Local People and Visits Highlight Benedict Briefs
Mr and Mrs Kent Blackwood of Owensboro Ky visit Mrs Hilda Haines and C D Blackwood with Blackwood set to return Friday Mrs Blackwood to stay longer. Mr and Mrs William A Claus of Las Cruces NM return home after ten day visit with Harold Claus Floyd Claus and Leroy Claus. Charles B Stone 78 Benedict hospitalized since May 9 after a gasoline stump burning incident and skin grafting. Mr and Mrs George W Brown of Wichita dine with Benedict family and Brown and Doris June Woolery wed in Wichita on June 6. Dr Clyde Brewster Independence district superintendent of Methodists will be at Benedict for 11 15 service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent Blackwood
Owensboro, Ky
Hilda Haines
C. D. Blackwood
Blackwood
Owensboro
William A. Claus
Las Cruces
N. M
Harold Claus
Floyd Claus
Chanute
Leroy Claus
Topeka
Civil Service
White Sands Proving Gound
New Mexico
Charles B. Stone
Benedict
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Geroge W. Brown
Wichita
G. O. Brown
Shirley
Benedict. Brown
Doris June Woolery
Christian Church
Clyde Brewster
Independence
Altoona
Homer Bretches
Bob Troutman
Tribune
Lee Ann
I. J. Wiles
Harry Troutman
Alta Aldridge
O. R. Harris
Harold Duncan
Allie Harbert
E. L. Wagaman
Indépendence
Wagaman
Jewel Ryan
Mazie Falk
Richard Streets
Rolland Elliott
Manhattan
Methodist Church
Louella Murphy
Aun
Frank Geer
Herbert Forsythe
Shepards
Phyllis Wiles
J. D. Follick
Bill Follick
Leota Sharp
Missionary Society to Meet at Mexican Baptist Church
The Hannah Missionary Society will gather Friday at 2 p.m. at the Mexican Baptist church with a social hour at 3 30 in the home of Mrs Ignacio Gonzalez. Mrs Harold Anderson of 1801 W Main reports that during a family trip to Milton Freewater and Walla Walla her husband and two sons joined John Rubew at Umatilla Canning Co. The note describes the company freezing 45 to 50 tons of peas daily and cites a dust storm in Walla Walla last week with dust rain and lightning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah Missionary Society
Mexican Baptist Church
Ignacio Gonzales
Harold Anderson
W. Main
John Rubew
Walla Walla
Wash
Carl
Ruben
Umatilla Canning Co
Milton- Freewater
Ore
Columbia River
Canning Company
Kansas
Memorial Hospital Admittances and Dismissals List
Daily Transcript records hospital entries for Wednesday including Mrs. Julia Ashley and others admitted for medical care, James E. Smedley awaiting surgery, Mrs. Frank Giles dismissed, Jessie Osborn and others discharged, plus a birth recorded for Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Jensen a girl at 309 W. 6th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Peterson
Humboldt
Elmer Pilgrim
S. Denman
Phillip Jensen
Kansas farm income holding about level with 1955
Topeka Kansas farm income for 1956 shows a level with 1955. State revenue director John Kirchner said early returns indicated a 20 percent drop, but later figures bring total income close to 1955. A sampling from 15 rural counties shows western Kansas farmers earned less, while eastern and central Kansas reported higher income in 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
John Kirchner
Kirchner
Taste for Nice Things Drives Bookkeeper's Revelations
A Los Angeles woman bookkeeper admitted to detectives a taste for "nice things" and described how the pursuit of luxury led to substantial expenses. She outlined purchases and methods used to fund them, revealing the financial strain and potential misuses of funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Woman Arrested on Embezzlement Suspicions Over $20000
Paige Marjorie Wright, 31, a transfer company employee, was arrested on suspicion of embezzling about $20000. She reportedly spent around $5000 on clothes and car repairs and burned the remaining funds, telling officers she burned the money to hide further spending from friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paige Marjorie Wright
Deaths and Funeral Notices in Lyons and Chanute
Harry F. Gaughan 77 a retired painter died at Neosho Memorial Hospital. He lived at 925 N Western and was born February 15 1880 in Earlton. He married Sarah Comstock June 6 1947 and is survived by three children a sister in Hawaii a brother in Coffeyville and several nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements by Wilson Johnson Mortuary are incomplete. Mary Ellen Lyers funeral was held in Wilson-Johnson chapel with Rev Judd Jones officiating. Burial followed at Elmwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry F. Gaughan
Neosho Memorial Hospital
N. Western
Gaughan
Earlton
Chanute
Sarah Comstock
Samuel Wickey
Hawaii
William
Coffeyville
St. Pattrick’s Catholic Church
Wilson-Johnson Mortuary
Lyons
Mary Ellen Lyers
Swilson-Johnson Chapel
Judd Jones
First Methodist Church
Dale Stemple
Ethel Reno
Hazel Slane
Ivory
Mmes
Arthur Gaughan
Belle Leighty
Bertha Jeffery
Erick Axcell
0. H. Bates
