Manhunt Ends With Killer Surrender Plea in Chicago
Richard Carpenter, an unarmed 26 year old ex convict, fought police to the end as tear gas filled a third floor apartment. He pleaded Dont shoot Dont shoot before being dragged out and captured after a 23 hour spree that wounded two officers and terrorized a family. Police described Carpenter as harboring a hatred for police and boasting of his killings. He was taken to the North Avenue station as crowds urged his death.
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Chicago
WeChicago
John Dillinger
Richard Carpenter
Carpenter
John Kennedy
Uther
Peo
Kennedy
Zuley
North Avenue
Biltmore Theater
Clarence Kerr
Kerr
William Murphy
Murphy
Beries
Potomac Ave
Leonard Powell
Powell
Stella
Robert
Mrs. Powell
Ts. Powell
Rowell
Zit
Hal Carpenter
Tallinger
Fragmentary Roodels Dialogue About Theatre and Lobster
A jagged OCR passage references a theatre outing with a girl, a Big with a girl, Lobster and Champagne, and a ten Velmont bill. It notes lobsters costing fifty cents each and prefers conversation over theatre.
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Diamond Jimmy
Iris
Nyway
Heaviest Turnpike Work Near Lawrence Sees Toll Plans
The heaviest video construction on the Kansas Turnpike is within three or four miles of Lawrence. Louis Stroup, Turnpike Authority director, said the Kaw bridge substructure costs 649000 with a 2hy million for the superstructure. Total Douglas County bridge costs exceed 4 million. Interchanges near Lawrence planned and tolls to nearby points listed. Stroup predicted use by mid October 1956 and noted bond interest costs and traffic estimates. An Eisenhower bicycle tariff hike of 50 percent was ordered to protect U.S. producers, affecting imported models from several European nations and tied to broader tariff authority.
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Lawrence
Louis Stroup
Turnpike Authority
Lawrence Kiwanians
Eldridge
Kaw
Stroup
Douglas County
Bonner Springs
Topeka East
Soreska South
Admire
Kansas Turnpike
New Jersey
Kansas
Pittsburg
Sun
Charles
Wesley Stroup
William Allen White
Fraser
Colo
Eisenhower
United States
Tariff Commission
White House
Great Britain
West Germany
Austria
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Congress
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Cooper
D-Tenn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Deaths and Funerals of Edward Reed and Others
Edward Q Reed 66 Merden died in a Topeka hospital survived by wife Hazel Reed two daughters Mary and Esther and four sons Edward J John C Richard K and Francis L all Topeka and four Reed brothers with 11 grandchildren Funeral processed at Meriden EUB Church burial Meriden Cemetery Edward A Smoots 61 Kansas City salesman and former DeLouth resident dies survivors include daughter Mrs W J White three sons Darrel Donald Richard sister Mia Carle and brother John Smoots Funeral at Rumsey Funeral Home Oak Hill Cemetery Ira A Kettering 76 Prospect Ave dies. service Tuesday at Rumsey Funeral Home burial Oak Hill Cemetery Lucy Elliott 78 Valley Falls dies. survived by daughter Mrs George Liggett two sons Oscar and Wilbur. funeral at Hange Funeral Home Valley Falls burial Grankie Amy Ruth Miskimen 61 Eudora dies. survived by husband six daughters three sons and three brothers and two sisters with burial Vinland Cemetery after Schubert Chapel service with Rev L Young
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Edward Q. Reed
Edward Quigg Reed
Merden
Topeka
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Modern Woodmen of America
Hazel ©. Reed
Mary E. Reed
Esther J. Reed
Edward J. Reed
John C. Reed
Richardk. Reed
Francis L. Reed
Silver Lake
Addison R. Reed
Lawrence
Edward Arnold Smoots
Kansas City
John Hagen
deLouth
W. J. White
Darrel Smoots
McLouth
Donald Smoots
Tacoma
Wash
Richard Smoots
Mia. Carle
Greene
Orother
John Smoots
Palisade
Minn
Rumsey Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
Ira A. Kettering
Prospect Ave
Bettial
Lucy Eliott
Lucy Elliott
Valley Falls
Kansas City Hospital
George Liggett
N. J. St
Oscar Brown
Wilbur
Amy Ruth Miskimes
Amy Ruth Miskimen
Eudora
Route 1
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
H. H. Miskimen
Opal Ruty Line
Kerry
Linden
Grace Alberta Osher
DeSoto
Norma Dean Keefer
Ottawa
Mary Louis Baker
Phyllis Joan Harris
Esther Fay Newman
Raymond
C. Miskimen
Wellsville
Chester A. Miskimen
Belleville
Howard H. Miskimen
Far D. Halling
Atherton
W. H. Haling
Hobart Haling
Alice, C. Knox
Frankie’ J. Laird
Schubert Chapel
Leland Young
Vinland Cemetery
Reds Agree to Discuss Adenauer's Proposals
The Soviet Union accepted Chancellor Adenauer's proposals to discuss German unification and the release of war prisoners during his Moscow visit next month. The talks with Kremlin leaders should begin on Sept 9, the government press office announced in Bonn.
