Paducah Atomic Plant Strike Draws Mixed Returns
A three man inquiry board report to President Eisenhower followed by government hints of possible court action. Paducah strikers resoundingly rejected a back to work plan while Oak Ridge workers voted to end their walkout with a conditional return pending future bargaining.
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Inquiry Board Today
Eisenhower
Paducah, Ky
CIO
Oak Ridge
Tenn
White House
Three Man
Bernard M. Shanley
Paducah
Secretary of Labor
Mitchell
James C. Hagerty
Shanley
Justice Department
Blagerty
Hagerty
Inquiry Board
Walter Routher
Chemical Workers Group
Washington
Briton sets record in Bannister mile clash at London
Fred Green, a little known British runner, clocked 13 32.2 for three miles to erase Gunder Haegg’s record mark while Dr. Roger Bannister held the national mile record at 4 07.6 in a dramatic finish. Bannister led the final lap in 53.8 seconds and won by 25 yards, with Chris Chataway a close rival. Green’s time reportedly nears Haegg’s 1942 world mark.
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London
Fred Green
Gunder Haegg
Roger Bannister
Bannister
Green
Chris Chataway
Oxford
Aliana
Haegg
Gothenburg
Sweden
Five Die as Bus Hits Train in Chile Crossing
Five persons died and 18 were injured when a bus collided with a freight train at a crossing near Coronel Chile and burst into flames late last night.
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Coronel
Chile
Harmon Seen as Front-Runner to Lead Air Force Academy
Lt. Gen. Hubert Harmon, aged about 62 and a West Point classmate of Eisenhower, is the leading candidate to become the first superintendent of the Air Force Academy. He helped pick a site, lobbied Congress, and backed Colorado Springs as the academy location, while denying comment on the job or talks with top officials.
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Washington
Pentagon
Hubert Reilly Harmon
Air Force Academy
Harmon
West Point
Eisenhower
Air Academy
Air
Air Force Brass
Congress
Air Force
Talbott
Colorado Springs
Colo
Pike's Peak
Love Always Finds Way State Couple Discovers After Marriage Muddle
Hutchinson Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dennis endured a rocky wedding night beginning with a license mix up that required a special trip to the courthouse. A ill preacher and an usher substitute, a late brother, a power outage, relit tapers, and a ring retrieval through an ante room window completed the chaotic start to their honeymoon.
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Hutchinson
Bill Dennis
Dennis
Eighth Annual Kansas Legion Golf Tournament July 18
The McPherson Country Club course will host the eighth annual Kansas American Legion Golf Tournament on July 18 with about 100 entrants from across the state. The event is open to all members holding 1954 membership cards.
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Mcpherson
McPherson Country Club
Kansas American Legion
USDA Crop Cuts Planned for 1956 Across Major Crops
The 1955 crop report outlines forced reductions to meet price support goals next year. Oats, barley, rye, flaxseed, rice, sorghums, dry beans, peas, soybeans and peanuts face acreage cuts, while corn shows a larger than target output. Wheat and potatoes fall short of last year amid high surpluses and a growing reserve.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Benson
Tivert Land
Northeast Kansas Corn Gets Beneficial Rains
Northeastern Kansas corn benefited from heavy rainfall last night and early today with totals over an inch at many stations and a peak of 3.17 inches at Holton. The rain stayed north of the Kansas River and east of the Big Blue, with light showers continuing and thunderstorms forecast later in the region.
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Topeka
Kansas
Holton
Kansas River
Big Blue
Child describes years of brutal abuse by mother and stepfather
In Los Angeles nine-year-old Celia Sanchez testified that her mother Trinidad Sanchez Vera and her stepfather Joe Cruz Vera brutalized her for two years. The child, with a broken arm, missing teeth, and malnutrition, recounted beatings with shoes forks and knives and punishments such as hot peppers and scalding water. The mother faces trial for mayhem and assault, while the stepfather was jailed on multiple charges.
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Los Angeles
Celia Sanchez
Trinidad Sanchez Vera
Celia
Joe Cruz Vera
Colonel Ringler faces discipline review over heat at attention incident
At Fort Dix New Jersey Colonel Earl Ringler investigates two subordinates who allegedly kept an entire company at attention in 90 degree heat for an hour. The incident, tied to past tensions involving Roy Cohn and Pvt. G David Schine, led to relief of a lieutenant and a sergeant. Ringler will rule in a few days.
