Semi-Trailer Drops Into Lake Near Cha nute
A southbound semi-trailer left US 169 north of Cha nute at about 3 45 a m and slid down the lake bank into Elks Lake. Driver Theodore W Gasz 37 Coffeyville was uninjured. owner Allen Brothers Liberty. The truck struck a utility pole and tree dislodging a 400 pound transformer. Gasz said he did not sleep. a fish report was used to humorously justify the accident. The cab was retrieved as water drained. front dents and roof damage occurred.
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US 169
Chanute
Elks Lake
Lee Montgomery
Montgomery
John Phelps
Theodore W. Gasz
Coffeyville
Allen Brothers of Liberty
Gasz
Gast
Tribune
Highway rating study outlines 1955 progress in Kansas
Kansas State Highway Commission announces completion of a sufficiency rating survey for 9,440 miles of roads. A three-engineer panel evaluated each county, using a 100 point scale across condition safety and service with subcategories like width drainage and passing opportunities.
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State Highway Commission
Topeka
Sitdown Strike At Nevada State Prison Emerges In Yard Riot
About 225 inmates at Nevada State Prison began a sitdown strike at 3 40 p m in the lit yard demanding a meeting with Governor Charles Russell. They sought better food, a prison doctor, twice yearly parole-board appearances, and lower commissary prices, while the warden said most grievances are unfounded.
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Carson City
Nev
Nevada State Prison
Charles Russell
State Parole Board
Art Bernard
Bloody Rioting Fatal To 64 in Casablanca
Casablanca Morocco violence ends after four days of clashes between Europeans and Moroccans. Death toll reported as 64 by French officials, with estimates up to 200. A bodyguard died in a bomb blast targeting an Arab chieftain, his wife injured, and several Jewish women assaulted by Arab women.
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Casabalanca
Morocco
Southwest Texas Soaked by Heavy Rains
Rains up to five inches drenched southwest Texas ranch country on Tuesday. The Pecos River flooded a main bridge on Highway 90 between Del Rio and Alpine, with thirteen feet of water over the low water bridge forty miles from Del Rio. Pecos rose about twenty feet and Devil's River up nine feet.
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del Rio
Texas
Pecos
Alpine
Station Trimmed at OKARCHE Ends Hauled Away
The Rock Island Railroad cut the old frame rail road station in OKARCHE Oklahoma into three portions. The center and smallest piece will remain for the station agent and telegrapher while the two end sections are hauled away.
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Okarche
Okla
Rock Island Railroad
Shoot to Fight Back: 74-Year-Old Battles Home Robbers
In Greeneville Tennessee an elderly real estate dealer and farmer named John Bohannon fought back when three holdup men forced him in his kitchen. He refused to raise his hands, knocked one gun away, and after a struggle, linked with his wife and a safe led to a trophy of about sixty eight thousand dollars. The robbers fled as Bohannon freed himself and fired at their escape. Police arrested two suspects locally and another in Morristown for questioning.
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Greeneville, Tenn
John Bohannon
Bohannon
Ian
Morristown
Polio cases in Kansas far behind 1954 totals
Kansas reports 51 polio cases so far this year, down from 97 at the same point in 1954. Five new cases were announced this month, with none in the Saik vaccine program age group, per the State Board of Health.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Board of Health
House OKs Lake Meyer name for Kansas dam
The House passed a bill naming the Fall River reservoir Lake Meyer in honor of the late Rep. Herbert Alton Meyer and sent the measure to the Senate. Meyer aided securing federal funds for the dam four miles northwest of Fall River Kansas.
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Washington P
House
Striking workers at Studebaker idle most of 9000
In South Bend Indiana 9000 Studebaker employees mostly reported for work but were sent home for the fourth day as 100 final assembly workers continued a walkout. The strike began last Thursday over seniority with both Studebaker-Packard Corp and CIO United Auto Workers deeming it unauthorized.
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South Bend
Ind
Studebaker
Studebaker-Packard Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Eisenhower Returns to White House Briefs During Conference
President Eisenhower paused from the Big Four conference to review White House matters. A courier plane delivered mail, official documents, and reports on bills passed by Congress since his departure from Washington.
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Eisenhower
White House
Congress
Washington
Bids Total 70182 for Neosho Memorial Hospital Wing
Construction bids announced for the 22 patient wing at Neosho Memorial Hospital. Berthot Construction Company leads general bids at 44100, with other bids from D. C. Bass 48608 Hunter Lundberg 45522 George Senne 47900. Electrical by Lassman and Steeves at 7875. Plumbing by Brune Plumbing and Heating at 13763 plus 4444 for air conditioning totaling 18207. Total bids 70182 versus 69000 architect estimate. Award decisions to follow at a later board meeting.
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Neosho Memorial Hospital
County Hospital Board of Trustees
Berthot Construction Company of
Chanute
D. C. Bass
Enid
Okla
Hunter & Lundberg
Manhattan
George Senne & Co
Topeka
Brune Plumbing and Heating Company
Lawrence
Brune
Harold L. Williams
Walter M. Poor
Elsie Ellis
Vic Loebsack
Earl Todd
Independence
Williamson Loebsack & Associates
Mishap Near Louisburg Fatal for Oklahoma Driver
A collision on a hill near Louisburg Kansas killed Troy J. Davidson 33 of Sallisaw Oklahoma. Ernest Kohlenberg 42 a farmer was injured when his tractor pulled a cattle truck and grain trailer. Kohlenberg was taken to Paola Kansas hospital.
