Armory Board to Overses National Guard Facility
Kansas Armory Board will handle armory construction and site as state property under the Military Board. Bonds totaling 55,000 were approved while 45,000 will come from state and federal funds. A coin toss decided which local bank would be depository for construction funds. Additional items included street work on South Edith and a beer license for Edith and Bills Place. The meeting opened with an invocation.
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Kansas Armory Board
National Guard
Charles Rice
Kansas Military Board
Military Board
Chanute Bank
Adj
Joe Nickell
Topeka
Rice
J. D. Lightfoot
Randall Diver
First National Bank
Bank of Commerce
Diver
South Edith
14Th
16Th
Briley
Edith Martin
Edith
Bill
14Th and Steuben
C. E. Rains
United Brethren In Christ Church
Local Turnip Weighs 31 Pounds At Furnee Farm
John Furnee exhibited a 31 pound turnip as the largest among several bushels raised this year at 718 S. Grant. A torn stop sign from 708 N. Grant was found on Floyd Webb’s front porch last night according to police. The Kansas State Teachers Association needs more hotel rooms for next Thursday and Friday. residents may mail a postcard with room details to the Chamber of Commerce for assignment. Junior Red Cross enrollment runs November 1 to 15 under chairwoman Mrs. Dale Dahlgren of Neosho County Chapter. projects include gift boxes for overseas servicemen and nut cups for veterans at Winter General Hospital in Topeka.
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Floyd Bray
Sara Wilson
Carl Haight
Jack Wood
Wayne Taylor
Chamber of Commerce
John Carter
Disabled American Veterans
Memorial Building
John Furnee
S. Grant
Furnee
Floyd Webb
N. Grant
Kansas State Teachers Association
Red Cross
Chanute
Winter General Hospital
Topeka
Safe Crackers Take $1500 From Leavenworth Store
In Leavenworth Kansas robbers broke into Jahn Supermart by climbing a pole to the roof and smashing a skylight. They punched the safe combination and took more than $1500 in one bundle of currency, with total losses still undetermined as operator Howard Jahn reports. Police Chief A C Mistler notes entry via roof and skylight breach.
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Leavenworth, Kas
Jahn Supermart
Howard Jahn
A. C. Mistler
Little Boy Dies in Farmhouse Fire in Oregon
In McMinnville Oregon a father tried to lead his 345 year old son Bobby Nisley from a one story frame farmhouse as flames spread. The boy pulled away at the door and reentered the burning home to retrieve his new pajamas, perishing in the fire.
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Mcminnville
Ore
Bobby Nisley
van Nisly
Slightly Warmer Area Forecast Today Topeka Kansas
The forecast notes a cold front and strong northerly winds brought cooler temperatures across Kansas with light showers in the east. Forecasters expect slightly warmer conditions for the extreme northwest tonight and eastern and southern sections tomorrow. Minimum temperatures tonight in the 30s, highs in the 60s, and variable cloudiness with fair to partly cloudy skies across the western and eastern parts.
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Topekap
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Parsons Man Named President Of City Managers Association
Newton Kansas Frank Lawler is elected president of the Kansas City Managers Association at its annual Newton meeting Virgil Knowles of Parsons is elected vice president Harold Horn of Concordia reelected secretary treasurer Leland Stack of Salina and Stanley Fisher of Holton named to the board of directors
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Newton
Kas
Frank Lawler
Kansas City Managers’ Assn
Virgil Knowles
Parsons
Harold Horn
Concordia
Leland Stack
Salina
Stanley Fisher
Holton
Red Cross Aid for East Coast Flood Victims Exceeds 15 Million
The American Red Cross estimates total aid to August and October flood victims on the East Coast will surpass 15 million dollars once fall payments are finalized.
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New York
The
American Red Cross
Retailers Record 170 Billion in Sales Says Burgess
Washington AP report notes 170 billion dollars in retail sales for last year, up nearly 31 percent from 1946. wholesale trade also rises with about 20 percent more establishments and 20 to 25 percent higher dollar volume. Burgess previews 1954 census results at national editors conference.
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Washington
Burgess
National Conference of Business Paper Editors
Soldier Fatally Injured Near Lebanon Missouri
Specialist 20 Albert Terpstra, 38, of Ft Leonard Wood died when his car lost control east of Lebanon and struck a car towing an auto. Miss Carrie Faye Strom, 21, of Fort Scott Kansas, suffered a back injury and bruises. Farrar Parnell, 36, driver of the other car, escaped with minor hurts.
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Lebanon
Albert Terpstra
Ft. Leonard Wood
Here
Carrie Faye Strom
Fort Scott
Kas
Farrar Parnell
Ton
Car in Gear but Won't Run After Drive Shaft Theft
St. Louis report details Miss Billie Wieneke starting her car after work when nothing happened after shifting into gear. A mechanic arrived and revealed the drive shaft had been stolen, leaving the vehicle immobile and prompting further investigation.
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ST. Louis
Billie Wieneke
Sual
Mortgage Credit Curbs Eased If Housing Slumps
FHA Commissioner Norman Mason says the agency will relax mortgage credit restrictions if new home building declines sharply.
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Washington
FHA
Norman Mason
Spooks Join Kiwanis Halloween Parade Night
Kiwanis held a planned Halloween party tonight with spooks and goblins meeting at Main and Forest at 6 p.m. Eldon Penner said if the weather is too cold the parade is canceled and participants go to Memorial building where prizes and a free show await. kindergarten groups head straight to Memorial Building.
