Prisoners Break Legs in Rock Quarry Protest at Georgia Prison
In Buford Georgia thirty six inmates shattered bones by hammering their legs against rocks during a work stoppage at Rock Quarry State Prison. State corrections director Jack Forrester said twenty nine white and seven Black inmates injured themselves while guards rested nearby. heat and heavy wheelbarrow loads were blamed. The quarry houses incorrigible inmates and dates to 1949.
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Buford
Rock Quarry
Little Alcatraz
Georgia
Jack Forrester
Hubert Smith
Forrester
Birthday cake marks Yankee manager Stengel's 66th
At a Kansas City Athletics versus New York Yankees game on Sunday fans enjoyed a ceremonial cake in honor of Casey Stengel's 66th birthday. About 31 000 fans shared five angel food cakes weighing 1 000 pounds each, cut and served by young women.
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Ray Moriarty
S. Santa Fe
Casey Stengel
Kansas City Athletics
New York Yankees
Moriarty
Santa Fe clerk VanValey retires after 50 years of service
James O. VanValey ends a 50 year career as Santa Fe freight office chief clerk in Chanute. He recalls rail travel changes, recalls Harvey House and busy days, and plans to loaf and fish at home after retirement. He began Aug 1 1904 with interruptions in 1907 and 1914 to work elsewhere. He and wife live at 107 South Rutter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James O. VanValey
Santa Fe Freight Office
Chanute
van Valey
Harvey House
Miller Petroleum Co
Humboldt
Santa Fe
Twa
Main
Grant
VanValey
Noland and Walters Burned in Flash Fire
Edd Noland and Clarence Walters, both burn victims, suffered first and second degree burns to face and arms when fumes from a gas well ignited as a crew member attempted to light a cigarette. Walters was treated and released. Noland stayed overnight then released.
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Edd Noland
Fourth
Consolidated Oil Wells Service
Clarence Walters
Oak
Odense
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Walters
Noland
Body of Pollock Believed Found Near Lake Erie
Provincial police in Simcoe Ontario report a body found at Long Point Beach may be Gordon Pollock the 28 year old New York theatrical producer. Pollock and his wife Norma vanished April while piloting a Rivet plane from Detroit to New York awaiting identification by his mother Mrs Anna Pollock.
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Simcoe
Ont
New York
Gordon Pollock
Lake Erie
Long Point Beach
Pollock
Anna Pollock
New York City
Norma
Detroit
Second Polio Case In Montgomery County
Coffeyville reports the second polio case of the summer, a 12 year old boy Joel Tongier son of Mr and Mrs Paul Tongier with partial paralysis of both legs and back. He will be taken to a Tulsa hospital and had not received Salk vaccine.
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Coffeyville
Montgomery County
Joel ‘Tongier
Paul Tongier
Tulsa
Okla
900 Officers to Guard Democratic National Convention
About 900 police will be detailed in Chicago for the Democratic national convention opening Aug 13. The force will provide security and traffic control for attendees and event routes.
Weather Summary For Topeka And Kansas State
A slow moving cold front in north central and southwestern Kansas cools temps by about 10 degrees from yesterday. Highs today in the 80s with Eastern Kansas forecast to reach 95 to 100 and high humidity. Precipitation included scattered showers and thunderstorms in western and northern areas tonight with some rain totals noted in Elkhart Dodge City Garden City and Goodland.
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Topeka
Kansas
Pittsburg
Salina
Wamego
Hill City
Manhattan
Elkhart
Dodge City
Garden City
Goodland
Little Girl Buried In Strange Land
Norma di Sandro a four year old passenger from Milan who perished in last week's Stockholm Andrea Doria collision was laid to rest at St. Ann's Church Providence. Her parents planned a new life in America and she would have entered St. Ann's Day Nursery in September.
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Providence
R. I
Norma di Sandro
Stockholm
Andrea Doria
America
Milan
Italy
St. Ann's Church
Norma
Tullio di Sandro
St. Ann's Day Nursery
Holdup Men Generous With Their Victim
Denver police report Reginald E. Bayley, 54, robbed by two men who returned a dollar and handed him a $10 bill after taking $30. He said the burglars acted oddly generous. Further details not provided.
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Denver
Reginald E. Bayley
Driver Killed in U. S. 71 Crash Near Platte City
A car overturned on U S 71 near Platte City Missouri last night killing the driver identified as Donald W Bicknell 48 of Kansas City. Preliminary details indicate a single vehicle crash with fatal outcome. Police and rescue teams responded to the scene investigating cause and securing the area.
Congressmen to View Damage to Stockholm
Nine members of the House Merchant Marine Committee will tour the dry dock in Brooklyn to inspect the damaged Swedish liner Stockholm after its collision with the Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria off Nantucket Island. The Doria sank, while Stockholm returned to port with a smashed bow as fog shrouded the sea.
