Dust Off Me in Turnabout and City Talks
A lighthearted local column recounts Emil Salyer suing to withdraw a weed complaint about a vacant Wheat Land lot, once tied to an old car yard and bowling project. The piece includes brief notes on Keith Walker's fishing plans, the Lohmann vacation mishap, and local civic chatter on off street parking.
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Emil Salyer
Sally
Wheat Land
Deane Wiley
Keith Walker
Wilds
British Columbia
Albert Lohmanns
Kansas City
Starlight Theater
Bob Lchreiber
Chamber of Commerce
City Approves Street Projects
The city commission adopted four ordinances authorizing west district street improvements. Projects include paving New York from Conkling to Taylor and curb and gutter work on Spencer from Fulton to St John, plus curb and gutter and paving on New York from Conkling to the Pennsylvanian line and Conkling from St John to Walker. Additional ordinances permit temporary notes totaling 12 000 for curb and gutter, 20 500 for paving, and 4 000 for sidewalk work. The commission recessed yesterday to act this morning.
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New York
Conkling
Taylor
Spencer
Fulton
St. John
Pennsylvania
Where did you find that gorgeous blonde saw you
A humorous punchline line plays on a blunder about a visible glare of surprise when a passerby realizes a billfold reveal exposes a hidden sight. The quip pivots on misdirection and casual, cheeky banter typical of light daily humor.
Finn twins refuse parole after federal clash over surplus plane
Long Beach California report says George and Charles Finn, 41, refused parole offered after 114 days of a one year sentence for interfering with a federal officer. The Air Force veterans, tied to a war surplus C46 dispute and hunger strikes, want full pay and maintain they acted within rights. The case involves a courtroom decision to turn over the plane and a clash with U S authorities.
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Long Beach Calif
Finn
Joseph Scott
George
Charles
Charles Finn
U. S
Springfield
Laughlin Waters
Air Force
Berlin
Sen. Langer
RND
Nellis Air Force Base
Las Vegas
Nev
Hurricane Connie Pounds Carolina Coast
Hurricane Connie battered the Carolina coast with winds near hurricane force and 100 mph in the eye. Waves wrecked piers, flooded streets, and knocked out communications from Wilmington to Myrtle Beach, with the eye expected to reach shore about 9 p.m. EST.
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Wilmington
N.C
Carolina
Myrtle Beach
S.C
New Lighting Plan Studied for City Main Street Whiteway
City Manager Deane Wiley presented a plan to replace 50 incandescent fixtures with modern fluorescent luminaires to extend the Main street whiteway to Fulton street east, to the south toward the proposed bridge, and to Kansas east or west of Main. Estimated cost is $10,000, with funds available in the electric improvement fund. The new fixtures promise higher candle power, less glare, and lower current use, using existing utility poles. This would be the first installation of its kind in Kansas.
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City Commission
Deane Wiley
Wiley
Fulton Street
Main
Kansas
Electric Improvement Fund
Warmer Weather Expected Across Kansas Soon
Peak temperatures in Kansas edge upward slightly over the next 24 hours with little overall change. Scattered thundershowers possible in the extreme west later today.
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Topeka
Kansas
The Weather Report Summary Brief
A weather brief from a bureau notes conditions across regions with temperature ranges and precipitation outlook. It references general patterns and timeframes without citing specific locations or dates from the fragment. The tone mirrors era guidance on daily meteorological summaries, emphasizing broad forecasting.
High Death Toll From Andover Blast and Fire
A roaring explosion and flames swept through the Gateway Restaurant in Andover Ohio near Pyma Juning Lake injuring at least 18 and leaving 21 bodies accounted for. Firefighters labored through rain until 5 a.m. as missing persons remained unconfirmed amid debris and a two story building collapse. Authorities speculate gas ignition from lightning or electrical sparks in a basement flooded by heavy rain.
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Andover
Ohio
Pyma
Juning Lake
Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
Lake Pymatuning
Two Flying Boxcars Crashed in Germany Killing 67
In Stuttgart area a collision of two C-82 Flying Boxcars during a training flight killed 67 aboard, including crews and troops. The midafternoon crash near Echterdingen and Rhein-Main involved the 60th Troop Carrier Wing with 42 passengers, 5 crew plus a loadmaster in one plane and 14 passengers, 4 crew, and a second loadmaster in the other.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Black Forest
U. S
Echterdingen Field
Here
U. S. 7Th Army
Air Force
U.S
Tokyo
Larson Air Force Base
Washington State
Cardiff
Wales
West ‘Germany
Europe
60Th Troop Carrier
Rhein-Main Air Base
Frankfurt
Jan
7Th Army
FBI Solves Big Bank Robbery in Queens Heist
The FBI says it cracked the largest cash bank robbery in history, arresting two men linked to a four‑member group that robbed a Woodside Chase Manhattan Bank branch of 305000 dollars. Warrants were issued for two alleged ringleaders and a fifth man is held as a material witness. James McCoo and Frank Cocchiaro, both 34–36 from Astoria, were arraigned on National Bank Robbery Act charges. Cocchiaro’s wife Mildred, a bank seller, has resigned after the April 6 heist.
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New York
FBI
Queens
James McCoo
Frank Cocchiaro
Astoria
Woodside
Chase Manhattan Bank
Cocchiaro
Mildred
Woodside Bank
Four Men Arrested After Fight at Aus in s Cafe
Two Garden City men and two others were charged with disorderly conduct after a late night fight at Aus in s cafe 308 BE Fulton. Arrested were Lonnie Lee Plankenhorn 100 E Price Theodore Franklin Witman Route 1 Charles Alfred Davidson Cimarron and Calvin Lewis Neukirch Cassaday. Police said the cafe was visited at 12 30 a m and all four posted 10 bonds.
