Kansas Scouts to hold statewide essay contest this summer
Kansas Boy Scouts will judge a statewide essay contest on What Scouting Means To Me this summer and fall for all Cubs Scouts and Explorers with prizes including a Philmont Ranch trip for explorers and a deluxe bicycle for top Scouts. Rules require 250 words or less and state winners announced October 20. The report also notes a dog bite incident involving Patricia Parker and a hospital treatment. Fire Chief Brennan notes a current streak without a fire call, with 14. fraction days so far this year and a 34 day no-run record from 1949.
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Kansas
John King
Emporia State College
Philmont
New Mexico
National 4 H Club Opens 25th Camp
The National 4 H Club opens its 25th camp in Washington with rural youth leaders from 46 states Hawaii and Puerto Rico attending. The camp runs through June 23 drawing about 200 top ranking members 100 club leaders and some 300 former attendees from past camps.
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Washington P
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Lawrence Firm Low Bidder for KU Allen Field House Grounds
Lawrence firm Low TOPEKAP Kansas Construction Co of Lawrence was the apparent low bidder at 159364 dollars yesterday for the contract to landscape grounds around Allen Field House at the University of Kansas. A motor car owned by Lyle Holman received side damage when bumped by an unidentified vehicle while parked at the country club, police report filed last night.
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Patricia Parker
Gene Parker
S. Grant
Topekap—Kansas Construction Co
Lawrence
Allen Field House
University of Kansas
Lyle Holman
Officials in Hideouts For Mock A-Bombing
Sirens warn of an atomic attack as President Eisenhower and about 15,000 officials flee Washington in a three day mock alert dubbed Operation Alert 1955. The exercise tests emergency reorganization and evacuation from 31 agencies to 48 major cities.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Fred A. Seaton
Gerald Martin
Dillon Anderson
Maxwell Rabb
Cabinet
Secret Service
White House
A-Bomb Alert Signals Nationwide Ground Drills
Reporters at a secret press HQ covered a theoretical atomic attack drill as Civil Defense officials announced a Yellow alert. Murray Snyder said two mock air raids were aimed at Midwest cities including Chicago Gary Flint and Toledo while leaders fled Washington for relocation centers. Alerts extended to Alaska Hawaii Puerto Rico and the Canal Zone with attacks expected in two to three hours.
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Washington
Murray Snyder
Eisenhower
Civil Defense Administration
Midwest
30Th
Swist Air Defense Command
Snyder
Chicago
Gary
Ind
Flint
Mich
Toledo
Ohio
Fort Wayne
Cleveland
Detroit
Pittsburgh
3Ist
St. Paul
Davenport
Iowa
Peoria
Wilson
Continental
United
Ates
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Canal Zone
Cat Owners Howl Over Pet Food Tax
Denver city health board proposes a 1 cent per pound tax on pet food to fund enforcement of a law. The rule targets dogs, who must be kept in yards or on leash after July 1.
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Denverpcat
City Board of Health
Flooded Tracks Wreck Train Kills Crewman
A Union Pacific streamliner the Los Angeles Challenger derailed six miles east of Fort Morgan Colorado after a flash flood washed out 200 feet of track. One crewman, George F Hobusch Jr of Sandy Utah, was killed and at least five others were seriously injured as firemen and volunteers evacuated passengers from the wrecked cars.
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Fort Morgan
Colo.Pi
Union Pacific
Colorado
Denver
Wildcat Creek
South Platte River
H. J. Peterson
Atomic Research Pact Signed by Four Nations
President Eisenhower presided as the United States, with Great Britain, Canada, and Belgium, signed agreements to cooperate on atomic research. The deals require Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy approval and aim at peaceful uses of atomic energy including power generation.
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Washington P
Eisenhower
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Belgium
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Bramblett Fined Five Thousand and Placed on Probation
Former Representative Ernest Bramblett of California was fined 5000 dollars and given one year of probation for falsifying his office payroll in a salary kickback scheme. He plans to appeal after a judge suspended the sentence and set four months to one year in prison, suspended.
