Eisenhower presses steel strike talks toward Oct 8
Washington AP Ike asks for voluntary settlement with a back-to-table push as top industry leaders led by Roger Blough of U S Steel meet United Steelworkers head David McDonald after Eisenhower urged renewed negotiations. The Oct 8 deadline looms with no clear path to a deal.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Roger M Blough
U. S. Steel Corp
Blough
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Phelps Adams
U.S. Steel
Steel Company
Roger M. Blough
U. S., Steel Corp
United Steelworkers
Palm Springs
Calif
James C. Hagerty
The
Presi
Kansas Weather: Clouds and Rain Through Thursday
Cold rainy spell blankets Kansas with mixed rain and snow in the northwest. Totals range from .40 to 1.0 inches, with highs in the 40s west and 60s east. Lows mostly in the 30s and 40s, with a five day outlook 10 to 15 degrees below normal and wetter southeast.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Kingman
Columbus
Oswego
Sedan
Pittsburg
Lyndon
Neosho Rapids
Madison
Cassaday
Peabody
Garden City
Goodland
Chanute
Emporia
Lawrence
Hutchinson
Hurricanes Hannah and Gracie Threaten Mainland Florida
Hurricane Hannah, with 100 mile per hour winds, tracked west at 12 mph toward the Florida mainland. Forecasters placed Hannah about 970 miles east of Palm Beach as Gracie lingers inland threat.
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Miami
Fla
Hannah
Gracie
Palm Beach
Gordon Dunn
Springfield Utilities Manager Resigns at Board Demand
H. D. Miller resigns as manager of Springfield city utilities after the Utilities Board's demand amid findings that Miller and eight other officials used city funds to service private cars at the city bus garage. Marvin Castleberry named acting manager.
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Springfield
H. D. Miller
City Utilities Board
Miller
Marvin Castleberry
Scout Drive Here Oct 19 Promises Fund-Raising Effort
Chanute Scout units plan an all-ages canvass starting 7 PM October 19 from the Memorial Building. Seven divisions will cover neighborhoods with adult leaders supervising each area. Cub Boy and Explorer units will be assigned to divisions and parents will canvass with their sons in uniform.
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Chanute
Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Building
John Madeo
Vince Az‘ier
John Lofthouse
Methodist
Charles Rubew
Jim Dancer
Lewis Taylor
Quincey Green
Floyd Potter
Troop
Episcopal Church
Cole Leverenz
Bob Marttin
Warren Babcock
Zion Lutheran Church
Ralph Burghart
Roy Smith
Don Beach
Christian
Bill Lock
Charles Wolf
Clayton Ward
Charles Chauncey
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Bob'McLaren
John Erickson
Charles McKellips
First Baptist Church
Pack
Presbyterian Church
Everett Wiles
Hurla Rush
Bill Oliver
Joe Wasser
Kenneth Mitchell
Debt Payment Might Reduce Trade Barriers
Washington report cites Dillon saying a Soviet lend-lease debt settlement could ease U S trade barriers with the USSR. He noted Khrushchev objected to what he called discrimination in American trade policy during Camp David talks. Possible actions include lifting the crab meat embargo, removing the fur ban, and allowing Soviet credits from private sources.
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Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
United States
Douglas Dillon
Khrushchev
Camp David
Dillon
Congress
Kerensky
Sooner Marine Killed On Sentry Duty
Gary Lesley Knochs a 17 year old Marine private from Shawnee Oklahoma was killed on sentry duty at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station near Oak Harbor Washington. Island County coroner said he learned of the death six days after it occurred and a Navy statement cited an accidental discharge of his .45 pistol as the cause.
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Oak Harbor
Wash
Gary Lesley Knochs
Shawnee
Okla
Whidbey Island
Gun accident fatal to Garnett native
Martin Everdell Porter, 62, of Garnett Kansas, was killed by a .410 shotgun blast while hunting in Joplin Missouri. Coroner W. W. Hurst said Porter apparently tripped over wire and the gun discharged accidentally.
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Joplin, Mo
Martin Everdell Porter
W. W. Hurst
Porter
Garnett
Kan
Dutch radio operator held in murder at sea
In Boston Harbor a Dutch ship radio operator, Willem Marie Louis Van Rie, is held without bail for the murder of American passenger Lynn Kauffman aboard the Utrecht. Kauffman, 23, was beaten in her stateroom during a 41 day voyage and her body washed ashore on Spectacle Island.
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New York
Lynn Kauffman
Utrecht
Boston
Willem Marie Louis van Rie
Holland
Joseph B. Fallon
Spectacle Island
Theodore Kauffman Jr
Chicago
S. Obermayer & Co
Orient
Singapore
Stanley Spector
Spector
Kauffman
Far East
Trail of Damage Gracie Fades Across Carolinas
Tropical storm Gracie, downgraded from hurricane, moves north from Hickory toward Virginia with 40 mph winds and gusts to 50 mph. Heavy rains threaten flash floods across western North Carolina and into Virginia and Maryland, leaving millions in damage and up to 10 deaths possible.