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Kiwanis
Main and
Forest
Eldon Penner
Memorial Building
Grandmother 41 Delivers 16th Child in Chicago Hospital
Mrs. Jane Weingart, 41, gave birth to her 16th child at St Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago. Her husband John, 42, is a truck driver. They have three grandchildren and are expecting a fourth. One daughter Josephine, 17, works as a part time nurses aide at the hospital.
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Chicago
St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital
Jane Weingart
John
Ten Egyptians Slain in Raid By Israeli Troops
An Israeli raid inside Egyptian-held territory near Kuntila left ten Egyptian soldiers dead and twenty captured, Egypt protesting to the U.N. Mixed Armistice Commission. Cairo cited four Egyptians and four Israelis killed. Israel claimed battalion strength and retaliation for an Egyptian assault.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Cairo
Kuntila
Egypt
U.N. Mixed Armistice Commission
Middle East
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Harold Macmillan
Geneva
Palestine
United States
Czechoslovakia
Beeroyatim
el Auja-Nizana
Bet
Puzzler
the Tribune Today
George Sheffler
Ray Sloan
Western Powers Clash Over European Security Plans in Geneva
In Geneva today the Western nations led by the United States Britain and France presented a nine point treaty offering German reunification and NATO membership as a condition. Molotov countered with a 15 point plan for a European security treaty delaying unification and arguing NATO should be abolished. The West rejected the Soviet proposal asserting it would not end Germany’s division. Bonn welcomed the Western proposals as far reaching.
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Geneva
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Molotov
NATO
China
Europe
United Kingdom
United States of America
West Germany
Dulles
Macmillan
Pinay
Berlin
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Bonn
Foreign Office
Gunther Diehl
Kansans Differ On School Aid
Kansas delegates to the White House conference on education will carry no clear-cut plan on school construction financing. Study groups split over federal aid versus local and state funding with proposals for severance tax as a revenue source and indirect taxes for state participation. Endorsed continued state aid funded by indirect taxes and recommended a legislative study of school district organization and a state manpower commission.
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Topeka
Kansas
White House
Fager Pleads Guilty in Beechwood Hill Crash
George L. Fager of rural St. Paul pled guilty before Erie Justice of the Peace Don E. Wells to a misdemeanor charge of negligent homicide from a Oct. 9 collision on Beechwood Hill Highway K57 east of St. Paul that killed 72 year old Harry W. Redden of Pittsburg. Fager, 30, received a $100 fine plus costs and his license was suspended.
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Erie
George L. Fager
St. Paul
Erie Justice of the Peace
Don E. Wells
Fager
Beechwood Hill
Harry W. Redden
Pittsburg
Redden
John H. Ferguson
Tennessee
Chanute
St.Paul
Lee Montgomery
Dick Harbaugh
Iola
Charles F. Forsyth
Nonfarming Employment Increases in Kansas
Nonfarm employment in Kansas rose by about 1 600 between mid August and mid September due to normal seasonal expansion linked to school openings, according to the State Employment Security Division.
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Kansas
Topeka
Eisenhower Takes Recovery Steps With First Movie
President Eisenhower nears five weeks in hospital after a heart attack. He has increased activity, taking several small steps daily, and watched his first movie at Fitzsimons Army Hospital in a wheelchair and later a chair. He plans a State of the Union draft while awaiting Secretary Benson's arrival.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Lowry Air Force Base
Wee
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Congress
Benson
Paris prisons return to normal after guard strike ends
Paris guards end a strike and a government pledge to study their wage issues within eight days. They sought a 5000 franc monthly bonus to raise pay to about 100 dollars per month amid disrupted operations.
Hill seeks three judge court for pipeline case in Kansas
Judge Delmas C. Hill asks the chief judge of the 10th Circuit for a three judge district court to hear Sinclair Pipe Line and Sinclair Crude Oil Company suits against the Kansas Corporation Commission. The actions seek permanent orders blocking federal interference with pipelines and oil purchases. Temporary orders were already granted pending a decision.
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Topeka
Dist
Delmas C. Hill
Sinclair Pipe Line and
Crude Oil Cos
Kansas Corporation Commission
U. S. 10Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Orie L. Phillips
Sinclair
Paola-Humboldt
Eureka-Humpboldt
Sinclair Pipe Line Co
Pipe Line Co
Iola
Sinclair Crude Oil Co
Judge Hill
Eureka-Humboldt
The
Corporation Commission
Atty
Harold R. Fatzer
Sinclair Crude Oil
Cutting Horse Association Formed at Altamont
The Cutting Horse Association of Southeast Kansas was organized in Altamont last night with 27 charter members. Russell Klotz of Altamont was elected president, Harold Hudspeth of Longton became vice president, Mrs. Hudspeth secretary, and Boyd Wenzel of Oswego treasurer.
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Altamont
Kas.p
Cutting Horse Assn
Kansas
Russell Klotz
Labette County
Harold Hudspeth
Longton
Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in Overdraft Case
In Owensboro Kentucky a federal court jury could not agree on the cashier Bernard Ware Barrett who admitted indulging customers with bad checks totaling 535000 at the Bank of Whitesville Whitesville Kentucky After seven hours jurors were dismissed a new trial date is set for January 30 with charges of false entries and misapplying funds.
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Owensboro
Bernard Ware Barrett
Bank of Whitesville
Whitesville
Cadillac Salesmen Begin Strike Over Job Security
Eighty four Cadillac salesmen with high earnings walked out against General Motors in New York area showrooms including Manhattan and Brooklyn. The AFL Teamsters joined the dispute, seeking job security while GM records suggest a billion dollar year ahead.
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New York
Cadillac
General Motors Corp
AFL Brotherhood of Teamsters
General Motors
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
New Rochelle
N.Y
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