Thayer area mishap nets wrecked truck and train collision
A highway patrol car rear ended a pickup and was struck by a streamliner near Thayer around 8:45 p.m. No injuries were reported. Trooper Duane Houck, aided by John Meloy, attempted to move the patrol car before the train struck, causing extensive damage to the vehicles and track.
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Thayer
Duane Houck
John Meloy
Caney
Meloy
Streamliner
Kansas City
Tulsa
Houck
Louisiana Governor Earl Long Put Under Mental Care
Baton Rouge officials report Lt. Gov. Lether Frazar will act as governor after Earl Long was committed to the Southeast State Mental Hospital in Mandeville following a chaotic day. Attorney General says Frazar may serve again if Long remains unable to govern.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Lether Frazar
Jack
Gremillion
Frazar
Long
Mandeville
New Orleans
Galveston
Tex
Ice Objects in Sky Likely Cosmic Ice Fragments
Donald H. Robey of Convair General Dynamics in San Diego proposes the green sky objects from the saucer era were chunks of cosmic ice from an exploding comet. He cites deep freeze tests of similar compounds emitting the same eerie light and presents the theory to the American Meteorological Society.
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San Diego
Calif
American Meterological Society
Donald H. Robey
Convair Division
General Dynamics Corp
Fearful Beak Bandit Faces Companions In Flight From Law
Akron Ohio AP reports Frank Lorenz known as the Beak Bandit warned pursuers of three companions fear loneliness and regret as he neared prison. He and accomplice Hal Sprenz faced prison terms for bank theft armed robbery and jailbreak with Lorenz captured after a Mexico crash and Sprenz jailed on multiple counts in Summit County.
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Akron
Ohio
Frank Lorenz
Lorenz
FBI
William H. Victor Thursy
Summit County Common Pleas
Sprenz
Victor
Summit County
Sprenz Drew
Hamilton
Toronto
Mexico
Severe Thunderstorm Strikes Emporia with High Wind and Hail
A severe thunderstorm tore through Emporia Kansas with 50 to 60 mph winds gusting to 92, hail golf ball sized, and heavy rain. It damaged crops for many farmers and caused power and communications outages across the city. About 500 windows broke on Emporia State College campus and 60 at the senior high school. The Kansas City weather bureau noted hail in nearby Madison and Elmdale with various wind effects in the region.
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Emporia
Kan
Federal Aviation Authority J
Harold Eversmeyer
Emporia State College
Kansas City Weather Bureau
Madison
Elmdale
LeRoy
Harvest Halted By Light Rain Stirs Kansas Wheat
A light rain paused the wheat harvest across the Chanute area while scattered thunderstorms lingered in the state. Rainfall totals included 2.23 inches near Howard and 1.78 inches at Emporia, with forecasts calling for cooler, partly cloudy weather and highs near 90 to 95 degrees.
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Porecast
Chanute
Kansas
Associated Press
Topeka
Emporia
Howard
Weather Bureau
Coffeyville
Hoyt
Independence
le Roy
Wamego
Elmdale
Longton
Altamont
el Dorado
la Cygne
McFarland
Madison
Elgin
Eureka
Fredonia
Wanted poster lists Howard Klinepeter for child desertion
A St. Clair county courthouse poster identifies 41 year old Howard Klinepeter as wanted in Brown County Minnesota for child desertion. The chief identifying mark is a tattoo on his arm reading Semper Fidelis.
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Belleville, I
St. Clair County
Howard Klinepeter
Brown County
Minnesota
Bid Accepted On US59 Work In Kansas
Highway bids totaling 1 640 000 were approved for southeast and south central Kansas projects Maurice Martin director of highways announced Freeto Construction Co Pittsburg bid 103 805 for US 59 base and surfacing from US 47 junction southwest of Erie to Neosho Labette line north of Parsons The B and D Construction Co Salina bid 90 895 to build a Fall River bridge on K 39 1 5 miles south of Fredonia a 325 foot pier supported steel girder span project.
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Erie
Southcentral
Kansas
Maurice Martin
Freeto Construction Co
Pittsburg
Neosho- Labette County
Parsons
B & D Construction Co. O Salina
Fall River
Fredonia
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas Reach Higher 1959 Toll
In the 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. reports show Kansas traffic fatalities totaling 229 for 1959, compared with 207 in the same period of 1958. The figures include two earlier fatalities not previously reported.
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Topeka
Kansas
Delegations Vote On Party Lines
The Senate rejected Lewis Strauss as Secretary of Commerce with Missouri Democrat senators Hennings and Symington voting for the rejection and Kansas Republicans Carlson and another Republican senator voting against.
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Washington
Missouri
Kansas
Senate
Lewis Strauss
Thomas C. Hennings Jr
Stuart Symington
Frank Carlson
Commission to Seek New Bids on Shawnee County Lake
The Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission will reopen bids for the Shawnee County state lake project. Chairman C E Kaup said bids will be opened June 30 in Topeka. Brown Brothers Construction Co of Manhattan had the low bid of 133380 but exceeded the engineer's estimate by 2500 and was not accepted on a 43 vote. Specifications will stay unchanged.
