Left Hand Museum to Be Dismantled at 123 Main
The Osa and Martin Johnson museum at 123 Main is being dismantled. animal heads and pictures will move to the Memorial Building’s second floor. Museum objects tied to Mrs. Belle Leighty will be returned home. About 1,300 people visited in five or six half days. The tourist promotion committee meets at 4 p.m. Thursday to plan a permanent site.
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Osa and Martin Johnson Museum
Main
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Belle Leighty
Mrs. Johnson
Refuge Action At Standstill In Kansas Meeting
GREAT BEND Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission took no action on condemnation proceedings for the Marais des Cygnes refuge after Judge Fisher overruled a motion to dismiss. The panel had previously voted to drop the condemnation, and the attorney general may act independently. The commission advertised bids for a 35000 caretaker housing project and renewed a pond research contract with Kansas State College at 1500 annually.
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Great Bend
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Marais Des Cygnes
Noel Mullendore
Commission
Harry W. Fisher
Boicourt
Ottawa Hunting Association
Mullendere
Kansas
Mullendore
John Anderson
Kansas State College
Washington County
Street Cars End 88 Year Kansas City Era
Kansas City ends electric streetcar service after 88 years with buses replacing trolleys on the Country Club Dodson and Rock Hill lines. The Public Service Co. held a last ride special for photographers and fans as the loss of the trolley system marks a historic shift in local transit. The firm notes Kansas City as the birthplace of electric streetcars traced to early 1880s developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Country Club
Dodson
Rock Hill
Kansas City Public Service Co
John C. Henry
Chanute VFW Members Attend State Encampment in Emporia
Local Veterans of Foreign Wars Post members and auxiliary attended the department state encampment in Emporia from Friday to Sunday. A business session approved a resolution asking the state department to help cover costs for sending the Teener League all-star baseball team to the state tournament. Attendees included Paul Brennecke, Howard Dobson, Warren Fitch, Jack Owens, and several couples and auxiliary officers led by Mrs. Etta Hanson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Department State
Emporia
VFW
State Department
Paul Brennecke
Howard Dobson
Warren Fitch
Jack Owens
Earl Morgan
Gene Bilyeu
Etta Hanson
Auxiliary
Mmes
Marie Couch
Marie Roberts
Chris Overbay
Gertie Adams
Nebraskan Wins Kansas Open Tennis Title In Indoor Final
Neil Unterseher of Lincoln, Nebraska, won the Kansas State Open singles title by defeating Bob Riley of Kansas City 6-3 6-2 in the indoor final. Unterseher then teamed with Riley to win the doubles title over Len Prosser and Ed Doane, 6-4 6-4 in Kansas City.
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Winfield
Neil Unterseher
Lincoln
Bob Riley
Kansas City
Riley
Len Prosser
Ed Doane
Test Weapon Wrenches Doors 14 Miles Away
The atomic test at the Nevada site produced a daylight detonation 700 feet high and 14 miles from the blast center. Observers near Angel’s Peak reported a bright flash and rapid fireball rise, with doors ripped from hinges and walls cracked at the control point. Only light fallout readings were expected at distances toward Utah.
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Nev
Desert
Nevada
United States
Angel's Peak
Frenchman Flat
Las Vegas
Utah
AEC
City Weighs Water Study Amid Drought Concerns
City commissioners held an informal session with Kirkwood & Associates and Wilson & Co. to discuss a firm water supply study. A survey, recommendations, and cost estimates were proposed but no formal action taken. Representing firms were L C Kirkwood Harry Bond Bruce Roberts. Black Veatch was invited but did not send a representative.
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Chanute
L. C. Kirkwood
Harry Bond
Kirkwood & Associates
Bruce Roberts
Wilson & Co
Salina
Black & Veatch
Kansas City
Jockey Burr Suspended for Weight Charge at Washington Park
The Illinois Racing Board fined jockey Charley Burr 1500 dollars and suspended him until July 2 after Burr admitted he rode light in a June 8 race at Washington Park. Burr, 23, of Arkansas City, Kansas, was the nation's top rider in 1951 with 310 winners.
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Chicago
Illinois Racing Board
Charley Burr
Arkansas City
Burr
Washington Park
Traffic Fatalities In 24 Hours Near Topeka Kansas
State accident Records Section reports 3 traffic fatalities in the last 24 hours, bringing 1957 total to 233. Comparison shows 297 deaths for the same period in 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
Scientists say hydrogen bomb nearly fallout free
Three University of California physicists met with President Eisenhower and AEC Chairman Lewis Strauss to report progress toward a hydrogen bomb with about 95 percentless fallout. They claimed past tests produced harmless, negligible radioactivity and supported continuing tests, while security and disarmament issues limited full answers on a clean fusion weapon.
