Air Force Officers Refute Torture Claims At Stead School
Two Stead Air Force Base officials defended the prisoner of war survival training saying it is not torture but rough realism used to prepare volunteers for capture. They noted demonstrations to show expectations and evasion tactics while denying degrading treatment for trainees. Newsweek reported accounts of harsh conditions and long interrogations prompting Pentagon review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
Stead Air Force Base
Nev
Burton KE. McKenzie
Germany
John Oliphant
Pentagon
Maurice J. Casey
Defense Department
Newsweek Magazine
Reno
Wyden
Stead
Col. Burton
E. McKenzie
Newsweek
Eisenhower
Chanute Officials Review Parking Meter Program
Police Chief Mack J. Percy and City Clerk T. E. Shanahan toured Chanute to study meter ticketing and collections, noting rising license tests and local meter plans in Iola. Kansas examiner Jesse M. Gragg described test routines, age 14 15 license limits, and weekly Chanute testing sessions at the Memorial Building court room. The article also recalls a vintage East Main postcard found by L. R. Fillman showing the Oriental Hotel tower and a church roof nearby, with Chapman of Chanute credited as the card producer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
Mack J. Percy
T. E. Shanahan
Iola
Jesse M. Gragg
Kansas Highway Patrol
Gragg
Neosho
Eleven Slot Machines Seized At Hutchinson Legion
Reno County authorities led by Sheriff Al Severson seized eleven slot machines from the American Legion Club rooms in Hutchinson. A warrant obtained from Judge John Fontron preceded the raid and the machines will be destroyed after a public hearing.
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Hutchinson (P
Reno
American Legion Club
al Severson
John Fontron
Fiesta plans set for Mexican independence celebration
The annual fiesta will be held September 16 and 17 at 14th and South Flores. Crowning of the fiesta queen opens the event at 8 p.m. on opening night. the winner will be announced at the coronation. Six contestants entered from several towns. committee members include Pablo De La Torre and Eustasio Quirarte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
South
Flores
Chanute
Kansas City
Newton
Ottawa
Pablo de la Torre
Eustasio Quirarte
Lazaro Godines
Pedro Zaragoza
Avelino Gutierrez
John Alonzo
Equipment Delayed Misses Slipper Kick Contest
Paula Wal terbach twelve practicing for a police picnic event kicked her slipper onto a house. Firefighters used a ladder truck to retrieve the shoe but the slipper contest had ended by then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Paula Walterbach
Paula
Village Creek Community Homecoming Set for Sept 11
Village Creek plans a homecoming at the community center on September 11 with a noon basket dinner and an afternoon program. The event invites residents and former members to gather for fellowship and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Village Creek
Chanute Tops Second Class Cities in Paved Streets
Chanute has 68 miles of hard surfaced paved streets, more than all but Dodge City among second class cities and surpassing six first class towns. The 1955 Kansas municipalities directory lists Coffeyville at 65 miles and Parsons at 47, with Dodge City leading among second class towns at 70 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
Dodge City
Kansas
League of Kansas Municipalities
Kanute
Coffeyville
Parsons
Fort Scott
Atchison
Lawrence
Leavenworth
Newton
Manhattan
Arkansas City
Emporia
Garden City
Ottawa
Winfield
Independence
Traffic Fatalities Reported By State Records Section
Traffic fatalities in the last 24 hours are listed by the State Accident Records Section. To date in 1955 the total is 273, compared with 379 for the same period in 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Drive Is Started To Force Ike's Hat Into Ring
Republican state chairs led by Samuel Bodine push to force Eisenhower into announcing a 1956 run. They plan to sign a petition urging a second term and hold a campaign school meeting to organize actions. White House source says no announcement planned at breakfast with President in Denver. Indiana and others expect Ike to run. South states seen as key for 1956. National chairman Hall expects GOP gains in the South and in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Samuel L. Bodine
New Jersey
Eisenhower
Bodine
GOP
National Committee
Denver
Colo
Murray Snyder
White House
al Cast
Indiana
Cast
Dixie States
Leonard W. Hall
South
Body of Missing Man Found Near Sedan
