Sand Pumper Drowns as Tractor Topples into Pit
Allen G Holloway 39 a pumper at the Finney County sandpit near the Arkansas River drowned when a crawler tractor toppled into 26 feet of water. The body was found by county employee Jack Herrell after Holloway's absence was noticed. Goats coroner Dre Robert Fenton ruled the death from a heart attack prior to entering the water. Holloway born May 23 1921 McAlester Oklahoma moved here ten years ago. Survived by widow Paula Schiller two sons Allen Dale and Stephen John his parents four brothers and five sisters. He was a member of the Nat a Town Church. Phillips Funeral Home in charge.
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Allen G. Holloway
Finney County
Arkansas River
US 83
Holloway
Jack Herrell
Herrell
Clem Peltz
Herr
Wolkoway
McAlester
Okla
Pauling Schiller
RFD
Allen Dale
Stephen John
Nata ‘Tewn Church
Phillips Funeral Home
Visitors laud Richardson Zoo and park pool
An Anderson Indiana family praised the Richardson Zoo and the accompanying park pool in a mailed note calling the animals beautiful, clean, and well cared for. A Greek visitor described a jeep ride through the state buffalo range, joking about a turtle mishap and craving jack rabbits. A Telegram feature on Children's Dental Health Week notes National Dental Association material repurposed for summer reading and dental work.
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Anderson, Ind
Buffalo
N.Y
New York City
Chicago
St. Louis
Fred and
Marie Mullen
Experiment Station
State
Buffalo Range
Greece
American Dental Assny
Oil Fouls Up Sewage Plant At Local Firms
City officials trace oil fouling the sanitary sewer to firms in 5-Points area Main and Kansas 5th and Kan sas and Washington and Fulton Corks in lines detect offenders and salt from a soft water firm also linked to trouble Engineers say digesters fail to operate properly in the east-of-town plant Washington AP top bills in Congress report health wartime style notes on elderly care wheat price supports school construction and Helen Keller birthday remarks
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Deane Wiley
Town
Main
Kansas
5Th
Washington
Fulton
Congress
House
Senate
House Rules Committee
Senate Conference Committee
Cost of Living Hits New Peak in May
The Labor Department reports the consumer price index at 126.3 percent of the 1947-49 average, up one percent in May. Higher food prices drive the rise and about 200,000 workers in aircraft, meatpacking, chemical, trucking, and metalworking sectors will receive cost-of-living increases under wage contracts.
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Labor Department
Claus
Arnold Chase
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Soloist Tonight at Stevens Park by Municipal Band
Soloist Roger Stoner will trumpet Carnival of Venice at Stevens Park tonight in the Municipal Band concert. Dancers Sheryl and Carol Towles Gwen Upchurch Terry Wilson and Ginny Leopold, students of Geraldine Knox, perform with Nancy Renfro on piano. The excerpt notes pay and living cost changes, with May earnings up slightly but overall buying power still below last year.
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Roger Stoner
Jim Stoner
Chestersfield
Stevens Park
Sheryl
Carol Towles
Gwen Upchurch
Terry Wilson
Ginny Leopold
Geraldine Knox
Nancy Renfro
Truman Voices Support for Restoring Foreign Aid Funds
Former President Truman voiced strong support for Ike's request to restore 590 million dollars cut by the House from the foreign aid program. He said deep cuts in economic aid, the development loan fund, and technical assistance would hinder the mutual security program and the Point Four initiative.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
House
Carl Hayden
D-Ariz
Genale Appropriations Committee
Truman
Rain Expected Across Kansas With Scattered Showers
Rain and thunder shower activity was forecast to move eastward across the state from Dodge City to Wichita area with light totals. Night readings were mostly in the 50s with Goodland 52 and Pittsburg 64.
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Topeka
Kangas
Tottity
Dodge City
Wichita
Goodland
Garden City
Pittsburg
Car Truck Collision Kills 3 Near Salina
A rural intersection east of Salina killed three members of a Solomon family and injured five others. Charles Conn 50 and two of his children Donna and Joyce Ann died. Four Conn children were hospitalized James Ronald 10 Merlin 8 in serious or critical condition Gary 6 Melvin 5. The truck driver Lowell Wildman 31 Abilene was injured.