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New York
Brooklyn
Andrea Doria
House Merchant Marine Committee
Stockholm
Nantucket Island
Mass
Doria
Atlantic
Heart Surgery For Second Time On Little Boy
Four year old Lester C Cole Jr of Topeka faces a second life threatening heart operation at the University of Minnesota Medical Center Oct 30. Doctors give him a better than even chance but require immediate donors and blood supplies. His parents Sgt Lester E Cole and Mrs Cole work to raise 2500 to 3000 for the surgery.
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Topeka
Lester C. Cole Jr
Lester
Lester E. Cole
Forbes Air Force Base
Cole
Atchison
England
University of Minnesota Medical Center
Air Force Base
Elliff Injuries Still Mystery In Iola
Dewey Elliff, a Woodson County Republican candidate, was found injured in a pickup in Iola by a Sterling Heights resident. He suffered a broken nose and black eye, says he cannot recall how the injuries occurred and plans to run against Howard Immell in Iola.
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IOLA
Dewey Elliff
Woodson
Allen County
Sterling Heights
Elliff
B. E. Lorance
Lola
Topeka
Howard Immell
Kansas Boy Wounded In Gun Accident
A 12 year old Merrill boy was treated at the University of Kansas Medical Center for an accidental chest wound from a .32 revolver. Steven Priest, son of Gene and Mrs. Priest of Morrill, was found in a pasture near Morrill after failing to return home. The Hiawatha sheriff's office reported the incident occurred early last night.
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Kansas City
Kas
Merrill
University of Kansas Medical Center
Steven Priest
Gene Priest
Morrill
Hiawatha
Soviets Back Egypt Seal of Suez Canal Act
London reports Krushchev endorsed Egypt's nationalization of the Suez Canal and warned Britain and France against reprisals. Eisenhower sends Dulles to London as Western talks on an international control body proceed, with Nasser signaling navigation guarantees.
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London
Soviet Union
Egypt
Suez Canal
Nikita S. Krushchev
Communist Party
Eisenhower
Dulles
Khrushchev
Moscow
Britain
France
United States
Washington
White House
Robert Murphy
Jetmore Man Killed in One Car Crash
Ted Berger, 43, partner in Berger Truck Lines of Jetmore, died in an early morning single vehicle crash on a Hodgeman County road six miles east and a half mile south of Jetmore.
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Jetmore, Kas
Ted Berger
Berger
Jetmore
Hodgeman County
Woolson Remains Critical at St. Luke's Hospital
Albert Woolson 109, the last surviving Union Army veteran of the Civil War, remained on the critical list at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth Minnesota.
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Duluth
Minn
Albert Woolson
St.Luke's Hospital
Fire destroys Reagan Nursing Home killing 12 residents
A fast moving blaze at Reagan Nursing Home in Puxico Missouri trapped 12 of 13 residents. Nine victims aged 72 to 91 died, with Mrs Bertha Reagan 55 found in the kitchen. Only one patient escaped as firefighters battled flames that reached the third floor.
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Puxico
Reagan Nursing Home
Sherry Frederick
Bertha Reagan
Lois Rodgers
John Ryan
Poplar Bluff
Jack Pritchard
Missouri Highway Patrol
Jack Harty
Burglars Linked to Buffalo Colony Theft by Shared Tools
Police Chief Tom Morehead said burglars who hit five Buffalo businesses and a Colony store Sunday night left evidence linking them to the Long Bell Lumber Co. robbery in Chanute. A burglar tool set including a punch matched marks on the safe’s combination disk. At Buffalo the thieves took over 350 dollars in cash and assorted merchandise including two hundred dollar bills a radio fans jeans socks shirts and shoes.
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Buffalo
Colony
Long Bell Lumber Company
Tom Morehead
Chanute
McKeon Testifies In Own Defense At Court Martial
Marine recruit training on marshes and ribbons Creek case described by Matthew C McKeon as he faces involuntary manslaughter and oppression charges. Defense calls Gen Randolph Pate and Lt Gen Lewis Puller to testify for McKeon as the trial continues at Parris Island, South Carolina.
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Parris Island
S.C
Matthew C. McKeon
McKeon
Ribbon Creek
Emile Zola Berman
Randolph McC. Pate
Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
Lewis B. Puller
Puller
Saluda
Trucker in Trouble Hexes Two Drivers
Janet Clough and Earl R. Butler explain their cars collided in Santa Barbara California as they watched a policeman issue a traffic citation to a truck driver. Both were taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Janet Clough
Earl R. Butler
Stassen Launches Open-Nomination Push For VP Bid
Harold E. Stassen resumed his anti-Nixon campaign as the GOP asserts the convention should be open to any candidate for Eisenhower's running mate. Former President Truman agrees to provide views to the Democratic platform committee on foreign policy.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
White House
Republican High Command
Stassen
Eisenhower
Truman
Democratic National Convention
Platform Committee
Rockefeller feud erupts at Winrock Farm in Arkansas
Barbara Bobo Rockefeller reports being held prisoner seven hours at Winrock Farm atop Petit Jean Mountain after a dispute with Rockefeller aides. Sheriff arrests followed as her attorney and two associates claim she was assaulted and forcibly removed while trying to see her son, Winnie.
