Mystery Lights Over Arkansas City Stir Full Night Sky
In pre dawn Kansas skies authorities say reflections from waste gas torches in an oil field may have sparked reports of unidentified flying objects near Arkansas City Wellington and El Dorado. A B47 from Forbes Air Force Base investigated. observers described a tear shaped green headed object with prongs of light and a second sighting near 1 am.
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Arkansas City
Kansas
Kansas Highway Patrol
Hutchinson, Naval Air Station
Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
Wellington
el Dorado
Emporia
A. D. Morgan
Santa Fe
Merle Hayes
Hayes
Brian Coyne
The
Arkansas City Daily Traveler
Coyne
Dick Hadsall
June library circulation rises at Left Hand public reading
Harvey S. Mowrey reports June total books circulated at 4,224 up from 4,149 last year. Juvenile borrowing rose to 2,798 from 2,581, with juvenile non fiction at 433 versus 286. History travel and biography top nonfiction, useful arts second. Petrolia notes scattered rains and drought with 2.60 inches in June and July, dry pastures and concerns over local preaching funds.
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Harvey S. Mowrey
Relax and Live Longer Former Olympic Star Tells Rotary Club
Former Olympic athlete Col. R E M des Islers of Kansas City urged Rotary members to build relaxation into life. He warned against constant speed, stressing balance and habit of relaxation, citing his two Olympic appearances in hurdles and pentathlon. The talk was introduced by Joe Batch with Hans Herold presiding, and July birthday acknowledgments followed.
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R.E.M. Des Islers
Kansas City
West Point
Army
Corps of Engineers
Rotary Club
Col. Des Islets
International Monetary
City National Bank
Joe Batch
Bill Young
Hans Herold
Judd H. Jones
Strike Ends as Teamsters Return in Oklahoma City
Striking members of the teamster's union plan to resume work in Oklahoma City after contracts ending their 12 day strike against moving and storage firms are signed.
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Oklahoma City
Teamster’s
Polio Cases Rise in Chicago Districts
Fourteen new polio cases were reported in Chicago today, six of them in a troubled area already plagued by the disease.
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Chicago
Health of Ike In Bitter Debate
Senate leaders and Sen. Goldwater challenged remarks by Sen. McNamara who accused Hagerty of shielding the public from Eisenhower health facts. McNamara said the speech exposed manipulation of facts while Goldwater and Knowland disputed the accusations and pressed for higher scrutiny of the President’s condition.
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Washington
Senate
Knowland
Calif
Sen
Goldwater
R-Ariz
McNamara
D-Mich
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Madison Avenue
United States
Efforts to Avert Strike at Wichita Boeing Plant
Union representatives and Boeing officials planned two meetings in Wichita to avert a strike at the Boeing plant. Mayor Dave Lester convened talks at 8 a m while federal conciliators set 10 a m. The International Association of Machinists, representing 16 000 of 27 000 workers, authorized a strike at midnight if no agreement is reached.
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Wichita
Boeing Airplane Co
Boeing
Dave Lester
International Assn. of
Kansas youths named for Boys Nation in Washington
John E. Brown of Lawrence and Frank Wesley Naylor of Kansas City, Kansas, were chosen to participate in the American Legion 11th annual Boys Nation program in Washington this July 2027. Naylor was elected governor at the recent Kansas Boys State, with Brown serving as his aide.
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Washington
Kansas
American Legion
John E. Brown
Lawrence
Frank Wesley Naylor
Kansas City
Naylor
Brown i
Syrian Kisses Native Soil Welcomes Coffeyville Native Home
Ninety year old Ferris Keroney of Coffeyville Kansas returns to Syria after 50 years in the United States. He kneels to kiss the soil at Damascus airport and greets relatives who rushed the barrier. He plans burial in his homeland and a Welcome Home celebration in Soneida with his son Nedjim.
