Left Hand Pitch Preston Stanfield Kills Snakes at Park
Firemen report Preston Stanfield killed seven water moccasins at Santa Fe Park reservoir Sunday morning as the department seeks to rid the lake of snakes. Fire Chief C. W. Brennan says Stanfield will act again during time off days using a 410 gauge shotgun with park permission.
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Santa Fe Station
Kansas City
New York Yankees
Kansas City Athletics
Kansas
Tribune
Preston Stanfield
Santa Fe Park Reservoir
C. W. Brennan
Stanfield
Horse on Mountain Must Wait for Rescue
BUENA VISTA Colo Elijah the pack horse remains stranded on Colorado's Collegiate Mountains as rescue teams led by owners Al and Bill Turner work to bring him to lower elevations. Snow drifts 10 to 20 feet block progress while airlifts supply hay to the wary animal named Bugs who dislikes cars and skirts.
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Buena Vista
Colo
Elijah
Colorado
Bill Turner
Turners
Bugs
109-Year-Old Civil War Veteran In Satisfactory Condition
Albert Woolson aged 109, last Union Army veteran, remains in satisfactory condition at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth after a recurring lung congestion. He was admitted Saturday night and has been hospitalized several times in the past two years. attendants report no change.
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Duluth
Minn
Albert Woolson
Woolson
St. Luke's Hospital
New Butler Lake Named Clymer in Butler County
The Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission names a new 114 acre lake near Latham Butler County as Lake Clymer in honor of Rolla Clymer El Dorado Times editor and general manager. Construction expected to finish about July 1 and Clymer helped establish the project.
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Pratt
Kas
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Latham
Butler County
Clymer
Rolla Clymer
el Dorado Times
First American hydrogen bomb dropped by B52 over Bikini
A Boeing B52 dropped the first American air launched H bomb over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. The blast produced a bright fireball and a massive shock wave, with the yield unofficially estimated near 10 million tons of TNT. The shot occurred above Namu Island as Maj. Charles T. Smith and Maj. Dwight E. Durner guided the mission from 50,000 feet.
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Bikini
Bikini Atoll
Namu
American Proving Ground
Pacific
U.S
Floyd A. Amendson
Grand Forks
N. D
Eniwetok Island
Charles T. Smith
Pittsburg
Kas
Smith
Dwight E. Durner
Charlotte
Mich
Marshall Islands
B. Hall Hanlon
Namu Island
Atol
Heat Records Roil Kansas as Topeka Leads Heat Spike
A Kansas weather summary notes Topeka as yesterday's hot spot with statewide records and a forecast for continued unseasonably warm conditions. Highs reached 102 in Russell and 98 in several cities while overnight lows ranged from 56 to 73 as the outlook calls for little rainfall.
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Topeka
Kansas
Olathe
Goodland
Weather Bureau
Idaho River Dikes Fail Flood Farms Nearby
The Kootenai River breached two dirt dikes in Bonners Ferry Idaho flooding about 3800 acres of farmland. Gov Smylie declared a state of emergency and Army engineers moved in to bolster 14 diking districts while Spokane troops traveled 110 miles from Fort Lewis to assist.
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Idaho
Kootenai River
Spokane
Fort Lewis
Wash
Robert E. Smylie
Weather Bureau
Dionne's Flower Shop Opens Big Sooner Than Planned
Montreal reports Dionne's new salon Emilie named for a sister drew a sellout preview. Crowds flooded the shop demanding bouquets for three nearby hospitals and left the store nearly empty, with staff sending for more flowers.
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Marie Dionne
Salon Emilie
Quint
Ior
Dionne
Ellen Bourget
Royster Junior High School Awards Ceremony
Royster Junior High held its annual honor assembly this morning presenting awards for student service by Ben Fajardo, achievement by Jeanette Wickstrom, perfect attendance by John Hemphill, girls and boys intramurals, safety patrol, student librarians, typing by Imogene Colan, church attendance by Fajardo, and Rockette magazine contest winners.
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Royster Junior High School
Ben Fajardo
Jeanette ‘Wickstrom
Rockette
John Hemphill
Helen Anderson
Safety Patrol
Louis Reynolds
Miss Wickstrom
Lyle Dean
Imogene Colan
Fajardo
Car Plunge Fatal To Plainville Man
A car plunged off highway 183 near the Saline River bridge eight miles south of Plainville Kansas killing 18 year old Floyd W O'Brien and injuring six others who were taken to a hospital.
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Kas.p
Floyd W. O'Brien
Saline River Bridge
Kansas
Flying Family Injured In Plane Crash Near Manhattan
A light plane collided after takeoff from Potter Airport four miles south of Manhattan, injuring flying family members including Neumann Hagemaster, president of the Flying Farmers, and three Bowman relatives. One reported fatality among the family.
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Neb
Dean Hagemeister
Ne- Manhattan
Joe Abraska
Bowman
Manhattan
Potter Airport
Supreme Court Overrules Right to Work for Railroads
The high court struck down state right to work laws as applied to railroad workers while preserving such laws for other industries. The decision upholds the 1951 National Railway Labor Act amendment allowing union shop agreements requiring join within 60 days. Justice Douglas authored the majority opinion with Justice Frankfurter concurring.
