Giant yams and club news from Neosho County
Three jumbo sweet potatoes from Mr and Mrs W M Holman were shown at The Tribune weighing up to four pounds. About one bushel of giant yams were harvested after April planting and summer irrigation. Neosho County 4 H members Lyla Hanson and Jim Malson attend the American Royal conference in Kansas City while mishap notes report three teens admitting bicycle damage and air letting on Evergreen Avenue with tires flat on about 17 cars.
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W. M. Holman
Grant
the Tribune
Lyla Hanson
Neosho Valley
Busy Bees
Jim Malson
Neosho County
Kansas City
Talmage Engels
Chanute
Good Yields For Soybeans And Wheat Planting Progress
Erie reports strong soybean yields with a top 85 bushels per acre from Taylor Brothers near Earlton. Average yields range 10 to 15 bushels, as wheat seeding advances statewide with 83 percent sown by Oct 15, 1956, and good prospects for winter wheat pasture in western counties.
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Erie
Mahlon Morley
Taylor Brothers
Earlton
Morley
Topeka
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Milton Club Formed in Washington to Back Nixon Brother
A Milton Ei senhower club formed in Washington to build support for the President's brother as a GOP presidential candidate. Dr Harold M Dudley executive secretary of the Greater Washington Industrial Council and an organizer said the group was formed without the knowledge of the President or his brother.
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Washington
Milton Eisenhower Club
Harold M. Dudley
Greater Washington
Law Not Perfect Fatzer Says Small Loan Law Improved
Attorney General Harold PR Fatzer notes the new small loan law has improved but remains imperfect and suggests further fixes.
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Dodge City
Harold PR. Fatzer
Meeting Aims Next Steps After School Merger Defeat
A tentative meeting with George Reida from the State Department of Education is planned as Wilson County plans further action on ten district school consolidation. Steering committee member Walter Steele reports consent was required from Benedict district patrons and seven of eight one teacher schools for the plan to pass, with most other districts supporting it.
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George Reida
State Department of Education
Wilson County
Walter Steele
Buffalo
Steele
Paul Campbell
Vilas
Philip Wing
Benedict
Reida
Benedictos
Ressresss
Aielrio
Shirley
Maple Grove
Golden Ridge
Peach Grove
Mound Springs
Celler to Study Jury Bugging Transcript
Washington chairman James Celler of the House Judiciary Committee said he would review a transcript of a jury bugging probe before deciding on further action. The Wichita federal cases involved hidden microphones in five or six civil juries and were part of a University of Chicago study.
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Washington
Celler
D-Ny
House Judiciary Committee
Wichita
Kan
10Th Judicial Circuit
University of Chicago
Eastland
D-Miss
Sen
Jenner
R-Ind
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
House
Senate
Death Takes Miss Snow 94 Florence L. Snow Writer of Verse
Florence L. Snow died at 8 30 p m at her Lawrence home at 94 She authored Lamp of Gold Sincerely Yours and Pictures On My Wall born June 18 1861 in Neosho Falls She studied at Baker University and served as hostess to Secretary of the Interior James D Harlan Her later years in Lawrence were with niece Lydia Sain Also survived by great niece Mrs Carter Brookhart and great nephew Dr John Helmick Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Florence L. Snow
Lawrence
Miss Snow
Neosho Falls
Baker University
Baldwin
James D. Harlan
Lydia Sain
Chanute
Carter Brookhart
John Helmick
Princeton
N. J
Seven Soviet Writers To Visit U S for Month
Seven Soviet journalists have arrived in New York to tour the United States for a month. Boris Kampov-Polevoy, secretary of the Union of Soviet Writers, said the group will see the best of what America has to offer and will try not to sleep too much.
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New York
Russia
United States
Boris Nikolaevich Kampov-Polevoy
Union of Soviet Writers
Ile de France
America
Voters urged to backFair Building plan at August primary
Neosho County Fair Association members voted to ask county voters to approve a Fair Building proposal at the upcoming August primary. The projected structure would be on fair grounds and serve as a joint community and home economics building with cost to be determined. Plans include expanding the fair show barn to accommodate more entries next summer. Four township directors were elected or reelected to the fair board: Ray Rush Tioga reelected Earl Reinhardt Big Creek reelected Rutherford Dean Lahore Harold Van Cleave Walnut Grove. Other directors listed include G C Freeley president Charles Carter vice president Ivan Green secretary Forrest Chickadonz treasurer Mrs Raymond Carter Durward Hines George Vitt Ray Fickel Lloyd Dulaney Merle Schooley. Mahlon Morley was reappointed general superintendent. department heads named for beef cattle sheep and swine dairy poultry and rabbits farm crops home economics four-H and judging. Association officers to be elected at next board meeting.
