Crop Insurance Losses Rise As Dust Bowl Drains Funds
Washington officials report drought losses of 18 million dollars across 14 Dust Bowl counties, pushing the experimental crop insurance program into the red. Congress may add 13 to 27 million dollars to continue operations while safer counties replace the dropped ones in Texas New Mexico and Colorado.
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Washington
Southwest
Agriculture Department
Congress
Frank McCartney
Federal Crop Insurance Corp
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Appropriations
McCartney
Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
Dust Bowl
Left Hand Pitch Left Hand Pitch
Four old-time farm wagon wheels were spotted leaning against the south wall at the fire station. Ross Cooper says the wheels will be refinished and used as overhead light fixtures at a Santa Fe Park shelter house, beautified by city workers with seven bulbs per wheel.
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Ross Cooper
Santa Fe Park
Bodies of KC 97 crewmen recovered after Labrador crash
Lake Charles reported six crew members died when a KC 97 Stratotanker from the 44th Air Refueling Squadron crashed after reporting an engine fire. Helicopters retrieved the bodies 45 miles northeast of Goose Air Force Base in Labrador. Names and hometowns of the dead listed by base spokesman Capt. George Spottswood.
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Lake Charles
Labroador
44Th Air Refueling
Lake Charles Air Force Base
Goose Air Force Base
Labrador
George Spottswood
Philip A. von Bland
Batesville
Ark
William W. Jaycox
Rochester
Wash
Donald L. Flater
Bloomfield
Ind
Jessie M. Liles
Evans, la
John LeBlanc
Elton
William L. Falconer
Marion
Iowa
Site selection details delay for 18 million dollar lab
Kalispell Montana reports that Secretary Benson will announce the site for a new 18 million dollar government animal disease research laboratory only after returning to Washington. A 10 person committee inspected nine sites over four days, with first choice and alternates not disclosed. The lab will replace older facilities in Washington and Auburn and Denver and support research on 25 animal diseases. Benson spoke at a conference of Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service staff from nine western states.
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Kalispell
Mont
Secretary of
Benson
St. Louis
Washington, D.C
Canada
Michigan State University
East Lansing
University of Missouri At Columbia
Iowa State College
Ames
Oklahoma
A&m College
Stillwater
Texas A&m College
College Station
University of Wisconsin At
Fort Collins
Agriculture Department
Washington
D. C
Auburn
Ala
Denver
Fireworks Display Set for Tonight at City Park
The VFW sponsored fireworks show returns tonight at City Park around 9 30 p m weather permitting. A junior league game between VFW juniors and Cherryvale juniors starts at 7 30 p m. The event is free to the public. post commander Howard Dobson announced. Rain canceled the display Wednesday night.
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VFW
City Park
All-Stairs
Cherryvale
Howard Dobson
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Educators End NEA Session Amid Merits Debate
In Portland Oregon educators wrapped up the National Education Association convention after a floor clash over merit ratings. A vote moved discussion to a committee for a 1957 report in Philadelphia, reaffirming a stance against merit-based salary standards.
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Portland
Ore
National Education Assn
Mary R. LeMay
Ottawa
Ill
NEA
Resolutions Committee
John L. Buford
Mt. Vernon
Philadelphia
James A. Cullen
Thorough Probe Into Los Angeles Air Collision
A House Commerce subcommittee opened an informal probe into the Grand Canyon crash that killed all 128 aboard TWA and United Air Lines jets. Officials from CAB and CAA along with airline operations staff and pilots will testify on guidance given before the collision near Los Angeles and the Grand Canyon wreckage investigation continues at the canyon site.
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Oren Harris
D-Ark
Civil Aeronautics Administration
California
Utah
Arizona
TWA
United Air
Los Angeles International
High Cab
CAA
CAB
James R. Durfee
United Air Lines
Grand Canyon
Colorado River
Kansas high school coaching school staff announced in Wichita
TOPEKA P Gomer Jones and Eddie Crowder assistant coaches at the University of Oklahoma will head the football staff for the Kansas State High School Activities Assn annual coaching school in Wichita August 2023 E A Thomas commissioner said Pete Tillman head coach at Wichita University and two Kansas high school coaches Ed Ellis Wyandotte Otto Bodenhausen Topeka will assist in football instruction Tex Winter head Kansas State coach will head basketball instructors which include Ralph Miller head Wichita U coach Dick Harp new University of Kansas head coach Brice Durbin new Wichita U freshman coach and two high school coaches Bob Johnson Shawnee Mission and Max Rife new Lawrence coach formerly at Inman Paul Schneider University of Nebraska trainer will direct classes in training and care and treatment of injuries The coaching school will be held in the Wichita University Field House.