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Douglas
Justice Frankfurter
Nebraska Supreme Court
Nebraska
Congress of the Union
Congress
Topeka Woman Dies in Two-Car Collision
Mrs. Freda Marie Dean, 44, of Topeka, was fatally injured in a two car crash on U S Highway 75 five miles north of here Saturday night.
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Topeka
Freda Marie Dean
U. S. Highway 75
Here
Traffic Fatalities Reported In State
Topeka Kansas list shows fatalities reported by the State Accident Records Section. In the last 48 hours four deaths. year to date in 1956 two twenty nine. The same period in 1955 shows two hundred ninety five.
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Topeka
Kansas
Life sermon at junior college baccalaureate stresses action
Rev. Paul Life of Evangelical United Brethren urges graduates to develop purpose and a plan of action with a worthy prize. He contrasts success by chance with those who swim against the current, saying dreams must become action and that God must have a place in life to succeed.
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Evangelical United Brethren Church
Memorial Auditorium
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Ted D. Hurst
First Christian Church
W. Gayel Bender
First Baptist Church
Kenneth Tebow
Buford
Fisher
Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital opens temporary office
A temporary business office for the new Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital on West Seventh was opened at the Civic Center in the Memorial Building. The site will handle equipment and furnishings orders for the 75 bed facility as it nears completion. The hospital expects to hire slowly until opening in August with 71 total staff once fully staffed. Dr Roy A Lawson Jr is expected June 1 to oversee operations.
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West Seventh
Civic Center
Memorial Building
Chester L. Hamsher
Crestline
Calif
Kimber
Norling
A. B. Nole
Ann Hummer
Roy A. Lawson Jr
Hamsher
Arcade death suspected electric shock in girl
A young girl was found dying with two teeth missing and burns on her ankle and armpit near a foot vibrating machine and a photo machine in an arcade. Deputy Coroner Edward P. Doyle ruled electric shock as the cause of death. Her parents sat nearby as the arcade manager found her dazed and bleeding against a wall.
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Kansas Association toHost Law Science Seminar in Wichita
The Kansas Association of Plaintiff's Attorneys schedules a law science seminar for Friday in Wichita. Melvin M. Belli of San Francisco leads the event with Jo B. Gardner of Monett Missouri and Homer Bishop of Seminole Ohio assisting. Banquet speaker is Senator Edgar J. Keating of Kansas City Missouri. Attendees include lawyers judges and physicians from Kansas and nearby states.
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The
Kansas Assn. of
Plaintiff's Attorneys
Wichita
Conducting
Melvin M. Belli
San Francisco
Jo B. Gardner
Monett, Mo
Homer Bishop
Seminole, Ohlo
Sen
Edgar J. Keating
Kansas City, Mo
Kansas
Adjoining States
City Dads Will Discuss Proposed Zoning Plan
Mayor J D Lightfoot said the Chanute zoning plan will be discussed at a regular city commissioners meeting with the zoning committee Thursday night. Committee members include George McCune chairman Carter Brookhart Lee Judy Richard L Ashley and Carl Haight.
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J.D. Lightfoot
Commission
George McCune
Carter Brookhart
Lee Judy
Richard L. Ashley
Carl Haight
House Appropriations Committee approves water project funds
The committee recommended 582 million dollars for Army Engineers water projects starting July 1, matching Eisenhower’s budget with slight reductions from last year. Funds cover general construction, flood control, maintenance, and planning for near 200 projects in 47 states plus 7.5 million for planning nearly 70 projects nationwide.
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House Appropriations Committee
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Eisenhower
Congress
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Appropriations Committee
House
Waterways project funds recommended by House Appropriations
The House Appropriations Committee recommends year long waterways funding including construction allocations in Kansas cities Abilene Kansas City Salina Topeka Toronto reservoir Turtle Creek Wichita and Valley Center with totals up to 9.0 million dollars. Planning funds for Manhattan Ottawa Pomona Strawn reservoirs and related projects are also listed with specific amounts.
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Verdigris River
Strawn
Neosho River
House Appropriations Committee For Waterways
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Kansas
Abilene
Kansas Citys
Missouri
Salina
Topeka
Toronto Reservoir
Turtle Creek
Wichita and
Valley Center
Manhattan
Ottawa
Pomona
Strawn Reservoir
Woman Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement
Minnie Mangum, 52, pleaded guilty in Norfolk to a long running embezzlement scheme at the Commonwealth Building and Loan Association. The court accepted the plea, found her guilty, and set sentencing for June 25. She remains free on $50,000 bond as defense seeks a probation report.
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Minnie Mangum
Commonwealth Building and Loan Assa
Miss Mangum
H. Lawrence Bullock
Max R. Broudy
Death March Survivor Dies in Traffic Mishap
William H. Hackett, 35, a Bataan death march survivor and former Javan prisoner, was killed in a Friday car accident near Baldwin, Kansas. A Ft. Leavenworth resident, he will be buried with full military honors at the national cemetery. He was stationed at Ft. Leavenworth and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hackett of Kansas City, Missouri.
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William H. Hackett
Bataan
Baldwin
Kas
National
Hackett
Philippines
Joseph Hackett
Kansas City
Hotline for Tribune Delivery Assistance
Readers without the Tribune are instructed to call their carrier, and if unavailable, to dial 700 after 6 p.m. for delivery help. The note directs late evening contact to resolve missing paper service.
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