Rotary program and KTVC tower progress noted
The afternoon Rotary program featured Lt. Gov Joe Henkle as guest with State Rep Dale Saffels and Sen Cliff Hope Jr debating politics from Topeka. KTVC's 600 foot antenna nears completion with on air date still pending likely mid July despite antenna details and testing.
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Rotary Meeting
Joe Henkle
Demos Henkle
Dale Saffels
Cliff Hope Jr
House of Lords
House of Commons
Hope
Saffels
Snow White
Paul Wunsch
Kingman
Senate
Henkle
Tragic Panel Truck Crash Kills Harper Family in Missouri
In Missouri a panel truck left Highway 10 near Hardin and overturned, killing Frank Harper 53 his wife 28 and their children Martha Ann 3 and Robert Lee 2. Four other Harper children 10 11 6 5 were injured. Mrs Harper was expecting another child.
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Richmond
Frank Harper
Martha Ann
Robert Lee
Harper
Hardin
Kansas City
Joseph
David
Sally Mae
Mary Ann
Libby Defends Nuclear Tests as Small Risk for Annihilation Tradeoff
Atomic Energy Commissioner Willard Libby told a Senate subcommittee that nuclear bomb testing poses a small risk compared with the risk of annihilation if weapons are surrendered. He argued the dangers of radiation are real but manageable, while mass use of weapons would trigger widespread cancers and future abnormalities. Libby noted Project Sunshine data were released except for sensitive intelligence and weapon-design facts.
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Washington
Atomic Energy
Willard F. Libby
Congress
Libby
Senate
House Atomic Energy Subcommittee
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Norby Named District Agriculture Extension Head in Northwest Kansas
Oscar W Norby long time Finney county agriculture agent is appointed district agriculture extension agent for 20 Northwest Kansas counties. The move shifts role from Harry C Baird who retires July 1 after 37 years. Norby will relocate to Manhattan June 26 with his family and set up a central office.
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Oscar W. Norby
Finney County
Northwest
Kansas
Harold E. Jones
Kansas State College Extension Service
Manhattan
Norby
Harry C. Baird
Garden City
Jones
Southwest Agricultural Congress
Congress Wades Into Rights Fight
The House opens a prolonged debate over President Eisenhower's civil rights enforcement proposals. Supporters seek to pass federal protections amid Southern opposition and a Senate committee's jury trial amendment, while Southern lawmakers push stall tactics and anti union shop measures. The bill likely clears the House but faces a tougher Senate hurdle with possible filibusters.
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Washington
The
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Senate Riled By Trial Move
The United States faces a Senate probe after Japan agreed to try Specialist 3-C William C. Girard of Ottawa LaSalle Illinois on homicide charges in the death of 46 year old Naka Sakai. Girard allegedly shot her during an attempt to scare scavengers from an Army firing range on January 30.
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Washington
U. S
Japan
Senate
Ervin
D-Nc
Defense Department
Robert Dechert
Armed Services Subcommittee
William C. Girard
Ottawa-LaSalle
Ill
Illinois Soldier Faces Japanese Court in Scrap-Collector Death
Omiya Japan Williams S Girard a young Illinois soldier was charged with the death of a Japanese scrap collector and said there is nothing more he can do when told he would face a criminal trial in a Japanese court His fiancée Miss Haru Candy Sueyama 27 urged letting the lawyers handle everything.
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Omiya
Japan
Williams S. Girard
Illinois
Haru
Candy
Sueyama
Flamingoes Ordered for Lee Richardson Zoo
City Manager Deane Wiley ordered two pink flamingoes from Miami Rare Bird Farm for Lee Richardson zoo. The birds cost 150 dollars plus freight and are expected to arrive by air next week. They will be placed in the small duck lagoon at the park.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Deane Wiley
Miami Rare Bird Farm
Wiley
Three to Trial In Bar Deaths
Three men Clyde Bates Manuel J Hernandez and Manuel Chavez will stand trial on six counts of murder and one arson for a flash fire at Club Mecca in Los Angeles that killed six after a dispute. A fourth man Oscar Brenhaugh was freed for lack of evidence at a pretrial hearing. The trial date is June 24.
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Los Angeles
Louis H. Burke
Oscar Brenhaugh
Clyde Bates
Manuel J. Hernandez
Manuel Chavez
Club Mecca
Truman grandson born in New York hospital
Margaret Truman Daniel gave birth to a full term 6 pound 8 ounce boy at Doctors Hospital in New York. Dr Dantuone described delivery as normal. Former President Truman and Mrs. Truman expressed happiness and planned to stay in New York to assist the new mother.