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Bonn
Germany
Soviet Union
Konrad Adenauer
Moscow
West Germa
Paris
Adenauer
Kremlin
Newsmen Granted Ranch Visit With Ike And Grandson
President Eisenhower eases press restrictions at his Rocky Mountain retreat inviting reporters to tour the estate with him and his seven year old grandson David. The visit marks the first media access since his arrival from Denver and follows days of staged activities and routine presidential business.
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Fraser
Cole
Eisenhower
Rocky Mountain
Washington
Denver
White House
David
James C. Hagerty
Hospital births and names listed at Memorial Hospital
A list from Memorial Hospital records births and parents matching addresses across towns including Eudora Tonganoxie DeSoto and Kansas City with multiple babies born today Thursday and today in various households. Names include Mrs Pearl Reeves Mrs Barbara Dellie Le Roy Fish Ada King Irma Dunn and many more with infant genders noted.
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Pearl Reeves
Conn
Barbara Dellie
Sun- Nowere
Lee Schwinley
Martha Guffey
DeSoto
Dollie DeVatz
Crestline
Carolee Martini
Ohio St
John Rothberger
Eudora
Ada King
Irma Jean Dunn
Tenn
Stork Train Brings 20 Expectant Mothers To Leghorn
A U S Army stork train from Austria arrived in Leghorn with 20 expectant mothers who are wives of American servicemen sent from Salzburg. No births occurred during the trip, and the women were moved to hospital quarters at Camp Derby.
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Leghorn
Italy
U.S
Austria
Salzburg
Camp Derby
Ruling on labor law tops Fatzer ruling abroad
Attorney General Harold R Fatzer ruled that a 1955 Kansas labor law requiring a secret election before a strike does not apply to firms engaged in interstate commerce. He said federal Taft Hartey Act provisions govern firing in this category. The article also notes that the oldest form of German writing is runes.
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Harold R. Fatzer
Kansas
Fatzer
Flooding Strands Trains Camps Camps Evacuated Across Northeast
Floodwaters stranded more than 300 along two Lackawanna trains in the Pocono region. Army helicopters evacuated 650 campers and resort guests from two island camps in the Delaware River as widespread floods hit southeastern New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania. National Guard units were dispatched as damage and evacuations continued.
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Pottstown
Allentown
Reading
Bethlehem
Lackawanna
Poconos
Delaware River
New York
Port
Jersis
New York Central
Russell
Mass
Westfield
Bolton
A. J. Drexel Biddle
Pennsylvana
National Guard
Indiantown Gap
Virginia
Shenandoah River
Philadelphia
Schuylki
Delaware
Hice
Rockies
Texas
Midwest
Southwest Desert
Plateau
Car Fire, Parole Revocation Highlight Lawrence A.M.
Lawrence firemen responded to 821 Mass St where a carburetor fire injured nothing in a car owned by Byron Wenger Route 2. A separate grass fire on Robert Etherton farm 433 miles west of Lawrence caused minor damage per Fire Chief John Miller. Ralph Ray May 17 of Eudora is ordered to serve 10 days in County Jail after parole revoked for violating conditions tied to a peace disturbance conviction.
