Motelon'Wheels Cuts Costs In Citroen Traveling Home
The Cunningham family of Los Angeles converts a Citroen panel truck into a traveling home. They cut costs from about $55 to $20 per day and plan a cross country trip via Las Vegas Grand Canyon Santa Fe Taos Topeka Oza New Orleans Florida Key West Canada Nova Scotia and the Pacific coast. The interior features bunk beds, a sink, refrigerator and air conditioning. Cunningham works with National Fire Engineering on the tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Cunningham
Dale
Lanny
Los Angeles
Cunningham
Cunninghams
Las Vegas
Grand Canyon
Taos
N. M
Chanute
D. C
Canada
Nova Scotia
Pacific Coast
Florida
The
National
Washington Survey of Fire Engineering
United States
Mr. Cunningham
McKeon Maintains No Apology Owed in Night March Trial
At Parris Island Marine drill instructor S Sgt Matthew C McKeon pleads not guilty to involuntary manslaughter and oppression in the night march tragedy that left six recruits dead after leading 74 recruits into a tidal creek on April 8. Defense argues his methods are part of Marine tradition while Maj Charles B Sevier says evidence will reconstruct the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parris Island
Matthew C. McKeon
McKeon
Six
Berman
Maj
Charles B. Sevier
Jacksonville
Ill
Sevier
Ike Studies Steel Strike Continues Under White House Watch
President Eisenhower met with top advisers as the steel strike enters its 185th day with 75 000 previously idle in allied industries. Federal mediators assist as talks resume in Pittsburgh between the basic steel industry and the United Steelworkers, while government plans remain undeclared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Allied Industries
Pittsburgh
Mitchell
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation, Service
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Commerce
Weeks
Arthur F. Burns
Council of Economic Advisers
Sherman Adams
Murray Snyder
White House
Snyder
Union
United Steelworkers
Angueley Add Ngm Ut
Disarmament Outlook Bright
Secretary of State Dulles said world trends point to cuts in armed forces manpower due to atomic and modern weapons. He urged maintaining U S superiority in nuclear power while expressing cautious optimism for a Soviet arms reduction agreement as global awareness grows of weapons’ destructive power. He proposed possible reductions of overseas forces within ten years but warned trends could require increased foreign deployments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dulles
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
America
Missing Woman Found in corn field near Beattie Kansas
An 81 year old woman, Minnie Algier of Home Kansas, missing since yesterday, was found this morning in a corn field about a mile and a half west of Beattie. She reported spending the night in the field and was taken to Marysville Hospital for observation after being located by a search party including military personnel and volunteers aided by two military aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marysville
Kas
Minnie Algier
Beattie
Algier
Marysville Hospital
McMillen to Leave for Final Induction in Kansas City
Erie resident Bob Lee McMillen heads for final induction into the armed services in Kansas City this afternoon. Neosho County Selective Service Board secretary Mrs. Gene Wall announced the local office has a call for one county man to report on August 1 for final induction.
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Bob Lee McMillen
Erie
Armed Services
Kansas City
Gene Wall
Neosho County
Water Plant Funds Approved for Galena Budget Change
TOPEKA The city of Galena received permission from the commission on revenue and taxation to exceed its budget by 25000 dollars to upgrade its water system. Galena has 25000 dollars in bonds for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Galena
Commission On Revenue and Taxation
Officials Not Alarmed By Low Neosho River Flow East Of City
Officials report the Neosho River flow ceased over the low water dam east of the city as upstream rainfall was scarce and heat caused rapid evaporation. The reservoir at the pumping station holds about 30 days of supply, with Barker farm pool potentially offering 50 days. Superintendent Carl Wortman notes daily use near 2 million gallons and urges rain, while evening demand spikes as pumps push 2,400 gallons per minute.
