Boys tied to gasoline thefts in Chanute early morning
A 15 year old Chanute youth was grounded after being picked up behind Sievers Implement Co. The boy and a 16 year old were taken to the station after claiming they took gasoline from a tractor and later returned with a five gallon can and a hose. No charges were filed and both were released. Police also reported several vehicle collisions involving Oklahoma City drivers with no injuries.
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Chanute
Sievers Implement Co
Judges Acquit Mullins and Chapman in Government Conspiracy Case
U S District Judge Delmas C Hill sustains defense motion to acquit Richard F Mullins and Edmond B Chapman of conspiring to defraud the government In Washington Secretary Dulles calls for better ways to cope with anti American rioting in Formosa In Topeka Richard Byrd argues against Union Pacific train abandonment decision The Senate meets to finish action on a stripped down housing bill after a late session and Bricker compromise
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Wichita
U. S
Delmas C. Hill
Richard F. Mullins
Edmond B. Chapman
Washington
Dulles
Formosa
Topeka
Kansas Corporation Commission
Union Pacific Railroad
Salina
Kansas City
Richard Byrd
GOP
Senate
Sen. Bricker
Ohio
Texas Flood Waters Recede After Six Weeks of Rain
Texas flood waters ebbed as Texas faced only a trace of rain in the Panhandle overnight. The weather bureau noted a break from the heavy storms that had plagued the state for weeks.
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Dallas
Texas
Weather Bureau
Texas Panhandle
Health Board Drafts Pollution Rules for Oil Field Waste
Kansas Health Board works on rules to implement new 1957 law banning surface ponds for salt water or oil refuse without a permit. Dr. Thomas Hood says regulations will be fair, may close wells if pollution occurs, and hearings will be held to gather input from oil industry and others.
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Topeka
State Board of Health
Thomas R. Hood
Dr. Hood
Hood
Hail and Rain Hit Wilson Area Damaging Crops
Storms pounded three areas east and south of Ellsworth County town with heavy hail and rain. Wilson saw one inch of rain and light hail but no damage. Mayor Dr. F A McEvoy noted baseball sized hail carved a mile wide by three miles long through wheat fields seven miles east in Black Wolf community, predicting complete crop loss there.
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Wilson
Ellsworth
F. A. McEvoy
Black Wolf
Memorial Day observances honor war dead across the nation
Americans mark Memorial Day with parades at veterans groups and scouts, rifle salutes, and Taps at gravesites from Arlington to Gettysburg. The day, first observed in 1868, pauses to honor the fallen from Revolution through Korea while traffic tolls rise over the long weekend.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Korea
Boy Scouts
Arlington National Cemetery
Air Force
Donald Quarles
Antietao National Battlefield Site
Maryland
Battleground National Cemetery
Washington, D. C
Gettysburg National Cemetery
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Independence National Historical Park
Woman Killed in Auto Crash Near Hoilington
Mrs. Effie Williams 33 of Great Bend died in a car collision six miles south of Hoilington Kansas on U S 281 last night.
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Hoilington, Kas
Effie Williams
Great Bend
Here
U. S. 281
Hoisington Flooding Forces Evacuations Across Town
Heavy rains sent two small creeks out of their banks in Hoisington Barton County forcing about 200 residents from homes. Ten shelters opened with 28 staying overnight at the city auditorium Red Cross staff aided evacuees while boats surveyed damage. Roads flooded fields and rail tracks were washed out as rainfall totals reached up to four inches in parts of the region.
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Hoisington
Eas
South
Jack Branum
Barton County
Red Cross
Branum
Missouri Pacific
Great Bend
Ellinwood
Stafford
House Spurns Defense Fund Plea in 1958 Budget Battle
The House rejected a Republican bid to boost 1958 defense funds above the Appropriations Committee figure. A 137-133 stand‑vote defeated adding 400 million for Army R&D against 382 million. The panel cut 2.5 billion overall. leaders foresee further roll calls as GOP aims to restore funds, while Democrats urge belt‑tightening to cover the gaps.
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House
Eisenhower
GOP
Rayburn
Dtex
Defense Department
Martin
Massachusetts
Humphrey Resigns Treasury Post in White House Switch
Secretary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey resigns. President Eisenhower nominates Robert B. Anderson, former Navy secretary, to succeed him. The transfer date remains flexible pending congressional session progress.
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Washington (Ap
George M. Humphrey
the Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
Ddefense
Humphrey
White House
Eisenhower
Senate
Anderson
Texas
Navy
Defense
Congress
Treasury
Memorial Day Program Moves to Memorial Auditorium
Tom Blancett, commander of the local American Legion post, said the Memorial Day service at Elmwood Cemetery will move indoors to Memorial Auditorium if it rains. The program opens with a 9 30 a.m. concert by the high school band and speaking at 10 a.m. Business will be closed and the Tribune not published.