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Robert Etherton
Lawrence
U. S. Highway 40
John Miller
Eudoran
Ralph Ray May
Eudora
Charles Rankin
May
Billy Hodson
Replogle to coach KU freshman team amid reunion plans
Lawrence news notes Wayne Replogle will head KU freshman football this fall with Frank Sabatini Don Bracelin and Bob Hubbard assisting. KU freshmen schedule includes Air Force at Denver Oct 29 Kansas State at Lawrence Oct 14 and Missouri yearlings at Columbia Nov 4. Also reports 1945 Lawrence High class plans Labor Day weekend reunion with 200+ attendees plus a Two for the Money TV appearance featuring Judith Feverell and Jim Bedford. Weather outlook shows continued fair, with near 100 degree highs possible. sheriff converts about 1,000 notices for delinquent property taxes. humor about a watermelon theft and a local water plant anti-odor chemical addition to curb algae in the supply.
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A. C
Lonborg
K.U
Air Force Academy
Denver
Colo
Kansas State
Lawrence
Missouri
Columbia
Lawrence High School
Bob Laptad
Stanley Penny
Jim Black
Black
Bob Mounsey
Mounsey
Water Department
Markets at a Glance Mixed Stocks and Commodities Report
Markets at a glance show mixed stocks and uneven commodity quotes with WHEAT firm and CORN strong while HOGS and CATTLE vary. Local reports note a missing supplies theft near Twenty-First Terrace and Dugdahl Road as police assess loss from a construction site.
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Don Hiner
Twenty-First Terrace
Dugdahl Road
Alvay
Wheat and livestock market summary from Kansas City
USDA report shows wheat futures steady with slight gains as prices range near 2.06 to 2.10. Cash grain quotes list No 2 red and dark hard wheats around 2.05 to 2.19, corn at 1.49 to 1.74, oats near 0.66 to 0.67, soybeans 2.36 to 2.41, and barley about 1.00 to 1.04. Cattle and hog bids weaken late week. 500 cattle, 200 calves, prime 4H steer yearlings around 24.00, hogs 1,000 head steady with barrows and gilts 20.0 to 23.0 per hundredweight.
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An. C .Cash
Kansas City
USDA
Wheat variety Blue Jacket omitted from discount list
The Department of Agriculture announced a 20 percent per bushel discount on several Kansas grown wheat varieties with inferior milling and baking quality, but Blue Jacket was not listed. The Kansas Wheat Improvement Association fears producers may view Blue Jacket as acceptable for missing baking quality. Runaway Lawrence boys located in Kansas City and to be returned to parents. both are 11 years old.
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Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Kansas Wheat Improvement Association
Lawrence
Kansas City
Dodgers and Giants Face Move Out of New York City
Walter O Malley, president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, said the Dodgers and New York Giants might relocate their franchises if a suitable site for games isn t found in New York City. He suggested both teams could leave the area, though games could still be played nearby. Mayor Wagner and officials would discuss stadium problems at the board of estimate meeting next Wednesday.
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New York
Walter O'Malley
Brooklyn Dodgers
Dodgers
New York Giants
New York City
Brooklyn
Robert Wagner
O'Malley
Giants
Board of Estimate
Riot Injures Police as Shipyard Lockout Sparks NANTES Unrest
Police and shipyard workers clash in Nantes as 15 000 lockout persists. Officials report hundreds injured including 300 officers unfit for duty and 27 hospitalized from grenade shrapnel and acid, while 22 workers are hospitalized. Card notices from local residents accompany the report.
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Nantes
France
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Helen Scanlan
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Judy Gibbons
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Virginia Baker
Valley Fails
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Ewing Gunn
Reid Harrach
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Stork
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Paul K. Kincaid
Mark Amott
Mane
Zird & Barker
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Lecompton Telephone Exchange
Margaret Cottrell
Frank Goff
Petchby
Lawrence Mill
Karl Kreider
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