Rural students awarded certificates in county program
Fifty eight rural students were promoted to ninth grade in Neosho County last night. About 400 people attended as 56 of 58 graduates received diplomas. Dr. Homer L. Johnson urged the class to invest in good, lasting character and education. Mrs. Stevens spoke briefly and the ceremony featured music by Royster Junior High orchestra and solo by Carole La Rule.
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Nelle Stevens
Neosho County
Homer L. Johnson
Education Department
Pittsburg State Teachers College
Sherrill Rush
Getta Geeding
Marie Johnson
Elizabeth Cooper
Nina Knetzer
Florence Carrier
Daniel Coday
Business Leaders See Faint Upturn Signal At BAC Meeting
At Hot Springs Virginia the Commerce Secretary’s Business Advisory Council heard some executives report faint signs of an April upturn for key industries. Debate split on tax cuts with some pushing for a 10 percent cut while others warned against inflation and fiscal harm. Weeks plans a June follow up as tax rates phase in automatically.
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Hot Springs
Secretary of Commerce
Lung Corporation
Commerce Secretary
Business Advisory Council
Congress
BAC
Eisenhower
Weeks
T. W. Houser
Sears Roebuck and Co
Weekend Weather Outlook for Kansas Skies Fair
The Weather Bureau forecasts sunny and warm conditions across Kansas this weekend with light winds. Daytime highs near upper 70s to 80s, nighttime lows 45 to 55. Thunderstorms possible only in the western counties. Garden City reports trace precipitation in the last 24 hours.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Garden City
Harris Named Director of the Library Group
John P. Harris of Hutchinson was named Kansas director of the Eisenhower presidential library fundraising campaign. He joins 25 state directors named by Gov. Docking and co chairman Darby to help reach a nationwide $3 million goal for a library at Abilene. Kansas has about $40,000 of its $100,000 local goal collected.
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Topeka
John P. Harris
Hutchinson
Kansas
George Docking
Harry Darby
Abilene
Council Post Filled in Topeka Names Arthur to Panels
Rep Charles Arthur of Manhattan is named vice chairman of the Legislative Council committee on federal state and local government and appointed a member of the education committee in Topeka.
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Topeka
Charles Arthur R
Manhattan
Legislative Council
Town Digs Out After Flooding in Catlettsburg Ky
CATLETTSBURG Ky Mayor Charles Gibbs said the town of 4000 is digging out after the Big Sandy and the Ohio rivers rose nearly six feet above flood stage. The crests reached Catlettsburg before receding at nightfall. Ohio River flooding continued along Kentucky and Ohio banks with Cincinnati and Louisville forecast to crest.
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Catlettsburg
Charles Gibbs
Ohio
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Louisville
Bridge opens on US 75 north of Topeka
A new bridge carrying US 75 over Soldier Creek flood control flow way north of Topeka has opened to traffic, removing a detour used for seven months. The structure restores direct highway access and eases local travel near the flood control project.
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Topeka
U. S. 75
Soldier Creek
Fast Thinking In Quick Recovery
Joseph Everett a 34 year old janitor fainted at a fourth floor hotel window and pitched head first toward the street. He regained consciousness grabbed a second floor fire escape and swung into an open window. He was treated for scalp lacerations and an injured left ankle.
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San Francisco
Joseph Everett
Exchange Of Gunfire At LaHarpe
Iola police and three safe crackers exchanged gunfire at the Coop elevator in LaHarpe around 2:05 a.m. A pickup stolen by the trio was later reported recovered in Johnson County and parts of the suspects were apprehended. A rifle slug hit the police cruiser as the men fled on foot leaving their car behind.
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JOLA
Coop
LaHarpe
Iola
Johnson County
John Barnes
Dog Returns Bite Sparked by Dallas Boy Incident
Dallas police report a two year old boy bit the family dog and was bitten back. Jerry Hambrick received treatment for a lip laceration and is reported as okay.
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Dallas
Jerry Hambrick
Lawrence banquet to feature Olympic pole vault champion
The Rev. Robert Richards, Olympic pole vault champion, will be the featured speaker at this year’s University of Kansas all-sports banquet in Lawrence.
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Lawrence
Robert Richards
University F of Kansas
Lincoln Papers Lost in Fire at Galesburg Library
A fire destroyed the Galesburg Public Library causing the loss of a 57 year old building and 122000 volumes valued around one million dollars. Firefighters could only apply one hose as two wells failed, and the vault holding Lincoln papers and other history was burned. City Manager Raymond Barbaugh described the vault as gone. The library sat near Knox College and the Lincoln Douglas debate site.
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Galesburg
Ill
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Raymond Barbaugh
Knox College
Government reports show gains in jobs housing and retail sales
Government data indicate April improvements with farm employment near year ago levels jobless benefits claims at a low weekly total housing activity up slightly from April last year and retail sales up 2 percent led by durable goods total construction of 95 000 housing units pushed above April 1957 levels
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Washington
Labor Department
Commerce Department
Starkweather to Testify in Nebraska Murder Trial
Charles Starkweather is set to take the stand next week in his murder trial in Lincoln Nebraska. Defense attorney Clement Gaughan says Starkweather may speak and the defendant has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. The case involves the killing of Robert Jensen a Bennet Nebraska teenager and stems from a spree that spanned Nebraska and Wyoming last January.