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Elmwood Cemetery
Memorial Auditorium
Tom Blancett
American Legion Post
the Tribune
Summer Schedule For Public Library
The Chanute Public Library announces a summer opening schedule. The adult section will operate 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and 5 p.m. Saturdays. The children's room runs 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.
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Chanute Public Library
Harvey Mowrey
Parole Agent Swanson Appeals Move to Supreme Court
Swanson, a 22 year parole agent based in Page City, appeals a board over his severed service and refusal to report to Wichita. CainTurney clash over allegations that Swanson refused to relocate, arguing he has been a full time parole officer under statutes.
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Topeka
Carl A.essary
Su B. Swanson
Page City
State Penal Board
Swanson
Dan Cain
Cain
Dale Spiegel
Docking
Robert Turney
Wichita
Turney
Fused
Burden
Swansoun
Civil Service
Nec
Mild Weather For Holiday Forecast And Rainfall Totals
Memorial Day weather in Kansas showed mild temperatures with showers. Emporia and Lyon County soaked through May with up to 11 inches for the month, while Eureka and Beloit reported heavy rainfall in an active storm pattern.
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Topeka
Kansas
Emporia
Eureka
Beloit-Hoisington
Weather Bureau
Beloit
Hoisington
Lyon County
Hudson
McFarland
Great Bend
Coffeyville
Fire Causes $243000 Damage to Leavenworth Pope Hall
A Monday blaze in Pope Hall in Leavenworth caused $243000 damage. Officials said the two story stone building sustained $212000 in damage and contents $31000. Investigators cited electrical difficulty as the probable cause. The hall housed Army officer instruction in atomic weapons deployment.
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FT. Leavenworth
Pope Hall
Public Information Office
Second Katy Hearing In Coffeyville Friday
The Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad faces a second hearing in Coffeyville on June 1 over its request to discontinue service on the Parsons to Kansas Oklahoma line. Kansas and Oklahoma commissions denied dropping trains Nos 25 and 26 due to ongoing losses, as protests from Kansas communities were raised last December.
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Missouri-Kansas- Texas Railroad
Parsons
Kansas-Oklahoma
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas and
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Kansas
Missouri Crash Fatal to Six
A two-car collision near Cuba Missouri killed six people and injured five. Victims include three related couples from Auxvasse and Mexico and two other families en route to visit relatives in Poplar Bluff. Injuries include Gerald Parson and his three children from Melrose Park with his wife in critical condition.
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Cuba
Missouri
Mexico
Auxvasse
Poplar Bluff
Henry Allison
Ethelyn
Clarence Byars
May Elizabeth
Sam Watts
Two Men Die In Car Plunge Near Topeka Overpass Site
Two men were killed when their car went off a grade near Topeka during the night. Victims were Gaylord William Spencer 29 and M. Sgt. John H. Durr both of Topeka. The accident occurred as a new U S 24 overpass is to be constructed.
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Topeka
Here
U. S. 24
Highway Patrol
Gaylord William Spencer
John H. Durr
No License Requirement Fight Fails In Senate Panel
In Sacramento the Senate Transportation Committee killed a proposal to require licenses for motorized invalid chair operators. The State Department of Motor Vehicles argued licensing would protect operators and the public.
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Sacramento
Calif
Senate Transportation Committee
State Department of Motor Vehicles
Williams Explains Rejected Requests At City Council Meeting
May or Harold R. Williams outlined why free utilities for the Teen Canteen were rejected under state laws and explained city manager and commission roles. He noted a need for $800 more to run the canteen next year and discussed traffic, sewer work, reservoir viability, and water safety rules at Santa Fe Park. The session ended with plans to resume in September.
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Harold R. Williams
Community Council
Commissioners
Memorial Building
Williams
Commission
Chanute
City Manager
Main and Forest
K39
State Highway Commission
State Highway Safety Department
Department
Elm
Evergreen
Highland
South Plummer
Santa Fe Park
John Hemphill
Alf Krone
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka State Records Report
Traffic fatalities in Topeka are listed by the State Accident Records Section. In the past 24 hours four fatalities. to date in 1957 ninety eight. same period in 1956 two hundred forty four.
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Topeka
Kansas
Vanguard rocket unveiled at Martin plant near Baltimore
The Navy and Martin Co. displayed the 72 foot Vanguard rocket to over 100 reporters at the Martin plant east of Baltimore. Dr John Hagen said a completed test vehicle will be fired soon. Rear Adm Rawson Bennett said a satellite launch will occur sometime in the middle of the IGY, around March 1958. The satellite, the size of a bushel basket, will carry sensors to study and transmit data about Earth. The display included seven test vehicles with future firings planned this year.
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Navy
Martin Co
Vanguard
Martin
John Hagen
Earth
Rawson Bennett
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