City firemen warn of grass and trash fires
Firemen report grass fires during a dry spell caused three runs with no damage. They reached 814 S. Lafayette Saturday and 112 S. Garfield and Third and Plummer Sunday. Electricians began Christmas lighting on Main and shielding 500 feet of gym tubes at Hutton. plans to light Saturday night. Teentown program at Thayer High School, led by Dorothy Haines, has second night of activities with a snack bar and dance instruction, funded by a $150 Halloween carnival and expected monthly dues.
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S. Garfield
Plummer
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American Legion
Thayer High School
Parents Angry at BBC Over Unmasking Santa
London BBC faced heavy complaints from parents after a Brains Trust episode questioned the age at which children should believe in Father Christmas. The broadcaster said older children on the show are beyond believing in Santa Claus and apologized for upsetting families.
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London
British Broadcasting Corp
BBC
England
Santa
Brains Trust
Father Christmas
Injuries Are Fatal To Chetopa Man
Kenneth Roy Duncan 34 of Chetopa a railroad telegrapher died at Katy Em ployes Hospital Parsons from injuries in a one car crash Saturday afternoon three miles south of Oswego His car overturned after a tire blew out He worked at Katy Station Oswego and Labette County registered its seventh traffic fatality of the year.
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Parsons
Kenneth Roy Duncan
Chetopa
Katy
Duncan
Oswego
Labette County
Associated Press
Kansas
Parsons Dentist Dies After Long Illness
Dr. Lewis S. Henderson Sr., 58, longtime Parsons dentist of 33 years, died today after a long illness. He retired in 1954. Survivors include his widow and son Dr. Lewis S. Henderson Jr. of Parsons. Funeral services are set for Wednesday afternoon.
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Parsons
Lewis S. Henderson Sr
Study Forum To Address Groups II And III At Hutton
A parent teacher survey study forum will meet tonight at the Hutton building. Group II discusses How Teachers and Parents Can Help Each Other and Group III covers Reporting Practices and Evaluating Techniques. Consultants are Dr Jane Carroll and Dr Alden Bebb of Pittsburgh.
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Hutton
Jane Carroll
Alden Bebb
Pittsburg
Hal March to Wed Candy Toxton after divorce win
Hal March, master of ceremonies for The 64 000 Question on CBS radio and TV, says he will marry Candy Toxton once she completes a final divorce from singer Mel Tormé. The couple plans a future ceremony after legal proceedings conclude.
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New York
Hal March
CBS Television
Candy Toxton
Mel Torme
Vatican reports Pope Pius sees Jesus during illness
The Vatican announced that Pope Pius X had a vision of Jesus Christ during his grave illness in December 1954 and began a swift recovery. The claim, confirmed by Vatican press chief Luciano Casimiri with papal authorization, cites Oggi's Nov 24 report and portrays the moment as a miracle that boosted the Holy Father’s health.
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Vatican
Pius
Illustrated
Oggi
Holy Father
Jesus
Pope
Jesus Christ
the Magazine
Magazine
Jude
Baghdad Pact Opens With Iraq Pledge to Aid Arab States
The five nation Baghdad Pact meeting in Baghdad opened with Iraq pledging to aid any Arab state threatened by Israel. Premier Nuri Said said Iraq would use its resources for Arab defense in line with the treaty. Observers from the United States attended as the pact links Turkey Iran Pakistan and Iraq along the Soviet Union's southern flank.
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Iran
Iraq
Nuri Said
United States
U. S
W. J. Gallman
Adm
John H. Cassady
Gallman
Turkey
Pakistan
Soviet Union
Himalayas
Black Sea
Weather forecast for Kansas turns cooler after sunny spell
Cloudy and colder weather heads for Kansas after a weekend of sun and mild temperatures. Forecaster Tom Arnold expects western regions to cool first with occasional light snow in the extreme west tonight and southwest tomorrow. Central and eastern areas face light rain showers tomorrow with lows near 30 to highs 40s to 70s.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tom Arnold
North Central
Arnold
Concordia
Garden City
Goodland
Hill
Traffic Fatalities Reported in 1955 State Records
The State Accident Records Section lists four traffic fatalities in the last 48 hours, bringing the year to date total to 500. A similar period shows 534 for the same timeframe.