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Charleston
S.C
Gracie
North Carolina
Hickory
N.C
Charlotte
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Topeka Youth Killed In Small Car Crash
AP report details 17 year old Dorsey Burgess a Topeka High pupil and newspaper deliverer killed when thrown from a sedan that crashed beneath it near Westchester Road. Driver 16 year old Howard Killam Jr was arrested for reckless driving and speeding. Burgess son of police clerk Mary Burgess.
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Topeka (Ap
Dorsey Burress
Topeka
Howard Killam Jr
Killam
Burgess
Kansas City Star
J. B. Sippel
Westchester Road
Death Accidental For Russell Teacher
Russell Kansas details a coroner's jury ruling the death of Bernard Hageman a 26 year old Russell sixth grade teacher was accidental. He was found dead in his bed on September 22 and the verdict cites an overdose of sleeping pills or barbiturate containing substance. Funeral services were held in Zenda Kansas on Saturday.
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Russell, Kas
Bernard Hageman
Russell
Hageman
Zenda
Kas
Barbecued Pork Ribs For 117th Birthday
HOUSTON AP reports the last Civil War veteran will celebrate his 117th birthday on November 14 with barbecue ribs and a party. His daughter Willie Mae Bowles says they will keep surprises coming if he keeps improving after a recent pneumonia scare.
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Houston
Tex
Willie Mae Bowles
Traffic Fatalities Update From Kansas Accident Records
Kansas state accident records note 24 hour period ending 9 am today shows four fatalities with one prior unrecorded. For year to date figures this 1 percent 9 period lists 427 deaths, compared with 399 in the prior year’s comparable period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Airliner Explodes Over Texas Killing 34
A Braniff Airways 75 passenger turboprop crashed near Buffalo Texas after a late departure from Houston. Thirty four people died with wreckage scattered across a farm as investigators opened an inquiry.
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Texas
Waco, Tex
New York
Mercury Climb Aids Recovery From Big Snow
Denver faced record cold and heavy snow from a massive storm that disrupted highways, cut power, and forced school closures. Two deaths were reported in Denver as residents grappled with downed trees and debris while up to ten thousand children were sent home. Four teen boys went missing after venturing toward the mountains amid 65 miles south of Denver.
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Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountain
Cheyenne
Wyo
Pueblo
Kansas
Robert E. Barry
John J. O'Brien
Pikes Peak
Colorado Springs
Jim Anderson Reported In Critical Condition
Jim Anderson a police department radio dispatcher and secretary was reported in critical condition at Neosho Memorial Hospital. The physician said she was placed in the iron lung after becoming ill the previous Saturday with a virus illness possibly polio not yet positively diagnosed. Anderson entered the hospital on September 22.
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Jim Anderson
Police Department
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Anderson
Sunflower Ordnance Plant Maintenance Contract Awarded
The Army awards a $1,888,897 contract for maintenance of the Sunflower Ordnance Plant in Lawrence Kansas to Hercules Powder Co. after informing Sen. Frank Carlson of the decision.
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Washington
Lawrence
Kas
Army
Frank Carlson
R-Kan
Hercules Powder Co
Tough talk on Khrushchev backed by force and unity
John C. Metcalfe urged a hard line with the Soviet leader in a Talk of the Month Club session at the Tioga Hotel. He argued strength and readiness to use force deter Khrushchev, cited Berlin as the crisis, and noted Russia's aims in West Berlin and UN shifts. Metcalfe praised American unity and living standards and warned of Soviet Latin American trade pressures.
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Soviet Union
John C. Metcalfe
Washington News
Khrushchev
Metcalfe
United States
Hitler
Ussr
Russia
Red
Europe
Berlin
West Germany
East Berlin
Germany
West Berlin
Soviet Germany
Western Europe
Latin America
Eisenhower
U. S
China
Washington
U.S
New York Herald Tribune
Time
Worldwide Press Service
Washington Newsletter
Vendla Kjellander
Tioga Hotel
Sid Richardson Dies at 68 in Corpus Christi Lodge
Sid Richardson, listed among the world’s richest men, died at his island lodge near Corpus Christi Texas today from an apparent heart attack. He was 68.
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Corpus Christi, Tex
Sid Richardson
Corpus Christi
Khrushchev Tour Costliest U S Visit Yet
The Khrushchev 13 day American visit ran about 150000 in government and related costs. A 71 member Soviet party, heavy security, and travel support for about 40 Americans boosted the bill. Cities and private groups covered some dinners and ceremonies. No official cost breakdown was released.
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Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
John Q
Khrushchev
State Department
Santa's Sleighs Here December 9
Chamber of Commerce officials announced a change in the Santa's Sleighs engagement to December 9 instead of December 16 after reviewing the contract. Shopping-hour dates list updated to include the 9th and remove the 16th while remaining dates in other states unchanged.
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Chamber of Commerce
Santa Fe Declares 30 Cent Dividend on Common Stock
The Santa Fe Railway declares a quarterly dividend of 30 cents per share on common stock payable December 7 to stockholders of record at the close of business October 30.
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Topeka
Santa Fe Railway
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