Stray dog halts Philadelphia subway during morning rush
National round up of brief items reports a dog on Broad Street Line delaying southbound trains by half an hour as thousands seek other transport. In Sunnyvale police hunt a bike thief who took 13 year old Leslie Pricer's bike and shoes from the swim center rack. In Valley Forge archery instructor Clayton B Shenk reports 13 000 boys taught and 78 000 arrows shot with no mishaps. In Madison a Wisconsin tire dealer asks to sell stolen tires under Stolen Tires Inc. Lyons utilities note a seven day heat spell with calls to shut off furnaces as summer arrives.
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Philadelphia
Broad Street Subway
Sunnyvale
Calif
Leslie Pricer
Leslie
Valley Forge
Clayton B. Shenk
Lancaster
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Secretary of State
Alvin Stolen
Monroe
Stolen Tires, Inc
Lyons, Kas
Lyons City Utilities Department
Five Die As Family Outing Boat Sinks In Virginia
A heavily overloaded 12 foot aluminum boat caused a deadly accident on a family outing near Front Royal Virginia. Five people drowned including Bessie Strickler 43 Riverton Warren County her son Charles 7 Gladys Drummond 36 Stephens City Frederick County Ray Williams 7 Riverton and Wayne Lansbury 7 Fairfax. The bus driver and a 16 year old girl survived.
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Front Royal
James Simpson
Bessie Strickler
Riverton
Warren County
Charles Strickler
Gladys Drummond
Stephens City
Frederick County
Ray Williams
Wayne Lansbury
Fairfax
Fair and Hot Weather Forecast For Kansas
The forecast calls for fair and hot conditions through Friday with a low tonight near 70 and a high Friday around 100. A slight heat dip is expected in extreme northwest Kansas, cooling to about 95 there, with possible scattered showers in that area. Downtown Topeka reached 103 yesterday, Manhattan 101, and several towns 100. lows ranged from 67 Goodland to 81 Kansas City.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Manhattan
Russell
Salina
Hill City
Concordia
Lawrence
Kansas City
Goodland
Emporia Mail Carrier Killed in Car Crash
An Emporia mail carrier, Harold A. Austenfeld, 34, died when his car struck a bridge on a curve while en route to Lake Hahola. His two sons, Allen James, 9, and Michael Dean, 7, were injured in the crash yesterday.
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Emporia
Lake Hahola
Harold A. Austenfeld
Allen James
Michael Dean
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas Summary 1957
Topeka reports traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section. In the last 24 hours there is 1 fatality, totaling 260 for the year to date in 1957, compared with 335 for the same period in 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
Move to Trie Scope of Bill On Civil Rights
Washington supporters of the administration civil rights bill face Senate pressure to confine the measure to voting rights. Senators Anderson and Aiken push to strip broad enforcement powers from the attorney general and limit action to voting rights cases, while Knowland and Humphrey seek to roll back the postwar reconstruction law authorizing federal troops to enforce court orders. President Eisenhower said he cannot imagine ever using federal troops to enforce court orders.
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Washington
Senate
Anderson
D-Nm
Aiken
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Humphreys
D-Minn
Russell
D-Ga
House
South
Humphrey
Eisenhower
Lawyer confident of justice for Girard in Japan
Itsuro Hayashi, Girard's Japanese lawyer, tells the Japan Times he expects a fair trial in Maebashi District Court next month. The 21-year-old Illinois soldier faces a charge of inflicting bodily injury resulting in death in the January 30 death of Mrs. Naka Sakai, a 46-year-old scrap collector, at a U S Army firing range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
William
Girard
Illinois
Maebashi
Naka Sakai
Itsuro Hayashi
Jet Fighter Crashes in Worcester: Pilot Killed, Homes Burn
A jet fighter crashed on Forest Street Worcester killing the pilot and igniting a blaze that consumed three homes. No residents were injured. Flames scorched lawns up to 50 feet from the wreckage as gasoline ignited.
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Worcester
Mass
Forest Street
Iraqi trainee praises U S farming and joins Kansas program
Adnan Ahmad Izzat of Mosul Iraq, 28, an agricultural official and farmer of 1,500 acres, travels with the young farmer trainee program. He praises U S farming, lives with a farm family, and will work on the Herbert Roepke farm in Riley County while receiving monthly expense money.
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Adnan Ahmad Izzat
Iraq
Charles Esslinger
Left
Manhattan
Kansas Farm Bureau
James R. Sheridan
Oernehwean
Tribune
Mosul
Agricultural Department
Addensea
Izzat
American Farm Bureau Federation
International Cooperative Administration
State Department
Bourbon County
Jim Luker
Uniontown
Herbert Roepke
Riley County
Kansas
Esslinger
Chanute
Tigris
Baghdad
Boy Injured In Car Crash At Santa Fe And Spruce
Bobby Hawes five sustained a head bump and was taken to Neosho Memorial Hospital after a collision at Santa Fe and Spruce yesterday. His father Roy Hawes was cited for driving without a license after a right turn failed to yield to Walter Browning’s truck. Both cars rear fender and trunk damage were reported.
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Bobby Hawes
Santa Fe
Spruce
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Bobby
Tommy
Roy Hawes
Ford
Walter Russell Browning
Garfield
Browning
Hawes
Suffocation Hinted As Cause of Death
Kansas City airline hostess Miss Lucienne Colbrant, 27, was found dead in a house trailer. Coroner Dr. Hugh Owens said tests indicated an abortion attempt and suffocation under anesthesia may have caused the death. Bill M. Sartin, 32, a third year osteopathy student, is charged with manslaughter by abortion and denies the act.
