Utica School Head Dies In Initiation Prank
Utica Kansas. Superintendent W H Sallee about 55 died during a supervised high school initiation stunt for freshmen. Sallee was found slumped in a dark room with a rope around his body after a photo, with investigators listing accidental strangulation as the cause. The act, described as supervised and intended to curb wild behavior, drew fresh scrutiny.
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Utica
Kan
W. H. Sallee
Jack Gantz
Sallee
Harold Mellies
Gantz
Betty Stevens
Rescuers Hunt Missing Miner After Roof Fall
Mullens West Virginia rescue crews dig through rock for third miner Arlie Davis age 50 of Herndon Heights missing after a coal mine roof collapse. Two coworkers, Paul D. Kratsch 43 Princeton and Arnold T. Wingo 51 South Mullens, were recovered earlier. The Premier Pocahontas Company mine employs 115 workers and is located in Herndon ten miles from Mullens.
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Mullens
W.va
Arlie Davis
Herndon Heights
Pocahontas Co
Tierney
Herndon
Crawford Wilson
State Department of Mines
Paul D. Kratsch
Princeton
Arnold T. Wingo
South Mullens
Primier Pocahontas Co
Explosion at Albers Grain Mill Injures 18 in Oakland
An explosion ripped the roof from the Albers Grain Mill in Oakland California gutting the sixth floor and seriously injuring 18 workers many critically. Workers were hurled from the building as debris and shattered glass scattered along the Southern Pacific rail line. Damage was estimated at 100000 dollars by plant officials. Fire Marshal Edwin A. Hentzel cited a spark in grain dust as a likely trigger.
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Oakland
Calif
Albers
Southern Pacific Railway
Edwin A. Hentzel
Injunction Guards Nashville Pupils as Integrated Classes Resume
Nashville, Tenn. Federal court injunction and city police protected six integrated elementary schools as pupils returned for first grade classes. No incidents occurred unlike last week’s violence and a school bombing scare. Attendance rose with many of the 12 Negro students in mixed classes reporting to school after the long weekend.
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Nashville
Tenn
Americans’ personal income hits $347.3 billion in August
The Commerce Department reports August personal income at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $347.3 billion, up from July’s $346.2 billion. Wages and salaries led the rise with contributions from proprietors’ income, dividends, and other earnings, while construction, manufacturing, and mining showed slight declines.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Weakened Hurricane Carrie Passes Near Bermuda
Carrie moved north of Bermuda at 12 mph brushing the island with 35 mph winds and weakening from 115 to 75 mph as it drifted over open water. A Gulf storm Esther grew stronger while Eisenhower’s fishing trip plans were disrupted by the weather. President Hagerty said the president hopes to deep sea fish this week but wind conditions may force a delay.
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Miami
Fla
Carrie
Bermuda
Esther
James Hagerty
Eisenhower
Esther Threatens Louisiana coast as powerful tropical storm
Tropical Storm Esther advances toward south Louisiana marshlands after forming in the Gulf. At 10 am its winds reach 50 mph, about 270 miles south of the west Louisiana coast, following a path similar to Audrey and Bertha. Authorities urge coastal residents to prepare as Esther moves north.
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New Orleans
Esther
South Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Canes
Louisiana
Audrey
Bertha Audrey
Cameron
Louisiana-Texas
Bertha
Lake Charles
Drive starts Nov 14 for Chanute concert series
Chanute Community Concert Association begins its sixth season with a kick-off dinner for workers at the Tioga Inn Santa Fe Room. Dan Shull of the New York office announced November 14 as the first concert date featuring Liebling Master. Membership drives run through Saturday night with three to four concerts planned as numbers grow. Co-chairmen are Mrs. Howard Earnest and Mrs. John Nation. secretary is Mrs. C. H. Pankratz.
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Chanute Community Concert Association
Santa Fe
Tioga Inn
Dan Shull
New York
The
Asso
Liebling
Howard Earnest
John Nation
C. H. Pankratz
Mmes
Dave Petterson
C. H. Cunningham
Frank Davidson Jr
Leroy Barker
Ervin Brune
John Hargrave
Howard Jester
H. Howard Hollenshead
Dale Dahlgren
Kenneth Tebow
Charles Berthot Sr
Blaine Marks
W. G. Arthur
George Lightfoot
John Lofthouse
Sarah Haller
Ruth Shannon
Elizabeth Pieper
Glen Peak
Boyd Latimer
Janet Donaldson
Sharon Pillot
Karen Earnest
Janice Cox
Jack Kensinger
Mike Sparks
Peggy Dormois
Linda Youngberg
Tommy Tiegreen
David Oyler
Jim York
Roy Marks
Fredonia
D. A. N. Chase
Iola
Florence Hobart
Humboldt
Walter Wulf
Olive Mason
Neodesha
Irwin Shoemaker
Shippers Board Meets at Springfield
Springfield Missouri hosts a quarterly session of the Trans Missouri Kansas Shippers Board Thursday and Friday. Members from the freight industry mining and agriculture sectors across Missouri Kansas and parts of Arkansas Illinois and Oklahoma gather to discuss mutual transportation problems with the railroads.
