Comment drives health into 1956 campaign issue
The Associated Press reports a flood of Democratic commentary on President Eisenhower’s health after a Panama wreath laying. Butler and others framed health as a campaign factor, while some urge inform the public. The topic centers on his ability to serve a full fourth term following recent medical events.
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Butler
Temple, K.U. Team Honored in Tourney
Kansas University's baseball coach Floyd Temple received a sportsmanship trophy at a Wichita tournament. The D X Oilers of Topeka, featuring Temple, were named the outstanding new comer, while Temple’s KU team placed third in the Big Seven race and sit fifth in the current tourney standings.
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Topeka
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Chocolate President Found Dead in Hershey Hotel Suite
Percy A. Staples, 73, president of Hershey Chocolate Corp., died overnight in his Hershey Hotel suite. He led the company from 1947 after Milton Hershey’s death, survived by his widow and two brothers. The stock market report followed with the New York closing average at 189.2.
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Percy A. Staples
Hershey Chocolate Corp
Staples
Hershey Enterprises
Milton S. Hershey
Hershey Hotel
Public Housing Admin Adds 9219 Units to Contract Total
Emergency press note from Headquarters announces that the Public Housing Administration under Commissioner Charles E. Slusser added 9,219 housing units to the total to be contracted before the July 31 deadline. With 29,147 units already announced ready, the remaining balance of the 45,000 authorization should be under contract by deadline.
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Public Housing Administraon
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Eisenhower Says He Improves Each Day in Panama Visit
President Eisenhower, convalescing from a June operation, told Bolivian President-elect Hernan Siles Zuazo he feels better every day during a farewell gathering at the U S Embassy in Panama. He noted the Pan-American Conference milestone as leaders signed a Declaration of Panama and pledged continued hemisphere unity to combat disease, poverty, and ignorance. Milton Eisenhower, named to head a proposed Americas human problems commission, accompanies the effort.
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Kansas Traffic Deaths Report From State Records
State Accident Records Section lists Kansas traffic fatalities with 331 to date in 1956 and 304 in the same period in 1955. Contact Andy Hess Auto Insurance at VI 3-3457 for details.
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Topeka
Kansas
Andy Hess
Hall Shaw Ready to Debate Work Legislation
Kansas political row over right to work heats up as Gov. Fred Hall and Republican rival Warren Shaw express willingness to debate the issue. Hall rejects debating with lobbyists but would meet Shaw publicly. Shaw insists on an open forum and accuses Hall of ties to Kansans For the Right To Work Inc.
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Topeka
Fred Hall
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Augusta, Kas
Kansans For Right To Work Inc
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Kansas
Right
Organization of Kansas
James Pratt
Fred Meek
Warren Shaw
Eisenhower
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Right To Work Inc
Weiss
AFL
CIO
James Mitchell
Mitchell
Labor Aid
Louis in diagnosis bars boxing comeback talk
A Chicago physician for the Illinois Athletic Commission said Joe Louis has a damaged heart and could not determine if the disability is temporary or permanent, clouding any possible boxing return.
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Chicago
Illinois Athletic Commission
Joe Louis
Air Force investigates mystery sky collision near Pixley
Air Force officials probe what struck a C131D Convair at 16 000 feet over California injuring Airman Charles Stamper 21 of Hamilton AFB. The aircraft dived then leveled and landed on one engine at Kern County airport after engine and elevator controls were damaged. Maj Merwin Stenvers piloted, copilot R B Marble and S Sgt H S Boncella aboard. An Edwards AFB inquiry team arrived to examine the case.
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Calif
Charles Everett Stamper
Hamilton Air Force Base
Merwin M. Stenvers
R. B. Marble
H. S. Boncella
Hamilton Afb
Air Force
Hamilton
San Francisco
San Antonio
Tex
Albuquerque
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Kern County
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Train derails in Missouri after steel bar on track
A green steel bar on a Carrollton Missouri rail line derailed the Santa Fe San Francisco Chief, injuring 21 and causing five cars to topple and two locomotives to overturn. Engineer A M Thrasher and fireman G M Miller reported braking to 50 mph as the bar fouled a switch.
