Milking Conveyor System Captures Dairy Industry Interest
Harold Willis of Victoria Guernsey Dairy in San Bernardino has installed a 107 foot conveyor milking line that handles 285 cows twice daily with a three-man crew. Cows step onto the moving platform, are locked, fed, milked, and released eight minutes later as the line runs at 13 feet per minute. The feature appears in a national trade magazine.
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Victoria Guernsey
San Bernadino
Calif
Harold Willis
Reuben Willis
S. Wilson
Injuries Fatal to Concordia Man
Howard McClure, 60, died Friday night from injuries after being struck by a car on U S 81 Thursday night three miles north of Concordia. Sheriff said driver Alcid Odette, a farmer, faced an unavoidable accident. McClure had no permanent address.
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Concordia
Kas
Howard McClure
U. S. 81
Marvin Stortz
Alcid Odette
McClure
Strike Halts Work On Nuclear Ships in Quincy
Bethlehem Steel shipyards across the East Coast suspend construction on nuclear powered vessels including the Long Beach Bainbridge and Luce in a widespread strike. About 17 000 workers at nine plants are affected with 11 000 in Quincy. Dispute centers on seniority call-in pay and wage talks stalled since the July 31 contract expiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Mass
Bethlehem Steel Co
Bethlehem
Hoboken
N.J
West Milton
N.Y
Local 5
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilders
Boston
Sparrows Point
Key Highway
Baltimore
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Long Beach
Bainbridge
Luce
Springfield
Bethlehe
John F. McGonnigal
Quincy Fore River
West Coast
McGonnigal
Warmer Trend Area Forecast for Kansas
A slow warming trend is forecast across Kansas with readings rising into the high teens to upper twenties. The Topeka area expects 15 to 20 for highs today, with southwest higher in the upper 20s, while snow traces are noted in parts of west and central Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Lawrence
Olathe
Wamego
Manhattan
Goodland
Garden City
Dodge City
Concordia
Traffic collisions prompt police probe of three minor crashes
Police investigated three minor traffic accidents reported yesterday. At noon a 1954 Plymouth driven by Mary E. Gordon struck a parked 1948 Chevrolet pickup owned by Glenn Doepke near 704 S. Grant, damaging fronts. At 12 15 a 1951 Ford driven by Charles Cumings hit the rear of a 1959 Studebaker as Thelma McKinney stopped at Santa Fe tracks on Main, damaging grilles and bumpers. Around 6 p.m. a 1955 Mercury driven by Della Ruth Alexander collided with a 1955 Chevrolet driven by William C. Cole at 11th and Evergreen. Cole cited for failing to yield.
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Mary Elizabeth Gordon
S. Grant
Glenn Doepke
Doepke
Ford
Charles Cumings
S. Plummer
Studebaker
Thelma McKinney
W. 12Th
Santa Fe
Cumings
McKinney
Della Ruth Alexander
N. Highland
William Clifford Cole
N. Garfield
11Th
Evergreen
Cole
Chevrolet
Driver Drowns After Car Plunges Into Flooded River
A car skidded off a road and into the One Hundred and Two River at the edge of Barnard Missouri Friday, drowning the driver Le Roy Adams age 35. Authorities investigated the cause while rescue crews recovered the body from the floodwaters.
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Barnard, Mo
One Hundred and Two River
Barnard Friday
LeRoy Adams
Tribune Phone Line Advice and Insurance Contact
Fragmentary note urges readers to call Tribune phone lines for carrier issues and mentions a person possibly named Lee Wasser for insurance. Provides two contact numbers and a time after 6 p.m. for reaching an adv. service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Lee Wasser
Air Reaches Trapped Miners at Coalbrook Mine
Air now seeps into the Clydesdale North Colliery 400 miners trapped by a rockfall. Water and gas pose hazards as rescue teams labor through flooded passages. A 13 inch bore diamond drill is en route to improve ventilation and establish contact with those underground.
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Coalbrook
South Africa
Clydesdale North
Resicue
No Serious Gas Shortage Despite Low Pressure Reports
City Manager R. J. Hayes said natural gas supply to Chanute remains adequate through cold weather. Some low pressure complaints exist on city lines but no serious shortages have occurred as demand outpaces supply. New boundary connections with a line from Cities Service should help maintain pressure. one connection in the northwest was completed yesterday.