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FT. DIX
N. J
Roy M. Cohn
David Schine
Earl R. Ringler
Ringler
Schine
Sen. McCarthy
Senate
Cohn
Subcommittee
Dix
Air Defense Units Test Massive North American Exercise
Colorado Springs hosts Exercise Check Point as American and Canadian air forces simulate a large scale defense against northern invaders. Bombers and all weather jets operate at high and low altitudes while civilian observers monitor radar posts. The exercise includes US Army anti aircraft units and air service personnel from Air Force Navy and National Guard with Canadian reserve units. The operation runs through the weekend and officials keep the number of personnel involved confidential.
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Colorado Springs
Cobn
U.S
RCAF
North America
ACS
U.S. Army
Air Force
Navy
National Guard
AC of
Canada
ADC
Fire destroys two story house on Vinland Road
Fire gutted a two story house on the Byron J Root farm a half mile north of Baldwin on Vinland Road about 9 20 last night. The Douglas County sheriff reported a Baldwin fire truck fought the blaze. Root the only occupant escaped unharmed. No damage estimate was available.
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Byron J. Root
Baldwin
Vinland Road
Douglas County Sheriff's Office
Root
Murphy Named Health Study Chairman for Federal Aid Panel
Dr. Franklin D. Murphy chancellor of the University of Kansas is named chair of the Study Committee on Federal Aid to Public Health. The panel will assess federal health spending policies, with meetings in Washington July 19 20 and a report due by October. Federal grants in health total about 150 million annually. Kansas receives roughly 313 million.
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University of Kansas
Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Meyer Kestenbaum
Parent Commission
Dr. Murphy
Washington
Murphy
Kansas
U S Embassy Presses for Release of Seven Soldiers
U S Embassy spokesman in Prague says efforts to secure the release of seven U S soldiers seized by Czech frontier guards July 4 are continuing with no progress yet. He notes no indication when the Czechoslovak government will respond to a U S protest note about the arrest. The Czech claim of a spy mission is denied by the United States.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Prague
Mle
United States
Judge Orders 6 Convicts Held for Murder Trial
Leavenworth District Judge Walter I. Biddle ordered six Kansas Penitentiary convicts held for first degree murder trial after a nine hour preliminary hearing. The men Lawton Collins Robert L Knight Donald Fugene Davis Emmett May James Tarr and William Henry Parker were charged in the killing of prison guard Henry Kenaga during a prison escape attempt using visitors as hostages.
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Leavenworth
Walter I. Biddle
Kansas Penitentiary
Henry Kenaga
Lawton R. Collins
Robert L. Knight
Donald Fugene Davis
Emmett May
James Tarr
William Henry Parker
Cafe 18 Burglarized on West 23rd Street
Margaret's Cafe at 520 W. 23rd St was burglarized last night. Deputies say entry occurred through an east window and about $50 worth of merchandise was stolen including cigars two small statues work gloves and a beef roast.
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W. 23Rd St
Dougll County
Sheriff's Office
Senate panelurges Ike to outline Red China move
Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a Knowland amendment calling on President Eisenhower to outline a new congressional course if the United Nations admits Red China. The proposal preserves the aim to block Chinese Communist membership and ties to U.N. withdrawal if Reds gain entry, with Knowland vowing to lead the fight.
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Senate Group
Red
China
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Way
Eisenhower
Congress
United Nations
Sen. Knowland
Calif
United States
U.N
Knowland
State Dulles
U.S
Supreme Court Denies Merle W. Martin Execution Stay
The U S Supreme Court refused a stay of Merle W. Martins execution set for July 16 for the case connected to the Willard Roy W Cliborn matter. Martins attorney planned to reach Judge Arthur J Mellott to seek a new stay while Mellott and other Kansas federal judges attend the 10th Circuit Conference at Estes Park Colorado.
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Kansas City
Kas
U. S. Supreme Court
Merle W. Martin
Willard Roy W. Cliborn
Martin
Roy W. Cliborn
Arthur J. Mellott
U. S. District Court
Kansas
Mellott
10Th Circuit Judicial Conference
Estes Park
Colo
Parafin Injections Fatal To Chinese Woman
Hong Kong coroner's jury ruled Tsui Keeyud a 32 year old Chinese woman died from paraffin injections given to enlarge her bust. Her husband said a midwife administered the injections at her insistence to improve her figure for the summer bathing season. She fell into a coma and died three days later.