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Springfield
Trans-Missouri- Kansas Shippers Board
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Illinois
Oklahoma
Milk and Butter Load Upsets Near Midway
Carl S. Brinson of Brownsville Texas drove a semi trailer loaded with powdered milk and butter off a wide turn on US 75 north of Midway school Saturday. He posted a $15 bond for appearance on September 19 and was not injured. Neither vehicle nor cargo were badly damaged.
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Buffalo
Carl S. Brinson
Brownsville
Tex
Midway
Bob Hazlett
Brinson
Hazlett
Office Burglary at Benedict Freete Construction Co
The Freete Construction Co office in Benedict was entered on Sunday and five 4 inch tires and tubes were stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benedict
Freete Construction Co
Flu Vaccine Limited Move To Vaccinate Wichita Workers
The International Assn of Machinists plans to fund a program for 35 000 workers and families in Wichita to receive Asian flu shots. Sid Calbert says 10 000 doses will be delivered next Monday with $6 000 allocated to start the effort. Each shot costs about 40 to 45 cents while Kansas general allotment is 16 000 doses.
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Topeka
International Assn. of
Wichita
George Docking
Sid Calbert
District 70
Calbert
Thomas R. Hood
Kansas
U.S. Population Surpasses 171 Million Mark
The Census Bureau reports the U.S. population reached 171.2 million as of August 1, with an increase of 20.378 million since April 1, 1950. The gain reflects about 1.32 percent and includes armed forces overseas personnel.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Drought Aid Planned in Hartford Special Session
A special session of the Connecticut Legislature opens today to provide emergency aid for the state's dairy industry crippled by a summer drought.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Mediators Try To End Strike Of Phone Union
Federal mediators push to end a nationwide strike by 23 800 CWA members in 44 states and DC over wages travel allowances and contract length. AT&T unit Western Electric offers a two-year pact with modest raises, while service disruption remains limited to a few localities.
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New York
States
District of Columbia
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Joseph E. Dunne
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Western Electric
At&t
Two-Story Brick Building Burns in Kansas City
A three-alarm fire in the Gate Way Chemical Co building on Walnut Street, Kansas City, started by a welder’s torch, forced six employees to flee. More than 12 fire companies fought acrid fumes as crowds gathered. the structure, housing maintenance and janitorial supplies, was declared a total loss.
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Kansas City
Gateway Chemical Co
Walnut
Asian Flu Hints Reach Texas Schools
In Jasper Texas doctors suspect Asian flu may have struck about 400 pupils forcing school closures. In Fort Worth Texas Christian University treated 274 co-eds for upper respiratory irritation, but a university spokesman denied Asian flu.
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Jasper
Tex
Fort Worth
Texas Christian University
TCU
Communist Athletes Allowed in 1960 Olympics Entry
The United States announced that Chinese and other bona fide Communist athletes may enter to compete in the 1960 Olympic Games. The State Department said these athletes would not require fingerprinting.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Fisherman Slips at Dam Breaks Hip
H. F. Asher 67 of 503 S Ashby slipped while fishing at the east river dam and suffered a broken left hip. He was taken by ambulance to Neosho Memorial Hospital and to be transferred to Santa Fe Hospital in Topeka. W. E. Malcolm, city gas and water superintendent, reported the accident and said Asher fell into the water but climbed onto a release pipe.
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H. FE
Asher
Ashby
East River
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Santa Fe
Topeka
Railroad
Tulsa
Malcolm
Seine Mindows
Little Rock Mayor Urges Faubus to Withdraw Guards
Mayor Woodrow Wilson Mann urged Governor Orval Faubus to remove armed guards from Central High School in hopes of complying with the law. A federal hearing list of about 2000 potential subpoenaed witnesses was being prepared for Friday, while talks between Rep. Brooks Hays and Faubus continued.
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Little Rock
Ark
Woodrow Wilson Mann
Orval Faubus
Central High School
U. S. District Attorney's Office
Faubus
Brooks Hays
D-Ark
U. S
Osro Cobb
Cobb
Ronald N. Davies
Anthrax Zone Quarantine Lifted in Kansas Tri-County Area
Kansas officials lifted the zone quarantine covering parts of Labette Cherokee and Montgomery counties after six weeks. Individual farm quarantines remain in force but are lifted in most cases 10 days after the quarantining date. Nearly 400 farms have been released from restrictions while vaccination rules prevent slaughter sale for six weeks post vaccination. No deaths or suspected cases have occurred recently. State and federal vets will continue releasing embargoes on produce.
