Cabbage and Potatoes Featured in Letter From Bakersfield Neighbor
Mrs James W Alexander of Bakersfield California sends a note to The Tribune with a photo of a neighbor in Shafter displaying a cabbage weighing 9 1 2 pounds and a 44 inch leaf. She challenges Chanute readers to outdo the produce and mentions fruit crop prospects.
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Holiday Toll Nears 200
Traffic deaths during the Memorial Day weekend approached 300 total with 184 highway fatalities, 67 drownings, and 49 other deaths by midmorning. California and Pennsylvania led with 14 each, Illinois had 13, and the four day period began with 94 deaths from 6 p m Wednesday to midnight Thursday, below NSC predictions.
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Illinois
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Chicago
Last Place Pirates Face Unkind Words in Derby Joke
In New Kensington a justice of the peace dismissed a traffic violator and threatened three days at Forbes Field, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, sparking local amusement about the last place team’s woes.
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Cause of Headaches Determined by Jury
In Albuquerque Garcia testified that an accident last November left him with ongoing headaches. The defense questioned his drinking. Garcia admitted weekly drunkenness for nine years. The jury ruled against Garcia after five minutes.
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Britain detonates second hydrogen bomb in Pacific test
Aboard H M S Alert Britain ignited its second and most powerful hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple near Malden atoll 400 miles south of Christmas Island. The four ton Valiant bomber dropped the device, delivering an estimated five million tons of TNT equivalent. Observers 35 miles away wore protective gear as a massive fireball formed, expanding into a rainbow and cloud while scientists predicted minimal fallout.
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William Cook
Kansas Farm Prices Show Sharp Decline
Kansas farm prices fell between April 15 and May 15 according to federal and state agriculture reports. The May 15 index stood at 236 percent of the 1910 14 base, down from 244 in mid April, and just above May of last year. Lower prices for wheat, feed grains, hay, butterfat, wholesale milk, chickens and eggs outweighed higher prices for hogs, beef cattle, calves and lambs.
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Crane Tumbles injuring five at Air Force Academy site
A large crane used for cement work at the Air Force Academy construction site toppled down a 35 foot embankment in Colorado Springs injuring five men. One worker Hart suffered critical injuries while 23 year old Arthur Ellsworth of Colorado Springs was among those hurt.
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Vilas Home Builders HD Unit Meeting Planned
The Vilas Home Builders HD Unit will meet Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Vilas church. Two project lessons will be presented, Home Furnishings by Nadine Howard Wilson County home economics agent and Horticulture by Mrs Dwight Olson.
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Diapers and Fire Trigger Arson Case in Norwalk
Nancy Joyce Stoner, 20, faces arson charges after she set seven stacks of diapers ablaze in her Norwalk home on May 8. She told the court she lacks funds for counsel, was granted a $500 bond, and will enter a plea June 10.
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Nancy Joyce Stoner
Superior Court
Winner of Battle Against a Mountain Returns Home
Minnesota mother Dorothy LeMasurier, burned and frostbitten, arrived by air ambulance after a 19 day ordeal on Ferris Mountain Wyoming. Her husband Dal ton LeMasurier, head of KDAL radio and TV, perished in the May 11 Beechcraft crash.
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Woman Given Ride To Her Front Door
Myrtle R. Harrington gave Mrs. William D. McKim Sr. a ride home yesterday to her front door. The car jumped the curb and struck cement blocks under the McKim porch after the driver apparently pressed the gas instead of the brakes.
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Myrtle R. Harrington
William D. McKim Sr
Forest Frederick Reelected Noble Grand of Odd Fellows Lodge
Forest Frederick was reelected noble grand of the local Odd Fellows Lodge at a Wednesday night meeting in the lodge hall. Howard Rutledge, Eugene Oyler, Harry Lewis, and Charles Pulliam were named officers with Riley Graham as lodge representative to the grand lodge and John Walter Mire as alternate. Ira Hubler, past noble grand, presided and refreshments were served.
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Flu in India Claims Six More Lives in Bombay
Municipal authorities report six people died from flu in the 24 hours ending at noon today in Bombay with one death in the prior 24 hours. The update reflects a rising toll from the outbreak across the city.
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Test Postponed at Atomic Site Amid Weather Delays
Adverse weather again cancels the second shot in the summer nuclear test series at the Atomic Test Site delaying operations by 24 hours.
Johnson Urges New U S Look At China Trade
Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson called for a new look at U S China trade policy after Britain relaxed its embargo on Red China. He said the move requires re evaluation of Chinese trade and could become a major foreign policy issue in the months ahead. Humphrey supported re examination. Knowland took a conciliatory tone toward London.