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Hong Kong
Tsui Keeyud
Clay Center Man Dies In AF Training Crash
First Lt. John J. Sorem, 24, of Clay Center Kansas, Webb AFB instructor, was identified as one of four airmen killed in a Webb AFB training plane collision in Big Spring Texas. His widow Georgia and 2 year old daughter Karen reside there. Sorem flew 160 Korean War missions.
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Big Spring
Tex
John J. Sorem
Webb Air Force Base
Clay Center
Kas
Webb Afb
Sorem
Georgia
Karen
Bert Sorem
Real Cool Cat Found Stuck in Colby Air Conditioner
Neighbors in Colby Colby located a distressed cat trapped in an evaporative air conditioner after two nights of cries. The owners Sam Lumaway freed the animal which appeared near the end of its nine lives.
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Colby
Kas P
Neigbors
Sam Lumaway
TNS
Murder Trial Date Set for November
Phillip A. Johnson, 68, Kansas City Negro, bound over for the November term of District Court on a first degree murder charge in the May 28 slaying of Leroy Harris, local attorney and County Judge Frank Gray denied bail. Johnson held without bail. preliminary hearing moved to District Court Chambers with about 60 spectators. Harris shot three times with a revolver purchased that day. witnesses testified including Mrs. Margaret Robertson, Dr. L. K. Zimmer, Earl McClure, Jim Hotchkiss, and Gib Francis. Johnson offered no defense.
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Phillip A. Johnson
Kansas City
Leroy Harris
Frank Gray
Johnson
Elmer C. Jackson Jr
Gray
Harris
Co. Atty
Milton P. Allen
Margaret Robertson
L. K. Zim
Francis
Hotchkiss
Lawn Mower Jockey Takes 3170 Mile Kansas Trek
Virgil Cofer of Ransom, Kansas rides his mower from Whittier California to Washington DC 3170 miles at 42 mpg and 30 mph aided by LeRoy Schuckman. They drive by day only and report a desert tire issue solved by switching to pneumatic tires.
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Hutchinson
Virgil Cofer
Ransom, Kas
Kansas
Whittier
Calif
Washington, D. C
LeRoy Schuckman
California Desert
State Traffic Deaths Topeka Report Highlights
Kansas Accident Records Section lists traffic fatalities. In the last 24 hours, three deaths noted for the period ending June 3, 1954. one death from a recent accident not previously recorded.
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Topeka
Kansas
Water Shortages Threaten Kansas Elm Trees
The decline of Eastern Kansas elms is linked to a dropping underground water table since the 1950s flood. Dr. Charles P. Michener warns widespread watering, deep root soaking, and removal of infested trees are essential. Bark beetles and phloem necrosis accelerate losses, with Wichita, Topeka, and other cities reporting substantial tree removals. Plant diverse species to reduce future risk.
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Kansas
Charles PD. Michener
University of Kansas
Michener
Wichita
Topeka
Pittsburg
Fredonia
Independence
Miechener
Vacation note urges Mail newspaper service
When arranging summer trips remember to call the Journal-World and have the paper mailed to you. Only 80 cents a month. Arv.
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The
Journal-Woel
Adv
Journal-World
Pageant Script For Centennial Here by Aug 1
The Trails West centennial pageant in Lawrence plans a late July to August timeline with the script arriving about Aug 1 and casting for the Sept 23 to 28 performances at Haskell Stadium. Dr T A Kennedy chairs the spectacle division and notes a top writer and director will join, with 500 local residents in the cast. Public tryouts will precede casting.
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Haskell Stadium
T. A. Kennedy
John B. Rogers Co
Fostoria
Lawrence
Dr. Kennedy
Harry Kitlen Improves After Auto Crash
Larry Kitlen 17 son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Kitlen 1809 Miss St is recovering at Halstead Hospital from May 31 auto crash near Burrton. He has two fractures in his right leg and head lacerations. In a body cast since injury, the cast on the body will be removed to treat the leg and he may be home in two to three weeks. His mother says family visits him each weekend in Halstead.
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Larry Kitlen
Ralph Kitlen
Miss. St
Halstead Hospital
Burrt
Larry
Halstead
Weather Outlook for Kansas Detects Scattered Storms
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Sunday with widely scattered thunderstorms in the west and north tonight and again late Sunday. Temperature little changed with lows around 70s and highs near 90s to 100s in the southwest.
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Kansas
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