First aid class meets at Memorial building in Chanute
The meeting covered left hand injuries and special wound types with 14 enrolled in the standard 20 hour course taught by Mrs. Elmer Hincha. Additional instructors include Mrs. Kenneth Tebow and Mrs. Carl Ranabargar.
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Memorial Building
Elmer Hincha
Kenneth Tebow
Neosho County
Stark
Carl Ranabargar
Alcott School
Chanute
First Aid
G. C. Sullivan Jr
Kansas Governors and Darby Agree on Delegates
Gov. Fred Hall and Republican National Committeeman Harry Darby met at the executive mansion in Topeka and said Kansas delegates to the GOP national convention should not be handpicked and should go uninstructed. They noted no other political agreements and offered no comment on supporting each other.
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Topeka
Fred Hall
Republican National
Kansas
Executive Mansion
Darby
Hall
George Templar
Eisenhower
San Francisco
Kansas Attorneys Split on Social Security Coverage
Kansas lawyers favor voluntary Social Security coverage by more than four to one. Kansas Bar Association executive secretary John Shuart notes a poll shows members running more than two to one against compulsory coverage.
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Topeka
Kansas
John Shuart
The
Kansas Bar Assn
Cottage Grove Ladies Aid Meet With Mrs Watts
Cottage Grove Ladies Aid will hold an all day meeting with Mrs. Max Watts and a covered dish dinner at noon.
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Cottage Grove Ladies Aid
Max Watts
Adams Promoted to Assistant Division Engineer in Charge of Construction
State Highway Commission announces J. O. Adams promoted from division materials engineer to assistant division engineer in charge of construction effective December. Adams succeeds G. A. Sutton, with C. G. Gates moving to a headquarters supervisory post. Delp remains assistant division engineer for maintenance. Adams’ prior duties, education, World War II and Korean War service, and family details are noted.
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J. O. Adams
State Highway Commission
Effec
Tive
J. Adams
G. A. Sutton
C. G. Gates
Commission
Topeka
LaRue Delp
Adams
Chanute
Eureka
Kansas State College
Manhattan
State Division of Water Resources
The
Highway Commission
Actress Fabray Hurt As Weight Falls Backstage
Nanette Fabray was knocked unconscious when a 75 pound scenery weight fell backstage at Caesar's Hour. Doctors revived her in an ambulance and she was held for observation at Doctors Hospital with no skull fracture or concussion indicated by preliminary X rays.
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New York P
Nanette Fabray
Doctors Hospital
Miss Fabray
Come
Kansas cold snap eases with light snow in north central area
The Topeka weather forecast shows a lessening chill with scattered light snow possible in the north central portion tomorrow. Temperatures tonight may dip to the teens to near 20 in the southwest, with highs in the 30s to 40s statewide and no records expected to be broken.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Hutchinson
Olathe
Garden City
Jury Indicts Brown On Kidnap Charge
A federal grand jury indicted Arthur Ross Brown 29 a confessed singer on a kidnapping charge. He admitted abducting Mrs Allen in Kansas City Missouri and shooting her in Johnson County on August 4. Brown faces possible death or life imprisonment and will be arraigned soon while held without bond. Rural Girange will meet Thursday night at the school with sandwiches and coffee served.
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Kansas City
Arthur Ross Brown
William Allen Jr
Brown
San Francisco
Allen
Johnson County
Kansas
Girange
Racial Issue Sparks Question at White House Education Meet
At the White House conference on education a Negro delegate questioned whether federal travel money went to delegates who do not support the Constitution. Clarence Mitchell cited articles from South Carolina and others, signaling possible controversy. President Eisenhower outlined both sides of federal aid and urged practical discussion as delegates worked through round table groupings.
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Washington
White House
Clarence Mitchell
The
National Assn
Advancement of ‘Colored People
South Carolina
Supreme Court
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Jameson Buys Controlling Interest in Abilene Publisher
Jameson of Abilene acquires a controlling stake in The R-C Publishers Inc, publisher of the Abilene Reflector Chronicle. The sale from the heirs of the late C. M. Harger was announced today by Sam R. Helter, executor of the Harger estate.
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Abilene
Henry B. Jameson
R-C Publishers, Inc
Infant dies from highway crash near Topeka
A six months old boy, Anthony Sylvester Hodge, died in a local hospital from injuries suffered in a one car accident on U.S. Highway 75 south of Topeka Saturday. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Ivan Hodge of Forbes Air Force Base.
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Topeka
U. 8
Highway 75
Here
Anthony Sylvester Hodge
Ivan Hodge
Forbes Air Force Base
Traffic Fatalities Reported In Topeka Area 1955
State Accident Records Section lists 3 deaths in the last 24 hours and 515 to date for 1955 in Topeka and surrounding area. Earlier accidents adding 552 deaths in the same period of 1954 are noted as unrecorded until now.
