Boat racing club may form as locals plan tests at Santa Fe Park lake
L L Gordon of 406 E 12th acts as unofficial organizer to spark a local boat club with potential trophy race on May 29 if enough support. Lloyd Severance, hospital foreman and boat owner, plans a 5 36 pm test run from the dam west side to drum up interest. Air Force display tours by Wright Patterson personnel promoting Armed Forces Day visited Memorial Building.
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Gordon
Lloyd Severance
Severance
Santa Fe Park
Pleasanton Man Killed As Gas Tank Explodes
In Pleasanton Kansas a 550 gallon gasoline storage tank exploded during removal from the city dump. John Arnold 47 died from burns while his brother Stephen Arnold 45 was hospitalized with burned arms and hands. Cliff Town a bulk station operator had taken the tank to the dump and set it afire to burn out remaining gasoline.
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Pleasanton
Kas.p
John Arnold
Stephen B. Arnold
Fort Scott
Cliff Town
Senate votes to close tax loopholes in 1954 revision
Senate Finance Committee approved retroactive repeal of two 1954 sections sought by Secretary Hum phrey to stop corporate deductions for future 1955 and later years expenses and taxes on future services. Vote was 12 to 0 with Byrd noting floor action next week. Carlson urged preserving intent while removing abuses especially prepaid subscription relevance.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Byrd
D-Va
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Sen. Carlson
R-Kas
Carlson
Treasury
Edmondson Out As Prison Head in Kansas Shakeup
Gov. Fred Hall dismissed Charles A. Edmondson, warden of the Kansas State Penitentiary, effective June 1 and appointed Arthur Hoffman of the Oregon State Penitentiary to lead Lansing starting June 15. Walter A. Hunter will be acting warden during the transition.
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Topeka
Charles A. Edmondson
Kansas Penitentiary
State Board of Penal Institutions
Fred Hall
Lawrence Journal-World
Edmondson
The
Journal-World
Edward F. Arn
Hall
Hoffman
Oregon
State of
Hunter
Leavenworth Federal Prison
Federal Prison Service
Partly Cloudy Area Forecast For Kansas Streaking Rain Expected
Weather bulletin notes a system moving from the Rockies toward Kansas bringing heavy rains to western and central areas Tonight and tomorrow. St. Francis reports 0.83 inch. Oakley 0.52, Oberlin 0.45, Norton 0.39, Goodland 0.18.
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Topekap
Kansas
Rocky Mountains
St. Francis
Oakley
Oberlin
Norton
Goodsland
Garrett
Homes for Personnel At Radar Stations
The Central Air Defense Command plans to build homes for personnel at isolated radar stations in 11 states. Contracts for 162 prefabricated family dwellings will be awarded July 9 at Grandview Air Force Base. Kansas has one near Hutchinson Naval Air Station.
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Kansas City
Central Air Defense Command
Grandview Air Force Base
Kansas
Hutchinson Naval Air Station
Pancake racing champion meets Senators at lunch
Mrs Bennie Dick of Liberal the nation's pancake racing champion and world record holder 1 05 1 for 415 yards visited the Senate dining room during lunch with her husband. Senators from several states heard of Liberal s big event and the Dicks were hosted by Sen Carlson and Rep Hope of Kansas. The champ has a White House date tomorrow to meet aides and perhaps greet the President.
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Washington
Bennie Dick
Liberal
Senate
Capitol
Sen. Carlson
Rep
Hope
Kansas
Olney
England
White House
Free Diagnostic Clinic For Crippled Children Set In Columbus
A free diagnostic clinic for crippled children will be held in Columbus on June 9 at Highland Grade School. Physicians from Kansas City will conduct examinations and provide advice at no cost under the Kansas Crippled Children Law. Parents should mail appointment requests by June 1 to the Kansas Crippled Children Commission in Wichita, including child name, birth date, and condition.
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Columbus
A.m
Highland
Guy O. Gardner
Kansas Society of Crippled Children
James B. Weaver
L.O. Litton
David W. Robinson
Kansas City
Kansas Crippled Children
Kansas Crippled Children Commission
First National Bank
Wichita
Scared Horse Kills A Four Year Old Boy
In Durango Colorado a frightened horse dragged four year old Daryl David Sutton to death on a ranch west of the city. Foreman Daryl Sutton of the Ute Mountain Indian tribe said he was saddling a horse with a lariat attached when the animal spooked and bolted. The boy's foot remained in the rope as the horse dragged him about two tenths of a mile before stopping.
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Durango
Colo
Here
Daryl Sutton
Neilson
Sutton
Daryl David
Navy reports underwater nuclear test off West Coast
The Defense Department announced the Navy detonated a small underwater atomic device off the West Coast, providing no date or exact location in the Pacific. It marks the second underwater nuclear explosion, with details kept confidential.
