Eisenhower says U.S. missile program making remarkable progress
President Eisenhower told reporters the United States is advancing rapidly in ballistic missiles and has no cause for hang dog humiliation. He noted Khrushchev’s claim of Soviet missiles and said the U.S. program proceeds as fast as possible under capable scientists, with pride rather than concern.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
U. S
Ivy identification sparks tips to Chanute chamber
Left Hand requested tree covering winter ivy prompting many calls to Les Matthews chamber manager. Mrs Isham identified the vine as Euonymus radicans, an evergreen creeper not harming trees. Others including Mrs Kenneth Brown and City Engineer Paschal Grimes offered information.
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Les Matthews
Chamber of Commerce
Matthews
Roy Isham
Allen
Kenneth Brown
W. 7Th
Paschal Grimes
J. E Harris
Nevada
Chanute
Isham
Harris
Kansas Day Rally Opens GOP Retrospective in Topeka
In Topeka Republicans begin Kansas Day events centering on a political rally theme. The day marks statehood’s 98th anniversary with plans for speeches by Sen. Andrew Schoeppel and a dinner featuring former Kansan Secretary of the Interior Fred Seaton. Democrats join in nonpartisan activities as party hopes rebound from 1958 losses.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Women's Republican Club
Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas
State Republican Committee
Republican Veterans Club
Interior
Fred. Seaton
Kansan
Andrew Schoeppel
R-Kan
George Docking
Veterans Club
Man Suffocates In Trailer Fire In Hamlet Nebraska
Frank Priest, about 30, of Hamlet Nebraska, suffocated when his 45 foot trailer home burned. Neighbors Carl Spencer and Charles Myers discovered the blaze. Topeka and others freed Priest after breaking a window. Priest worked as a steel foreman on a grain elevator project in Rogue, Kansas. Funeral services planned for Hamlet.
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Kas
Frank Priest
Hamlet
Neb
Kansas
Carl Spencer
Ulysses
Charles Myers
Topeka
Priest
Palisade, Neb
Mothers to March For Polio Funds In Chanute
Tomorrow at 6 30 p m the Mothers March of Dimes porch light fund drive kicks off with fire whistles and police sirens. 102 women have volunteered. 110 needed. The campaign spans polio arthritis birth defects and virus diseases with seven local clubs participating and many restaurants collecting coffee proceeds for the drive.
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Mother's Clubs
Richard Ashley
Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Building
National Foundation
Gordon Barker
Chanute
Ashley
Chanute Mother's Clubs
Rezoning Request for Lincoln Santa Fe Block Considered
The zoning committee will meet at 7 p.m. next Wednesday in the Memorial building commission room to consider a petition from 10 property owners seeking to rezone the block bounded by Lincoln and Santa Fe between 4th and 5th from B-2 to R-1. The petition argues the area is residential and warns business encroachment would devalue homes. Leroy Halsted chairs the committee.
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Santa Fe
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Sth
City Commission
Commission
Memorial Building
Leroy Halsted
Kansas Atty General Pushes to Outlaw Slot Machines
Topeka AP Atty Gen Anderson urged the legislature to strengthen gambling laws to outlaw possession of slot machines including electronically controlled point makers. He criticized current law as ridiculous and wants easier enforcement. He noted federal wagering stamp holders signal intent to avoid federal prosecutions and urged sheriff scrutiny of premises.
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Topeka
Anderson
Kansas
County Attorneys Association
Hargis Assigned to Flood Control Subcommittees
Rep. Denver Hargis, freshman Kansas Democrat, named to House Public Works Committee. He will serve on the flood control and rivers and harbors subcommittees which review flood control and river harbor project proposals and provide recommendations to the full panel.
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Washington
Denver Hargis
Kansas
House Public Works Committee
Tacker
Wasser
Kansas Airman Killed in Base Incident
Jimmy C. Schull a 22 year old first class air man from Liberal Kansas died in an accident at Whiteman Air Force Base Missouri He was injured and pinned between a high lift truck and a forklift last night authorities said
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Jimmy C. Schull
Liberal
Kan
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Rise in 1959 Totals
Topeka reports Kansas traffic fatalities compiled by the state accident records section. In the last 24 hours one death. To date in 1959 thirty two fatalities. For the same period in 1958 thirty fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Eisenhower urges 20 point program to curb labor abuses
President Eisenhower urged Congress to pass a 20 point plan to curb labor management abuses in a special message. He said the plan is comprehensive and protects workers rights while ensuring public interest. The proposal includes Taft Hartley reforms and faster union representation elections.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Afl-Cio
Andrew J. Biemiller
Senate Labor
De Mille Estate For Daughters
Los Angeles AP report notes Cecil B. DeMille left the bulk of his multimillion dollar estate to daughter Cecilia De Mille Harper. The widow received nothing in the will though she was named with affection. A quarter of securities goes to a trust for Katherine De Mille Quinn and sons Richard and John.
