Kansas State Fair grounds to be rehabilitated after June storm
After a June 21 storm at Hutchinson the Kansas State Fair Grounds face $100000 in damage. Everett Erhart and Virgil Miller promise rehabilitation in time for Sept 14 to 19 fair with funds lined up. Meanwhile reports from Boardman Oregon note tornadic storms and unusual heat before a wind-down period. Police caution on fireworks sales and use limited to July 4 within city limits.
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Hutchinson
Everett Erhart
Stafford
Kansas State Fair Board
Virgil Miller
Kansas State Fair
Tom Morehead
Drivers Arrested After Cars Collide
A 1949 Nash driven by Floyd Hamilton collided with a 1949 Nash driven by Vernon Dent on K39 Highway near the MKT overpass. Hamilton and Dent were arrested for operating under the influence and suspended licenses. Hamilton was also cited for transporting an open bottle. Burt Truster was treated for bruises at Neosho Memorial Hospital.
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Nash
Floyd Hamilton
N. Highland
Vernon Dent
N. Garfield
K39
Burt Truster
Chanute
Hamilton
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Dent
MKT
C of C President Supports the Plan
Ross Beach Jr. of Hays, Kansas Chamber of Commerce president, pledges Eisenhower's enthusiastic support and help forming a task force to strengthen and preserve states rights. He says the plan offers a chance to return decision making to states and communities, save taxpayers, and avoid further centralization.
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Topeka
Ross Beach Jr
Hays
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Eisenhower
Beach
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Kansas
Topeka dispatch notes 1957 totals show 233 traffic fatalities year to date, with 0 in the last 24 hours. For the same period in 1956, fatalities reached 302.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
UN Rejects North Korea Plan At Panmunjom
North Korea called for an international conference to withdraw foreign troops from Korea and seek a peaceful solution. The UN Command rejected the proposal as unsuitable for a military conference. Chou Enlai backed the conference idea and denounced U.S. policy in Korea.
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North Korea
Korea
Krist Commission
U.N
Chou Enlai
Peiping
U.S
U. N
South Korea
Chung Kook Rook
Chung
Panmunjom
Frogman Crabb Identified by Coroner Inquest
A coroner ruled the headless body found in the English Channel near Chichester is Lionel Crabb the British diver missing since last year. The body dressed in Crabb favored Italian gear was recovered June 9 near Plymouth with the Soviet cruiser Ordzhonikidze in harbor during Bulganin Khrushchev visit. Mrs Margaret Crabb attended the inquest but could not identify the remains and cause of death remains undetermined.
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Chichester
England
Omer
Lionel Crabb
Portsmouth
Crabb
English Channel
Plymouth
Ordzhonikidze
Nikolai Bulganin
Rocket Fired at Air Force Test Center in Cocoa Florida
The Air Force missile test center reported a rocket was fired today as part of a series of tests but provided no further details. The Public Information Office noted extensive flight testing supports the long range ballistic program and would continue with no additional information released.
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Cocoa
Fla
Air Force Missile Test Center
Public Information Office
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church Reopened After Remodel
Earlton five miles west reports Pleasant Valley Baptist Church fully remodeled inside and out. Labor was provided by members, with an annex kitchen updated pews and a new piano including furniture and appliances. Dedication Sunday at 2:30 p.m. with Rev King as guest speaker and open house to follow says Rev A F Anderson.
