City Plant Boiler Casing Blows In Big Explosion
A natural gas explosion rocked the city power plant at 2 30 pm yesterday heavily damaging the outside casing of the new steam boiler. No injuries occurred and electrical service continued. Inspectors and engineers will assess the damage, with tests possible by Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
City Power
John Lofthouse
Lofthouse
G. A. Rehm
Springfield Boiler Co
Springfield
Rehm
Kansas Assn
Fred Mosier
Fred Crowl
Emery Lewis
Tribune
Ash Grove workers form club to lease reservoir lake
The Village Creek Sportsmen's Club formed in Topeka to lease Ash Grove cement plant's new reservoir north of town for fishing and recreation. Jess A. Myres is resident agent. membership limited to Ash Grove employees. The lake, stocked with 4300 channel cat and 1000 bass, opens to members next spring.
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Ash Grove Employes
Topeka
Village Creek Sportsmen’s Club
Jess A. Myres
N. Forest
Ash Grove
Myres
Farlington
Four Proposals For Council
TOPEKA The Legislative Council opened a two day session and received four proposals for study. They cover moisture testing of grain, expanding printing programs at state institutions, protecting streams and fish from pollution, and declaring sorghum alums a noxious weed with seed distribution banned. The council also backed an agriculture committee report on the brucellosis program, proposing higher funding to complete statewide certification by June 1961 and restricting vaccine use to permit holders. Calfhood vaccination remains voluntary.
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Topeka
Legislative Council
Agriculture Committee
Livestock Sanitary Commissioner
Little Girl Injured In Traffic Accident Near Main Street
Carolyn Kensett four year old daughter of Dr and Mrs J W Kensett was struck by a car at about 4 30 pm yesterday at 512 W Main. She received treatment for an arm scratch and was released to go home. The incident involved a 1950 Buick driven by Roy Wiggans of 318 N Western.
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Carolyn Kensett
J. W. Kensett
W. Main
Roy Wiggans
N. Western
Reed Resigns to Head AMA Publication in Chicago
Jim Reed, executive editor of the Topeka Daily Capital since 1950, resigns to become editor of a new non technical AMA publication in Chicago. Dick Snider, 36, sports editor, is named to succeed Reed. Bob Hurt, 33, sports staff member, will replace Snider as sports editor. Changes take effect May 26.
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Topeka
Jim Reed
Topeka Daily Capital
American Medical Assn
Chicago
Dick Snider
Capital-Topeka State Journal
Reed
Bob Hurt
Capital-Journal
Snider
President says rights guarded despite use of troops in schools
President Eisenhower deplored federal troops to enforce court orders in civil rights but warned that fundamental rights of all Americans would be endangered by any successful defiance. He answered questions on Virginia integration and Florida governor Collins's segregation stance. He clarified he did not act due to a governor's statement but due to mob interference and the need to uphold court orders.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Virginia
Leroy Collins
Florida
Collins
Little Rock
Ark
Orval Faubus
Two Persons Survive Falls From Windows
Detroit reports two separate window falls with survived outcomes. David Grimnett, 2, fell from a third floor window landing on rubbish. his mother Virginia, 23, said he was unscratched. Joseph Dziatkowski, 67, fell four stories from Henry Ford Hospital room window while recovering from a blood clot operation. he was listed in critical condition from chest injuries.
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Detroit
David Grimnett
Joseph Dziatkowski
David
Virginia
Dziatkowski
Henry Ford Hospital
Refuge Near St Paul To Be Discussed
The Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission will discuss a proposed 17 000 acre wildlife refuge in southeast Kansas at a Pratt meeting. The refuge would be built at St Paul about 60 miles from the Marais des Cygnes Refuge in Linn County. Pleasanton commissioner Ray Amer will oppose the project, saying it would cost about 2.5 million dollars and divert funds from other developments for years.
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Pleasanton
Kas
State
Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Kansas
Pratt
St. Paul
Big Marais Des Cygnes
Linn
Ray Amer
Marais Des Cygnes
Meeting on Retarded Children in Gas City
Mrs. Victor Adams, teacher of retarded children at Gas City, will speak on her classroom methods at a meeting of the Neosho County Retarded Children’s association. The gathering is set for 8 p m Thursday in the home economics room at Lee Wasser for Insurance, Senior High School. The public is invited.