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Los Angeles
Cecil B. DeMille
de Mille
Cecilia de Mille Harper
Katherine de Mille Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Richard
John
Kansas GOP proposes extended unemployment benefits in state bill
Kansas Senate Republicans draft a bill to raise maximum unemployment benefits from 20 to 26 weeks and weekly pay from 34 to about 40, increasing annual cost by over three million dollars. The measure aligns with labor requests while trimming duration by four weeks.
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Topeka
Senate
Republicans
GOP
Kansas
Senate Public Welfare Committee
Organized Labor
House
House Rules Committee
Republican Committee
Final Plans Checked For Poultry Jamboree
The Chamber of Commerce agricultural committee led by Mahlon Morley met to review final plans for hosting the Southeast Kansas Poultry and Egg Jamboree at the National Guard armory tomorrow. Members of the committee and Kiwanis Club will serve the jamboree’s barbecued chicken dinner at noon. The dinner and program are open to the public.
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Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Committee
Mahlon Morley
Southeast Kansas
National Guard Armory
Kiwanis Club
Oklahoma man sought on $100 no-fund check charge
A warrant is out for P. C. Holden a Muskoge e Okla used car dealer for passing a $100 no fund check in December to Fred Smith 80142 W Main. Muskogee authorities have not located Holden.
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Muskogee
Okla
Fred Smith
W. Main
Holden
Scientists Foresee Moon Flight By 1969 And Beyond
Washington AP reports top scientists warn space projects need high priority and a billion dollars annually to reach the moon by 1969 or land by 1965, with aims of lunar orbit, Mars and Venus exploration. Views vary on timing, with some predicting rapid milestones and others cautious about early manned lunar landing.
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Mars
Venus
Herbert F. York
Pentagon
York
House Space Committee
Moon
T. Keith Glennan
U.S
Giennan
Army
Wernher von Braun
Earth
Federal Budget Share Hits Area Four-County Total
A Kansas State Chamber of Commerce analysis shows this four county area would pay 16.9 million dollars of the proposed 77 billion federal budget for fiscal year 1960. Neosho Allen Wilson and Woodson counties face sizable shares based on population, retail sales and buying power. Kansans overall would contribute about 716.1 million, a figure derived from a similar formula.
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Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Eisenhower
Neosho County
Allen
Wilson
Woodson
Allen County
Wilson County
Woodson County
Mrs. F. W. Brinkerhoff In Serious Condition
Mrs F W Brinkerhoff wife of the Pittsburg Headlight editor is in serious condition at Mt Carmel Hospital after a stroke and a setback from a blood clot three weeks into hospitalization.
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Kan
F. W. Brinkerhoff
Sun
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Car Train Collision Kills Woman and Son at Crossing
An Independence Missouri crash at a crossing killed Mrs. Brenda Cordes and her 2-year-old son Donald. The collision occurred yesterday, with both victims in the car.
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Independence, Mo
Independence
Brenda Cordes
Donald
Railroad Executive Found Dead in Chicago Hotel
William F. Peterson, 62, of Des Moines, an assistant to the president of the Rock Island Railroad, was found dead in a Chicago hotel room, apparently from a heart ailment.
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William F. Peterson
Des Moines
Rock Island Railroad
Tribune Delivery Assistance Notice
If you do not receive your Tribune contact your carrier. If the carrier cannot be reached call 700 after 6 p.m.
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Space Travel Bid By 110 New York
U S space chief T Keith Glennan announced 110 rugged Americans are shortlisted as Mercury astronauts for Project Mercury. They will undergo tests in Washington and volunteer for space flight with about 12 remaining within three months.
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Federal Space Agency
Earth
Washington
Glennan
Weather Outlook for Kansas Brings Rain Then Snow
FORECAST calls for cloudiness through Thursday with occasional light rain or possible snow Thursday night. Warmer tonight then turning colder Thursday afternoon or evening with lows 35 to 40 and highs in the 40s. A cold frontal push follows, bringing snowfall across parts of the state. Temperatures yesterday ranged from 30 at Lawrence to 46 at Goodland. overnight lows 22 to 32.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Lawrence
Olathe
Goodland
Goochland
Wichita
Emporia
Missing Boy Found Hanged in California
In Rialto California police report the naked body of 12 year old Harold Hinnies was found hanging from a tree behind his home two hours after his parents notified police he was missing. Police chief Sidney Jones said homicide was possible and an autopsy would determine the cause. The father, a truck driver, moved the family to the house three days earlier.
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Rialto
Calif
Sidney Jones
Harold Hinnies
Harold
Robert Hinnies
Jones
Fatal Crash Kills Duke in Belpre Kentucky?
William Gilbert Duke, 64, of Russell Kansas, died when his car collided with a train on Highway K-19 near Belpre. The accident occurred last night and involved no other named passengers. Further details were not available.
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Belpre
Kas
William Gilbert’ Duke
Russell, Kas
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