Western powers seek Berlin talks amid deadlock at Geneva
Western powers reportedly ready to discuss Berlin apart from their Germany package plan. Gromyko fronts a point by point reply while Western ministers push for a path to Berlin and direct East West talks. Herter flies to Rome for a one day visit as de Gaulle seeks updates from Paris.
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Geneva
Berlin
Germany
West Berlin
Soviet Union
Christian A. Herter
Rome
Maurice Couve de Murville
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Andrei A. Gromyko
Selwyn Lloyd
Gromyko
Kremlin
East Berlin
Gromykov
Khrushchev Rejects Western Germany Plan in Geneva
Premier Khrushchev rejected Western proposals on Germany in Geneva arguing they aim to blame the Soviet Union. He blamed Adenauer as the main obstacle and warned that war could arise from a few men or mad actions by pilots. He accepted the Lenin Peace Prize in Moscow, receiving the diploma and medal from Dmitri Sbokeltsyn.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Geneva
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Khrushchev
Carnival Ride Breaks Injure Four Women in McPherson
Four middle aged women were injured when a tub on a carnival ride broke loose and skidded about 20 to 25 feet across a street striking a railroad track. The tub overturned scattering the riders as they were treated for cuts bruises at McPherson Hospital.
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McPherson
Junior High Spring Band Concert Packs Royster Auditorium
About 600 people plus 100 grade school band members filled Royster Junior High for the annual Spring band concert. Eight groups performed including elementary, beginning, intermediate, advanced bands, brass ensemble, string ensemble, saxophone quartet, woodwind quintet, and the Choralers. Roma Turner directed one number as soloists featured in group pieces.
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Royster Junior High
Roma Turner
Escape Route Is Blocked At Erie Jail
The county jail at Erie is upgrading its dumbwaiter to a steel cage with welded shelves after two youths escaped last week. Sheriff Jerry Sloan ordered the replacement, made by Neosho Small Parts Co. of Erie, to prevent a repeat. The old plywood cage allowed one crook to crowd inside and free the other. the pair were recaptured at Chanute after fleeing from the Boys Industrial School in Topeka.
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Erie
Jerry Sloan
Neosho Small Parts Co
Sloan
Chanute
Boys Industrial School
Topeka
Driver Shoots Self and Destroys Car on City Street
Vernon Donald Kelly 22 shot himself Friday as he drove a main thoroughfare his car rammed three pedestrians In hospital Percy Lonsdale 70 died one pedestrian seriously hurt two others injured Lonsdale was trapped beneath the car dragged a half block before bystander halted the vehicle Police said Kelly shot himself in front of his former employer an investment firm in St Petersburg Florida
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Vernon Donald Kelly
Percy Lonsdale
Kelly
Lonsdale
Boy on Bicycle Killed in Kansas City
A 12 year old boy died after his bicycle collided with a car at 71st and Riverview in Wyandotte County. Billy Gibson son of Mr and Mrs William C Gibson of MunLee Wasser for Insurance died from a severe skull fracture at Providence Hospital.
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Kansas City
Kan
Fires kill nine in two Missouri blazes
In Riverview near St Louis County a family of five died from smoke inhalation after a house fire discovered by neighbor George Kieffler. Farther south near Neelyville four Wray children perished in a frame farm home fire while Toni survived and Mrs Wray was burned rescuing her.
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ST. Louis, Mo
St. Louis County
Neelyville
Robert Bennett Sr
Lawanda
Dren
Dianne
Robert Jr
Sherry
Riverview
Mississippi River
George Kieffler
Charles L. Wray
Tucson
Ariz
Michael
Charles
Margie
Joyce
Seven Teens Killed in Mattoon Illinois Train Crash
Seven young people returning from Shelbyville High prom died when their car collided with an Illinois Central passenger train at a dirt road crossing two miles north of Mattoon. One student was critically injured and Ivan Moon survived. Mayes and Moon were University of Illinois students.
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Mattoon
Ill
Illinois Central
Louisiana
New Orleans
Chicago
Jerry Hill
Irene Moon
Judy Green
Dorothy Thomas
Loraine Pfeiffer
Lisle
Shelbyville
Jil
Jerry Mayes
Woodlawn
Miss Thomas
Mattoon Memorial Hospital
Ivan Moon
Irene
Mayes
Moon
University of Illinois
Illinois
U.S. 45
Neosho County Officials Meet With State Education Leaders
Nelle Stevens from Erie Neosho County school superintendent conferred with Adel F Throck Morton state school superintendent yesterday in Topeka about Neosho County schools. She then met Agnes Engstrand and C. C. Rice curriculum heads at the state department of education on curriculum work and textbooks.