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Neosho River
Gordon Barker
Chanute
Carl Wortman
City
Wortman
No Arsenic Poisoning In American Paints
New York experts say paints in homes cannot cause arsenic poisoning as once claimed in connection with Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce. Arsenic is no longer used in American paints though some old greens may have contained it. The main hazard today is lead from chewed paints on cribs toys and furniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Clare Boothe Luce
U.S
Commuter Train Crash Injures Dozens at Exchange Place
A Pennsylvania Railroad commuter train with about 350 aboard struck a bumper guard at Exchange Place Terminal in Jersey City New Jersey. At least 34 people were injured none seriously. Injuries described as shock abrasions and bruises. many treated at Jersey City Medical Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Exchange Place Terminal
Decision on more jet deliveries to Yugoslavia hinges on Eisenhower
Officials said the fate of supplying additional jet fighters to Yugoslavia depends on a presidential decision by Eisenhower on whether the United States should continue aid to the Communist country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Yugoslavia
Eisenhower
United States
KBI Agent Robbed of Case Files in Wellington
Howard Docker of Topeka reported his car at a Wellington motel was broken into overnight. Entry occurred by forcing a left wing window between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m. Removing clothing, a weapon, badge, briefcases and three active case files belonging to Docker and Roy Dyer, investigators search the area for the discarded items and the thief or thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
KBI
Howard Docker
Topeka
Docker
Decker
Chaplain and Wife Die in Oklahoma Collision
Capt. George H. Wiedman 41 and his wife Ruth 38 were killed in a two car crash on U S 81 eighteen miles north of EMD Oklahoma yesterday. Wiedman chaplain at Fort Riley Kansas. Three children hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EMD
Okla
George
H. Wiedman
Ruth
U. S. 81
Here
Wiedman
Ft. Riley
Kas
Area banks show strong gains in Chanute and nearby towns
Chanute area banks report total resources of 13.736 million for the year ending June 30, with a 1.98 million gain from the previous year. Deposits rose by over 1 million, loans and discounts increased by 1.05 million, and surpluses held at 450 thousand. Thayer and Stark banks also posted gains with Thayer banking resources up to 1.538 million and Stark resources at 717 thousand.
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Chanute Banks
Thayer and
Stark
Chanute
Bank of Commece
First National Bank of
Thayer
Thayer Bank
Stark State Bank
Stark Bank
Young Mother Gives Birth Unassisted Then Walks For Help
A 16 year old teen mother in a remote Pueblo area gave birth to a premature boy unassisted at 8 PM Monday. After the infant died at 3 AM Tuesday she walked about a mile to seek help, flagging down a state patrolman on U.S. 85 87. The mother and surviving parent, Benjamin Long, 28, was away on assignment. she was hospitalized in satisfactory condition. The home had no phone and she had not seen a doctor during pregnancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
Colo
Here
Benjamin Long
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Cotopaki
Internal Revenue Service
Senate Expands Social Security Benefits Nationwide
The Senate passed a comprehensive Social Security bill by 90 to 0, expanding retirement eligibility for women to 62 and disability benefits to age 50. Democrats framed the vote as a landmark, noting bipartisan support and a long effort dating to the 1930s, while acknowledging possible presidential veto risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Sen. George
D-Ga
Eisenhower
Lifeterm Prisoner Sued Over Legal Fees in Kansas
Kansas City lawyers William J. Burns and George W. Thomas sue Murl D. White in Leavenworth for 350 dollars of a 750 dollar legal bill. They sought garnishment against Harry Allison to seize White’s prison funds after a failed habeas corpus bid regarding a first degree murder conviction in Coffeyville. The suit notes White was reportedly without counsel at a preliminary hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Lansing
William J. Burns
George W. Thomas
Kansas City
Kas
Murl D. White
Coffeyville
White
Harry Allison
District Court
Montgomery County
Jack Eugene Akers
Joseph J. Dawes
Little Cooler Area Outlook in Kansas
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with widely scattered showers and thunderstorms late today tonight and Thursday. Temperatures hold steady with a low around 65 to 70 and a high near 85 to 90. Reports show scattered showers in western Kansas and moisture measurements across several towns.
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Topeka
Kansas
Hutchinson
Chanute
Goodland
Smith Center
Collyer
Cedar Bluff Dam
Russell
Garden City
Concordia
Pittsburg
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Lead 1956 Rollover Reports
Kansas State Accident Records lists 1 fatality in the last 24 hours and totals to date for 1956 show 327 deaths, versus 299 in the same period in 1955, reflecting ongoing roadway dangers in Topeka and across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Time Change For Oil Flyer Schedule In Santa Fe Route
The northbound Oil Flyer will depart Chanute at 7 15 p m starting Sunday two hours later than 5 10 p m. It will reach Kansas City at 10 45 p m, instead of 8 50 p m. The northbound Tulsan leaves Chanute at 9 45 a m and arrives in Kansas City at 12 01 p m, instead of 11 50 a m. Southbound trains unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
Chanute
G. R. Stewart
Kansas City
Boy loses remaining eye to save life from cancer
In Orlando Florida a four year old boy named Mike Sibole underwent a 41 minute operation that removed his remaining eye to fight retinoblastoma. The surgery, chosen after doctors warned death would follow otherwise, left him blind forever but alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando
Fla
Mike Sibole
Mike
Henry Malone
Miami
Blue Sox
James M. Sibole
Bole
Sibole
Florida
Cedar Bluff Reservoir Suggested for Park
The State Park Authority toured Cedar Bluff Reservoir in Trego County and Fall River Reservoir near Wichita. After inspecting Cedar Bluff, officials said a feasibility study should be conducted with a view to adding the reservoir to the state park program.