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Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Petit Jean Mountain
Barbara
Bobo) Rockefeller
Marlin Hawkins
Morrilton
Rockefeller
Ed Dunaway
New York City
Winrock Farm
Winnie
Rockefellers
Bobo
Morton Bass
Erin Danzig
Bass
Maurice Bass
Gene Smith
Smith
Three Kansans Hurt In Utah Accident
In Utah near St George a head on collision left one California resident and three Kansans injured. Ray Knostman and his wife Marie of Wamego Kansas plus Dorothy Myers of Muncie Kansas are in fair condition with cuts bruises and broken pelvises. Myers also has a broken leg. Gordon Moore of Gardenia California was released from the hospital after the crash on U S 91 three miles west of St George. Fire followed the Moore vehicle and bystanders helped pull occupants from the wreckage.
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ST. George
Utah
California
Kansas
St. George Hospital
Ray Knostman
Marie
Wamego
Kas
Dorothy J. Myers
Muncie
Gordon R. Moore
Gardenia
Calif
Knostman
Fewer Farm Residents Forsaking Rural Areas
A Census Bureau Agriculture Department report finds fewer farm residents moving to cities. The farm population last April was 22,257,000, up from 22,158,000 in 1955, marking the second straight yearly gain though the farm share of the total population declined to 13.3 percent from 16.6 percent since 1950.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Agriculture Department
1953 Millionaires Hit Record High Numbers
Washington reports 145 Americans earned a million dollars or more in 1953, down from 148 in 1952 but below the postwar record of 219 in 1950. The group earned about 275 million before taxes and paid 169 million in taxes.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Blood Bank Set For Tomorrow At Memorial Building
Plans announced for a Red Cross blood donation event at the Memorial Building tomorrow. The Wichita bloodmobile will staff 9 a.m. to 2 15 p.m. on the second floor, with a goal of 150 pints and drop-ins welcome. Volunteers include five nurses, two aides, registrars, Gray Ladies, canteen workers, and city fire department crews. A physician will supervise, and refreshments will be served.
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Red Cross
C. G. Bailey
Wichita Center
Memorial Building
Melva Russum
Naff & Bolze Hardware Co
Pioneer Hardware and Music Co
Chanute Business Machines Co
C. W. Brennan
Gray Ladies Organization
Henry K. Baker
James A. Butin
A. M. Garton
Donald E. Ray
R. Herbert Rollow
John N. Sherman
Dick McMinimy
Elsie Gray
Rachel. LaRocca
Edward Maksimowicz
Wayne Ruble
Harry Irvin
Bailey
Mmes
LeRoy Barker
Gordon Gray
Carl Stevens
Ernest Edwards
Joe M. Johnson
Gray
C. L. Wampler
William Gray Jr
Dale Dahlgren
S. M. Hoofnagle
Lee Dunham
Fred Foster
C. E. Wortman
Edna Kay
A. L. Burns
Elma Hincha
Wilma Wells
Leo Gottlieb
Louis J. Junod
Gertie Adams
Frank Burtle
Ethel Cox
Frank Vaughn
John Carter
Earl Senooley
John N. Camerell
Dewcy Bedell
Lloyd Dalton
Elsie Cunningham
Alex Mih
Hubert Ulrich
Injuries Fatal To Youth At La Crosse
A.2.C. Robert Leroy Ninz aged 20 from Pueblo Colorado died in a La Crosse Kansas hospital from injuries after being struck by a car. City Marshal Albert Eisner said Harry Morehead 74 of La Crosse reported not seeing the boy until it was too late. Ninz had arrived by bus and was hitchhiking to Arnold to attend his grandfather’s funeral.
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LA Crosse
Kas
Robert Leroy Ninz
Pueblo
Colo
Albert Eisner
Harry Morehead
Ninz
Eisner
Sedgwick County Tops In 4 H Membership
Sedgwick County leads Kansas with 1 097 4 H members this year, followed by Shawnee County at 847 and Reno at 718. The state report lists 31 508 youths ages 10 to 20 in 1 370 clubs across Kansas.
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Manhattan
Sedgwick County
Kansas
State Club Department
Kansas State College
Shawsnee County
Reno
Traffic Fatalities Reported for 1956 and 1955 Comparisons
State Accident Records Section logs 24 hour fatalities in Topeka Kansas and year to date figures for 1956 and 1955. 1956 totals show 349 to date while 1955 totals stand at 314. Previously recorded incidents are noted as occurred previously but not reported.
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Topeka
Kansas
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Electric Plant
Berger Cartage Co
Springfield Boiler CO
Springfield, C
Ross Cooper
Municipal Electric
Fred Mosier
Paschal Grimes
Larsen
Gretchen
Central
James C. Vamvaley
Santa Fe Railway Co
Tribune
Demos
Lew Todey
Esse Ces
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Far East
Cape of Good Hope
Portsmouth
Eden
Foreign Office
Malta
Mediterranean
Adm
N. K. Dietrich
U.S. Atlantic
Nasser
Russia
Woolson
David Johnson
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