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Ray Rush
Tioga
Earl Reinhardt
Big Creek
Rutherford Dean
Lahore
Harold van Cleave
Walnut Grove
G. C. Freeley
Charles Carter
Ivan Green
Forrest Chickadonz
Raymond Carter
Durward Hines
George Vitt
Ray Fickel
Lloyd Dulaney
Merle Schooley
Mahlon Morley
John Gorton
Truck Mishap Injures Seven Near Goldsboro
A 1 ton truck carrying 72 mental patients from the state hospital for the insane overturned on a curve, spilling 30 onto the pavement and injuring seven seriously. The driver, Lemuel H. Hines, lacked a commercial license. Merritt labeled the vehicle overcrowded and inadequately built. Dr. Ike C. Long noted rural cotton picking trips are common, with farmers paying $3 per hundred pounds to the hospital fund.
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Goldsboro
N. C
State Hospital For
Earl Merritt
Lemuel H. Hines
Merritt
Hines
Ike C. Long
Hospital General Fund
Cement Cushion Saves Worker After Elevator Fall
In Memphis Tennessee a construction elevator fell nine stories. R L Reid, 32, escaped injury by landing on wet cement beneath and using it as a cushion. The incident occurred while he carried fresh cement to the top and the cable snapped.
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Memphis
Tenn
R. L. Reid
Reid
Kefauver lured by financial backing for 1956 bid
Reports from Washington indicate Senator Kefauver may enter the 1956 Democratic presidential race if offered substantial financial and organizational support. In Memphis a federal judge struck down Tennessee school segregation laws and approved a gradual plan to admit Negroes to colleges. In New York diplomats ponder Soviet disarmament pressure ahead of Geneva talks. In Miami the tropical storm Katie weakened as it neared land, with winds 55 to 60 mph and no land threat. At the United Nations the Soviet Union proposed an international conference on a world atoms for peace agency, while the U.S. signaled a competing plan to finalize the statute.
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Memphis, Tenn.p
Tennessee
Miami
Fla
Katie
United Nations
N.Y
Soviet Union
United States
Collision Fatal For 3 Persons In Johnson County
A two car crash at the junction of U 50 and Martin City Road in northeast Johnson County yesterday killed Berthold Durr 82 and his wife Delta 75 of Eudora and Catharine Johnson 47 of Kansas City. James F. Johnson 62, driver of one car, suffered chest injuries and a facial cut. Officers say both drivers did not see the other vehicle.
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Olathe
Kas
Johnson County
U. 8
Martin City
Olathe Community Hospital
Berthold Durr
Delta Durr
Eudora, Kas
Catharine Johnson
Kansas City
James F. Johnson
Durr
Martin City Road
Johnson
Eight New Polio Cases Reported in Kansas
TOPEKA eight new polio onsets in Kansas last week raise the year total to 246, compared with 644 at the same time last year.
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Topeka
Kansas
Floods ease in Northeast as cleanup begins
Floodwaters receded across six Northeastern states with 42 killed or missing. Connecticut bore the worst damage from the latest storms, echoing August floods after Hurricane Diane. Aids from federal and Red Cross officials mounted as displaced families totaled about 6,900.
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Connecticut
Diane
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New England
Boston Weather Bureau
Sherman Adams
Val Peterson
Civil Defense
Eisenhower
Denver
Red Cross
Three Die in Flames as Plane Crashes Into Homes
A small plane piloted by Joel W. Thorne crashed into a two story North Hollywood apartment building injuring nine and killing three including infant Sheryll Camille Preston and resident Betty Jean Wolf. Thorne, 40, was returning to Las Vegas from Burbank.
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North Hollywood
Calif
Joel W. Thorne
Thorne
Lockheed Air Terminal
Burbank
Las Vegas
Nev
Betty Jean Wolf
Sheryll Camille Preston
Pilot Missing in Ark to Manhattan Flight
Kansas Civil Air Patrol units set up a search headquarters at the local airport for a missing civilian plane en route from Fort Smith Arkansas to Manhattan Kansas. The SA16 amphibian from the 44th Air Rescue Squadron aided by 47ARS will cover the route with Wichita as a base. Pilot James R Budge of Manhattan is named in the incident.
