Local Visitors and Incidents Reported in Area
Mr and Mrs Guy Sells visited from Fredonia and Mrs Charles Somers of Earlton joined locals today. J R Beck and Glen Statton and their spouses came from Iola Petrolia and reports note Mrs M E Stover sprained ankle. A Ruth Gray home TV and aerial rotor were struck by lightning. A group plans a four day Ozarks motor trip.
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Mrs. Guy Sells
Fredonia
Ruth Gray
S. Kansas
Robert Pennington
Dean Skinner
Forrest A. Steeves
Ozarks
Bribe Allegations Hit Chicago Cap Maker Case
Former Army inspector testifies at a Senate hearing that Harry Lev offered bribes and hurled profane insults after refusing graft. The subcommittee weighs evidence of contracts for military uniform gear and questions how cash passed through Lev’s hands in 1952 and 1953. A cancer patient’s deathbed statement accuses Col Vere Painter of aiding Lev’s wealth.
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Washington
Chicago
Harry Lev
Michael Weintraub
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Vere Painter
Lev
Lavern J. Duffy
Subcommittee
Hyman Roskin
St. Louis
Roskin
Cap
Weintraub
Pound Notes Mark Way But Bandits Escape
Glasgow robber crew seized a money delivery truck outside a bank and fled with 30 000 to 40 000 pounds. They assaulted a guard and tied him inside the truck then dumped cash bags into a waiting car before escaping through Glasgow streets.
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Glasgow
Scott
PF - Four
Railroads Post Smallest Profit Since 1949 in 1954
U S railroads earned 673.6 million dollars in 1954, marking the smallest net income since 1949 as declines spread across transport and industry. The figure reflects a period of reduced demand and rising costs impacting major lines nationwide.
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U.S
Kansas City Livestock Prices Fall Across Hog Cattle Markets
Kansas City livestock reports show hogs 50-75 lower and cattle steady to 50 lower, with feeders and slaughter calves softening. Cattle buyers reluctant to bid above 17.00 on medium weights while good to choice steers reach 18.50 to 20.50 and heifers 17.25 to 20.25. hogs 195-240 lb mostly 16.75-17.25 with sows weak. Parsons market lists similar declines across hogs and cattle with varying weights and categories. Produce and grain markets show mixed moves with grains down and soybeans modestly higher on Chicago board.
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Kansas City
USDA
U. S
U.S
Parsons
Kansas City Cash
P --Wheat
Chicago
F.o.b
Atomic-Electric Power Begins Supplying New York
Milton, N.Y.—The Atomic Energy Commission produced the first commercial atomic electric power in upstate New York. Chairman Lewis L. Strauss switched on several thousand kilowatts into the Niagara Mohawk grid. General Electric built the 12,500 kilowatt generator expected to supply about 10,600 kilowatts and power roughly 35,000 homes in the system’s area. Niagara Mohawk delivers power across a broad upstate region.
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Wiest Milton
N. Y
Free World
Upstate New York
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
General Electric Co
Niagara Mohawk
New York
Deaths and Funerals in Lockwood and Chanute Areas
Gr graveside service held for Merideth Lea Barnard daughter of Richard V. and Gretchen Barnard at Lockwood Missouri. The infant, born July 11 at Neosho Memorial Hospital, died Sunday at University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. Survivors include parents a sister Andrea Lynn and brothers Gregory Keith and William Richard. maternal grandparents Edgar Parminter of Lockwood and paternal grandparents V Barnard of Florence Alabama. Mrs Minerva Ann Muchmore funeral held in Wilson Johnson chapel with Rev Earl Blackman officiating. Burial in Elmwood Cemetery.
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Lockwood
Merideth Lea
Muchmore
Minerva Ann Muchmore
Wilson-Johnson Chapel
Earl Blackman
Kansas City
Chanute
D. A. Finney
Hazel Slane
Walter Myers
L. P. Garrison
Ira Hubler
Ernest Flottman
Jack Atkinson
Tulsa
Carlen Perry
Independence
Elmwood Cemetery
Dependents Transfer At Port in Japan
Moji Japan troops dependents arrive by ship to join their paratrooper husbands and fathers of the 508th Airborne Regiment which flew here from Fort Campbell Kentucky. The Gen. Anderson will return to the United States with dependents of troops of the 187th Airborne Regiment. The 187th was airlifted to Fort Bragg North Carolina. Uranium is about two and a half times as heavy as steel.
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Moji
Japan
508Th Airborne Regiment
Ft. Campbell
Anderson
United States
187Th Airborne Regiment
187Th
Ft Bragg
N.C
Seawolf Sub Launch Set By General Dynamics
The Seawolf, world's second atomic powered submarine, will be launched at Groton on Thursday with a crew of 102 officers and men from 33 states. Gerald L. Mitchell ET2 of Great Bend Kansas is among the prospective crewmen. The project is built by Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp for the Navy.
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Groton
Conn
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corp
Navy
Gerald L. Mitchell
ET2
Great Bend
Kas
Bid to Repair Dikes on Missouri River Announced
Massman Construction Co bids to repair 25 000 feet of pile dike and revetment on the Missouri River through a 48 mile stretch centered on Leavenworth. Corps of Engineers reports its bid at 309 796 as the lowest of six proposals between the Atchison and Parkville bends.
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Kansas City
Missouri River
Massman Construction Co
Corps of Engineers
Atchison and
Parkville
Leavenworth
Army hospital project begins at Ft. Riley grounds
Ground breaking on the west edge of Camp Whitside marked the start of Ft. Riley’s Army hospital project valued at 5,488,116. The report notes 391 nursing schools exist in the United States.
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FT. Riley
Army Hospital
Camp Whitside
United States
Gas Producer Aid Predicted in House Action
Washington lawmakers anticipate a House vote on a Harris bill to strip the Federal Power Commission of price setting for natural gas sold to interstate pipelines. Supporters argue it protects consumers by limiting pipeline costs. opponents warn it could raise prices and cost millions to gas consumers nationwide.
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Rayburn
D-Tex
House
Rep
Harris
D-Ark
Federal Power Commission
Supreme Court
IFPC
FPC
Congress
Chicago Mayor Orders Fluoridation of Water
Mayor Richard J. Daley ordered fluoridation of Chicago water for children's health. He directed the purchasing agent to acquire fluorides as soon as possible, with $700,000 allocated in the budget for the program.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
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