Polish Rulers Crack Down On Officials After Poznan Uprising
East Bloc reports say Poland’s ruling party investigated lax officials blamed for failing to stop the Poznan workers revolt. Karz’ threat of scapegoating prompts talk of leadership changes as troops and tanks seal Poznan amid lingering tension.
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Berlin
Poland
Communist Party
Poznan
ADN
East Germany
Trybuna Ludu
Polish Workers ‘Communist Party
Red
Stern
New Pastor Parrish Leaves Chanute for Greenville
The Rev. Milton B. Parrish, Nazarene minister of Chanute for five years, accepts a call to the Church of the Nazarene in Greenville Texas. He, his wife and daughter Deborah will depart July 17 with his last Chanute services on July 15.
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Milton B. Parrish
Nazarene
Church of the Nazarene
Greenville
Tex
Parrish
Deborah
Chanute Church
Chanute Ministerial Alliance
Kansas City
Bethany
Oklo
Chanute
Dallas
Nine Hurt In Bus Crash Near Oklahoma City
Nine persons injured when a bus collided with a panel truck and a pickup on U.S. 62 nine miles northeast of Oklahoma City. Wadie Harold Morris 38 Shawnee driver of the bus is among four seriously hurt along with Archie Orcutt 18 Oklahoma City driver of the pickup and passengers James Theodore Varvill 19 and Kenneth Mangham 18 of Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
U. S
Wadie Harold Morris
Shawnee
Archie Orcutt
James Theodore Varvill
Kenneth Mangham
Dim View Taken On Settlement
New York Iron Age, a national metalworking weekly, warned there is nothing to suggest an early end to the steel strike. The walkout could last eight weeks or more and is costing the nation 2,100,000 tons of steel ingots weekly. Ninety percent of U.S. steel production has halted due to 650,000 United Steelworkers members walking out.
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New York
Iron Age
National Metalworking Weekly
United Steelworkers
Duncan Named to Kansas Veterans Commission
Dale Duncan of Manhattan was appointed to the Kansas Veterans Commission by Gov. Fred Hall. He succeeds Jack Reid of Ulysses, has been a past commander of the Manhattan American Legion post and a former national committee man for Kansas. His four year term runs to July 1, 1960.
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Topeka
Dale Duncan
Manhattan
Kansas Veterans Commission
Fred Hall
Duncan
Jack Reid
Ulysses
American Legion Post
American Legion National
Kansas
Illegal fireworks shooting in Chanute flagged before July 4
Chanute police chief warns that firing fireworks within city limits is illegal until July 4. Citizens are advised to follow local ordinances and avoid fines or penalties.
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Chanute
Triple Slayer Dies of Wound in Ohio Manhunt
Alfred Buck Wilson, a 37 year old ex convict labeled triple slayer, died five hours after being shot by Ohio state patrolmen. He had killed his wife and two sisters, abducted and murdered 16 year old Nancy Worthington, and narrowly avoided capture during a 12 day manhunt in northeastern Ohio. He spoke briefly to his brother in law before his death and revealed plans to kill his wife and another relative with his remaining bullets.
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Warrer
Ohio
Alfred
Buck) Wilson
Wilson
James W. Lawson
Lawson
Juanita
Andrew Brown
Brown
Geraldine
Hazel Botts
Nancy Worthington
Stores to Close Half Hour Earlier
Chanute stores now close at 5 p.m. on weekdays instead of 5:30. The change took effect yesterday and will continue until Labor Day. The 5 p.m. closure is a summer schedule decision from a Chamber of Commerce retail council meeting.
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Chanute
Chamber of Commerce Retail Council
New Cottage Bids For Parsons School
WW Bids will be opened July 24 for four new cottages at the Parsons State Training School. Estimated cost for four brick and stone faced T shaped one story buildings totaling 150 by 108 feet is 670000 dollars. Each building will hold two bed wards with 32 children per ward.
