GE Probes Death Linked to Portable TV Set
General Electric announced it will send engineers to Chicago to investigate the electrocution death of Howard Erenstein Jr in Skokie. Parents testified the boy touched an aluminum cabinet on a portable Vi ineh TV, a crackling sound preceded his fall. War veteran investigator Kamien reported high voltage on cabinet surfaces of GE sets in two homes. Hearing continued to July 26 to await engineering results and testimony.
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Chicago
General Electric Co
Syracuse
N. Y
Howard Erenstein Jr
Howard
Pearl Erenstein
Aan
Skokie
Lof
Bso
Forenstem
Warvin Kamen
Kamen
Kamien
Charles Richards
Dulles Opens Talk on NATO Atomic Stockpile Plan
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States is studying a NATO stockpile of atomic weapons to satisfy European fears over disarmament cuts. He suggested the arsenal could be run under Gen. Lauris Norstad without changing U. S. law, and he ruled out a personal tour of Eastern Europe while relying on diplomats for assessments.
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Dulles
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Britain
France
NATO
U. S
Lauris Norstad
Europe
Norstad
Russia
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Sen. Mansfield
D-Mont
Night meetings linked Kasper in Clinton desegregation case
Knoxville court heard a Clinton police officer testify that segregationist John Kasper joined seven other defendants at night meetings. Jess Braden identified Lawrence J. Barnsley, Alonzo Bullock, Clyde Cook, William Barkebill, Clifford Carter, W. H. Till and Mary Nell Currier, stating such gatherings occurred weekly from August to December in Clinton.
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Knoxville
Tenn
John Kasper
Clinton
Jess Braden
U.S
Kasper
Clinton High School
Braden
John C. Crawford Jr
Lawrence J. Barntley
Alonzo Bullock
Clyde Cook
William Barkebill
Clifford Carter
W. H. Till
Deaths and Funerals In Overbrook And Area
Willard E Topping 50 longtime Overbrook druggist died Monday night in a Topeka hospital. Funeral at 2 30 p m Wednesday Overbrook Methodist Church burial Overbrook cemetery. Survived by wife Lucille and son Robert and daughter Rosemary. Albert Holcom 74 former Jer ence resident died in Miami Okla burial in Miami. Willard Brown dies. services Wednesday Rumsey Funeral Home Oaks Hill Cemetery. Alice P Cole 83 Eudora dies Monday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital funeral Thursday 1 20 p m Cooper Warren Chapel burial Stilwell Kansas. Survivors include three daughters and a son Fred Cole. Families to receive friends Wednesday 7 30 to 9 p m.
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Willard Topping
Willard E. Topping
Overbrook
Topeka
Overbrook Methodist Church
William Ralphs
Baker Funeral Home
Topping
Miami
Okla
Albert Holcom
Jerence
Lottie Holcom
Richard L. Helcom
M. K. Nowell
Tuscaloosa
Ala
John Fritzel Jr
Lawrence
Tobler
H. B. Axe
Lottie Helcom
M. L. Holcom
Vinland
Willard Brown
Rumsey Funeral Home
Ghedemeyer Willout
Oaks Hill Cemetery
Alice P. Cole
Alice P. Cale
Eudora
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Cooper-Warren Chapel
Stilwell, Kas
Nona Fitzgerald
Rosa Lee Himes
Kansas City
Margaret Burnside
Newcastle
Ason
Fred Cole
Bald Knob
Ark
City and county agree on rural sewer plan and Callery water deal
Commissioners accept a sewer line to relieve rural districts and ask Callery to finance a larger main, with reimbursement possible for future development. Black and Veatch outlined terms for sewer sharing outside the city. A water main to Callery would cost about 75000, placing Callery on par with other customers.
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Callery
John Crown
Black and Veatch
Lawrence
Farmer
Caltery
Brune Co to Install Lights in Six Lawrence Schools
The Brune Plumbing Heating and Electrical Co. received a 12335.42 contract for replacing and repairing light fixtures in six Lawrence school buildings. Work expected to start around August 1 and finish by the fall term. Board action also resumes Southwest and Hillcrest Primary school work after a material shortage delay due to lost ceiling beams. Glenda Williams hired as secretary to the clerk, replacing Lee Flanders who resigned.
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Brune Plumbing, Heating and Electrical Co
Ind. St
Lawrence
Board of Education
Willam D. Wolfe
Wolfe
Southwest
Hillcrest
Glenda Williams
Lee Flanders
Memorial Hospital Births and Adoptions Report
List of birth announcements and residents at Memorial Hospital and nearby addresses including Rosa Robinson at 928 Tenn. St and Mrs. Mildred Mather at 1508 Univ. Spr. with names such as Doris Tracy May Louise Vann and May Louise, plus references to Ottawas and Council Grove. Several entries note babies born Monday or Tuesday and families: Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rogers and others.
