Left Hand Pack 25 Cub Scouts Issue Pedestrian Tickets
A group of 12 uniformed Cub Scouts from Pack 25 at the Lutheran Church handed out about 300 pedestrian safety reminders, or tickets, at eight Main intersections in an hour. Den mother Mrs. Bill Burghart said the tickets warned against stepping off curbs before lights, crossing against signals, or jaywalking.
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Pack 25
Lutheran Church
Bill Burghart
Mmes
Paul Mueller
Lela Steeves
Ralph Burghart
No Break In Showdown
Detroit news reports Ford Motor Co. will not offer new terms to the United Auto Workers as deadlocked talks enter showdown week. The Big Three pause on wage formula changes while awaiting Walter Reuther to define concession levels. If no agreement is reached this week about 500,000 hourly workers at Ford, GM, and Chrysler could be left without contracts.
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Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers Union
John S. Bugas
Ford
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors
Chrysler
Reuther
Democrat National
Ken Davis
Junction City
Oswald
Kansas
Davis
Docking
George Docking
Miami Beach
Fla
Tragic Garden Accident Claims Boy’s Life
In South Bend Indiana a 4 year old boy named Kaven Onax died after his brother Kent’s shovel struck his head while they played in the garden. Initial injury appeared minor but later caused fatal brain bleeding requiring surgery. Kaven died at 11:15 PM. The parents are Mr and Mrs Harry Onax.
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South Bend
Ind
Kaven Onax
Kent
Kaven
Harry Onax
Driver Kills Self After Friend Killed
OZARK Mo AP The driver of a car in which a passenger was killed committed death by his own action in the county jail. Grant N Didion 34 was being held on careless and reckless driving charges. His car overturned near Billings and his friend Wendell Baum 5 died. Didion strangled himself with a cord around his neck and a bar, bending his knees as his feet touched the floor.
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Ozark
Grant N. Didion
Clay Hodges
Didion
Billings
Wendell Baum
Nameless Dead Return Home and Sea Ceremony
The USS Canberra sails from Norfolk to a sea meeting off Cape Henry with the three Nameless Dead from World War II and Korea. Navy hospitalman first class William Charrette, Medal of Honor recipient, helps decide which World War II Unknown rests in Arlington or is buried at sea. Anonymity is preserved as caskets are transferred on deck.
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Korea
America
Arlington National Cemetery
Virginia
Cape Henry
Boston
Blandy
Guantanamo
Cuba
Hawaii
United States Naval Base
Europe
North
Africa
William Richard Charette
Navy
Marines
Arlington
Charette
Three First Steps Proposed by Jones To Graduates Here
The Rev Judd Jones pastor of the First Methodist Church proposed three steps for graduates at baccalaureate services final week of school. Commit your life to Christ discover your purpose and follow through. About 130 high school and 45 junior college graduates plus 450 others attended in the municipal auditorium. Commencement begins 8 p.m. Thursday with the 33 voice junior college choir and school orchestra providing music.
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Judd Jones
Christ
Lave
Jones
First Methodist Church
Municipal Auditorium
Buford Fisher
Harold Young
Floyd Thuston
Kenneth Tebow
Driver Arrested on DWI and Reckless Driving Charge
Bill Wimmer of 502 West Third was arrested by police for driving while intoxicated and reckless driving around 11:30 p.m. Saturday. He posted a $150 bond and was released. A hearing is scheduled for 4 p.m. Thursday in police court after officers observed him driving recklessly on 10th Street between Central and Evergreen.
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Bill Wimmer
Wimmer
Central
Evergreen
Two Elderly Die in Toronto Nursing Home Fire
A Toronto nursing home was overwhelmed by smoke today, killing two elderly residents and leaving at least 12 others in critical condition. Nurses and police evacuated residents aged 75 to 85 as smoke filled the building.
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Toronto
Mary Gudenkauf Dies From Centralia Crash Injuries
Mary M. Gudenkauf, 46, Centralia, died Saturday night from injuries suffered in an automobile collision earlier in the day about two miles east of Centralia.
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Centralia, Kas
Mary M. Gudenkauf
Centralia
Here
Mild January Forecast With Scattered Showers
Forecaster Richard Garrett predicts mostly fair skies through Tuesday with mild temperatures. A few showers may occur tonight or Tuesday morning as thunderstorms develop. highs near 80 to 85, lows 60 to 65. Rain reports include Cawker City 0.72, Long Island 0.70, Salina 0.41 inches, with western amounts higher and eastern totals lighter. five day outlook calls for above normal temps and 0.5 to 2 inches of precipitation west to east.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Richard Garrett
Cawker City
Long Island
Smith Center
Lebanon
Tescott
Sal
UP INS Merger Criticized by Celler in Congress
Congressman Emanuel Celler of New York said the United Press and International News Service merger reduces public access to news. He praised the Justice Department inquiry and urged quick passage of a bill requiring 60 days advance notice to the attorney general before mergers.
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Washington
Emaneus Celler
D-Ny
House Judiciary Committee
United Press and
International News Service
Celler
Justice Department
Oswald blasts Docking as shocking aid split rocks Kansas Democrats
Area outlook bright for wheat and row crops as farmers report good prospects. Oswald, Hutchinson attorney and Young Democrats figure, condemned Governor Docking for ignoring party leaders and urged his step aside unless he pledges party loyalty. Local agents note favorable alfalfa, wheat, and corn conditions with scattered dampness and hay price concerns.