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Missile Test Declared Successful by Army
The Army reports a successful intermediate range ballistic missile test at Cape Canaveral as part of the Jupiter program. Development planned through November with potential cut unless Defense Secretary Wilson lifts IRBM restrictions. DoD confirmed a test occurred but did not identify the missile or results.
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Russians Send Exhibit Instructions for Oklahoma Expo
The Russian exhibit for the Oklahoma Semi Centenn ial exposition arrived with crates postmarked USSR Chamber of Commerce Moscow. They sent build specifications and rates but the instructions were in Russian prompting a request for translation from the USSR embassy in Washington which promised assistance.
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Ussr Chamber of Commerce
Moscow
Washington
Phone numbers for Tribune delivery help
If you do not receive your Tribune contact your carrier. If the carrier cannot be reached call 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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New City Manager Visits Chanute Ahead of Start
R. J. Hayes the new city manager of Chanute visited the town on his first trip since hiring. He plans to focus on preparing the coming year's budget and will spend weekends in Chanute before starting full time July 1. He and his wife looked for housing and met residents during the visit.
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Red) Hayes
Augusta
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Hayes
Kenneth Sanborn
Wamego
Plane crash kills AeroDuct executives in Arizona race
Al Hewitt president of AeroDuct Inc. and Ad Conroy vice president were killed when Hewitt flown plane crashed during the fourth Hayward Tucson Air Race in Tucson Arizona. The race began yesterday from Hayward California. Details of the accident are not yet known and were relayed to attorney John C. McCall.
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Third Pedestrian Fatality Reported in Dickinson County
Dickinson County recorded its third pedestrian death of the year when 75 year old A. D. White of Abilene was struck while crossing the U S 40 bypass on the north edge of Abilene last night. Earlier, Bertha Harding was killed four miles west of Abilene, with a prior fatality on April 2. The county had no pedestrian deaths in 2 1/2 years before this year.
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Neosho River Falls Report and Kansas Weather Outlook
The Neosho River continued to fall across the region with a 7 am reading of 14.06 feet at the east river bridge, down 6.71 feet in 24 hours. Rainfall today reached .64 inches at the CAA station, while upstream towns reported varied moisture from Burlington to Cottonwood Falls. Forecast calls for scattered thunderstorms today, clearing to fair and warmer Sunday with lows in the 50s and highs in the 60s to mid 80s.
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Senator Sparkman backs controlled foreign aid compromise
Washington Senator Sparkman of Alabama said he favors a foreign aid compromise that allows long range planning while preserving congressional control over spending.
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Eisenhower Plays Third Round of Golf This Week
President Eisenhower visited Burning Tree Country Club for a third round of golf this week. He is continuing his schedule of outdoor recreation amid a busy political period.
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Topeka Child Killed in Missouri Collision
Six year old Marsha Loethan of Topeka was killed yesterday in an automobile collision at the junction of U S 5 and 50 near Syracuse Missouri.
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Marsha Loethan
Topeka
Missing funds and checks reported in Earlton
Mrs Bert Bass of Earlton told police yesterday that a small amount of money and several blank checks were taken from her home within the last day or two. The case was referred to the sheriff for investigation.
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Flooding In Texas Worsens Along With Fatal Lightning Hit
Rains up to 11 inches flooded parts of Texas as two Arlington boys, 14, Don Jacobs and Lawrence Thompson, were killed by lightning near Fort Worth. Bridges, crops, and homes were damaged across multiple counties, with 52 deaths blamed on the storms.
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Disaster fund urged as Red Cross needs rise in area
Neosho County Red Cross officials appeal for disaster fund donations after reporting only 57 collected since the Kansas City tornado on May 20. National director Robert Edson notes the long relief effort, with an estimated three million dollars needed in the Midwest to aid thousands of families.
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Jeff Robertson Named Attorney for Panhandle
Topeka attorney Jeff A. Robertson was named general attorney for Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co. He formerly chaired the Kansas Corporation Commission and has been discussed as a potential governor candidate. Robertson will assume duties Monday.
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Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co
Jeff A. Robertson
Kansas Corporation Commission
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Mild Earthquake Reported at Fordham University
A mild earthquake 2,400 miles south of New York was recorded on Fordham University seismograph last night. Rev. Joseph Lynch, director of the seismic observatory, reported that the first shock occurred at 6 04 54 p m and the second at 6 10 35 p m.
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