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Victor Adams
Gas City
Neosho County
Area forecast for cloudy mild Topeka region and Kansas
Weather forecast notes considerable cloudiness and mild conditions through Thursday with lows in the 40s to mid 60s and highs 70 to 80. Showers and thunderstorms expected in western and north central areas tonight and tomorrow with cooler conditions in the northwest and varied readings across cities including Topeka Wichita Hill City Goodland and Norton. Precipitation totals reported range from .33 to .90 inches across several locations.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Richard Garrett
Wichita
Goodland
Hill City
Manhattan
Norton
Long Island
Rexford
Phillipsburg
Lovewell Dam
Hydrogen blast injures two students in physics lab
Two senior high students Mary Jane and Martha McGuffey were injured as a hydrogen explosion occurred during a standard classroom experiment led by instructor Charles Day in the physics laboratory. Both students returned to school. Mary Jane had scratches and Martha three stitches. Superintendent Buford Fisher said the cause is under investigation with no other injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buford Fisher
Mary Jane
Martha McGuffey
Martha
Charles Day
Fisher
Loot Taken From Kansas City Home
Two armed men robbed the home of Mr and Mrs W E Burnett in Kansas City taking more than 25000 in diamonds furs and cash. The suspects wearing silk stockings forced entry as Burnett and his wife were inside. Burnett was led through the upstairs while one assailant guarded Mrs Burnett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
W. E. Burnett
Burnett
Burnett Meat Co
U S Troops Send Air Lift to Caribbean Bases
Defense officials report 36 Air Force planes carried Army troops to Ramey Bay Puerto Rico while 13 Navy planes with Marines head to Guantanamo Bay Cuba. The move, ordered by President Eisenhower after mobs attacked Nixon’s car in Caracas, serves as a precautionary measure should Venezuela seek aid.
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Washington
Defense Department
Air Force
Caribbean
Ramey Air Force Base
Puerto Rico
Eisenhower
Venezuela
Nixon
Navy
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Campe Lejune
N.C
Tarawa
101St Airborne Division
Andrews Air Force Base
Eglin Afb
Florida
Caracas
Eisenhower notes complex causes for anti American protests
President Eisenhower said there is no single cause for the anti American demonstrations in Latin America. He cited economic tensions and possible Communist exploitation, noting patterns in Venezuela and Peru while denying rumors of oil quota plots and warning of broader, nuanced factors.
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Eisenhower
U.S
Uruguay
Bolivia
Peru
Venezuela
Nixon
United States
Burma
Indonesia
South America
Orientation night draws 130 seventh graders to Junior High
About 130 parents attended an orientation at the Junior High School for next year’s seventh graders. Principal Paul Parsons said a panel with Mmes. Ray Hutchinson Frank Davidson Barbara Chambers Wallace Johnson A Mannoni Hazel Russell Lyle Dean Glenn Peak and Parsons led the event. Incoming seventh graders from Hutton School were to visit today with students from Alcott and Murray Hill to visit tomorrow. One group from Murray Hill visited yesterday.
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Paul Parsons
Mmes
Ray Hutchinson
Frank Davidson
Barbara Chambers
Wallace Johnson
A. Mannoni
Hazel Russell
Lyle Dean
Glenn Peak
Parsons
Hutton School
Alcott
Murray Hill
BPW Conference Set for Manhattan Leaders Training
About 100 members of Business and Professional Women's clubs from across Kansas are expected in Manhattan on Saturday for an all day leadership training conference.
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Manhattan
Kas
Kansas
Americans Evacuated as Tripoli Tensions Rise in Lebanon
The U S Embassy sent a ship to rescue Americans in Tripoli amid escalating violence. Ambassador McClintock said 53 Americans are in Tripoli, mainly Presbyterian missionary dependents, advised to leave though not ordered. Lebanese forces escorted eight Americans and two Cypriot girls to Beirut as unrest continues across Lebanon and a U A agricultural school staff member reported no property attacks.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.S
Tripoli
Robert McClintock
Presbyterian Mission
McClintock
U.S. Information Agency
Bekaa Valley
American University Agricultural School
Don Steele
Nephi
Utah
Steele
Nancy
Paul
Ellen
Salt Lake City
Camille Cadmoun
Mediterranean Republic
Mrs. Nettie Campbell Heads to Twin Falls for Housekeeping
Mrs. Nettie Campbell of rural Alabama to move to Twin Falls Montana to stay with her brother Mr. Stickensiber after his wife died recently.
