Wheat Harvest Tempo Grows Across Kansas
Wheat harvest progresses with yields from 20 to 40 bushels per acre in several counties. Chanute fields muddy delaying start. southern Neosho county ahead with about half harvested. Labor offices expect end of week readiness statewide except frontier counties. Weeds spreading due to recent trains.
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Chanute
Neosho County
Wilson County
Allen
Woodson
Kansas
Hutchinson
Larned
Beloit
Minneola
Gilkison
Wakeeney
Hill City
Belleville
Chanute Women Enter 33rd Kansas Championship Qualifying
Eight Chanute women golf players compete in Topeka for 18 hole qualifying rounds in the 33rd Kansas Women's Tournament at Shawnee Country Club. Notables include Jean Ashley a semifinalist in Wichita 1952 and Topeka 1953 and Tri State winner. Judy Bell of Wichita defends the title. Army enlistment drives led by M Sergeant Homer L Cate recruit for three or four year terms in the Third Army Division with overseas service outlined. Edwards theft report notes loss of a billfold containing $22.50 and papers from her car.
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Chanute
Topeka
Kansas
Shawnee Country Club
Jean Ashley
Wichita
Chanute Country Club
Judy Bell
Homer L. Cate
Pittsburg
Hildred Edwards of
Vilas
Betty Edwards
S. Malcolm
Harvest Weather Area Forecast for Kansas Harvest
Partly cloudy and mild through Wednesday with a chance of thunder and showers late today and tonight. Highs near 80s in the north to near 90 in the south. lows around 60s. Report details temperatures, precipitation, and harvest outlook across eastern and western Kansas.
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Topeka
Kangas
Mercury
Wamego
Salina
Olathe
Dodge City
Weather Bureau
Ceer
Chanute
British Model Sentenced to Gallows for Killing Lover
Ruth Ellis, 28, a London model and mother of two, was condemned at the Old Bailey to die by hanging for the murder of her lover David Blakely after he attempted to leave her. She admitted the shooting at a London tavern but claimed jealousy provoked manslaughter. the judge rejected the defense and the jury returned a speedy verdict.
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London
Ruth Ellis
Cecil Havers
Old Bailey Court
David Blakely
Havers
Ellis
Home Secretary
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Topeka 1955 Update
State Accident Records Section reports Topeka traffic fatalities in the last 24 hours with 1955 totals at 242 and the same period in 1942 also 242, indicating parity in fatalities for the year and period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Picket Lines Tie Up Kansas Highway Office and TB Hospital
Laborers Local 550 launched a strike at the Kansas Highway Department office building on West Fourteenth and the State tuberculosis hospital on West Seventh. Foreman Jack Patrick said legal steps may be used to end the picketing. Contracts are held by George Senne Construction Co. Topeka for the highway project worth 100000 and Hunter & Lundberg of Manhattan for the hospital project costing 1 million. Work halted as unions honor the picket lines with laborers demanding union-only crews.
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Kansas Highway Department
West Fourteenth
State Tuberculosis Hospital
West Seventh
Jack Patrick
George Senne Construction Co
Topeka
Hunter & Lundberg
Manhattan
Parsons
AFL
W. R. Stover
Peron Remains In Background As Peace Effort Continues
Maj. Gen. Franklin Lucero directs the campaign to restore peace in Argentina while Juan Peron stays in the background. A government reshuffle is not announced and no reliable details on possible juntas or the reorganization have emerged.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan Peron
Franklin Lucero
Prayers on Record Propels Hitchcock Church Phone Prayer
In Scarsdale New York Hitchcock Memorial Church installed a one minute recorded prayer device on June 7. Since then the device has been used about 700 times daily at all hours. Prayers are updated twice daily.
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Scarsdale
N. Y
New York City
Hitchcock Memorial Church
Drum Corps Tours Africa Europe Led by McVaugh
Jack McVaugh, 20, son of Mrs Fred C. Heinze, will join the U S air forces drum and bugle corps for a July 13 tour of North Africa England Germany France and Scotland. The unit of 60 performs in venues from Gettysburg on July 4 to a Scotland band festival before returning home.
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Jack McVaugh
Fred C. Heinze
United States
United States Air Forces
San Antonio
Tex
Air Forces
Washington, D.C
North
Africa
Europe
England
Germany
France
Scotland
MccVaugh
Air Forces Drum and Bugle Corps
E.L. Dougherty
McVaugh
Junior College
$680000 REA loan to Se Kan Electric Coop for lines
Washington Rep. Myron V. George announced that the Rural Electrification Authority approved a $680,000 loan to Se Kan Electric Co op in Girard to build 38 miles of distribution lines serving 158 rural consumers. The project adds two new substations and 15 miles of 69 kilovolt transmission lines plus 29 miles of tie lines serving Crawford, Cherokee, Labette and Neosho counties.
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Washington
Myron V. George
Third District
Rural Electrification Authority
Se Kan Electric Coop
Girard
Crawford
Cherokee
Labette
Neosho
Eisenhower Signs Trade Bill Expanding Tariff Powers
The President signed a three year extension of the reciprocal trade agreements law through June 30 1958 and gained authority to cut tariffs by up to five percent annually in negotiations with other nations. The bill strengthens defense by expanding free world trade options and preserves executive control with safeguards for U.S. industry.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Free World
Congress
Senate
White House
Man's Body Found Near Ellis Highway
An unidentified man in his early 20s was found beside Highway 40 two and a half miles east of Ellis. He wore blue jeans and a white shirt, was shoeless, and had a bleeding nose with blood on his shirt. Police investigate whether he fell or was thrown from a moving vehicle while determining cause of death.