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Washington
Ernest Bramblett
Calif
Bramblett
Walter M. Bastian
Hope Shivers Help Raise 2500 for Cerebral Palsy
Comedian Bob Hope Texas Governor Allan Shivers and others gathered in Austin to raise 2500 for cerebral palsy despite heat. The event drew several notable figures and supported a charitable cause.
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Austin
Tex.s
Bob Hope
Texas
Allan Shivers
Storm Produces Possible Tornado in Oklahoma Front
A storm front crossing western and central Oklahoma produced one possible tornado along with light hail and damaging winds. the system dissipated today in the eastern portion of the state.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Hospital Wing Bids Due July 18 At Neosho Memorial
Neosho Memorial Hospital plans a five ward wing to serve 22 patients with four wards of four beds and one six bed ward. Bids for construction are due 2 p m July 18 after approval of the 1956 budget and a $1 daily room rate increase to 8 50 for semi private and 10 50 for private rooms to cover rising costs from air conditioner installations.
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Neosho Memorial Hospital
County Board of Hospital Trustees
C. A. Campbell
Chanute
Henry Baker
Warmer Weather Returns With Scattered Showers Forecast
Kansas forecast shows a gradual warmup with mostly cloudy skies and thundershowers possible tonight and Thursday. Highs near 80s to mid 80s and lows 55 to 60, with heavy rains reported in Independence and surrounding counties shaping regional totals.
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Porecast
Topeka
Kansas
South Central
Armory site inspections by Kansas Guard official group
Adj. Gen. Joe Nickell surveyed proposed Kansas National Guard Armory sites today arriving from Topeka by plane. City Manager Ross Cooper Mayor Charles Rice and Commissioner J D Lightfoot joined Nickell examining locations on South Santa Fe West Seventh West Main and West Beach. The Kansas Military Board must approve a site as state and city share construction costs. Commissioners will continue discussing a location at Friday night session.
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Kansas National Guard
Adj
Joe Nickell
Kansas
Nickell
Topeka
Ross Cooper
Charles Rice
J.D. Lightfoot
South Santa Fe
West Seventh
West Main
West Beach
Kansas Military Board
Clearing Weather Sparks Wheat Harvest
Clearing weather allowed some combines in Kansas fields yesterday but harvest was not in full swing at any location. Officials forecast cutting could begin by June 20 from Concordia to the state southwest and opened branch offices at Meade and Hugoton as wheat in those regions remained unharvested. Wellington reported about 65 percent of the crop cut locally.
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Great Bend
Kas
Kansas Harvest Labor Office
Concordia
Hays
Meade
Hugoton
Wellington
Jet Pilot Killed in Olathe Area Jet Crash
A jet fighter FS9F7 crashed and exploded three miles south of Olathe injuring no one but killing Lt. John Hines Underwood Jr. 33, of Portsmouth Virginia. He was a jet flying student at the Olathe Naval Air Station. The crash occurred near two women tending a garden.
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Olathe, Kas
John Hines Underwood Jr
Portsmouth
Olathe Naval Air Station
Traffic Fatalities in State Records 1955 Update
Topeka reports state accident records showing 1 fatality in the last 24 hours. To date in 1955 totals 233 fatalities, compared with 236 in the same period of 1954.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansans Rally in D.C. to Stop Turtle Creek Dam Funding
A Washington bus tour by Kansas critics aims to persuade Congress to block further public works money for the Turtle Creek Dam project. Led by Manhattan residents including 79-year-old Fred Hall and 12-year-old Deanna Holt, the group argues the dam would flood 31 square miles of farmland and harm the local economy, despite Army Engineers' support for flood control.
