Left Hand Hair Dressing Stolen and Church Talk in Humboldt
A barber Verne Holman guaranteed a hair dressing. a customer claimed theft, Holman offered a replacement. Humboldt Men’s club hears Marlin Blackstun urge more male church participation in city life discussing religion in the city. Junior College notes honor for Marvin Vaughn top freshman in college chemistry with a 3000 page handbook and engineers club members Warren Breiner Bill Keller and Wayne Smith sharing top placements.
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Humboldt Methodist Men's Club
Blackstun
Methodist Church
Marvin
Jack) Vaughn
Warren Breiner
Bill Keller
Wayne Smith
Engineers Club
Dynamite Found in Car Sparks Hunt for Worker
Wichita police seek Clyde W. Lewis in a case linking six sticks of dynamite found in a junked auto to an earlier turnpike wreck near Andover. Forrest A. Reasoner, 36, discovered the explosives after receiving the car from a man who left Wichita on Tuesday. The car was abandoned on blocks.
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Wichita
Clyde W. Lewis
Andover
Kas
Forrest A. Reasoner
Traffic Fatalities Reported by State Records
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section. In the last 2 hours one new death. To date in 1956 thirty five fatalities, compared with thirty six in the same period in 1955.
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Topeka
Kansas
Chanute police report shows 1955 declines in traffic and crime
Chanute police department data indicate fewer motor car accidents 278 in 1955 down from 295 in 1954 and total arrests 457 versus 484. Calls for service dropped to 1,490 from 1,835 and parking meter tickets fell to 5,979.
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Chanute
Police Department
Tom Morehead
Appointee Expected Soon For High Court Vacancy
Gov Fred Hall indicates a Kansas Supreme Court appointment will be announced later today to fill the vacancy created by Chief Justice W W Harvey's retirement March 1 Harold R Fatzer and John Anderson are speculated for the posts but have declined comment Justice William A Smith would become chief justice upon Harvey's retirement.
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Topeka
Fred Hall
Kansas Supreme Court
W. W. Harvey
Harold R. Fatzer
High Court
John Anderson
Rosa
Fatzer
Anderson
William A. Smith
Harvey
Martin Aircraft Buys Land for Colorado Missile Plant
Martin Aircraft Co. bought 4,500 acres southwest of Denver for a guided missile plant site and is acquiring 2,600 more acres from the city. Purchase price not disclosed. The company had announced plans for the plant weeks earlier.
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Denver
Martin Aircraft Co
Here
Snow Returns to Kansas Area Forecast Drives Caution
The forecast calls for occasional light rain changing to snow tonight with a colder Friday. Highs tied to the 20s and 30s, lows 15 to 20, with icy roads from thawing and re freezing. State Safety Director Claud McCamment urged minimal travel and daylight driving only.
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Porecast
Weather Bureau
Claud McCamment
McCamment
Kansas
Stranger Wanted for Police Chief in Lisbon New Hampshire
Lisbon New Hampshire seeks a police chief from outside the town to ensure impartiality. The village district commissioners advertised in the Boston Herald with no age limit and experience required. The position pays 71 dollars weekly and applicants are asked to call 17 between 5 30 and 6 30 pm for Tribune delivery details.
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Lisbon
N. H
Boston Herald
Victor Snell
Kidnap Slayer Of Wilma Allen To Be Executed
Arthur Ross Brown, a 30 year old ex convict, is to be executed in Missouri for the kidnapping and murder of Wilma Allen, a 34 year old housewife. A federal jury recommended death and U S District Judge Charles E Whitaker set the February 24 date after the finding. Brown confessed after his arrest in San Francisco following a failed attempt to kidnap his wife.
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Kansas City
Arthur Ross Brown
Missouri
Wilma Allen
U.S
Charles E. Whitaker
Brown
Kansas
Urg
Roy C. Anthony
Allen
San Francisco
Jet misses car but wrecks houses in St. Ann crash
Maj Roy H McDonald a Marine Reserve pilot and McDonnell Aircraft flight test engineer tried to land after his F9F engine failed. He avoided a car but the jet clipped several vehicles and a trailer before striking the Kibler home where Frank Kibler Sr. watched TV. Kibler sustained a minor head cut. McDonald was uninjured.
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ST. Louis
St. Ann
Roy H. McDonald
Jonly
Frank S. Kibler Sr
Kibler
McDonald
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
Fight Delayed When Boxer Forgets Trunks at Gloves Meet
In Sioux Falls Curtis Schoon, a featherweight, forgot his trunks and disrobed on stage. The bout was halted as he returned to the dressing room. He lost the match but earned the sportsmanship trophy for his conduct.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Curtis Schoon
Schoon
Car Returned After Theft. Police Waive Fees
Mrs Hazel Carpenter recovered her car in Pueblo after a theft in Boone. The vehicle had been parked in a residential district for over a month. it was ticketed towed and stored but all fines towing and storage charges were waived.
