Left Hand Theft and Vehicle Accident Reported
A suit of clothes and two pairs of men’s trousers were stolen overnight from a car owned by Bud Conklin in the business district. Another car driven by John R. Pine collided with William S. Biggs’s car, causing damage to Pine’s rear fender while Biggs’s car remained undamaged. Jury hearings set for Erie District Court with filed charges of assault with intent to kill against Henry Field and Ike Jones from Chanute, plus a civil case Michael McKernen vs. Chanute Country Club. Eggs grading division discussed by Neosho Valley Cooperative Creamery Association. Memorial Building’s Community Room to be renovated for district city and police court use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Conklin
John R. Pine
W. 6Th
William S. Biggs
N. Garfield
Pine
Biggs
Erie
Henry Field
Ike Jones
Chanute
Showers Expected Tonight With Scattered Thunderstorms
Kansas weather bulletin reports rain across the eastern two-thirds of the state with moisture totals from 0 to 2.15 inches overnight. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies through Sunday with scattered showers and thunderstorms and temperatures ranging from the 40s to near 60 tonight and in the 70s to 80s Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topekap
Kansas
Chanute
Moran
Fort Scott
Iola
Trading Post
Garnett
Emporia
Elmdale
Lebo
Osawatomie
Ottawa
Quenemo
Lyndon
Eyes Stolen From Petersburg Hotel Room
Petersburg police report a thief broke into a hotel room and stole 10 glass eyes leaving investigators to search for the suspect. The incident underscores concerns about room security in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Chanute Greets Fran Bera at Airport Welcome
Chanute hailed Fran Bera, famed woman flyer, as she arrived by light plane at the local airport. Mayor Charles Rice presented her a key to Chanute while the Senior Girl Scouts offered a corsage. Bera will depart for Washington D C to enter the International air race for women beginning June 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
Fran Bera
Charles Rice
Bera
Topeka
Mayor Rice
Washington D. C
Washington
Havana
Cuba
AeroDuct,Inc
AeroDuct
Tioga
Hewitt
Britons Take It In Rail Strike
By James F. King London English commuters endure a week long railway strike reducing service to skeleton levels. Despite hardship hundreds of thousands still reach work on time with many starting earlier and waiting in lines as they share stories of improvised travel and a stoic, almost wartime, spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Appeal to High Court in Murder Conviction
Henry Mendzlewski also known as Harry Boyle appealed to the State Supreme Court from a Geary County first degree murder conviction. He, 46, was sentenced to life imprisonment last November for the killing of his wife Jan. 14, 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PEKAP
Henry Mendzlewski
State Supreme Court
Geary County
Mendzlewski
Harry Boyle
Jan
Traffic Fatalities Update From State Accident Records
In the last 24 hours a single date in 1955 is listed for Topeka Kansas traffic fatalities. The same period for 1954 shows one entry as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topekap
Kansas
Ostend Hotel on Atlantic City Boardwalk Collapses
A 200 room Ostend Hotel on the Atlantic City boardwalk collapsed in flames early today leaving only a chimney and wall. About 2,000 spectators watched as eight people were led out in nightclothes and three firemen and two others were slightly hurt. Authorities cite an undetermined third floor fire origin. Co owner Betty Deitch says renovations cost a fortune and opened April 4. Appraiser estimates property and contents at $200000.
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Atlantic City
WN. J
Ostend
Ploye
Betty Deitch
Esther Boyar
Four U.S. pilots freed from Red China arrive in Hawaii
Four jet pilots held over two years in Communist China returned to the United States and faced a hectic reunion schedule in Honolulu. Major William McGinty said they have had little time with families due to dentist appointments and interrogations at Air Force headquarters. The group includes Lt. Col. Edwin Heller, Capt. Harold Fischer, Lt. Lyle Cameron, and Lt. Roland Parks, who arrived from Hong Kong as families were brought in on a rescue flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Red China
Air Force
Washington
William McGinty
Edwin Heller
Wynnewood
Harold E. Fischer
Swea City
Iowa
Lyle Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
Roland W. Parks
Omaha
Hong Kong
Special Air Force
Hawaii
Atomic Bomb Tests No Health Hazard Says AEC Expert
Dr Willard F Libby of the Atomic Energy Commission told the University of Chicago alumni reunion that atomic bomb tests pose no real health hazard. He noted fallout would expose Americans to about one twentieth of their natural yearly radioactivity, with US contamination around one one thousandth of a roentgen per year as of January 1. He cautioned that a fatal single dose starts near 400 roentgens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Atomic Energy Commission
University of Chicago
Willard F. Libby
AEC
United States
Paris Refuses 10000 Troops to Aid Algeria Guerilla War
Government calls up 10,000 troops in Paris to assist operations against guerillas in the Algerian mountains as attacks persist in French North Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parisp
French North Africa
Paris
Wage Floor Hike Backed by Senate Panel
A Washington based Senate labor subcommittee recommended raising the interstate minimum wage to 1.10 dollars per hour, higher than President Eisenhower's proposal of 75 cents and above the current 75 cent level. The measure targets workers in interstate commerce and seeks to set a new federal floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Labor Subcommittee
Eisenhower
Woman's Death Investigated in Erie Case
Investigation into the death of Mrs. Gene Morrison of Erie continues with county and local police. Her skull fracture is blamed. Morrison claims she jumped from a car during an argument. A cigarette lighter found near the roadside is discussed and he offers to take a lie detector test.
