Marine Killed by Companion With Accidental Discharge
In Beirut a U S Marine private first class, 19 year old Walter Gordon Richardson of Brooklyn is identified as the fatality from an accidental .45 caliber discharge. Four Marines were on an unauthorized visit when a man climbing a wall caused a bullet to strike a bystander. Three Marines are under investigation with legal counsel.
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Beirut
U.S
Washington
Pentagon
Walter Gordon Richardson
Agnes Richardson
Brooklyn
N.Y
Leslie Gilson
Lebanon
Robert Murphy
United States
Voters Register At City Clerk Office Before Primary
About 55 voters registered for the state primary at City Clerk Howard Parsons office Friday night. Registration books closed at 10 p.m. Friday until after the Aug 5 primary, with an official Chanute tally still in progress.
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Howard Parsons
Parsons
Springfield Woman Edna Belle Meyer Arrested for DWI and Transport
Springfield Missouri resident Edna Belle Meyer was arrested by police around 2 50 p m Saturday on charges of driving while intoxicated and transportation She was released Saturday night on 150 bond and a police court hearing was set for 4 p m Thursday Officers followed the Meyer car from the east city limits on Elm to Highland and then to Main
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Springfield
Edna Belle Meyer
Meyer
Elm
Highland
Main
Hedge Apple Experiments End in Tax Trouble for Welch
Kenneth Welch, 40, pursued hedge apple uses including a potential vegetable oil, antioxidant, dried pulp, and ethyl alcohol. The alcohol was confiscated after tax officials labeled him a bootlegger, costing $111.53 in taxes. Officials demanded a bond and a 15 day production report. Welch notes ongoing clashes with tax authorities.
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Welch
U.S
Charles Brown
D-Mo
Omaha
Bond Set at $1,000 in Check Case
Preliminary hearing for Roy T. Brewer 34 on a no fund check charge set for Aug. 6 in justice of the peace court. Brewer bond is $1,000. He is accused of issuing a bogus $178.38 check to Chanute motor company and was arrested at Chanute Thursday.
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Erie
Roy T. Brewer
Justice of the Peace Court
Sheriff's Office
Brewer
Chanute Motor Company
Chanute
Wichita
Sign Not Heeded Thief Steals Christ Painting Near Camp Reveal
Evansville Indiana police report a thief took an eight foot Christ painting from the chapel at Camp Reveal on Sunday. The neon sign outside read He watches you every minute as the theft occurred. The artwork is valued between 500 and 1000 dollars.
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Evansville
Ind
Camp
Budget Boost For Altoona
Altoona plans a 1 397.36 dollar budget increase over the 1958 budget raising the mill levy by .759 of a mill to 10.889 mills. Expenditures rise to 17 416.28 from 16 018.92 with water utility costs up about 1 000 and rest in general operations. A public hearing is set for 7 30 p m August 5 at City Hall.
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Altoona
Buffalo Budget Higher in 1959
Buffalo plans an $8 606.98 city budget for the 1959 fiscal year up from 5 097.59 in 1958 driven mainly by a 3 405.83 rise in general operating fund expenditures A mill levy would rise 1.08 to 10.40 mills based on a 1958 valuation of 214 586 A public hearing is set for 8 pm August 5 at City Hall.
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Buffalo
City Hall
Heavy Fighting Erupts in Zgharta Before Lebanon Vote
Clashes erupt in Zgharta, four miles northeast of Tripoli, as the Frangiyeh and Duwaihy families clash days before Lebanon’s presidential election. Duwaihy faction backs the government. Frangiyehs aligned with rebels. Accusations of Syrian-fired mortars accompany the fighting.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Zgharta
Tripoli
Frangiyehas
Duwaihys
Sedgwick County Courthouse Cornerstone Placed
Newspapers trade bulletins radio recordings and TV films were placed in Sedgwick County’s 77 million dollar courthouse cornerstone to preserve the modern scene during the Sunday ceremony.
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Wichita
Sedgwick County
United States backs Baghdad Pact allies in security pledge
Secretary of State Dulles signed a five power declaration with Britain Turkey Iran and Pakistan pledging prompt future pacts and closer ties while Iraq misses the meeting The move signals U S alignment with the northern Middle East pact as Dulles cites Lebanon and regional crises and questions UN action and regional loyalties.
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London
United States
Dulles
Britain
Turkey
Iran
Pakistan
Alliance of Nations
Middle East
Iraq
Baghdad Pact Council
Lancaster House
Lebanon
Jordan
Hussein
United Nations
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Macmillan
Fatal Two-Vehicle Crash Near Topeka Claims Two
A Saturday two car collision on U S 75 south of Topeka killed Staff Sgt. W G A Parker of Forbes Air Force Base and Wayne McGinnis, 32, of Topeka. Three other occupants were injured in the crash.
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Topeka
U. S
W. G. A. Parker
Forbes Air Force Base
Wayne McGinnis
Train Car Crash Claims Two Lives in Kansas
BELLEVILLE Kan AP two persons died Saturday in a collision between a train and an automobile at a railroad crossing on U S 36 near Belleville The deceased are Lynn Losdahl 13 and his father Eugene W Losdahl of Oberlin Kan The youth died at the scene and the father died Saturday night in a Belleville hospital.
