Kidnapping of a dummy and a fish tale headline
A Tahlequah woman reports her ventriloquist dummy Sandy, a 42 inch six year old, was snatched from her car between 10:15 and 11 pm. She offers a $10 reward and describes Sandy in detail while noting his limited worth. Also retold is Ray Smith’s Elks club fish story about an 184 pound blue catfish found in a missing live box at the Elks lake dock.
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Naomi Gibbs
Tahlequah
Okla
Sandy
Ray Smith
Elks Club
Bonner Springs Man Is Electrocuted
A quarry accident near Bonner Springs left Glenn H. Picett 40 electrocuted after a steel measuring tape touched a 3,300 volt line. Fred Dopson of Kansas City was hospitalized with burns while holding the other end of the tape.
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Bonner Springs
Kas
Glenn H. Picett
Fred Dopson
Kansas City
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Count Rises in 1959
AP report from Topeka lists state accident records showing 257 traffic fatalities year to date as of 9 am today, in stark comparison to 228 in the same 1953 period and 1959 figures in a similar window.
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Topeka
Kansas
Seven Die In Kansas Weekend Highway Accidents
Seven persons were killed in Kansas highway crashes during the weekend. A Muncie woman Veda A. Moore, 59, died after a rear tire blew out near Wamego and the car rolled over. Her sister Ray Pompas, 61, driver, and Pompas’ husband were injured. A 19 year old Lola youth Lloyd Wiggans died when a car went out of control near Moran on U S 54. A 7 year old Bellevue boy Phillip Carson was struck by a car near Atchison. Two other fatalities occurred near Stanley involving Kansas City residents and a truck passenger from Austin Texas. Eight died on Missouri highways in the same period.
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Muncie
Ind
Veda A. Moore
Wamego
Kas
Highway Patrol
Lola
Lloyd Wiggans
U. S
Moran
Bellevue
Atchison
Phillip Carson
Lowell Carson
Stanley
Kansas City
Austin
Tex
Missouri
Missing Girl Found Alive After 13 Hours in Michigan Woods
Three year old Carol VanHulla of Niagara Wisconsin was found alive after 13 hours lost in forested terrain near Norway Lake Dickinson County. State troopers, sheriff's deputies, volunteers and air units searched the area. no abduction, suspect Ronald Nelson was cleared.
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Tron Mountain
Mich
Upper Michigan Wilds
Carol van Hulla
Niagara
Wis
Norway Lake
Dickinson County
Harry R. Julian
Wisconsin
Ronald Nelson
Nelson
Air Force Base
Kinross
Civil Air Patrol
Woodlands
Carol
Joseph VanHalla
Norway Lake Park
Kansas Pilot Killed In Italian Crash
AP reports Captain Jack A. Pittman 30 of Hutchinson Kansas died in a Griffiss Air Force Base test flight crash after hydraulic controls reportedly failed in the F102A Delta Dagger. Witnesses say he bailed out at about 100 feet but his parachute did not deploy.
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Rome
N. Y
Griffiss Air Force Base
Jack A. Pittman
Hutchinson
Kan
Griffisson
Pittman
Burns Fatal Bath Accident In Fort Scott
A tub of bath water caused the death of two year old Terry Wayne Colvin in Fort Scott Kansas. The child was in the care of his mother Mrs Shirley Colvin who had filled the tub and gone to switch off the heater. Mrs Colvin is the recently divorced wife of Jack Colvin.
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Fort Scott, Kan
Terry Wayne Colvin
Shirley Colvin
Redmond Dam Ground-Breaking Set for July 18
A ground breaking at John Redmond dam site and celebration in Burlington is planned for July 18. George Fox of the Neo sho Cottonwood Flood Control Association said Corps of Engineers officials from Washington, Dallas and Tulsa will attend, with congressional delegations from Arkansas river valley invited. The event marks construction start for a dam part of a Neosho valley system. completion is targeted for 1965. Fox noted large Neosho valley delegations expected and referenced a July 4 celebration near Manhattan for the Tuttle Creek dam closure.
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John Redmond
Burlington
George Fox
Neosho-Cottonwood Flood Control Association
Corps of Engineers
Washington
Dallas
Tulsa
Fox
Arkansas River Valley
Neosho Valley
Manhattan
Tuttle Creek
25 Year Prison Term for Jack Gillespie in Jail Brutality Case
In Kansas City AP report 18 year old Jack Gillespie received a 25 year prison sentence for brutalities against fellow prisoners in the Jackson County Jail. Circuit Judge John R. James overruled a motion for a new trial as Gillespie’s attorney filed notice of appeal to the state Supreme Court. He must serve four years on burglary and stealing charges before the 25 year term begins.
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Kansas City
Jack Gillespie
Jackson County
John R. James
Gillespie
State Supreme Court
New JayCee Officers Installed at Inaugural Ball
Chanute Junior Chamber of Commerce and JayCee Jaynes installed new officers at the second annual Inaugural Ball at Chanute Country Club. About 50 attended as Lee McKay of Caney spoke and installed JayCee officers Bill Morgan and Joan Colvin led the groups. The event included a social hour, chicken dinner, and music by The Keynotes from Neodesha.
