Doctor Charged In Wife's Death
Dr Hobart H Todd 43 was charged by Skokie authorities with murdering his wife Hazel 45 after he allegedly admitted giving sedatives beating her unconscious and summoning help four hours later Firemen found her body on the bedroom floor at Todds $50 000 home in Skokie Todd wore pajamas and appeared incoherent before hospital detention and questioning
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Chicago
Hobart H. Todd
Hazel
Skokie
Todd
William Griffin
Harder Succession to Dominate Kansas Demo Meet
State Democratic committee in Topeka will discuss 1955 issues with focus on the possible resignation of State Chairman Marvin A. Harder. Harder, a University of Wichita faculty member, plans to step down amid duty pressures.
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Topekaim
Marvin A
Mike) Harder
Harder
University of Wichita
Gorton Still Re-elected Kansas Music Teachers Leader
Thomas Gorton dean of the KU School of Fine Arts was re elected president of the Kansas State Music Teachers Association at the annual Latvian meeting which closed Saturday He was named to the executive committee for a three year term succeeding Luther Leavengood of Manhattan Other officers include Mrs Nellie O Taylor Wichita vice president and Edgar Kerry Ottawa University secretary treasurer.
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Thomas Gorton
K. U. School of Fine Arts
Kansas State Music Teachers Association
Latvia
Dean Gorton
Luther Leavengood
Manhattan
Nellie O. Taylor
Wichitta
Edgar Kerry
Ottawa University
Bible quotes spice up TV gossip in Silvers award piece
Earl New York reports on a column where Phil Silvers, Mary Martin, Jackie Gleason and others receive praise and quips, mixing scripture with entertainment lore. The piece notes Nat Hiken’s influence, James Kimberly’s persona, and various showbiz anecdotes from the Sylvania Award era.
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Earl New York
Three Boys Find Body of Tot Missing 45 Days
Three Crane Indiana boys tramping through a thicket yesterday found the body of Ronnie Weitkamp age 3, after 45 days of search that mobilized 2,500 servicemen and civilians. The body lay 50 yards north of the Crane Naval Ammunition Depot where the father, Lawrence Weitkamp, works as an ammunition inspector. The recovery ends a long, high‑profile missing child case.
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Crane
Ind
Ronnie Weitkamp
Crane Naval
Lawrence Weitkamp
Paper Is Gut but Still Government-Managed
Buenos Aires reports that La Prensa remained under government control. On Saturday the government ordered the paper closed until Dr Alberto Gainza Paz could resume as editor and publisher, then reversed the order allowing Sunday and today editions to be published with staff working.
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Buenos Aires
la Prensa
Alberto Gainza Paz
K U Receives 19th Century Drug Bottles Gifted To Museum
Karl L. Reese of McCune donated 18 blue fluid extract bottles with gold labels to the Kansas University pharmacy museum. The bottles, once part of Reese’s McCune drug store opened in 1898 by his father, remain in excellent condition and are on display on the fourth floor of Malott Hall. Reese, a KA alumnus from the class of 1913, announced the gift. Dwight D. Eisenhower is noted as the first U S President to hold an airplane pilot's license.
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Kansas University Pharmacy Museum
Karl L. Reese
McCune
Dean J. Allen Reese
Reese Drug Store
Reese
Dean Reese
Malott Hall
K. A
Baby Is Lone Survivor As Train Smashes Auto
A Crescent passenger train struck a car at a grade crossing near Greenville DC yesterday at about 75 km h killing six people. The lone survivor was the 10 month old baby Benny Sutton who had minor injuries. The deceased were James F Brooks 37 Louise Brooks 26 Louise Bagwell 29 Rosa Lee Sutton 23 and Wanda Sutton 3
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Greenville
D.C
P.h
Southern Railway
Crescent
New York
James F. Brooks
Louise
Louise Bagwell
Brooks
Holland Benny Sutton
Rosa Lee
Wands
Kansas Traffic Deaths Reported in 1955 to Date
State Accident Records shows Kansas traffic fatalities reported in the last 48 hours with totals for 1955 at 527 and for the same period in 1954 at 565. This brief notice lists figures from the State Accident Records Section.
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Topeka
U — Kansas
Blazing a New Santa Fe Trail in North Texas
Santa Fe promotes its expansion to increase capacity and efficiency for national defense, projecting major savings in train and car miles. The campaign frames this as modern pioneering from America’s New Railroad, tracing a lineage since 1886 and highlighting continual community benefits and private funding with no tax dollars.
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Texas
America
Santa Fe
North
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