Eisenhower calls youth to crusade for peace and justice
President Eisenhower urged American youths to wage a crusade for world peace and justice at a Mount St. Marys College commencement. He spoke to about 3,200 listeners detailing opportunities in racial relations education slum clearance and living standard improvements both in the United States and developing nations. He noted frontiers remain and asked youth to pursue justice at home and abroad and world peace.
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Emmitsburg
Eisenhower
Free World
Mount St. Mary’s College
Gettysburg
America
Elks Fishing Derby Set for Saturday at Lodge Lake
The annual Elks derby for youths 14 and under takes place Saturday at the lodge lake north of town. Registration by Friday at Pioneer appliance store, with rides meeting at 9 a.m. in front of the store. Fishing runs 9 30 a.m. to 2 30 p.m. Prizes go to top boy and girl by total catch and largest fish. Competitors must supply gear. spectators welcome. lake patrolled for safety. refreshments served.
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Elks
Lodge Lake
Pioneer Appliance
Memorial Day holiday traffic toll tops 370 deaths
The Associated Press reports 370 traffic fatalities during the 78 hour Memorial Day period, with 127 drownings and 33 miscellaneous deaths. Kansas saw two drownings and two fatal accidents, including a Parsons milk truck crash killing a mother and three children.
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Associated Press
Ades Prins
Ciscoceves
Kansas
Shania Eie
Chasen
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Parsons
Jimmie Joe Pearce
Joe
Laura Gail
Mike
Allen Leroy ‘Hastings
Wright
Kent Gleason
Dodge City
Spearville
Gleasons
Missouri
Steel Industry to Boost Output for Sixth Week
The American Iron & Steel Institute reports the steel industry will raise production for a sixth straight week as a key measure of economic health. Local factors and demand drive the continued increase across major producers.
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New York
American Iron& Steel Institute
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas Update
State Accident Records reports 5 deaths in the last 24 hours in Kansas. To date in 1958 the fatalities total 177, compared with 210 in the same period of 1957.
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Topeka
Kansas
Auto Workers Endure Uneasy Truce Without Contract
Nearly 500000 UAW members reported to 275 GM Chrysler and Ford plants nationwide with no contract in force. Ford and Chrysler contracts expired midnight Sunday, while GM and Chrysler reach precarious negotiations amid warnings against slowdowns or disruptions. Walter Reuchter urged members to avoid strikes and provocations.
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Auto Workers
Detroit
Auto
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
United Auto Workers Union
Walter P. Reuchter
UAW
Stern
Allen Eyes 220000 Estate Tax Ruling Sparks Debate
The attorney general rules about taxing Otto Hasse estate holdings as personal property may allow IOLA collection of roughly 213000 plus current taxes. Humboldt officials expect a protest from the estate and dispute how funds would be shared among county Humboldt city school district and state.
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Iola
Otto Hasse
Humboldt
Allen County
Hasse
Monarch Cement Co
Oregton
Robert Talkington
Talkington
Humboldt City
Kansan Injured in Water Skiing Accident
Kenneth Hall 52 head of Industrialist Chrome Co of Topeka Kansas suffered serious injuries in a water skiing accident near Springfield Missouri. He became entangled with a boat propeller and was unconscious on arrival at the hospital.
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Springfield
Kenneth Hall
Chrome Co
Topeka
Kan
Hall
Erie City Garage Progress Reported
Erie city officials say work on the new maintenance garage near the electric plant is advancing. The 20 by 30 foot concrete block structure will free space for the city generator. floor work is underway with walls and roof finished. The project, approved by the city commissioners in March, carries an estimated $3,000 for construction. The new engine and generator, about $141,250, are expected in late August or September.
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ERIE
City Electric
Jim White
Harvey
Blast Kills Two and Destroys Town in Illinois
A railroad tank car explosion in Mount Pulaski Illinois killed two crew members and seriously injured one. The blast damaged about two thirds of the town's 400 homes, left around 1 000 homeless, and caused over a million dollars in damage. National Guardsmen were deployed to prevent looting as evacuations were ordered and two other tank cars were threatened.
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Mount
Illinois Central Railroad
National
Central Illinois
Boat Accident Fatal to Kansan Drowns at Bull Shoals Lake
Jerry Paxson, 29, foreman for the Rural Electric Co-Operative Association in Burlington Kansas, drowned when his fishing boat capsized on Bull Shoals Lake in Arkansas on Saturday.