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Washington
Atomic Energy
Eisenhower
University of California
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Strauss
Lawrence
Dr. Teller
AEC
White House
Death claims Claude Taylor
Claude Taylor, 68, owner of Taylor & Laughlin grocery and market in Chanute, died this morning after a short illness. Born April 19, 1889, in Columbus, he previously operated a Moran store from 1915 to 195. He married Sarah Mawhiney in 1913 and was a First Presbyterian Church member. Surviving: widow, daughter Mrs. Dan Tappen, three granddaughters, brother Delbert Taylor, Bartlesville, sister Clara Taylor Altamont, sister Mrs. Anna Roberts Chico, Calif. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Claude Taylor
Taylor & Laughlin
W. Main
Western
Chanute
Moran
Columbus
Sarah Mawhiney
Altamont
First Presbyterian Church of
Russian Warships Sail Through Suez
Two Soviet destroyers and an auxiliary tanker passed through the Suez Canal, the first Russian warships to do so since World War I. Officials cited Vladivostok origin with possible time spent in the Red Sea amid regional tensions. Sailors shouted to onlookers at Port Said as speculation of a show of strength grew.
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Cairo
Suez Canal
Vladivostok
Far East
Red Sea
Middle East
Egypt
Israel
Gulf of Aqaba
Port Said
Prison Break Failed at Lansing
Warden Tracy Hand said three convicts Fred Earl Anderson William Chester Craig and William McMillan were caught drilling through a 10 foot rock wall at the state penitentiary in Lansing They used a storm sewer steam tunnel and hydraulic jacks a chisel and a crow bar guards trailed them and caught them in the act none resisted and authorities linked no other prisoners to the plan
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Lansing
State Penitentiary
Tracy Hand
Hand
Fred Earl Anderson
Sedgwick County
William Chester Craig
Reno County
William McMillan
Pris
GOP Governors Opinion on Ike’s Possible Pick
Williamsburg officials report Republican governors at the 49th annual conference voiced strong opposition to President Eisenhower designating a 1960 GOP presidential nominee. California Governor Goodwin Knight supported a successor indication, while Maryland Governor McKeldin and Illinois Governor Stratton doubted any quick nomination move.
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Williamsburg
Conference of
Eisenhower
Goodwin J. Knight
California
Knight
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
GOP
McKeldin
Alfred M. Gruenther
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Command
Gruenther
American Red Cross
Nixon
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Jet Plane Crash Fatal to Pilot
Maj. John B. Cartmill of Kansas City was killed when his F86 Sabre jet crashed in central Formosa due to engine failure while ferrying the aircraft from Civil Air Transport to a Chinese Nationalist Air Force base. He served with the U S MAAG advising the Chinese forces.
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Taipei
Formosa
John B. Cartmill
Cartmill
Kansas City
Kas
U. S
MAAG
Civil Air Transvan
World Tour Parents Take Six Children Across Asia and Europe
Wichita oil and real estate man William Graham and his wife Marjorie travel with six children Becky 17 Connie 15 Margie 13 Teddy 11 Billy 8 Jackie 6. They arrive in Tokyo for a 10 day Japan visit with $14 000 in tickets and plan to tour Hong Kong Bangkok Angkor Wat Calcutta New Delhi Kashmir Istanbul Rome Paris London and back to Wichita to resume school. They view travel as a three month world tour superior to college and enjoy meeting locals and learning through experiences.
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Wichita Oil and
William Graham
Graham
Marjorie
Becky
Connie
Margie
Teddy
Billy
Jackie
United States
Japan
Mrs. Graham
Kazutaka Tsudo
Nishimoniya
Kobe
Daddy
Imperial Hotel
Eiffel Tower
Tsudo
Keio University
Tokyo
Jackie—‘See
Grahams
Hong Kong
Bangkok
Ankor Wat
Calcutta
New Delhi
Kashmir Mountains
Jaj Mahal
Karachi
Cairo
Istanbul
Athens
Rome
Paris
London
Wichita
Europe
Block Blamed For Air Crash Near Port Hardy
A Pacific Western Airlines jet crashed after takeoff from Port Hardy, killing 14 of 18 aboard. Preliminary findings point to a ground control block left on the tail assembly. Capt. Gerald W. Allen and copilot Laurie Roland were among the dead. two RCAF technicians and a crew of woods workers also perished.
