Police Summary Shows Six Month Crime and Citations
A June police report lists 779 calls for service in six months with 222 arrests by category: 24 DWI 61 common drunks 94 traffic citations 4 felonies 129 other misdemeanors. There were 129 motor vehicle accidents and 43 juvenile offenders. Bonds and fines totaled 4277 dollars. June arrests numbered 43 with 6 DWI 11 common drunks 21 traffic citations 1 felony 4 other misdemeanors. June parking meter tickets 330 versus 654 in May. Six month total 3494. June courtesy cards issued 99 versus 200 in May. Year to date 1956 total 1126.
Rain Lingers In Prediction For Kansas Weather
Forecasters expect partly cloudy and warm conditions through Saturday with highs around 85 to 95 and lows near 60 to 70. Western and south central Kansas may see scattered thunderstorms and isolated severe weather late today and tonight, following heavy overnight rains in several counties.
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Hutchinson
Hill City
Beaver
Achilles
Pawnee Rock
Stafford
Timken
Bison
Hoisington
Augusta
Plevna
Larned
Elkhart
la Crosse
Ness City
Great Bend
Phillipsburg
Albert
Burdett
Kinsley and Kingman
Trousdale
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Swiss Help With Recovery At Grand Canyon Flight Wreck
Eight Swiss mountaineers arrived to assist probe of United Air Lines DC7 wreckage in the Grand Canyon. They will split duties with some dropped at the canyon rim and others starting from the canyon floor. The DC7 disaster with 128 lives lost remains the worst in commercial aviation history. Army helicopters previously reached the site and retrieved seven bodies as climbers worked to recover more.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
United Air Lines
Gunther Erzinger
Trans World Airlines
Army
Colorado
Docking Aide Appoints County Campaign Manager
Lawrence records show Charlie Dem mom of Atchison has been appointed Atchison County campaign manager for George Docking, Democratic candidate for governor.
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Lawrence
Charlie Demmom
Atchison
Atchison County
George Docking
State convention of Kansas Rural Letter Carriers and Auxiliary
Several hundred visitors are expected Sunday through Tuesday for the Kansas Rural Letter Carriers Association and Ladies Auxiliary annual convention. Activities include registration at Tioga Hotel, meetings at Memorial Building, a Sunday 7:30 p.m. religious service, the Monday joint session with welcome by Mayor Lightfoot, plenary talks by postal officials, an auxiliary program, a banquet at 6 p.m. followed by entertainment, and a Tuesday memorial service and elections of national delegates.
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Kansas Rural Letter Carriers Association and Ladies Auxiliary
Tioga Hotel
Memorial Building
Floyd Bray
Fredonia
Robert W. Burdick
R. 1
Ralph Argo
Wel
Association
James D. Lightfoot
Chanute
Clarence M. Sievers
F. S. Henderson
Jesse V. Horton
Wichita
Argo
Masonic Temple
Frank A. Paschal
Kansas
Frank Carlson
Kathleen McClung
Clell McClung
Walnut
Ted Mack
Burdick
Robert Burdick
Louis P. Garrison
Kansas Rural Letter Carriers Association
Memorial Service for Louise S. Davis Held in Chanute
A memorial service was held at the Seventh Day Adventist church in Chanute for Louise S. Davis 33, killed in the Grand Canyon airliner crash. She lived in Chanute since childhood, worked eight years at the Parsonian hotel, and leaves two sons, Richard Lee 15 and Charles Craig 7.
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Louise S. Davis
Grand ‘Canyon
Seventh Day Adventist Church
2Nd
Lafayette
Carl Beck
K. V. Eager
Davis
TWA
Arizona
Shirey
el Cajon
L. A. Nelson Jr
Slater
Flagstaff
Ariz
Des Moines
Kansas City
Lars
Fishing Trip Fatal To Kansas Farmer
ALMA Neb. Joe Lloyd 68 a farmer from near Phillipsburg Kas drowned yesterday while fishing in the spilling basin of Harlan County Dam on the Republican River near Alma. D A Russell Harlan County attorney said Lloyd got into deep water and sank as he tried to swim out.
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Alma, Neb
Joe Lloyd
Phillipsburg
Kas
Harlan County
Republican River
Alma
D. A. Russell
Lloyd
Forty nine pilots enter Powder Puff Derby
Forty nine women pilots will take off tomorrow in the 10th annual Powder Puff Derby a 2366 mile race to Flint Michigan Each plane carries a co pilot The daytime flight will route via Bakersfield Needles Prescott Winslow Albuquerque Amarillo Wichita Columbia Urbana and Fort Wayne to reach the finish.
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San Carlos
Calif
Flint
Mich
Baksersfield and Needles
Prescott and Winslow
Ariz
Albuquerque
N. M
Amarillo
Texas
Wichita
Kas
Columbia
Rocky Marciano hospitalized after family incident
Retired heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano entered Brockton Hospital for back treatment after an incident at home. Reports say his wife Barbara or daughter Mary Ann, under four, were involved in a playful roughhousing moment that left him injured.
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Brockton
Mass
Rocky Marciano
Barbara
Mary Ann
Marciano
Brockton Hospital
United States Reevaluates Egypt Aswan Dam Aid Offer
The State Department will re-examine the proposed U S loan and grant for Egypt to fund the Aswan Dam project amid concerns over Nasser government tilt toward anti Western and pro Russian policies. Foreign aid previously earmarked is redirected pending new congressional authorization and completion of the review.
