Rains Boost Area Prospects For Row Crop Yields
In four-county area farmers report excellent row crops and pasture due to timely rains. Soil moisture improves, early corn should perform well, and soybeans plus grain sorghum are promising. Wheat yields vary by county with several fields near bumper production, while 4-H youths note strong pasture gains and cattle weight increases.
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C. P. McKinney
Soil Conservation Service
Erie
McKinney
Stark
Hope
Tom Maxwell
Iola
Allen County
Maxwell
Humboldt
Jerry Hope
Yates Center
Woodson County
Woodson
Chanute Board Revises Budget and Rules on School Attendance
The Chanute Board of Education discussed a 1958-59 budget higher due to teacher salaries and two new hires. It proposed rules on married students forcing withdrawals, approved a fifth grade hire at Alcott School and a Junior High Industrial Arts post, and accepted resignations from Betty Cox and N P Combs. The group reviewed a hot lunch program upgrade and planned new classrooms to ease crowding, plus a new office building plan and possible alternates.
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Chanute Board of Education
Betty Cox
N. P. Combs
Ann Joy
Alcott School
Wesley Valerie
Hutton School
Williamson, Loebsack
Fiesta site to be chosen at Thursday meeting
The sponsor group will decide the Fiesta site at a 6:30 p.m. meeting led by president Paul De La Torre at Rosario Gutierrez home 1126 S. Garfield. Fiesta is scheduled for Sept 12 13. Call 700 after 6 p.m. if Tribune contact is unavailable.
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Paul de la Torre
Rosario Gutierrez
S. Garfield
Woman Killed in One Car Crash at Kaw River Bridge
A 48 year old Kansas City Kansas woman Mrs Lasta Hopper also known as Mrs Lasta Stark died when her car struck a bridge abutment at the east end of the Kansas Avenue bridge over the Kaw River. Her 4-year-old daughter Sheila Kay Hopper was injured and the driver Joseph Pack of Kansas City also injured. Pack said he was blinded by oncoming truck lights.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas Avenue
Kaw River
Lasta Hopper
Hopper
Lasta Stark
Sheila Kay Hopper
Joseph Pack
Pack
State Crashes Fatal to Five in Kansas in 1958
The Associated Press reports five more traffic deaths in Kansas raise 1958 toll to 236. Victims include Dorman Schuber 20 of Benton and Andy Wolf 24 of Salina, Susie Stark 54 of Benton, Cpl. Bert M. Mann 23 at Ft. Riley, and Lasta Hopper of Kansas City Kansas who died in separate crashes yesterday and early today.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Dorman Schuber
Benton
Kas
Moundridge
U. S
Andy Wolf
Salina
Susie Schuber Stark
Bert M. Mann
Ft. Riley
Junction City
Lasta Hopper
Kansas City
West Kansas Avenue Bridge
Eisenhower and Dulles Arrive in Canada for Fence-Mending Visit
President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles fly to Ottawa aboard the Columbine III arriving at 9 55 a m from Washington. Mrs Eisenhower and Mrs Dulles join Canadian officials to greet the party as the three day visit aims to smooth irritations in the North American friendship.
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Ottawa
Eisenhower
Dulles
Columbine
Washington
Parking and safety issues dominate city commission agenda
City commissioners reviewed parking and street safety measures with multiple sites slated for study. They ordered posting of 7th to 12th street speed limits, discussed meters, paving plans, and an Elm street pay project while approving bond votes for water improvements and a museum, and expanding the zoning board.
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R. J. Hayes
Plummer
Hayes
State
Tom Morehead
W. M. Kline
Kline
Osa and Martin Johnson
Elm
George Donaldson
State Tax Commission
Industrial Fund
Chamber of Commerce
Leroy Halsted
Leslie Cable
Dean Skinner
Eagle Award for Scouter Leland Raney
Leland Raney aged 15 received the Eagle Badge at Central Park during a general Court of Honor. FE W Johnson presented the award with Raney’s Board of Review. Raney is son of Mrs. Merle Raney and member of Troop 6. Also awarded were Second Class badges, merit badges, and Den Chief cards amid participation from Troops 6 25 35 and 100. about 75 attendees.