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Garden City
Ausin
Fulton
Lonnie Lee Plankenhorn
Price
Theodore Franklin Witman
Charles Alfred Davidson
Cimarron
Calvin Lewis Neukirch
Cassaday
Wandering Cows Break Fences, Puzzle Oklahoma Rancher
Hughes County rancher Earl Clark complains about seven wandering cows that jump his fences. The cows have roamed onto his property for over a month, sometimes collapsing the fence when they fail to clear a flat-footed jump.
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Wewoka
Okla
Hughes County
Earl Clark
Clark
Two Syracuse Scouts Leave for Philmont Despite Injuries
Two Syracuse Boy Scouts Ted Corbett and Ed Chrysler, still with left leg fractures, depart Garden City for Philmont Scout Ranch near Cimarron New Mexico after a car struck their group. Leader Edwin Howard of Liverpool New York accompanies them on the westbound train and arrangements are made for mobility at Philmont to absorb their eight day stay despite injuries.
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Curtis Stadlah
St. Catherine Hospital
Syracuse
N.Y
Ted Corbett
Eddie Chrysler
Garden City
John Frazier
Philmont
Cimarron
N.M
Kansas
New Mexico
Maple Street
New York
Howard
Colorado Town Faces Severe Flood After Record Rainfall
Brush Colo floodwaters from the heaviest northeast Colorado rainfall in two decades forced at least 150 farm families from homes. A woman, Mrs N Ellsworth Escott of Marion Indiana, drowned when a crest hit a bridge nine miles south, carrying the car with her husband Rev N Billsworth Escott. Rescuer Jack Weisbart, Brush feed lot executive, used a motorboat and clung to a log for two hours.
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Brush
Colo
Colorado
Here
N. Ellsworth Escott
Marion
Ind
Police Seek Slayer in Wilma Allen Killing in Kansas City
Police hunt for the John son County killer of 34 year old Wilma Allen found shot twice in a pasture. Autopsy confirms rape. Crime Commission reward now totals $5,200 as officials press for clues and suspect questioning.
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Kansas City
Wilma Allen
Johnson County
Kas
Kansas City Crime Commission
City Considers Pay Increases for 80 City Employees
City Manager Deane Wiley proposes a citywide pay raise affecting 80 employees across 12 departments, boosting payroll from 253,789 to 267,899 dollars annually. The plan, details by department and counts in parentheses, awaits commission study and would average 5.5 percent with cemetery and street departments among the largest and sewer maintenance the smallest increases.
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Deane Wiley
Wiley
River Levels Rise Then Recede After Heavy Arkansas Rain
Arkansas river ran nearly bottom full this morning, rising about three feet from 6:40 p.m. to 7:45 a.m. before receding by afternoon. River observer Roy Jenkins logged 4.40 feet today, up from 1.45 feet last night as Syracuse reported a 4.514 foot rise? water from Wednesday. Garden area beginning to settle as flows move downstream.
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Arkansas
Roy Jenkins
Jenkins
Syracuse
Garden City
Reds in Japan surrender to police in Tokyo rally
Japan's top Communist leader Sanzo Nozaka and two aides surfaced from five years in hiding and surrendered to police. Nozaka, party No. 1 since Kyuichi Tokuda's death in Peiping, appeared at a Tokyo youth rally with Shigeo Shida and Dojiro Konno.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hig
Sanzo Nozaka
Kyuichi
Tokuda
Peiping
Shigeo Shida
Dojiro Konno
Five Year Old Girl Drowns in Farm Pond
A five year old girl, Wynona Goodno aged five, drowned yesterday in a pond on her parents farm near here. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Elxie Goodno.
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Arkansas
Wynona, Goodno
Here
Elxie Gooddno
State Civil Service Squabble Heads for Courtroom Action
Topeka Governor Fred Hall faces a mandamus bid to force him to detail charges against James D. Gilmore and Harold P. Trusler on the State Civil Service Board. The petition seeks a postponement of the August 18 hearing and names Independence attorney Jay W. Scovel as attorney for the two board members.
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Topeka
Jay W. Scovel
Independence
Fred Hall
State Civil Service Board
Scovel
James D. Gilmore
Harold P. Trusler
Emporia
Hall
Chicago
Gilmore
Trusler
Civil Service Board
Emmett 8
Graham
Chaham
Trash Disposal Plan Proposed
A survey in the business district examines the Dempster Dumpster system using a hydraulic lift truck and multiple steel containers to store and collect bulk trash. John B. Keller and inspector R. I. Bethel led the study, with results to be presented in September and an estimated cost of about $15,000 for the truck hoist and 28 containers.
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John B. ‘Keller
Wichita
R. I. Bethel
Dempster
Keller
Quarles Named Air Secretary in Eisenhower Plan
President Eisenhower named Donald A. Quarles to head the Air Force as its secretary, replacing Harold Talbott who resigned August first. Quarles, 61, is a former assistant secretary of defense for research and development and has led missile programs at Sandia Lab. Senate confirmation to follow when Congress reconvenes.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Donald A. Quarles
Earth Satellite Project
Air Force
Quarles
Defense
van Buren
Ark
Englewood
Ife
Harold Talbot
Senate
Talbott
Congress
Hae
Pentagon
Sandia Laboratory
New Mexico
Atomic Energy Commission
Kansan Named Civilian Aide to Army Secretary
Topeka attorney and former national commander of the American Legion Harry W. Colmery has been named a civilian aide to the secretary of the Army.
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Kansan
Army
Topeka
Harry W. Colmery
The
American Legion
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Charleston
Virginia Capes
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Boston Weather Bureau
New England
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