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Topeka
P—Gomer Jones
Eddie Crowder
University of Oklahoma
Kansas State High School Activities Assn
Wichita
E. A. Thomas
Kshsaa
Pete Tillman
Wichita University
Kansas
Ed Ellis
Wyandotte
Otto Bodenhausen
Tex Winter
Kansas State
Ralph Miller
Wichita U
Dick Harp
University of Kansas
Brice Durbin
Bob Johnson
Shawnee Mission
Max Rife
Lawrence
Inman
Paul Schneider
University of Nebraska
Lester C Arvin Campaigns Across Kansas Counties
Republican lieutenant governor candidate Lester C Arvin toured Cha nute Erie St. Paul and South Mound and said Neosho County is his 59th stop. He plans to spend the weekend in Wichita then visit Eureka Humboldt Monday and Lola Garnett Paola Osawatomie Tuesday.
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Lester C. Arvin
Wichita
Chanute
Erie
St. Paul
South Mound
Arvin
Neosho County
Eureka
Humboldt
Lola Garnett
Paola
Osawatomie
Tokoloshe blamed for church vandalism in Moroka Township
African mothers say a furred sprite named Tokoloshe lured their children into a new Presbyterian church, prompting vandalism as youths followed the mythical figure. Church repairs remain unfunded despite pastors holding night services to prove the sprite vanquished.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
New Presbyterian
Moroka
Tokoloshe
Police Force Change Reported in Poland
Berlin dispatch says Poznan’s entire police force was replaced by outside officers after riots. Telegraf reports the old force was moved to an unknown destination for being passive and disarming during the bread and freedom uprising.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Poznan
Telegraf
Poland
Bids Sought for Eight-Span U S 24 Railroad Overpass
The Kansas Highway Department will open bids July 19 for an eight-span rail overpass on a U S 24 relocation northwest of Topeka. The 715 foot structure carries 28 foot roadway and will remove two rail crossings. Smaller structures will also bid to finish a traffic interchange linking the new U S 24 and State Highway 4 across the Kansas River.
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Topeka
Kansas Highway Department
Kansas River
Race Driver Dies on U S 40 Route in Kansas
Kansas City report says a race car flipped over a stalled vehicle on U S 40 south of Lawrence near Lakeside track. Investigators listed the driver as dead with a second man injured. bids will be sought for replacing a 20 foot wide box bridge and widening the roadway at the site.
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Kansas City
Kas
Wadsworth
Topeka
Lawrence
U. S
Lakeside Track
Bus Tour Highlights Early Kansas Turnpike Opening
A 41 member El Dorado business group returned from Kansas City after touring the Kansas Turnpike. They reported the road from the Oklahoma border to Kansas City largely passable though some sections were unpaved. Gale Moss turnpike general manager and chief engineer L W Newcomer joined the trip as officials.
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Kansas City
el Dorado
Kansas Turnpike
Chamber of Commerce
Bob Lutz
KBTO
Oklahoma
Kas
Lutz
Gale Moss
Turnpike
L. W. Newcomer
el Dorado Group
Bond set at 20000 in Abduction Case
Floyd Red Moutan 30 of Harjo Oklahoma is held on $20000 bond after Justice of Peace Bass Wilkes raised it from $3000 to $10000 at the request of Pottawatomie County Attorney Lloyd Henry. He faces assault with intent to kill for beating a Tecumseh couple and abducting their 24 year old daughter Kathryn Hudgins. He was captured 29 hours later twelve miles south of Shawnee. Preliminary hearing set for July 12.
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Shawnee
Okla
Bill Duggan
Kathryn Hudgins
Here
Moutan
Law Arms Tangle In Virginia City
Federal agent William T. McFarland clashed with bootleggers and city patrolman D L Meeker in Norfolk Virginia. Meeker charged McFarland with driving 55 mph in a 25 mph zone. The federal investigator faces a police court hearing next Thursday.
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Norfolk
William T. McFarland
D. L. Meeker
McFarland
Meeker
Federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
Two Men Held In Connection With Kidnaping
Westbury New York police held two men in custody as detectives hunted for 5 week old Peter Weinberger kidnapped July 4 from his carriage. A police spokesman said the two had no direct connection. a call to the parents was traced. No ransom money had been exchanged.
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Westbury
N. Y
Peter Weinberger
Police Department
Stuyvesant Pinnell
Weinberger
Peter
New York City
Morris Weinberger
Eight Hurt In Two Car Collision West Of Lakin
Eight persons were injured when two cars collided a mile west of Lakin on U S 50 yesterday. The most severely hurt were drivers Elbert Lahmeyer 34 Birch Tree Missouri and Milo Hamilton 42 St John Kansas.
Child Killed in Freak Mishap in Clearwater
A six year old boy named Albert Cerado Jr. died after a rope he placed around his neck tangled in the rear wheels of a moving truck. The incident occurred yesterday in Clearwater Florida as the truck moved away with the rope caught in the wheels. His father, a fruit vendor, could not stop the vehicle in time. He was dead on arrival at the hospital.
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Clearwater
Fla
Albert Cerado Jr
Man From Prosperity Fails In Raleigh Check Case
P W Smith, listed as from Prosperity South Carolina, was ordered by Raleigh city court to cover a $20 worthless check passed at a Raleigh hotel after financial embarrassment.