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Nelle Stevens
Neosho County
Erie
Adel F. Throckmorton
Topeka
Department Store Sales Rise in 10th District
Department store sales in the 10th Federal Reserve District rose 11 percent in the four weeks ending May 9 from the same period last year. Missouri sales climbed 7 percent, with state totals for Jan 1 to May 9 also 7 percent ahead of 前年.
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Kansas City
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank
Missouri
Driver Arrested on Reckless Driving Charge
Mike Walsh 17 of 612 S Lincoln cited by police early today on reckless driving and other traffic violations. He posted 150 dollar bond and his hearing is set for 4 am Thursday in police court.
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Mike Walsh
S. Lincoln
District Editors to Visit Southeast Kansas Press Meet
Southeast Kansas editors arrive for the Third District Press Association gathering with 2 p.m. sessions at the Memorial Building and 6 30 p.m. at Tioga. A 4 30 p.m. tour of the Southeast Kansas TB hospital is planned.
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Southeast Kansas
Third District Press Association
Fred Krueger
Baxter Springs
Southeast Kansas TB Hospital
Memorial Building
The
Tioga
E. W. Johnson
TB Hospital
Howard
Wilson
Topeka
Kansas Press Association
Jetmore
R. J. Hayes
Howard Hollenshead
Krueger
Dave Clymer
el Dorado Times
W. A. Blair
Oswego Independent
Larry Miller
Clyde M. Reed
Parsons
State Press Association
Supreme Court Disbars Wichita Judge for Misconduct
The Kansas Supreme Court disbarred Judge John N Stice of the Wichita Common Pleas Court for gross and wanton misconduct after finding he conspired with burglars to block justice. The action, brought by Atty. Gen. John Anderson, cites evidence of crimes prior to his judgeship and recommends removal from office.
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Topeka
John N Stice
Wichita Common Pleas Court
Kansas Supreme Court
Anderson
Stice
Wichita
Roy S. Trail
Trail
Stice Anderson
Supreme Court
Kansas
State Board OKs Salary Increases and Budgets for Kansas Colleges
The Kansas Board of Regents approved salary boosts for heads of state supported schools and 1959-60 operating budgets totaling 39.54 million dollars. Chancellor Franklin Murphy and Kansas State President James McCain rise to 22 thousand dollars, with college presidents at 15 thousand. Budgets project 25,989 students for 1960 and include merit raises across campuses. Pittsburg Emporia and Fort Hays gain master of arts degree authority, while bids will be sought for an oil and gas lease on Fort Hays land in Ellis County.
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Franklin Murphy
University of Kansas
James McCain
Kansas State University
Pittsburg
Emporia
Fort Hays
K. U
K. U Mdical Center
Kansas State
Hays
K-State
Medical Center
Ellis County
Baseball Program Deadline Today
Today is the last day for Little League and Pee Wee League baseball players to sign up for the summer program. O. K. James, league secretary, announced that players may contact James to sign up.
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O. K. James
James
Traffic Fatalities Reported In Past 24 Hours In Topeka
Kansas crash records show 1 fatality in the last 24 hours ending 9 a m today. Year to date figures: 1950 total 167 fatalities versus 1958 total 164 for the same period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Plan to Puncture Crust of Earth
Tulsa report on Mohole plans by Global Marine Exploration Co a Los Angeles subsidiary of Union Oil to drill from a floating derrick barge into the earth crust to reach the mantle. Engineers outline stages sea depth three miles plus three to six miles below sea bed with aims to reveal earth composition and fossil records.
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Tulsa
Okla
Global Marine Exploration Co
Los Angeles
Un‘ion Oil Co
California
Tom W. Redin
Global
Rain Likely Area Forecast for Kansas Weekend
A rainy weekend is forecast for Kansas with scattered showers and thundershowers across the state. Western areas may see the first rain this afternoon, with the eastern two thirds expecting showers Sunday. highs near 50s to mid 60s, lows around 46 to 56, and no major temperature changes expected.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Dodge City
Chanute
Pittsburg
Wichita
Hutchinson
Grimes Appointed Zoning Administrator in City
Paschal Grimes city engineer was named zoning administrator by City Manager R J Hayes. The role handles issuing building permits and reviewing construction plans for compliance with the city zoning ordinance. The post was vacated by Tom Morehead who resigned this week.
