Eye doctors rate wraparound windshields a safety hazard
At the AMA meeting in Chicago an eye specialist called wraparound windshields a visual hazard of the first magnitude arguing they distort vision and increase glare. He cited chrome trim as worsening the problem and urged uniform eye tests for drivers licenses and safety designs aligned to human factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicagom
Dupont Guerry
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Guerry
American Medical Assn
Dr. Guerry
Seward Miller
U.S
Left Hand Pitch Left Hand Pitch Careers Cited At Alumni Meeting
Joe E Brown credits an early aerial act in Chanute for his entertainment start at age nine. He spoke to Iowa Wesleyan College alumni in Mount Pleasant about his career path. The piece also notes Rudy Vallee's hamburger craving in Columbus and a Newton couple incident ending in a fine.
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Joe E. Brown
Chanute
Iowa
Wesleyan College
Mount Pleasant
Final Induction For Three Youths
Three Chanute youths Norman Eugene Reep Tom Fajardo Jr and Robert Eugene Brundage will leave Monday for final induction into the armed forces the selective service board reported. Fajardo and Brundage are volunteers.
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Chanute
Armed Forces
Selective Service Board
Norman Eugene Reep
W. Beech
Tom Fajardo Jr
N. Steuben
Robert Eugene Brundage
S. Malcolm Fajardo
Brundage
Oswego Airport Funds Spark Board Rift
An AP report notes the Civil Aeronautics Administration tentatively allocated 32,500 dollars in federal funds for airports at Eskridge Leavenworth and Oswego state parks. Park Authority chairman J Ed Thompson says the authority applied for the funds, while other members deny knowledge of any park plans or airport requests. The board remains divided with no actual funding or park site approved.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Eskridge
Leavenworth
Oswego
J. Ed Thompson
Parsons
Embatted Park Authority
Park Authority
W. V. Butcher
CAA
Airports Division
Kansas City
Thompson
Authority
Russell Townsley
Russell
Kelsey Petro
Topeka
Ray Dillon Jr
Hutchinson
Dillon
Gagel
Lenexa
Townsley
Fred Hall
Hall
Butcher
Stay of Execution For Pvt Hagelberger
Pvt Richard A Hagelberger 23 was granted a stay of execution for the July 6 date. Judge Arthur J Mellett ordered the Army to show cause June 28 why a writ of habeas corpus should not issue. Hagelberger is jailed at Fort Leavenworth. Ed Stephens of Leavenworth filed the petition.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Richard A. Hagelberger
U.S
Arthur J. Mellett
Kansas City
Hagelberger
Ed Stephens
Ft. Leavenworth
Hogan Leads Open as He Seeks Fifth Title
Ben Hogan, famed for silence on pressure, shoots 68 in the second round to take a 36 hole lead at Rochester with a 140 total. The round puts him atop the National Open standings as he pursues a record fifth championship.
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Rochester
N.Y
Ben Hogan
Toll Road Plan In Agreement On Highway Bill
Senate and House conferees reached agreement on including toll roads in the interstate system. The House language would permit toll roads bridges and tunnels if they form a logical segment and meet interstate standards with federal aid for approaches. Details on funding division for the 40 000 mile system were settled with a 25 billion plan and a 90 cent federal share per dollar spent. After three years a new apportionment would be set by Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate House
Sen
Gore
D-Tenn
Senate
Truck Driver Injured In Collision With Train At Crossing
A freight train partially derailed after colliding with a semi truck at the U.S. 36 crossing near Man katow East. The truck was demolished and its driver injured. Local responders assisted at the scene.
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Mankato, Eas
U.S. 36
Missouri Pacific
Rural Electrification Loan Aids Kas Oklahoma Lines
Clarence Hatfield a truck driver from Smith Center sustained a few broken ribs but was not seriously hurt in a highway incident. Electrification Administration approved a $444,000 loan to Caldwell Telephone Co Inc to extend rural telephone service in Sumner County Kansas and Grant County Oklahoma. Washington reports Rural action.
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Clarence Hatfield
Smith Center
Telephone Co Inc
Sumner County
Kas
Grant County
Okla
Eisenhower Advances At Walter Reed After Week in Hospital
President Eisenhower made noticeable progress at Walter Reed Hospital as he signed 21 documents and conducted several White House business matters. White House secretary Hagerty said no staffer has been told of any political plans, and the president will meet with Vice President Nixon and Secretary Dulles in hospital. One surgeon left for Philadelphia for a long weekend while the other surgeons continue their rounds.
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Washington
Eibest
White House
Army
Walter Reed
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Hagerty
Nixon
Dulles
Isidor Ravdin
Philadelphia
Rawdin
Sherman Adams
Col
Andrew J. Goodpaster
Warm Humid Area Forecast for Topeka and Kansas
The forecast notes warm humid conditions across Kansas with modest temperature changes. Highs near the 80s to 90s, lows around the mid 60s, and partly cloudy skies dominate the outlook. Precipitation is minimal at about 0.02 inches today, with a steady barometer around 28.83 inches.
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Topeka
Kansas
Hill City
Pittsburg
Goodland
Dodge City
Salina
Manhattan
Agreement Reported In Sinclair Oil Contract
A spokesman said union negotiators and Sinclair Oil Corp reached agreement on a new work contract for about 10,000 employees. The claim came in Kansas City as talks concluded.
