Little Hope for Four Power Talks If Russia Holds Demands
In Geneva US Secretary of State Herter pressed Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko to drop key Berlin demands as a condition for any Big Four accord. He warned Soviet proposals threaten West Berlin and could derail German unification talks. Khrushchev warned the West not to accept Soviet terms or risk moves to liquidate the West Berlin situation. Western ministers Lloyd and Couve de Murville backed Herter, while Gromyko stood firm.
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Geneva
U. S
Christian A. Herter
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Berlin
Herter
West Berlin
West
Palace of Nations
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Warsaw
East Germany
Tak
Moscow
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Germany
Russia
Europe
Chanute to Join Study Testing Filmed Science Courses
Chanute will be one of 12 area high schools in a National Defense Education Act project to test filmed chemistry and physics courses during the coming school year. Pittsburg State College leads the study with a $16,805 grant mainly from the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare.
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Chanute
Dell Reed
Kansas State College At
Pittsburg
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Kansas
Reed
William A. Black
Department of Education and Psychology
Joseph M. Sadnavitch
W. James Popham
Coffeyville
Columbus
Fort Scott
Girard
Independence
Iola
Labette County
Altamont
Neodesha
Parsons
Nevada
New District Formed to Elect School Board
Patrons of Joint Rural High School District No. 3 covering Neosho Allen Bourbon and Crawford counties will meet Tuesday at 8 am at Hepler High School to elect three board members. The district spanning over 200 square miles expects enrollment up to 200 and will operate the three high schools in 1959 60. The board will pick a site for a new school and plan a bond election. Lewis Burnetti Crawford County superintendent presides.
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Hepler
Neosho
Allen
Bourbon
Crawford
Grant
Stark
Walnut
Lewis Burnetti
Crawford County
General Strike Halts Cuba as Castro Eyes Return
Cuba faced a hourlong general strike called by the Communist workers federation demanding Fidel Castro resume prime ministership. The stoppage halted trains and traffic, grounded planes, and left Havana crowded as Castro signaled a Sunday decision on his return.
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Robert Berrellez
Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Castro
Cuban Confederation of Workers
Car Crash Kills Kansas Citian Near Alma
Ronald Louis Friedl a 22 year old Kansas City Kansas man died instantly when his car sideswiped a produce truck then hit a concrete abutment on U S 40 near Alma Wabaunsee County sheriff Clarence W Frank said the crash occurred at about 545 am as Friedl headed toward Chapman where he worked for Ross Construction Co on a highway project.
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Alma
Kas
Ronald Louis Friedl
Kansas City
Clarence W. Frank
Wabaunsee County
Friedl
Frank
Chapman
Ross Construction Co
Strauss Loses Station in Labelle County
The Frisco Railroad is authorized by the Kansas Corporation Commission to close its Strauss station in Labelle County, effective immediately per the ruling.
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Topeka
Frisco Railroad
The
Kansas Corporation Commission
Strauss
Labelle County
McKay Eyes Donated to Two Recipients in Oregon
Former Interior Secretary Douglas McKay died in Salem Oregon and willed his eyes to the Good Samaritan Hospital eye bank in Portland. Corneas were transplanted to two recipients who previously had bad eyesight. Funeral services set for Saturday in the Oregon House chamber in Salem with Gov. Hatfield to attend as Eisenhower’s representative.
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Portland, Ore
Secretary of the Interior
Douglas McKay
Salem
Ore
Oregon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Frank Walter
Douglas
McKay
Oregon House of Representatives
Eisenhower
Mark Hatfield
Driver Escapes Injury In One Car Crash
Galesburg police reported that a 1956 Ford driven by 19 year old Jimmy G Merrill struck a utility pole after losing control while passing a parked car. The sheriff's officers noted wet grass caused Merrill to slide and crash. The right fender bumper and grill were damaged.
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Galesburg
Jimmy G. Merrill
Merrill
Erie
Three Drownings In Swanson Lake Recovered In Iowa Area
The bodies of three men drowned during a storm on Swanson Lake near Trenton Nebraska were recovered today. Named are George Buehler about 44 of Trenton Alfred Vap about 30 of Atwood Kansas and Howard Brown of Rock Springs Wyoming.
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Trenton
Neb
Swanson Lake
Here
George Buehler
Alfred Vap
Atwood
Kas
Howard Brown
Rock Springs
Wyo
Three New Polio Cases in Kansas City Reported
AP reports three new polio cases in Kansas City Wednesday, bringing the year total to 60. Seven patients remain in critical condition, six of them children at Mercy Hospital, with five polio deaths recorded this year in the city.
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Kansas City
Mercy Hospital
Country Club Seeks $70,000 for Major Improvements
Stockholders and members heard a plan for expanding and modernizing Chanute Country Club facilities. The proposal, led by Ralph Willcott’s committee, includes two tennis courts, shuffleboard, new locker rooms, a pro shop and upgraded storage, with total costs over $70,000 and action not before August 11.
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Ralph Willcott
Charles Berthot
Dick Ashley
Glen Shook
al Kihm
Robert Allen
Burns
Neosho County Fair kicks off in Erie August
The Neosho County Fair will be held in Erie from August 9 to 12. Exhibits include clothing crops florals crafts and livestock with judging on August 10 and beef dairy sheep swine and 4-H booths judged the morning of August 12. Talent shows prize money and an annual fat stock sale are planned, with fair board officers and department superintendents named.