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Lincoln, Neb
Charles Starkweather
Clement Gaughan
Nebraska
Wyoming
Robert Jensen
Bennet
Neb
Gaughan
Starkweather
Charles
Jensen
Explosion at University of Miami Medical School Kills Ten
A gas explosion in a storeroom at the University of Miami Medical School leaves ten corpses scattered on the floor and injures one technician. The incident prompts inquiry into storage and safety practices as a campus specialist notes limited immediate risk to students.
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Miami
Fla.p
University of Miami Medical School
Lee Wasser
City Commission Approves Memorial Park Lot Sale and Various Projects
The city commission approved a new block of lots at Memorial Park cemetery west of the current sale area. They also adopted an appraisers' report on Forest and Seventh street assessments, set protests for May 27, and approved Elm Street paving from Grant to the alley. The panel endorsed a Fall Festival site use by the Junior Chamber, and discussed truck parking regulations. Civil Defense director Fred Montague resigned. a successor will be named.
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Memorial Park Cemetery
Santa Fe
Elm Street
Grant
Junior Chamber of Commerce
City Park
Fred Montague
R. J. Hayes
Dale A. Dahlgren
Tribune Today
Reso
Magic Tape Revamps TV Shows Across Time Zones
New York AP reports videotape makes television schedule independent of local time. Viewers in many areas see programs at the same nominal hour, with tape allowing instant playback of image and sound without film. Networks adopt tape to avoid film development delays and speed viewing.
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New York
California
Area Group To Boost Dams At Neosho River project hearings
Erie and Iola representatives join Chanute officials to urge federal funds for John Redmond dam construction near Burlington. Attendees include Clark M. Fleming Clarence Robinson Leslie Norton George Fox and Frank Haucke with a prepared statement to be filed with House and Senate public works subcommittees.
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Erie
Iola
Chanute
Neosho River
Washington
Clark M. Fleming
Clarence Robinson
Leslie Norton
Fleming
Neosho-Cottonwood
John Redmond
Burlington
George Fox
Chetopa
Neosho-Cottonwood Assn
Frank
Redmond Dam
Subcommittee
Phone guidance for Tribune contact during service issues
If you cannot reach your Tribune contact, call the carrier. If unavailable, dial 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
Merger Proposal Defeated in Allen County Schools Vote
Voters across seven Allen County districts rejected a proposed merger by 123 to 25. South Fairview failed 6-5 against. Bethel Prairie View and Cottage Grove approved 100 percent. A May 19 election reopens merger talks omitting South Fairview.
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IOLA
Allen County
South Fairview
Unn Todd
Elsmore
Bethel
Prairie View
Cottage Grove
Central Avenue
Jeddo
Center Grove
Humboldt
Mrs. Kansas Wins Cakebaking Award
Betty Bogue 31 of Wichita Kansas won the cakebaking title and became a 15 finalist for Mrs America. Judges will select the winner tonight based on homemaking ability poise attractiveness and speaking talent.
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Fort Lauderdale, Fla.w
Betty Bogue
Wichita
Kan
Home Economist
Little Girl Killed Crossing Street in Mulvane
Seven year old Linda Jones died after being struck by a car as she crossed near her Mulvane home. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Jones.
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Mulvane, Kas
Linda Jones
Francis Jones
Traffic Fatalities In Kansas State Records
Traffic fatalities listed by the state accident records section show 3 in the last 24 hours, 148 to date in 1958, compared with 189 for the same period in 1957.
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Topeka
Kansas
Phone Project To Start in 58 Dial Conversion Plans
Preparatory work for the dial telephone conversion in Chanute will spend 605000 dollars in 1958 and 1959 as part of a 1500000 dollar city program. Land on the east side of South Steuben has been bought for the new building. A.E. Endres, the telephone company manager, says the system will bring a modern building and equipment to serve about 5500 phones. The project will convert sixty five other Kansas cities as well.
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A.E. Endres
Steuben
Chanute
Woman Lives Man Kills Self in Clay Center Shooting
In Clay Center a 43 year old woman Hazel Shroyer was shot three times and survived. Alfred Steppe 45 of Alida near Junction City was found dead from a self inflicted wound after breaking into her apartment. Shroyer fled to a neighbor for aid and was taken to a hospital. her exact condition was undetermined. She previously lived in Miltonvale.
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Clay Center
Clifford Urban
Hazel Shroyer
Urban
Shroyers
Alfred Steppe
Alida
Junction City
Steppe
Shroyer
Mrs. Shroyer
Miltonvale
No Cars No Noise In City Code Provision
Houston council members are urged to remove a provision banning unnecessary streetcar noise. The city has not used street cars for a decade, and the clause was adopted in March with unclear origin.
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Houston
Tex
Former Florida official named supervisor at Topeka blind center
Carl McCoy, 30, a former official in the Florida State Agency for the Blind, has been named supervisor at the Kansas Rehabilitation Center for the Blind in Topeka. He succeeds William Dauterman, who resigned last tall.
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Topeka
Florida State Agency For the Blind
Carl McCoy
Kansas Rehabilitation Center For the Blind
McCoy
William Dauterman
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