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Topekap
Kansas
Oklahoma City students shy from science careers study says
Dr. Melvin Barnes reports a survey of 100 high school juniors showing little desire to pursue science as a life work. They caricature scientists, deem math and science dull, time consuming, expensive, and not financially rewarding, with fear of being called squares or brains.
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Oklahoma City
Melvin Barnes
Barnes
Einstein
93 Year Old Twins Celebrate Birthday in OKC
John Henry Short of Nicoma Park and his twin sister Mrs. Josephine Shadden, Santa Kas, marked a joint birthday over the weekend in Oklahoma City. Mrs. Shadden traveled for the third straight year for a family dinner as the twins recall homesteading in 1893.
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Oklahoma City
John Henry Short
Nicoma Park
Josephine Shadden
Kas
Ten Airmen Killed In Iwo Jima Crash
Tokyo PA board of U S Air Force officers investigated a crash on Iwo Jima involving four engine 1124 Globemaster transports. Ten of the 11 crew were killed and the lone survivor was hospitalized in Japan. Names were withheld by the Air Force.
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Iwo Jima
Tokyo
U.S. Air Force
Japan
Air Force
Labor Backing For Immigrants
CIO official Victor Reuther and AFL's Walter Mason urged expanding immigration while protecting workers. They testified on McCarran-Walter Act revisions before the Senate Immigration Subcommittee led by Sen. Kilgore. Reuther proposed raising the annual quota to 251000 by tying it to one sixth of one percent of the 1950 population.
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CIO
AFL
United States
Victor Reuther
Walter J. Mason
Senate
Truman
Clifford P. Case
R-Nj
Sen
Kilgore
D-Wva
Subcommittee
Eisenhower
Dulles
Gen Brownell
Reuther
U.S
Two Traffic Accidents Reported Over Weekend
Police filed reports on two non injury traffic crashes Saturday and Sunday. Philip McCoy escaped injury when his motorcycle struck Harold Williams at Ninth and Santa Fe during a noon collision. Jerry Miller was cited for reckless driving after his car hit Larry Young’s at 425 S Central.
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Philip McCoy
S. Grant
Harold R. Williams
S. Lincoln
Ninth
Santa Fe
McCoy
Williams
Jerry M. Miller
N. Franklin
S. Central
Larry Louis Young
Miller
Young
Steam Boilers Condemned Under Kansas Inspection Law
The Kansas Labor Department reports 28 steam boilers condemned since the July 1 1953 start of the state power boiler inspection law. About 1922 power steam boilers are registered, with an estimated 500 unregistered and uninspected units posing potential life and property risks.
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Topeka
Kansas Labor Department
Eisenhower Heads To Camp David For NSC Meeting
President Eisenhower drives to Camp David with Allen Dulles and aides for an expanded National Security Council session, first since his Sept. heart attack. Nixon and other officials fly or stay overnight as defense policy comes under review amid post Geneva tensions and Stevenson jeering the administration.
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Eisenhower Motors
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Catoctin Mountains
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Central Intelligence Agency
Col
Andrew Goodore
White House
Dulles
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Security Council
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Harold EF
Stassen
Eisenhower
Howard M. Snyder
U.S
Geneva
Adlai Ke, Stevenson
Chicago
Korea
James C. Hagerty
Stevenson
Battle‘field
Nightmarish prank calls terrorize Winnetka family
In Winnetka Illinois a couple faced months of nonstop prank telephone harassment with threats and deliveries to their home. A 12 year old girl and a 13 year old girl admitted making the calls saying they did it for fun and random targets.
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Winnetka, Ill
North Shore
Chicago
Maurice R. Franks
Violet
Franks
Maurice Jr
U S and Soviet clash at U N on charter veto issue
The 10th General Assembly entered its fourth quarter as the United States and Soviet Russia sparred over major issues including a charter revision and the veto after Geneva talks. Aimed at a two year report, talks on a conference to overhaul the UN charter continued amid disputes on Korea Palestine refugees and reform.
