Promotions and community notes highlight local life
Army specialist James C Lander, 97th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, stationed in Japan, is a Chanute Junior College graduate and former Cox Grain employee. Wichita CPA Leo Gottlieb attends a dinner. Junior St Cecilia Club opens with installations. New babies born to the Marshalls of St Louis and the Harpers of Topeka. Welfare directors discuss programs. local thefts and bicycle thefts reported. Rural Grange plans state meeting in Chanute and observes Rural Life Sunday with community activities.
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James C. Lander
Carroll J. Lander
Elsmore
Japan
97Th
Specialist Lander
Fort Bliss
Tex
Chanute Junior College
Cox Grain Company
Elsinore
Rural Grange
Nathan Hole
Chanute
Rural Life
LeRoy Hunt
Memorial Hospital Admittances and Local Court Actions
Memorial Hospital lists Wednesday admmissions including Alvin A Myers Humboldt and Mrs S A Williams 1028 S Lafayette all medical. Also lists dismissals Sam Dixon and Mrs Clyde Chase plus Jessie Montague today. Erie Chanute district court actions include City of Chanute vs Homer Chism dismissed and several divorces dismissed with costs. New cases filed include Floyd E Smith vs Dean Tennis for alienation of affection and interlocking stave silo co. inc. vs William H Schulz and wife. Marriage licenses issued James Goodbury and Carol Ann Nelson. Recent moves note housing changes for Glen Barnby B A Morris Jr Fred L Noren.
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N. Forest
Lonnie G
Karen McKellips
N. Washington
Sam Dixon
S. Highland
Clyde Chase
S. Santa Fe
Jessie Montague
W. 6Th
District Court Action
Erie
City of
Eric
Floyd E. Smith
Central
Chanute
Dean
Pilcintiff
Stave Silo Co., Inc
William H. Schulz
Mrs Vincent Lane Kansas City teacher dies after illness
Dorothy Lane 47 longtime Chanute High School commerce teacher and former president of the Kansas City Women’s Chamber of Commerce died Tuesday at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City. She and husband Vincent Lane traveled to Lourdes in France in March. Funeral held at Washington Avenue Methodist with interment at Highland Park. Survivors include husband two daughters Gracella and Rebecca a son Bush mother Grace Woodward and siblings.
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Vincent Lane
Dorothy Lane
Kansas City
Kas
St. Luke's Hospital
Chanute Senior High School
Dorothy Woodward
Tribune
Buffalo
Washington Avenue
Lane
Town House
Women’s Chamber of Commerce
University of Kansas
Alpha Omicron Pi
Cattle and hog prices rise in Kansas City livestock market
Kansas City market reports higher hogs with mixed lots 185-280 lb at 15.75-16.00, sows 12.50-14.25, cattle steady with good to strong steer bids 16.75-18.75 and heifers 16.50-18.50, calves 16.50-18.50,. Parson’s and Chicago/ Kansas City produce figures listed with eggs and butter pricing across markets.
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Kansas City
USDA
U. S
Parsons
Chicago
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka 1956 and 1955 Totals
Kansas State Accident Records lists traffic fatalities in the Topeka area. In the last 24 hours two deaths. to date in 1956 a total remains 201. for the same period in 1955 the total was 188. includes one earlier fatality not previously reported.
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Topeka
Kansas
Chicago grains firm. corn and oats struggle on Board
Chicago grain prices rose for soybeans wheat and rye while corn and oats fell. Wheat closed 4 1 2 higher May at 2.27 1/2. Corn down 1 to 1 1/2 May 1.48 7 1/2 to 1.49. Soybeans up 1 1/2 to 3 1/4 May 3.12 to 3.11 4. Kansas City cash markets show mixed bids for wheat corn oats with various No 2 and No 3 grades and base prices listed. hay receipts reported none.
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Chicago Grain
Chicago
Board of Trade
Kansas City Cash
Kansas City
No Election Likely For Fort Scott Auto Workers
Fort Scott 50 60 auto mechanics may miss a union election as R L Warlentin Kansas labor commissioner notes eight firms petitioned IJ Machinists. He says cross state lines keep firms out of Kansas law and NLRB won t take jurisdiction due to small business volume. Authorization cards remain alternative.
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Topeka
Fort Scott
R. L. Warlentin
International Association of Machinists
Warkentin
Kansas
National Labor Relations Board
Transit firm vows to obey injunction on desegregation
In Chicago National City Lines President Benjamin W. Franklin said the firm would obey the injunction forbidding mixing of races on public conveyances. He noted no decision yet on any future legal action and stressed compliance.
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Chicago
Benjamin W. Franklin
National City Lines, Inc
Montgomery Company
H-Bomb Test Is Postponed
The U S Navy postponed the planned dawn detonation near Bikini Atoll amid shifting winds and weather delays. Joint Task Force 7 continued evacuations of Bikini and prepared for a B 52 run to Namu as ships redirected away from blast stations.
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MT. Mckinley
Bikini
Estes
U. S
Marshall Islands
Joint Task Force 7
Bikini Atoll
Namu
Dulles Sees Possible Soviet Cut in Armed Forces
Secretary of State Dulles said the Soviet Union may have reduced its armed forces and could cut further but added the goal is not peace and the free world must stay alert. He noted no reason to end the $4.9 billion foreign aid authorization and mentioned potential concessions amid public debate on Stalin and related issues.