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Belleville, Kan
U. S. 36
Belleville
Lynn Losdahl
Eugene W. Losdahl
Oberlin
Kan
Khrushchev Proposes European Summit Site Shift
Soviet Premier Khrushchev accused Eisenhower of delaying a New York summit and urged moving talks to Moscow or any European capital acceptable to the four powers United States Britain France and India. He offered security guarantees for participants and pressed for a five power conference with de Gaulle and Macmillan taking part.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
New York
Europe
United States
Britain
France
India
U.S
Macmillan
de Gaulle
Middle East
Near East
U.N. Security Council
Security Council
U.N
Soviet Union
Geneva
Vienna
Paris
Lebanon
Hussein
Jordan
Baghdad
Heavy weekend rains flood Kansas rivers and forewarn showers
A summary of Kansas weather reports shows Pawnee and Big Arkansas rivers flooding in places like Sanford and Great Bend after heavy weekend rains across south central Kansas. The Marais Des Cygnes river returned within banks, while highs ranged from the 50s to 90s and rainfall totals exceeded an inch in multiple towns.
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Topeka
Kansas
Pawnee
Weather Bureau
Sanford
Larned
Arkansas
Great Bend
Smoky Hill
Lindsborg
Ness City
Columbus
Pittsburg
Oswego
Moran
Thayer
Chanute
Iola
Emporia
Burdick
Council Grove
Heston
Marais Des Cygnes
Goodland
Police report refund after tree spraying scam
Police said they received a complaint from Mrs. Earl Bain of 102 South Allen about a $104 charge for tree spraying. Officers identified the two men as Jim Collett and Jimmy Jugman of Chouteau Oklahoma and said they agreed to refund $64 of the amount.
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Earl Bain
S. Allen
Jim Collett
Jimmy Jugman
Chouteau
Okla
Russians Lead in Lenin Stadium Track Meet
The Soviet Union finished strong in distance events to lead the United States in the first dual track and field meet at Len in Stadium. With only the decathlon remaining, the Russians held 168 points to 163 for the Americans.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Lenin Stadium
Absentee Ballots Ready for Erie County Primary
Erie County Clerk says out of state absentee ballots were supplied to 16 Republican and eight Democratic electors for the August 5 primary. Ballots must be returned by noon August 4 for counting in the voter's home precinct on election day. Disability ballots have no applications yet. Thursday is deadline to file affidavits with the county clerk.
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Erie
Marion Showalter
Showalter
Kansas
Balloonists Set Record Breaker in Stratosphere Flight
Space explorers Malcolm Ross and M Lee Lewis rode a 34 hour 82 000 foot balloon voyage. A failed release tethered the gondola causing a 2000 foot bounce and a difficult landing in North Dakota. They survived with minor injuries and continued experiments aboard the fully pressurized craft.
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Minneapolis
Malcolm Ross
M. Lee Lewis
Earth
North Dakota
Ross
Lewis
Navy
America
Mars
Department of Agriculture
Reed Leads 2-1 in Poll in Fifth District Governor Race
Hutchinson News polled 3,235 secret ballots in Kansas fifth district GOP primary. Clyde Reed Jr. led Fred Hall 790 to 329 with 816 undecided. John Stevens Harvey Crouch and Walter Cherry totaled 64. Democratic Gov. George Docking got 1,211 votes. Docking carried the district in 1956. The poll sampled 1 percent.
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Hutchinson
Clyde Reed Jr
Parsons
Fred Hall
Hutchinson News
Reed
Hall
GOP
John Stevens
Wichita
Harvey Crouch
Minneola
Walter Cherry
Galena
George Docking
Docking
Theft of sewing machine and fan from home
Mrs. O. K. Swaney reported the theft of a nearly new portable electric sewing machine and an 18 inch fan from her home at 1620 S. Highland between 5 and 7 p.m. yesterday. She left at 5 and returned two hours later to find a back door alley access. The sewing machine valued at 148 dollars. an embroidery attachment remained. No value recorded for the fan.
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O. K. Swaney
S. Highland
Topeka Youth Hurt by Boat Propeller in Water Ski Accident
A 16 year old Topeka youth, Thomas Latter, suffered critical facial injuries after being struck by a boat propeller on Lake Shawnee near Topeka. He underwent surgery lasting more than six hours Saturday night. The boat operator, Larry Murray, was taken to a Topeka hospital in shock. Deputies said Latter was swimming to catch the tow rope when swept into the propeller by a passing boat wake.
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Kansas City
Kan
Topeka
Thomas Latter
R. E. Latter
Lake Shawnee
Larry Murray
Shawnee County
11 000 Draftees Called for September
Washington AP reports the Defense Department requests 11 000 draftees for September, up 1 000 from prior three months. All inductees will join the Army. Previous months saw 13 000 drafts monthly Feb through May, then 10 000 in June July and August.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
Traffic Fatalities Reported For 1958 In Topeka
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section show six deaths in the last 48 hours and 278 to date in 1958, versus 291 for the same period in 1957.
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Topeka
Kansas
Eisenhower asks Congress for eight billion debt limit rise
President Eisenhower requests a temporary eight billion dollar increase to raise the debt ceiling to 288 billion and also seeks a permanent raise to 28 billion. He cites Treasury and Budget Bureau advice on revenues and spending and notes deficits for the current and previous fiscal years.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Nixon
Senate
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Treasury Department
Budget Bureau
Secretary of the Treasury
Bureau of the Budget
Treasury
Shrine Ransacked at Jasna Gora Monastery
In Warsaw a police force breached the Jasna Gora Monastery gates and ransacked the cardinal’s office. The monastery is treated as a national shrine.
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Warsaw
Stefan Cardinal
Wyszynski
Jasna Gora
Mrs Lapham Visits Newton Family Over Weekend
Mrs. Walter A. Lapham of 815 S Central returned Saturday from Newton where she visited her daughter and family Dr. and Mrs. Robert W Myers Kendall and Martin.
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Walter A. Lapham
S. Central
Newton
Robert W. Myers
Kendall and
Martin
Phone your Tribune carrier after hours
If you cannot reach your Tribune carrier, call 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
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Leif R. Nelson
Syria
U.S.A
O. Ev
Wasser
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