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Dodge City
George Docking
A. Lewis Oswald
Hutchinson
Democratc
Kansas
Oswald
Docking
Knapp enters race for Neosho County sheriff
Lee A Knapp former Chanute police chief announced as a Republican candidate for sheriff of Neosho County. Born on a farm west of Chanute he joined the force in 1928 and rose to chief from 1936 to 1944 after handling several sensational cases. He attended FBI peace officers schools and later worked in California Independence and Coffeyville. He lives at 502 S Lincoln and works as a salesman for McCune Motor Co. Knapp 50 is a member of the Elks Lodge and has a son in Independence.
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Lee A. Knapp
Chanute
Neosho County
Knapp
Here
Police
FBI
California
Independence
Coffeyville
S. Lincoln
Anderson
Rayburn
Climber Survives 150-Foot Fall After Gripping Rescue
Albert Haulcomb 19 of Depew Oklahoma fell from a cliff while nine climbers walked a trail at Longmont Colorado. Bobby Scott 17 of San Diego grabbed Haulcomb by the ankles to save him but lost grip and Haulcomb dropped. Haulcomb sustained head injuries and possible leg and arm fractures. Scott was hospitalized for shock. Both are airmen students at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver.
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Longmont
Colo
Albert O. Haulcomb
Depew
Okla
Haulcomb
Bobby W. Scott
San Diego
Calif
Scott
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Third nuclear test in Pacific series detonates at nine
Washington reports the third announced nuclear detonation in the Pacific series occurred at 9 00 p m Sunday. The Defense Department and the Atomic Energy Commission provided no further details.
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Washington
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Memorial Day Service at Buffalo Cemetery
A Memorial Day service will be held at Buffalo Lee Wasser for Insurance Cemetery on Friday at 10 30 a m. The notice provides contact Ph 119 for details and directions.
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Buffalo
Buffalo Lee Wasser For Insurance
Traffic Fatalities Reported by State Records
Kansas accident records list 1 traffic death in 48 hours and 169 to date in 1958, compared with 198 deaths in the same period in 1957. Government officials released the figures to illustrate yearly trends in road safety.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tragic drowning at Rockport beach leaves seven dead
On a sunny Rockport Texas beach a deep hole drew rescuers and cost seven lives including nine year old Janice Bailey her mother Mary Bailey Air Force chaplain Leonard Berry from Syracuse New York and four other children. Fire Chief Dick Fox said a warning sign will be posted after the eight foot drop was discovered.
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Rockport
Tex
Janice Bailey
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Leonard Berry
Air Force
Janice
Mary Bailey
Wayne Bailey
Foster Air Force Base
Victoria
Dick Fox
Aransas County
New Brunswick couple to serve as summer pastor in Liberal
Mr and Mrs Bruce Brigden and David of New Brunswick New Jersey visit her parents Mr and Mrs Ted Churchill in Liberal Their son has completed the New Brunswick Theological Seminary and Mrs Brigden has taught there They will stay about a week before Brigden becomes pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Liberal for the summer
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Bruce Brigden
David
New Brunswick
N. J
Ted Churchill
S. Washington
Brigden
New Brunswick Theological Seminary
Liberal
First Presbyterian Church
Mrs. Helen Haas Visits Buffalo Relative
Mrs. Helen Haas of Ellsworth is visiting her mother Mrs. Bob White in Buffalo.
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Helen Haas
Ellsworth
Bob , White
Buffalo
French Crisis In Brief
Paris Premier Pflimlin warns Parliament of civil war risk and urges defense of liberties as crisis deepens. The Communist led Confederation of Labor orders a strike against De Gaulle’s return to power, while the Mediterranean fleet opens a fresh government problem. Demonstrators in Tunis push for withdrawal of French forces as south Tunisia fights subsides. Algiers imposes exit controls on French and foreign nationals and aids Corsica. insurgent Corsicans welcome Algeria junta reps.
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Paris
Pierre Pflimlin
France
Confederation of Labor
de Gaulle
Algeria
Corsica
Pflimlin
New York Herald Tribune
Adm
Philippe Auboyneau
Mediterranean
Pascal Arrighi
Jacques Soustelle
Algeris
Associated Press
Gen. de Gaulle
Algiers
Tunisia
Shippingport Reactor Goes on Stream as Nation Cheers
President Eisenhower dedicated the Shippingport atomic power station in Pennsylvania as electricity surged from the world’s first large scale completely commercial nuclear plant. He hailed scientific progress and peace in a ceremony marking the plant’s successful operation.
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Shippingport
Eisenhower
Washington
Pennsylvania
Right to Work Brief Request by Labor
The Kansas Federation of Labor seeks Supreme Court permission to file a friend of the court brief in a suit challenging a right to work constitutional amendment on the November ballot. The court has not ruled. Attorney General John Anderson filed the suit, contending the ballot title is defective and misleading.
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Topeka
Kansas Federation of Labor
Supreme Court
Federation
Atty
John Anderson
Anderson
Truck Driver Edward Smith Electrocuted in Crane Incident
TOPEKA AP Edward Garland Smith 29 of Salina a truck driver was electrocuted Saturday after apparently touching a crane that had contacted a high tension electric line. The crane was unloading beams from a construction company truck driven by Smith.
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Topeka
Edward Garland Smith
Salina
Smith
Coe Admitted to University of Chicago Humanities Division
Jacquita Coe of 202 S Rutter has received admission notice for the University of Chicago. She will enroll in the humanities division for the autumn quarter with a start in October.
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Jacquita Coe
S. Rutter
University of Chicago
Division of Humanities
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