Large street clock donated by Conklins in Chanute
The 60 plus year old clock once stood at a Kansas City clothing store before being placed in Chanute in front of the Conklin Jewelry Store. It was weight driven, later electrified, and removed from the street last week by a city worker. Also noted is a wild Sand deer seen near Earlton, plus Santa Fe Park improvements drawing inquiries from several cities and a favorable Memorial Day remark from E J Allison now of Ogden Utah.
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Chanute
Kansas City
Conklin Jewelry Store
Conklin
Santa Fe Park
Ross Cooper
E. J. Allison
Ogden
Utah
Memorial Day
Santa Fe Reservoir
Strike in Singapore Rattles Colonial Island
Five Chinese union leaders were arrested as a Communist backed general strike began in Singapore. Early government figures show about 17,000 workers stayed home, with 2,000 buses halted. The call went to 70,000 members across 36 unions, and officials warned the stoppage could spread.
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Singapore
Britain
New Office Building Planned For Steuben Street Area
Plans announced for a modern one story brick and monolithic concrete professional office building at 46 Steuben Street. The 3 000 square foot structure will house four office suites with potential for a fifth. Balch and Briley will own and turn over to a professional stockholder corporation. tenants include Balch & Briley attorneys J S Sterner Co accountants and Reeves engineer. Construction aims for late fall with air conditioning and off street parking.
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Steuben
Joe F. Balch
Robert L. Briley
Hugh T. Jones
Balch
Briley
Socony-Mobil
Main and Steuben
R. B. Reeves
Balch, Briley
Reeves
Hugh T. Jones Jr
H. A. Fitzpatrick
J. S. Sterner
G. W. McDowell
Balch & Briley
J. S. Sterner Co
Investors Diversified Services
Hugh Jones Jr
Salk Disagrees With Govt White Paper On Polio Vaccine
Dr. Jonas Salk voices disagreement with portions of the U S Public Health Service white paper on polio vaccine standards. He says tighter manufacturing rules may prevent deviations from intended procedures, citing earlier problems with some commercial vaccine lots due to interpretive wording. Salk sent a telegram to Surgeon General Leonard A Scheele, noting concurrence on some points and disagreement on others.
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Washington
Jonas E Salk
U.S. Public Health Service
Gen Nickell to View Armory Sites Here
Gen Joe Nickell of Topeka will visit Chanute on Wednesday to inspect sites for the Kansas National Guard armory. City officials including the city commission and City Manager Ross Cooper will accompany him on the tour. Several locations are proposed and must be approved by the Kansas Military Board before construction funds are shared. A adjourned city meeting is set for 7 30 p m Friday to continue site selection discussion.
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Joe Nickell
Topeka
Chanute
Kansas National Guard Armory
Ross Cooper
Kansas Military Board
Kansas
Gen. Nickell
National Guards
Military Board Commissioners
Weekend traffic mishaps injure one and damage several cars
Roy G. Babcock of Babcock Motors was injured when his car left the highway east of Chanute and collided with an eastbound car driven by Bertha M. Kennedy. Kennedy's car and Babcock's sustained front and wheel damage. Police recorded three noninjury mishaps including an open door struck near Forest and Elm, a rear bumper bump near Main and Santa Fe, and a curb park collision on Santa Fe near 10th involving Rosa Miley.
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Roy G. Babcock
Babcock Motors
E. Main
K39
Chanute
Babcock
Levee Road
Bertha M. Kennedy
Hershell S. Prather
S. Gretchen
Forest and
Elm
Ray A. Graham
Elm and Forest
Graham
Kenneth W. Algers
Main
Santa Fe
William F. Ewing
Humboldt
Ewing
Clyde Rhodes
Medford
Okla
Rosalie Miley
Rhodes
Miley
Massive Fargo grain elevator collapses with grain
A 20-tank, 122-foot Fargo Grain Terminal collapsed, dumping about 600000 bushels of grain. Completed last August at a cost of 390000 dollars, it was the largest privately owned ND storage facility. Owner Joseph Eichinger noted possible combustion as the cause. about half the grain may be unrecoverable.
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Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
Joseph Eichinger
Warm Upward Trend Brings Kansas Showers
Kansas weather forecast predicts a warming trend with new showers and thunderstorms spreading across the state tonight and Tuesday. Meteorologist Richard Garrett says storms start in the northwest, then shift west and later move east, with highs in the 70s to 80s and nighttime lows in the 50s.
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Topeka
Kansas
Richard Garrett
Garden City
Goodland
Garrett
Word Puzzle Clue Correction for No 8 Down
Readers are told how the No 8 clue should read in the prize puzzle to avoid confusion. The corrected clue reads would cause a certain amount of commotion if running loose on the street.
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Little $Tinker
Traffic Fatalities Reported In Topeka Area
State accident records list 2 fatalities in the last 24 hours. To date in 1955 there are 229. For the same period in 1954 the total was 232. An earlier fatality is included in this count.
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Topeka
Kansas
Eureka Prisoner In High Demand Across Cities
Eureka Kansas sheriff seeks guidance as Lester Omer Smith, 26, escapes Canton Tex jail during transfer. Smith faces burglary and forgery charges and is wanted by Wichita Parsons and Newton in state warrants. FBI and Kansas Bureau of Investigation may question him as Texas authorities press for custody.