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Nettie Campbell
Altoona
Twin Falls
Mont
Stickensiber
Reed backs severance tax plan for oil and gas in Kansas
Clyde Reed Jr. supports a constitutional 5 percent severance tax on oil and gas with a temporary 1 percent levy until a permanent amendment is adopted. He calls for protections assuring local governments and school districts receive current revenue, and notes past tax battles and court challenges. Reed outlined the plan as he launched his GOP gubernatorial campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Clyde Reed Jr
AR Vevn Isle
2SCU
Reed
GOP
Kansas
State Supreme Court
George Docking
Tribune Phone Advice and After Hours Contact
If you cannot reach your Tribune phone line contact your carrier. If the call cannot be completed try calling 700 after 6 p.m. for alternative assistance.
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Tribune
Crises Briefs From The Associated Press
Caracas reports Vice President Nixon cancels public appearances amid mob violence and departs for home as U S moves 1000 troops to Caribbean bases for possible emergency use. Washington cites economic troubles fueling anti American demonstrations while communists exploit unrest. Paris notes French cabinet opposing Massu backed Algiers regime and orders Salan to take over in critical test.
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Associated Press
Caracas
Nixon
United States
Caribbean
Washington
Eisenhower
Paris
Algiers
Jacques Massu
Raoul Salan
Bomb explodes near U S embassy in Beirut clash
A blast hits near the U S embassy as government forces fight off a mob amid claims that Nasser forces seek to spread terror. Britain accuses Nasser of intervention as tensions rise over Middle East chaos.
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Beirut
U. S
Britain
Nasser
Libel Suit Filed Against State Pardons Chief
Dr. Carl A. B. Swanson, former state parole agent from Page City, sues Dan O. Cain, state director of pardons and paroles, for 50000 dollars alleging slanderous and libelous statements. The suit follows Swanson's dismissal by the old Board of Penal Institutions where Cain was chairman, prior to the board's replacement by a new Pardons and Paroles board.
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Topeka
Dan O. Cain
Carl A. B. Swanson
Page City
Swanson
Cain
Old State Board of Penal Institutions
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Fifty Teen Drivers Compete at Kansas Safety Road-e-o in El Dorado
About 50 teen age drivers from local contests travel to El Dorado for the state safety driving Road-e-o. The winner represents Kansas in the national event in Washington D C August 12-15 with a $200 scholarship and a trip funded by El Dorado Refining Co. Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event.
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EL Dorado
Galena Man Killed West of Joplin
Richard Shoemaker aged 25 of Galena Kansas died in a U S 66 crash west of Joplin. The car driven by 23 year old Paul Hollingsworth of Galena overturned after brake trouble caused loss of control, according to Missouri Highway Patrol.
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Joplin
U. S. 66
Kansas Line
Richard Shoemaker
Galena
Kan
Shoemaker
Paul Hollingsworth
Missouri Highway Patrol
Hollingsworth
Montreal Firemen Strike Ends After Pacific Plan
A three day strike by Montreal firemen against the Canadian Pacific Railway ended early today after a new plan was agreed to gradually remove firemen from all yard and freight diesel engines. The phased process is estimated to take 17 years.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific
Nixon Assures Calm as Marines Protect Caracas Visit
In Caracas Vice President Nixon told Eisenhower all is calm as U S guards seal the ambassador’s residence. Eisenhower ordered 1,009 Marines and paratroopers to the Caribbean and discussed possible aid with Venezuelan authorities. Nixon plans limited public appearances and a Europe tour remains on track.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Nixon
Eisenhower
Caribbean
U.S
Wolfgang Larrazabal
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Defense Department
Junta
Communist Party
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Washington
Europe
Blood Bank Collects 134 Pints in Local Visit
The Red Cross bloodmobile collected 134 pints in the local visit, raising the two day county total to 206 pints with 197 donors scheduled. Twenty three drop in donors increased potential to 220 pints though 25 were rejected and 61 canceled or did not appear. Next collection set for August 14. No Erie collection that month.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
Howard Winans
Neosho County
Erie
Chanute
One Gallon Club
Fred Robertson
Dale Anderson
Henry Biggs
Walter Stierwalt
Wellington Man Found Dead in Slate Creek Park
Orvie Rhea 74, longtime Wellington photo graphic studio owner, was found dead at Slate Creek in Woods Park. Police noted a 5 AM discovery after driving to the dam to check a parked car. Coroner Dr. B J Myers ruled massive cerebral hemorrhage from a fall onto concrete about 20 feet below. Rhea’s widow reports sleep difficulties. survivors include daughters Marjorie Brooner Wichita and Virginia Stocking Littleton.
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Wellington
Kas
Orvie Rhea
Slate Creek
Woods’ Park
B. J. Myers
Sumner County
Marjorie Brooner
Wichita
Virginia Stocking
Littleton
Colo
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Sedee
French
Algeria
Dr. Swanson
West of
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