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Washington
United States
Egypt
Nile River
State Department
Agamal Abdel Nasser
Aswan Dam
Congress
Nasser
Russia
Site Committee Recommends Lab Site For 18 Million LAB
A 10 member site committee finished visits to nine proposed sites and plans to report to Secretary Benson from Kalispell Montana. They will name a first choice and two alternates for an 18 million dollar animal disease laboratory to replace obsolete facilities in Washington Auburn and Denver. The panel toured colleges including Iowa State Ames Wisconsin Madison Michigan State East Lansing Missouri Columbia Kansas State Manhattan Oklahoma A&M Stillwater Georgia Athens Texas A&M College Station and Colorado A&M Fort Collins. Governor Ed C Johnson pledged Colorado's cooperation during a Fort Collins dinner with officials.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Don’ Collins
Kit Carson
Kalispell
Mont
Colorado A&m College
St. Louis
Iowa State College
Ames
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Michigan
State
East Lansing
University of Missouri At
Columbia
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Oklahoma
A&m
Stillwater
University of Georgia
Athens
Texas A&m
College Station
Colorado A&m
Washington
D. C
Auburn
Ala
Denver
Chamber of Commerce
Ed C. Johnson
Colorado
Telephone Call Tells Parents Baby Is Alive
A man believed to be the kidnapper of four week old Peter Weinberger phoned the family home and said the baby was alive. Morris Weinberger said he would meet a ransom demand, while Beatrice Weinberger pleaded for the baby's return and offered cooperation. Police pursued the case, with no ransom drop successful so far.
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Westbury
N. Y
Peter Weinberger
Morris Weinberger
Weinberger
Long Island
New York City
Beatrice Weinberger
Freeport
N.Y
VFW Display Planned at City Park Tomorrow Night
The Veterans of Foreign Wars announce a fireworks display at City Park around 9 30 p m Saturday to cap the Fourth of July celebration cancelled by rain. A pre show baseball game at 7 30 p m features the Junior All Stars versus a Cherryvale team. The event is free with Harold Cooper Russ Browning and L M Beale heading the committee. About 300 people attended the Country Club display on the Fourth.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
City Park
Howard Dobson
VFW
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas Reach 508 This Year
Kansas state accident records report 508 traffic deaths so far this year. In the last 24 hours four fatalities were recorded, with 283 in the same period of 1955.
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Topeka
Kansas
House Committee Cuts Eisenhower Foreign Aid Request
The House Appropriations Committee reduced President Eisenhower's foreign aid request by 1.405 billion dollars, about 28 percent, mainly trimming arms aid to free world countries. The panel promised a thorough investigation of the program and projected continuing funding of 3.6659 billion, with unspent funds and carryovers affecting a multi-year outlook.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
House
U.S
Free World
Defense Steel Freeze Puts Focus On Pay Rates And Quotas
The government froze key steel items to protect defense needs as the six day steel strike continued. Federal mediators plan talks with United Steelworkers and industry leaders next week while negotiations remain stalled. Agriculture Dept announces soil bank payments at 60 percent of the price support rate for 1957 wheat, contingent on quotas voting July 20, with potential per acre payouts shown by county yields.
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Pittsburgh
Washington
United Steelworkers
Federal Mediation Service
Agriculture Department
Soil Bank
Congress
Department
Commerce Department
USW
David J McDonald
Atomic Energy Commission
State seizes LacLede Gas Co to restore service
The state seized LacLede Gas Co. to restore disrupted natural gas service in the St. Louis area. Union strikers refused to return to work as Gov. Phil M. Donnelly considered possible actions under Missouri’s King-Thompson law.
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ST. Louis
LacLede Gas Co
Phil M. Donnelly
Missouri
Storms lash Kansas regions with damaging winds and tornadoes
The Associated Press reports severe storms across northwest Kansas with tornado funnels near Atwood Hoxie Hays and south of Salina. Hays saw up to 85 mph winds and widespread damage while Atwood and Hoxie logged heavy rain and property losses. A church in Hays was struck by lightning and KVGB radio in Great Bend went off air due to power failure.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Atwood
Hoxie
Hays
Salina
Great Bend
KVGB
Bazine
Ness City
Suit Filed Against GM Over Bus Monopoly
The Justice Department filed a civil antitrust suit in U.S. District Court charging General Motors with monopolizing bus manufacture and sales in the United States. It alleges GM controlled at least 65 percent of new bus deliveries annually 1952–1955 and about 85 percent in 1955, and seeks a court order limiting GM’s bus sales. Conspirators named include Hertz Corp Greyhound Corp National City Lines and Public Service Coordinated Transport Co.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
United States
U.S
Justice Department
Harlow H. Curticer
Summer Hours Start At Public Library
Cha nute Public Library begins summer schedule closing at 6 p m on Mondays through Saturdays through Sept 1. The change was announced at a library board meeting led by president Raymond Pierpont who stated by-laws govern opening hours. A budget committee including George Donaldson Mrs Bruce Burris and H G Curl was appointed to prepare the 1957 library budget for submission to the city board.
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Chanute
House Vote Kills Federal School Aid Plan Amid Blame Game
In Washington Republicans and Democrats traded blame after the House defeated a federal school construction aid bill 224 to 194. The measure would have authorized 1.6 billion dollars over five years, tied to a desegregation clause, with a Powell amendment denying aid to states not complying with Supreme Court rulings.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Rep
Powell
DNY
Supreme Court
Eisenhower Talks Politics With Two Aides at Gettysburg
President Eisenhower spoke with James Hagerty and Sherman Adams about personal and general politics while resting at his Gettysburg estate. Hagerty declined to reveal any decision on running for another term and suggested a possible news conference before departure for Panama. The plan remains to travel to Havana July 19 with return July 21.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Sherman Adams
Eisenhowerhower
Hagerty
Eisenhower Farm
Adams
Washington
Panama
Havana
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Lington
Gerald F. Griggs
Delphos
Rocky
Tribune
House Committee
Senate
George Stejskal
Elders Wilson
Frank Unruh
Galva
Dee Doughty
Doughty
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