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Greenwood
Eureka
Lester Omer Smith
Kansas Highway
Charles Williams
Smith
Canton
Tex
Lindamood
Williams
Kansas
Wichita
Parsons
Newton
California
Myrtle Springs
Lindawood
Texas
Gun Mishap Wounds Boy at Big Creek Fishing Site
Marion Francis Skeen an 11 year old son of Elliott and Mrs Skeen R 3 was seriously wounded by an accidental rifle discharge while fishing with family on Big Creek The boy was taken to Neosho Memorial Hospital where doctors report the condition as satisfactory aside from complications The 22 caliber rifle discharged when its bolt struck a car running board as the boy set the gun down to place his catch in the family motor car
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Marion Francis Skeen
Elliott Skeen
Big Creek
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Skeen
Plane Wreckage Found Stirs Local Mystery in Ripley
A farmer found a burned light plane at an isolated creek bank near a little used dirt road in Ripley Tennessee. Sheriff Oscar Griggs suspects the wreckage was dumped and burned to conceal evidence though he cannot explain the motive.
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Ripley, Tenn
Phe
Oscar Griggs
UAW Secures GM Contract Matching Ford Wage Plan
The UAW reached a three year contract with General Motors setting the now familiar wage plan and benefits seen at Ford. The agreement covers 375,000 workers, includes a union shop, and costs GM about 600 million dollars. The IUE also wins similar pay gains for 35,000 GM employees. Local strikes occurred at GM plants in Kansas City and Leeds before partial walkouts ended. Walter Reuther calls the GM deal a significant beachhead for wider industry gains.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Ford
Walter Reuther
UAW
Ford Motor Co
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
Auto Workers
Reuther
Harlow H. Curtice
Kansas City
General Motors
IUE
General Electric
Westinghouse
Walter P. Reuther
Chrysler Corp
American Motors
Studebaker-Packard
Kaiser
Parked Bus Vandalized at Coca Cola Plant Scene
Police report vandals damaged a parked bus owned by P A Fitzgibbon at the Coca Cola Bottling Co plant 111 S Central. They entered the plant, stole bottles, and damaged curtains lights mirrors and windows. Suspected repeat offenders linked to reports of tractor molestation at Lowe Implement Co nearby.
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Coca-Cola Bottling Company
S. Central
P. A. Fitzgibbon
N. Forest
Kansas Ordnance Plant
Lowe Implement Company
Swim Classes Delayed By Cold Weather
The American Red Cross Swimming School postpones two days for 629 enrolled swimmers due to unusually cool weather. Director Mrs. Kenneth Tebow hopes to start Wednesday if temperatures rise, else Monday. A large Thayer and Shaw community turnout had been registered.
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American Red Cross
Kenneth Tebow
Thayer
Shaw
18 Month Old Boy Found Dead in Lyons Water Tank
In Lyons Kansas 18 month old Dennis Dean Fuller was found dead in his grandfather's stock watering tank yesterday. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Paul Fuller of Lyons. Undersheriff Walter Morganfield said a workman found the boy in the tank.
Topekan Killed in Two-Car Kansas City Crash
Mrs Gus Roglitz of Topeka, age 85, died in a two car collision south of Kansas City yesterday. Six others were injured, none seriously. The crash occurred as emergency responders treated victims at the scene and police began an investigation.
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Kansas City
Kas
Gus Roglitz
Topeka
Here
Hartford Couple Die in Murder and Suicide
East Lyon County Coroner O D Harris said yesterday the deaths of Clair Herrick, 54, and Pauline Herrick, 49, appear to be murder and suicide. Herrick, a farmer, reportedly shot his wife with a shotgun and then killed himself. A magazine found at Herrick's feet bore a cover story: I had to kill my wife.
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Hartford
Lyon County
O. D. Harris
Clair Herrick
Pauline
Harris
Herrick
Liberal man drowns in Meade State Lake fishing incident
Bert D. Korpe, 29, of Liberal Kansas, fell from a boat and drowned while fishing at the state lake near Meade yesterday. He was a father of two children.
Russians Ok Geneva Meeting Set for July 18
The Soviet government accepted the Western powers on opening the Big Four top level talks in Geneva on July 18 in notes delivered to the United States Britain and France. A Soviet Foreign Ministry press conference publicized the note as U S officials prepared for high level discussions with President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles. The Kremlin also invited Chancellor Adenauer to Moscow for talks on normalizing U S S R relations.
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Moscow
Geneva
Foreign Ministry
U. S
Dulles
United States
Britain
France
Charles E. Bohlen
Washington
Eisenhower
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Jane Russell Injures Ankle on Film Set
Actress Jane Russell sprained her right ankle while filming a bathtub scene at the 20th Century Fox studio. An attendant at the studio hospital said the injury was painful but not serious.
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Hollywood
Jane Russell
20Th Century-Fox Studio
Wind Wrecks 30 Planes at Sky Harbor Airport
A 70 mph storm ripped through Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport wrecking 30 light planes and causing about 150000 dollars in damage. The loss left the airfield strewn with mangled aircraft and halted many flights as crews assessed the scene.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Sky Harbor
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Elmer Conklin
Don Porter
Earlton
Porter
John J. Sharp
Oklahoma
Pat
Wilson
Montgomery
Dr. Salk
Salk
Health Service
Esserce OS
Eureka, Kas.p
Ray Lindamood
Bernessa McAllister
Etta McAllister
Maize
Eas
Buick-Pontiac
Topekan
Elks’ Lake
Elks Club
Gibson- Kepley Hardware Store
Phillip Whitworth
Lincoln
Andrea Elaine Schommer
S. Malcolm
Sandra Sue Petty
Malcolm
Ronald Nicholson
Tribune
Rochelle Murray
Forest
David Cooper
Gibson-Kepley
Elks Lake
Bill Thomlison
Richard Baugh
Pat Cathers
S. Evergreen
Jerry Elrod
Joe Wasser
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