Inch by Inch Search Finds Buried Clues
Garden City Kansas AP five days of dirt digging uncovered four empty shotgun shells three nylon cord pieces and a spool of two inch tape near the Clutter family murder site The items linked to Richard Hickock and Perry Smith who face first degree murder charges in the deaths of Herbert Clutter his wife Bonnie and their son The search followed confessions and evidence from the case including items found with the victims and later recovered from a Mexico City pawn shop and an Emporia hardware store The suspects waived preliminary hearing and are jailed without bond for district court trial
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Garden City
Kan
Clutter
Richard Eugene Hickock
Perry Edward Smith
Herbert W. Clutter
Bonnie
Nancy
Smith
Hickock
Las Vegas
U. S. 83
Finney Scott County
Four Mile
al Dewey
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Mexico City
KBI
Topeka
Emporia
Golden weddings bind Walkley and relatives across states
Mrs. S. T. Walkley of Earlton and her husband marked more than 200 years of marriage as the Walkley family observed several golden and half century anniversaries. Relatives from Haviland Iola Viola Cha nute and Cha nute gathered for open house and a church program by J. D. Matlick, who spoke of overseas farm market tours with Secretary Benson and images from Europe.
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S. T. Walkley
Earlton
Carl Russell
Iola
Bruce Maxwell
Viola
Ark
Matlick
Benson
Yugoslavia
Germany
Poland
Finland
Russia
Sweden
Norway
NEA Group Organizes Chanute Life Members Meeting
Twenty one of the 26 Chanute Life Members of the National Education Association met at Chanute High School. They set meetings for September November January March and May, discussed future activities, and planned a Kansas State Teachers Association sectional meeting next November. Betty Campbell led a committee to select organization names, with Dorothy Coldwell Nora Knight Jean Vaughn and Tony Lockyear serving.
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Chanute Life
National Education Association Organization
Chanute Teachers Association
Coffeyville Life
This Is Your Life Honors Dr Palmer in Hollywood
Dr Mitch ell F Palmer founder of the Institute of Logopedics at Wichita Kansas was honored on This Is Your Life. A John ny Belinda Foundation to aid children with speech defects will be set up as a trust of the institute in Palmer's honor with Jane Wyman as a member of the nonprofit foundation. Palmer was born in Adrian Michigan and moved to Kansas in 1930 teaching at Kansas Wesleyan College Salina later joining the University of Wichita.
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Hollywood
Mitchell F. Palmer
Institute of Logopedics
Wichita
Kan
Ralph Edwards
Johnny Belinda
Palmer
Jane Wyman
Adrian, Mich
Kansas
Kansas Wesleyan College
Salina
The
University, of
Eisenhower urges Congress to give NASA full space role
President Eisenhower calls for amending the 1958 Space Act to place responsibility for national space exploration solely with NASA. He proposes transferring the Army rocket development team, led by Wernher von Braun, to NASA, effective in 60 days unless vetoed.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Civilian Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Act
Army Rocket Development
Civilian
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
House
Senate
NASA
Army Rocket
Wernher von Braun
National Aeronautics and Space
Little Prospect for Nuclear Test Ban Seen
Los Angeles AP report cites Atomic Energy Commission chairman John A. McCone saying a worldwide suspension of nuclear tests is unlikely. He says the Soviet Union seeks an agreement halting U S tests while theirs continue, and that Soviet negotiators dismiss scientific facts with propaganda. McCone spoke at a Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce conference.
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Los Angeles
John A. McCone
Atomic Energy Commission
McCone
Business Outlook
Burglar Not Pleased With His Loot In Yonkers
AP report describes a Yonkers burglary where George Price found his home broken into after vacation. The thief took three dozen golf balls and a wine bottle contents. A lipstick message on a bedroom mirror read Cheap skate.
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Yonkers
N. Y
George Price
Price
Weather Forecast and Snowstorm Across Kansas
Forecast calls for showers and storms tonight turning colder with Friday clearing. Winter storm brings heavy snow and freezing rain from Garden City to Kirwin Dam, with 4 to 6 inches in extreme northwest and over a foot expected in some areas. Utilities strained as ice accumulates, precipitation to end Friday, highs mainly in 20s to 30s and lows dropping to near 15 in the northeast.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Topeka
Kirwin Dam
Garden City
Hill City
Russell
Hunter
Lovewell Dam
Goodland
Wichita
Tornadoes, High Winds Hit Oklahoma City and Surrounding Areas
Tornadoes and strong winds lashed north central Texas into Oklahoma early today. Oklahoma City saw a one to two block wide, two mile long path with damaged homes and roofs. Ada and McLoud reports followed with destroyed barns and unroofed houses. Perrin Air Force Base also damaged a plane and a helicopter center trailer. Wind gusts reached 77 mph at Oklahoma City Municipal Airport while a light plane overturned. Police Lt. Briscoe tracked the storm's cloud across the city.
