Eisenhower Urges Peace quest for fourth term
President Eisenhower, in his first nationwide re election bid on CBS, declares fitness for four more years and leads a peaceful world by a strong, vigilant yet patient America. He cites his health challenges and contrasts his calm, text driven delivery with Stevenson’s multi network approach.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
Adlai E. Stevenson
CBS
Stevenson
Harrisburg
GOP National Committee
Mrs. Eisenhower
Charge Dismissed Against Missourian in DUI Case
Ira Perry of Columbia Missouri had a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated dropped in police court. A blood test showed 0.12 percent alcohol, below the intoxication threshold, marking the second such dismissal since the blood test law took effect over a year ago.
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Ira Perry
Columbia
Husband Finds Wife Dead in Bath Tub
In Wichita the body of Mrs. Clarence A. Reeder, 45, was found in the bath tub by her husband on his return from work. Police report bruises on her head likely from a fall, with an autopsy ordered by Coroner J. L. Fugit at the husband’s request.
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Wichita
Clarence A. Reeder
Water Scarcity and River Runoff Delays City Water
City officials warn pumping from Gordon Barker farm to the water plant may be needed if rainfall does not return. The river ceased flowing about three weeks ago and water stands roughly 22 feet below the low water dam east of Chanute. An 18 day supply remains at the plant. Plans mirror past droughts to boost water over riffles, gauge the river channel with a bulldozer, and let flow reach the pumping station reservoir.
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Gordon Barker
Chanute
Barker Pool
Coffeyville Delays Action To Save Water
Coffeyville city commissioners tabled a request from the State Board of Health for restrictions on non essential water use. Mayor Denver Hargis sought input from four nearby cities before deciding. Fall River Dam supply may run dry in early spring 1957 without rain. current flow below Coffeyville is under two cfs. Restrictions would target lawn sprinkling car washing and some air conditioning units. Hargis favored voluntary conservation for now.
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Coffeyville
State Board of Health
Russell L. Culp
State Board
Lawrence
Fall River
Culp
Hargis
Adlai and Kefauver View Nixon Alike
In Moorhead Minnesota Estes Kefauver said he and Adlai Stevenson see the Nixon matter eye to eye before a Montana campaign swing. He demanded Nixon apologize for past campaign accusations about party leaders loyalty and noted he had not sought counsel but had discussed strategy with Stevenson.
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Stevenson
Kefauver
Wildcats Honor Polio Victim Larry Sloan at Game
Larry Sloan a nine year old polio survivor from Randolph Kansas will be guest of honor on the Kansas State Wildcats bench during the game with Oklahoma A and M. The team organized the event with a bench seat for him and captain Ellis Rainsberger led the arrangements after a call to Riley County health director Dr M S Carney.
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Manhattan
Kas
Larry Sloan
Randolph
Larry
Kansas State Wildcats
Oklahoma A. & M
Ellis Rainsberger
M. S. Carney
Riley County
Ralph Sloan
Sloan
Three bodies found in Lafontaine brush pile identified
Harvey Toews 51 and son Van 22 are positively identified by dental work. The third body is tentatively identified as Mrs. Tena Toews 46. Investigators see no fourth party. A coroner's inquest awaits final IDs as the Toews family had been missing since Monday and were reportedly in Fredonia after a family dispute over land.
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Topeke
Will Johns
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Warm Trend Forecast For Kansas Weather
A slow temperature rise is expected across Kansas after a cooler day. Topeka reports a 49 degree low, with highs today from the 80s northeast to the lower 90s southwest. Winds turn southerly with dusty conditions. tonight will be fair then increasingly cloudy Friday with 60s tonight and 80s to 90s Friday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Garden City
Artificial Leg Found in Los Angeles Sidewalk
Arthur W. Brennan discovered a woman's artificial leg on a Highland Park sidewalk in the dark. Police say it likely belongs to the absent owner and valued at $175 with no questions asked if the owner calls.
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Los Angeles
Highland Park
Arthur W. Brennan
Garden City School Bonds Placed On November Ballot
The Garden City School Board will ask voters on November 6 for a $550,000 bond issue. Superintendent Dr. LeRoy Hood says funds would build a seven classroom school and add 15 rooms to an existing grade school.
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Garden City
LeRoy Hood
1 000 Left Homeless By Typhoon Gilda
Typhoon Gilda struck the eastern Philippines, leaving at least 1,000 homeless and causing extensive property and crop damage. The storm hit Samar Island with 110 mile per hour winds, weakened over Luzon, then regained typhoon strength as it moved back toward the Pacific.
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Gilda
Philippines
Samar Island
Luzon
Pacific
Eight polio vaccine recipients spared by survey
Oklahoma officials report only eight of 537000 children who received the Salk polio vaccine this year contracted polio. Dr Grady Mathews state health director disclosed the survey results completed yesterday.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Grady Mathews
Plan to change judge selection debated by Kansas council
The Legislative Council discussed a proposed constitutional amendment to adopt the Missouri plan for selecting Kansas Supreme Court and district judges. Sen. Leonard Rude introduced the study, suggesting governor appointments from a state bar and citizen list, with retention decided by voters later. The Parsons Sun editorial criticized current partisan selection, noting dissatisfaction among Kansas lawyers.
