jr proposes a five nation committee to uncover truths about Hungary and assure Hungarians they are not forgotten. In Topeka the Kansas House holds a routine session as leadership works on committee appointments. Governor-elect Docking plans to fly to Garden City after inauguration to meet President Eisenhower and join his drought tour of Kansas.
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United Nations
N. Y
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Topeka
Kansas House
George Docking
Garden City
Eisenhower
Kansas
Memorial Hospital Admittances and Dismissals Tuesday
Daily Transcript lists memorial hospital entries with patient names, addresses, and medical or surgical designations. Admittances include Margar itte Talley, Pearl Brinkmeyer, Alan Angleton, Earl Grogan, Ford Kelsey, Ruel Youngberg, Dennis Steinman, Janie Rhyne, Lankford VanWickle, Carl Simpson, Margaret Baskett. Dismissals note Mrs Roscoe Offenbacker and Mrs John Golay plus William Kepley. Birth announcements list a daughter to John and Margaret Jordan and a son to Richard Blick. Traffic citations cite Larry Young and Carl Weiner III for illegal mufflers. Fire run reports transformer damage with no fire. Building permit sought by Ralph Toland. Court actions cover Barkley divorce custody and Evans divorce with continuances and judgments.
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N. Steuben
Surgical
Lankford J. VanWickle
N. Lafayette
Medical
Carl Simpson
E. 12Th
Margaret Baskett
Humboldt
Roscoe Offenbacker
Buffalo
John Golay
William A. Kepley
John Jordan
S. Malcolm
Richard Blick
S. Lincoln
European plan for common atomic development program
The European Consultative Assembly in Strasbourg unanimously approved creating Euratom, a shared atomic development program, and a Western Europe market plan. Treaties are being drafted in Brussels to establish the projects.
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Strasbourg
France
European Consultative Assembly
Europe
Brussels
Burglar Steals 1925 Model T Ford in Denver Garage
A burglar broke into a Denver garage and towed away a 1925 Model T Ford, a vintage car that failed to attract the intruder's interest. The theft was reported as an odd nonchalant crime with a classic auto taken.
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Denver
Deaths and Funerals in Erie and Area
Harry Wade Powell aged 84 died at home in Erie after six months illness. Born 1872 in Mason City, moved Kansas, married Addie Belle Hyle in 1905 at Galesburg. Surviving daughter Nina Irene, brother Charles, sister Florence. Funeral Friday 2 p.m. Regan Funeral Home Erie. burial Mount Hope Cemetery Galesburg. Memorials to American Cancer Society. Albert Ott, 72, of Cherryvale, died today. Father of Lena Mae Robertson Chanute. Rosary Thursday 7:30 p.m. Burns Chapel Cherryvale. funeral Friday 9 a.m. St Francis Xavier Church Cherryvale. burial St Patrick Cemetery with Burns Funeral Home. Gaughan funeral held at Wilson-Johnson Chapel with Rev Finnegan. Mary Heller arranged flowers. Burial St Patrick Catholic Cemetery.
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Harry Wade Powell
Erie
Powell
Mason City
W. Va
Kansas
South Mound
Galesburg
Addie
Belle Hyle
Nina Irene
Charles W. Powell
Florence Hinkle
Kansas City
Regan
A. W. Swanson
Erie Christian Church
Mount Hope
Pierce Funeral Home
American Cancer Society
Ross
Miller
Chanute
Albert Ott
Cherryvale
Lena Mae Robertson
Burns
J. P. O'Flynn
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
St. Patrick
Burns Funeral Home
Cattle and carcass prices along with grain quotes
Market notes show cattle steady with varied grades from good to prime and calves valued up to 24 per head. Sheep steady to 50 lower. spring lambs 17.50 to 18.00. Kansas City produce lists eggs, butter and poultry prices, and Chicago grains fluctuate in narrow limits with soybeans up to 1 1 2 higher.
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Chicago
Chicago Grain
Board of Trade
Hay receipts show car counts for alfalfa shipments
Kansas City hay receipts record two cars of alfalfa a week ago and one car a year ago. The entries list shipments by date and quantity, reflecting local hay trade activity in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Jackrabbit Bounty Ends As Finney County Runs Up Costs
Finney County commissioners set January 15 as the final date for paying 10 cents per jackrabbit killed in organized drives by churches and civic groups. About 15,000 rabbits have been killed since the offer began in November, costing the county around $1,500, and officials say the bounty is too costly to continue.
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Garden City
Finney County
Colorado Governor Inauguration Sparks Capitol Celebration
Colorado's capitol hosted a dance filled celebration as about 4,000 people toasted Steve McNichols on his inauguration as governor. The 43-year-old lawyer and uranium executive was joined by Mrs. McNichols and dignitaries including outgoing Gov Ed Johnson and Lt. Gov Frank Hays.
