Neosho County Leads Kansas Retail Gain in March 1956
Neosho county posted a 27.4 percent rise in retail sales from March 1955 to March 1956, among Kansas counties in a University of Kansas Bureau of Business Research study. Other counties reported mixed results, with Woodson down 0.3 percent and Allen up 3.2 percent. Statewide, 44 of 105 counties showed increases, totaling a 1.2 percent gain, while major groups showed varied shifts including food and merchandise up and automotive down. Police reported two purse thefts in the business district, and thieves were reportedly stealing car radio antennas for conversion to fishing poles. Gasoline prices edged up ahead of a federal 1-cent-per-gallon tax increase, effective Sunday, funding a highway program. A lightning strike destroyed the belfry of the Lone Elm schoolhouse near Thayer, though the main building remained intact.
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Neosho County
University of Kansas Bureau of Business Research
Brown Bear Attacks St. Louis Woman
Mrs Laura Murphy was knocked down and scratched by a 450 pound Syrian brown bear tied to scaffolding outside the Post-Dispatch Building in downtown St. Louis. The bear was pulled away by trainer Walter Klausner after attacking during a television show setup. Murphy received treatment and was returned home.
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ST. Louis
Laura Murphy
Pike’s Peak
Post-Dispatch
Walter Klausner
Senate approves foreign aid authorization amid looming hurdles
The Senate advanced a $4.56 billion foreign aid authorization, sending it to conference with the House after a 54 to 25 vote. The bill falls about $340 million short of President Eisenhower's request and faces further battles over House and Senate appropriations, with next steps a House Senate conference next week and a separate appropriations bill to follow. The vote split 27 Democrats to 27 Republicans in favor, 13 Democrats and 12 Republicans opposed.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Senate House
Population declines in Wilson County towns in 1956
Wilson County assessors report shows Fredonia led declines with 135 fewer residents and Fredonia county seat dropping from 3,503 to 3,368. Altoona rose from 573 to 577 and Coyville from 129 to 137. Benedict Buffalo Neodesha and New Albany also fell. ten townships lost population while four gained. Prairie township unchanged. 1956 township figures list Cedar Center Chetopa Clifton Colfax Duck Creek Fall River Guilford Neodesha Newark Pleasant Valley Prairie Talleyrand Verdigris Webster.
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Fredonia
Wilson
Burris Lurber
Altoona
Coyville
Benedict
Buffalo
Neodesha
New Albany
Prairie Township
Cedar
Center
Chetopa
Clifton
Colfax
Duck Creek
Fall River
Guilford
Newark
Pleasant Valley
Prairie
Talleyrand
Verdigris
Webster
Bishop Eugene Frank Leads In Race For St Louis Bishop
In New Orleans the south central Methodist vote tally shows Rev. Eugene M. Frank of Topeka leading on the fifth ballot for the St. Louis bishop seat. He won 116 votes with 60 percent needed. rounds earlier gave 40, 66, and 95 votes as about 300 ballots were cast each round. Bishop Ivan Lee Holt is retiring. A sixth ballot began immediately.
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New Orleans
Eugene M. Frank
Topeka
South Central
Methodist Church
St. Louis
Ivan Lee Holt
Frank
Kansas
Hail Storm Devastates Saskatchewan Grain Crops
A severe hailstorm in southern Saskatchewan damaged crops across 12 by 6 miles in the Maconi and Midale regions southeast of Weyburn. Hailstones golf-ball size struck for 30 minutes, causing what is feared to be a total crop loss.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan
Maconi
Midale
Weyburn
Car left running stolen after push start in Denver
Mrs Frances R Karsh tried to start her 1952 car but could not. A motorist pushed the car for several blocks and it still would not start. She left the keys in the vehicle and returned two hours later to find the car stolen.
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Denver
Frances R. Karsh
Quiet Ceremony Marilyn and Arthur Wed at City Hall
Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller were married quietly at City Hall in White Plains. The pair returned to Miller's Roxbury Connecticut home for a five minute ceremony then planned a honeymoon in England pending a passport.
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Marilyn
Arthur
City Hall
White Plains
N. Y
Marilyn Monroe
Arthur Miller
Miller
Roxbury
Conn
England
Morton A
Florence J. Miller
Japan Reports Nuclear Blast Above Bikini Area
Kyoto University Meteorological Institute said a nuclear blast likely occurred more than six miles above the Bikini area last Tuesday. Japan’s weather bureau reported air pressure waves indicating a nuclear explosion at Bikini at 6 a.m. local time Tuesday. The U S Atomic Energy Commission has declined to comment on Japanese reports of detonations at Bikini on May 26 and last Tuesday.
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Kyoto
Japan
Meteorological Research Institute of
Kyoto University
Bikini
National Weather Bureau
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Race Letter Wins Award For Thuston
The Rev. Floyd H. Thuston pastor of the Church of God in Christ at 722 N. Evergreen won first place in The Tribune People’s Forum contest for a letter on segregation that preceded city commissioners lifting racial restrictions at the city pool. He receives 3 dollars. the paper will continue offering 6 dollars weekly for four weeks.
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Floyd H. Thuston
People’s Forum
Thuston
Church of God In Christ
N. Evergreen
the Tribune
Robert G. Carson
Washington
Floyd West Jr
Jury Convicts Former Buyer in Federal Kickback Case
A Kansas City federal court jury convicted James E. Hanis a Westinghouse plant buyer of taking kickbacks in government contracts. Graddy pleaded guilty and testified, while Edward R. McCabe was acquitted. Sentencing for Hanis and Graddy has not been set.
