Chanute Police Earn Third in Kansas Safety Contest
Chanute police chief Tom Morehead accepted a third place Kansas safety award from safety consultant Bud Reynolds at a Rotary meeting. Reynolds praised Chanute for reducing 1954 traffic accidents to 285 from 390 in 1950 and noted a 25 percent rise in vehicles on the streets without extra police manpower. The framed certificate honored Chanute as a class B city finalist in the state safety contest.
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Chanute
Kansas
Tom Morehead
Bud Reynolds
Kansas Highway Commission
Rotary Club
Reynolds
Riot Leader Convicted of Murder in Missouri
W James W Slick Stidham a riot leader at the Missouri State Prison riot last September was convicted of murder and given a life sentence. A key to his handcuffs was found on him after the verdict. He was the fifth of seven prisoners to be sentenced for the murder of convict informer Walter Lee Donnell who was dragged from his cell and killed during the riot in Jefferson City prison. Stidham had been serving 25 years for armed robbery.
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Poplar Bluff
James W
Slick) Stidham
Missouri
Stidham
Walter Lee Donnell
Donnell
Jefferson City
Court Vacation Impacts Proceedings Through September
WRIE District Court suspends pro ceedings now until the first week of September for the annual judicial vacation period. Motion days continue between terms on Wednesdays, with court in session on other days as scheduled.
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Wrie — District Court
Bees Bite Boy and Hedge Beet Bee Tree At Dixon Home
Beekeepers Beis joined forces to topple a bee tree at the Dixon residence after a bee sting sent Bruce Dixon five to hospital. The sting swelled his arm and hand to thrice their size. The men harvested honey while bees swarmed nearby and reared in anger. Ralph Cook of Chanute assisted and received honey. Kelly Wendeln took the angry swarm home.
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Sam Dixon
Highland
Ralph Cook
Chanute
Dixon Home
Dixon
Bruce
Cook
Kelly Wendeln
Olive B. Wendeiln
S. Highland
Langry
Tribune
Court Finds Two Guilty Of Vagrancy
Earl B. Alexander a transient posing as a deaf mute was found guilty on a vagrancy charge and faces 20 days in the county jail after talking to a liquor store dealer and a kind woman for 50 cents He carried a card claiming deafness and later spoke with police. George Washington Scott of Shreveport La was also found guilty of vagrancy and sentenced to 30 days and paroled to leave town He is blind and begging on the street The Salvation Army aided his train ticket to Kansas City where relatives live.
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Earl B. Alexander
George Washington Scott
Shreveport
Kansas City
Salvation Army
Music Director D J Cox to Teach in Peoria High School
D J Cox music director at Royster Junior High for three years accepts an orchestra director and instructor post at a Peoria Illinois high school. He will move with wife and three children Janet Cheryl Anne and D J Jr this August after completing a master's degree at Pittsburg State College.
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D. J. Cox
Royster Junior High School
Peoria, Ill
Cox
Janet
Cheryl Anne
D. J. Jr
Peoria
Pittsburg State College
Prize puzzle entries drop. Tribune contest reaches $140
Entries for weekly puzzle No. 1,874 were due by 5 p.m. yesterday, a drop of 39 from last week. Correct solution prize stands at $140. Results appear in The Tribune tomorrow with puzzle No. 15. Entries must be in The Tribune office by 5 p.m. Wednesday. a prior postmark does not qualify.
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Tribune
Traffic Fatalities Reported In Topeka Area
State Accident Records lists traffic fatalities in the Topeka region for the last 24 hours. Totals show fatalities to date in 195% and 205 for the same period in 1954 292.
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Topekap
Kansas
Miss Vermont Wins Miss U S A Title in California
Carlene King Johnson of Rutland tops 14 finalists to become Miss U S A in Long Beach California. The 22 year old designer and jewelry business owner says the family business is resting as she advances to Miss Universe semifinals. She previously placed 13th in Miss America 2 years ago.
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Long Beach
Calif
Vermont
U.S.A
Carlene King Johnson
Rutland
Miss Johnson
Atlantic City
Austrian Army Forms Core Under Defense Department
Vienna reports the core of Austria's new army came to be today as part of gendarmerie forces placed under the defense department command.
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Vienna
Austria
Austrian Defense Department
Highland Park Band Concert Friday Night
City band will give a concert Friday night at o o clock in Highland Park directed by D. J. Cox. Program features Bali Ha i by Rodgers and Hammerstein Billboard by Klohr Under the Double Eagle by Wagner The Band Played On Ward Palmer Over the Rainbow Arlen and Franz Schubert melodies.
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Highland Park
Missourian Killed in Canadian Wreck on Queen Elizabeth Way
Jose Martinez of Independence Missouri was killed when his car struck a concrete monument on the Queen Elizabeth Way near Toronto. Cecil Reader, 59, formerly of Wichita, suffered serious injuries and cuts to the throat and body. Allan Strand, 27, Independence, Missouri, had a broken left shoulder and cuts.