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Topeka WW
Parsons State Training School
Coffeyville Attorney Named to Kansas Park Authority
Alvin F. Grauerholtz, longtime Coffeyville attorney and former state legislator, appointed to the Kansas Park Authority succeeding J. Ed Thompson whose term expired July 1. Grauerholz served in the State House in 1951 and was a Coffeyville police judge. George Gagel of Lenexa says the authority will meet soon to name a new chairman and handle other business.
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Topeka
Alvin F. Grauerholz
Coffeyville
Kansas Park Authority
J. Ed Thompson
Parsons
Grauerholz
House of Representatives
George Gagel
Lenexa
Authority
Independence Day Observances and Fireworks At City Park
Fourth Tomorrow business places close for Independence Day while the Tribune suspends publication. Post office offers Sunday service. City Park hosts the VFW Fourth of July celebration with afternoon and evening circus acts and a night fireworks display. Chanute Country Club to stage a 90 minute aerial and ground fireworks show starting about 8 30 p m with Bill Peters Dean Skinner and Clem Keller directing.
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the Tribune
City Park
Chanute Country Club
Bill Peters
Dean Skinner
Clem Keller
Oklahoma primary centers on Monroney bid and key races
Oklahoma voters faced a quiet primary with the Senate race led by Democrat Mike Monroney seeking a second term. Five of six congressional seats contested and the corporation commission contest drew 15 candidates. About 300,000 voters were expected to cast ballots among seven constitutional amendments including a 50 million dollar veterans farm loan program.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
U.S. Senate
Mike Monroney
Corporation Commission
Monroney
Ora J Fox
H. O. Doenges
Guthrie
W. C. Doenges
George Wulff
Douglas McKeever
Enid
GOP
Dan Madrano
Paul V. Beck
Tulsa
Ernest Albright
Shawness
Water Normal By Thursday
Water service expected to return to normal by Thursday after plant improvements. City officials urged residents to limit use from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. to conserve supply while pumps link two clear wells. River levels are low, raising concern about future water conditions this summer.
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Ross Cooper
Isaid
Cooper
Minor injuries after 100-foot waterfall tumble
A 14 year old boy from Superior slipped at Manitou Falls in Pattison State Park and fell about 100 feet into a pool below. He was rescued with only minor cuts and bruises after helping a friend whose swimsuit was snagged on a rock.
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Superior
Wis
Dan McNamara
Manitou Falls
Pattison State Park
Mumms Promoted To Superintendent Of Reformatory
John D. Mumms named superintendent of the Kansas State Industrial Reformatory. He has been chief clerk since 1948 and on staff since 1940. Announcement came from Walter A. Hunter, chairman of the State Board of Penal Institutions.
Stauffer Scholar Awarded at Kansas Journalism School
Susanne Marie Danforth of Newton receives a $200 Stauffer scholarship in journalism from the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information at the University of Kansas.
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Lawrence
Susanne Marie Danforth
Newton
Oscar S. Stauffer
William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information
University of Kansas
Polio Cases in Kansas Fall From 40 to 10
In Kansas the 1956 polio tally stands at 10, down from 40 the year before. Four new cases among young children were reported last week. Readers are reminded to contact their Tribune carrier or call 700 after 6 p.m. if delivery is missing.
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Topeka
Kansas
Burden Replenishment Ends Water Imports
Rains restore Burden water supply and end three year railroad tank car imports from Winfield. Town will stop importing water as local stores are replenished by continued rainfall.
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Burden
Eas
Winfield
Humboldt Man Dies In Platform Fall
Mason Franklin Easely 61 dies after falling from a shale planer platform into a pit at Humboldt Brick and Tile Co. quarry one mile north. Coroner to investigate. Survived by wife and 17 year old son Kenneth. Funeral arrangements pending. body at Johnson Funeral Home.
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Humboldt
Mason Franklin Easely
Humboldt Brick & Tile Co
Here
Kenneth
Johnson Funeral Home
Showers linger in prediction for the fourth
Weather forecast shows cloudy skies with little temperature change through Wednesday. Tonight scattered thundershowers with a low in the teens and a high in the 90s expected by Wednesday, plus possible showers around the Fourth of July. Last night’s storm dropped 0.44 inch at the CAA station with higher amounts in spots. hail and tornado funnels were reported nearby.
