Missouri crash kills seven on Memorial Day eve
A two-vehicle crash on U S 66 near Cuba Missouri killed seven people and injured five as a Missouri family traveling to visit relatives collided with a car carrying six Chicago area relatives. The Parson family from Melrose Park Illinois led the Missouri car. Gerald Parson said the other car jumped in front of him.
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Missouri Highway Patrol
U.S. 66
Chi- Cuba
Missouri
Marjorie Parson
Melrose Park
Gerald Parson
Mebrose Park
Parson
Daugher
Sandra
Rolla
Jenny
Jerry
Billy Allison
Chicago
Parsons
Columbus
Kan
Thoughts of a parent at a daughter's junior high graduation
A father reflects on his daughter’s growth from a baby on Baker Hill to a high school sophomore. He recalls her early years, books she’s read, and family memories while noting parental hopes and anxieties about guiding her future. He salutes her stage moment and wonders if parents have done their best.
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Andrew Sabine
Camp Wolters
Tex
Baker Hill
Red Cross
Major Blow in House Denial
The House passed a defense appropriations bill 394 to 1 sending it to the Senate. It funds Army Navy Air Force and Defense at 33.56 billion for the next fiscal year starting July 1, cutting 2 percent below President Eisenhower’s request and rejecting restoration attempts.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Army
Navy
Air Force
Defense Department
Optimists Pick John W. Jones as district lieutenant governor
Garden City contractor John W. Jones, 1703 N. 6th, elected lieutenant governor of Optimist International’s 10th district at the Omaha convention. He is a Garden City Optimist club past president and lifetime member, with two children, Mrs. Bernard Taylor of Sterling and Marlin. Drive carefully this holiday trip.
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Garden City
John W. Jones
N. 6Th
Optimist International
Kansas
Jones
Organization
Omaha
Neb
Gardens City
Optimist Club
Joneses
Bernard Taylor
Sterling
Kas
Marlin
Rother
Gov Docking praises official for scrap sale gain
Savings TOPEKA May 29 Gov George Docking praised Kansas official Henry White assistant motor vehicle superintendent for netting the state 182.88 through selling zinc ends off spools that held photostat paper. The Vehicle Department uses much photostat paper for drivers licenses vehicle registrations and titles.
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Topeka
George Docking
Kansas
Docking
Henry White
Garden City iris grower turns yard into living greenhouse
Floyd Jones, a Garden City mechanic, tends a 50 foot backyard full of 1700 to 1800 gladioli and iris seedlings. He grows all flowers for fun and to share with hospitals and shut in patients, not for sale. The hobby dominates his life and his wife helps as blooms flourish. The piece also notes Paraguay's Ltroressner government says it foiled a plot aimed at June 1st.
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Floyd
Ameri- Jones, Garden City Mechanic
Garden City
Talk of flowers frames the garage owner’s steady mood
The garage owner discusses flowers as a favorite topic, his face a solid beam of expression. Observers note his steady, cheerful demeanor whenever flowers are mentioned, reflecting a personal passion that appears in many conversations.
High Water Threatens Syracuse and Points East
Residents of Syracuse and communities downstream from the Arkansas River rushed to evacuate as floodwaters rose after a cloudburst. The Weather Bureau warned downstream areas to seek high ground, while volunteers sandbagged and rescued two women from a stranded car. The river neared bank full, with hail and tornado concerns reported across western Kansas as storms moved through.
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Syracuse
Weather Bureau
Duane Millsap
Art Arton
Syrajeuse
Dodge City Weather Bureau
Arkansas River Valley
Garden City
Student's Wife Found Slain in Omaha Apartment
Rita Kappenman, 21, nurse and wife of Creighton University dental student Keith Kappenman, was found shot in their apartment after a day at school. Douglas County coroner George Sullivan said a .22 caliber bullet pierced her hand and cheek, fracturing the skull. Keith found her upon returning from finals. they married February 9 in Amherst, Nebraska.
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Omaha
Rita Kappenman
Creighton University College of Dentistry
Douglas County
George Sullivan
Keith
Amherst
Neb
Kappenman
Russell Hand
Riverdale
St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing
Grand Island
University Hospital
Ed Kappenman
Montrose
College of Dentistry
Docking Names Olathe Man to Probation Board
TOPEKA May 29 Gov George Docking today named Rice Lardner of Olathe to the new state Board of Probation and Paroles. Lardner a 50 or 51 year old attorney and minister, has been a candidate for state Supreme Court in 1940 and 1956. He becomes the second member named to the five man board while Harry O. Lytle of Junction City received the initial appointment. Docking plans to appoint two Democrats and one Republican to the remaining seats. Lardner was a Garnett lawyer 1931-1945 and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1948. He served as pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Clatonia before moving on.
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Topeka
George Docking
Rice Lardner
State Board of Probation and Paroles
Lardner
State Supreme Court
Harry O. Lytle
Junction City
Docking
Garnett
First Presbyterian Church
Clathe Ferm
New Three R’s cited at graduation amid vows and music
Robert Gadberry urged seniors to embrace responsibility and drop the three x’s while the high school choir led by Loren Craw performed. Principal A H Elland presented diplomas as 13 seniors received special awards. Judy Mal and Larry Lohmeier were valedictorian and salutatorian.
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Garden City
Robert Gadbenry
Mem Jphony
Loren” Craw
Julius Jordea
Sora
A. H. Elland
Ool
Charles Rev
Edwin W. Eifert
Schoonover
Nen- Trinity Lutheran Church
Gadberry
Judy Mal
Larry Lohmeier
Weather Brief: Partly cloudy with storms and strong winds
Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with scattered thunderstorms and hail. Mild with highs in the 80s. Southerly winds around 18 mph, becoming strong and gusty near storms.
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C.S
Three Men Jump From Queens Bridge After Drink-Soaked Dare
In New York, James de Voe 22 Ronald Roulette 20 and Paulos 18 drank on the Queens side near the Queensboro Bridge and strapped a rope to a guard rail. De Voe slid down and vanished after a splash while Roulette surfaced screaming. Paulos fled to a diner and alerted police as harbor crews searched the river.
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New York
East River
Fife
Steve Brodie
Harbor
James de Voe
Ronald Roulette
Paul Paulos
Brodie
Brooklyn Bridge
Queens
de Voe
Paulos
Queens Shore
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Ethelyn
Clarence Byars
May Elizabeth
Bible School
Brethren
Christian
First Church of God
Community
First Baptist
Methodist
Nazarene
Presbyterian
Don Threlkeld
Ben Grimsley Gymnasium
Main
Stevens Park
James Otis Pearce
John Ravenstine
John Goley
Lee
Melanie
Margaret Mitchell
Ashley Wilkes
Saids
California
Perry Mason
Scott Jordan
Will Durant
King Lear
Swope Park
Dodie Hope
Mickey ‘Mantle
Elvis Presley
Tab Hunter
Iris
Asuncion
Paraguay
Alfredo Ltoressner
John Frazier
Floyd Jones
Hudson
Points East
Wowie Gimenom
Carl Swaty
CAA
U. S
Wilson
Ellsworth
Jetmore
Olathe
Fourth National Bank
Wichita
Akaneseme
Leroy Hood
Dee Weiser
Anspovan
Pat Halbleib
Leroy Nee Ee Gii
Sear York
East
Manhattan
Queensboro Bridge
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