Strawberries shaped like flowers found in Beck garden
In Chanute area notices a garden at Charles and Charles Beck home yielded six mini berries forming blossom shapes with six rows of vines producing 40 percent quarts of berries in a week. Librarian Mrs. Hensley reports ongoing reading program with clown balloon cards for each borrowed book. Robins nest at Vilas Bethel Lutheran church watch services while two nests host young. A. B. Weaver praised Chanute courtesy parking notices after paying meter fees.
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Charles O. Beck
Vilas
Vilas Bethel Lutheran Church
J. Rolland Christenson
Commencement Tonight at Memorial Auditorium
Commencement exercises for the Senior High School and Junior College classes will be held at 8 o clock tonight in Memorial Auditorium. Evan Evans, former southeast Kansas educator and current executive director of the National Aviation Education Council in Washington D C, will deliver the address.
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Memorial Auditorium
Evan Evans
Southeast Kansas
National Aviation Education’ Council
Washington, D. C
You Hold the String guiding Royster ninth grade graduates
Carl F. Gump told Paola Royster ninth graders to hold the string and take responsibility as they move on with education. He urged modesty, open minds, and kindness while advising rules against gossip and arguing. Supt. Fisher presided. Royter Principal Paul Parsons presented the class. Floyd Naff awarded diplomas. The program featured music by the Junior High orchestra and solo and chorus performances.
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Carl F. Gump
Royster
Paola
Gump
Buford Fisher
Paul Parsons
Floyd Naff
Board of Education
L. Glen Ahif
Chester Shaner
Roy Marks
Lily
Nike missile tests at White Sands draw Army debate
At White Sands Proving Ground New Mexico Army officers review two day Nike missile test results before 100 newsmen. The Nike hit three of four drone planes and exploded near the fourth. The tests occur amid Washington dispute over Nike versus Navy Talos capabilities.
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White Sands Proving Ground
N. M
New Mexico
Nike
Washington
Air Force
Navy
John S. Upham
Army
Idaho Area Relaxes As Floods Recede
Bonners Ferry Idaho residents relaxed as the Kootenai River fell two feet after dike breaches flooded 2 276 acres of wheat land. The town stayed dry while dikes around outlying farms collapsed flooding over 8 000 acres. The flooding came from a record snowpack melt.
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Bonners Ferry
Idaho
Kootenai
Pilot Not Injured In Take Off Mishap
A youthful airman escaped injury after a light plane failed to take off at Tulsa North Airport en route to Topeka. The craft, piloted by Don Bailey 21, of Forbes Air Force Base, struck a wire fence and ended in a gulley about 250 feet from the runway end with Bailey uninjured.
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Tulsa
Tulsa North
Topeka
Don Bailey
Forbes Air Force Base
Bailey
God Is Solution in Walsh Commencement Address
Rev. Charles Walsh of St. Patrick's Parsons urged St. Patrick's Junior High graduates to practice Christianity and apply its teachings at home and in business and politics. He warned against false philosophies as a cause of world troubles, noting God as the solution, while 13 students received certificates in the first graduation at the new school. Sister M. Patrick led the processional. Rev. Peter Finnegan handed out diplomas. benediction by Rev. M. J. Gorges, now at Holy Name parish Coffeyville.
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Fr. Walsh
Peter J. Finnegan
M. Patrick
Our Lady
M. J. Gorges
Holy Name
Coffeyville
Traffic Mishap Fatal To 7 Year Old Boy
GREAT BEND The 7 year old son of Mr and Mrs Morris Amerine of Great Bend was struck and killed by a car two miles north of town last night. Highway Patrolman Dee Doughty said Steven Amerine apparently ran in front of the vehicle while playing with friends.
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Great Bend
Morris Amerine
Here
Dee Doughty
Steven Amerine
Kansas City Police Vote Approves Pay Raise
The Kansas City police board approved a pay raise effective June 1. Patrolmen receive $30 more monthly and majors $80 more, with a patrolman of four years experience earning $375 monthly, per Police Chief Bernard C. Brannon.
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Kansas City
Police Board
Bernard C. Brannon
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Topeka Kansas
State Accident Records shows 11 fatalities in the last 24 hours in Topeka. For the year 1956 the totals are 2 3 and 205 for the same period, reflecting another year’s figures.
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Topeka
Kansas
Education Is Expensive Costs of higher education cited by Evans
Bergen Evans Northwestern University English professor told a National Congress of Parents and Teachers banquet that rising college costs burden families. He cited two children at 2000 dollars per year totaling about 16000 dollars and warned medical education costs lock out working class youths from becoming doctors, noting seven years or more to train.
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San Francisco
Bergen Evans
Evans
Northwestern University
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Senate probes kickback plot in military uniform contracts
Sen McClellan says irregularities in government contracts for military uniforms have emerged in a probe by his investigations subcommittee. Army Col Louis H Shirley, stationed at Ft. Lee Virginia, will be asked to respond to an unsworn statement alleging 24745 in kickbacks funneled to Shirley as payoffs. Shirley calls the claim untrue and says he will testify tomorrow.
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Washington
McClellan
D-Ark
Army
Louis H. Shirley
Shirley
John W. Roberts
Ft. Lee
Roberts
Elderly man alters transfers and deposits rack up 12880 dollars
Chicago police say Walker Therien 72 altered dates on transfers given to a State Street bus driver Thomas Harris 29. Therien had nearly 100 transfers with changed dates and a bank book showing deposits of 12880 dollars. Bank confirmed deposits. Therien jailed on disorderly conduct and using a scheme to perpetrate a fraud after refusing $25 bond.
