Vinland 4-H Fair Winners Announced At Vinland Grounds
The Vinland 4-H Fair judged by Don Brown in Franklin County listed grand champions in beef cattle Hereford and Angus divisions, with multiple blue ribbons for senior and junior cattle, dairy, and horse categories. Home economics and sewing entries earned reds and blues, while baking, dress, and gardening contests highlighted youth achievements.
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Vinland
Don Brown
Franklin County
Leonard Heffner
Jim Booth
Jim Adams
Teddy Madl
Jay Madl
Henry Booth
Charles Mitchell
Angus
Don Johnson
Jnlayre Lyons
Johnson
Dary
Bell
Juniter Heifer
Kenneth Bell
Roger Broers
Irene Sample
Dairy
Guernsey
Heifer
Carol Johanning
Carol Jorhanning
Ayreshire
Irene Sampie
Hollstein
Sharon Cornelius
Glenda
Gilges
Marian Rappard
Henrietta Boettcher
Henrietta ‘Boettcher
Glenda Gilges
Wanda Caster
Margaret Beatty
Carol Joblue
Zabeth
Cronk
Beverly Farley
Judith Gilges
Casson
Irene
Sample
Ftv
Lawrence to launch new dial phone system in Kansas
Lawrence switches to a new dial telephone system at the central office 734 Vt St. with Western Bell officials predicting little service interruption. Local manager Owen Smith explains dialing changes and prefixes Viking 3 and TUlip 7, urges customers to memorize numbers and discard old directories. service remains between Lawrence and Lecompton and Journal-World home delivery offer advertised.
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Bage i
Lawrence
Kansas
Owen Smith
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Smith
Lecompton
Iso
Droodles and a Sandwich Themed Snack Oddity
An unclear reminiscence about making a multi layer sandwich named 3 Decker Sandwich and playful notes about snacks for kids. It mentions cold string beans and onion slices and a habit of biting nails while describing a pasted array of unrelated phrases and gestures. The text is fragmented and lacks a clear, coherent narrative or date.
Michael McDermott dies at 61 after heart ailment
Michael J. McDermott longtime State Department press officer and ambassador to El Salvador died unexpectedly at 61. A Peabody native, he helped establish the United Nations at the San Francisco conference in 1945 and served under multiple secretaries of state before retiring as ambassador earlier this year. He is survived by his widow Rose, a daughter Patricia, and son Michael Jr. now studying to be a Jesuit priest.
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Washington
Michael J
Mike) McDermott
State Department
McDermott
Department
el Salvador
San Francisco
U.N
Peabody
Mass
Rose McDermoatt
Patricia
Michael Jr
Hantla earns starting spot with 49ers in exhibition
Lawrence and Kansas City area notes report Bob Hantla, former Kansas University star, has reached starting status with the San Francisco 49ers for an exhibition game against Washington in San Francisco. Weighing 220 pounds, Hantla is expected to start after previously serving as a defensive middle guard last year.
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Bob Hantla
Kansas University
San Francisco 49Ers
Hantla
49Ers
Washington
San Francisco
Hantia
Kansas
Red Strader
Lawrence
West Coast
Honor Grad to sail as regular seaman on tanker
Honor graduate KINGS POINT N Y landy prepares to sail as an able bodied seaman aboard Sun Oil Texas Sun on a 30 day voyage from Carteret New Jersey. He earned a BA and Coast Guard license while his bid for Navy admittance was denied due to his mother's Communist ties. Landy may reapply for a commission after six months.
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Honor Grad
Kings Point
Eugene W. Land
U. S. Merchants Marine Academy
Sandy
Admiralty
Carteret
N. J
Sun Oil Co
Texas Sun
Texas
Landy
Coast Guard
Maritime Service
Navy
Heavould
Deborah Landy
Bradley Beach
SN. J
Communist Party
World Council urges free relations for Russian churches
The World Council of Churches Central Committee in Davis Switzerland calls the Russian Orthodox Church and other Soviet churches to seek full and free relations with the council. It notes the Moscow patriarchate’s bid for support from the peace council was rejected and says dialogue should continue to foster understanding among 65 churches representing about 170 million members.
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Davis
Switzerland
World Council of Churches’ Central Committee
Soviet Union
Council
Moscow
Moscow Patriarchate
World Peace Council
Couinet
Peace Council
Church Council
County traffic fine for passing in no passing zone
Arthur Belt of 830 A 7 Li was fined ten dollars and costs Friday in County Court for passing in a no passing zone.