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Washington
Defense Department
Navy
United States
Pacific Ocean
Red Farmers Due to Visit Soviet Farm Specialists
Washington reported the United States notified Russia it is ready to accept 14 Soviet farm specialists as official visitors, signaling ongoing agricultural exchange efforts between the two nations.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Traffic fatalities listed by state accident records
Topeka Kansas traffic fatalities tallied by the state accident records section in the last 24 hours. Data covers year 1955 through the same period in 1954, listing figures for the Topeka area and related statewide totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
U-Kansas
Foster mother to face manslaughter charge in boy’s death
Detroit police said a 6-year-old boy, Robert Szabo, died after a severe beating with a wooden paddle. An autopsy cited hemorrhages and shock. The foster mother Rosemary Jacques, 31, told investigators she spanked the boy twice and admitted hitting him harder than she intended.
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Detroit
Robert Szabo
Rosemary Jacques
Francis Jacques
Bobby
Civil Defense Test Run Declared Largely Successful
Officials praised the Civil Defense drill as generally successful. About 20 cars and 40 to 50 volunteers represented evacuee traffic from Kansas City, registering smoothly at Highland and City Parks and aiding emergency operations for future planning.
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Civil Defense
Kansas City
Highland
City Parks
City Park
Fred Montague
Montague
Craig Brennecke
Paul T. Brennecke
Art P. Holmes
Cecil Pankratz
Tribune
FBI Joins Search for Leota Werner in Oklahoma
The FBI joined the manhunt for 44 year old Leota Werner accused of murdering her third husband Joseph Werner. His badly decomposed body was found on a 380 acre tract near Oklahoma's northeast border buried in lime. Werner left a note of possible suicide and last spoke from St. Louis after selling their Fort Worth home.
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JAY, Okla
FBI
Leota Werner
Joseph Werner
Oklahoma
N. R. Johnson
Werner
St. Louis
Fort Worth
Tex
Ralph
Thomas A. DeGarmo
Oklahoma City
20 Polio Cases Reported in Kansas This Year
The Kansas State Board of Health reports 20 polio cases so far this year, down from 24 at the same time in 1934. No new cases were reported in the past week.
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Kansas
Topeka
State Board of Health
County eighth grade exercises to hear Dr Homer Johnson speaker
Dr Homer L Johnson of Pittsburg State College will address the county eighth grade commence ment exercises at 8 pm tomorrow in the Senior High School auditorium. Nelle Stevens notes 63 names from 33 rural schools on the class roll. Mrs Debus directs processional and recessional. vocal numbers by Grant High School sextet and Stark ensembles. diplomas presented by Mrs Stevens.
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Homer L. Johnson
Pittsburg State College Department of Education
Nelle H. Stevens
Freeman Conant
Friends Church
Stark
Stevens
Senators accuse Air Force of waste in construction abroad
Senators Chavez and Robertson told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee that the Air Force wastes millions on construction programs in England and Alaska. They raised the charges as Air Force spokesmen described requests for nearly 15 billion dollars, funds already approved by the House.
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Washington
Chavez
D-Nm
Robertson
D-Va
Air Force
England
Alaska
Senate Appropriations
House
Kansas Postmasters Chapter Elects New Officers
The Kansas chapter of the National Association of Postmasters elected Rudolph Sharshel of Parsons as president. Other officers include Lula Kempin Corning Ivan D Holland Clathe Edward Spineto Pittsburg Mrs Loren Week Bushong Harriet Meyo Claflin Harold Knipe Grinnel as vice presidents and Grace N Benton Robinson named secretary treasurer.
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Wichita
Kansas
The
National Assn. of
Rudolph Sharshel
Parsons
Lula Kempin
Corning
Ivan D. Holland
Clathe
Edward J. Spineto
Pittsburg
Loren Week
Bushong
Harriet Meyo
Claflin
Harold Knipe
Grinnel
Grace N. Benton
Robinson
Mrs Albert Bass Fractures Leg in Fall at Main and Lincoln
Mrs Albert Bass of Earlton fractured her right leg above the knee after a fall at the southwest corner of Main and Lincoln. She was taken to Neosho Memorial Hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Bass
Earlton
Main and
Lincoln
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Army requests one third of defense funds for antiaircraft sites
Secretary of the Army Stevens testified that about one third of the military construction funds the Army seeks would go to antiaircraft facilities, including Nike airborne positions.
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Washington
Army
Stevens
First Shots Distributed Nationwide for Polio Vaccine
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis announces first shots of antipolio vaccine for school children are virtually complete nationwide. Details on when second shots will be delivered are not known.
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New York
National Foundation For
Polio Vaccine Funds Likely From Congress
Senator Hill said Congress will approve 28 million dollars for antipolio vaccine for children whose parents cannot afford shots. He expects 2 million for more inspectors on vaccine output. Democrats questioned the 11 point voluntary allocation plan, while Republicans defended Hobby's administration handling. Standby controls drew some GOP support.
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Washington
Sen
Hill
Dala
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Holby
Mill
Hobby
Sen. Ives
R-Ny
Cold Blooded Murder Labeled After Korean Shelling
The United Nations Command condemned the May 10 shelling off the Haeju Peninsula as cold blooded murder. Six fishermen were killed, nine wounded, and fifteen others reported missing as five boats were sunk amid ongoing tensions.
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Munsan
South Korea
United Nations Command
Haeju Peninsula
Uiree
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