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Leland Raney
Merle Raney
Raney
Central Park
Tribune
FE. W. Johnson
Board of Review
S. Grant
General Court of Honor
Bill Hasty
Bob Johnson
Terry Rule
Larry Joe Beck
David Savidge
Marion Matlock
John C Corns Enters KU Medical Center for Surgery
John C. Corns of 501 FE 6th entered the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City Sunday for surgery.
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John C. Corns
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Reed criticizes Kansas inspection system at Iola speech
Clyde M. Reed of Parsons, GOP governor candidate, told Allen County Republicans in Iola that Kansas has an overabundance of inspectors. He cited 538 full time and 112 part time inspectors across 24 agencies in 163 cities, costing over 1 million annually, and urged better coordination and economy.
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IOLA
Kansas
Clyde M. Reed
Parsons
Reed
Allen County
Legislative Economy and Efficiency Committee
American League All Stars Rally to 4 3 Victory in 25th All Star Game
The American League All Stars defeated the National Leaguers 4 to 3 at Memorial Stadium. Gil McDougald delivered the decisive sixth inning run with a pinch hit for Early Wynn, driving in Frank Malzone as the tie breaker after an error on Ted Williams kept the rally alive. The AL overcame a 3-2 deficit after two innings, marking their 15th All Star win in 25 meetings since 1933.
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Baltimore
Gil McDougald
New York Yankees
Memorial Stadium
McDougald
Early Wynn
Frank Malzone
Frank Thomas
Ted Williams
Malzone
Pittsburgh
Bob Friend
Partly Cloudy Area Forecast For Topeka Kansas
Sunny skies prevailed over Kansas with a fair weather forecast through Wednesday. Temperatur es were about 10 degrees below July normal with highs from 75 in Pittsburg to 85 in Salina and Abilene. Rain last day limited to showers in the southeast. Pittsburg reported 0.39 inch.
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Topeka
Kansas
Pittsburg
Salina
Abilene
Slot Machines Ordered Destroyed in Court Action
District court ordered destruction of six slot machines found at the Veterans of Foreign Wars post. Investigator David Johnson of the attorney general's office testified to the machines’ location. No defense appeared, police reported.
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David Johnson
Attorney General's Office
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bank Bandit Suspect Held in Oklahoma City Arrest
Cecil Ray Angelly, 31, was arrested at a tavern in Allen Oklahoma by FBI agents on charges linked to the February 12 $34,498 robbery of the Youree branch of Commercial National Bank in Shreveport Louisiana. He posted no plea before U. S. Commissioner H. G. Organ and is held on $50,000 bond awaiting transfer.
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Oklahoma City
FBI
Carroll Doyle
Cecil Ray Angelly
Allen
Okla
Doyle
Shreveport
Youree
Commercial National Bank
Angelly
U. S
H. G. Organ
Ada
Orton
Alaska Statehood Bill Sparks Center of U S Debate
TOPEKA AP reports discussion in Kansas over whether Alaska becoming the 49th state would shift the geographic center of the United States from Lebanon in Smith County. Nyle Miller Kansas Historical Society says the center could move to Montana or farther southwest if Hawaii joins, though factors in calculation remain unclear.
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Topeka
Alaska
United States
Kansas
Lebanon
Smith County
Nyle Miller
The
Kansas Historical Society
Montana
Hawaii
Miller
Right to Work Proposal Ruling Clears Doubt in Kansas
Atty Gen John Anderson says supreme court decision leaves no doubt about submitting the right to work amendment to voters. The court ordered the full ballot text printed, overturning a defective ballot title challenge and ruling for the secretary of state.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Supreme Court
Anderson
Associated Press
Secretary of State
Senate
Still Held in Guantanamo Cuban Rebels Hold Americans
Poor communications delay release of prisoners as Fidel Castro's rebels keep 33 Americans and one Canadian detained in Guantanamo Cuba.
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Guantanamo
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Traffic Fatalities In Kansas Soaring Against 1957
AP Topeka reports state accident records show 5 fatalities in the last 24 hours and 236 for 1958 to date, compared with 261 for the same period in 1957.
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Topeka
Kansas
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