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CAA
Altoona
Associated Press
Topeka
Alton
Manhattan
Baldwin
Ft. Riley
Lawrence
Salina
Clay Center
Belleville
Beloit
Hays
Stockton
Norton
Hill City
Smith Center
Russell
Quinter
Oberlin
Burdett
Albert
Pawnee Rock
Beaver
Great Bend Airport
Great Bend
Ellinwood
St. John
Elkhart
Goodland
Tribune
Syracuse
Garden City
Dodge City
Ness City
Larned
Chanute
Paola
la Crosse
Heizer
Jetmore
Holstington
Stafford
Junction City
Hudson
Liberal
Plains
Blue River
Nebraska
Marysville
Kas
Concordia
Pittsburg
Clemency Considered For Pvt Hagelberger
The Justice Department said President Eisenhower is considering clemency for Army Pvt Richard A Hagelberger who faces execution for the murder of two German civilians nearly four years ago. Hagelberger awaits execution at Ft Leavenworth disciplinary barracks in Kansas.
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Washington
Justice Department
Eisenhower
Army
Richard A. Hagelberger
Ft.Leavenworth
Kas
Hagelberger
John F. Vigneault
Vigneault
Ft. Leavenworth
Gove County Added To Drought List
TOPEKA Gove County was added to Kansas drought disaster areas while designations for 12 others were extended through Sept 30. The counties Cheyenne Comanche Greeley Hamilton Hodgeman Kearney Logan Morton Meade Sherman Wallace and Wichita are included. Farmers in these counties may buy livestock feed at reduced prices.
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Topeka
Gove County
Kansas
Cheyenne
Comanche
Greeley
Hamilton
Hodgeman
Kearney
Logan
Morton
Meade
Sherman
Wallace
Wichita
Steel Strike Pinch Begins to Be Felt
Railroads and freight haulers felt the steel strike impact as 23 000 workers furloughed by Pennsylvania Railroad and B and O. Unemployment could rise while Finnegan plans exploratory talks with USW and industry leaders to bridge the gaps in the stalled nationwide walkout halting 90 percent of steel production.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation Service
USW
Steel
Finnegan
Pennsylvania Railroad
Oil Industry Hit By Strike Leaves Kansas Short of Pipe
A half dozen major Kansas oil and gas suppliers report critical pipe shortages as the steel strike lingers. One dealer calls conditions destitute with independents and some majors affected. Tubular goods may not flow into Kansas until mid August despite some orders crossing before the shutdown.
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Wichita
Kansas
Rain Eases Shortage In Missouri Town
Rainfall in Bethany Missouri totaling about three inches since Sunday night eased a water shortage in the northwest town. The downpour flooded the borders of East Big Creek and West Big Creek and washed out a temporary reservoir used for pumping water.
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Bethany
Missouri
East Big Creek
West Big Creek
Time Growing Short For Party Changes
Final week for voters to change party affiliation before the August primaries under the branding iron law. Changes must be in writing to the county clerk by July 7 and apply to voters who selected one party in the last primary wishing to switch to the opposite party for the upcoming ballot.
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Erie
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas Reach 302 for 1956 Year
Kansas traffic fatalities reported by the State Accident Records Section show 3 deaths in the last 24 hours and 302 for the year to date 1956, compared with 277 at the same point in 1955.
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Topeka
Kansas
Collision Evidence Grows in Grand Canyon Air Crashes
An Air Force officer said positive indications of a midair collision accounted for the Grand Canyon crashes of a TWA Super Constellation and a United DC7, killing 128 aboard. Paint scratches on wreckage and pilot statements support the collision theory as rescue teams recovered remains in a hazardous canyon search.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Air Force
TWA
Byrd Ryland
March Afb
Calif
Constellation
United Air Lines
Buttes
Sub
Ryland
Jack Parshall
Civil Aeronautics Examiner
Coconino County
Shelby McCauley
School repair work progresses at city schools
Repair programs move ahead in city buildings under maintenance supervisor L E Henry. Installations include fluorescent library lighting at Senior High, grading and seeding Murray Hill grounds, removing partitions for projection rooms at Roosevelt and Lincoln, and floor replacement at Royster Junior High.