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Ray S. Pyles
Oswego
Tricounty
State Board of Healthy
Rocket Blast Fatal to One at New Jersey Test
A non running experimental rocket engine exploded during a routine test at the naval air rocket test station in Lake Denmark New Jersey killing Herbert L Bell 28 Arlington Texas and injuring six others The blast occurred during a Reaction Motors Inc test with representatives from Chance Vought Aircraft Co of Dallas among the injured burned victims treated at Dover General Hospital and area hospitals cause of the explosion was not determined
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Dover
N.J.P
Herbert L. Bell
Arlington
Tex
Naval Air Rocket Test Station
Lake Denmark
Reaction Motors, Inc
Bell
Chance-Vought Aircraft Co
Dallas
Dover General Hospital
William Dellecker
Hackettstown
Hjalmar Lagerquist
Ramsey
R. L. Johnson
R. D. Tweedy
Chance-Vought
Glen Repp
Elmer
Baiers
Highway Edges Painted in Safety Experiment
In northeast Kansas a safety test paints five inch luminous white lines on the outer edges of a 14 mile US 36 stretch from Fairview to Seneca. The area has high accident rates and if the stripes cut crashes the highway department will adopt the method widely.
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Topeka
Kansas
Fairview
Seneca
Highway Department
Argument Over 10 Cents Ends in Fatal Shooting
In Wyandotte County Kansas City Kansas a man was shot to death in a dice game over two nickels. The victim was 31 year old Solomon Joel Mills. Detective Bob Smiley Jr. said Charles Fitzpatrick 62 admitted the shooting in a signed statement and was arrested on a murder charge.
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Kansas City
Kan
Solomon Joel Mills
Wyandotte County
Bob Smiley Jr
Charles Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Kansas for 1957
Topeka Kansas state accident records list 0 traffic fatalities in the past 24 hours and 375 to date in 1957, compared with 459 in the same period of 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
Warm Trend In Forecast For Kansas
Increasing winds will stir dust in western Kansas while rains ease after recent downpours. Forecaster Tom Arnold expects a turn to cooler weather in the northwest with a few showers tomorrow. No rain statewide in the past 24 hours as mild temperatures prevail.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Tom Arnold
Goodland
Hill City
Soldier's Body Found in Junction City Park
The body of Pvt. Omer P. Greene 23 Knoxville Tennessee was found among shrubs in City Park Junction City Ft. Riley authorities identified him. Autopsy planned. He had left the fort after a night training session and investigators suspect robbery motive due to empty pockets though no proof.
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Junction City
Ft. Riley
Omer P. Greene
Knoxville
Tenn
Greene
Dolores Jean
B. M. Wolf
Cattlemen Appeal Ruling
Three State Board of Tax Appeals decisions have been appealed to district courts. Coffey County cattlemen challenge cattle valuations while eight of eleven original appellants pursue court review. Coronado Building Inc. challenges a $4,000 reduction, and Kansas City Southern Airways appeals the board’s denial of any valuation reduction.
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Topeka
State Board of Tax Appeals
Coffey County
Tax Appeals Board
District Court Court
Coronado Building Inc
Salina
Kansas City Southern Airway
Red China admits rioting in Kwangtung province
Hong Kong based reports say Red China's official news agency acknowledged violent anti Communist rioting erupted last July in the South China province of Kwangtung.
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Hong Kong
Red China
South China
Kwangtung
Johnson urges defense against Russian missiles at any cost
Louis Johnson former defense secretary urged the American Legion in Atlantic City to meet the threat of a reported Russian intercontinental missile despite doubts it would be immediately used. He warned it would be a propaganda tool to test Western resolve and stir conflicts in places like the Middle East.
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Atlantic City
Louis Johnson
American Legion
United States
Johnson
Middle East
Harvey V. Higley
Veterans Affairs
Higley
Congress
Veterans Administration
Peace Efforts Resume In Santa Fe Dispute
Federal Mediator Francis C. O'Neill Jr. resumed settlement talks between Santa Fe Railway and 15 non operating unions. Sessions will be held separately with each group as strike vote approval looms. Olsen notes Santa Fe would be the only western carrier without a union shop agreement and demands dues financing only bargaining. About fifty thousand employees are represented.
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Chicago
Francis C. O'Neill Jr
Santa Fe Railway
O'Neill
National Railway Mediation Board
QO. Olsen
Santa Fe
Olsen
Defense rejects liquor store at Schilling AFB Salina
Rep. Smith says the Defense Department has rejected a proposal to establish a package liquor store at Schilling Air Force Base in Salina. The decision ends the effort to allow base personnel to purchase liquor on base.
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Washington
Defense Department
Schilling Air Force Base
Salina
Smith
R-Kas
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Vincent J. Aziere
S. Grant
Pal
Tribune
Jan Holman
Shippers Board
U.S
Texas
Fisherman
W. E. Malcolm
City Gas and Water Department
Hays
National Guard
Parsons
Labette
Cherokee
Montgomery Counties
Boven Sae
Lous Johnson
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