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Salina
Kan
Selina
Solomon
Charles Conn
Donna
Joyce Ann
Conn
James Ronald
Merlin
Gary
Melvin
Lowell Wildman
Bf Abilene
Weather Tonight and Saturday Forecast Summary
Tonight cloudy and cool with near 60 degrees and light easterly winds. Saturday partly cloudy with widely scattered showers, temperatures in the upper 70s to lower 80s, and southerly winds around 15 miles per hour.
Betancourt Escapes Bomb Attack in Caracas
President Romulo Betancourt survived a high explosive bombing during an army day parade in Caracas suffering only minor burns. Two military aides and Defense Minister Jose Lopez Henriquez and his wife were seriously injured, with officials blaming followers of Marcos Perez Jimenez and foreign enemies of Venezuela.
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Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
Luis Augusto Dubuc
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Valenzuela
Dominican Republic
Dubuc
Betancourt
Jose Lopez Henriquez
Perez Jimenez
Baad Avenida de Los Proceres
Accion Democratica Party
Republican Democratic Union
United States
Garden Sessions Highlight Bigger Things Than Money
Garden Sess ons notes there are bigger things than money and bills, urging focus beyond finances. The remark frames values like growth community and purpose over wealth.
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Ons Garden
Ike Calls Nixon Cenfer On Controversial Tour
In Honolulu AP report, President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon held a telephone conference from Hawaii about Republican foreign policy concerns. They reviewed the canceled Japan visit and the Far Eastern TV radio address to be aired Monday night, amid Democratic criticisms of the trip and recent U2 spy plane fallout.
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Nixon
Cenfer
Honolulu
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Hawaii
Washington
Japan
Tokyo
Resignation puzzles Kansas Democratic leaders
Demos puzzled by Ruby Harris resignation as Kansas Democratic vice chairman. Governor Docking and state chairman Montgomery express confusion while Harris cites years of buildup and party faction concerns. Harris stays on until after the primary. she names a “chosen few” without naming individuals.
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Topedka
Kansas
Democratic Party
Ruby Harris
Wichita
Ruby
John Montgomery
George) Docking
Frank Theis
U.S
Montgomery
Georgia Neese Gray
Richland
Harris
Crash injures three slightly near Holcomb
A Garden City man Clarence Gercken and two Holcomb youths Larry and Alan Rupp suffered minor injuries in a county road intersection collision yesterday around 1 p.m. at an open intersection east of Holcomb. Gercken’s Coop pickup overturned with a cut arm and head bruises. Larry Rupp had bruises and minor cuts. Alan Rupp, 11, had a broken nose. Damages were about 640 dollars to the Farm pickup. the Coop truck was demolished.
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Garden City
Holcomb
Yesteray
Clarence Gercken
Kansas
Larry Rupp
Rupp
Alan
John Rupp
Coop
Gercken
Finney County
Yeans and Yang Beatnik Trapped In Milwaukee Store
Bohemian Bob Robert Schweda 29 rented a Milwaukee store and painted provocative signs in red letters like Help Beatnick Trapped The Thinker posed in the window drawing hundreds of onlookers He bolted doors and fought as police broke in He was subdued and in custody in a hospital with cuts on his hands and arms facing a disorderly conduct charge.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Bohemian Bob
Robert Schweda
Yen
Schweda
Aan
Herter accuses Khrushchev of interference in U S politics
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter charged Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev with meddling in U S elections by commenting on President Eisenhower’s successor. He said Khrushchev’s remarks come close to interfering in another country’s internal affairs, while avoiding discussion of whether a Republican or Democrat would alter U S Soviet relations.
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Christian A. Herter
Nikita Khrushchev
Eigenhower
White House
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Richard M. Nixon
Herter
Herler
U.S
Communist Party
United States
Hertay
The
Japan
West
Apd
Eisenhower
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