Hungarians Reach America to Start Life Free From Fear
A chartered plane delivers 62 Hungarian refugees to McGuire Air Force Base New Jersey amid welcome by Army Secretary Brucker Governor Meyner and Army brass. They move to Camp Kilmer for temporary resettlement as part of President Eisenhower’s plan to relocate up to 5 000. Austria and Canada also pledge aid and asylum for thousands more.
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Camp Kilmer
N.J
McGuire Air Force Base
McGuire
Kilmer
Brucker
New Jersey
Robert B. Meyner
Eisenhower
Francis Walter
D-Pa
Vienna
America
Rain Fills City Water Reserve As Bribe Attempt Aired
Water from streets raised the reservoir level by two tenths of a foot with the level 2.4 feet below the dam after a heavy shower. LeRoy Merle Ramsey of Kansas City offered officers 20 dollars to release a woman held for questioning, and was booked on intoxication bribery and license charges. Bond posted later set hearings for next Tuesday at 4 p.m. in police court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Wortman
CAA
LeRoy Merle Ramsey
Kansas City
John Leroy
Charles Record
Griffith
Robert Pennington
Jones
Miller
Matlock
Kiwanis Club Formed at Erie
Erie Kiwanis Club organized last night with Virgil Moody as first president and Harold Heaton as vice president and Dr. William C. Weir as treasurer. About 30 charter members expected. Charter night planned for Dec. 11. Dr. Clifton Huff and James Putnam assisted. Members from Chanute Parsons and Coffeyville attended. Twenty three Chanute Kiwanians attended led by Paschal Grimes.
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Erie
Chanute
Parsons Kiwanians
Virgil Moody
Harold Heaton
William C. Weir
Clifton Huff
Emporia
Kansas
Kiwanis
James Putnam
Parsons
Coffeyville
Chanute Kiwanians
Paschal Grimes
Molotov Receives New Power in Soviet Kremlin Shakeup
Soviet Deputy Premier V M Molotov was named minister of state control by the Presidium, expanding his influence over many Soviet activities. The appointment, seen as a Stalinist victory in the Kremlin power struggle, places him above supervisory duties while state security remains separate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
V. M. Molotov
Kremlin
Moscow Radio
Molotov
Russia
Derailment Blocks New York Central Main Line
A freight train derailment about 20 miles west of Amsterdam, New York blocked main line tracks of the New York Central Railroad early today. The Central reported no injuries.
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Amsterdam
N.Y
New York Central Railroad
Here
the Central
Severe Water Shortage At Smithville Missouri
Smithville seeks emergency area designation from Governor Donnelly to qualify for civil defense aid. Mayor Helvey says two pumps and 2500 feet of pipe from the Civil Defense Department would relay water from Wilkinson Creek to the Little Platte River pumping station to augment supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithville
Phil M. Donnelly
A. C. Helvey
Missouri Civil Defense Department
Wilkinson Creek
Little Platte River
City Water Usage Daily Totals Released
City water usage reported for yesterday 1,190,000 gallons and the day before 1,325,000 gallons. Weekly figures show yesterday 1,246,000 and seven day totals 8,621,000, with prior seven days 1,407,000. Authorities urge conservation with a save water message.
Refugee Family From Holland To Live With Local Church Help
The 50-50 Class of the First Christian church plans to sponsor Mr. and Mrs. Nooteboom and their three sons from Rotterdam when they arrive in New York eight or nine days after leaving Holland. They will stay in Cha nute with church aid for employment and housing until self sufficient. The family fled the 1953 Rotterdam flood and will join an effort to sponsor 500 refugees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Nooteboom
Holland
Chanute
First Christian Church
Rotterdam
New York
Dale Dahlgren
United Christian Missionary Society For Christian Churches
T. H. Cronemeyer
Order Sought In Dock Strike To End Walkout
The NLRB will seek a temporary restraining order in federal court to bar ILA Independent and its president William Bradley from demanding a coastwise or multi port contract. The action aims to limit negotiations to the Port of New York while the six day old Atlantic and Gulf Coast strike, costing an estimated 20 million dollars daily, continues. West Coast longshoremen reportedly supported the ILA action.
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New York
Atlantic
New York Shipping Assn
Gulf Coast
West Coast
ILA
Fiery Death for Three As Small Plane Crashes
Private plane crashes in dense fog near Statesboro Georgia killing three aboard including Henry Elton Clifton a local photographer and owner of the plane and two Georgia Teachers College students Bob Fuqua of Florida and Hump Campbell of Savannah. Identification was difficult but funeral director E W Barnes confirmed the victims.
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Statesboro
E. W. Barnes
Barnes
Henry Elton Clifton
Georgia Teachers College
Bob Fuqua
Hilliard, Fla
Jacksonville
Hump Campbell
Savannah
Fuqua
Campbell
Thanksgiving Day Forecast for Kansas
Fair weather and mild temperatures expected across Kansas for Thanksgiving Day. Snow and rain cleared, with highs in the 30s and 40s. several towns reported varying snow depths earlier, while the outlook for the next five days calls for near normal to below normal temps and light winds.