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L. E. Henry
Board of Education
Murray Hill
Roosevelt and
Lincoln
Royster
Leclare Overbay
Miss Overbay
Caroline C. Overbay
San Diego
Calif
Beverly Ann Weber
Boulder
Colo
Hutton
Miss Weber
The
University of Colorado
First President Golf Rounds Mark Recovery in Gettysburg
President Eisenhower resumes activity with about 20 practice golf shots on his Green after surgery while also reviewing White House work and signing nine bills from Congress. A Vatican bombing damage bill includes 964 199 in compensation for lives lost and property damaged. Nixon to meet Chiang Kai Shek. Fourth of July expected quiet during convalescence.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
White House
Congress
Vatican
U.S
Air Force
Nathan Twining
Twining
Nixon
Chiang Kai Shek
China
Leonard D. Heaton
Eisenhower Farm
Islands Gain Full U S Base Sovereignty in Philippines
The United States recognizes Philippine sovereignty over all U S bases including Clark Air Force Base Sangley Point and Subic Bay Navy installations plus four minor sites. The move overturns a 1953 Brownell opinion and coincides with Vice President Nixon’s arrival for the independence anniversary celebration. A 19 gun salute marked Nixon’s landing as Philippine fighters escorted his aircraft.
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Manila
United States
Philippines
Richard Nixon
Eisenhower
Clark Air Force Base
Sangley
Subic
Phillippine
Air Force
Nixon
Philippine Air Force
Miller Son-in-Law Victim of Crash
Robert V. Beatty, 24, son-in-law of Mr and Mrs Harold C Miller of Chanute, died in a Grand Canyon plane tragedy. He was the husband of Beverly Miller and recently discharged from the U S Air Force. His parents live in Wichita. Beatty was a passenger on a Trans World Airlines plane involved in a two- plane crash.
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Robert V. Beatty
Harold C. Miller
Chanute
Grand Canyon
Beatty
Beverly Miller
Vernon Beatty
Wichita
U.S. Air Force
Trans World Air Lines
National Bank Dail after camp Miller Chanute Collegetroller of the currency
Washington reports that the camp and Chanute Junior College are involved as the currency official and his wife faced a call for a statement of condition. Friends said all national banks were believed closed at the end of business Saturday in the city on June 30.
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Washington
Chanute Junior College
Rooms Sought For Delegates At State Convention
About 50 rooms are needed in private homes to house delegates attending the 54th annual Kansas Rural Letter Carriers Association convention. L A Matthews of the Chamber of Commerce said registration opens Sunday at Memorial Building at 10 a m and continues through Tuesday. The Ladies Auxiliary 30th annual convention meets during the same days with registration Sunday at Tioga Hotel. Those with rooms should list them at the Chamber office by Friday afternoon.
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Kansas Rural Letter Carriers Association
L.A. Matthews
Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Building
Ladies Auxiliary
Tioga
Truck Wreck Near Plains Costs Company $15000
A Wichita driver, Howard H. Morris, lost control of a truck two miles east of Plains on a windy Saturday afternoon. The vehicle overturned, injuring none, but putting the company owning the truck in debt to the tune of $15000.
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Liberal Southwest Daily Times
Howard H. Morris
Wichita
Pool Opens to All as City Board Announces Hours
Mrs. Keith Maring and her husband run the pool program. The pool will be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday and from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday and on subsequent days as per the usual schedule.
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Keith Maring
Hail Storm Hits Colorado Springs
A severe hail and rainstorm struck Colorado Springs causing fallen leaves, damaged streets, and flooded basements. Public Works Superintendent James Murry called it the most intense storm in years as hail marbles whitened lawns and roofs in the north and west areas. Over an inch of rain fell.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
James Murry
City Public Works
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Vet Commission
Bruce
Dale
Earl Morgan
S. Kansas
Parsons School
Park Authority
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Ces
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