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Damascus
Ferris Keroney
Syria
United States
Coffeyville
Kas
Keroney
States
Nedjim
Workers Are Suspended After Miami Slowdown
At the B. F. Goodrich Co. plant in Miami Oklahoma a substantial number of workers were suspended for a week after an alleged illegal slowdown by fire department staff halted all operations except shipping receiving and tube manufacturing. Union leader Bob Long declined comment. Reports say about 1200 of 1350 workers were affected.
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Miami
Okla
B. F. Goodrich Co
Walter E. Head
Bob Long
United Rubber Workers Union
Licensing Urged for Small Nursing Homes in Kansas
The Kansas Association of Licensed Nursing Homes urges licensing for all nursing homes, including one and two bed facilities. They argue any home claiming to provide care should be open to public inspection and that license law should cover small and church or private homes as well.
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Topeka
The
Kansas Assn
Licensed Nursing Homes Inc
L. V. Biffer Jr
Wichita
Biffer
Kansas
First Drownings, Sergeant Says
Parris Island Marine master sergeant testified he never heard of drownings in Ribbon Creek before six recruits died there during a night march led by Sgt McKeon. He described finding the last body and placing the event in the long Marine Corps record. The government showed photos of the six recruits’ bodies despite defense objections.
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Parris Island
S. C.P
Ribbon Creek
John E. Clement Jr
Government
Matthew C. McKeon
McKeon
Clement
Emila ‘Berman
Berman
Ihe
Four Civil War Veterans to Receive Government Medals
President Eisenhower signed a bill to honor four living Civil War veterans with government medals. Albert Woolson of Duluth Minnesota is the Union veteran recipient along with three Confederate veterans William A Lundy John Sallings Walter W Lundy and Walter W Williams. All are over 100 years old and the medals are expected to cost about 3500 dollars.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Albert Woolson
Duluth
Minn
William A. Lundy
Laurel Hill
Fla
John Sallings
Slant
Walter W. Lundy
Walter W. Williams
Franklin
Tex
Traffic Fatalities Reported for 1956 and 1995
Kansas State Accident Records notes 24 hour figure of 1 fatality and year to date totals of 328 for 1956 versus 301 for the same period in 1995. The data covers Topeka and statewide traffic deaths.
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Topeka
Kansas
Major Party Delegate Fights Are Unlikely
The 1956 national conventions are expected to be quiet on delegate seating contests. Republicans show two minor clashes in Mississippi and South Carolina, Democrats none. Texas and Mississippi delegations tilt toward Eisenhower, while Johnson loyalists lead in Texas and Mississippi. Albert K. Mitchell heads a GOP committee in San Francisco to review Mississippi and South Carolina disputes before full party panels decide.
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Washington
GOP
Mississippi
South Carolina
Eisenhower
Dixie
Texas
Georgia
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Richard B. Russell
Lyndon B. Johnson
Albert K. Mitchell
New Mexico
San Francisco
Panty Raid Case Bound Over To District Court
Two University of Kansas students charged in the May 22 panty raid at Baker University Baldwin waived preliminary hearings and were bound over to the November term of district court. Rob ert Ray Hopkins Russellville Kansas charged with assault with intent to do bodily harm and Robert W Shoop Leavenworth charged with malicious destruction of property. The preliminary hearing for a third student Fred C Herzog Wadsworth Kansas charged with malicious destruction of property was reset for next Thursday due to scheduling error.
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Lawrence
University of Kansas
Baker University
Baldwin
Robert Ray Hopkins
Russellville
Kas
Robert W. Shoop
Leavenworth
Fred C. Herzog
Wadsworth
Salesman Leaves Million Dollar Estate
ST. LOUIS A modest lumber salesman who invested quietly in stocks left an estate valued at about one million dollars. Constantine Rodrigues 55 died July 12. His will filed in Probate Court provides equal trusts for his wife and mother after small specific bequests.
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ST. Louis
Constantine Rodrigues
Missing Man's Body Recovered Near Marysville
The body of Bill Wilber of Rossville Kansas, missing since Tuesday night, was found in the Big Blue River near Marysville. He worked on a Union Pacific bridge gang and apparently fell into the river while fishing.