Charles DeBolt
Steve Stanfield
E. B. Blakely
Requiem Mass Saturday For Jimmy Dorsey
NEW YORK A Requiem Mass will be offered at St Patrick's Cathedral Saturday at 10 a.m. for bandleader Jimmy Dorsey who died yesterday of lung cancer. Burial will be in Annunciation church cemetery Shenandoah Pa. Jimmy 53 died 62 months after his brother Tommy 51 who choked to death in his sleep in Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Jimmy Dorsey
Dorsey
Annunciation Church Cemetery
Shenandoah
Jimmy
Tommy
Jane Porter
Connecticut
Stone Age laws block GOP drive
Republican strategists Meade Alcorn and I Lee Potter told President Eisenhower that certain Southern state laws could bar GOP congressional candidates in many Dixie districts next year. They urged plans for Operation Dixie to gain seats in 1958 across 12 Southern and border states and said the party could net eight House seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Dixie
Meade Alcorn
Republican National Committee
I. Lee Potter
South
Congress
Alcorn
Potter
Dr Albrecht Named English Chair at University of Kansas
Dr. William Price Albrecht has been appointed professor and chairman of the English department at the University of Kansas by Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy. He comes from the University of New Mexico where he taught for eleven years, succeeding acting chairman A C Edwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
William Price Albrecht
University of Kansas
Franklin JD. Murphy
Albrecht
University of New Mexico
A. C. Edwards
House Group Cuts $4 Billion From President Requests
Washington reports the House Appropriations Committee approved the last of 12 regular bills, trimming about 4.04 billion dollars from Eisenhower’s requests. It funds Army Engineers river and harbor programs and other agencies while reducing prior totals and eliminating three new starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
Army Engineers
Reclamation Bureau
Bonneville Power Administration
Southeastern Power Administration
Southwestern Power Administration
Congress
Washington P
House Appropriations Committee
Budget Bureau
Cedar Bluff
Eas
Farwell
Neb
Shoshone Extensions
Wyo
Missouri Basin
Bostwick
Kas
Kirwin
Webster
Bluff
Mississippi River
Ceme
Jet pilot Lt George Norbut Killed in Wisconsin Crash
The death of Lt. George T. Norbut of St Louis is reported after an emergency landing crash near Scott Field Wisconsin. Norbut a 29 year old Air Force jet pilot formerly played for Chanute Athletics in KOM league. He was ferrying an F102 from California to Wright Patterson base when engine failure caused a crash in a wooded area short of the Scott Field runway. He was unmarried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Norbut
St. Louis
Scott Field
Norbut
Air Force
Chanute Athletics
W. Brennan
Mrs. Brennan
California
Wright Patterson
Dayton
Local Happenings Roundup in Altoona Community News
Community notices and short portraits from Altoona and nearby areas. Fire loss honored residents Homer Bretches and family. births, weddings, school election results, church services, and visits to Wichita, Chanute, and Emporia noted.
Verdegris Valley 4-H Club Hosts Ice Cream Supper
The Verdegris Valley 4 H club sponsored an ice cream supper at the Methodist church Monday evening. Delbert Murphy on furlough from the U S Armed Forces in Washington visits his mother Mrs Louella Murphy. Guy Hall, formerly in Salina, visits friends here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ily
Oklahoma City
Okla
William Wilson
May Wilson
Verdegris Valley
4-H Club
Methodist Church
Delbert Murphy
U. S
Washington
Louella Murphy
Guy Hall
Salina
Balance of Bikes On Nantucket Island
Rep. Robert F. Mooney reports Nantucket has 4 100 bicycles and about 3 500 residents. He urges legislation to build bicycle paths on the island 30 miles off Cape Cod in Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Nantucket Island
Robert F. Mooney
Nantucket
Mooney
Cape Cod
Bond Business Distributed Across Agencies in Kansas
Topeka officials report state bonds and insurance for officials are spread among multiple agencies with some placed with Democrats and some with Republicans. Neese Gray Adams Insurance of Richland and Dunn Docking Insurance of Arkansas City are named among firms writing bonds since the Democratic administration began. Georgia Neese Gray and Robert Docking are connected to these firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
William C. Salome
Department of Administration
Salome
Neese-Gray-Adams Insurance Agency
Richland
Dunn-Docking Insurance Agency
Arkansas City
Georgia Neese Gray
Huge Missile Crashes Near Children in Erica Virginia
A large conventional target projectile misfired and crashed 50 yards from a group of children at a Westmoreland County cottage area near Erica. No injuries reported as the missile buried into a yard and an investigation is underway at Dahlgren Naval Proving Grounds.