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Arthur Belt
Deaths and Funerals in Topeka and area
Mrs Evn C Clark 87 of Topeka dies at Stormont Vail Hospital after a long illness. Survived by son Rev Carlton A Clark of Topeka, daughter in law Mrs F W Schaffert, grandsons Justin Schaffer Falls Church VA and Wendell Schaffert Topeka, three great grandchildren. Funeral plans not announced. Mrs Della May Flory 71 dies at home in Baldwin Route 2 after Willow Springs life. Survived by husband A J Flory, daughters Mrs John Wray Sawyer and Mrs Cecil Duver Lawrence, son Wesley Flory Tucson, sister Miss Mabel Wingert, brothers Wyman Wingert St Louis, Jess Wingert Lawrence, William Wingert Piper, six grandchildren, eight great grandchildren. Funeral 2 PM Tuesday Willow Springs Church. burial Flory Cemetery. Miss Margaret Elizabeth Heim an aunt died Friday night northwest of Worten. Born April 16 1878 Freeport IL, moved to Kansas as infant. Survived by sisters Mrs Nellie Wintermantel and Miss Sophia Heim, brother Fred Heim, all at home. Funeral 2 PM Monday Worden Evangelical Church. burial Worden Cemetery.
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Evn C. Clark
Eva C Clark
Topeka
F. W. Schaffert
Lawrence
Stormont Wall Trospital
Carlton A. Clack
Justin C. Schaffer
Falls Church
Wendell Wi /Schaffert
Della M. Flory
Della May Flory
Baldewin
Route 2
Willow Springs
A. J. Flory
John Wray
Sawyer
Cecil Duver
Wesley Flory
Tucson
Ariz
Mabel Wingert
Wyman
Wingert
Margaret E. Heim
Margaret Elizabeth Heim
Wortien
Freeport
Kansas
Nellie Wintermantel
Sophia Heim
Fred Heim
Worden Evangelical Church
Worden
Memorial Hospital Admits Local Patients and Births
Hospital notice lists Richard Eggleston Elizabeth Emerson Alice Smith Ralph Kunkle Nannie Charlton Nancy Elliott Betty Janet Sue Dunn Ethel Brown and baby girl Tonga Jack Ray Snodgrass Alice G Landon Irene Six Wemms Laucier plus births to Tankersley Krehbiel Bruce and Hawkins families. An India income figure of $54 a year appears.
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Richard Eggleston
R. T. St
Elizabeth Emerson
Alice Smith
Mass
Ralph Kunkle
Tenn
Ste
Nannie Charlton
Nancy Elliott
Baldwin
Betty
Janet Sue Dunn
N. St. St
Ethel Brown
Tonga
Jack Ray
Two Democrats Back Pay Hikes Amid Adjournment Rush
Senate leaders Russell and Morse, facing August adjournment pressure, indicated support for salary boosts proposed by President Eisenhower. Morse predicted Senate approval after hearings and amendments and even suggested retroactive raises to the current month. The lawmakers cited recent pay raises for other federal groups but noted risk without public hearings and careful consideration.
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Washington
Oo Tao Senate Bemperiats
Caliner
Russell
oGa
Morse
Senate
Eisenhower
Lowe
Brissed
Congress
U S Farmers Criticize Soviet Farm Techniques
U S farmers visiting the Stalin collective near Rostov voiced criticisms of Soviet methods and machinery. Tass reported the visitors called attention to grain cleaning and harvesting practices, noting perceived shortcomings in the equipment and workflow at Kos SapShish Works.
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U.S
London
Rostov
Moscow
Padin
Tass
Pitta Sad
Asa VV
Clark Af Pulbnas
Ogra
Kos SapShish
Delesalon
Rep Avery to Address Fraternity Convention
Rep Avery of Kansas University will address a Delta Upsilon fraternity convention in Evanston Ti on August 23. He plans to attend a Soil Conservation Service field meeting at a farm in Highland Doniphan County Kas, September 1, and a similar meeting near Axtell Marshall County the next day.
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Washington
Avery
Ras Duns
Delta Upset
Evanston
Kansas Universiy
Ayers
Highland
Doniphan County
Kas
Axtell
Marshall County
Hutchinson and Wichita Vie in Legion Junior Bashall Semifinals
Hutchinson and Wichita, both unbeaten, advance to the State American Legion Junior Baseball tournament semifinals. Wichita defeated Salina, Hutchinson beat Topeka 109, with Lawrence topping Great Bend 11-4 and Parsons beating Emporia 4-1. Today's losers bracket features Lawrence vs Topeka and Parsons vs Salina. winners meet tonight and finals are Sunday.
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Hutchinson
Wictha Stevens
American Legion
Legislators End Marathon Session Over Sweepstakes Bill
In Concord the 134th New Hampshire Legislature adjourned after a 13 hour meeting. Governor Gay Lane Dwinell vetoed a bill to create a state operated sweepstakes expected to raise about two million dollars annually in state revenue.
