Left Hand Pitch Left Hand Pitch
A contest entry on medical truth wins first prize for Mrs. Louis Fosha of 1513 S. Evergreen with a $25 award. The story also mentions Bailey from 305 N. Western who suffers a shin injury the night before Friday the 13th. A scorpion is captured by Fred VanWickle at Koch Brothers furniture, shipped from Arkansas. Mrs. Karl Jones, formerly Harriett Kaemmerling, reports Honolulu summer experiences with Tulsa girls, noting visits to Pearl Harbor and a royal Hawaiian tour, while remaining housemother for Sigma Nu at Tulsa University.
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Fred F. VanWickle
Koch Brothers Furniture
Karl Jones
Harriett Kaemmerling
Chanute
Honolulu
Queen's Surf
Hawaiian Village
Hawaii
the Willows
Royal Hawaiian
Pearl Harbor
Red Skelton
Out Rigger Canoe Club
45 Die As Army Transport Crashes In New Jersey Swamp
A military C118A transport carrying 50 military personnel and six civilians, bound for Burtonwood England, crashed in a pine swamp near Fort Dix New Jersey after takeoff from McGuire Air Force Base. One survivor described an air pocket as the craft plowed through trees and bursts of rain thundered overhead.
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FT. DIX
N. J
McGuire Air Force Base
Burtonwood
England
Air Force
McGuire
John Williams
160Th Air Transport Group
Special Air Force Board
Pvt
Thomas F. Kiley
Lawrence
Mass
Nixon Reports To Eisenhower In Gettysburg Visit
President Eisenhower met with Vice President Nixon at the Eisenhower farm after Nixon arrived from Washington to report on his 11 day world tour. They planned to discuss Far Eastern policy, the foreign aid bill, and pending congressional business as the session nears its close.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Nixon
Washington
Eisenhower Farm
Congress
Wilton B. Persons
Persons
White House
Gerald P. Morgan
Andrew J. Goodpaster
Wayne Hawks
Wall of Water Crashes Mitchell Ore No One Killed
A cloud burst sent a wall of water down Keyes Canyon destroying Mitchell Oregon. At least 20 buildings were smashed while roads were cut and access blocked. State police reported no known casualties though an officer remained in town and radio lines were limited. Creeks rose 40 to 50 feet above normal as Bridge Creek carried floodwater across U.S. Highway 26.
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Prineville
Ore
Keyes Canyon
Oregon
Mitchell
Leager
Ochoco Mountains
Bridge Creek
U.S. Highway 26
U.S. Allows Steel Shipment to Russia for Auto Bodies
The government approved a May 15 export license for about 7,800 tons of sheet steel to Russia for automobile bodies. Officials said the metal is nonstrategic and not scarce in the United States, marking the first such shipment to an iron curtain nation since 1947 and valued at $1.1 million. It was unclear if the steel had shipped.
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Washington
Russia
Commerce Department
Iron Curtain
Fiery Crosses Target Washington Officials
Crosses were burned and planted near residences of top Washington officials including Chief Justice Earl Warren and Justice Felix Frankfurter, and NAACP chairman. Two George Washington University students found a burning cross at Sobeloff’s apartment. a large cross burned at Frankfurter’s home. another at the Beltsville NAACP leader’s home. Witnesses saw two men in a car with Virginia plates near the Sheraton Park Hotel.
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Washington
The
National Assn. For
Earl Warren
Felix Frankfurter
Simon E. Sobeloff
George Washington University
Sobeloff
Frankfurter
NAACP
Beltsville
Sheraton Park
Virginia
Warren
Sen. Lehman
Two Minor Accidents In Traffic Here
Two non-injury traffic accidents were investigated in Chanuteres y. Richard A. Sand age 403 W. 1st had left front door damaged after being struck by Stanford W. Pugh of Independence who was backing from a parking space. The Pugh car was not damaged. A second collision in the business section on West Main involved Robert Lee Schultz 330 S. Rutter whose car was not damaged while rear of William C. Hosfelt 907% S. Highland was damaged.
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Chanuteresy
S. Santa Fe
Richard A. Sandage
Stanford W. Pugh
Independence
Pugh
Robert Lee Schultz
S. Rutter
West Main
William C. Hosfelt
S. Highland
Hosfelt
Two Killed In Ottawa Collision Involving Truck
Ten persons rode in a station wagon when it collided head on with a truck towing a house trailer in Ottawa Kansas last night. Two passengers died and eight were injured. Authorities said the truck jackknifed into the opposite lane while slowing in traffic. The deceased were Mrs. Carol Ann Call, 21, Eureka, and a two month old baby of Mr and Mrs Ruben Thorn, Eureka.