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Chanute JayCees
JayCee
Jack Groves
Donald Hawley
Jaynes
Tribune
Chanute
Lee McKay
Caney
District 8
Jaynee
McKay
Neodesha
Bill Morgan
Harold Horn
Ray Christiansen
Arkansas City Judge Appointed to Hear Neosho Case
The Kansas Supreme Court named District Judge Doyle E. White of Arkansas City as judge pro tem of the Neosho County District Court to hear the Marie Buster vs Don T Buster case after District Judge B M Dunham Chanute, who presided, disqualified himself.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Doyle E. White
Arkansas City
Neosho County
Marie Buster
Don T. Buster
B. M. Dunham
Chanute
Two Girls Die In Gorge Slip At Castile Picnic
In Castile New York two 13 year old girls on a church picnic slipped on loose rock at the top of a 100 foot gorge. Susan Metz plunged from the cliff and drowned in the Genesee River. Susan Rutecki clung to a tree branch and was rescued by a park worker as the branch began to snap.
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Castile
N.Y
Aim
Susan Metz
Genesee
Susan Rutecki
Fatal freak blast on Seaboard freight train shocks Georgia
A massive butane explosion on a Seaboard Air Line freight train near Meldrim Georgia killed at least 17 people and injured many more as 175 recreation seekers gathered beneath a river trestle. Rescue crews, helicopters, and disaster units scoured the scene along the Ogeechee River amid burning cars and scorched debris.
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Meldrim
Ogeechee
Seaboard Air Line
Associated Press
Savannah
Journal
David Parker
Montgomery
Ala
George Hodges Jr
Near Meldrim
Savannah Morning News
Bill Harris
Harris
Steelworkers Strike Deadline Delayed Two Weeks
NEW YORK AP Steel industry contract talks recessed until Wednesday with a two week postponement of the strike deadline to midnight July 14. President Eisenhower facilitated the delay as David J. McDonald leads the United Steelworkers in meetings to push for wage gains while industry negotiators oppose cost increases without price hikes.
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New York
Eisenhower
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers
R. Conrad Cooper
Thomas Patton
Republic Steel Corp
Patton
McDonald
Cooper
Father's Quick Action Saves Son's Life
In Carthage Missouri a flaming two pound gasoline can struck 9 year old Ronnie Evans on the chest during a barbecue. His father Glynn Evans tackled the flames covering the boy and himself to smother the fire and rushed him to a hospital. Ronnie suffered burns to face neck chest and arms and was in satisfactory condition.
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Carthage
Ronnie Evans
Ronnie
Glynn Evans
Pea Patch Best Refreshes Long Heads to Covington
Gov K Long, rested after a weekend at his Pea Patch Farm, travels to Covington with a team of psychiatrists. He continues a political purge, divorces his wife, plans a special legislative session, and starts his re election bid.
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Winnfield
K. Long
Pea Patch Farm
State
Covington
Long
Governor Long vows divorce and fourth term bid
Governor Earl Long said he would divorce as soon as possible while planning to win a fourth Democratic nomination. He commented during a 15 minute news conference about political plans, recounting his career and recent commitments. Meanwhile Kansas sees a cool front bringing heavy rain in Wa baunsee County with several towns reporting up to 5 inches and other areas lighter rainfall as temperatures drop across the state.
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Louisiana
Topeka
Kansas
Wabaunsee
McFarland
Paxico
Horton
Elmo
Kinsley
Truesdale
Dodge City
St. Joseph
Hill City
Garden City
Russell
Pittsburg
Weather Bureau
Finance Council Allows Extra Funds for K U Center
The Kansas Finance Council approved a $196 929 overrun for the Kansas University Medical Center to cover higher year end costs from increased lab services heart surgeries and blood purchases. Acting director Vernon Wilson cited daily balance tracking as key to avoiding future overruns.
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Topeka
State Finance Council
Kansas University Medical Center
Vernon Wilson
Finance Council
State Board of Regents
George Docking
Wilson
Scaffolding Collapse at Church Repairs No Injuries
A three ton steel scaffold around the Immaculate Conception Church in Leavenworth collapsed Saturday during repairs. No one was injured as work had paused for the weekend. cause unknown and rebuilding began today.
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Leavenworth
Supreme Court shields broadcasts from libel suits
The Supreme Court ruled that radio and television stations cannot be sued for libel over statements by political candidates in broadcast speeches. The decision held immunity when Congress barred censorship of political broadcasts and required stations to give equal time to rival candidates on the same terms.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Bel
Supreme Court affirms official immunity in libel rulings
Justice Harlan writes majority opinions upholding absolute immunity for policymaking officials and military officers in libel cases. Court also strikes down New York film censorship as overbroad while noting immunity extends through executive ranks. Justice Black dissents on libel immunity questions.
Nixon Visits Hoover and Plans MacArthur Chat in New York
Vice President Richard Nixon had breakfast with former President Herbert Hoover in Hoover’s Waldorf Towers suite. Nixon also planned a chat with General Douglas MacArthur, who resides in the same hotel.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Herbert Hoover
Waldorf Towers
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
U.S. to Open Embassy in Kathmandu Nepal
The State Department announced that the United States will open an embassy in Kathmandu Nepal. Previously the U S ambassador to India also served as ambassador to Nepal.
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Washington
United States
Katmandu
Nepal
State Department
U.S
India
Communists Arrested Near Syrian Border in Jordan
Nine Jordanians described as dangerous Communists were arrested today in a district bordering Syria, officials announced in Amman.
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Amman
Jordan
Rep Sonnenberg Dies in Kansas Legislature
SMITH CENTER AP E R Sonnenberg age 67 Smith County representative in the Kansas Legislature died in a hospital after months of treatment for a bleed condition.
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Smith Center
E. R. Sonnenberg
Smith County
Kansas
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