Erie Fire Briefly Threatens Buildings and Cars
Left Hand Pitch reports fire threatened Erie during Thursday night’s wind storm causing more damage to two cars than to buildings. An alley trash blaze near Ola Earnhardt’s residence was extinguished with no injuries. Fire department members Johnnie White and Everett Mix were involved in a collision but unhurt.
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Erie
Ola Earnhardt
Johnnie White
Everett Mix
Erie Fire Department
Bandit Nabbed In Missouri After Iowa Bank Robbery
Eugene William Buff, 33, released from Nebraska Penitentiary, was seized in Missouri after admitting robbing the Commercial State Bank of Afton, Iowa. He forced four employees into the vault, recovered most of the $25,000, and was captured seven hours later driving a stolen car near the Iowa Missouri line.
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Creston
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Iowa Highway
Eugene William Buff
Commercial State Bank of Afton
Southwestern Bell Reports $65 Million Net Income
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co reports 65,334,007 dollars net income for last year with a 6.7 percent return on net plant investment. The firm announced the annual stockholders report noting 200,500 more telephones installed, totaling 4,496,000 in service. Plant investment at year end 1954 stood at 1,420,610,000 dollars, twice the amount from six years earlier.
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ST. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Illinois
Fall Is Fatal At Abilene High Injury
Warren L. Graf 88 of Salina died from injuries after a fall at the new Abilene high school building last night.
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Abilene, Eas
Warren L. Graf
Salina
Abilene High School
Contests Lacking In City Election On April Fifth
Chanute voters face only one issue a 55000 bond by Chanute for a 90000 Kansas National Guard Armory with 40000 state and federal aid. Three school board incumbents Dr E C Cathers Walter M Poor Ebur S Schultz seek re election along with two city commission candidates Mayor J D Lightfoot and Randall L Diver. Registration books reopen and stay open until April 25 then daily until closing. Howard Parsons city clerk said
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Chanute
Kansas National Guard
E. C. Cathers
Walter M. Poor
Ebur
S. Schultz
J. D. Lightfoot
Randall L. Diver
Howard Parsons
Killer hunted in Minnesota area ambush murders
In Hayward Wisconsin police said a killer used a high powered rifle to kill Emil Salzman 45 and his wife Clara 39 in their Minnesota area home. Their bullet riddled bodies were found yesterday with the wife near the front door and the husband dragged to the rear. An abandoned car linked to the couple was found in St. Paul Minnesota as authorities hunted the perpetrator. Sheriff Clyde Williamson of the far northwestern Wisconsin area reported they were slain late Thursday.
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Hayward
Wis
St. Paul
Minn
Emil Salzman
Clara
Clyde Williamson
Wisconsin
Dust Threat Lingers as Kansas Faces Weekend Warmth
The weather forecast warns of dust storms in western Kansas with rising winds tomorrow. Temperatures will swing from mid 30s to 70s, with cooler southeast and extreme east tonight and a warmer, partly cloudy weekend ahead.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Olathe
Russell
Goodland
Pittsburg
Kansas Stockman Killed While Family Looks On
A former stockman named Arthur Berry was killed in a truck accident near Lincoln Kansas. His truck lost control on Ki4, a tractor on the truck fell onto the highway, the vehicle went over an embankment, Berry was thrown out and pinned beneath the truck as family members followed in another car. Authorities reported the sheriff's office.
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Lincoln, Kas.p
Arthur Berry
Lincoln
Berry
Sheriff's Office
Traffic Fatalities Reported In 24 Hours In Kansas
The state accident records section lists casualties in the last 24 hours with totals for year to date and comparison to 1954. The notice provides a point of contact for the Tribune and specifies a phone time frame.
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Topeka
Kansas
What Faith Means to Me in Lent and Easter Reflections
A reflection on increased church attendance during Lent and at Easter. The piece notes a rising emphasis on God in private life and public affairs, highlights the Washington Prayer Breakfast organized by the Council of Christian Leaders and Conrad Hilton, and cites Philippians 4:8 as guidance for contemplative thought.
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God
Bailey
Washington
Council of Christian Leaders
Conrad Hilton
Jury convicts deputy in Suffolk jail break case
In Boston Suffolk County Jail escape case, Sheriff Sullivan is acquitted while chief deputy William J. McMorrow is convicted on negligence charges. Judge Frank E. Smith will seek review on legal grounds, and Burke remains at large after the August daylight break aided by two men in guard uniforms.
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Boston
Frederick F. Sullivan
William J. McMorrow
New York
Elmer
Trigger) Burke
Suffolk County
Frank E. Smith
McMorrow
State Supreme Judicial Court
Sullivan
Burke
Back Bay
Wilson Lake Spring Project in Kansas to add reservoirs and lakes
Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission plans four major spring projects. A second reservoir in Linn County’s Marais des Cygnes refuge with bids due March 30. A 130 acre Osage County lake near US 50N and 75 about 18 miles south of Topeka, acquiring 506 acres. A 125 acre lake southeast of Buffalo in Wilson County with contract around May 1. The second Ma rais des Cygnes reservoir will cover 436 acres as part of eastern Kansas waterfowl development.