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Washington
Congress
Turtle Creek Dam
Paul Reveres
Tuttle Creek
House Appropriations Committee
Curtis Phillips
Manhattan
Avery Jn Kas
Turtle Creek
Glenn Stockwell
Randolph
Fred Hall
Irving
Deanna Holt
Cleburne
Army
Kansas
Missouri
Kaw
Kansas Power & Light Co Critics Turtle Creek Dam Clash
The Kansas Star editorial says KP&L of Topeka is the main core of opposition to Turtle Creek Dam. A Kansas delegation seeks to defeat an appropriation to resume work as Congress considers river development amid farmers’ land sales concerns. KP&L president Ackers defends customers and says the utility will not back either side.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Star
Times
Kansas Power & Light Co
Topeka
Turtle Creek
Congress
Kansas
Washington
The
Star
National Assny of Electric Companies
Deane E. Ackers
Kp&l
Blue Valley
Ackers
National Assn. of Electric Companies
Amateur Beekeeper Is Stung to Death
Walter C. Crenshaw 47 a service station operator and life long amateur beekeeper was stung to death yesterday in Louisville. He was attacked by bees causing multiple stings and died in under ten minutes after the incident.
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Louisville
Walter C. Crenshaw
Marines Land PITTSBURGH with guardian aid for teen enlistment
Don Hartle aged 17, living with his aunt who had not legally adopted him, could not sign consent papers. Sgt Carl Volz, 23, arranged to be his legal guardian so Dan could enlist in the Marines. The ad promotes Father’s Day candy from Tioga Specialty and notes a Tribune phone-in number for delivery help.
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Pittsburgh
Don Hartle
Carl Volz
Dan
Topeka officer tied to lodge burglary murder case
Albert Miller testified he helped plan eight or nine burglaries with Clarence L. Shields and shared loot, implicating the slain officer in the Moose Lodge shooting. Miller and Curtis Shoop face first degree murder charges for Shields's death on April 11. hearing recessed until June 29 with Shoop to testify later.
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Albert Roy Miller
Shields
Miller
Curtis Gene Shoop
Moose Lodge
Shoop
Lodge Hall
Hearing for McKinley Jones in police court
A police court hearing was scheduled for 4 p.m. today for McKinley Jones of Parsons on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Police said he was arrested on South Santa Fe after a report reported a zigzagging car near the city south limits.
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McKinley Jones
Parsons
South Santa Fe
Bodies of two teen age girls found near Maryland campus
The bodies of Nancy Marie Shomette sixteen and Michael Ann Ryan fourteen were found stabbed or shot in a secluded picnic area near the University of Maryland. Police chief George Panagoulis said two men were in custody with at least one as a strong suspect. Autopsy planned tonight. no local residents heard shots.
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Washington
University of Maryland
George Panagoulis
Prince Georges County
Nancy Marie Shomette
Michael Ann Ryan
Panagoulis
Five More GM Plants Back in Operation
Five GM plants resumed operation after walkouts and parts shortages, reducing idle workers by 12,100 to 50,300 across 17 plants. The stoppages followed contract talks with the CIO United Auto Workers, with earlier disruption involving 44 plants and 154,000 workers.
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Associated Press
General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Fort Hays Coach Candidate Visits Wichita
Fort Hays State College track coach Alex Francis visited the University of Wichita campus as a candidate for the Shocker track coach post. He is among several applicants, with connections to Norvall Neve and to Sam Francis, and previously coached at Oberlin and Abbene. Francis earned a Missouri U degree and led a strong Central Kansas Conference track program at Hays.
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Wichita
Alex Francis
Fort Hays State College
University of Wichita
Charles Bidwell
Bidwell
University of Arkansas
Wichita A
Francis
Hays
Norvall Neve
Fort Hays State
Sam Francis
Nebraska U
Oberlin
Abblene
Missouri U
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Secretary of
Atomic Research Plan
Vic Loebsack
Williamson
Loebsack
Frank Volker
Joe F. Balch
Balch & Briley
A. M. Garton
Glen Ashley
Elsie Ellis
Harold Williams
Walter Poor
R. D. Hamar
Lloyd B. Locke
Treassurer
S&f
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Independence
Hoxie
Atwood
Norton
Norcatur
Achilles
Colby
Here
Olathe
House
Blue River
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Smoky Hill
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Phillips
Marines
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Topexa
Fort Hays
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