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Gene Morrison
Erie
Kansas City
Tom Morehead
Morrison
Charles Forsyth
Lee Montgomery
John Phelps
Chanute
Glad
Violence Threat Lands in Britain Rail Strike Upset
Britain's seven day rail strike faces a violence threat as nonstriking members report intimidation by strikers at home. ASLEF and NUR accuse actions overshadowing talks while 167 freighters idle at six ports and 130 seamen walk off Mauretania.
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London
Britain
Mauretania
Southampton
Stockport
National Union of Rail Waymen
NUR
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers
James Baty
ASLEF
New York
Liverpool
Kelsey Granted Executive Clemency by Gov Hall
E Kelsey of Neosho County received clemency from Gov Fred Hall at May 26 hearings. His two to 20 year sentence for forgery was reduced to one to 10 years, with Neosho County District Court sentencing on April 13 1949. Chanute police arrested him on bad check charges.
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E. Kelsey
Neosho County
Fred Hall
Associated Press
Topeka
Kelsey
Chanute
New Kansas Wheat Reaches Kansas City
The first carload of new Kansas wheat arrived in Kansas City from Independence, six days earlier than last year. It sold at $2.28 a bushel and graded as sample hard with .59 pounds, 16.7 percent moisture and 12.05 percent protein.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Independence
Boy Drowns in Kansas River Wading Incident
Darrell Jones, 12, drowned in the Kansas River in Lawrence while wading yesterday. Authorities investigated the accidental death and identified the location near the riverfront where the incident occurred.
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Lawrence
Kas
Wray
Darrell Jones
Kansas River
UAW Battles Ford and GM on Dual Fronts for Contracts
Detroit June 4 The CIO United Auto Workers presses contract talks with Ford and General Motors aiming to combine gains. Ford faces a 36 hour strike deadline with a 140000 workforce. GM talks proceed with extra grace and new pension and wage concessions reportedly considered.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
Ford
General Motors
UAW
Barbara Graham Dies Calmly in California Gas Chamber
Barbara Graham, 32, was executed in San Quentin after two stays postponed her death by nearly an hour. She faced the gas chamber with calm as two male accomplices, Jack Santo and Emmett Perkins, followed three hours later. The three were convicted in a 1953 murder tied to a Los Angeles area crime in which a widow hid a rumored fortune.
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San Quentin
Calif
Barbara Graham
California
Jack Santo
Emmett Perkins
Graham
Mabel Monahan
Burbank
Monahan
Las Vegas
Driver Assessed Fines In Police Court Here
Robert Smith sixteen of Stark was fined 150 in police court for operating a motor car while under the influence and illegal transportation. John Stewart seventeen of Elsmore was fined 25 for illegal transportation. Both pleaded guilty after an open bottle was found in the car.
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Robert Smith
Stark
John Stewart
Elsmore
Smith
Stewart
Early Integration Moves Begin in Atlanta
NAACP leaders meet in Atlanta as lawyers file a petition with the Atlanta Board of Education seeking immediate reorganization of schools. The action targets the nine parents of 19 Atlanta Negro students and cites the Supreme Court decisions ending segregation. Local officials note the move follows the May 31 directive.
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Atlanta
National Assn. For the Advancement of
South
NAACP
Atlanta Board of Education
U.S. Supreme Court
Ira Jarrell
Board of Education
Jarrell
Supreme Court
Cr. L. Harper
U.S. District Court
U.S. District Courts
Harper
Senator Seeks Bar on Contracts for Guilty Firms
Senator Ervin urges barring firms found to have paid graft to government employees from future Pentagon contracts as the Senate Investigations subcommittee probes uniform items purchases. Hearings resume to question Harry Lev over a two million dollar sailor cap contract with alleged bribe claims. Lev and Levy named, Wool denies bribery claims.
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Washington P
Sen
Ervin
D-Nc
Pentagon
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sen. McClellan
Harry Lev
Chicago
Lev
New York
Leon M. Levy
Marvin Rubin
Levy
Air Force
Raymond Wool
Wool
Shelby
Ohio
Girl Scouts Plan Camps for Summer Sessions
Registration deadline approaches for Brownie and Girl Scout camps. Brownies meet June 13 for a week with daily 1 15 pm departures and 7 45 pm returns from Central Park. Girl Scout camp runs June 20 for one week with Loreen Carson as director at Camp Wonderwood.
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Kelley Erickson
N. Kansas
Loreen Carson
Central Park
Wonder
No Reports Indicate Release of Americans
Hong Kong reports say there are no new indications of American fliers being released by Communist China. This follows earlier forecasts of four and a claim of 11 more within 24 hours, which officials in Hong Kong New Delhi and Manila dispute.
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Hong Kong
Red
New Delhi
Insurance Adjusters Converge on Blackwell
More than 20 insurance adjustors have converged on Blackwell to settle damages from the May 25 tornado that killed 20 people and caused extensive losses. By yesterday 1,100 damage claims were filed with the Controlling General Adjustment Bureau, Inc., representing over 200 underwriters.
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Blackwell
Okla
General Adjustment Bureau, Inc
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Michael McKernen
Chanute Country Club
Neosho Valley Cooperative Creamery Assn
G. C. Freeby
Freeby
Association
Tulsa
Alvin Hewitt
Tribune
James F. King
High Court
Honolulu
U. S
Santo
Husky
Perkins
Guard Young
Chester
Municpal
Beverly Knox
N. Forest
Sheila Bray
Girl Scouts
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