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Rosa Robinson
Tenn
Neal Dickinson
Sunflower
Doris Tracy
R. I. St
Mildred Mather
Univ. Spr
May Louise
Err
Ottawa
Otis Vann
Jesse Athey, Jr
Sqon
Hees
Donald Scott
Baldwin
George Cline
Tong
Virginia
Rena G Vaudin
Haldwin
Nadine Mulkey
Favora
Feathers sought for hospital pillows in Lawrence
The Douglas County Red Cross asks for feathers pillows or featherbeds to be donated and turned into ward room pillows for Winter Veterans Administration Hospital. Mrs. Carl Griswold chairs the pillow project with drop-off at the Red Cross office in the Community Building. Prisoners at the Douglas County jail report a rainy spell despite clear skies. water leaks from upstairs shower rooms drench the first floor. Undersheriff Ben Way notes the plumber was called after the office ceiling and floors were splashed for three days. Mayor Weatherwax proposes 1958 tax levy budget tweaks to keep rates near prior years, potentially adding nearly two mills. He suggests hospital and airport cuts, lower delinquent tax funds, and higher engineering fees to align with other rates. Douglas County Raccoon Hunters Association members urge expert help to remove a raccoon loose in Montgomery Ward, with traps failing to capture it. Humane Society traps were fed by bait theft, and a veteran hunter says the animal should be caught openly rather than in a confined spot.
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Douglas County
Red Cross
Winter VA Hospital
Carl Griswold
Douglas County Jail
Lawrence
Ben Way
Way
John Weatherwax
Commission
Weatherwax
Douglas County Raccoon Hunters Association
Montgomery- Ward
Humane Society
Coon Hunter
Mutual Sale Is Expected
New York reports an announcement due tomorrow about the sale of Mutual Broadcasting System. The item notes that the sale is anticipated and involves the radio network's future ownership and operations.
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New York
Mutual Broadcasting System
Donations For State Audit Roiling In At Topeka
Pr State Printer Lue Washabaugh says Lucas businessmen are raising funds for a private audit of the state printing plant. She notes no state funds are set aside for such an audit and about $10 has been collected to date. The Post audit Department is conducting its normal annual review. Washabaugh also names Marorie McGuckin as assistant to the production superintendent as a three month vacancy ends.
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PEKA
Lue Washabaugh
Lucas
State Post -Audit Department
Washabaugh
Marorie McGuckin
George Docking
Negotiations Break Down In Cement Strike Talks
In Chicago and across the sector two months into a cement workers strike, output is constricted at more than half of the 140 plants. New bargaining began at Lehigh Portland Cement in Buffalo with further sessions planned at Penn-Dixie plants in Pennsylvania and a Catskill session with Lehigh. talks between the United Cement, Lime and Gypsum Workers and North American Cement Corp. at the Catskill plant collapsed yesterday.
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Chicago
Buffalo
Lehigh Portland Cement Co
Pennsylvania
Penn-Dixie Cement Corp
Lehigh
Catskill
N. Y
United Cement, Lime and Gypsum Workers
North American Cement Corp
Goodland Leavenworth To Get Patrol Stations
Patrol stations at Leavenworth and Goodland will open August 1 officials announced. The two new posts raise trooper stations to 81 with nine opened since January. Station chiefs and transfers include Max Stephens to Goodland and Lee Affholder to Leavenworth, plus other turnpike-duty moves among Osage City Emporia Paola Pittsburg and Arkansas City.
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Topeka
Leavenworth
Goodland
Harvey Schmedemann
Schmedemann
Max Stephens
Colby
Lee Affholder
Edwardsville
Donald Hoagland
Osage City
Emporia
Donald McLenod
Paola
Pittsburg
Eldon Miller
Arkansas City
Marvin la Fallette
Apparent Low Bidders For Super Highway Job
Kansas City and Topeka firms were apparent low bidders for a 3.5 mile section of a new super limited access highway between Kansas City and Ottawa. Buchanan Bros. Construction Co. of Kansas City was the low bidder for grading at $528,273 and Russell Ralph Inc. of Topeka was the low bidder for construction of five bridges at $390,208.
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Ottawa
Kas Op
Kansas City
Topeka
Marais Des Cygnes
State Highway Commission
Buchanan Bros. Construction Co
Russell Ralph Inc
Soviet Boss Now Seeks Harmony in Prague Speech
Khrushchev presses for unity between Communist parties and Western progressives in Prague after signing a Soviet Czech communique calling for an immediate ban on atomic and hydrogen bombs. He urged closer work among Communist nations and noted unity on party developments and international affairs. Radio Prague broadcast emphasized a halt to nuclear testing and production.
