Scout Submits 1957 Goal To Reach 26 000 Members
Kansas City Area Scout council leaders briefed about a 1957 plan to surpass 26 000 members with 2 585 more in Cub Boy and Explorer ranks. They expect 722 units, 99 new and 22 dropped, boosting from 645 in 1956. The budget faces a 28 000 shortfall despite 165 000 from Heart of America United Campaign and 3 000 more than last year.
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Kansas City
Heart of America United Campaign
Century Club
Osceola
Camp Ernst
Johnson County
Arrest After A Wait In Kansas City Gambling Raid
Eight men were booked after a Kansas City Kansas raid at 402 Minnesota Avenue. Officers seized only $1.05 and a pair of dice. Monroe Harper, 31, of 415 Minnesota, charged as operator, released on 300 bond. Seven frequenters also arrested and released on bond. Eli Yovetich William Pickering Everett L. Ewing and Alex K. Barger led the raid following a complaint.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Minnesota Avenue
Monroe Harper
Minnesota
Eli Yovetich
William Pickering
Everett L. Ewing
Alex K. Barger
Boy in Atchison Shot in Eye with .22 Caliber Bullet
A 14 year old Atchison high school student, Larry Morris, was shot in the left eye with a .22 caliber bullet after picking up a shell with pliers. Doctors in Atchison hospital were assessing whether the bullet may have impacted his brain and eye. He remained conscious as police investigated.
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Atchison, Kas
Atchison
Atchison Hospital
Larry Morris
L. C. Morris
Woman stabbed during tavern fight at Kansas City club
A 39-year-old negro woman, Bertha Young, 512 State Avenue, was stabbed in the back during an early morning fight at the Mid-West Social and Civic club, 1604 North Fifth Street, Kansas City Kansas. She was treated at the police emergency hospital after attempting to break up the fight between a man and a woman.
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Mid-West
North Fifth Street
Kansas City
Kansas
Bertha Young
State Avenue
Civil defense demo to focus on survival in atomic attack
A Kansas City civic meeting titled Survival Street Kansas City will be shown at the Resident Theater 1600 Linwood Boulevard at 8 30 p m Thursday night. Talks and exhibits will address survival behavior in an atomic attack.
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Kansas City
Linwood Boulevard
Raids Probe Legality of Wyandotte Social Clubs
Wyandotte County attorney and Kansas City police raided two social clubs at 230 Parallel avenue and 1637 South Twenty-first. Officers found no membership cards for many patrons and confiscated alcohol. James P Davis and Maceo Colls Murphy were charged with operating an open saloon and bond set at 100 dollars. The inquisition seeks to determine if the clubs circumvent liquor laws.
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Parallel Avenue
Eli Yovetich
James P. Davis
William E. Pickering
Twenty- First Street
South Twenty-first
Maceo Colls
Murphy
Donald E. Martin
Wyandotte
Martin
Craft Classes Open for Adults in Kansas City Kansas
Adults may enroll this week in a 10 week program offered by the Kansas City Kansas recreation commission. Enrollments continue at centers in Argentine Armourdale Sumner and Kensington Park with arts crafts and activities available.
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Kansas City, Kansas
Cattle Losses Trigger Dual Suits Over Polluted Stream
In El Dorado Kansas on January 13 two damage suits were filed in district court over cattle poisoned after drinking from a stream alleged to be polluted by oil well refuse. Plaintiffs William Selvage and John Hazel Rebenstorff seek 19000 and 6790 dollars respectively. Defendants include Morris Loiret ta and Sadie L. Sitrin of Tulsa and five Tulsa gas and oil companies.
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el Dorado, Kas
Butler County
William Selvage
Leon
John
Hazel Rebenstorf
Route 2
Augusta
Morris, Loiretta
Sadie L. Sitrin
Tulsa
Dental Assistants to Meet for Dinner Tonight
Kansas City Kansas dental assistants hold their monthly dinner at 6 30 tonight at the Terrace club with Dr James Sherry as speaker.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Terrace Club
James Sherry
White Church 4-H Club Meeting Planned at Bethel Church
The White Church 4-H club meets at 7 30 tonight in Bethel Presbyterian church to plan parent participation for the county spring festival.
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White Church
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Man Surrenders After Kansas tavern burglary
Police tracked three men after a tavern burglary at 5107 Strong avenue Kansas City Kansas. One suspect telephoned surrender and handed over 50 pennies as his share. Officers found a hammer washcloth and two cigar boxes with receipts and pennies at Richard Church's home. Detectives seek a third man. Additionally theft reports at 3311 Jane place and 2435 Junction road noted unspecified losses.
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Strong Avenue
Kansas City
Kansas
Lawrence M. Cruse
South Thirty-fourth Street
Richard Glen Church
Powell Avenue
Ray Nixon
Church
Water breaks cut off sixty homes in Wyandotte township
Water lines ruptured at Seventy-eighth street with sixty homes cut off and about fifty customers affected by the first break at Tauramee avenue. Three workers dug to repair the 6 inch main by noon. A second break on Swartz road affected ten more homes and was repaired in about two hours. Water Superintendent James Mader blamed dry weather for the breaks and said no property damage occurred.
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Wyandotte Township
Seventy-eighth Street
Tauramee Avenue
Water Department
Swartz Road
James Mader
Win ters announce birth of Scott Larry in Kansas City
Mr and Mrs Larry Winters reveal the birth of a son Scott Larry on January 7. They already have another son Kirk Barry. The notice also lists local church events including NAS Parliamentarians luncheon hosts and various circles meetings at First Southern Baptist, Messiah Lutheran, and First Baptist churches with dinner and social hours scheduled.
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Larry Winters
Scott Larry
Kirk Barry
First Southern Baptist Church
Vota Vita
Kenneth Reeves
Phebean
Robert Mahood
Donald Pearce
Turner Meeting Promises Civic Projects Tonight
Turner residents gather at East grade school at 8 PM to discuss sewer work widening Fifty-fifth Street and improved street lighting from Inland Drive to Metropolitan Avenue. A. W. Cleaver is noted as leading organizer for the Turner Activities as pore.
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Turner
Fifty-fifth Street
Inland Drive
Metropolitan Avenue
Turner Activities Aspore
A. W. Cleaver
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