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Kansas City
Hugh Owens
Lucienne Colbrant
Bill M. Sartin
Sartin
Bids Approved For Area Jobs On Highways
The Kansas Highway Commission approved bids totaling 1.45 million dollars for primary road construction and maintenance and county secondary road improvements in eastern Kansas. Lynn Brodrick announced major work on US 54 in three counties and US 59 in Anderson and related sealing on US 36 in Marshall. Bids include Kaw Paving Co for widening US 54 portions, Independent Construction Co for asphalt surfacing, and Reno Construction Co for US 59 work, with Freeto Construction Co. awarded sealing projects in Neosho County.
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Kansas Highway Commission
Kansas
Lynn Brodrick
Allen
Woodson
Greenwood
Anderson County
Marshall County
Yates Center
Kaw Paving Co
Topeka
Allen County
Independent Construction Co
Overland Park
Neosho County
Freeto Construction Company
Freeto
Ammonia Line Break Triggers Evacuation in Red Bud
Ammonia fumes from a broken line at a fer tilizer plant caused most of Red Bud Illinois 2000 residents to evacuate after an early morning alarm. Two or three were briefly overcome but none hospitalized. About 1500 residents left, then returned within two hours after repairs and fumes dissipated. Red Bud lies in Randolph County about 35 miles southeast of St Louis.
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Red Bud
Ill
Randolph County
St. Louis
Brass Electric Socket Fatal to Little Girl
A 16 month old girl died after contacting a brass electrical socket at home. Mary Lynne Holesapple, daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer W Holesapple, was crawling when her chest touched the fixture and she died on arrival at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Mary Lynne Holesapple
Elmer W. Holesapple
Tribune Delivery Help Line
If you do not receive your Tribune contact your carrier and if unavailable call 700 after 6 PM for assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Backers See House Delay Boost for Foreign Aid Bill
A split Congress story links a delayed vote on the administration foreign aid bill to strengthened backing from advocates. The House canceled business after Rep. Bowler’s death, with leaders hoping delay could blunt cuts as Eisenhower defends economic aid and aims to limit foreign trials. The long bill contemplates hundreds of millions in aid and loans, facing possible further reductions.
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Washington
Chicago
James Bowler
D-Ill
House
Eisenhower
Senate
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep. Carnahan
D-Mo
Carnahan
Free World
Rep
Burleson
D-Tex
Bow
Ohio
Two girls pool funds win Miss United States crown
Leona Wage aged 21 from Glen Burnie Maryland won Miss United States after a two month plan by cousin Barbara Gage who pooled 45 dollars to back her entry. Barbara, 24, watched as Leona 5 9 tall and 118 pounds with 36 23 36 measurements claimed the crown in Long Beach California and earned a chance to compete internationally. Runners up included Charlotte Sheffield Ruth Marie Parr Joan Adams and Carolyn McGirr from Utah West Virginia Nevada Nebraska respectively.
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Leona Wage
United States of America
Glen Burnie
Leona
Barbara Gage
Barbara
Baltimore
Charlotte Sheffield
Salt Lake City
Utah
Ruth Marie Parr
St. Albans
W. Va
Joan Adams
Las Vegas
Nev
Carolyn McGirr
Sidney
Neb
Cessna declares quarterly dividend of 35 cents per share
Directors of Cessna Aircraft Co announce a regular quarterly cash dividend of 35 cents a share. Payment is set for August 19 to holders of record on July 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita IV
Cessna Aircraft Co
Labor and Business Ignore President on Inflation Fight
Washington reports indicate both labor and business largely disregard President Eisenhower's call for wage and price restraint. Wage settlements are up in early 1957 versus 1956, and the Consumer Price Index climbs have set new living cost records for nine straight months, with government economists forecasting another rise.
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Washington
Eisenhower
New Motel of 12 Units Under Construction Outside City
Kenneth B. Chestnut and J. Carroll Finley push a 12 unit motel project with an office at 1100 North Santa Fe. Cream brick walls rise as roof work nears, with air conditioning, landscaping, curving drive, and two entrances on Santa Fe and Hickory. Completion targeted for early January.
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Kenneth B. Chestnut
J. Carroll Finley
North
Santa Fe
Luella Holman
Coffeyville
Finley
Tribune
Chestnut
Hickory
Cracked Dam Threatens Colorado Community
CAPULIN Colorado residents from Capulin and nearby La Jara fled to higher ground as a 200 foot earth filled dam on the Alamosa River cracked. The dam with 17000 acre feet capacity, 15 miles northwest of Capulin, had seen 25 days of mountain runoff water cascading over its crest according to Sheriff Ben Phillips.
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Capulin
Colo
Colorado
la Jara
Here
Alamosa
Ben Phillips
Phillips
AFL CIO Hears New Charges Against Two Unions
The AFL CIO Ethical Practices Committee scheduled hearings on July 31 against the Bakers union and August 1 against the Teamsters. The aim is to oust either union for corrupt domination, while leaders push to purge questioned officials to keep both unions inside the federation.
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Washington
Aflcio Ethical Practices Committee
Teamsters
Bakers
al G. Hayes
Afl-Cio
Senate
Death of Norman Helm 13th Sedgwick traffic fatality
Norman O. Helm, 43, of Wichita, died in a local hospital from injuries suffered in a two car crash near Viola on January 14. Officials counted his death as Sedgwick County's 13th traffic fatality of the year, with Helm passing this week.
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Wichita
Norman O. Helm
Sedgwick County
Helm
Viola
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U. S. Farms
ERIE
William W. Mendenhall
Virginia L. Mendenhall
Mid-America Refining Co
Steele's Court
Miss
United States
Long Beach
Cessna
Aflcio
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