Left Hand Pitch claims Tribune misdated history
Tribune history row over April 8 1892 start date as Captain G M Dewey launched the paper. Kansas State Historical Society files film and house copies with Topeka vault access while other Chanute papers join the collection. Avis Mettrvin, Altoona teacher, travels England by bicycle with tour group through a British summer vacation.
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G. M. Dewey
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Kansas State Historical Society
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Topeka
Historical Society
Chanute
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Chanute Daily Sun
Chanute Daily Timesett
Chanute Weekly Tribune
Soldier faces death in Poole murder case at Ft Hood
An all-white all-male jury in Waco sentenced M. Sgt. Marion Washington of Ft. Hood to die in the electric chair for the April 2 killing of A. J. C. Poole, 23, of Spartanburg, S. C. Poole, defending his fiancée from a supposed strangler, was shot during a lovers lane incident near a deserted road.
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Tex
Marion Washington
Ft. Hood
A. J. C. Henry Poole
Spartanburg
S. C. Poole
Poole
Estimated 380 July 4 traffic deaths forecast
The National Safety Council forecast 380 immediate deaths from the July 4 holiday traffic. The estimate covers 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday and includes only immediate fatalities, not later deaths from weekend injuries, as over 40 million cars are expected to travel.
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National Safety Council
Lightning Strikes Ottawa Farm Killing Four Cattle
A Franklin County farmer, Harry Tucker, 63, was struck by lightning while milking in his barn near Williamsburg. The bolt killed two cows inside the barn and two more outside, knocked Tucker down and left him shaken but not hospitalized.
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Ottawa
Kas
Franklin County
Harry Tucker
Williamsburg
Tucker
Eisenhower slips on Dixon Yates power controversy
President Eisenhower during a news conference mispronounces Dixon Yates as Vixon Dates while discussing the Dixon Yates power controversy. The tongue slip is noted in reports of the event.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Lawyer Honored for Fifty Years in Leavenworth
Leavenworth Kas Lee Bond a long time member of the Leavenworth County Bar Association since 1908 received a certificate from the State Bar Association in district court today as tribute to a half century of law practice in the community.
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Lee Bond
Leavenworth County Bar Assn
State Bar Assn
Ruth Taylor Receives Puss'n Boots Award for Kindness to Cats
Ruth Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Taylor, accepts a Puss'n Boots Bronze certificate from The Tribune on behalf of the national committee honoring kindness to cats. Tex Away, the traveling cat, was to share the honor but was not present. Tex II, four weeks old, accompanies Ruth.
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No Supplies- Driver's Licenses Delay Likely
The sale of new state driver’s licenses may be delayed as necessary supplies have not arrived and no word from the State Motor Vehicle Department is received. Start of sales could be delayed until July 11 due to printing forms, with two weeks to prepare.
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Coats
Associated Press
Topeka
Dee James
Motor Vehicle Department
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Paul T. Brennecke
Sea Rescue Flier Crashes. Two Marines Missing at Sea
A Marine helicopter crash left two pilots missing at sea after more than 72 hours of searching. Three crewmen were rescued unharmed, including Lt. Alan M. McAneny. A broad search by 70 Air Force Navy and Marine aircraft and about a dozen ships continued for 2nd Lt. David Winton Bell and Capt H P Montague Jr. as life rafts drifted 30 miles apart amid worsening seas.
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Yonkers
N.Y
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Robert W. Suedes
Eathan
Kyle Wayne Follett
Harrison A. Follett
Fairview
Utah
James W. Huskinson
Emor J. Huskinson
Osage
Wye
Air Force
U.S. Navy
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Charles H. Bell
General Mills Corp
H. P. Montague Jr
Jackson
Bell
About 150 U.S. Firms to Exhibit at Atoms for Peace Event
The Atomic Energy Commission announced that about 150 American firms and organizations will exhibit at the international atoms for peace conference in Geneva from August 8 to 20. AEC Chairman Lewis L. Strauss said the participation shows government and private enterprise partnering to develop peaceful atomic energy uses.
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Atomic Energy Commission
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Stark Voters Approve Sale Of City Electrical System
Stark voters approved the sale of the Stark electrical distribution system to Kansas Gas & Electric Co by a 50 to 1 vote in a special election. The sale price is 5000 dollars and includes a four mile transmission line to a Savonburg substation. KG&E currently leases and will continue power supply. Mayor R D Williamson noted turnout and 65 qualified electors in town.
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Williamson
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Yugoslavia Aid Curtailment Proposals Pose House Vote
At least two proposals to curb Yugoslavia aid await House decision today. several other measures seek to revise President Eisenhower's foreign aid program for next year.
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Yugoslavia
House
Eisenhower
Cave-in in Brooklyn Leaves One Dead Three Missing
Police say one man died and three are missing after a wall cave-in in the Bishwick district of Brooklyn. Initial reports estimated up to forty workers trapped before the situation was clarified.
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New York
Bishwick
Brooklyn
Truck driver killed when semi overturns near Buffalo
A 26 year old man tentatively identified as Alfred J. Fernandez Jr of San Antonio Texas was killed when a northbound semi overturned on a US 75 curve south of Buffalo at about 510 am He was thrown from the cab and crushed by the trailer A watermelons load remained intact The body was sent to the Pool mortuary Buffalo The investigation by Kansas State Trooper Burris Milliron Wilson County Sheriff Charles Spohn and coroner Dr Raymond Beale noted possible driver doze at the wheel and a demolished cab
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Alfred J. Fernandez, Jr
San Antonio
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Burris Milliron
Independence
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Topeka
Wilson County
Charles Spohn
Raymond Beale
Fredonia
June Parting Showers Forecast Across Kansas
June ends with showers and thunderstorms across Kansas as the weather bureau predicts partly cloudy skies, highs in the 80s to near 90, and scattered storms tonight and Thursday. Reports from Douglas and others show widespread rainfall amounts, with some locations recording over an inch and a half.