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Toronto
Queen Elizabeth Way
Jose Martinez
Independence
Port Credit
Ont
Cecil Reader
Wichita
Allan Strand
Eisenhower reports Geneva talks show Russian openness to progress
President Eisenhower told Congress Russians at Geneva aim for concrete results to ease East West tensions. He forwarded his observations to the State Department and Vice President Nixon, later shared with Senate and House leaders. He cautioned against quick solutions on German unification and rearmament while noting a friendlier Russian stance and moves to interchange visitors, signaling possible future gains.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Geneva
State Department
Nixon
Senate
House
United States
Russia
U. S
Kremlin
State Dulles
Sen. Wiley
Wisconsin
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wiley
Milk Price Cuts Hit Leavenworth Dealers
Leavenworth based milk distributors matched Kansas City reductions with a six cent cut per half gallon. Retail price drops set half gallon at 31 cents and a quart at 16 cents, while home delivered milk falls to 35 cents per half gallon and 20 cents per quart.
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Leavenworth
P — Leavenworth
Kansas City
Red Cross Grants Total 669318 for Tornado Victims
The Red Cross has given 669318 to victims of the Oklahoma Kansas tornadoes in May. Disaster headquarters in Arkansas City will complete grants and close by August 1. Most losses were in Udall and Blackwell Oklahoma. Public contributions reach 208,587 for relief.
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Kansas City
Red Cross
Arkansas City
Udall
Blackwell
Okla
Briton urges American leadership and unity for world security
A British lecturer Thomas R. Holland told the Rotary club that world security hinges on American strength and moral leadership. He warned America to avoid impatience and solo action or risk European instability and Russian intrusion. S. D. Propst and Bill Young led the event at Pittsburg State College assignments.
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Rotary Club
Thomas R. Holland
Surrey
England
U.S
America
Holland
University of London
Pittsburg State College
Road works begin on multiple Kansas highway projects
W M Naylor of the State Highway Commission announces bids and start dates for several area road jobs. Freete Construction Co of Pittsburg wins 44 miles of dense graded surface on US 160 for 142 711.61 dollars. Kaw Paving Co handles US 59 surfacing from Allen county line to Welda for 148 185 dollars. Freete undertakes sealing on US 75 Neodesha to the east and north.
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W. M. Naylor
State Highway Commission
Freeto Construction Co
Pittsburg
Allen County
Colony
Welda
Naylor
Kaw Paving Co
Topeka
Hiattville
Freete
North Plummer- West 14Th
Russell King
Columbus
Roper-Buffalo
Neodesha
Altoona
Safe Landing Near Richmond Sends Navy Crewmen Safe
A twin engine patrol bomber made an emergency landing in a farm field eight miles north of Richmond. Ten Navy crewmen escaped unharmed and reported no injuries.
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Richmond
Navy
Tribune Delivery Hours Inquiry Line
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Tribune
Russians Smile But President is Top Hero
Geneva reports show the Russians open and cheerful while President Eisenhower dominates as the summit’s leading figure. Premier Bulganin and Marshal Zhukov attract attention, with Zhukov’s constant grin drawing cheers. Eisenhower’s wartime bond with Zhukov and a private luncheon boosted hopes for world peace at the talks.
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Geneva
Eisenhower
Bulganin
Moscow
Defense
Georgi Zhukov
Zhukov
Three Non Injury Crashes Reported To Police
Police headquarters logged three non injury motor car accidents yesterday. Charles Wilmot at Main and Highland reported rear damage in a 4:25 p.m. collision with Agnes Zimmerman backing from a curb after which Zimmerman’s car was undamaged. Robert Grogan at Sixth and Katy sustained right rear damage at 6:30 p.m. when his car collided with Glenda Johnson backing from a curb. Johnson’s car was undamaged. Eugenia Sewell of Chanute said a car she was backing in the business section was damaged after a hit from a vehicle that failed to stop.
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Main and
Highland
Charles P. Wilmot
Washington
Agnes Zimmerman
West Main
Robert D. Grogan
Mt Etna Lava Flow Slows After Weeks of Eruption
In Sicily the Mt Etna lava flow, about 60 feet wide and three feet deep, is slowing and may be stopping. The European volcano had been erupting for three weeks, with smoke and flames seen as lava spilled from the summit.
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Mt. Etna
Catania
Sicily
Europe
Eisenhower proposes mutual military blueprint inspections
At the Big Four summit Eisenhower urged the United States and Soviet Union to exchange complete blueprints of their military establishments to prove restraint and deter surprise attacks. Premier Faure Eden praised the move as disarmament progress while Bulganin expressed deep emotion. Details on including atomic plants were undecided.
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Geneva
Eisenhower
United States
Russia
Faure
France
Eden
Britain
Bulganin
James C. Hagerty
Eisehnower
Hagerty
Germany
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
U. S
Paris
Weather Forecast Keeps Heat With Little Change
The forecast calls for a hot humid pattern with scattered storms in the northwest and west central areas. Temperatures will show little overall change with highs in the 90s and lows in the 60s to 70s across the region, and a few showers reported in Topeka and Dodge City.
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Kan
Topeka
Dodge City
Salina
Goodland
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S. D. Propst
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