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Concord
N.hw
Gay
Lane Dwinell
Hope for positive results in Geneva talks
Peiping radio expressed hope for positive results in the Geneva discussions with the United States but said any talk of a cease-fire in the Formosa dispute was off limits. It framed a cease-fire between China and the Chiang Kai-shek clique as a domestic matter unrelated to the United States.
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London
China
United States
Geneva
Formosa
Peiping Radio
Inactive Kansas Funds Placed in 577 Banks
State Treasurer Richard T. Fadely announced that inactive state funds totaling 78.457 million dollars are deposited in 577 Kansas banks. Active funds above 26 million are placed in nine banks in Topeka Kansas City and Wichita for a two year period ending August 1 1957.
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Topeka
Kansas
Richard T. Fadely
Kansas City
Wichita
Fadely
State Board of Treasury Examiners
Graduates Gather for Pittsburg Summer Commencement
Ninety six students received diplomas at a special summer commencement for master degree candidates. Sixty three were from 34 Kansas towns, 27 from Missouri towns, with remaining from Oklahoma California and Louisiana. Diplomas were presented by Dr Rees A Mughes president of KSTC after the ceremony, and an address was given by Charles N Lafferty superintendent of Atchison city schools.
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Pittsburg
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
California
Louisiana
Rees A. Mughes
KSTC
Charles N
Charge Dropped in Disturbing Peace Case
A disturbing the peace charge against Wayne Aliphin Jr. Blevins was dismissed Friday in County Court at the request of County Attorney Cecil Tucker of 408 W. 6th St. He had been arrested Tuesday on a complaint signed by Tucker.
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Mich. St
Co. Alty
Wayne Aliphin Jr. Blevins
Cecil Tucker
6Th St
Break-ins Admitted at North Lawrence Church
A year-old boy and a 9-year-old girl admitted a string of break-ins at the North Lawrence Christian Church on Elm Street. Police said the youths were turned over to Juvenile Court for corrective measures.
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North Lawrence Christian Church
Elm St
Insurers Judged Liable In Schroer Grain Case
In the Schroer Grain Co bankruptcy in Dresden Kansas the court ruled the insurer that signed warehouse bonds for the defunct company is liable for losses to farmers and the Commodity Credit Corp. This decision binds the insurer to cover the damages arising from the failed business.
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Topeka
Schroer Grain Co
Dresden
Kas
Lable
Commodity Credit Corp
Rats Attack Councilman at Campbell Dump
Councilman Frank Reichard, troubled by rat complaints at Campbell city dump, went to the site and was attacked by a large rat. He fled, then killed the animal with a stone. In response, the city began scattering rat poison at the dump.
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Campbell
Ohio
Frank Reichard
Reichard
Oil Groups Eye Capital in Washington Action
Oil industry pressure on Washington grows as Congress adjourns and Defense Mobilization Director Arthur Flemming faces questions from 27 senators about possible action under the Trade Agreements Act to limit imports. Republicans and Democrats jointly seek clarity on administration steps.
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Washington
Congress
Reepublicans
Arthur S Flemming
Wnports
Boy admits setting fire to garage in Lawrence
A teenage Lawrence boy admitted setting a fire that caused about 800 dollars in damage Wednesday to a garage at the home of Charles W. Lanning, 693 Indiana Street. He was turned over to Juvenile Court Friday after a two day investigation by Fire Chief John Miller and the State Fire Marshal's Office.
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Lawrence
Charles W. Lanning
Ind. St
Flere
John Miller
Theft Reported Near Kaw River Dam
Robert J. Shutt reported a theft from his car on the north bank of the Kaw River near Bowersock dam. A pair of roller skates and a Mashlight were taken, with an estimated loss of 35 dollars.
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Robert J. Shutt
Ohio St
Kaw River
Bowersock Dam
Market News Highlights for Kansas Produce and Livestock
The report covers Kansas City USDA market summaries across commodities. It lists prices for produce including butter, poultry, eggs, and wheat, plus cattle, hogs, and sheep market directions. It notes a broad range of declines and steadies from last week and reports U.S. divorce annual figures at about 100,000.
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Kansas City
USDA
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Lawrence Country Club
LCC
Jack Warner
Jack Galloway
Charles Cornwell
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John Wooden
Paul Carlson
Joe Carlson
Bob Carlson
John Manna
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Tom Black
Bob Nichols
Roger Lascompte
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World Council
Russia
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Tsukiko Akashi
Tokyo
Memorial Hospital
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Cambridge Rd
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Sweden
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Gigi Cooper
Miami Beach
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Paul K. Kincaid
Mark Amott
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Ren Puner
Oscar B. Rumsey
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Harry Christian
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Bud Coy
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