Switch of Doors on Furnace Blamed for Woman's Death
Ronald and Carol Mae Potter rented a Kansas City home with a two door gas furnace. A mislocated louvered door on the burner side starved jets of air, carbon monoxide built up, and Carol Mae died. Ronald, badly injured, was hospitalized after authorities found them.
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Kansas City
Kan
Ronald
Carol Mae Potter
Carol Mae
Jteaches
Robert Thompson
The
Gas Service Co
Thompson
Herbert H. White
Harry W. Thompson
Ralph J. Rettenmayer
Potters
Central Missouri State College
Warrensburg
Independence
Kansas public employees form association in Topeka
Public Employees Form Association announced in Topeka with offices planned here. W F Turrentine to organize. Harold S Gill elected president. Officers include Rex Moyer Nell Baugh and Milo Kratochvil. Starting membership about 200. goal 5000 within months. Organization aims to seek salary increases and benefits while avoiding contract negotiations.
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Topeka
Kansas
W. F. Turrentine
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Harold S. Gill
Rex Moyer
Nell Baugh
Milo Kratochvil
Turrentine
United States
State Teachers Association
California
Schoeppel
Kansas Corporation
Telstar film highlight at Chanute Optimist meeting
Clara Schwartz of Bell Telephone presented Telstar, the first communications satellite, at a Chanute Optimist Club breakfast at the Tioga Hotel. She noted a 20 percent yearly overseas growth needing 10 000 circuits for 100 000 000 communications and cited 1954 as a possible date for satellite concept.
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Telstar
Clara Schwartz
Bell Telephone Co
Chanute Optimist Club
Tioga Hotel
Bell Telephone Laboratories
National Aeronautics Space Administration
Miss Schwartz
Benton man killed in gas truck crash south of Florence
Florence Kan AP reports Robert J Duncan 24 of Benton Kan died early today when the gasoline transport he drove for Continental Oil Company of Wichita left US 77 four miles south of Florence and overturned in a ditch.
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Florence
Kan
Robert J. Duncan
Benton
Continental Oil Company of
Wichita
Here
Youth's Approach to World Forces Meeting Set
Co chairmen Cox and Loren Marsh lead the program with Wayne Smith as program chairman. The item outlines a youth oriented discussion on world forces and related topics.
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Cochairmen
Cox
Loren Marsh
Wayne Smith
Chimney entry failure leads to arrest in Sweetwater bar
Ray Tallman 40 attempted to enter a closed Sweetwater bar via its chimney and became stuck. Rescue crews freed him with sledge hammers. Police said he was charged with breaking and entering after the Tuesday incident near Miami.
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Miami
Fila
Ray Tallman
Sweetwater
Jack Knight
Tallman
Talks Continue On Boeing Labor Pact
Negotiations extended beyond the deadline on Boeing labor contract talks. The International Association of Machinists sought a union shop wage increases and other changes, with Federal mediator William E. Simkin reporting considerable progress. Boeing, employing about 46,000 workers, centers operations in Seattle and Wichita.
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Washington
Boeing Co
International Association of Machinists
William E. Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Afl-Cio
Boeing
Seattle
Wash
Wichita, Kan
East German Teen Breaks Through Border to West Berlin
An 18 year old high school student escaped to West Berlin during the night despite border guards firing at him. He crossed four barbed wire fences and the frozen Teltow Canal as five rounds were fired from tommy guns.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Teltow Canal
London Labor Leader Gaitskell Weaker After Decline
Doctors at Middlesex Hospital report Labour party leader Hugh Gaitskell, age 56, is a little weaker and has not responded to treatment. His condition has deteriorated over the past 24 hours.
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London
Hugh Gaitskill
Middlesex Hospital
Gaitskell
Two Boys Roller Skate Five Miles to School
In Philadelphia a citywide transit strike canceled buses so 13 year old Thomas Ionescue and 14 year old Pedro Vellafone roller skated five miles to school. They arrived exhausted yet earned a ride home from a teacher at day's end.
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Philadelphia
Thomas Ionescue
Pedro Vellafone
Membrane Infection Taints Heart and Lungs Case
A description notes a virus infection affecting the membranes around the heart and lungs, indicating a serious inflammatory condition. The report emphasizes the medical nature of the infection and its potential complications for the patient.
Latin Americans Visit KU for Educational Exchange
About 20 Latin American educators will spend six weeks at the University of Kansas as part of an eight week visit to swap ideas on college and university operations. The group is coordinated by the Conference Board of Associated Research Councils with State Department involvement. KU will receive about $10,000 to cover its share of seminar expenses and will discuss its exchange program with the University of Costa Rica.
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University of Kansas
United States
American College
State Department
Conference Board of Associated Research Councils
K.U
University of Costa Rica
Governor and daughter dance at inaugural ball in Harrisburg
Susan Scranton, 17, daughter of Governor William W. Scranton, danced the twist at the inaugural ball in Harrisburg. First Lady Mary Scranton performed a polka and waltzes with her husband as the event opened with a solo Charleston by the governor.
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Harrisburg
Susan Scranton
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Mary Scranton
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Chanute Junior College
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Karen Campbell
Dale Stone
University of Wichita
Chanute School
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