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Earlton
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church
Here
King
A. F. Anderson
Trial Boring To Newsmen At Nickerson Plea Conviction
Huntsville Alabama reports a court martial of Col John C Nickerson Jr on a secret session day with 71 reporters present The case centered on missile program disputes between the Army and Air Force The 41 year old missile expert pleaded guilty to 15 charges for handling secret data and allowing sensitive information to reach unauthorized persons He was convicted and sentencing looms as part of a government deal
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Huntsville
Ala
Army Air Force
John C. Nickerson Jr
Ernest Stuhlinger
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Redstone Arsenal
Here
Army
Air Force
Nickerson
Wilson
Test Forced By Witnesses Test Forced By Witnesses
Two witnesses challenged the Senate Internal Security subcommittee’s right to question them citing recent Supreme Court decisions. The hearing was postponed. Howard V. Trautman and Salvatore Testa of New York refused to testify in the inquiry into communism in labor unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Supreme Court
Howard V. Trautman
Salvatore
Testa
New York
American Communications Assn
Trautman
Sen
Hruska
R-Neb
Robert Morris
Subcommittee
Watkins
Sweezy
Sen. Butler
R-Md
Internal Security Subcommittee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Church Merger Creates United Church of Christ
The Congregational Christian Church and the Evangelical and Re formed Church merge to form the United Church of Christ uniting about 2.2 million members in 8,311 congregations across the United States. President Eisenhower commends the union as a strengthened service to God and neighbor. The new denomination blends Pilgrim-era Congregational freedom with the E&R Church’s regularized governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Eisenhower
Congregational Christian Churches
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Congregationalists
United Church of Christ
Douglas Horton
Harvard Divinity School
U.S
Actress and Family Rescued From Boat at Newport Beach
Coast Guard reports actress Jeanne Crain her husband Paul Brinkman and their four children were aboard a 51 foot power cruiser that drifted for nearly three hours after engine trouble on a second honeymoon voyage. A passing ship towed the boat just off the Newport Beach jetty before the craft struck a stone barrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport Beach
Calif
Jeanne Crain
Coast Guard
Miss Crain
Paul Brinkman
Brinkman
Robert
Heavy Rainfall and Death Reported in Kansas
Central Kansas faced heavy rainfall with at least one death and widespread crop damage. A Hutchinson man, Clarence J. Bratcher, 49, perished when his mail bus plunged into a draw near Pratt. Flooding affected highways and bridges, while rivers in Wichita area were forecast to rise. Additional storms and cooler temperatures expected with scattered showers.
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Topeka
Kansas
Santa Fe Railroad
Pratt
Hutchinson
Clarence J. Bratcher
Bratcher
Loyce Truck Lines
Wichita
U. S. Weather Bureau
Ninnescah
Arkansas
Peck
Arkansas River
Arkansas City
Kingman
Conway Springs
Trousdale
Jetmore
Kinsley
Anthony
Salina
Mullinville Junction
Dodge City
Progreba
Weather Bureau
Russell
Goodland
Hill City
Richard Garrett
Garrett
Kansas City
Breitenstein Named to 10th Circuit by Senate
The Senate confirmed Jean Sala Breitenstein of Colorado to succeed the retired Walter A. Huxman on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Breitenstein’s confirmation advances the federal appellate court’s roster with a new judge.
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Washington
Senate
Jean Sala Breitenstein
Colorado
Walter A. Huxman
Court of Appeals
Eisenhower Says Hydrogen Bomb Tests May Continue
President Eisenhower reported from scientists that an absolutely clean hydrogen bomb could be produced after four to five more years of tests. He urged tests continue to gain full knowledge of atomic power while seeking a broader disarmament package with Russia, including halted production of new fissionable materials and limited aerial inspections. He also urged inflation restraint, defended the Supreme Court as stabilizing, and framed his civil rights program as moderate while stressing states’ rights and greater state funding roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Russia
Dulles
Supreme Court
Neighbor Boy Held In Slaying Of 10-Year-Old Shirley Kyle
Police arrested 15-year-old Salvatore Falbo after a large manhunt. Shirley Alice Kyle was found near her Kansas City home showing signs of strangulation. Falbo admitted to the slaying according to Detective Verda Reynolds.
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Kansas City
Shirley Alice Kyle
Salvatore Joseph Falbo
Shirley
Verda Reynolds
Young Falbo
Fler
Robert J. Kyle
John Pitts
Carol Clark
Carol
Falbo
Cheasty Testifies On Dio File In Hoffa Trial
John Crye Cheasty testified for a second day in the bribery conspiracy trial of James R. Hoffa and Hyman Fischbach. He said he supplied Senate Rackets Committee information about Johnny Dio to Hoffa and described a prearranged meeting and a $18,000 payoff.
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Washington
John Crye
Cheasty
James R. Hoffa
Senate
New York
Johnny (Dio) Dioguardi
Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Hyman I. Fischbach
Miami
Navy
FBI
Johnny Dio
Dio
Washington Street
Urban Committee Discusses City Beautification and Airport Name
The Urban Committee of the Chamber of Commerce met to review beautification plans for highway entrances and to aid Santa Fe Park development. A proposal suggested naming Chanute Municipal Airport the Martin Johnson Airport. Wendell Bowyer chaired, with plans to reconvene in about a week to study proposed projects and add new ones.
