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Amy Stevens attended her brother in law M F Ayers funeral in Parsons with Beverley Binkley. Frank and Charles Killion visited from Thayer and Humboldt. Raymond Whisenand visited relatives in town. Oliver Wendelin named to Valparaiso University advisory council for Lutheran synod. A red cocker spaniel missing from Sara Wilson home. Raymond Wyatt cited for blocking street with branches. hearing set. Mrs R H Abbuehl visiting son Dr Don Abbuehl and family.
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Amy Stevens
Parsons
M. F. Ayers
Beverley Binkley
Sara Wilson
S. Garfield
Raymond Wyatt
Santa Fe
Walnut
Forest
Boy Killed by Washing Machine Belt Incident
State policeman James Woods reported a 17 year old boy identified as John Mattson died when a washing machine lid collided and the belt tightened around his throat causing his strangulation yesterday.
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James Woods
John Mattson
Deaths and Funerals Roundup in Chanute Area
Obituaries report A D Lowrance 82 of Chanute dies at Lakeview Rest Home Forsyth Mo He was longtime Chanute custodian and church elder survived by daughter and son and three grandchildren Funeral set Saturday Elmwood Cemetery burial follows. Also funeral for Thomas C Newman 87 Atchison retired photographer previously Chanute. survivor wife Anna Mae McGary services held in Atchison. Benedict resident Mrs D W Barnes 81 dies in Topeka Home for the Aged wife of DeWitt Barnes, three sons and eight grandchildren survive with funeral in Benedict Methodist Church Thursday.
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A. D. Lowrance
Arthur David Lowrance
Chanute
Lakeview Rest Home
Forsyth
Thomas C. Newman
Atchison
London
England
Ponca City
Okla
Methodist
Benedict
D. W. Barnes
Topeka
Methodist Home
Alcie Denney
George Denney
High Prairie
Philip Wing
DeWhitt Barnes
Barnes
Benedict Methodist Church
WSCS
Troy
Fredonia
Edwin
Tryonville Pa
Ricard
Osage City
Rector Green
High Prairie Cemetery
Memorial Hospital Admittances and Dismissals Tuesday
Hospital records list admissions including Mrs Bill Bass Fr Scott Mrs Horace Griffith and Harry J Larrick with surgical cases and Raymond Shields medical. Dismissals include William H Smith and Martin Fogel, with multiple patients discharged to addresses. Birth recorded for Joseph C Reed. Recent moves note several residents changing addresses within the city.
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Bill Bass
Fr. Scott
Surgical
Horace Griffith
Humboldt
Harry J. Larrick
W. Main
Raymond Shields
W. 5Th
E. V Anderson
Ben Mendez
N. Lincoln
William H. Smith
N. Washington
Martin Fogel
Lester Waldron
J. W. Kerby
Rutter
R. E. Atkinson
N. Ashby
Melody L Atkinson
Rex Smith
Earlton
Adam M. Lemon
Joseph C. Reed
N. Steuben
Gas Service Manager Dies in Kansas City
Clarence H. Waring aged 74 died at his home in Kansas City Kas He was long time manager of the Kansas City Kas division of the Gas Service Co Beginning as an engineer for Wyandotte County Gas Co in 1905 Survivors include two daughters Mrs Frederick J McCoy Mer riam and Mrs Joseph Buehler Ellsworth
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Kansas City, Kas
Clarence H. Waring
The
Gas Service Co
Old
Wyandotte County Gas Co
Frederick J. McCoy
Merriam
Joseph Buehler Ellsworth
Reading Aid Rigging Fatal to Student
A high school student in Birdsboro Pa died after inadvertently looping a belt around a tree branch and endangering themselves while improvised reading aid rigging. Authorities are reviewing the incident to determine the exact sequence and safety factors involved.
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Birdsboro
Cattle and Hogs Mixed in Kansas City Market Report
Kansas City livestock prices show cattle 2,500 head steady to mixed with feeders and vealers weak to steady. hogs 1,500 head fairly active with barrows and gilts steady to strong and sows higher. sheep 300 head mixed with lambs weak to lower. Kansas City produce and Chicago grain markets report steady fats and mixed grain values.
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Kansas City
USDA
U. S
Parsons
Wall Street Mixed Gains in Narrow Trading Day
Wall Street opened sluggish with mixed prices and scattered gains in select issues. Fractional advances and declines appeared across sectors led by modest gains in manufacturing aircraft tobacco and chemical stocks. Volume hovered near two million shares versus about 2.3 million yesterday.
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New York
Eisenhower Hosts Lunch With Georgi Zhukov at Lake Geneva
President Eisenhower and Soviet Marshal Georgi Zhukov met for a private lunch at the Lake Geneva villa alongside two interpreters. The gathering followed Eisenhower’s invitation issued days earlier and occurred without a full security detail.
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Lake Geneva
Zhukov
Oleg Troyanovski
Stalemate Hint In Soviet Words At Geneva Summit
At Geneva Soviet policy signals a goal to freeze East West divisions for a long peace stalemate. Bulganin advances moves to keep Germany unreunified and allied with NATO while proposing a two stage disarmament plan with a future security system. Western leaders oppose these aims, betting Germany remains Western aligned for now.
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Geneva
Europe
Bulganin
Germany
West Germany
North Atlantic Alliance
Thhe
West
NATO
Buglanin
Bonn
Eisenhower
Eden
Faure
Bulgaria
Konrad Adenauer
State Traveling Library Receives $12,000 Grant
The American Library Association awarded a $12,000 grant to the Kansas Traveling Libraries Commission extension division to create a long term adult education program. State extension librarian Zelia J. French announced a pilot project will start in Ottawa on September 1.