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Raleigh
N. C
P. W. Smith
Smith
S.C
House Approves Postal Hike Aimed at 430 Million Increase
The House passed a postal rate increase totaling 430 million dollars annually with 217 votes for and 165 against. The measure raises first class one ounce rate from 3 to 4 cents and letters from 6 to 7 cents, with second class mail rates for newspapers rising over five years to 442 million dollars. The bill moves to the Senate, amid speculation it may face changes or White House review. The initiative supports Eisenhower administration goals to offset postal deficits feared at up to half a billion annually.
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Washington
House
Senate
White House
Senate Post Office Committee
Brothers
Eisenhower
Posal
City reports record summer electric load at 5500 KW
City manager Ross Cooper announced two all time peaks this summer reaching 5500 kilowatts on June 27 and July 3. He expects firm capacity around 6000 KW and notes growth from new homes and appliances. A 7500 KW turbine condenser is due next summer to prevent future shortages.
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Ross Cooper
Weather snapshot reflects scattered storms and heat
A late morning forecast notes fair weather in most areas with a Sunday trend of scattered thundershowers. Reports cite tornadic winds near Salina Kansas and Grand Island Nebraska, hail in Iowa, heavy rains in northwest Iowa, and 112 degrees at Gila Bend Arizona with hot conditions extending into South Dakota.
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Iowa
Northern Plains
Salina
Kan
Grand Island
Neb
Lowa
Northwest
Spencer
Great Lakes
East Gulf Coast
Ohio Valley
Virginia
New York State
Rockies
South Dakota
Philip
Gila Bend
Ariz
Steel Deadlock Holds Firm In National Strike
Pittsburgh reports the nation’s steelworkers strike reaches one week with no contract breakthrough. Unemployment climbs to about 50,000 in allied industries as 10 day miners vacation ends next Tuesday. U S Steel and Jones & Laughlin announce mine shutdowns. most western PA West Virginia Kentucky mines remain closed.
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Pittsburgh
Allied Industries
U. S. Steel Corp
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Robena
Uniontown
U.S. Steel
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Lutheran Convention Set at Lindsborg
The Augustana Brotherhood of the Lutheran Church will hold its 32nd biennial convention at Bethany College July 13 15 with 500 delegates expected. Opening night speaker Dr Albert E Iverson national director of Protestant Relationships of the Boy Scouts of America. A new national adult award for Boy Scout leadership will be presented at that session with similar awards to one pastor and six laymen nationwide.
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Lindsborg
Kan
Augustana Brotherhood of the Lutheran Church
Bethany College
Albert E. Iverson
Boy Scouts of America
United States
Crowd Scares Lion In Freedom Bid
A 10 month old mountain lion escaped its cage at the San Antonio Zoo after a keeper forgot to secure the gate. The frightened animal roamed the grounds and leaped into a duck pond before zoo staff fished it out with a hoop net.
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San Antonio
San Antonio Zoo
William Hamm III Suffers Stroke in Shaw Home
William Hamm III, longtime Shaw resident, collapsed from a stroke at his Shaw residence early yesterday. Found by his daughter-in-law Mrs Earl Hamm around 2 PM, he was transported by ambulance to Neosho Memorial Hospital in critical condition.
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William Hamm
Shaw
Earl Hamm
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Boston Post ends 125 years of publication
Boston publisher John Fox announced the daily Boston Post would cease publication after 125 years. The estate’s attorney said stock may be sold by bank auction unless an outright purchase is made. Union contracts faced nonpayment and a work stoppage loomed as staff faced layoffs.
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Boston
Boston Post
John Fox
New England
Fox
John S. Maninion
Chester Steadman
Richard Grazier
The
Post
United States
Suitor Kills Girl Over Refused Ride in Missouri
In Potosi Missouri 18 year old Della Mae Miller was killed after refusing a ride from 24 year old Donald Merceal. Merceal fled then died by self inflicted shotgun blast in a nearby wooded area as police closed in.
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Potosi
Della Mae ‘Miller
Donald Merceal
Miss Miller
Merceal
Dog Bite Fatal To 3-Year-Old In Dallas Rabies Outbreak
Johnny Winkles, 3, died after being bitten by a rabid dog. City Health Director J. W. Bass ordered a 100 day dog quarantine and a citywide roundup of strays as rabies reached epidemic levels.
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Dallas
Johnny Winkles
J. W. Bass
Women Policewomen Issue 299 Parking Tickets in First Day
Four policewomen on duty in St. Joseph Missouri issued 299 parking tickets on their first day far exceeding typical male officers who average about 70 tickets daily. Traffic Captain Herman Stark reported the figures noting the women’s diligent performance.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Herman Stark
Cat Triggers False Fire Alarm In Rensselaer
A cat in Rensselaer New York turned in a false fire alarm last night. Firemen said the animal pulled the door of the alarm box and tripped the signal with its feet when it leaped to the ground.
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Rensselaer
N.Y
Hudson Valley
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