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Chamber of Commerce
Santa Fe Park
Chanute Municipal
Martin Johnson” Airport
Wendell Bowyer
Tribune Delivery Help Prompted by Phone Use
If you do not receive your Tribune contact your carrier then call 700 after 6 p.m. This notice informs readers of the procedure to obtain service when delivery issues occur.
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Tribune
Mine Traps Five Men in Hillside Collapse at Fernwood
Five miners trapped when a hillside slope mine at Powhatan No 2 Fernwood collapsed. Three escapees reported seeing lights inside and air flowing as drills probe the 75 foot fall. Trapped are Fred Sabol Harrisonville Hank Horvath Tiltonsville Kenny Hamilton Adena Joseph Supinski and Martin. Names of rescuers and escaping crew listed include Floyd Pennhardt Cadiz Charles Herron Hopedale and Don Davis Cadiz.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Powhatan
Fernwood
Here
Fred Sabol
Harrisonville
Hank Horvath
Tiltons
Bank Gunman Steals 15000 From Orrick Missouri Bank
A fast-working gunman robbed Citizens Exchange Bank in Orrick Ray County Missouri taking about 15000 after forcing an employee to remove cash from the vault. The bandit fled in a maroon Plymouth coupe within five minutes as police investigated possible accomplice detonations to divert attention.
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Orrick Me
Citizens Exchange Bank
Paul G Williams
Bank of Orrick
Orrick
Ray County
Kansas City
Utility Valuations Reach New High in Kansas
State taxable valuations of public service utilities in Kansas reached a record 828 541 373 dollars this year. Railroads top the list at 283 712 700 dollars, followed by pipelines at 265 160 115 and electric at 182 400 538. Other sectors include telephone 95 619 999 telegraph 1 313 362 interurban 219 879 and express 114.
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Topeka
Kansas
U.S. Proposes Arms Reductions and International Control
The United States proposed surrender of specific quantities of heavy armaments to international control as part of a limited disarmament treaty with the West and Russia. Harold Stassen outlined a three phase plan reducing U S and Soviet forces to 1,700,000 men each, with Britain and France following similar staged cuts. Russia’s Valerian Zorin questioned linking tests suspensions to nuclear material bans.
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London
United States
Harold JF. Stassen
United Nations Subcommittee On
Russia
Soviet Union
Stassen
U. S
Valerian Zorin
West
Zorin
Lassen
Britain
France
Germany
76 New Attorneys Ready for Practice
TOPEKA Seventy six new attorneys, many recent law grads, were admitted to practice in Kansas today in ceremonies before the State Supreme Court. The list includes John Tomanek Collyer Jerry Sorrick Mary Boone Lansing John Elmberg Lindsborg William Clement Junction City William Pendleton Lawrence Ross Summers Santa ta Henry Herrmann Hays John Pusher Lawrence Van Rothrock Wellington William Stewart Caney John Kite St Francis Darrell McNeil Peabody Raymond Warner Melvern Billy Benz Salina William Crews Lawrence James Hanson Jamestown Jerry Smith Winfield Eugene Smith Lyons Richard Lashley Lawrence Jordan L Haines Lawrence Dan Shubitz Alma Frank Hylton Arkansas City Richard Scott Ransom
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Topeka
Kansas
State Supreme Court
John Tomanek
Collyer
Jerry Sorrick
Blue Rapids
Mary Boone
Lansing
John Elmberg
Lindsborg
William Clement
Junction City
William Pendleton
Lawrence
Ross Summers
Henry Herrmann
Hays
John Pusher
van Rothrock
Wellington
William Stewart
Caney
John Kite
St. Francis
Darrell McNeil
Peabody
Raymond Warner
Melvern
Billy Benz
Salina
William Crews
James Hanson
Jamestown
Jerry Smith
Winfield
Eugene Smith
Lyons
Richard Lashley
Jordan L. Haines
Lawerence
Dan Shubitz
Alma
Frank Hylton
Arkansas City
Richard Scott
Ransom
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Miller
Department of the Fair
Richard E. Waymire
Boardman
Ore
the Tribune
Junior Keith
Chet Hale
Tom Ogden
C of C
Pleasant Valley Baptist Congregation
Leonard Carlson
Ralph Wingate
Harley Reece
Clarence Babcock
Leo Fairchild
UN Command
Frogman
O.se
Vivn Ves Bvasts
Huxman
Hillside
Missouri
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