Fire Threat To Elevator At Kimball
Stark Fire department prevented destruction of a grain elevator in Kimball after smoke spotted around 4:30 p m. Firefighters extinguished the grass and rail line fires within three hours, protecting about 10 000 bushels of corn and 18 000 bushels of wheat valued around 40 000 dollars.
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Kimball
Stark Fire Department
Lawrence Cotton
Stark
Eugene Lee
Henry W. Smith
St. Paul
Junior Hill
Willard Fox
Lee
Erie
Grey Hodgen
Carl Hazen
Smith Brothers
Lida Cotton
Morris Neville
Milford Page
Bill Blagg
Herb Bundy
Smith
Tribune
Two Men Sentenced for Erie Jail Break
Cary Bockover Jr. and Robert St. Clair, who escaped the Erie county jail last month, were sentenced in district court to two years at hard labor in the Hutchinson state reformator y. St. Clair also received one to five years for a no fund check case. Bockover had prior sentences for burglary and larceny connected to the Donaldson's IGA robbery.
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Erie
State Reformatory
Hutchinson
Cary Bockover Jr
Robert St. Clair
St. Clair
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Bockover
Donaldson's
IGA
Amarillo
Tex
Garden City
Burns Fatal to Two Missourians
Two men died from injuries after a truck ran out of control near Reeds Missouri on Wednesday. Raymond Alumbaugh aged 60 suffered severe burns and leg amputation after a filling station fire. George S Pippin aged 45 died from chest injuries. Driver Ellick E Garren, 22, escaped unharmed.
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Stella
Five Die in Early Morning One Car Crash Near Poplar Bluff
Five people were killed when a car left Highway 53 twelve miles south of Poplar Bluff and crashed into a bridge railing. Driver James Henry True 62 of Clarkton reportedly fell asleep. Passengers include Lou Jewel True 54 Wilma Jean Kerr 21 Velma Nadine Patterson 37 and her 5 year old son Keith of Campbell.
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Poplar Bluff
James Henry True
Clarkton
True
Lou Jewel True
Wilma Jean Kerr
Velma Nadine Patterson
Keith
Campbell
Decision to Reinforce Allied Military Power
Washington reports Kennedy to begin immediate allied consultations on expanding U S armed forces to meet the Berlin crisis. NSC session at the White House signaled decisions, with officials noting a policy move to bolster military power worldwide as Khrushchev heightens Berlin pressure. Military strength figures show 1,032,000 in ground forces with Army and Marines making up the bulk.
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Washington
United States
Kennedy
National Security Council
White House
Pierre Salinger
Berlin
Khrushchev
Executive Branch
Rain Blamed For Accident In Wichita
Blinding rain caused a grade crossing crash in Wichita injuring Katherine Joan Davis 36 and her 14 year old daughter Pamela while they rode with William F. Kirk 38 who also sustained severe injuries. The crash occurred near the north east city limits Wednesday night involving a Missouri Pacific freight train.
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Wichita
Katherine Joan Davis
Pamela
William F. Kirk
Missouri Pacific
U.S
Asia
Kennedy
Kirk
Security Council
Berlin
Congress
Kennedy Wins Foreign Aid Bill Victory
President Kennedy won a major foreign aid bill victory as the Senate Foreign Relations committee approved borrowing authority for a five year 7.3 billion dollar development loan program abroad. Senator Humphrey cited a 10 to 7 vote on Kennedy's loan fund request.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Treasury
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Humphrey
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Congressional Appropriations
Congress
Fredonia Postmaster Applications Due
The Civil Service Commission announces open postmasterships with annual salaries: Fredonia Kansas 6255, Jefferson City Missouri 8320. Applications must be filed or postmarked by August 15. If you miss Tribune contact a carrier, or call HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Kansas
Fredonia
Missouri
Jefferson City
Commission
Tribune
Hitchhiker Killed After Sleep-Tilt Accident on U S 6
A 17 year old hitchhiker from Muskegon Michigan Frank Kimbel Murphy died when he slept while riding in a car on U S 6 in Lebanon Missouri. The driver Marine Cpl Joel R Owens 20 from Chicago was returning to Camp Pendleton California and suffered lacerations and bruises.
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Lebanon
Muskegon
Mich
U.S
Frank Kimbel Murphy
Joel R. Owens
Chicago
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Miss Burroughs Named Topeka Assistant Welfare Director
Miss Marcial Burroughs, director of staff development for the Social Welfare Department, has been elevated to the assistant state social welfare director post at $9,000 a year, filling the vacancy caused by the death of L. S. McEachron.