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Kansas City
Sinclair Oil Corp
Senate panel flags vast hot money flows from foreign banks
The Senate Internal Security subcommittee heard from Arthur I. Bloomfield of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York that large sums of hot money have entered the United States since 1945. He warned it would be technically feasible for Soviet or other foreign funds to enter anonymously via Swiss or other banks and invest here, while investigations into the sources continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
U. S
Russia
Arthur I. Bloomfield
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Bloomfield
City Board Approves 40000 for Power Plant Equipment
City commissioners approved bids totaling over 40000 for auxiliary equipment in the municipal electric plant expansion. Purchases include pumps heaters and demineralizing equipment as part of the 1954 plant improvement program. Additional actions included parking lot negotiations and paving plans for North Franklin and First Street.
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Municipal Electric
Pacific Pump Co
Whitlock Mig. Co
Chicago Heater Co
Lincoln
Memorial Building
Marie Rideau
F. C. Behmer
North Franklin
Ralph Berg
Charles Tice
Albert Solomon
Ben Hupp
First Street
Supreme Court OKs Impoundment to Hold Funds in Oil Pipeline Case
The Kansas Supreme Court approved a motion to impound money for Producers Pipeline Co of Lola, paying truckers along the Eureka Humboldt line, while denying a modification of an order requiring maintenance of equipment in the Paola Humboldt area. The court kept a status quo on the Paola Humboldt line as sale approvals await action.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Money Producers Pipeline Co
Lola
Eureka-Humboldt
Paola-Humboldt
Paola - Humboldt
Sinclair Pipe Line Co
Kansas Corporation Commission
KCC
Eureka- Humboldt
Supreme Court
Senate committee boosts foreign aid bill to 4.515 billion
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved an increased foreign aid bill to 4.515 billion dollars, 715 million more than the House, in a 9 to 5 vote. It also restored 100 million for the President's discretionary Asian development fund. Robert Kintner of American Broadcasting Co urged more station licenses to curb perceived television monopoly. Secretary of Defense Wilson warned that merging the services would not eliminate interservice differences and could shift disputes to new forms.
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Washington
Senate’ Foreign Relations Committee
House
Robert Kintner
American Broadcasting Co
Congress
Air War College
Rockefeller grant aids grain study at Kansas State College
The Rockefeller Foundation announced a $36,000 grant to Kansas State College for a study of basic biochemical and physiological processes in stored grain. The notice also bids readers to call 700 after 6 p.m. if Tribune delivery is missed.
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Manhattan
Kansas State College
Rockefeller Foundation
Traffic Fatalities Reported In Topeka Area
In the last 24 hours to date in 1956 Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the state accident records section show 264 deaths, compared with 242 in the same period in 1955. The Topeka area is among those reported incidents.
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Topeka
Kansas
Soldier Francis Starr Killed in Junction City Crash
Ft. Riley soldier Francis X. Starr, 32, died when his car left US 40 and struck a transmission pole in a fatal Junction City crash. The identity is confirmed by papers.
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Junction City
Ft. Riley
Francis X. Starr
Offers Rejected By Steelworkers
NEW YORK The United Steelworkers rejected the wage and contract proposals from U S Steel Bethlehem and Republic as inadequate. President David J. McDonald said the five cent an hour raise and late fringe benefits are insufficient and the five year contract would extend obsolescent terms. The union’s 170 member Wage Policy Committee supported the rejection unanimously at a morning meeting.
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New York
United
David J. McDonald
McDonald
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
Neosho Dairy Princess Contest Judging Tomorrow
Judging of Neosho county dairy princess contestants is set for 5 pm at Tioga Hotel with a public banquet at 7 pm where the winner will be announced. Tickets are on sale at the hotel until 5 pm today.
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Tioga
Koam-Tv
Mahlon Morley
Neosho County
Parsons
Subway Strike Paralyzes New York Transit
The nine hour walkout by transit workers shut down the city’s subway system for the first time in history. Rival union leaders predict an even more crippling disruption next Wednesday amid tensions with the Motormen’s Benevolent Association and actions suspending MBA leaders.
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New York
Michael J. Quirk
Transport Workers Union
Quill
Motormen’s Benevolent Assn
MBA
City Transit
Transit Authority
Theodore Loos
Reprimand for Two After Three Crown
CAPE HENRY Va The drowning of three Army enlisted men at Ft Story May 8 led to reprimands for two officers including Lt Rex D Brock 24 of Stafford There is no court martial a board of inquiry ruled Brock was reprimanded for failing to sense the drowning hazard during platoon training Capt William M Dean 34 of Los Angeles was reprimanded for not supervising Sgt J C Jack L Haskins Lorenton Va was reduced to sergeant for absence at the drownings
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Cape Henry
Ft. Story
Rex D. Brock
Stafford
Brock
William M. Dean
Los Angeles
J.C. Jack L. Haskins
Loreton
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Harvard School of Public Health
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Charlotteville
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Brown
Rudy Vallee
City Cafe
Columbus
Vallee
California
Jim Davis
The
Parsons Sun
Newton Kansan
Karl Smith
Altoona
Smith
Jimmy
Porter McCoy
S. Malcolm
McCoy
State Park and Resources Authority
Pvt
Hogan
Toll Road Plan
Ross Cooper
Central
Malcolm
City Park
L. H.kensinger
Jack Haight
Seventh
Plummer
Robert L. Briley
Barker Low
J. D. Lightfoot
Commission
Charles’ Rice
Randall Diver
Howard Parsons
Santa Fe
Hubert Ledbetter
Gerry Warren
Tribune
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Kintner
Maxwell Air Force Base
Ala
Wilson
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