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CAA
Kansas Civil Air Patrol
Manhattan
Fort Smith
Ark
Denver
44Th Air Rescue
Lowry Air Force Base
Nick Delry
Capital Air Service
James R. Budge
44Th Ars
Ellington Air Force Base
Houston
Tex
Wichita
Kansas
Arkansas
John R. Hawkins
Man Found Sane Faces Murder Charge
An Oklahoma City jury of seven men and five women found Otto A. Loel sane after 40 minutes of deliberation. The 44 year old itinerant must face trial for the murder of Elizabeth Jeanne Henderson, a Compton California housewife stabbed 13 times in a motel on January 10, 1964. Loel was arrested a year later in Sanford Florida.
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Oklahoma City
Otto A. Loel
California
A. P. van Meter
Max Lawrence Jr
Asst
Atty
Elizabeth Jeanne Henderson
Compton
Calif
Loel
Sanford
Fla
School Study Forum Forms Four Groups at Hutton Meeting
Chairmen and recorders for four elementary school study groups were chosen at the Hutton building. Group 1 led by Mrs. Hoofnagle and Group 2 led by Mr Legge will study policies and parent teacher cooperation, with consultants from the education board and colleges. Group 3 chaired by Mrs Benson covers reporting, conferences, and grading while Group 4 led by Mrs Berg focuses on facilities and extracurriculars. General consultant George Cleland and others will guide, with a public session planned for January third Monday.
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Hutton Building
Stuart Hoofnagle
Lawrence Legge
W. E. Benson
Ralph Berg
Dorothy Hibbs
Charles Rubew
Vendla Kjellander
Ruth Crossfield
Berg
Miss Crossfield
Floyd Potter
Board of Education
Jane Carroll
Horace Mann School
Pittsburg
Alden Bebb
Pittsburg Teachers College
Geneva Porter
George Cleland
State Department of Education
Reading conference for 100 teachers at Senior High
A reading conference for secondary schools will run from 3 to 9 p.m. tomorrow in the Senior High School auditorium. About 100 teachers and administrators from surrounding secondary schools are expected. George Cleland of Topeka will oversee as special consultant and textbook analyst for the State Department of Education.
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George Cleland
Topeka
State Department of Education
Newsprint Price Raised Five Dollars a Ton for NY Market
I St. Lawrence Corp Montreal raised newsprint price by five dollars per ton effective November 1. Harold Smith president Wright Co New York distributing subsidiary said notices went to all newspapers supplied. The new delivered price to St. Lawrence customers in New York is 131 dollars per ton.
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New York
St. Lawrence Corp
Montreal
Harold Smith
Wright Co
St. Lawrence
Goodyear Plans Multi Million Expansion at Topeka Plant
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co announces a multi million dollar expansion program for its Topeka facility intended to boost production capacity. The plan details investment scale and anticipated impact on local employment and regional supply chain.
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Topeka
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Eisenhower takes 24 hour recess from cabinet talks
President Eisenhower extends a 24 hour recess from cabinet level conferences after approving assurances that no further military cuts will occur without a radical change in the world situation. Secretaries Wilson Dulles and Radford outline a budget near current levels with potential increases.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Defense
Wilson
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Secretary of
State Dulles
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphreys
Ing
Dillion Anderson
Dulles
Browne l
Radford
599 Prisoners Freed At German Border Transit
A freight train carrying 599 German war prisoners freed from a Siberian camp reached the West German border near Camp Friedland early today. The release is part of ongoing repatriation efforts as prisoners are moved from captivity toward home.
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Friedland
Germany
Weather forecast predicts warmer days with cooler air moving in
Kansas forecast shows increasing warmth tonight with lower temperatures in the upper 40s. By Wednesday highs reach the 70s as cooler air advances in the northwest, while the rest of the state sees 60s to 70s. Light frost observed in eastern Kansas. no precipitation reported in the past 24 hours.
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Topeka
Kansas
P. N. Eland
Eland
Salina
Garden City
Olathe
Farm Woman Killed In Freak Accident
In Scottsville Kentucky a farm woman, Mrs Rhodie Steenbergen, was burned to death when a beam from lumber being towed on a tractor trailer was driven into the tractor's gas tank after a car attempting to pass collided with the trailer. Sheriff Arthur Hodley said the beam trapped her and the ensuing explosion set her clothing on fire. The driver Henry G Bunch, 24, suffered hand burns trying to free her.
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Scottsville
Arthur Hodley
Rhodie Steenbergen
Henry G. Bunch
Thieves Break Into Good Luck Service Station
Gun owner Harry Gibbs reports two burglaries at the Good Luck Service Station in Madison Virginia over four days. Thieves stole seven shotguns and rifles a pistol ammunition and a can of pork and beans. No injuries reported.
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Madison
Harry Gibbs
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U.S
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U.N. Assembly
Geneva
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Frank Marchica
Los Angeles
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Lyndhurst
N.J
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Patricia
North Hollywood Receiving Hospital
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