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Denver
Colorado
Steve McNichols
McNichols
Uranium
Ed C. Johnson
Frank L. Hays
Grand Jury Refuses To Indict Kansan In Wife’s Death
A 30 year old Nashville Kansas man Lowell E Sleeper was freed after a grand jury in Pampa Texas declined to indict him in the death of his wife whose burned body was found in the couple’s apartment kitchen on January 1. Preliminary findings cited burns with a head wound.
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Pampa
Tex
Nashville
Kas
Lowell E. Sleeper
Car crashes into grocery store injuring five
A car rolled 150 feet down a street and crashed into a Midway grocery store. Five persons were involved with one scratched finger reported as the only injury. Officers said brake failure in the parked car caused the incident. Store damage was estimated at 1500 dollars.
Plan to Use Tax Residue Is Opposed By Lawmakers
Republican leaders oppose a Democratic proposal to keep 12.5 million dollars of sales tax residue within the state to cover deficits. Gov elect Docking hints it as a possibility but warns it would shift tax burden back to ad valorem and raise local property taxes. Several lawmakers call it imprudent and impractical as a one shot fix.
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Pera
House
Senate
Joe McDowell
Kansas City
George Docking
Docking
Lawrence J. Blythe
White City
Rep
William Mitchell
GOP
Re. D. B. Marshall
Lincoln
Mer] L. Lemnert
R-Sedan
Philip Doyle
Beloit
Kansan Farmer Named to Federal Flood Advisory Panel
Washington D C farmer and stockman Lindsborg Kansas native John son joins a 15 member advisory committee for the Federal Flood Indemnity Administration. New legislation authorizes up to 742 billion dollars in flood loss coverage, via direct government insurance or reinsuring private policies and offering bank or government contracts for flood victims.
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Washington
P—L. A. Johnson
Lindsborg, Kas
Farmer and Stockman
Flood Indemnity Administration
Racial tensions rise after attack in Wyatt Missouri
In Wyatt Missouri authorities seek a slayer as a 13 year old girl recounts an assault by a Negro man while cycling with an 11 year old companion. The incident, near Sikeston, grows tension in the southeast Missouri delta as Lt. E F Campf and troopers respond to a gymnasium crowd.
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Sikeston
Missouri
Wyatt
E. F. Campf
Missouri Highway Patrol
Fire Damages Train On Trial Run
Fire damaged the New Haven Railroad demonstration train during a test run yesterday. About 250 guests were aboard when the incident halted the Boston to New York service launch.
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Boston
New Haven Railroad
New York
Slaying of Charleston High Student Sparks District Vigil
Authorities offer a 500 dollar reward for information on the slaying of John Malugen 19 a Charleston Mo high school senior. He was killed while with June Castleberry 18 of Sikeston who says a Negro gunman dragged her across a cotton field and raped her. More than 1000 attended his funeral as patrols guarded Charleston while schools reopened amid protests over integration.
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Gro
John Malugen
Charleston
Sikeston
Malugen
June Castleberry
Miss Castleberry
Young Malugen
Seven Hospitals Benefited by Robb Estate Bequest
Colby Kansas seven area hospitals will receive 10000 dollars each from the estate of the late George M Robb plus other Kansas institutions will gain 35000 dollars. Robb once served as a railroad station agent at Rexford before retiring in 1946 and amassing wealth from land acquired when cheap. His will was filed for probate.
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Colby
Kas
Kansas
George M. Robb
Robb
Rexford
Will distributes funds to Kansas charities and churches
The Chanute Tribune notes beneficiaries including hospitals at Colby Goodland Oakley Hoxie Oberlin Atwood and Norton. The Kansas Masonic Home at Wichita receives 20000 and the Kansas Children's Home at Topeka 5000 plus the masor Community Church 10. Wheat land will be held in trust fifteen years then sold to complete terms of the will.
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Colby
Goodland
Oakley
Hoxie
Oberlin
Atwood
Norton
Kansas Masonic Home
Wichita
Kansas Children’s Home
Topeka
Masor Community Church
Emergency Warrants Okayed for Four Counties
The State Commission of Revenue and Taxation approved emergency warrants for Butler County and three others. Butler County may issue 17 089.74 to cover unforeseen Kansas Turnpike condemnation costs. Atchison 9408.09 funds to cover various cost increases. Cherokee 2200 to pay higher health costs tied to mining. Republic 3000 to expand county property insurance.
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Topeka
Butler County
Kansas
State Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Republic
Atchison
Kansan honored among 11 furniture dealers nationally
Lawrence figure Daniel J. Sullivan led a group from Kansas as one of 11 furniture dealers cited with All American honors by the National Retail Furniture Assn at its annual dinner in Chicago.
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Chicago
Daniel J. Sullivan
Lawrence
National Retail Furniture Assn
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