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Erica
Navy
Dahlgren Naval Proving Grounds
Ptomac River
Dahlgren
Westmoreland County
J. P. Gunter
Bon Air
Hogs Steady Cattle Lower in Kansas City Market Report
Kansas City livestock prices show hogs steady to strong with 3 000 head traded and sows steady, cattle mostly steady to good with cows and bulls varied. Parson bone yard reports mixed weights and veal values, while produce and grain futures reflect slight declines in wheat and mixed gains in corn.
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Kansas City
Kansas City W
USDA
Parsons
Chicago
Board of Trade
Grain Prices and Grades Reported in Local Market
The report lists corn prices by grade with No 3 and No 2 white ranges and oat figures for Nos 2 and 3. Milo maize and kafir priced 2.20 to 2.24. Soybeans quoted 2.30 to 2.33, barley 98 to 1.05, shorts 38.25 to 39.25, bran 36.25 to 37.00.
Secret wartime test linked to sterility claims by 12 soldiers
Connecticut lawyers claim a tank ordnance unit in World War II suffered radiation exposure during a secret experiment. They allege at least one soldier became sterile and others reported miscarriages and deformed or normal births among wives. The 9th Armored Division tested carbon arc lights on tanks near the Rhine, with millions of candlepower lamps, amid calls for a full Army investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eadeevekspaen
Bridgeport
Conn
Miries
GGE
WRBF
Raymond Lyddy
Connecticut
Lyddy
Tank Ordnance Company
New York Daily News
Washington
Army
Wilber Brucker
Wkt
Moe Tan Wa
Unicago
9Th Armored
Rhine
Obsolete ships praised for still serving in Navy review
Adm. Arleigh Burke applauds aging naval ships during a review aboard the command cruiser Northampton. He notes the vessels are old but capable of mine sweeping and submarine sinkings if needed, though the role is tougher with the older gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adm
Arleigh A. Burke
Naval Operations
Burke
Yetical
Northampton
Window Fan Mishap Fatal to Woman
Mrs. Lillian Janet Horseman 48 died in Kansas City when a window fan apparently caused the accidental death. Her husband Earl found her body on the floor with the fan still running upon returning home from work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kas
Lillian Janet Horseman
Earl
Formation Breaks Up After International Naval Review
Norfolk Va ships of the United States and 17 foreign nations broke formation during a grand international review that stretched 14 miles from anchorage to shore. Many vessels, old and aging, signaled the twilight of an era as they moored, marking a swan song for a still proud display of naval might.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
United States
Police Items Missing During Convention
In Biloxi Mississippi police investigate the theft of three items from the Mississippi Law Enforcement Assn annual meeting. Two police sirens and a parking meter disappeared yesterday from the convention exhibition hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biloxi
Miss
Mississippi Law Enforcement Assn
Man Charged With Unlicensed Liquor Sale
Police served Tom England of 121 North Ashby with a warrant by County Attorney Charles Forsyth for selling liquor without a license. A city court hearing is scheduled for 4 p.m. tomorrow. the alleged sale date is April 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom England
N. Ashby
Charles F. Forsyth
England
Jin City Court
Tom Morehead
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B.M.A. — Life, Health, Accident & Group
Daily Transcript
Elmwood Cemetery
William Albrecht
Lkes
St. Lawrence River Board
Elk City Reservoir
Wilson Reservoir
Tom Norbut
Mi.c.p
M.C.P
Zome
Bond Business Distributed
London
the Tribune
Yardley
Cologne
Natn
Calvert
Parsons Livestock
Chicago Grain
Kansas City Cash
Marshal White
The
Chanute Tribune
Wall Street
Tel&Telsenna
Ig ' Atchison
Ford
Motors
Mont Ward
Penney
JC Wee
Phill Petteree
Naval Review
Fine Watches
Elgin
Wadsworth
Mido
Anson
Speidel
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