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Chicago
Thomas A. Harris
State Street
Harris
Walker Therien
Therien
Randolph Town Says No to Moving for Turtle Creek Dam
Residents of Randolph Kansas a Riley County town of about 700 oppose relocating for the Turtle Creek Dam project. Businessmen led petitions against moving claiming loss of trade and high costs, while residents worry tax increases and starting over at new towns.
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Randolph, Kas
Riley County
Turtle Creek
Randolph Blue Valley News
Scandia
Kas
No Hurts in Upset Elephants Go on Spree in Washington
Two cars damaged in a Walnut and Lafayette collision at 11 25 am left occupants uninjured. Donald Wayne Clifton 17 cited for reckless driving after his 1950 Chrysler struck Ronald Lee Chandler 18 in a 1948 Chevrolet causing Chandler vehicle to overturn. Chandler passenger Janice Young escaped injuries. A herd of 42 elephants being moved for Ringling Bros circus broke loose on tracks, injuring riders and prompting control efforts.
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Walnut
Lafayette
Donald Wayne Clifton
Clifton
Ronald Lee Chandler
Chandler
Janice Young
Washington
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Warmer Trend In Forecast Across Kansas
Kansas forecast indicates a warmer trend with scattered showers or thunderstorms tonight and Friday. Highs expected 80s in many areas, with 85 possible in the west and north. lows mid 50s to low 60s. Reports note recent rains varied by location from .02 to .25 inches.
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Topeka
Kansas
Hill City
Pittsburg
Wamego
Dodge City
Liberal
Elkhart
Plevna
Lyons
Trousdale
Wichita
Matfield Green
Emporia
Chanute
Salina
Warren W Shaw Campaign Tour Hits Southeast Kansas
Warren W. Shaw, Republican governor candidate, visits Chanute and Neosho County Friday as part of a Southeast Kansas swing. He arrives in Chanute at 9 a.m. from Humboldt, tours local firms, attends a noon luncheon at the Tioga Hotel, accompanied by John Nation, and plans stops at Erie, St Paul, and Thayer before proceeding to Montgomery County.
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Warren W. Shaw
Topeka
Chanute
Neosho County
Kansas
Shaw
Humboldt
Tioga Hotel
Fred M. Harris
John Nation
Erie
St. Paul
Thayer
Montgomery County
Train mishap claims life near Manhattan
Fatality occurs when Roland Norman Gates 18 Wyaconda Missouri was struck by an eastbound City of St. Louis Union Pacific train about five miles west of Manhattan Kansas this morning. He sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities are investigating the accident.
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Manhattan
Kas
Roland Norman Gates
Wyaconda
City of
Tests Place Right Person in Proper Job
Kansas State Employment Service in Chanute administers aptitude tests to job applicants to match individuals with suitable occupations. The 12 tests measure nine aptitudes and compare results to 77 fields of work, with records kept confidential and no charge to users.
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W. C. Markley
Kansas State Employment Service
Ijoh
United States Department of Labor
Markley
Chanute
Rioting in Nicosia Over Killing Spurs Turks and Greeks
In Nicosia Turkish Cypriots riot in revenge for a Turkish Cypriot police sergeant's death. Bullets spray from a taxi window through a Greek shopping area as youths stone Greek Cypriots and shops while shutters stay down amid rising tension.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Four Wichita Men Plead Guilty in Gambling Tax Case
Four Wichita men connected with the Esquire Club pleaded guilty to counts in a federal indictment. Fred D. Clemons and Raymond McCombs admitted attempting to evade excise tax payments, while Ralph L. Polk and Sam H. Marett admitted failing to file federal excise tax returns on wagers. Judge Delmas C. Hill deferred sentencing pending a pre sentence investigation.
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Wichita
Fred D. Clemons
Raymond M. McCombs
St. Joseph
Ralph L. Polk
Sam H. Marett
U.S
Delmas C. Hill
Esquire Club
Fire losses rise to 885 million nationwide
New York report shows U S fire losses totaling 885 million dollars for last year, an increase of 15 million from the year before, according to the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
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New York
United States
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Cost of Living Index Rises Slightly in April
Washington reports a 0.2 percent April increase in the cost of living, lifting the index to 114.9 from 115.4 at the October 1953 peak. The rise boosts about a million workers with a one cent per hour wage increase for unions tied to the index, while food costs are cited as the main driver. Ewan Clague cautions only a gradual rise ahead with possible fall in some items and no clear decline until fall.
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Washington
Auto
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ewan Clague
Commissioner of
Labor Statistics
Right to Suffer Is Criticised
Washington reports an Eisenhower official apologized after an offhand remark about unemployment in Detroit sparked dispute. Howard Pyle said the right to suffer is a part of a free economy and noted the administration is actively concerned about Detroit area job issues.
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Washington
Detroit
White House
Howard Pyle
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Eisenhower
Pyle
Wilson
Draft Call for Three
A call for three Neosho County men to report here on June 18 for final induction into the armed forces at Kansas City the following day has been received at selective service headquarters.
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Neosho County
Kansas City
Seective Service
Gene Wall
Selective Service Board
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