Fulbright doubts capital gains tax keeps stock prices high
Senate Banking Committee inquiry into the stock market heard that the capital gains tax may not greatly affect prices. Senator Fulbright said there is little evidence the tax keeps prices elevated, while others favor repeal to possibly raise values. Harvard economist Galbraith and others argue price boosts could occur without the tax. The market closed a volatile week with further declines after a Thursday rebound.
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Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate
Wall Street
Senate Banking Committee
William Mc. Martin Jr
Federal Reserve Board
Arkansas
Harvard
John Kenneth Galbraith
Firefighters Battle Florida Forest Blaze
The Florida Forest Service and private landowners poured men and equipment into the fight to save north Florida wood lands. A fast moving fire northeast of Foley scorched 12,000 acres of timber as fresh winds hindered efforts. Three new blazes emerged in Madison County with two northwest of Madison already out of control.
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Fla
Florida Forest Service
Florida
Foley
Madison County
Madison
Kansas lawmakers push final rush approvals before weekend
In Topeka the Kansas Senate and House moved toward adjournment with tentative approval of dozens of bills. Key items include a fireworks ban beyond toy cap pistols and public displays, a plan to extend liquor store county option debates, and measures raising wrongful death judgments to 25 thousand and granting teachers 60 dollar monthly pensions at 65. Gov Hall also signed bills on motor vehicle titles and tax measures while authorizing airport and street projects in Coffeyville and Lawrence.
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Kansas Senate
House
State Highway Department
Turnpike Authority
Fred Hall
Senate
Kansas
Heart Valve Implant Lets Man Live Longer
Spurgeon Cooley, 53, underwent a five hour operation to insert a transparent plastic valve in his chest to correct a leaky heart valve. A plastic ball in the valve ticks with each heartbeat and the patient is reported to be doing well. The surgery was witnessed by hundreds of doctors via closed circuit television, led by Dr. Prescott Jordan Jr. from Receiving Hospital and Wayne University faculty. Before the operation 30 percent of blood leaked back into the heart, shortening life expectancy to under a year.
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Cooley
Michigan Medical Society
Clinical Institute
Prescott Jordan Jr
Wayne University
Baltimore Dust Storm Rain Sparks Radioactivity Panic
Baltimore residents reported red or brown specks of rain described as radioactive. Hundreds phoned the Weather Bureau amid fears of fallout from a Nevada nuclear test. Officials found the droplets harmless and traced them to a Texas dust storm dampened on the way east.
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Baltimore
Man Finishes Test on Rough Albuquerque Street Sign
An Albuquerque motorist reportedly reaches his limit after officials find a sign on a post at a street entrance reading Test for rattles. The oddly worded notice suggests a roadside test or warning for vehicle suspension.
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Albuquerque 2
Albuquerque
Senate Tax Cut Battle Tight as Votes Loom
The Senate nears a showdown on a 908 million dollar tax cut for low income families with leaders confident of slim majorities. Absences loom as Sen. Margaret Chase Smith and Sen. Kennedy head abroad and convalesce.
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Senate
Washington
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Arch Ferrell Wins Round In Alabama Vote Fraud Case
Arch Ferrell, former Phenix City prosecutor, wins a preliminary round in Alabama vote fraud charges connected to the 1954 attorney general race. A jury acquits him of vote fraud. he still faces a murder indictment over A. L. Patterson’s slaying. Albert Fuller is convicted of Patterson’s murder and sentenced to life. Si Garrett faces additional charges and is confined in a Galveston mental hospital.
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Birmingham
Ala
Arch Ferrell
Phenix
Patterson
Ferrell
Albert Fuller
Phenix City
Alabama Atty
Si Garrett
Galveston
Tex
Four youths escape injury in Chanute area crash
A car carrying Joseph Dale Waggoner 17 and three Chanute youths veered off a country road southwest of Chanute last night after striking a hole. Waggoner and passengers Arnold Stierwalt John Page Terry Wilson escaped with minor injuries. Wilson suffered forehead abrasions as the vehicle overturned in a field.
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Chanute
Joseph Dale Waggoner
H. A. Waggoner
John Page
Arnold Stierwalt
Terry Wilson
Chan
Avery Proposes Moving Farm Offices to Topeka
Rep. Avery of Kansas suggests relocating the Agriculture Department to Topeka as part of decentralizing government from Washington. He cites Lincoln as a Midwestern agricultural hub and points to parallels with CIA relocation ideas near Langley, Virginia.
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Avery
Topeka
Washington
Agriculture Department
Kas
Bobo Olson Set to Meet Will Vaughn in Hollywood
Middleweight champion Carl Olson known as Bobo is expected to draw a $30,000 gate at Hollywood Legion Stadium for a 10 round non title bout tonight against Willie Vaughn of Los Angeles.
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Hollywood
Carl
Bobo) Olson
Hollywood Legion Stadium
Willie Vaughn
Los Angeles
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