Authorities recovered the body of Marcus A. Marlow, 65, Newton implement dealer, near a sedan in Bee Creek. Marlow vanished last Monday from his ranch near Sedan after his saddle horse, wet, appeared at a neighbor’s home Tuesday. Skin divers searched the lake as tracks from the horse led toward the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedanp
Marcus A. Marlow
Newton
Bee Creek
Marlow
Sedan
Tribune Puzzle Contest Declines Slightly in Week 19
The 19th Tribune puzzle series shows 1 724 Little Stinker entries, down from 2 016 last week. Deadline was 5 p m yesterday. Prize stands at 210 dollars for correct solution. The correct answer will publish tomorrow and a new contest starts at the same time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Earlton Thayer US169 widening moves forward
Condemnation proceedings filed in Erie District Court to secure 20 parcels of right of way for six miles of US 169 from Earlton to Thayer. Plans call six foot widening on the west side with concrete and sheet asphalt surface to follow. A land board of appraisers named Earl L Miller Kirby Snodgrass and Harry Minnich. Bid letting set next Thursday at the Memorial building for US 859 grading and paving plus K7 straightening and widening near Girard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earlton
Thayer
Erie
W. M. Naylor
State Highway Commission
Naylor
Earl L. Miller
Kirby Snodgrass
Harry Minnich
Memorial Building
Girard
Cherokee
Linn
North Plummer
Roper
Buffalo
Kansas Weather Forecast Remains Hot With Cool Nights
The Weather Bureau forecasts little change through Friday with hot days and cool nights. Skies stay fair, low temperatures mostly in the 60s, highs in the 90s. Readings show Garden City at 95 and Topeka at 86, overnight lows from 56 to 69 across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topekam
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Richard Garrett
Mercury
Garden City
Topeka
Hill City
Two Missourians Die In Kansas Car Crash
A car truck collision near Quinter Kansas last night killed two Missourians. The State Highway Patrol identified the victims as Chester Allen O'Dell 68 of Higby and Cleveland H Longenecker 71 of Moberly.
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Quinter
Kas
State Highway Patrol
Chester Allen O'Dell
Higby
Cleveland H. Longenecker
Moberly
Man Burns to Death In Wellington Fire
Wellington report states Pf Morrison aged 43 died in a trailer home fire detected by patrolman Ron Pile at about 2 45 a m Morrison a carpenter and bachelor lived alone in the trailer authorities said the fire destroyed the dwelling and Morrison could not be rescued
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Dewitt Morrison
Ron Pile
Morrison
Hall Names Attorney and Editor To Civil Service Board Posts
The State Civil Service Board gains two new members, Newton attorney J. G. Somers and Manhattan editor William A. Colvin, appointed by Gov. Fred Hall to replace ousted officials Trusler and Gilmore. They join Emmett Graham, as hearings proceed on Eugene Hiatt’s dismissal appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topekap
State Civil Service Board
J. G. Somers
Newton
William A. Colvin
Manhattan
Fred Hall
Harold P. Trusler
Emporia
James D. Gilmore
Independence
Trusler
Gilmore
Eugene Hiatt
Hall
Hiatt
Somers
Colvin
Emmett Graham
Abilene
The
Manhattan Mercury
Mack Nations
Kansas
Fred W. Brinkerhoff
Pittsburg
Lun Ard Rolla W. Clymer
el Dorado Times
Clymer
Guv
Graham
Trusier
Supreme Court
Fall Festival Queen Contest Chooses 11 Beauties
Eleven young women compete for the Fall Festival Queen title at the People's Theater. The winner will reign over festival events September 29 to October 1, receive an all expenses paid trip to Kansas City and compete as Chanute’s representative in the American Royal Queen contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People's Theater
Kansas City
Chanute
Margaret Ann Hollenshead
Sue Holman
Sandra Mills
Carol Wiles
Elizabeth Bain
Jeanne Arnold
Margaret Knetzer
Joan Copeland
Barbara Wilson
Pat Green
JoAnne McKinney
Explosion Damages Home in Joplin
A blast damaged the home of Jack Huckleberry, an employee of the Missouri Farmers Assn. chemical plant in Joplin. A dynamite cap and fuse are suspected. Mrs. Huckleberry escaped injury. Detectives note he did not belong to the striking Local 601 union but had joined the picket line recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joplin
Jack Huckleberry
Missouri Farmers Assn. Chemical Plant
Huckleberry
Jess Webber
Gene Eichelberger
Three Men Die in Lansing Area Auto Crash
In a two car collision two miles south of Lansing on U.S. Highway 73 three men were killed and a fourth man was critically injured. Victims were W. G. Leaver a Leavenworth auto dealer and horseman, Ellis Hill, and Lee Hampton of Leavenworth. Leaver’s son Ormand W Leavel was injured in the crash.