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N.Y
General Assembly
United States
Soviet Russia
Korea
Security Council
U.N
U.N. I
Two Men Arrested in DUI and Open Bottle Cases
William F Morris and R J Humboldt pleaded guilty in police court to operating a motor vehicle under the influence and illegal transportation of an open bottle. Judge Robert Pennington ordered Morris fined 150 dollars or 45 days in jail and Barnes fined 40 dollars or 20 days. Police said the arrest followed a car driven by Morris at Second and Santa Fe early Sunday.
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William F. Morris
R. J. Humboldt
Robert Pennington
William Perry Barnes
Humboldt
Morris Jar
Santa Fe
Five Die In Kansas Traffic Weekend Toll Rises
Five killed and five injured in Kansas road incidents over the weekend raise the year toll to 501 fatalities, with deaths in Parsons near Oswego, Muncie, Kiowa, and Pratt. notables include deputy Wesley Walden and engineer James Harp among the deceased.
Carter Sr. Dies of Heart Attack in Kansas Farm Home
Charles O. Carter Sr., father of Chanute’s vocational agriculture instructor, died suddenly this morning at age 67 near Washington Kansas. He was a farmer living southwest of Washington. Charles O. Carter Jr. plans to leave Chanute for Washington this afternoon or tomorrow morning. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Six other children and the mother survive.
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Charles O. Carter Sr
Chanute
Washington
Kas
Charles O. Carter Jr
Ramona Kansas Man Killed When Rifle Discharged
Ronald K Chandler of Ramona Kansas died Saturday night during a hunting trip after a dog knocked over a rifle causing it to fire. The bullet struck his heart. Chandler was a grain elevator manager and is survived by his widow and five children.
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Kas
Ronald K Chandler
Ramona
Chandler
Kansas City Woman Sentenced 10 Years for Theft by Forgery
ATCHISON Kan Jan 18 Jean Newman 28 of Kansas City was sentenced to 10 years in the Women's Industrial Farm at Lansing after pleading guilty to two counts of second degree forgery total $90. She allegedly drew checks on her father M T Newman of Cummings Kas.
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Jean Newman
Kansas City
Lansing
M. T. Newman
Cummings
Kas
Schoeppel backs Darby for GOP Kansas leader
Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel pledged support for Harry Darby to lead Kansas at the 1956 GOP national delegation. He spoke in Dodge City during a Phoenix Thanksgiving trip, stating if Eisenhower runs the convention would be a formality and a nonmachined, uninstructed delegation would be best.
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Dodge City
Harry Darby
Kansas
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Schoeppel
Eisenhower
Sen
Phoenix
Ariz
San Francisco
Ihon
Senate Agriculture Committee
Traffic Mishap Fatal to Ten in Nebraska
A head on collision near Waterbury Neb last night killed ten people including six teenagers and four musicians. The Jimmy Palmer orchestra members James Martello Jack Renn Lou Case Jr Don Sheffield perished as their car burst into flames after the impact. The Nebraskan victims were Rodney Hanks Gary Stark Robert Rakow Perry Book Richard Rahn and Ronald Nobbe.
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Waterbury
Jimmy Palmer
James K. Martello
Springfield
Ill
Jack Renn
Pittsburgh
Lou Case Jr
Rock Island
Don Sheffield
Vermont
Rodney Hanks
Gary Stark
Robert Rakow
Perry Book
Richard Rahn
Ronald Nobbe
Bodies recovered after Air Force transport crash
In freezing weather on Mt. Charleston slopes, horses and men recovered 14 bodies from an Air Force transport crash. Twelve were brought down overnight and ambulances moved them to Nellis Air Force Base for ID. Two bodies remain to be recovered today.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Mt. Charleston
Air Force
Nellis Air Force Base
Leo G. Piper
Burbank
Calif
Nevada Atomic Testing Ground
Highway Dinner Honors Engineer C G Gates
A farewell dinner for C. G. Gates former division engineer for the State Highway Commission was held Friday night at the Country Club. About 135 commission employees attended with J R Cheney Ottawa highway commissioner acting as toastmaster. Officials and fellow employees paid tribute and Gates received a TV swivel chair from Charles Broadwell. Gates has been transferred to Topeka in a supervisory role. G A Sutton succeeds him as division engineer in charge of construction.
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State Highway Commission
Country Club
Commission
J. R. Cheney
Ottawa
Gates
Charles Broadwell
Topeka
G. A. Sutton
Sutton
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