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Topeka
Railroad Commission Sets August Texas Oil Allowable
Texas oil allowable for August set at 2,669,128 barrels daily, retaining the record-low eight‑day pattern for the fourth straight month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Tex
Railroad Commission
Texas
Leavenworth Woman Dies of Injuries in El Dorado Crash
Mrs. Mary Jane Mowrey aged 46 of Leavenworth died in an El Dorado hospital from injuries suffered in a Friday automobile crash on U S 77 two miles south of El Dorado. The accident killed Richard Lee Dennison 25 of Burlingame at the scene and left eight others injured.
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EL Dorado (Ap
Mary Jane Mowrey
Leavenworth J
el Dorado Hospital
U. S. 77
el Dorado
Richard Lee Dennison
Burlingame
Kan
Fall From Tree Fatal to Girl 8
An eight year old girl, Doni Jean Fisher, died after falling head first from a tree in a park at 53rd and Brooklyn in Kansas City. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Don ald E Fisher. The incident occurred Wednesday night about four hours earlier.
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Kansas City
Doni Jean Fisher
Donald E. Fisher
53Rd
Brooklyn
Dr Sponberg Named Washburn University President
AP reports Dr Harold E Sponberg vice president of Northern Michigan College Marquette named president of Washburn Municipal University He succeeds the late Dr Bryan S Stoffer who led Washburn for 20 years Acting president will be Dr Arthur F Engelbert dean of liberal arts until Sponberg assumes office January 1.
Deficit in Centennial Event Returns To Stockholders
Stockholders at the Neo sho County Ledan O Rama centennial met in the Tioga Hotel to address a deficit approaching 1400 dollars. Treasurer Joseph Lewis reported a total loss near 7900 dollars including stock underwriting and refunds awaited on unsold centennial cloth. The group planned to raise the shortfall by asking remaining stockholders for a 22 percent additional contribution and accepting other donations.
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Neosho County
Tioga Hotel
Joseph Lewis
Lewis
Vernie Helard
Rogers Company
Helard
al Sinka
John Rogers Company
Storms Trigger Damaging Winds and Hail in Kansas
Intense thunderstorms swept Kansas producing damaging winds hail and heavy rain. The Weather Bureau warned conditions remained unstable with more storms likely through Friday and temperatures peaking near 99 in Topeka. Precipitation yesterday reached 1.50 inches. today at 1 pm only trace noted.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Richard Garrett
Decatur County
Rush County
Hays
Gorham
Winfield
Concordia
Olathe
Garden City
Goodland
Larned
Russell
Jerome
Quinter
Hoxie
Lenora
Norton
Wichita Weather Bureau
Winfield Observer
Udall
Cheney
Wichita
REA
Boat Fire On Mildred Averts Tragedy At Muskoka
A 50-foot cruise boat Mildred with 38 aboard burned to the waterline on the Muskoka river. Skipper J R MacPherson steered the vessel to shore as passengers jumped or were helped ashore by bystanders and onlookers. The fire began in the engine room of the old diesel-powered boat returning from Lake Muskoka.
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Braceville, Ont
Mildred
Muskoka River
J. R. MacPherson
Lake Muskoka
Toronto
Weather Threat Delays Grissom Space Launch At Cape Canaveral
A Gulf of Mexico cyclone and Caribbean tropical storm threaten Virgil Grissom's planned Friday launch. Forecasters put the chance of liftoff at 50-50 with another weather review due Tuesday and Wednesday. Technicians shortened the countdown but cloudiness remains a major obstacle to the Redstone rocket’s powered flight.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Virgil
Grissom
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Anna
Civilian Space Agency
Cmdr
Alan B. Shepard
Downpour Kills 12 in West Virginia
A severe rainstorm drenched Charleston and surrounding Kanawha Valley causing widespread devastation. Twelve confirmed dead including six children, with 200 to 400 homes seriously damaged or destroyed and five thousand buildings without electricity. Gov. Barron surveyed the damage as federal help arrived.
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Charleston
W. Va
United Fuel Gas Co
W. W. Barron
White Sulphur Springs
Washington
Nuclear powered submarine joins global patrol from Charleston
USS Theodore Roosevelt, America’s fourth nuclear powered Polaris armed submarine, left Charleston harbor for global patrol duty. It carried 16 thermonuclear Polaris missiles at the arming base, joining the George Washington, Patrick Henry and Robert E Lee at sea. Together the four submarines carry 60 nuclear missiles.
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Charleston
S.C
Theodore Roosevelt
Charleston Harbor
George Washington
Patrick Henry
Robert FE. Lee
Wasser
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Leavenworth
Dr. Sponberg
Washburn University
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Ers Co
Fostoria
Ohio
Ers
Chanute Group
OHM Inc
OHM
Rogers Producing Co
Chanute
John Mickey
Mickey
Chanute Executive Committee
West Virginia
Kanawha River
Elk River
Salvation Army
Union Rescue
Sherri Lynn Givens
Helen Givens
Frank Sayre
Alex Voires
Fred Wooten
Carolyn Thompson
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