House Okays Ike's Program For Trade
The House approved a five year extension of the reciprocal trade program, defeating a two year limit backed by Rep. Simpson. President Eisenhower won a major legislative victory as most Democrats supported the administration to preserve tariff making authority. House leaders backed the president's bid to retain control over tariff decisions.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Richard M. Simpson
D-Pa
Tariff Commission
Congress
United States
Frozen Strawberries Almost Thawed On Hot Highway
In Carthage Missouri highway patrolmen faced 54 340 pounds of perishable foods on a hot day after arresting William Gordon Sproull 34 of Joplin for a truck overweight violation. He lacked funds for the $570 fine and was jailed until his employer Charles Dale Coit of Hampton Iowa sent money to release him, allowing the refrigerated truck to run again.
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Carthage
William Gordon Sproull
Joplin
Sproull
Charles Dale Coit
Hampton
Iowa
First '58 Wheat Reaches Wichita First
The Wichita Board of Trade reported the first two 1958 Kansas wheat cars arriving. One car from Corwin in Harper County tested 62.8 pounds 13.9 moisture 11.0 protein. The other from Corbin in Sumner County tested 62.4 pounds 15.3 moisture 11.0 protein.
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Wichita, Kas
Wichita Board of Trade
Kansas Wheat
Farmers Co-Op Business Assn
Corwin
Harper County
Wallingford
Corbin
Sumner County
Eliminate Parking Exemptions and New Third Ward Precinct
City commission moves to end parking meter exemptions except for federal vehicles and issue annual $24 licenses for unrestricted metered parking with decals. A new third ward precinct will use Lincoln school as polling place, replacing the second precinct.
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Third Ward
George Donaldson
Tom Morehead
R. J. Hayes
Donaldson
Chanute
Hayes
South Allen
Lincoln School
Central
11Th
18Th
Highland
Veterans of Foreign Wars
City Park
Severe weather hits Kansas with tornado near El Dorado
Topeka AP reports a killing tornado struck El Dorado amid hail and high winds in southern Kansas. Thunderstorms began yesterday afternoon and spread, knocking down power poles at Plains and sparking a swath of severe weather across eastern and western Kansas.
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Topeka
el Dorado
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Elmdale
Yates Center
Stanta
Plains
Smoky Hill
Howard
Fredonia
Independence
Gridley
Thayer
Heston
Virgil
Longton
Winfield
Sedan
Toronto
Coffeyville
Goodland
Wichita
Hill City
Father of boy killed in collision dies of injuries
The father Elmer F. Harms 41 of Newton died from injuries sustained in yesterday’s crash near Moundridge. His son James E. Harms 10 was killed instantly when his pickup collided with a sand truck.
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Moundridge
Elmer F. Harms
Newton
James E. Harms
Harms
Tornado devastates El Dorado area killing 13
A violent tornado ripped through El Dorado Kansas destroying about 40 square blocks of new homes. At least 13 people were killed and 49 injured with many missing in the debris. National Guard units aided searches as 150 homes and an elementary school were damaged or destroyed.
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el Dorado
Huell Warren
Frank Tiffany
EL Dorado, Kan
W. W. Goodwin
National Guard
Kansas Turnpike Highway Patrol
Lloyd S. Vincent
Severe Area Storm Hits Chanute and Surrounding Towns
A wind packed storm with hail and lightning damaged crops, trees, buildings, and power and telephone lines across Chanute and nearby communities. One man, M. J. Fairbanks, 815 S. Ashby, was critically burned by a downed line near his home. Widespread damage reported in Erie and at St. Paul, Thayer, Alton and Buffalo. Linemen worked overnight, outages affected about 200 telephone subscribers, and crews expected continued repairs today. Authorities described the storm as among the worst in 50 years in the region.
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J. Gordon James
Dallas
Tex
el Dorado Hospital
James
Turnpike
Maj. Vincent
Charles W. Wheeler
Wheeler
Shirley
Sharon
el Dorado
National Guard
Augusta
Chanute
M. J. Fairbanks
S. Ashby
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Erie
St. Paul
Thayer
Altond
Buffalo
Humboldt
Fred Mosier
R. J. Hayes
Albert E. Endres
Southwest Bell Telephone Company
Joplin
Endres
Don Wells
Wells
J. J. Hoagland
South Grant
County Fairgrounds
Charles Forsyth
North Main
Lawrence Shaffer
Erie Cafe
James White
Eric
Gus Cox
East Germany Pledges Quick Return of Nine Americans
Berlin reports East Germany promises the swift release of nine U S Army personnel and their helicopter if the United States acts in a normal and reasonable manner. The editorial notes possible accidental entry and confirms the air space violation while avoiding trial as spies.
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East Germany
Red
German Democratic Republic
Ministry of Defense
Volksarmee
Wichita trucker killed in Missouri crash
Charles Jester of Wichita Kansas died when his tractor trailer left U S 40 and struck a rock embankment near the junction of U S 65 and 40 at Marshall Missouri. He was a driver for G and W Truck Line of Wichita.
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Marshall, Mo
Wichita
Kan
Charles Jester
G. and W
Marshall
Traffic Fatalities Reported In Topeka Kansas
Traffic fatalities in Topeka are listed by the State Accident Records Section. In the last 24 hours three deaths, to date in 1958 one hundred eighty nine. The same period in 1957 shows two hundred twenty five fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tornado Briefs From El Dorado Kansas
National Guard units from Newton Augusta Wichita and El Dorado sent to disaster duty to search for dead and missing and to keep spectators out of the devastated area. El Dorado tornado ranks as third deadliest in Kansas history with at least 13 killed and toll feared to rise. Rolla A. Clymer editor of the El Dorado Times estimates the tornado was in stage.
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Wisconsin
el Dorado
Bob Lemon
Kansas Highway Patrol
Nancy Kerschner
Raedio
KBTO
Oil Hill
4-H Club
Wichita
Boeing Airplane Co
McConnell Air Force Base
Orf
National Guard
Newton
Augusta
137Th Infantry Regiment
226Th Engineers
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Udall
Prescott
Kas
Rolla A. Clymer
The
el Dorado Times
Tornado Death Toll Reaches Thirteen In El Dorado
El Dorado Kansas reports thirteen dead after Tuesday tornado. Victims include Arthur Sharping and Arthur Jenkins with wife Mary, Roberta Daniels 24 and her son John Jr., Howell Phillips and family, W M Cantrell, James Kirby 42 of Clinton Missouri, William Carter Welty, and Bessie Diaz 48 among others. The list names multiple households and a refinery project worker.
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Arthur Sharping
Arthur Jenkins
Mary
Roberta Marie Daniels
John Jr
Howell Phillips
John
W. M. Cantrell
James Kirby
Clinton
William Carter Welty
Bessie Diaz
Tornado Rips El Dorado Causing Home Loss and Oddities
A tornado in El Dorado destroyed parts of homes on the Clymer and Hall properties. Rollin Robertson found his car pushed into the garage and out again. Mrs. Ernest Hall described plaster falling as the roof blew away, yet her piano remained unscratched.
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EL Dorado
Rollin Robertson
Bohlander Family Visits After Mercy Hospital Surgery
Mrs. Charles Bohlander of Stark underwent surgery Tuesday morning at Mercy Hospital in Parsons. Her sons and families from Pam pa Texas joined Darroll Bohlander and Larry Bohlander to be with her.
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Charles Bohlander
Stark
Mercy Hospital
Parsons
Merle Bohlander
Darrell Bohlander
Larry
Pampa
Tex
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