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Ottawa
Kas
Carol Ann
Call
Eureka
Ruben Thorn
Gas Service Strike Ends in St. Louis
A 13 day strike that cut natural gas to about 20 000 families in the St. Louis area ended today. The Laclede Gas Co pledged to restore service promptly as thousands endured cold baths and improvised cooking and refrigeration. The settlement followed Missouri state seizure of the company under the King Thompson law prohibiting strikes in public utilities.
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ST. Louis
Laclede Gas Co
Missouri
King - Thompson
Salina Bomber Crashes Killing Four On Board
A B47 jet bomber crashed shortly after takeoff from Smoky Hill Air Force Base near Salina Kansas. Four crew members were killed Maj Ernest Sharp 28 of Ormond Beach Florida 1st Lt Marion Stallings 26 of Leesburg Florida Capt Walter Carnes 29 of Augusta Georgia and 1st Lt Carl Pattison 32 of Cambridge Ohio.
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Salina
Kan
Smoky Hill Air Force Base
Ernest Sharp
Ormond Beach
Fla
Marion Stallings
Leesburg
Walter Carnes
Augusta
Carl Pattison
Cambridge
Ohio
Tornadoes Hit Kentucky Farm Country Causing Damage
Tornadoes tore through northern and central Kentucky causing about half a million dollars in damage. Two people suffered injuries but none needed hospitalization. The storms felled barns, uprooted trees, and blocked U S 42 and other roads, disrupting the horse farm region late yesterday.
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Walton
Kentucky
U. S. 42
Anti Communist Hijackers Seize Hungarian Plane in Flight
Seven passengers and crew seek asylum in West Germany after hijacking a Hungarian airliner. A bloody fight injured twelve aboard, including a secret police officer. Leader Gyorgy Polyak and others used iron rods to overpower rivals as the aircraft crash landed near Ingolstadt.
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Ingolstadt
Germany
West Germany
Manching
Here
West
Gyorgy Polyak
Gabor Kiss
Polyak
Gyor
Atomic Plan Under Study for Peaceful Nuclear Uses
Washington reports the Eisenhower administration is examining a new disarmament idea to convert some bomb materials to peaceful uses. The plan aims to persuade Russia to join a system withdrawing nuclear materials from weapons and diverting them to peaceful ends. Harold Stassen said the proposal could surface in Eisenhower's letters to Bulganin and in the United Nations disarmament subcommittee.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Nikolai Bulganin
Bulganin
Humboldt Hires William Scott as High School Principal
Humboldt Board of Education selected William Scott of Wamego as high school principal. He will start August 1 and previously served as assistant principal at Wamego. Scott, about 35, is married with a daughter, succeeding Pierce Long who moves to Anderson, Missouri as high school principal.
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Humboldt
Humboldt Board of Education
William Scott
Wamego
Scott
Pierce Long
Anderson, Mo
View- Boys Climb High KANSAS CITY
Three teens attempted a 1 042 foot television tower in Kansas City last night. Phillip Keene 15 paused at 300 feet while Patrolman Sawtell helped him down. Jerry Gypins 17 and Jack Roberts 16 descended on their own. Gypins was booked for creating a public disturbance. parents took custody and were to appear before a police official today.
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Kansas City
Phillip Keene
Bob
Sawtell
Phillip
Jerry Gypins
Independence
Jack Roberts
Jerry
Escapee Carl Lewis on foot after wreck near Chanute
Kansas authorities pursue Carl J. Lewis, wanted for passing bad checks in a dozen towns, after he escaped custody in Topeka. He stole and wrecked cars near Chanute and later fled on foot as officers tracked him across the region amid heat and thunderstorms.
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Carl J. Lewis
Lewis
Kansas City
Carbondale
Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Tom Morehead
Ernest King
Chanute
Erie
Tonganoxie
Oklahoma City Jail Riot Injures Two Prisoners
A riot in the Oklahoma City city jail injured two inmates as prisoners protested attempts to form a kangaroo court in the cell blocks. One 17 year old ringleader was in serious condition after transfer to Tinker Air Force Base Hospital. the other 17 year old received treatment at Mercy Hospital.
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Oklahoma City
Tinker Air Force Base Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Rail Highway Mishaps Total 3846 in 1955
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports rail highway grade crossing accidents rose to 3 846 in 1955 after a 15 3 percent rise from 1954. Deaths reached 1 446 up 11 percent and injuries numbered 4 014, increasing 17 2 percent.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pratt Deaths Child in Auto-Track Collision
Nora Jane Johnson ten year old daughter of Mrs Julia Johnson Pratt died last night from skull and brain injuries after an auto track collision.