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Louisburg
Kas
Troy J. Davidson
Sallisaw
Okla
Davidson
Ernest Kohlenberg
Kohlenberg
Paola
Fifty Firemen Injured In Fire At Atlanta
A four alarm blaze at the Justiite Envelope Manufacturing Co. in Atlanta injured fifty firefighters. Firemen were treated for chemical smoke injuries at Grady Hospital six hours after the blaze was controlled. Chief C C Styron cited blistering skin and respiratory harm from the fumes. some were treated for cuts and bruises.
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Atlanta
Grady Hospital
Justiite Envelope Mfg. Co
C. C. Styron
Envelope Company
Kansas Tot Killed In California Highway Crash
Rialto California reports four year old Petty Mc Kellip son of an Elkhart Kansas minister was killed in a highway accident that injured six persons including two adults and four children.
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Rialto
Calif
Petty McKellip
Elkhart, Kas
Showers Bring Dip in Mercury Aid Crops
The area saw scattered showers easing heat, boosting crop hopes. Rainfall totaled 0.76 inch at the airport with heavier totals in local spots. forecasts call for partly cloudy skies and continued chances of rain with temperatures near 70 at night and around 90 by day.
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CAA
Yester
Well and Rested Mamie Enjoys Geneva Visit
First Lady Mamie Eisenhower appears rested in Geneva amid summit meetings. She toured the city and countryside, visited the Palace of Nations, and joined luncheons with Madame Edgar Faure and Lady Clarissa Eden at official venues.
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Geneva P
Mamie Eisenhower
Lake Geneva
Eisenhower
Pennsylvania
Geneva
Enhower
Palace of Nations
Edgar Faure
Clarissa Eden
Woman's tip helps FBI nab embezzler in Lorain County
A New York bank teller, John C. Siemer, 24, and his wife Henrietta, 23, were arrested in South Amherst after a tip sparked by a newspaper photo. Authorities found $20,000 in a suitcase and $5,500 recovered earlier at the New York home. The couple had been living as Mr. and Mrs. MacTavish with their three children since November, while Siemer did real estate work.
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Cleveland
FBI
Staten Island
N. Y
New York
Loraine County
John C. Siemer
Henrietta
South
Amherst
Here
Siemers
Uder
Charles MacTavish
Siemer
H. O. Hawkins
Denver Man Admits Slaying in Golden
Denver taxicab driver Alvin Wesley Brooks confessed to killing Zelma Broadfoot 24 of Eminence Missouri after a drive near Golden Colorado. Her body, partly clothed but with head crushed by rock, was found west of the city. autopsy showed she was at least five months pregnant.
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Golden
Colo
Carl Enlow
Denver
Zelma Broadfoot
Eminence
Enlow
Alvin Wesley Brooks
Miss Broadfoot
Here
Brooks
U.S. Highway 6
Elbert Broadfoot
General Rain Needed For Kansas Crops
The Kansas crop situation remains generally good but requires a general rain. Corn sorghums and soybeans show no damage yet but need timely moisture. Some pastures browning. alfalfa third cut threatened without rainfall. Corn 34 percent tasseled 22 percent ear ing 18 percent silking. wheat harvest nearly finished in the far west.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Etna Erupts Again With Lava Flows Near Settlements
Mt Etna in Sicily erupts pouring lava down its slopes. Experts say no immediate danger to nearby towns though activity persists.
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Sicily
Mt. Etna
Catania
Europe
Parsons Woman Killed In Kansas City Mishap
Miss Mary Louise Fontelroy 24 of Parsons Kansas died in a three vehicle crash on the intercity Viaduct in Kansas City. Mrs Patrick J Ortner of Kansas City was injured in the collision involving three vehicles.
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Parsons
Kansas City
Kas
Mary Louise Fontelroy
Patrick J. Ortner
Traffic Fatalities Report From State Accident Records
Kansas records show 293 traffic deaths to date in 1955 with 289 in the same period of 1954. An earlier accident death was not included in the latest tally.
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Topekap
Kansas
Senate Approves Free Polio Vaccine for Millions
The Senate voted by voice to fund free polio vaccine for children under 20 and pregnant women. A House Commerce Committee measure differs. debate highlighted Cutter Laboratory concerns and alleged health official cover ups while Sen Morse was the lone negative vote. The bill would authorize government purchase of vaccine for distribution through states to local communities.
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Washington
Senate
House
Commerce Committee
Morse
Dore
Sen. Welker
Ridaho
Public Health Service
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Welker
Cutter
Idaho
Hill
D-Ala
Labor and
Three Caddies in Tree Killed by Lightning
In Owensboro Kentucky yesterday three of four caddies taking shelter in a tree were struck by lightning and died. The victims were Jerry Morris 14 Charles Ray 12 and Frank Bur ger 13. Danny Thompson survived after jumping from the tree.
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Owensboro
Owensboro Country Club
Jerry Morris
Charles Ray
Frank Burger
Danny Thompson
Eisenhower urges Zhukov to back German unity at Geneva
At the Big Four summit in Geneva President Eisenhower directly appealed to Soviet Defense Minister Zhukov to accept NATO as a peace agency and aid Germanys unification. He stressed NATO seeks peace and warned against fear of a united Germany, saying no one should fear the outcome.
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Geneva
Fisenhower
Georgi Zhukov
Germany
Nikolai Bulgan
United States
Zhukov
Eisenhower
NATO
Soviet Union
Europe
Bulganin
Eden
Faure
Palace of Nations
United Nations
Eisen‘hower
Second Shots Polio Vaccine Due in County
A shipment of Salk polio vaccine is expected within a day or two, but the quantity is unknown and plans for resuming the vaccination program are pending. Mrs. Margaret Woo, school nurse, says a decision on second shots for first and second graders will wait for county health officer Dr. J. D. Gough's return. Initial vaccinations occurred in late April, with the first shots completed as vaccine distribution halted for safety concerns.
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Margaret Woo
J. D. Gough
Wood
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