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Topeka
American Library Assn
Kansas Traveling Libraries Commission
Zelia J. French
Ottawa
Skunk Thief Sought After Jimmy the Pet Skunk Stolen
Police in Montgomery search for thief who stole a 7 month old skunk named Jimmy from a backyard cage belonging to Michael Thorstad. The animal was deodorized before removal.
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Montgomery
Ala.p
Jimmy
Michael Thorstad
Folsom Confirmed for Welfare Post in Senate Vote
The Senate confirmed Marion B. Folsom to succeed Oveta Culp Hobby as secretary of health education and welfare and H Chapman Rose as under secretary. The vote also approved numerous foreign service officer promotions.
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Washington
Senate Today
of the Treasury
Marion B. Folsom
Oveta Culp Hobby
Health, Education and Welfare
H. Chapman Rose
the Treasury
Folsom
Foreign Service
90 Cent Floor Urged by GOP
The House Republicans backed a 90 cent floor as part of a plan to raise the federal minimum wage from 75 cents to 1 dollar. Democrats anticipated a vote split on timing and amount with a three year phase in proposed: 90 cents first year, 95 cents second year, and 1 dollar third year. The Senate had defeated a similar plan, though Congress aimed for a full dollar eventually.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Rep
Kelley
D-Pa
Senate
Travelers Aid Helps Woman Plan Bus Trip to Alabama
In Greenville, a 65 year old woman, never left SC or ridden a bus, was assisted by Travelers Aid. Asked whom she would visit, she replied it was a preliminary inquiry. She said she was visiting her boyfriend at the Old Soldier's Home in Alabama.
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Greenville
S.C
Travelers Aid
South Carolina
Alabama
Lewis resigns as assistant secretary of the Air Force
The White House announced the resignation of Roger Lewis from the post of assistant secretary of the Air Force and named Dudley C. Sharp of Houston, Texas, as his successor.
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Washington
White House
Roger Lewis
Air Force
Dudley C. Sharp
Houston
Tex
Social News Notes From Garden City and Nearby Visits
Mrs Daisy Low der chief telephone operator visits daughter in Garden City Michigan. Clinton Darst family purchase Christmas stock in Kansas City Missouri. Emmitt families and relatives spend time with Mr and Mrs Harry Emmitt including Parker Arizona and Hollywood Florida residents. Visitors from Kansas City Missouri and Wichita share weekends with local kin. Chanute and Wichita area guests visit relatives in the area. Bob Donovan and Pat visit Donovans in town. Lori Ann and Linda Kay Follmer spend weekend with Charles and Bob Follmer's family.
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Buffalo
Daisy Lowder
Marion Cable
Garden City
Mich
Clinton Darst
Kansas City
Darst Mercantile Co
Harry Emmitt
Kenneth Emmitt
Parker, Ariz
Lawrence Emmitt
Neva Jean
Hollywood
Fla
Emmitt
Paul Stanfield
Verus Ambrose
Neil
T. L. Bushfield
Jim Ruth
Brian
Earl Wright
Kas
Oley Apt
Apt
Chanute
R. C. Mannen
Pam
Roy Mannen
Bob Donovan
Pat
Donovans
Alva DeArmond
J. L. Walker
Wichita
Claude Brazill
Charles Schon
Bob Follmer
Lori Ann
Linda Kay
Charles Follmer
Record Wind Gust Tops 231 MPH on Mt Washington
A historical note records the highest wind gust of 231 miles per hour on Mount Washington in April 1934, marking a legendary peak in atmospheric extremes observed in New Hampshire.
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New Hampshire
Mt. Washington
Eisenhower Operates Atomic Reactor at UN HQ Display
President Eisenhower observes an atomic reactor display at United Nations European headquarters ahead of an international conference. A guide explains the reactor’s function as indicators show control rods immersed. the president quips about a thermometer recall from his Abilene creamery days.
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Geneva
Eisenhower
United Nations European
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Abilene
Tan
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Thayer
Charles King of
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Glen Ashley
Hugh Jones Jr
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Odessa
B. Rohrer
Highland
Oliver B. Wendeln
Valparaiso University
Valparaiso
Ind
Synodical Conference Lutheran Churches
Wendein
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R. H. Abbuehl
Don R. Abbuehl
Whitehall
Nellie Blanche Palmer
Maude Stewart
Lawrance
Elmo
A. V. Grady
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Hulda Parker Chapter
CES
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Walton Dodge
Eric
Wayne Lowrance
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Judith Dodge
Fiie
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Essex
Iowa
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Gibson Funeral Home
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Elmwood Cemetery
T. C. Newman
Daily Transcript
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Grant
Wayne Reeves
Banta Fet
Ciara L. Brown
W .Th
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J. T. Sighmy
Highiend
Bill Owens
W. Gh
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Tom Morehead
Highland Charlies
Wallace
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Evergreen
Edward McGehee
N. Santa Fe
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Hearing Aid Authority
Tioga
Chanute, Kas
James G. Bennett
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Missouri
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Parsons Livestock
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Close
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Ike
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Charlies FE. Bohlen
U.S
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GOP
the Tribune
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J. F
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W. Oak
Family Travel
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Phore
Tommy's Sovereign Service
S. Central
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