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Port Hardy
B. C
Pacific Western Airlines
Vancouver
Gerald W. Allen
Allen
Laurie Roland
J. Carver
Port Alice
Royal Canadian Air Force
Vancouver Island
Mortar Shells Kill Soldiers At Fort Sill
Four soldiers died and fourteen were injured when 4.2 mortar shells burst during a demonstration attack by Company B of the 22nd Infantry Battalion at Fort Sill Oklahoma. Initial reports said one shell fell short. later the Army confirmed multiple bursts. Spectators about a mile away witnessed the accident. Names listed: Sgt Alonzo Cartlidge Specialist 3.C David L. Robinson Pvt Percy A. Reevey Pvt Russell L Somers.
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FT. Sill
Okla
Alonzo Cartlidge
David L. Robinson
Oshkosh
Wis
Percy A. Reevey
Neptune
Asbury Park
N. J
Russell L. Somers
Rosenburg
Tex
Storms Slam Plains States With Rain Floods and Low Temps
Unseasonable cold hit Kansas with new record low 51 in Chanute and 52 in Topeka. Heavy weekend showers totaled over two inches in parts of Oklahoma and Texas, with hail injuries in Texas and flooding near Lakin Kansas. Rain and storms spread from New England to Texas, with rising rivers and sporadic power outages.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Chanute
Emporia
Garden City
Concordia
Independence
Coffeyville
Arkansas City
Wichita
Lakin
Weather Bureau Today
Niles
Texas
Oklahoma
Stockton
Tex
Woodward
Ellis
Kan
Santa Fe
New England
Central Atlantic States
Gulf Coast
Leprosy Declines in Japan as Cases Fall
The Welfare Ministry in Tokyo reports a drop from 30,000 leprosy patients at the time of legislation to 15,000 now. Last year 283 new cases were recorded, compared with 604 in 1950.
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Tokyo
Japan
Walter George Rests in Serious Condition at Home
Walter F. George, 79, former Georgia senator and NATO special ambassador, rested at his Vienna home today after 12 days in hospital for coronary disease. Released from Emory University Hospital yesterday, his physician said condition remains serious but improved enough for home care.
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Vienna
Walter F. George
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Georgia
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta
Willis Hurst
George
ROTC Training Opens At Fort Riley Camp
A six week ROTC training program for 1 800 cadets from 41 universities and colleges started at Fort Riley Kansas. Maj Gen David H Buchanan commander of the 1st Infantry Division oversees the summer camp for officer trainees.
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FT. Riley
Kan
Officer Training Corps
David H. Buchanan
1St. Infantry Division
Law on Publishing Faces Congressional Criticism
Congress debates a bipartisan commission report on loyalty security and subversion. Critics oppose criminal penalties for publishing secret information and the legalization of wiretap evidence, while noting limited time for action this session.
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Washington
Congress
Bipartisan Commission
Commission
Eisenhower
Loyd Wright
Wright
Los Angeles
The
American Bar Assa
Stennis
Dmiss
Cotton
R-Nh
White House
James C. Hagerty
Car Misses Turn Injures Contractor Near Erie
Harry T. Hoffman Jr escaped injury when his 1951 Ford convertible left US57 and US59 junction south of Erie about 4 a.m. Saturday, slamming into a field. Hoffman, traveling west from St. Paul, failed the turn. vehicle damage estimated at $300 per Trooper Duane Houck of the Kansas Highway Patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry T. Hoffman Jr
Kansas National Guard Armory
Erie
Duane Houck
Kansas Highway Patrol
Hoffman
St. Paul
Ford Fund Grants Boost Kansas College Faculty Salaries
The Ford Foundation plans final Kansas disbursement to twelve colleges and universities to raise faculty salaries. The second payment follows last year’s grant, adding to endowment funds and funding salary increases at Baker University Baldwin $69000 Bethany Lindsborg $60500 Bethnal Newton $41000 College of Emporia $50000 Friends University Wichita $55000 McPherson College $46500 Marymount Salina $54500 Mount St Scholastica Atchison $93500 Ottawa University $51000 St Benedict's Atchison $49000 St. Mary College Xavier $67500 and Southwestern Winfield $65500.
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New York WW
Kansas
Ford Foundation
Baker University
Baldwin
Bethany
Lindsborg
Bethnal
Newton
College of Emporia
Friends University
Wichita
McPherson College
Marymount
Salina
Mount St. Scholastica
Atchison
Ottawa University
St. Benedict's Atchison
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Charley Ogle
Dewey Maglie
Tribune
Ernest O. Lawrence
Mark M. Mills
Edward Teller
University of California Radiation Laboratory
Suez
Ike
Plains
Weather Bureau
Midland
West
Walter George
Kansas Post
Ford
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