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Topeka
Kansas
Hill City
Russell
Salina
Concordia
Frankfort
Dodge City
Manhattan
Wamega
LeCompton
Emporia
Chanute
McCune
Pittsburg
Manchester
Goodland
Weather Bureau
Five Youths Held After Chanute Break-In Wave
Five Chanute youths ranging in age from 18 to 27 were jailed on burglary and larceny charges tied to a series of recent break-ins. Police, aided by county and state officers, tied the cases to robberies including Piza Cafe, Jensen Egg Dehydrating plant, Jack Banta liquor store, Wonderbread warehouse, and the Eagles clubhouse.
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Chanute
Tom Morehead
William Miller
N. Lincoln
Buck Frederick Jones
S. Steuben
David Webb
Jerry Griffith
N. Forest
Wayne Matlock
S. Malcolm
Charles Forsyth
Piza Cafe
Jensen Egg
Jack Banta Liquor Store
Wonderbread Company
Humboldt
Eagles
Palen Named SeKan Scouter of the Year at Parsons Dinner
George Palen assistant district Scout commissioner was named SeKan Area Scouter of the Year at the annual recognition dinner in Parsons. He organized four Chanute units in 1956 boosting total Scout membership by 30 percent. Palen serves as Troop 3 scoutmaster and Arrow Advisor. the award also honors Chanute leadership alongside 14 others receiving training honors.
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George Palen
SeKan
Parsons
Palen
First Methodist Church
Order of the Arrow
Chanute
Raymond York
James Boerwinkle
Lloyd Dalton
Joseph W. Quirk
Dale Newland
Iola
Quirk
Newland
Sedan
St. Mary's School
Hal Baker
Wichita
America
Hugh Sage
Kansas
Hutchinson
17 000 Man Draft Call Issued for January
Washington reports a draft call for 17 000 men in January matching the prior four months. The total inducted since September 1950 reaches 2 152 430, with the Army currently the only service using the draft.
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Washington
Army
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka 1956 Record Update
Kansas state records list 579 traffic deaths to date in 1956, and 506 in the same period of 1955, from the State Accident Records Section. One fatality occurred in the last 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Kansas GOP Needs New Leaders Hall Says
Gov. Fred Hall announced he will seek no further honors and urged Kansas Republicans to develop new leadership after his defeat. He warned against factionalism and linked unity to aligning with the state’s GOP and the president, while saying he will return to private life in Kansas and continue residency there.
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Kansas
Hall
Topeka
Fred Hall
George Docking
Covers Catch Fire Claims Three Young Victims Near Freehold
Three young girls Cherden Lester 3 Christine Lester 2 and Phillis Marble 4 died in a rural shack fire near Freehold New Jersey. The crib covers ignited and the flames raged after the structure owned by their grandmother Mrs Bessie Clark burned. The bodies were recovered from the ruins early this morning.
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Freehold
N. J
Bessie Clark
Here
Cherden Lester
Christine Lester
Phillis Marble
Elizabeth Lester
Warming Winds Halt Colorado Mercury Dip
Warming winds prevented a deeper cold snap in parts of Colorado and Wyoming as ice and snow covered regions. Before dawn the temperature dropped to 14 below zero in Eagle, a snowbound valley town in northwestern Colorado, delaying the expected plunge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Denver
Wyoming
Mercury
Eagle
Continental Divide
Broad Powers Sought by UN for Middle East Force
Syria urged urgent UN action to halt alleged aggression by Israeli British and French forces massing near Syria and Jordan. Dag Hammarskjold reported progress with Egypt on UNEF for cease fire and withdrawal while seeking broad powers and Egypt sovereignty in force details.
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Middle East
United Nations
Syria
U. N
Jordan
Farid Zinnedine
General Assembly
Israel
Dag Hammarskjold
Assembly
Egypt
Hammarskjold
Nasser
Suez Canal
UNEF
Britain
France
Explosion at Amarillo grain elevator injures two workers
An explosion blasted the top of a 120 foot grain elevator at the Ralston Purina Co in Amarillo last night. Two employees were burned critically and rushed to area hospitals for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Tex
Ralston-Purina Co
Kansas Pilot Killed in San Diego Jet Crash
Lt David P. Sturgis, 23, of Kansas City Kansas, was killed when his jet training plane crashed near San Diego yesterday. The pilot was stationed at a training base and died in the accident.
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San Diego
Calif
David P. Sturgis
Kansas City
Kas
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Kansas Bureau of Investigation
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Webb
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Banta’s
Eagles Club
Web
Piza
Neosho-Wilson County
Geo. Palen
Council
The
Boy Scouts
By Fred Moen
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Republican’ Party
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Warren W. Shaw
Docking
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Ernor
Wyandotte
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Sedgwick
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