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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1955
Page
10
Names of visitors and locals appear throughout a Neosho County brief. Ralph Thurman of Galesburg faces jail terms for liquor violations as Do gooders and Bettys with Tulsa and Coffeyville ties mingle in social rounds. County officials attend Paola meeting while road improvements near St. Paul proceed.
Congress added 46 million dollars to Defense Department appropriations to boost Marine Corps strength but Secretary of Defense Wilson directed the funds into a suspense fund. He said the extra money would be set aside while officials decide what will be done, raising the possibility Marines may be cut despite congressional support.
The article notes Marine Corps strength proposals ranging from 198000 to 215000 as the administration and Congress clash. President Wilson attends the third annual secretaries conference with about 170 high officials from overseas and the United States, marking a pivotal moment in defense planning.
Rainy weather covered wide areas of the country after yesterday's thunderstorms and showers. A rain belt stretched from southern Lower Michigan through Indiana and Kentucky to central Mississippi with scattered showers and thunderstorms continuing in parts of the region.
Widespread showers fell across the central plains and central plateau, with Kentland Indiana recording the heaviest rainfall at 4.17 inches. In Austin Texas violent thunderstorms caused underground transformer fires and evacuations across six downtown blocks. North Fort Hood and Kilgore also saw storms with lightning igniting 10 oil tanks. two men were injured.
Wigan court found Frank Hodgetts guilty of killing his Alsatian dog in a temper after it damaged plants. He was fined five pounds and barred from holding a dog license for fifty years, meaning if he lives to a hundred he could not own a dog in that span.
Fierce storms break an eight day heat wave in parts of Western Europe with about 100 deaths from drownings and lightning. Britain reported six lightning fatalities yesterday and cooler temperatures spread across the region while Oslo saw 91 degree heat and authorities move to conserve water.
Dr. Kamen of Washington University in St. Louis wins a passport after eight years of denial. The State Department retracts allegations of communist aims and the suit is dropped. A stipulation is filed in the department records. In Chanute, a tax worker who failed to file since 1948 resigns and pays due taxes.
TOPEKA P The state income tax returns of all state employes are checked. The move aims to ensure accuracy and compliance across departments.
Washington report states atomic scientist Martin D. Kamen won State Department agreement to withdraw a government suit. The brief note outlines a settlement reached on charges related to government actions involving Kamen and his research activities.
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