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Pratt
Nora Jane Johnson
Julian Johnson
Two Men Electrocuted Near Bonner Springs
Two Basehor men, David W. Breuer aged 54 and Snider Liebenow aged 62, were electrocuted near Bonner Springs yesterday while preparing to drill a water well. Their drill rig struck a 2,300 volt line. bodies found by Kansas Power and Light Co. workers after the circuit went dead.
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Bonner Springs
Kas
Basehor
David W. Breuer
Snider Liebenow
Kansas Power and Light Co
Hilton Noncommittal On Muehlebach Hotel Purchase
Conrad Hilton, head of an international hotel chain, arrived in Kansas City and was met by James M. Kemper while he declined to confirm or deny reports he planned to buy the Muehlebach Hotel. He said he hoped to comment before Sunday night. Hilton had earlier announced plans for a new million dollar hotel in the city.
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Kansas City
Conrad Hilton
Hilton
James M. Kemper
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Topeka Area
Kansas State Accident Records lists 2 traffic fatalities in the last 24 hours. To date in 1956 the total is 320, compared with 295 for the same period in 1955.
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Topeka
Kansas
Republicans plan Roman Holiday Circus wordplay
Arkansas City reports Democratic state chair Frank Theis says the Eisenhower campaign is being framed by Republicans as a Roman Holiday Circus. The remark frames the national race as a dramatic, attention grabbing political spectacle.
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Arkansas City
Frank Theis
Bitter Senate fight looms over foreign aid bill
Senate Appropriations panel backs 4.105 billion in new foreign aid funds, approving 680.3 million more than the House. Total including reappropriations reaches 4.346 billion. Senator Thye predicts a hard fight on the Senate floor next week to curb drastic cuts and a bid to halt Yugoslav aid. Chairman Hayden plans to bring the bill up next Wednesday as Knowland Bridges and McCarthy push to restrict Yugoslav aid.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Eisenhower
Sen. Thye R.minn
Hayden
D-Ariz
Knowland
Calif
Bridges
NHL
McCarthy
Wis
Yugoslavia
New Export Policy Shifts Wheat Trade From Government Stocks
Washington announced a policy change expected Sept 4 that ends cut rate sales of government surplus wheat to exporters. Private traders and farmers would gain larger shares as exporters shift to non government supplies. The National Grange warns this may curb exports and push more wheat into government hands through price support loans.
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Washington
U. S
Department of Agriculture
National Grange
Grange
Department
Herschel D. Newsom
The
Marvin L. McClain
Newsom
Rock and Roll Condemned as Immoral Influence
Paul M. Debooy of the Seventh Day Adventist Central California Conference told about 10,000 church members at a Soquel camp meeting that rock and roll is an immoral pagan influence destroying American youth. He warned the music creates confusion and erodes civil and parental authority.
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Soquel
Calif
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Paul M. Debooy
Debooy
Central California
Four Boys Under Scrutiny by Neosho County Sheriff
Neosho County Sheriff Lee Montgomery and Undersheriff John Phelps investigate acts by four boys. A 14 year old stole $10 from a car near Austin after breaking glass. a younger brother damaged property at Camp Wonderwood south of Chanute and attempted to enter a farmhouse. Two other boys admitted stealing a shotgun from a storage building on North Santa Fe. the gun was recovered after the officers led them to where it was hidden.
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Neosho County
Lee Montgomery
John Phelps
Austin
Camp
Wonderwood
Chanute
Earl Wertz
Santia Fe
Two Jets Collide Near Davis Pilots Bail Out Safe
Two Sabre jet planes collided at 15 000 feet near Davis California late yesterday. Pilots Lt Albert C Mitchell of Mamaroneck New York and Lt Albert F Crews of Alexandria Louisiana bailed out unhurt landing in a wheat field eight miles west of Davis. Both officers are stationed at Travis Air Force Base.
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Davis
Calif
Albert C. Mitchell
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Albert F. Crews
Alexandria
Travis Air Force Base
Pope Blesses 7000 Pilgrims in St Peters Square
Pope Pius XII blessed 7,000 pilgrims in St. Peter's Square. It was his last public appearance before leaving Vatican City for Castel Gandolfo in the Alban Hills.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius XII
St. Peter's Square
Castel Gandolfo
Alban Hills
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Louis Fosha
S. Evergreen
G. Bailey
N. Western
Bailey
Arkansas
Flora, Fauna and Flying Saucers
Wall of Water
U.S
Tribune
Humboldt High
Morehead
Coffeyville
Galena
Columbus
Ft. Scott
Pittsburg
Fall River
Oklahoma
Muehlebach
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