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Eureka
Passport Held Up for Worker Reporter in Geneva
New York report notes Joseph Clark of the Daily Worker has had his passport application tentatively refused. Alan Max, managing editor, stated the denial affects Clark’s ability to cover the Big Four Geneva meeting.
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Daily Worker
U. S
Communist Party
Geneva
Alan Max
The
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Joseph Clark
Steel Firms Banking Furnaces Fear Strike
In Pittsburgh the steel industry rushes to bank gigantic blast furnaces amid a looming midnight strike. U S Steel and Bethlehem Steel begin furnace banking as talks continue with the CIO United Steelworkers. McDonald accuses Hood of stalling while urging industry leaders to negotiate a fair settlement.
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Clifford Hood
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Hood
Roger M. Blough
Eugene Grace
Charles White
Republic Steel
Ben Moreell
Jones and Laughlin Steel
J. L. Mauthe
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Joseph L. Black
Inland Steel Co
Steelworkers
CIO United
CBS Newsman admits Communist spy past in Finland
Winston M. Burdett, CBS reporter, told Senate investigators he spied for the Communists in Finland during the Russo Finnish War. He claimed a six year devotion to the party, joined in 1937 while at the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, left in 1942, and said he informed the FBI in 1951. CBS supports him, stating no firing is planned.
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Neosho River Drops Four Feet At Chanute
City water plant employee reports the Neosho River in Chanute falling to seven feet this morning, a four foot drop from yesterday’s reading. Runoff from upstream rains, especially near Emporia, is believed to have reached Chanute, with no further rise expected from Sunday and Monday storms. No large rainfall amounts were reported on the watershed last night.
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The Moon Is Blue Appeals to Kansas High Court
Holmby Productions seeks to overturn a Kansas Supreme Court ruling that upheld the State Board of Review order banning The Moon is Blue as obscene and immoral. The producers filed notice with the high court clerk claiming the review board acted arbitrarily and violated the Constitution.
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Holmby Productions
Kansas
Emporian Sentenced In Prejury Case
A. J. Place, an Emporia farmer, was sentenced by Federal Judge Arthur J. Mellett to a year and a day in prison for perjury and subornation of perjury. The conviction stemmed from testimony in Wichita last April in a trial arising from an alleged beating of a 15 year old farm hand.
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A. J. Place
Emporia
Arthur J. Mellett
Place
Wichita
Shift to Flexible Farm Price Supports Takes Effect Friday
The United States will shift from rigid wartime price supports to flexible price floors for crops including wheat corn cotton rice and peanuts. Wheat support drops from 90 to 82 percent parity with an average price near 2 06 a bushel this year. Government holdings of wheat total about 955 million bushels affecting an $172 million loss in value. Other crops oats rye barley grain sorghums and soybeans will also see price floors reduced starting Friday.
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Eisenhower
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Molotov Stresses Peace Wishes During New York Stop
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov said many people in the United States and Russia wish peace as he prepared to sail home after a 13 day visit. He thanked Americans for their warm reception and expressed hope for peace and prosperity for both nations during a brief pierside statement before the Queen Elizabeth departure.
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San Francisco
Bernard Baruch
Baruch
Long Island
Traffic Fatalities Reported In Topeka Area
Traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section for the last 24 hours in Topeka and surrounding area. To date in 1955 total fatalities rise to 257, reflecting figures from the same period in 1954.
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Kansas
Hearing on Picketing Continued to July 6
Erie A hearing on the Chanute union picketing case was continued to 10 a.m. July 6 by agreement of the parties. The case involves a temporary injunction restraining Parsons Labor Local from picketing Kansas highway office and State tuberculosis hospital construction at Chanute. Plaintiffs are George Senne & Co. and Hunter and Lundberg, contractors on the highway and state buildings.
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Chanute Union
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Kansas Highway Office
Chanute
George Senne & Co
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Kansas City Driver Fined for DUI and Liquor Transport
Everett Hendershot of Kansas City was taken into custody by state trooper Dick Harbaugh of Iola and pleaded guilty in city court to operating a motor vehicle under the influence and illegal liquor transportation. He received a $150 fine plus $3.15 costs and a six month license revocation. The $125 fine covered the first count and $25 the second.
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Kansas City
Dick Harbaugh
Iola
El Dorado Sets Vote On New Sewage Plant Bond
El Dorado Kansas voters will decide tomorrow on a one million dollar bond issue to finance a new sewage treatment plant. The city is under orders from the Kansas Board of Health to build a disposal facility capable of serving over 20,000 people with contracts to be let by January 1.
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Wichita
R. M. Seaton
Coffeyville
Congress
Tuttle Creek
C. Y. Thomas
Mission Hills
Arno Windscheffel
R-Smith Center
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el Dorado
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Vancouver mechanic’s misfit differential sparks four reverse speeds
Paddy Sherman of Vancouver Province reports his self install of a new differential in his English car went wrong after a mechanic said to replace the part. He installed four speeds in reverse and one in forward, prompting his resignation from the do it yourself cult.
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Paddy Sherman
Vancouver Province
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