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Pueblo
Colo
Hazel Carpenter
Boone
Shaw Enters Governor Race Opposes Hall In Kansas
Topeka attorney Rep Warren Shaw 48 leader of a GOP faction filed to oppose Gov Fred Hall in the August primary. Shaw, Kansas House member and State Office Building Commission chair, cites tax restraint and a business approach while criticizing Hall budget plans and union influence. He backs Eisenhower and calls for party unity. Hall accuses Shaw of loyalty to Wes Roberts and poor sportsmanship after past investigations.
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Topeka
Warren W. Shaw
Fred Hall
Shaw
Kansas House of Representatives
State Office Building Commission
Kansas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Holton
Kas
Washburn University
Warren Shaw
Toneka
Shawnee County
Wes Roberts
Roberts
Hall
Republican Party
Nixon
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Leonard Hall
Gazette
Public Information Committee
Salina editor answers White on Hall TV funds
Salina Journal editor Whitley Austin defends Gov. Fred Hall against W. L. White with a call for Kansans to contribute to continue Hall’s television and radio broadcasts. Hall says costs total 7246.26 dollars and Austin urges public support and funding through the Public Information Committee.
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Salina
Salina Journal
W. L. White
Fred Hall
Unsolved Mystery Voice Prompts Farmfield Search
A mystery voice crying for help led police to search farm fields and pastures in Poplar Heights northwest of the city. Officers considered pony predator calls or hunter calls as possibilities, and planned another sweep this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplar Heights
Tom Morehead
Fred Stenger
R. 2
Martin McNamara
W. Main
California Inland Storm Recedes After Furiously Rising Floods
Pacific storm lashes California with heavy rain as mountain streams recede from floods threatening farms in the southern central valley. Damaging rainfall raised concerns for fields and infrastructure across multiple counties.
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San Francisco
California
Farmers Dissatisfied Over Washington Aid Requests
Officials of the National Farmers Organization in Coning Iowa said no emergency support had been provided in Washington to bolster hog and cattle prices. They voiced frustration that action on price relief is not moving forward.
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Coning
Iowa
National Farmers Organization
Washington
Slayer of Trotsky to serve remaining prison term in Mexico
Mexico's highest appeals court refused Jacques Mornard's final clemency bid for parole. A judicial board report warned he could be dangerous if freed, requiring him to serve the rest of his 20 year sentence.
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Mexico City
Leon Trotsky
Mexico
Court of Appeals
Jacques Mornard
la Parole
Car Train Accident Solves Armed Robberies
Independence Kansas police linked a minor switch engine incident with two robberies after a bandit armed with a shotgun robbed two men near their homes. The suspect Albert Norris Lane, 26, of Winfield, admitted the crime and was held for armed robbery charges.
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Independence
Kas.p
Albert Norris i Lane
Winfield
Vic Palmer
Lane
Senior High Orchestra and Chorus In Concert Monday
The Senior High School orchestra and chorus present their first concert of the year Monday at 8 pm in the Senior High auditorium. About 140 students perform under Kenneth Tebow with free admission. The program includes sacred numbers and musical comedy selections, plus pieces from Oklahoma and Hans Christian Andersen.
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Kenneth Tebow
Tebow
Band
Madrigal Singers
Salk Receives U S Gold Medal For Polio Vaccine
Washington reports the government awarded a gold medal to Dr. Jonas E. Salk of the University of Pittsburgh for developing the polio vaccine. President Eisenhower asked Welfare Secretary Folsom to present the medal authorized by Congress for 2 500 dollars.
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Washington
Jonas E. Salk
Univer ‘Sity of
Pittsburgh
Eisenhower
Secretary of Welfare
Folsom
Congress
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N. Garfield
Browning
Larry Bartlett
Kenneth Bartlett
Humboldt
Brownings
Tribune
Verne Holman
Holman
Marlin Blackstun
Martin Aircraft
Colorado
Wednesda Beilidare
Jet
Statehood
Legislative
GOP
Republican National Committee
Legislative Investigating Committee
State Supreme Court
Order of
United Workmen
AOUW
Newton Insurance
Norton
White
Emporia Gazette
Whitley Austin
Emporia
New York
Mystery Voice
Morehead
Ash Grove
Francis Jackson
Edmiston's
Department Store
KE. Main
E. Main
Dr. Salk
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