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Kansas City
James E. Hanis
Hanis
Westinghouse
Edward R. McCabe
Robert Ward Graddy
Tulsa
Okla
McCabe
Graddy
Shooting Fireworks Illegal in Chanute Before July Fourth
Police chief warns residents that firing fireworks in Chanute before July 4 is illegal. Advises遵 local enforcement and potential penalties while citing public safety concerns ahead of Independence Day.
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Chanute
Fighting Still Rages in Polish City Poznan
Western travelers report scattered fighting between armed workers and Polish troops in Poznan as insurgents resist with tanks and jet planes. Officials say the revolt was crushed, but witnesses describe ongoing exchanges and sporadic gunfire across the city amid shortages and power concerns.
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Berlin
Poznan
Poland
Wanted Man Arrested After Beatrice Jail Escape
A 31-year-old escapee identified as Thomas Smith Mathes of Pawhuska Oklahoma was arrested in Hutchinson after posing as Anthony Jameson. He fled Beatrice Nebraska jail after beating the sheriff and faced car theft and escape warrants along with bad check charges. Officers tailed a tip from an FBI agent and arrested him at a tavern where he resisted, shouting to be killed, but was unarmed. A suitcase held a letter to his wife stating he would not be taken alive.
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Hutchinson
Beatrice
Neb
Thomas Smith Mathes
Pawhuska
Oklo
Anthony Jameson
Carl Spriggs
Methes
Spriggs
FBI
Mathes
Clarence Reid
Reid
Fire at Dodge City Burns Three Buildings
A blaze of unknown origin last night destroyed three Elkhart buildings and damaged two others in the business section. Loss is about 100000 dollars. Fireman Danny Withers was injured when the drug store roof collapsed. Liberal, Hugoton, and Guymon crews aided the effort to control the fire by 4 30 a m.
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Dodge City
Elkhart
Land Company
Danny Withers
Liberal
Hugoton
Guymon
Okla
Parole Application For Elmer Lee Causey At Lansing
Elmer Lee Causey serving up to five years in state prison at Neosho County for obtaining money under false pretenses will apply for parole on August 30. He was sentenced February 10, 1954, in Erie district court. Tribune delivery notice follows.
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Elmer Lee Causey
Neosho County
Kansas State
Lansing
Causey
Erie
Court Rules Budget Session Investigating Committee Unconstitutional
Kansas Supreme Court unanimously rules the 1956 budget session investigating committee unconstitutional. Harold Fatzer abstained. seven members have no power to investigate government operations. Court states budget session limited to budget matters and cannot grant unlimited investigative powers.
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Topeka
Legislative
Kansas Supreme Court
Harold Fatzer
Fatzer
Supreme Court
Fred Hall
Steelworkers face midnight strike as talks stall in New York
In New York the 605,000 steelworkers edge toward a midnight strike as negotiations stall. John A. Stephens and David J. McDonald offered little new on prospects amid daily talks in the Roosevelt Hotel.
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New York
John A. Stephens
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers Union
Roosevelt
Pittsburgh
Fatal Stabbing At Springfield
In Springfield Missouri a 14 year old adopted daughter of Lawrence Drennon a wealthy businessman and church leader was found dead on the patio of her home stabbed 30 times. Her younger brother David 13 is held for questioning as police report the knife found in a garage matches wounds. The victim Carol Elaine Drennon daughter of Drennon who owns a heavy equipment company and is church superintendent died after an autopsy found no sexual abuse.
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Springfield
Carol Elaine Drennon
Lawrence Drennon
Grants Avenue Baptist Church
David Drennon
David Gorelick
Carol
Relief Sought for Colorado Plains Drought Classification
Denver reports Gov Ed Johnson weighed a plan to seek federal drought disaster designation for nearly all of Colorado's eastern plains. The proposal originated with state agriculture commissioner Paul W Swisher. Federal action requires a governor request and state drought committee approval.
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Denver
Ed C. Johnson
Colorado
Paul W. Swisher
Traffic Fatalities Report For 1956 Topeka Area
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section show 0 in the last 24 hours. To date in 1956 totals 297, compared with 273 for the same period in 1955.
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Topeka
Kansas
Whisky as snakebite antidote studied at ASU Tempe
The National Science Foundation has granted Arizona State College at Tempe 2000 dollars to investigate whether a slug of whisky can act as an antidote to snakebite. Researchers will test the alcohol’s effectiveness and report findings.
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Tempe, Ariz
National Science Foundation
Arizona State College
Tempe
University professor seeks stop to former student advances
Jozef Cohen an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Illinois obtained a warrant to arrest 22 year old Dawn Wolfe for disturbing the peace after she wrote him daily notes and threats. Wolfe, a former coed who graduated earlier this month, pursued Cohen for months and allegedly warned of a hug so hard he could suffer a heart attack.
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Champaign
Ill
Jozef Cohen
University of Illinois
Dawn Wolfe
Miss Wolfe
Cohen
Eisenhower Returns To Farm Home After Hospital Stay
President Eisenhower arrives at his Gettysburg farm at 11 06 a m with Mrs Eisenhower after a two hour 85 mile drive from Walter Reed Army Hospital. He plans at least two weeks of convalescence and marks the wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Heaton on the same day. The outpouring crowd onlookers and hospital staff witness a upbeat mood as he leaves the hospital following major abdominal surgery on June 9.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
Heaton
Walter Reed
Cooler Trend Brings Rain as July Cool Front Near
The forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions this afternoon through Sunday with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Showers lingered overnight in eastern Kansas with heavy rainfall including Ottawa recording 1.52 inches in 30 minutes.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Ottawa
May Flies Blankets Hannibal Streets After Invasion
One of the thickest May fly swarms in years covered sidewalks streets and cars in Hannibal Missouri on Thursday night. Crews with three dump trucks spent five hours cleaning the downtown area where the dead insects left several inches of cover.
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Hannibal
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