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Kansas Supreme Court
District Court
Legislative Council
Leonard Rude
Parsons
Missouri
State Bar Assn
Citizens Committee
Kansas
Parsons Sun
Supreme Court
Council
Rude
William A. Smith
Alfred Schroeder
Newton
GOP
Z. Arthur Nevins
Dodge City
R. C. Woodward
el Dorado
Mary Callahan Convicted of First Degree Murder
Johnson County District Court jury convicts Mary Callahan age 31 of first degree murder in the fatal shooting of her husband John Callahan in Shawnee Village on January 2, 1955. Earlier co-defendant Ray Tipton pleaded guilty to first degree murder and received life. A prior trial in 1955 was overturned for error and a new trial granted. Motions for a new trial set for September 24.
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Clathe
Johnson County
Mary Callahan
Callahan
Ray R. Tipton
John J. Callahan
Shawnee Village
Kansas Supreme Court
Traffic Fatalities in State Record Tenure
Traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section for the last 24 hours show 2 fatalities on the date, with 454 for 1956 and 405 for the same period in 1955.
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Topeka
Kansas
Presley compared to ancient Greek statues by ASU professor
Arizona State College art head Harry Wood calls Elvis Presley a dead ringer for Apollo and Hermes figures. He notes a heavy jaw Greek nose and half lowered eyelids echoing the ancient sculpture in a humanities lecture. He cites the Chariteer of Delphi as a striking parallel.
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Tempe, Ariz
Elvis Presley
Apollo
Hermes
Presley
Harry Wood
Arizona State College
Tempe
Greece
Wood
Arizona State
Delphi
Joan Crawford
Gregory Peck
Sheriff Waits Like Mother Hen As Inmates Emerge From Wall
In Hutchinson Reno County a jail breakout occurred as seven bricks were loosened from a wall between the jail and an outside corridor. John Milo Miles Jr and Richard Leroy Smith crawled through a 63 foot hole aided by knotted bed sheets. Authorities, including County Attorney John Alden, arrested four accused burglars who planned the escape.
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Hutchinson
Roy Sheppard
Reno County
John Alden
John Milo Miles Jr
Richard Leroy Smith
Alden
Allan R. Vincent
Joseph Morales
Home Credit Base Youth Captured After Shooting
Ronald Westberg, 20, was captured after a gun fight with Trooper M. E. Tinnin near Lebanon Missouri. He had admitted fatally shooting an 11 year old cousin in Chicago and was held on assault with intent to kill. Police described a large manhunt with planes and 100 posse members. Westberg previously stole a car in Calumet City and had Chicago burglary records.
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Lebanon
Ronald Westberg
L. B. Howard
Missouri Highway Patrol
Chicago
Westberg
M. E. Tinnin
U. S. 66
Tinnin
Howard
Donald Freyser
Calumet City
LaClede’ County
Dr. White Honored by Heart Assn Award
Dr. Paul D. White, heart consultant to President Eisenhower, received a special American Heart Association award for improving public understanding of heart disease after the President's attack. Six media professionals won the Howard W. Blakeslee Awards for reporting in heart disease. Each winner gets $500 and will be honored at the Cincinnati dinner on October 28.
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New York
Paul D. White
Eisenhower
American Heart Assn
Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Oriental Mystic Feature at Rotary Dinner Tioga
Nur al Din the Oriental mystic appeared as the feature of a Rotary Club evening of games and skits for the Rotarians and their wives at the Tioga. The program was arranged by Marlin Blackston and F W Montague Jr with help from several club members. Dr. B C Cathers portrayed the mystic.
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Nur-al-Din
the Tioga
Marlin Blackston
F. W. Montague Jr
B. C. Cathers
Kenneth Archer Wins Grand Champion at Interstate Baby Beef Show
The 16 year old from Conception Missouri earned grand champion with an Aberdeen Angus steer at the Interstate Baby Beef and Pig Club show in St Joseph Missouri after five attempts. He had placed a calf as reserve champion last year and previously brought blue ribbon animals to the show.
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ST. Joseph
Kenneth Archer
Conception
Meat Workers Strike Nationwide Against Swift & Co
About 25 000 meat workers walked out in 37 cities crippling Swift & Co operations. Unions demand a substantial wage increase and a union shop while talks broke off after a late eleventh hour bargaining session.
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Chicago
Swift & Co
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher
United Packinghouse Workers
Afl-Cio
Fatal Accident Claims Kansas City Youth
An auto accident in Kansas City injures several youths while 17 year old Jimmy Lee Alcanter dies. The incident occurs amid ongoing labor actions as workers at a local plant vote on a company wide strike.
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Kansas City
Kas
Jimmy
Lee Alcanter
Wyandotte Coun
Swiftty
Western Big Three gain support for Suez canal users group plan
At the Suez conference 18 nations backed a Dulles proposed canal users association to work with Egypt until the crisis ends. Turkey and Portugal joined nine others in support. Ethiopia and Spain gave qualified support. Sweden urged UN action. A working committee will draft details and push toward a concrete structure.
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Turkey
Portugal
U. S
Dulles
Egypt
Ethiopia
Spain
Sweden
United Nations
M. N. Birgi
Paulo Cunha
Bulgania
Soviet Union
India
Katy Seeks To Quit Line North of Piqua
EMORIA The Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad will seek abandonment of its Neosho Valley Branch from Piqua near Iola to Junction City citing heavy losses. Katy president Donald Fraser said rising costs force action on a line established in 1870 with passenger service ended in 1953, serving Parsons Chanute Humboldt and Iola.
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Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
Neosho Valley
Piqua
Iola
Junction City
Kansas Corporation Commission
M. R. Cring
St. Louis
MKT
Parsons
Chanute
Humboldt
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