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Salina
State Park
Kanopolis Dam
Cedar Bluff Reservoir
Hays
Trego County
Fall River Reservoir
Wichita
Cedar Bluff
Kansan Found Dead In Oregon Woods
Gene Chapman 47 formerly of Pleasanton Kansas was found dead in a forest near Klamath Falls Oregon. He apparently died in a logging accident after a tree crushed him while he worked alone. Survived by his widow two sons and a daughter in Pleasanton.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
Gene Chapman
Kansan
Chapman
Pleasanton
Kas
Two Men Arrested After Salina Robbery
Salina police took Charles Bussart and Frankie Gleason Jr into custody shortly after a grocery store robbery at Culver that netted about 200 dollars. Civil defense auxiliary officer Milo Sutton, publisher of the Salina Advertiser Sun, made the arrest, with newspaper employee Marx Ceder accompanying him.
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Salina
Culver
Charles Bussart
Frankie Gleason Jr
Milo Sutton
Civil Defense Auxiliary
Injuries Fatal in Kansas Car Crash
Injuries suffered in a Friday automobile accident caused the death yesterday of Mrs. Bonnie Lee Stevens 32 Kansas City Kansas.
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Hays
Kas
Bonnie Lee Stevens
Kansas City
City Purchases Bideau Property For Parking Lot
City officials announced the purchase of Marie Bideau’s residence at 1062 S Lincoln for 15000 to create public parking east of the Memorial Building. A second south property, part of the Behmer estate, is under negotiation for later removal and sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Bideau
S. Lincoln
Memorial Building
Rideau
Ross Cooper
Lincoln
Margaret Behmer
Oklahoma Traffic Death Toll Climbs in 1956
Oklahoma City reports five more fatalities, raising the 1956 traffic death toll to 341. The current tally is 50 higher than the same point last year, with 22 deaths on Oklahoma roads since Friday midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Garden City Woman Named Heir in Martin Estate Share
Garden City resident Mrs. Bessie H. Baker among four cousins to share 30 percent of the residue of Glenn L. Martins 16 million dollar estate. The estate has over 11 million in residue and the action was filed in a Maryland circuit court yesterday.
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Baltimore
Garden City
Bessie H. Baker
Glenn L. Martin
Baker
Martin
Maryland
Trade Probe Group Splits Over White House Trade Stance
The Senate investigations subcommittee split on East-West trade with Russia. A majority report led by McClellan and McCarthy labeled Harold Stassen evasive and faulted the White House for not tightening trade enough. Mundt and Bender issued a minority that praised administration efforts and dismissed partisan attacks as unfair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Russia
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
White House
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
Stassen
Sens
Mundt
R-Sd
Bender
Ohio
U. S
McClellan
Sens. Jackson
D-Wash
Symington
D-Mo
Ervin
D-Nc
Brooklyn Subways Tragedy Ends Teen Girls Gang Clash
In New York a 12 year old girl fatally stabbed 14 year old Evelyn Orr in a Brooklyn subway station after a night of fights among about a dozen girls aged 12 to 17. Seventeen youths were arrested with most charged as juvenile delinquents. Names withheld. Some belong to the Diplomats Girl Gang or Chaplains Gang. Police said petty bickering sparked the violence, though gang ties persisted once conflicts began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Evelyn Orr
Diplomats Girl Gang
Chaplains Gang
Two Men Electrocuted Moving Iron Channel
Salina men Ernest Buck age about 30 and Max Schur age 58 were electrocuted yesterday when a 25 foot channel iron they were moving struck a power line. Authorities reported the incident occurred in Salina. The victims were identified locally by family and police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Ernest Buck
Max Schur
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Kansas Bureau of Investigation
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Ie Iseabsee
Junction City Club
Oregon
Bideau
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