Modern research farm opens near Indianola Iowa
Floyd and Lawrence Potter of Potter Hatcheries visited the new 1160 acre research farm near Indianola operated by a General Mills division. Local police investigated two minor traffic accidents and a theft of two front wheel discs from a 1954 Cadillac at the Ranz used car lot. Raymond Ikehorn reported a possible break in at his home and relatives visited Dallas and Hillsboro Texas during a family trip.
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Floyd
Lawrence Potter
Potter Hatcheries
Indianola
Iowa
General Mills
Leonard J. Krone
Humboldt R
Charles L. Lash
Elsmore R
Ranz
Main
Plummer
Doctor of Philosophy Is First at Kansas
Lawrence student Harold W. Richey 31 will receive the first PhD from the University of Kansas at commencement on June 2. An assistant professor in psychology he is among 20 accepted into the program since its 3 year inauguration and will depart for Washington after graduation.
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Lawrence
University of Kansas
Harold W. Richey
Univerversity
Richey
Washington
Air Force to Appoint Research Psychologist
Student winds up with a career path in psychology as he plans to join the Air Force as a research psychologist. He will pursue studies and training aligning with military research objectives.
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Emonies
Air Force
Memorial Hospital Admittances and Dismissals Report
Tuesday to present ad mitting Leo Die trich Roy McKee Mrs E W Oliver Hazel Steel Douglass A Fox and others plus Orvel F Smith Terry H Fox John C Cunningham David A Raymond. Dismissals include Nellie Walker Wilbur Smulling Ernest Lucas and others. A birth is recorded for Mr and Mrs Albert D Barker a boy.
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Highland
Wilbur Smulling
W. Walnut
Ernest K. Lucas
N. Lafayette
John Gier
R. J
Elmer D. Lee
S. Evergreen
William H. Hildebrant
Buffalo
Albert D. Barker
S. Forest
20 Month Sentence For Big Jim Elkins
Portland prosecutor records show Big Jim Elkins, the racketeer who spurred the Portland vice inquiry by agreeing to talk last year, receiving a 20 month sentence and a $2000 penalty from U S District Judge William East. The case marks a pivotal turn in the investigation.
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Big Jim Elkins
Portland
Ore
Portland Vice
U. S. Dist
William East
Two men sentenced in wiretapping case and seek new trial
Elkins, 56, was given 20 months in prison and a $2000 fine for wiretapping and sought a new trial. His employer, Raymond Clark, 34, received 6 months and a $500 fine on the same counts. A hearing on Elkins motion is set for June 17 while both remain out on bond.
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Elkins
Raymond Clark
Weekend Visits and Military Notes in Maple Park
Maple Park residents report weekend visits by Mr. Vernon South and family while Pfc. Albert Dorris arrives in Germany to serve in the Army medical corps. Nearby, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Jones and Mrs. Elois Horner visit Hum boldt relatives as locals observe Neosho River high water at Erie. Esther Hodgen shopped in Parsons and Stephen Reed with his wife visit grandparents in Galesburg. A coal mine yard engine in West Frankfort, Illinois moves one million gross-ton miles yearly.
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Maple Park
Vernon South
Dick South
Albert Dorris
Germany
Albert
Marion Dorris
Medical Corps
Army
Horace Jones
Elois Horner
Humboldt
Walter Clum
West Frankfort
Ill
Fire destroys test missile at Patrick AFB Cocoa
Maj. Gen. Daniel Yates announced a missile prepared for launch at Patrick Air Force Base Cocoa was accidentally destroyed by fire today. No injuries were reported and only the test asset was damaged in the incident.
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Cocoa
Fla
Patrick Air Force Base
Daniel Yates
Island Report Mentions Missile Type Not Disclosed
A fragment notes an island event where a missile type remains undisclosed. The brief lacks official names, dates, or locations, offering only a vague reference to military or security context.
Haiti Brings Police Fire Policy After Coup
Haiti’s Brig. Gen. Leon Cantave seized power to curb arson, looting and saboteurs and ordered police to fire without warning. He halted political meetings and imposed press censorship as strikes and walkouts paral yze Port au Prince and the surrounding region while outside provinces show limited impact.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Ruller
Leon Cantave
Port Au Pringe
Russell Bond Issue Defeated for High School
A $1,950,000 bond for a new Russell high school was defeated by voters 1,176 to 808. The plan called for a 29 classroom building with two gymnasiums and a swimming pool.
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Russell, Kas.pr
Russell
Deaths and Funeral Notice for Edward C. Ermey
Edward C. Ermey, 91, long time Chanute area farmer, died in Zillah Washington after a three year illness. Born April 18 1866 in Audrain County Missouri he married Adda Rodrick in 1889. Survived by three sons Fred L. Ermey Clyde Ermey Ira Ermey and many grandchildren. Funeral at Wilson Johnson Chapel Saturday at 1 30 officiated by Rev Judd Jones with interment in Leanna Cemetery. The body arrives Friday morning.
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Edward C. Ermey
Chanute
Zillah
Wash
Ermey
Audrain County
Ino
Adda Roderick
Clyde Ermey
Ira Ermey
Ottawa
Joe Charles
Mark Ermey
George Ermey
Erie
Wilson-Johnson Chapel
Judd Jones
First Methodist Church
Leanna Cemetery
Fragmented OCR leads to unclear item
A truncated OCR passage yields an unclear historical item with missing names places and dates, preventing precise reconstruction while preserving the surrounding readable fragments for a compact newspaper card summary.
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Kansas Over 24 Hours
Kansas accident records show 1 death in the last 24 hours and 190 year to date fatalities in 1957, compared with 241 deaths by this date in 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
Frozen food output climbs 1955 gains 67 percent
The United States produced over 500 million pounds of prepared frozen foods in 1955, marking a 67 percent increase from 1954 as industry expansion accelerates.
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United States
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