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New York
Clifton Daniel
Margaret Truman
Margaret
Daniel
Mrs. Truman
Doctors Hospital
Louise Dantuone
The
New York Times
Trumans
E. Clifton Daniel
Zebulon
N. C
Independence
Eisenhower backs ban on testing if disarmament agreed
President Eisenhower voiced support for a total ban on atomic weapon tests if a complete disarmament pact could be reached. He cautioned that the U S would not join a ban without an accord with the Soviet Union and noted reduced fallout in tests. He warned against hydrogen bomb tests and stressed defense needs while advocating global anxiety reduction. The press conference covered Khrushchev television replies, Meade Alcorn funding, Formosa tensions, China trade, and natural gas exploration incentives.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Russia
Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev
Truman
China
Britain
Berry Tractor & Equipment to Replace Denney Road Machinery
A St Louis family buys Sam H Denney Road Machinery with Kansas branches in Wichita and Russell. Fred F Berry Sr and sons Fred F and Paul W Berry will run Berry Tractor & Equipment, aging founder Sam H Denney having died last fall. Gene Wright remains local branch manager with service and parts staff, as two younger Berrys assume active management.
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St. Louis, Mo
Sam H. Denney Road Machinery Company
Fred F. Berry Sr
Fred F
Paul W. Berry
Berry Tractor & Equipment Company
Wichita
Russell
Kansas
Gene Wright
Bob Good Irich
Harry Laughton
Berrys
Ferguson
Lamar High grad given oil well as class gift
Katherine Harcourt Taylor received an oil well from her father Carter Taylor as a graduation gift. Geologists expect the well to produce for about 50 years, securing a long term inheritance from Lamar High School’s 50th anniversary class.
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Houston
Tex
Katherine Harcourt Taylor
Lamar High School
Carter Taylor
Guided Missile Loses Way Crashes in Mojave Desert
A Navy Regulus guided missile went out of control yesterday and crashed in the Mojave Desert near Edwards Air Force Base California. The 33 foot supersonic missile, designed to be fired from submarines and warships, did not carry a warhead, a Navy spokesman said. Observers described a tremendous explosion and a miniature atomic cloud.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Mojave Desert
Navy
Weather Forecast Fair Warms Into Next Day
The Weather Bureau reports fair conditions with rising temperatures and light variable winds. Tonight will be upper 50s to low 60s with Thursday's highs in the upper 80s to low 90s. sunrise at 5 23 and sunset at 8 08 with humidity around .40.
Bloodmobile and X-ray Unit Offer Free Procedures in Garden City
Two mobile health units, the Bloodmobile and chest X-ray unit, operate in Finney County today with the blood drive near the Presbyterian church aiming to reach 160 pints. By early afternoon 125 pints had been collected and 47 donors were scheduled, while 19 no-shows and 19 cancellations were reported. The chest X-ray unit, first of a four day visit, totaled 73 X-rays at Pierceville and 102 at Holcomb yesterday and will continue in Garden City with free X-rays at the American Legion post home near 8th and Pine through the weekend with a varied schedule.
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Garden City
Finney County
Presbyterian Church
Bloodmobile
Pierceville
Holcomb
American Legion
8Th and
Pine
Williams Crist Reappointed To State Boards In Kansas
Gov. Docking announced reappointment of Allen B. Williams to a new two year term as state brandh commissioner and Mrs. Vona Crist to a four year term on the state civil service board. Also named were Mrs. Florence M. McLaughlin of Atchison to the State Board of Registration for Cosmetologists and Dr. L. E. Krause of Great Bend to a three year term on the state podiatry examiners board.
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Allen B. Williams
Docking
Brandh
Vona Crist
State Civil Service Board
George Docking
Florence M. McLaughlin
Atchison
State Board of Registration
L. E. Krause
Great Bend
State Podiatry Examiners’ Board
Fourth of July bathing beauty contest drawing entries
A veteran street corner observer notes that applicants are busy filling forms to enter the Fourth of July bathing beauty contest. He adds from what he has seen that some contestants may not need to enter.
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Arthur Fuller
Kansas Military District
Lee Kemper
Lee
England
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Dolores Hope
Finnup Park
Jay Crook
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Annihilation the Alternate
AEC
America
Las Vegas
Oscar Norby
Kansas State College
Crawford County
McPherson County
Rights
Maggie Truman
Harry Truman
Bess
Harry
Pacific
National Academy of Scientists
Meade Alcorn
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Denney Firm
Sam H. Denney
U.S. Weather Bureau
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Boefiend Aonee
Pratt Ve
Amarillo
Denver
N . Aver Anne
CNN
Jim Keller
Chesterfield
Red Cross
Pat Stuart
Bob Evans
Williams
Crist
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