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Ellis
Kas.p
Highway 40
Bulganin Pledges to Ease International Tension
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin vowed to reduce tensions and build trust ahead of the Big Four conference. He spoke before about 100000 cheering at Dynamo Stadium honoring India’s Prime Minister Nehru, who invited Bulganin to visit India. Also present were Khrushchev Malenkov and Kaganovich.
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Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
Dynamo Stadium
India
Nehru
Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Georgi Malenkoy
West and Russians Agree On Top Level Talks Plan
In San Francisco officials report Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov signaled initial acceptance of proposals agreed in New York for Geneva talks. Western ministers urged a four to six day summit to ease tension with Eisenhower to preside, and the UN Palais des Nations venue is set.
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SAN Francisco
Ers
Geneva
V. M. Molotov
New York
John Foster Dulles
Harold Macmillan
Antoine Pinay
Eisenhower
Edgar Faure
Anthony Eden
Nikolai Bulganin
Palais Des Nations
U. N
Council of Foreign Ministers
Pinay
United States
Fleming Defends Nude Scene in Italian Film
Rhonda Fleming says a swimming scene in The Courtesan of Babylon was in good taste though she wore no swimsuit. Director Bragaglia denies the scene existed, but Fleming maintains it was filmed with distant cameras and proper portrayal.
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Hollywood (Ap
Rhonda Fleming
Carlo Lodovico Bragaglia
Associated Press
James Bacon
Hollywood
Babylon
Bragaglia
Miss Fleming
Demos Challenge Eisenhower on Marine Corps Cut
The Senate voted 40 to 39 to undo the Marine Corps strength reduction, boosting funding by 46 million dollars and opposing the president's planned 22 000 man cut. Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson engineered the move, signaling possible shifts in Democratic strategy and creating tension with the Eisenhower administration.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Marine Corps
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Sen
Symington
D-Mo
House
Three Women Die In Wamego Car Cattle Truck Crash
Three women died in a Wamego Kansas crash at the US 24 and KS 99 intersection when a cattle truck rear ended a car driven by Jessie Mikesell, who was hospitalized in critical condition. The victims were Florence Bump, 72, of Sterling Illinois Genevieve Davies Quin cy Illinois and Florence Aber Heisman Illinois. The truck was driven by Jess Siebecker of Riley Kansas.
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Wamego
Kas
U. S. Highway 24
Kansas Highway Patrol
Florence Bump
Sterling
Genevieve Davies
Quincy
Ill
Florence Aber
Heisman
Jessie Mikesell
Jacksonville
U. S. 24
Mikesell
Jess Siebecker
Riley
Boat Car Crash Hits Van's Marine Service
John Flato, 57, lost control of his car in Hollywood Florida yesterday and crashed through a plate glass window at Van's Marine Service. The vehicle bowled over four boats and Flato suffered a possible back injury.
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Hollywood
Fla. 2
John Flato
Van's Marine Service
Flato
Pioneer to observe 100th birthday in Russell County
Jacob Deitz, born 1878, one of the original 73 German Russian colonists who settled Russell County, will observe his 100th birthday on Sunday with family and community recognition.
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Russell
Kas
Jacob Deitz
Russell County
House Blocks Reserve Bill Amid Senate War of Rhetoric
In Washington a 16 to 14 vote by the House Armed Services Committee sends a proposed military reserve bill back to a subcommittee for five days of study. The panel balked at a version with an antisegregation clause and potential assignments to under strength National Guard units, as Chairman Vinson pushes a compromise. Eisenhower urged public support for a stronger reserve for national defense.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Eisenhower
Subcommittee
Brooks
D-La
Vinson
House
Second Man Captured In Pratt County Kidnap Attempt
Douglas County Sheriff Billy C Hodson reported the arrest of John Hembree 23 Pratt at a Teepee camp near Lawrence after a failed kidnap attempt on 15 year old Jane Adams and companion Jim Pilkington 16. Mounts 40 of Dodge City already in custody after being wounded by Adams during the escape.
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Pratt
Kas
Douglas County
Billy C. Hodson
Pratt County
John Hembree
Teepee
Lawrence
Hembree
Eldon Meigs
Jane Adams
Pratt Chamber of Commerce
Miss Adams
Jim Pilkington
Michael A. Mounts
Dodge City
Mounts
Walter Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum
Hodson
Lansing
State Penitentiary
Stafford County
Stafford
Pratt Counties
Roy McMullen
Great Bend
Harvest
Baldwin Junction
Adams Girl
Pilkington
Hce
Paul Widau Dies in Kansas City
Paul E Widau 55 plant operations manager for the Socony Mobil Co died yesterday after three weeks of illness in Kansas City. He previously resided in the city and was employed by the company for many years. He is survived by his wife and children.
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Kansas
Radio claims U.S. complicity in Argentina revolt
The Moscow radio accused the United States today of taking part in the anti-Peron revolt in Argentina, asserting a U.S. role in destabilizing the Peronist government and backing the uprising.
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London
Moscow Radio
United States
Argentina
Standby Controls Sought for Polio Vaccine in Kansas
Kansas Governor Fred Hall reports an agreement with Dr. Thomas Hood to strengthen state oversight of Salk polio vaccine distribution. The plan would allow the State Board of Health to intervene if distribution problems arise while avoiding direct regulatory power over drug firms. Hood emphasizes rapid, safe vaccination of as many children as possible.
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Topeka
Kansas
Fred Hall
State Board of Health
Thomas R. Hood
Hood
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