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Erie
Prem
Dis
Erie High School
Jack Works
Humboldt
Fay Vice
Labette County
Juanita Johnson
Crawford County
Keith Donaldson
Parsons
John Davis
Altoona
Ralph Bonewitz
Manhattan
Norman Haigh
Altamont
Fair Board
Harold van Cleave
Durward Hines
Ivan Green
Gale Mullen
John Gorton
Milford Hall
Charles O Carter
Hanserd House
Sam Ricketts
Mullen
Marjorie Price
Multiple Fatality Accidents Raise Kansas Death Toll
TOPEKA AP state highway safety officials cite increased multiple fatality crashes as a main cause of this year's higher Kansas death toll. Col Harvey Schmeden highway patrol superintendent notes head on collisions drive most deaths. Toll reaches 307 this year, up from 277 last year at this time.
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Topeka
Col
Harvey Schmedemann
Claud McCamment
Kansas
California Beauty Is Named Miss USA
Terry Huntingdon a 19 year old UCLA dancer from California won Miss U S A at the Miss Universe pageant beating 33 foreign contestants. She was crowned before 4 000 spectators and will compete for Miss Universe Friday.
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California
Long Beach
Calif
U.S.A
Terry Huntingdon
UCLA
Texas
Carelgean Douglas
Florida
Nanita Greene
Georgia
Dorothy Taylor
New York
Arlene Nesbitt
Baste Flicka
Sweden
Memorial Auditorium
Terry
Nixon Arrives in Moscow for Frigid Welcome
U S Vice President Nixon lands in Moscow for an exchange visit to open a U S exhibit. Khrushchev blasts U S attitudes during the airport ceremony and Nixon’s 12 minute remarks urge peace amid tense, flagless surroundings.
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Moscow
U.S
Richard M. Nixon
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Soviet Union
Nixon
Khrushchev
Sports Palace
Poland
Nations
Frol R. Kozlov
Six Additional Spaces In City Parking Lot
City manager R. J. Hayes said the 100 block on South Lincoln now has space for six more cars after a near street extension. Workers finished resurfacing after removing a tree and shrubbery, extended the iron rail, and painted new lines and a bright orange guardrail. the extension cost about $475.
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South
Lincoln
R. J. Hayes
Pittsburg Leader Named Milk Producers Chief
K A Schmitt of Pittsburg named general manager of the Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Milk Producers Assn succeeding Charles Moore of Tulsa who resigned to run the Pure Milk Marketing Assn of Tulsa Schmitt previously served as assistant manager of K M O
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Pittsburg
Kas
K. A. Schmitt
Kansas - Missouri-Oklahoma Milk Producers Assn
Charles Moore
Tulsa
Pure Milk Marketing Assn
Schmitt
K-M-O
Fire Burns 3 000 Acres in Idaho Range Blaze
A range fire in southwestern Idaho burned three to four thousand acres and was out of control early today. Some farm outbuildings were destroyed but no homes appeared to be in danger.
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Emmett, Idaho
Idaho
Aluminum Firms Reject Demands Join With Steel
Federal mediators set the first joint peace talks for next Monday as the steel strike nears day nine. Alcoa Reynolds and Kaiser back the steel industry stand and reject the union wage demands while urging a one year wage freeze and removal of the cost of living escalator.
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New York
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation Service
Alcoa
Reynolds
Kaiser
United Steelworkers
Finnegan
James P. Mitchell
Washington
Mitchell
Eisenhower
Archbishop Fluffs Line In Marriage Ceremony
London reports the Archbishop of Canterbury Geoffrey Fisher bungled a wedding line during his son Humphrey Fisher's marriage to Diana Davis at Lambeth Palace. The cleric briefly corrected himself saying a woman should be lovely after first saying loving.
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London
Archbishop of Canterbury
Church of England
Lambeth Palace
Geoffrey Fisher
Humphrey
Diana Davis
Thief Escapes On New Bike After Miami Shop Robbery
A young man on an old bicycle robbed a Miami bicycle repair shop of 3 dollars on Wednesday. He fled on a new 48 dollar bike, according to police.
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Miami
Fla
Elderly Men Fearful Deaths Stir Murder Arrest in Missouri
In De Soto Missouri Jefferson County Sheriff Leo Church arrested 80s suspect Pete Odum on suspicion of murder after two elderly men Julius Friedmeyer 82 and Charles Van Damme 84 were found dead in a burned log house. An autopsy is planned as Odum faces questioning while a lie detector test is prepared. Odum contends three robbers attacked the men and wounded him, with no admission of guilt.
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DE Soto
Pete Odum
Jefferson County
Leo Church
Church
Odum
Jefferson City
State Highway Patrol
St. Louis
Julius Friedmeyer
Charles van Damme
Adolph Hasse
Festus
van Damme
Friedmeyer
Franklin County
Cedar Hill
Little Change Area Outlook
Topeka Kansas area forecast shows little temperature change through Friday with a few scattered late day and night thunderstorm chances. Rain amounts were small Wednesday with heavier activity south of Topeka and in the southeast, while western Kansas saw a hot high near 97 at Garden City and cooler readings in eastern towns.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wakarusa
Overbrook
Berryton
Goodland
Garden City
Jeast
Pittsburg
Emporia
Chanute
Traffic Fatalities Update From Topeka
In 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. today the Kansas accident records report 307 fatalities to date, a rise from 277 for the comparable period in 1938, reflecting ongoing traffic danger in Topeka and across the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
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