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Paschal Grimes
R. J. Hayes
Tom Morehead
Tribune Delivery Help Line Guidance
If you do not receive your Tribune contact your carrier. if unreachable call 700 after 6 pm for assistance.
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Tribune
Chicago boy seeks farm work after being found in Arkansas City
Arkansas City police chief reports a Chicago youth, raised in Wisconsin, was found on a freight train and is described as polite and intelligent. A heartbroken mother appeals for a farm or ranch job or a foster custody arrangement, saying city life harms her son and he longs for outdoor work and open spaces.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Arkansas Citions
Chicago
Wisconsin
Joe Nance
Nance
Two Brothers Seriously Burned In Oklahoma Oil Tank Blast
Two Chanute brothers were critically burned when two oil storage tanks exploded in a field east of Capon Oklahoma. John Blough 39 and Richard Blough 33 worked for Indian Oil Co of Wichita as cleanup men and were taken to a Caney, Kansas hospital with extensive burns. Their families in Chanute and nearby towns rushed to assist as one brother and his wife traveled to the hospital and others remained in contact with relatives.
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Chanute
Capan
Oklo
Associated Press
John Blough
Richard
The
Indian Oil Co
Wichita
Caney
Floyd Lawson
Copan
Andy Brown
Indian Oi Co
Leonard Blough
S. Evergreen
Caney Hospital
Fred
Shaw
Rollie
Walkerton
Ind
Armour Estate Valued at 12.5 Million in Tax Return
The Philip D. Armour estate is valued at 12,598,442 in a Lake County inheritance tax filing. Most of the estate goes to the widow, with about 850,000 set for special bequests. Armour, 65, died January 18, 1953 after a long tenure at Armour & Co retired twenty years ago.
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Waukegan, I
Philip D. Armour
Lake County
Armour
Armour & Co
Elderly Woman Falls and Is Found Two Days Later
Mrs Lela Cooley an 83 year old woman fell outside her El Dorado Kansas home on Wednesday. She crawled inside and neighbors alerted the sheriff. Deputies found her on the living room floor and she has been in fair condition with no broken bones.
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EL Dorado, Kas
Lela Cooley
Sheriff's Office
Up and Atom 4H Club Plans Memorial Building Square Dance
The Up and Atom 4H Club will hold a square dance at the Memorial Building on May 19 from 7 to 9 p.m. Club members invite neighbors to attend and enjoy the activity in a community event.
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Up and
Atom 4H
Memorial Building
Eisenhower to Visit Air Force Academy in Colorado
President Eisenhower flies to Colorado for a 24 hour visit to the Air Force Academy. He will greet the first graduating class and visit his ailing mother in law Mrs John S Doud in Denver. The party includes James H Douglas and Gen James D White and Eisenhower's son and daughter in law Major and Mrs John Eisenhower and four grandchildren.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Colorado
Air Force Academy
Rocky Mountains
Air Force
James H. Douglas
James D. White
Army
John Eisenhower
David
Barbara Anne
Susan
Mary Jean
Academy
Denver
John S. Doud
Doud
Eisenhowers
Howard M. Snyder
Close Watch Urged On Subcontracts
GAO told Congress Cessna charged the government 37 percent above cost for B52 stabilizer assemblies and tooling. The fixed price under a Boeing subcontract was 6.32 million dollars versus actual costs of 4.62 million. Comptroller General Campbell urged tighter scrutiny of major subcontract negotiations to ensure fair prices.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
Congress
Cessna Aircraft Co
Wichita
GAO
Boeing Airplane Co
Joseph Campbell
Air Force
Open House at New Ribbon Plant North of Lawrence
Bright ribbon bows marked the Lawrence Journal World open house at the new ribbon plant just north of Lawrence. The ribbon for the Journal World binding was produced at the plant and tied by workers there.
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Lawrence, Kan
Lawrence Journal World
Lawrence
Journal World
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Kansas Board of Regents
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