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Burlington, Kan
Jerry Paxson
Rural Electric Co-Operative Association
Bull Shoals Lake
Arkansas
Rock Garden Near Benedict Cleans Up for Picnickers
An 83 year old farmer in Altoona, Harley Masters, who built a rock garden near Benedict for 23 years, struggles with weeds due to illness. Benedict residents plan a cleanup in coming days as friends and Mrs. Jim Wilson organize volunteers to restore the site famed for picnics and quirky rock creations. Masters plans to continue building walls and beds, forming more animal and face sculptures from rocks once weeds are removed.
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Altoona
Benedict
Harley Masters
Jim Wilson
Quiet Memorial Day Weekend Reported by Area Police
Erie county police highway patrol and sheriff report a quiet Memorial Day weekend. One arrest by Sheriff Lee Montgomery and Undersheriff Jack Reynolds. Leon Whitworth of Erie pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and fined 100 dollars plus costs. A rear fender damage incident involved a 1956 DeSoto. A reported tornado cloud prompted a patrol alert but no funnel seen. A stray 400 to 500 pound white faced steer from the Walter Ptasznik farm remains unfound.
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Highway Patrol
Sheriff's S Office
Erie
Lee Montgomery
Jack Reynolds
Leon Whitworth
Justice of the Peace Court
Jess Donaldson
St. Lincoln
E. Main
Chanute
Buffalo
Montgomery
Walter Ptasznik
Ptasznik
Three Fire Runs Made Here in May
Chanute firemen made only three runs during May with two incidents causing minor losses. A house and a car sustained slight damage and a grass fire was the third call. Through May 1 this year the department has answered 43 calls versus 60 in the same period last year.
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Chanute
Altoona High School bond vote slated for 275000
A 275000 bond proposal to build a new Altoona Rural High School will be voted on Wednesday at the Altoona High School auditorium. Polls run 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. The plan calls for a fireproof steel building with brick exterior, concrete and hayans slock interior, a 600 seating capacity, locker rooms, a stage, lobby lunchroom and concession area, multiple classrooms, offices, and facilities. Enrollment last year was 74.
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Altoona
Altoona Rural High School
Altoona High School
Pachases Ulation
Partly Cloudy Area Outlook and Kansas Weather Summary
Forecaster notes partly cloudy to cloudy weather and mild temps through Tuesday with nightly lows 65 to 70 and highs 85 to 90 in Kansas. Earlier, a weekend of hail rain winds and a tornado damaged crops near Ottawa. Dodge City saw .16 inch rain and scattered storms affected west central areas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Ottawa
Dodge City
Weather Bureau
Salt Plant Planned Near Great Bend by Davis and Partners
Robert F. Davis of Great Bend and Mid-Continent Securities Co. of Wichita announce formation of a new corporation to build a $376,000 salt production plant at Pawnee Rock, about 12 miles southwest of Great Bend.
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Great Bend
Robert FE. Davis
Mid- Continent Securities Co
Wichita
Paw‘nee Rock
French Senate Considers De Gaulle Powers For Six Months
Paris AP reports the National Assembly approved sweeping powers for General de Gaulle to rule by decree for six months to resolve France's crisis. The measure heads to the Senate as De Gaulle seeks authority to revise the constitution and reorganize overseas ties before a planned Algeria trip. The coalition cabinet is named and Eisenhower and Dulles plan a foreign policy conference on Franco American relations and Soviet nuclear talks.
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Paris
National Assembly
Premier de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Algeria
Assembly
France
de Gaulles
Guy Mollet
Pierre Pflimlin
Charles de Gaulle
Pierre Guillaumat
Popular Republican
MRP
Louis Jacquinot
Independent Republican
Felix Houphouet-Boigny
African Democratic Rally
RDA
Michel Debre
Social Republican
Gaullist
Max Leje
Washington
Eisenhower
Dulles
Soviet Union
Tot Drowns In Cistern In Sedan Back Yard
Terry Allen Ellinwood two percent year old son of Mr and Mrs Jack Ellinwood of 1202 S Edith drowned Saturday night after falling into a cistern in the Dickens back yard while visiting in Sedan He was recovered from about eight feet of water after seven minutes but died Survived by his parents two sisters Susanne 5 and Jill 9 months The funeral was set for today in Ulysses Kansas City farm equipment company employee parents relocate from Hutchinson earlier this year
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Terry Allen Ellinwood
Jack Ellinwood
S. Edith
Ronnie Dickens
Sedan
Clanute
Hutchinson
Ellinwood
Kansas City
Susanne
Jill
Dickens
William Walker
Chautauqua ‘County
Cleo Maddox
Ulysses
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Gene Morris
Ronald Oliver
Dana Williams
Richard Durham
B. A. Morris Iee
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Oks de Gaulle
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Eft
Ray Riffel
Erie City Garage
Steele
White
Blast
Wasser
Ady
Rock Garden
Masters
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