Coffeyville boy dies from accidental gun discharge
A 7-year-old Coffeyville boy, Douglas Ferguson, died at Coffeyville Memorial Hospital after a .22 automatic rifle accidentally discharged while his 9-year-old brother Ricky was carrying it to a closet. Police said Douglas died at 8:20 am from a shot to the forehead. the brothers were alone at home.
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Coffeyville
Douglas Ferguson
Doyle Ferguson
Coffeyville Memorial Hospital
Art Gamble
Asst
B C. Lewis
Douglas
Ricky
Lewis
AP News Nationwide Reach Across Dozens of Countries
The Associated Press supplies news to newspapers and radio stations in nearly 70 countries, covering global events with a broad network of reporters and bureaus. The widespread use highlights APs role as a primary source for international and domestic coverage.
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Associated Press News
Sooner Cities Need Water Crisis Points to March Exhaution
U S District Engineers warn Fall River Reservoir in Kansas could run dry by March 15 and Hulah Lake in Oklahoma by July 1957 if rainfall remains scant. Nowata and Collinsville petition for relief. Fall River feeds Verdigris River and Caney River feeds Hulah. Current levels show Fall River well below pool and Hulah discharging.
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Tulsa
Okla
U. S. District Engineers
Kansas
Fall River
Oklahoma
Hulah Lake
John D. Bristol
Nowata
Collinsville
Verdigris
Hulah
TV Doesn't Work Leads to Tragic Self Inflicted Death
Compton California police report an 11 year old boy, Frederick A Rutherford, found hanged in the garage behind his home. He had been confined to the house due to a cold and had told peers he planned to kill himself because the television set was out of order.
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Compton
Calif
Frederick A. Rutherford
Writer Not Bookie But Fined Five Hundred Dollars
Boston reporter Michael Mascarri age sixty disputed being called a bookie after a municipal court fined him $500 for being present where gaming implements were found. He declared I’m not a bookie I’m a writer though he did not specify what writ.
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Boston
Michael Mascarri
Incomplete note on police and horse speed book
The fragment mentions the police and a note that someone "wrote book" on the speed of horses. No clear event, person, or jurisdiction is established.
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Ing
Community Guests and Visits Parade Across Local Families
Sunday meals and weekend gatherings feature Mr Zion and Mt Zion with the Ralph and Lloyd Guy families. Parsons visitors, Sublette guests, Old Settlers reunion attendance in Uniontown, and multiple kinship visits stretch across Elk City Topeka Emporia and Chanute. Regular social ties highlight Kansas communities in early fall.
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MT. Zion
Ralph Guy
Lloyd Guy
Finley Myers
Roy Tredway
Parsons
Cal Hefner
Pat of
Sublette
Clyde Cook
Wilford Franklin
Old Settlers
Uniontown
Boyce Keith
Earle Binford
Sheri
Belinda
John Piesker
Rex
Elk City
Merton Trast
Elmer Peterson
Kansas City
George White
Elmer Haddan
Howard Woodworth
Jimmie
Bennett Haddan
Marilyn
Richard
Mary Heilman
Chanute
Wallace Erikson
Roland Kelsey
Topeka
Regina Kelsey
Oren Nelson
Melvin
Eileen
Ronnie
For Sale Oil Field Equipment Auction Notice
Complete oil field equipment sell out including Mayhew 2000 drilling unit on Diamond T, 2N Brewster skid units with pumps, Drawworks and mud pump, Bucyrus Erie trucks and skids, 1955 Chev vehicles, and assorted gear. Inspect anytime by calling 392 541 or 2317 or box 547 El Dorado Kansas.
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el Dorado
Kansas
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