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Chanute
R. J. Hayes
Hayes
Three Boys Drown When Ice Breaks
On the Blue River near Kansas City, Friday night, eight year old Billy Branson and seven year old Terry Branson fell through thin ice. Fifteen year old Charles Feltrop drowned while trying to rescue them. Sixteen year old Eugene Scarlett also fell in but escaped. Jerry Gibson and Herbie Feltrop tried to grab Charles but could not save him. The Branson brothers rode an old car hood onto the ice before it broke midstream.
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Kansas City
Blue River
Billy Branson
Terry Branson
Charles Feltrop
Eugene Scarlett
Jerry Gibson
Herbie Feltrop
Charles
Branson Brothers
Four Neosho County youths to undergo pre induction in KC
Pre induction for four Neosho County youths will depart for Kansas City Monday for Army pre induction physical examinations the following day Mrs Gene Wall Selective Service clerk said today The youths are Raymond Albert Witt Parsons R 1 Larry Ervin Greve Chanute R 3 John George Vincent Stark R 1 and Lyle Merlin Anderson 8022 W Main transferred from Republic County
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Neosho County
Kansas City
Gene Wall
Selective Service
Raymond Allbert Witt
Parsons R
Larry Erevin Greve
Chanute R
John George Vincent
Stark R
Lyle Merlin Anderson
W. Main
Republic County
Cogswell May Run For Governor Nomination
Topeka politician Glenn D. Cogswell, 1958 Republican lieutenant governor nominee, is considering a bid for the party’s governorship nomination.
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Cogswell
Topeka
Glenn D. Cogswell
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka Area Update
Topeka area traffic death log reports 0 fatalities in the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. Saturday, continuing a comparable period from 1959 to 1960 with 24 deaths recorded.
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Topeka
Kansas
Meeting to Boost St. Paul Refuge
Southeast Kansas sportsmen will gather in the Memorial building in St. Paul at 8 p.m. to organize and adopt resolutions urging construction of a nearby game refuge. Neosho County Sportsman's Club president Clell L. McClung invites all interested persons to attend.
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St. Paul Refuge
Kansas
Memorial Building
St. Paul
Walnut
Neosho County
McClung
Kansas, Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Miner Rescued After 16Hour Underground Ordeal in Mine
Joseph Mishmash 50 was trapped 1,500 feet underground at Pioneer Mine in Ely Minnesota after a mudflow sealed the shaft. He joked with rescuers for hours, thanking friend John Sayovitz as rescue teams blasted through a 16-foot ore wall and brought him to safety at 11:25 p.m.
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Ely
Minn
Pioneer Mine
Howie
Joseph Mishmash
John
Sayovitz
Mishmash
Wellington Service Will Be Monday
Funeral services for C. G. Pete Wellington, executive editor of the Kansas City Star, will be Monday at 3 p.m. at the Country Club Christian Church with Rt. Rev. Robert Nelson Spencer officiating. Wellington died Wednesday aboard a ship on a Caribbean cruise.
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Kansas City
C. G
Pete) Wellington
The
Kansas City Star
Country Club Christian Church
Robert Nelson Spencer
West Missouri
Mystifying Aviation Crashes Baffle Investigators
Washington reports two linked air disasters raise questions about bombs and possible suspects. The Gulf crash on Nov. 16 killed 42. North Carolina victims totaled 33. Investigators weigh hypnotism claims, possible substitutions, and elusive explosive types amid unanswered details.
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Washington
Gulf of Mexico
North Carolina
Gulf
Robert Vernon Spears
FBI
Phoenix
Ariz
Spears
William A
al) Taylor
Frances
Taylor
Julian A. Frank
Westport, Conn
Frank
Dallas
Arizona
Charleston
S.C
Julian Frank
Carl J. Rubino
New York
Florida
Charlotte
N.C
Sen. A. S
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Bolivia
Civil Aeronautics Board
Monroney
Senate Aviation
Airliner Lands Safely After Two Hour Delay
An Eastern Airlines four engine Constellation with 27 passengers and five crew circled Greater Pittsburgh Airport for over two hours due to landing gear trouble before landing safely. Airline officials reported no injuries and a dedicated emergency strip was prepared. The plane was en route from Miami to Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh, Pa
Eastern Airlines
Greater
Pittsburgh
Miami
Fla
Jaboard
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Pep Club
Patty Trumbull
Nancy Pistotnik
Pat Blackston
E. P. Gibson
W. 3Rd
J. C. Penny Company
Independence
Gibson
Thayer
Methodist Church
Gene Nicewaner
Western
Osa and
Martin Johnson Museum
Main and
Lincoln
Inspec
Ronald Goltry
R. 1
David Myers
Altoona
Wellington
Phyllis Carder
S. Highland
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