Eisenhower says Americans are losers in Strauss rejection
President Eisenhower denounces the Senate vote denying Lewis L. Strauss confirmation as secretary of commerce. He says the American people lose when capable officials are blocked and praises Strauss for loyalty and public service despite opposition over private power issues.
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Strauss
Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Lewis L. Strauss
White House
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
Dixon Yates
Farm Bureau to Hold Insurance Meeting in Chanute
Farm Bureau secretaries from 12 southeastern Kansas counties will gather at the Tioga Hotel on June 29 to review Kansas Blue Cross Blue Shield plan details. The session runs from 10 a.m. to mid afternoon and is one of seven statewide training meetings in June and July. Counties represented include Allen Anderson Bourbon Chautauqua Crawford Elk Greenwood Labette Linn Montgomery Neosho and Woodson.
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Farm Bureau
Kansas
Tioga Hotel
Chanute
Allen
Anderson
Bourbon
Chautauqua
Crawford
Elk
Greenwood
Labette
Linn
Montgomery
Neosho
Woodson
Ike Sees Home Purchase Tops List of Life Events
President Eisenhower at an FHA anniversary dinner smiled that only a wedding ring ranks higher than buying a home. He said the ring inspires a home and for purchasing it. The event celebrated the Federal Housing Administration's 25 years of work.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Big Four Ministers End Three-Week Berlin Recess Strike
The Big Four foreign ministers agreed to a three week recess until July 13 over Berlin status after a secret session at Andrei Gromyko's headquarters. A plenary session is planned, with Western and Soviet positions under review and Khrushchev's broad remarks prompting renewed western reflection on possible high level talks.
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Geneva
Berlin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Khrushchev urges summit if Geneva breaks down in Berlin dispute
Soviet Premier Khrushchev told a Kremlin rally that a heads of state summit becomes necessary if Geneva foreign ministers fail to agree. He warned Western powers to end occupation of West Berlin, sign a peace treaty with a united Germany, and said the USSR would support the GDR if forced to defend it as a Warsaw Pact ally.
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Britain
France
West Germany
Itill
Nikita Khrushchev
Gromyko
Moscow
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Couve de Murville
Heinrich von Brentano
Geneva
Kremlin
West Berlin
East Germany
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
German Democratic Republic
G.D.R
Warsaw Pact
Berlin
Sarnoff Warns of Political Gag on Campaign Coverage
NBC chairman Robert W. Sarnoff warned of a political gag on campaign coverage if the equal time rule remains unchanged. John Daly of ABC said the law could force broadcasters to limit news on campaigns, risking reduced public information. He noted the FCC interpretation may require equal space for all candidates in news contexts.
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Washington
Robert W. Sarnoff
NBC Network
Ed John Daly
ABC
Federal Communications Commission
Sarnoff
FCC
Beulah Fizzles In Gulf Before Reaching Shore
Beulah, the season’s second tropical storm, formed in the Gulf of Mexico within three weeks and weakened Thursday, with its full impact failing to reach any shoreline. The system hovered near New Orleans as authorities monitored its progression.
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New Orleans
Beulah
Gulf of Mexico
Talks Resume On Steel Contract As Strike Threat Looms
In New York negotiations between the United Steelworkers Union of America and the 12 largest steel companies restart with four-man teams aiming to seal a new contract before the June 30 expiry of the current three year pact. A strike by 500 000 union workers is possible if no deal is reached.
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New York
United Steelworkers Union of America
Living Costs Reach New Peak With May Rise
Washington AP reports living costs climbed to a record high in May as prices for nearly all consumer goods edged up. The Labor Department index stood at 124 percent of the 1947-49 base, with spendable earnings for a four-person factory family averaging 81.03 dollars weekly, up 35 cents from April.
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Washington
Labor Department
H. E. Riley
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Riley
Fairchild
Hughes
Martin
North American
Queen Elizabeth II Opens Six Week Newfoundland Tour
Queen Elizabeth II begins a six week Canadian voyage with a reception at government House in St Johns and a motor tour of city districts. The visit includes the opening of Newfoundland’s new government building and a major airport terminal at Gander for transatlantic airliners. Prince Philip accompanies her on the tour though weather briefly challenged a smooth arrival.
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ST. Johns
Mld
Newfoundland
Canada
London
Government House
St. Johns Hat
Prince Philip
Gander
Erhard Threat To Quit Post
Bonn AP Ludwig Erhard threatened to resign as West Germany economics minister amid a CDU caucus debate over Konrad Adenauer staying as chancellor. He accused rivals of attempting to ruin his reputation and refused to accept a simple denial of a New York Times interview report. He warned that publicity could cement damaging perceptions.
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Bonn
Germany
Ludwig Erhard
West Germany
Christian Democrat Party
Konrad Adenauer
Erhard
Adenauer
New York Times
Eisenhower Spends Weekend at Gettysburg Farm
President Eisenhower flew by Marine helicopter to his farm near Gettysburg to spend the weekend. He arrived at 11 33 a.m. EDT after a 48 minute flight from the White House and planned to return to Washington Sunday evening.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Here
White House
Washington
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