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Marysville
Kas
Bill Wilber
Rossville
Big Blue River
Wilber
Union Pacific
Robbery in Frankfort Netted Two Electric Fans
In Frankfort four onlookers watched as a man drove an auto through an alley and grabbed two new electric fans from a store loading platform before fleeing.
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Frankfort
Couple Drops Divorce Case After Four Hours In Court
In Chicago a estranged couple entered Superior Court to end their marriage but after four hours, amid shouting and delays, they chose to reconcile. Judge Walker Butler allowed separate maintenance and cross-bill filings but postponed temporary support. The Penningtons left arm in arm, deciding to try again.
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Chicago
Clarence Pennington
Mary
Susan
Walker Butler
Superior Court
Pennington
Penningtons
Butler
Operation Alert drills span 15 Southeast Kansas counties
Amateur radio operators and city fire departments across 15 Southeast Kansas counties will participate in the nationwide Operation Alert drill this Friday and Saturday. The exercise, announced today, tests emergency communication and response readiness with local agencies coordinating through regional stations.
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Kansas
Neosho
Woodson
Wilson
Allen
Bourbon
Crawford
Cherokee
Chautauqua
Montgomery
Elk
Labette
Coffey
Lynn
Anderson
Greenwood
Eye Removal Doesn't Dim Mike's Spirit
Four year old Mike Sibole of Orlando has lost both eyes to cancer but remains cheerful in hospital. He jokes with his parents the Rev James W Sibole and listens to music while awaiting possible home discharge. The story also covers a civilian defense radio exercise in Southeast Kansas and state emergency relocation plans in Topeka.
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Holiday House Hospital
Mike
James W. Sibole
Topeka
State House
Fred Hall
National Guard
Hall
Cool Outlook Area Forecast for Kansas
Comfortable summer temperatures and scattered thundershowers were in store for Kansas today with light showers in the eastern and western central sections. Cooler weather moved in behind the showers in the west and northeast yesterday. rainfall was spotty but widespread across many sections with a heavy hail storm north of Topeka killing livestock and laying up to two inches of hail.
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Topeka
Kansas
West Central
le Compton
Osawatomie
Ottawa
Concordia
Russell
Stockton
Quenemo
Lyndon
Cobus
Washington
Hull City
Garden City
Dodge City
Liberal
Hugoton
Elkhart
Hayne
Goodland
Emporia
No Cases on Docket Quiet Wednesday at Neosho County Court
District Judge B M Dunham presided with no cases on the docket and no lawyers present. After a brief session the judge left for Chanute and announced court would resume next Wednesday before a customary August recess, a rare quiet day in Neosho County district court.
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Erie
Neosho County
B. M. Dunham
Chanute
Steel Strike Talks Pause With No Breakthrough
Pittsburgh reports formal wage talks for steel union and industry remained in recess with no progress after a two hour session. The White House discussed the dispute with President Eisenhower and top advisers as Taft Hartley action looms if no agreement by week’s end. Union leader David J. McDonald rejected a 52 month offer as too little while U.S. Steel negotiator John A. Stephens stood by the 14 cent hourly increase claim.
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Pittsburgh
Eisenhower
White House
Joseph F. Finnegan
Finnegan
United Steelworkers
John A. Stephens
U.S. Steel Corp
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Loot Is Identified as Stolen in Farm Burglaries
KBI agents identified television and radio sets and other items recovered in a farm burglary probe as stolen from Reno and Rice counties and Newkirk Oklahoma. Nine Kansas counties were previously listed. Arthur J. Gilfillan and Helen Gilfillan are held in Sedgwick County jail.
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Wichita
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Reno
Rice
Newkirk
Oklo
Kansas
Sedgwick
Arthur J. Gilfillan
Helen
KBI
Allen
Pratt
Woodson
Gilfillans
Polio cases fall to six year low nationwide
Washington reports 435 new polio cases last week the fewest for the comparable week in six years. Illinois records 104 cases with Chicago outbreaks the sole substantial cluster. January 1 to July 14 totals reach 3,365 versus 4,676 in 1955 the prior year.
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Washington
Illinois
Chicago
Public Health Services
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