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Oklahoma City
Texas
Oklahoma
Ada
McLoud
Perrin Air Force Base
Denison
Tex
Dallas-Fort Worth
Fitzhugh
H. C.briscoe
Man Arrested After 36 Watches Stolen From Supply House
JOPLIN MO AP A supply house was robbed of 36 watches and other items Wednesday night. Albert Houston Cook Jr., 36, of Coalgate Oklahoma, was arrested within 30 minutes as he tried to board a bus for Kansas City. the missing articles were recovered. Cook has a police record, officers said.
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Joplin
Albert Houston Cook Jr
Coalgate
Okla
Kansas City
Cook
Tax Sale Tomorrow Of 45 Tracts Of Land
Forty five Neosho County properties face delinquent tax sale to be conducted by Sheriff Jerry Sloan. The auction starts at 9 a.m. at the west courthouse door and includes tracts in Chanute Erie St. Paul Earlton Kimball and Morehead plus rural land. Tax liens range from 5.08 to 1496.01 totaling 5203.43.
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Erie
Neosho County
Jerry Sloan
Chanute
St. Paul
Earlton
Kimball
Morehead
Mother Granted Temporary Custody as Court Delays Ruling
Judge in Gretna awards temporary custody of five month old Claire Stevens to her mother while an appeal by the child’s father is pursued. The child remains in an orphan’s home pending the state supreme court writs and possible stay. Steven’s father from Florida and a private detective faced charges of enticing the child from its home as extradition hearing set for February 4.
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NEW Ans (Ap
Nan Woe
Jan Claire Stevens
Criminal District Court
Gretna
State Supreme Court
William J. Stevens
Fort Lauderdale, Fla
Kansas City, Mo
Stevens
High Court
Kansas City
Florida
Thousands of Gulls Nest on New Jersey Driving Range
At Alupo's golf range in Wanamassa New Jersey thousands of sea gulls have settled in. They scavenge from a nearby dump and roost on the course dining there each day. Golf balls have been stolen by the birds leading owner Danny Alupo to vent his frustration.
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Wanamassa
N. J
Alupo
Danny Alupo
Kansas lawmakers push big bills as weekend ends
In Topeka lawmakers introduced major measures including boosting emergency school aid from 2.6 million to about 11 million, suspending property tax levies, shifting 7.74 million from sales tax funds, and cutting state income tax by up to 9 million dollars. Senate also advances its first bill of the session.
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Topeka
Kansas
Govoo
Will Fridley
R-Crestline
Bill Mitchell
R-Hutchinson
Raymond Carlson
Rmorrowville
Clark Kuppinger
Prairie Village
Sen
W. Brown Jr
Emmett
Senate
Paul Wunsch
R-Kingman
Wunsch
Paul R. Wunsch
George Docking
Docking
GOP
State College
Darby Declines Governor Run as Mrs Darby Recovers
Kansas news brief reports Harry Darby, U.S. GOP committeeman, will not seek the Republican nomination for governor due to his wife Edith’s illness. He cites partnership with Edith and her need to rest, plans to remain active in party work and not seek re election as national committeeman. Other Kansas lawmakers weigh potential candidates and policy ideas amid fiscal year debates.
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Kansas City
Kan
Harry Darby
Republican National
Myne Edith
Edith
Kansas
Darby
Beeen Seees
Fred Bramlage
Junction City
Ross Beach Jr
Hays
John Anderson
Wint Smith
Mankato
Paul Wunsch
Kingman
Gale Moss
Wichita
Kansas Turnpike
William Addington
Elkhart
GOP
Topeka
Rep
Addington
Anderson
Moss
Wunsch
House
George Docking
Wasser
Air Force Reveals New 8-Foot Missile Nose Cone
The Air Force announced development of a revolutionary 8 foot missile nose cone that automatically bends for measurement. It recently flew on an Aerobee-Hi probe and was launched 90 miles above Earth from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
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Washington
Air Force
White Sands
New Mexico
Second Meeting For Politics Class
The Chamber of Commerce sponsored politics course will hold its second meeting at 8 p.m. Monday in Bank of Commerce offices. Twelve enrolled for the first session Tuesday night. organizers hope for at least 18. Joseph G. Lewis and Carl Tribble lead the discussions.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bank of Commerce
Chamber
Joe Melnyk
Joseph G. Lewis
Carl Tribble
Tribune Contact and After Hours Hotline
If you cannot reach your Tribune contact, contact your carrier. If the person is unavailable, call 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
Hand Waving and a Gift Bridge a Baby’s Arrival Tale
In Pasadena a passenger train engineer and a new mother struck up a daily friendship as he waved from the diesel throttle by the Willens home. After the birth of Steven Mark Willens, the engineer responded with a series of signs and a thoughtful gift, including a knit suit and a card, forging a warm, unlikely bond between strangers.
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Joanne Willens
Steven Mark Willens
No Indictments In Parker Case
A federal grand jury in Biloxi failed to return any true bills in the Mack Charles Parker lynching case after nine days of deliberation. Parker, a 23 year old Black man, was kidnapped from a jail cell and found dead near the Pearl River after being accused of raping a pregnant white woman.
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Biloxi
Miss
Mack Charles Parker
Sidney Mize
Charles Long
Mize
Parker
Ao Ened
Pearl River
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