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A. M. Thrasher
Fort Madison
Iowa
Kansas City
Thrasher
G. M. Miller
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Ernest Lamb
J. N. Landreth
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Nellie Sayre
Akron
Ohio
FBI Chief Hoover Warns Russia Leaders Amid Cold War Tensions
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover denounces Soviet leaders Khrushchev and Voroshilov as godless and brutal. He cites purges and executions and questions any claim of peaceful coexistence, urging concrete actions over rhetoric.
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Russia
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J. Edgar Hoover
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Klementi Voroshilov
Hoover
Legislator Charges Hatch Act Violated
Rep. Clark Kuppinger of Prairie Village Kansas accuses two Kansas Highway Commission employees of Hatch Act violations. The Flying Truth Patrol, including six lawmakers, visits Wellington to oppose Gov. Hall ahead of the August 7 primary. The letterhead lists McGrew Jr and Fletcher as Shawnee County Hall supporters, with Petro of Topeka also tied to the matter.
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Kuppinger
Flying Truth Patrol
Ing Wellngton
Frank D. McGrew Jr
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Arthur E. Fletcher
Shawnee County
Fred Hall
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Chanute
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Buehler
Atchison
Everett
Sperry
Lawrences
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Hoxie
D. P. Marshall Jr
Lakin
Civil Rights Faces Certain Death Delay
Washington The House passed the civil rights bill amid expectations of Senate defeat. Supporters hope for political gain, while Southern lawmakers vow fatal delay. If it reaches the Senate floor a filibuster is likely as adjournment pressures grow. Rep Keating urged House action to stall, but odds favor failure.
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Sunbath murder victim identified in Chicago case
Miss Margaret Gallagher a 50 year old beauty shop operator was identified as the sunbathing victim killed in a Chicago lakeside park. A 52 year old hospital administrator observer Arthur Besley and his wife Adrian 47 witnessed a bare chested man attack and strike Gallagher then flee as police arrived.
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Rainfall and Cool July Temperatures Persist in Eastern Kansas
Rainfall expected tonight in Eastern Kansas with widely scattered showers for Tuesday. Sunday night's rainfall totaled 0.02 inch, while July rainfall reached 4.34 inches, keeping moisture above normal for the month. Despite cooler spells, July has averaged near normal overall, with Lawrence seeing several days under 100 degrees and recent downtown readings marking record lows for those dates. Forecast calls for little temperature change, with lows in the 60s and highs in the 80s, as of today broke by a 2 pm reading of 84 degrees.
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U. S
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New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma
Washington
Senate hearings into administration rate increase bill continue
A Senate Post Office subcommittee conducted two more hours of hearings on the administration rate increase bill today and adjourned after three of 21 scheduled witnesses testified. An aide said sessions would probably resume tomorrow. Odd Williams for Representative I-Adv.
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Washington
Senate Post Office
Many New Areas In City to Have Part in Voting
New precincts and annexations expand Lawrence electorate as 195 election nears. City records show population rise by 2 400 since 195 election and 33 annexed areas totaling 570 acres. East Heights School hosts a new precinct east of Santa Fe line. Major county races feature Republican candidates with noted incumbents and challengers.
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Twenty-Third
Fifteenth Street
Nineteenth Street
Barker Avenue
Yaleve
Mass
Lawrence
East Heights
Haskell Ave
Twelfth Street
Union Accepts Proposal To Resume Steel Talks
The United Steelworkers have accepted an industry proposal to resume contract talks in New York tomorrow to end the 23 day steel strike. Talks were arranged after a brief phone call from the industry’s top negotiator to USW President David J. McDonald. McDonald had condemned the industry pricing policy noting $3.19 in extra revenue for each dollar rise in input costs since 1945.
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United Steelworkers
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USW
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McDonald
Five Day Weather Forecast for Nebraska Kansas and Oklahoma
The forecast calls for temperatures 3 to 6 degrees below normal from Monday night through Saturday with cooler periods midweek. Minimums are expected in the 60s to 70s, while highs reach lower to middle 90s in many areas. Rainfall totals range from trace to about 0.75 inch, with heavier amounts possible in the south. Showers and thunderstorms are likely tonight through Tuesday in Nebraska and overnight through Wednesday elsewhere.
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