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Prague
Nikita Khrushchevy
Old Town Hall
Yugoslavia
Kremlin
Radio
U. N
Roy Rogers Eyes Adult Western Show Retreats From TV Office
Roy Rogers says he is seeking an adult Western series and has closed his TV production office at Goldwyn Studios as a retrenchment move. He questions the “adult Western” tag and notes the office cost $4,000 a month, citing it as money wasted while reviewing old films on television.
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Hollywood
Roy Rogers
Rogers
Roy
Goldwyn Studios
K U Foreign Student Dies in Morocco Car Wreck
A Kansas University foreign student from France, Romi Homet, was killed near Rabat, Morocco, when the car she drove lost control after a tire blowout. Her mother also died. her father and brother were injured. A Mass will be said at 7 a.m. next Monday at St. John’s Catholic Church. Homet, who lived near Caen, planned to return to KU this fall to resume a teaching assistantship in Romance Languages after attending IU last year.
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Kansas University
France
Fimmanuette
Rabat
Morocco
Romi
St. John's Catholic Church
Homet
Caen
K.U
Roamance Languages
I.U
Youth Kills Mother and Sister in Virginia Tragedy
An 18 year old, William Niemi Jr., fatally shot his 4 year old sister Mary and their mother after authorities say he was angered when his record player was shut off. He attempted suicide, while his father was wounded and another sister injured.
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Virginia
Minn
Ernest Johnson
William Niemi Jr
Mary
Johnson
Niemi
Four Hurt in Rock n Roll Brawl at Dallas Auditorium
In Dallas last night four people were stabbed with one in critical condition, as crowds clashed outside an auditorium during a rock n roll event. About 3,000 fans were outside and 3,000 inside. 20 arrests followed as police moved in. Fort Worth student Bob Plummer, 26, was reported critically wounded from a heart stab.
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Dallas
Bob Plummer
Fort Worth
North Texas State
Denton
Review Seen Way To Save $1 Billion
Budget Director Percival Brundage told the House Appropriations Committee the administration hopes to save an additional one billion dollars through a review of proposed 1958 government spending. He warned that fiscal 1959 spending may exceed the current estimate of 70.8 billion dollars. He testified at a special meeting as committee members pressed how leftover funds from 1958 would be used if 1957 levels were held. Ike opposes a quick tax cut for small business by cutting the first 25 thousand dollars of corporate income tax from 30 to 20 percent.
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Washington (P
Percival Brundage
House Appropriations Committee
Brundage
Cannon
D-Mo
Eisenhower
Ike
Cooper
D-Tenn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Acting Probate Judges Assist In Rankin's Absence
Lawrence attorneys Robert Ellsworth and Charles Stough act as Probate Court judges in Judge Charles Rankin's absence. Rankin is in London attending the American Bar Association meeting. Ellsworth and Stough handle the court on alternate days.
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Lawrence
Robert Ellsworth
Charles Stough
Charles Rankin
Rankin
London
England
American Bar Association
Ellsworth
Stough
Wheat harvest tops week in Kansas 1957 report
Combines cut a major swath through the 1957 Kansas wheat crop last week as sunshine and high temperatures provided favorable harvest conditions. The federal and state departments of agriculture estimated nearly half of the crop was harvested during the week.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Du Pont appoints Lavely to lead Tecumseh plant
G Harold Lavely named employment relations superintendent for Du Pont Co cellophane plant under construction at Tecumseh. He will move to Topeka around Oct 1 and coordinate transfer of supervisors from other plants. Lavely has long Du Pont experience, most recently manufacturing superintendent at the Columbia Tennessee sponge plant, with Tecumseh set to begin production late in 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Harold Lavely
du Pont Co
Tecumseh
Lavely
Topeka
du Pont
Buffalo, N. Y
Buffalo Rayon
Buffalo
Columbia, Tenn
Lawrence
Appointment by Demos Topekap Roberts PD
Sandi Fer, 37, Prairie Village Kansas, a Democrat and attorney, was appointed by the governor to a four year term on the State Park and Resources Authority. The announcement came from the governor's office.
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Topekap
Robert PD. Sandifer
Prairie Village
Kas
State Park and Resources Authority
Card of Thanks for Vera Hoofer Family Notice
Card of thanks from George H. Hoofer Elva Clark and Lester Harbaugh honors doctors and nurses care during Vera Hoofer’s hospital stay and thanks friends for flowers cards and prayers their sympathy sustains them after her passing to heaven.
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Lawrence Corbin
Vera
George H. Hoofer
Elva Clark
Lester Harbaugh
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Swiegart
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Richard Short
N.hl St
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Manhattan
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Lawrence Memorial Co
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