Local Births and Family News in Tribune Briefs
Overland Park couple Mr and Mrs Jack H Williams celebrate a 6 pound 14 ounce daughter Gail Lynne born at KU Medical Center Kansas City. Mrs Williams is Donna Knapp. paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs John Williams. Wiggans of Mexia Texas welcome a daughter. grandparents Roy Wiggans and Charles Griffith. Cpl Dale Wiles and wife welcome daughter Zella Lorine born June 26. Wiles stationed at Twentynine Palms California. Neosho Valley HD unit to meet. long motor trip culled from Chanute to Ottawa and beyond detailed in brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack H. Williams
Overland Park
Gail Lynne
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Kas
Williams
Donna Lee Knapp
Mabel Knapp
S. Rutter
John Williams
Lynn A. Wiggans
Mexia
Tex
Roy Wiggans
N. Western
Charles Griffith
Weatherford, Tex
Cpl
Dale Wiles
Zella Lorcine
Cpl. Wiles
Marine Corps
Twentynine Palms
Calif
C. E. Wiles
Harold M. Baker
Humboldt
Stockpiling Probe Starts
Washington Senator Capehart says Jess Larson ally volunteered to testify to a closed hearing by the Senate-House Defense Production Committee. Howard I. Young of St. Louis, a former Larson aide and head of American Zinc Lead and Smelting Co., faces questions over alleged conflicts of interest in stockpile contracts.
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Washington
Capehart
R-Ind
Jess Larson
General Services
Larson
Senate House Defense Production Committee
Howard I. Young
St. Louis
American Zinc, Lead and Smelting Co
Young
Defense Materials Production Agency
Joseph Campbell
Sen
Williams
R-Del
Government contracts awarded to mining firms raise questions
Williams directed a portion of a firm’s material to a subsidiary named American Zinc Co. of Illinois. He said contracts went to W. M. and W. Mining Co. of Baxter Springs Kansas, Mid-Continent Mining Co. of St. Paul, and MacArthur Mining Co., despite officials’ reports that these agreements would not be in the national interest.
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Williams
American Zinc Co
Mlinois
W. M. and W. Mining Co
Baxter Springs
Kas
Mid- Continent Mining Co
St. Paul
MacArthur Mining Co
Johnson Improves While Hospitalized For Heart Attack
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson remains in bed at Naval Medical Center Bethesda after a heart attack described as moderately severe. He stays informed through newspapers and select correspondence, with wife Lady Bird curating media access and aides monitoring communications. Secretaries from Johnson’s staff work nearby, rotating between hospital and Capitol duties.
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Washington
Sen
Lyndon
Johnson
Senate
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Texas
Lady Bird
Sleps
Hospital
Capitol
Dixon Yates Hearing Delayed by Adams Request
SEC Chair Armstrong testified that Sherman Adams asked to suspend the Dixon Yates financing hearing to allow government lawyers time to decide on intervention. Officials from First Boston and related executives may face objections to further testimony as Kefauver’s subcommittee probes the contract.
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Washington
J. Sinclair Armstrong
Securities and Exchange Commission
Dixon-Yates
Sherman Adams
Armstrong
Adams
Duncan R. Linsley
First Boston Corp
Adolphe Wentzell
First Boston
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate
Tot Steps on Gas Ends Tragic Car Ride Plan
In Savannah Georgia a two year old girl alone in a idling car accidentally pressed the accelerator. Mrs O H Beal a 52 year old friend of the child's parents was knocked down and dragged 30 feet and died at a hospital two hours later.
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Savannah
Pauline Marie Galley
O. H. Beal
Women Golfers Honor Jean Ashley in Kansas event
Jean Ashley Kansas womens amateur golf champion and Broadmoor Invitational winner was honored at a Chanute Country Club luncheon. The event featured gifts of silver and a punch bowl, with remarks by Mrs. William M. Gray Jr. SEK league officers were elected and Chanute will host next year.
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Jean Ashley
Womens Golf Association
Country Club
Broadmoor
Colorado Springs
Kansas
Topeka
Tribune
Chanute Women’s Golf Association
William M. Gray Jr
Miss Ashley
Robert N. Allen
8. G. Ashley
John Nation
Ed Ashley
Jacksonville
Ill
Adelaide Johnson
E. A. Morris
Charles Rickel
Carl Stevens
Bill Porterfield
A. B. Johnson
G. E. Nelson
Marjorie Cook
Rex Truitt
Morris
Nelson
4-H Club News Ever Ready Cooking Class Recap
Ever Ready 4-H met Friday with Mrs Watts. Janice and Lois Barnhart demonstrated refrigerator cookies under Miss Roberts guidance. Cookies and cakes were judged. A meeting is set for July 22 at 9 a.m. at Mrs Watts home. A quirky recipe followed with pork and beans frankfurters and mustard on rolls.
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Harold Watts
Janice Barnhart
Florence Roberts
Janice
Lois Barnhart
Miss Roberts
No Gas Curbs Likely in 1955 Congress
Rep. Priest said the year will end without a bill curbing federal control of natural gas. The measure would overturn a Supreme Court ruling. both House and Senate committees approved similar bills, but adjournment by August 1 and leadership uncertainty cloud passage. Speaker Rayburn backs it if votes exist. Also notes fugitive charges and bond actions in Oklahoma hearings.
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Washington
Priest
D-Tonn
Congress
Supreme Court
Federal Power Commission
House
Senate Commerce Committees
Rayburn
Tex
House Group Rejects President Road Plan
The House Public Works Committee rejected President Eisenhower s plan to finance a 47 billion dollar federal state road program with 30 year bonds. The panel advanced the initial section of the program and did not vote on a Democratic tax increase alternative.
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Washington
House Public Works Committee
Eisenhower
Rep
Alger
Texas
Bond Troubles Pile Up For Gene Krupnick
Gene Alvin Krupnick of Tulsa was jailed again in Independence after a new warrant charged felonious possession of materials for narcotics use with a $500 bond left unposted. He had been sentenced last Thursday in Great Bend to 10 years in the state penitentiary for a drug store robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Gene Alvin Krupnick
Tulsa
Okla
Krupnick
Great Bend
Same Home Is Looted Repeatedly by Burglar
Worcester man Richard P. Cincotta, 21, admitted breaking into the same apartment on Pleasant Street on July 6 stealing a $50 watch and another theft the next day of dungarees. He returned yesterday and took a $75 camera. He said he sold items for meals and was arrested in a restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Richard P. Cincotta
Pleasant Street
Cincotta
Accidental Asphyxiation Verdict in Erie Child Death
Edward Gene Bollig age year old son of Mr and Mrs Anthony J Bollig of rural Erie died from accidental asphyxiation due to regurgitation. Coroner Dr Howard Swain said the child was found dead in bed by the mother with sheriff Lee Montgomery and undersheriff John Phelps assisting. The family physician noted the child had been in poor health since birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Gene Bollig
Anthony J. Bollig
Erie
Howard Swain
Lee Montgomery
John Phelps
Swain
Car Flips After Asphalt Buckles On Galveston Street
Anthony Parino drove along a major Galveston seafront street when the pavement buckled about three feet and flipped his car. Police suspect extreme heat caused the pavement to expand and buckle, forcing the crash.
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Galveston
Tex
Anthony Parino
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