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Lansing
Highway 73
W. G. Leaver
al Leavenworth
Ellis Hill
Lee Hampton
Leavenworth
Leavel
Ormand W Leavel
Jin Business
Wichita Mothers Form Human Chain For Safe School Crossing
A group of Wichita mothers blocked a busy street to protect children crossing US 54 near Fabrique and Magdalene schools. Spokeswoman Mrs. Forrest C. Bricker urged a traffic light or underpass and said the patrol and chain would continue by day and night until safety is provided. Police noted a request had been made to the city traffic commission and engineering department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Forrest C. Bricker
Bernard Clark
Wichita Police Department
City Traffic Commission and Engineering Department
Hhildren
Fabrique
Magdalene
Strike Spread Threatens East Coast Ports Amid Walkout
A longshore walkout costing the Port of New York about a million dollars daily spreads to Baltimore with 7,400 dockers idle. Boston and Philadelphia show mixed activity as ILA President William V. Bradley warns the strike could broaden from Canada to Texas if governors Harriman and Meyner do not meet with the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Baltimore
Boston
Philadelphia
William V. Bradley
International Longshoremen’s Assn
Independent
Canada
Texas
Bradley
New Jersey
Averell Harriman
Robert Meyner
ILA
New York-New Jersey
Plane Crashes Kill 3 as DC8 and DC3 collide near Burbank
A Skycoach DC8 after takeoff near Lockheed Air Terminal collided with a stalled DC3, killing pilot Joseph Bradsher and co pilot Keith Dutson and a Lockheed worker Willie Malone. An Army private Jack Connell survived as the crash damaged a nearby hangar and a parked Air Force C54 while a President Eisenhower plane flew nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skycoach
Oakland
Calif
Joseph Amos Bradsher
Chula Vista
Keith Dutson
Santa Monica
Willie Malone
Lockheed Air Service
Eisenhower
Three Men Die in McCarran Plane Collision
LAS VEGAS Nov 2 A B25 bomber collided with a jet fighter during landing at McCarran field. Three men were killed including civilian photographer David Lees 35. Maj William Davie Jr parachuted to safety from his F86 Sabre Jet. Killed were Lt Robert T Garrett 24 and Sgt Thomas E Anderson both from Las Vegas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
McCarran Field
William Davie Jr
Nellis Air Force Base
Robert T. Garrett
T. H. Garrett
Colton
Calif
Thomas E. Anderson
David Lees
Independence Airman Killed in Plane Crash
NEWBURGH NY A Ta3 jet trainer crashed at Sewart Air Force Base during an emergency landing killing two officers aboard Captain John R Hall Jr 27 of Muscatine Iowa and 1st Lt Eugene Etz of Independence Kansas. The crash occurred beside a construction area where civilians worked. Both officers were married Etz had no children.
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Newburgh
N. Y
Sewart Air Force Base
Kanaan
Army
John R. Hall Jr
Muscatine
Iowa
Eugene
Etz
Air Force
Independence
Kas
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Peter Wyden
Alcoholics Anonymous
Police
Tom Morehead
Tola
L. R. Fillman
East Main
Santa Fe Crossing
Barnes Building
Oriental Hotel
Bay
Fillman
W. G. Chapman
Chapman
Hutchinson Legion
Forrest Allen
Wilt Chamberlain
Forrest
Phog) Allen
Allen Fieldhouse
Chamberlain
University of Kansas
Fiesta
Ike
Thayer Highway
Esenese
Weanesdsy
Sc. Neiseretsseevese
Seeveers
Civil Service Board
McLachlen Park
Harry Rash
Wiley McGarvey
L. C. Wilson
Bob Johnson
Frankie Kinnard
Rose
Don Chaffin
Lawrence Barr
Delmar
Woolery
Shorty Medearis
Coyville
Noah Clifton
Clifton
Earl Graham
Devon
Tinue
California
Burbank
Lockheed Air Terminal
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