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Washington
Dulles
Soviet Union
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Richards
D-Sc
Russia
Stalin
Wall Street Slips as Stock Prices Fall Late Session
A gentle slide turned into a skid on Wall Street as prices of key stocks declined 1 to 60 points. Steel and rail shares weakened after early firmness, dragging major divisions lower. By the third hour, declines quickened while volume rose, with about 2,700,000 shares traded versus 2,500,000 the day before.
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New York
Alabama Judge Orders Segregation on Buses
Montgomery Alabama judge Walter B Jones ordered the city to discontinue desegregation policy on buses within state lines. He ruled segregation on intrastate bus services has not yet been outlawed by the U S Supreme Court and stated that nothing in the federal constitution prohibits it.
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New York
Am Tel & Tel
Anac Cop
jAtchison
Beth Steel
iChrysler
Cos Aanes
Gen Motors
Soviet Union
Mont Ward
Penney, JC
Devel
Phill
RCA
Montgomery
Ala
St Jos
Walter B. Jones
Sinclair O
Larkspur
Socony
Mont
Delphinium
Std Oil Ind
Cap Family
US Steel
Jones
U.S. Supreme Court
Track Letters Awarded At Royster Junior High School
Coach Lyle Dean awarded track letters at a morning assembly. Eighth graders earning letters include Kenny Jones Mahlon Gray Bob Franklin Bill Hoisington Bob Martin John Hole Chuck Ambler Bob Haskins Larry Thompson. Ninth graders earning letters include Wayne Bass Tom Donovan Jay Gillispie Ben Fajardo Bill Wiggons Charles Whitmer Darwin Mack Tommy Keith Elmer Robison. Ambler and Bass were named outstanding performers, each with 18 first places in 19 events. Two trophies were awarded to the squads, one for the SEK league meet Indpendence and one for the Neodesha invitational, accepted by Ben Fajardo.
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Royster Junior High School
Lyle Dean
Kenny Jones
Mahlon Gray
Bob Franklin
Bill Hoisington
Bob Martin
John Hole
Chuck Ambler
Bob Haskins
Larry Thompson
Wayne Bass
Tom Donovan
Jay Gillispie
Ben Fajardo
Bill Wiggons
Charles Whitmer
Darwin Mack
Tommy Keith
Elmer Robison
Ambler
Bass
Dean
Tony Lockyear
House OKs Defense Funding Bill Amid Deterrence Talk
The House moves toward passage of a $33.665 billion defense bill for the next fiscal year with little opposition. Rep Mahon warns of mutual deterrence as U S and Russia approach atomic parity. Rep Scrivner notes U S air strength exceeds Russia by over two to one and argues defense spending should stay around $35 billion annually while the menace persists.
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Washington
House
Defense Department
Appropriations Committee
Army
Navy
Air Force
Eisenhower
Mahon
D-Tex
United States
Russia
Rep
Scrivner
R-Kas
Jin
Planned Panty Raid In Reverse At LSU Dorm
LSU students advanced on a girls dormitory to steal panties but reversed plan and threw bricks at police. Tear gas deployed on about 200 youths. 29 students and 13 high school boys were arrested. One officer was injured by a brick, possibly fractured leg.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
LSU
Bill Secruggs
Holden to crash sound barrier in jet at Edwards Air Force Base
Hollywood reports actor William Holden plans a Saturday test flight in the TF86 Sabre Jet at Edwards Air Force Base California. Holden aims to become the first actor to break the sound barrier, aligning with his film work on Toward the Unknown and his passion for speed.
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Hollywood
William Holden
Holden
Edwards Air Force Base
Edwards
Calif
Jet to reach 200 mph after indoctrination test
The studio said yesterday the jet has completed the required indoctrination course and physical tests. Brig. Gen. J. S. Holtoner, commanding general at Edwards, will pilot the aircraft.
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J. S. Holtoner
Edwards
Right-to-Work Issue Highlighted by Gov Hall Speech
Gov Fred Hall says opponents are making the right to work bill the issue in the upcoming primary. He notes Eisenhower administration and bipartisan leadership oppose the bill and recalls his 1955 veto, arguing the measure harms workers and lacks state enactment in over two years.
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Hutchinson
Fred Hall
Hall
State Federation of Labor
Eisenhower
Kansas
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Leo Gottlieb
Wichita
Junior St. Cecilia Music Club
Federation Room
Memorial Building
Richard Marshall
St. Louis
Ted Ralph
Garvin Marshall
Florene Garvin
Ralph B. Garvin
S. Western
Marshalls
Kent
Milton
Verna Marshall
Garvin
Jerry Harper
E. 12Th
Connie Sue
Harper
Sue Embry
Lee Embry
N. Garfield
Frank Sullivan
S. Evergreen
George Harper
Southeast Kansas Welfare Directors Association
Velma Carpenter
Yates Center
David Layman
John Groves
S. Garfield
J.C. Higgins
Daily Transcript
Eric) James
Goodbury
Yankton
Carol Ann Nelson
Glen Barnby
S. Allen
W. Main
B. A. Morris Jr
S. Malcolm
Fred L. Noren
W.main
8S. Plummer
Parsons Livestock
Tioga Specialty Shop
Lincoln Phone
Utte
Main St
Pla Roosters
Hay
Fort Scott Union
Wall Street
Alabama
Barbizon
Zephaire Batiste
Calvert
House OK
Princess
Gardner
Berkshire
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