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Topeka
Kansas
City Zoning Plan Debated At Chamber Luncheon
Marvin Meade federal KU research center consultant urged that zoning plans address present issues and future growth. He noted need to fix streets, remove eyesores, and consider population and traffic changes, stressing periodic revisions. City leaders discussed the Chanute zoning ordinance as a tentative study with other chamber members in attendance.
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Marvin Meade
Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Meade
University of Kansas Research Center
Charles Rice
J. D. Lightfoot
Ross Cooper
Chanute
Clarence Sievers
Chamber
Agricultural Council of the State Chamber
Auto Workers OK Contract Ends Four Month Strike
In New Castle Indiana the United Auto Workers voted 86 to 72 to accept a two year contract with Perfect Circle Corp ending a four month strike. The pact includes a 10 cent hourly raise now and 7 more cents after July 1. National Guard troops remained posted after October riot injuries.
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New Castle
Ind
CIO
United Auto Workers
Perfect Circle Corp
Emil Mazey
Detroit
UAW
Chicago
National Guard
Piston Ring
Indiana
Reds Offer to Halt Making A Weapons
Moscow radio broadcast a Soviet proposal to halt nuclear weapons tests if the United States and Britain also cease testing. The offer follows Moscow's claim that the Soviet Union had detonated its strongest hydrogen bomb three days earlier.
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London
Russia
United States
Britain
Moscow
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Loot Lost- Allen Officials Nab Two Young Bandits
Two 17 year old bandits identified as William Scranton of Wichita and Donald Ray Foster of Augusta were arrested after a grocery store hold up in Butler. One thief entered Wynes Super Market, dumped cash into a sack, and fled after Aaron Harper challenged him, dropping about $300 before the suspects fled in a car. They were later jailed in Iola, Kansas for speeding before custody.
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Butler
Allen County
Clovis Siils
William Scranton
Wichita
Donald Ray Foster
Augusta
Kas
Gas City
Wynes
Here
Aaron Harper
Harper
Block Plane Ad Readjusts Price at VT Montgomery Ward
Page four advertisement shows a block plane price drop from the regular 2.49 to 2.45 at Vermont Jones Montgomery Ward store, signaling a clearance style reduction.
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Montgomery Wards
Red Cross Blood Drive Set for Dec 21 in Neosho County
Neosho County Red Cross will hold a blood donor event December 21 at the Memorial Building with a goal of 150 pints. The announcement was made by county blood program chairman Mrs Don R Abbuehl at a quarterly directors meeting. The session covered disaster relief work after summer floods and upcoming fund drives to raise about $9,874.
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Neosho County
Don R. Abbuehl
Red Cross
A. G. Scofield
Chanute
Scofield
American Red Cross
Philadelphia
Herman A. Janzen
N. Lacfayette
Dale Dahlgren
Ann Hummer
T. H. Cronemeyer
Sullivan
Raymond Gatewood
Blark
William Hunt
D. C. Diver
Nora Knight
A. H. Krone J
H. G. Curl
Dulles urges restraint in foreign policy debate
Secretary of State Dulles urged Republicans and Democrats to avoid partisan foreign policy quarrels that could endanger the nation. He said he strives not to take a partisan stance and warned against excesses in campaign debate while commenting on international tensions.
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Oslo
U. N
Trygve Lie
Washington
Dulles
Mrs Hoshaw Burns Suffered Fire Incident
Mrs Ema H Hoshaw was reported in satisfactory condition by her attending physician at Neosho Memorial Hospital after severe burns from a gas heater flame igniting clothing in her apartment Sunday.
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Ema H. Hoshaw
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Security Council Meeting Called By Eisenhower
President Eisenhower calls NSC meeting at Camp David near Thurmont Maryland for Thursday with a schedule tight to 2 30 p m to 4 30 p m The Cabinet will meet in Washington Friday without Eisenhower Budget talk with Rowland Hughes set for 11 a m The president works at Gettysburg farm amid cold weather and ongoing run for president speculation remains unresolved.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
National Security Council
Camp David
Thurmont
White House
Defense Strategy Planning Group
Maryland
NSC
Cabinet
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Rowland Hughes
Washington
Kansas Groom Killed While on Honeymoon
Donald Dean Schmitt a 26 year old from McPherson Kansas died in a highway crash near Tonkawa Oklahoma on his honeymoon. His bride Dolores was not hurt when their car overturned in a three car collision at an intersection. Schmitt was thrown from the vehicle as it landed on him. The couple wed Sunday in McPherson and the other drivers escaped injury.
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Tonkawa
Okla
Donald Dean Schmitt
McPherson
Kas
Here
Dolores
Schmitt
McPhersson
Three Children Die In Small Kansas City Fire
Fire in a three room frame house killed Russell Ramirez three, Donna Sue Ramirez one, and Christine Ramirez seven months old while their mother was away. Authorities believe an overheated stove started the blaze in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Kas
Edward J. Ramirez
Russell
Donna Sue
Christine
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Humboldt Chamber of Commerce
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