Boeing Strike Averted by Accord On Two Year Contract
Boeing Co and the International Association of Machinists reached a two year contract averting a strike at the Wichita plant. The union approved 3 to 1. Wages rise five percent first year and seven percent second year with scales from 1.60 to 2.73 per hour. The agreement adds seniority protections, rating form comments, reviews of unfavorable ratings, and grievance procedures.
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Wichita
International Association of Machinists
Boeing Airplane Co
Air Force
William Holly
Holly
Boeing
Richland Whistlers Seek Home Ground Challenge
RICHLAND KANSAS. Citizens and many whistlers plan to compete with outsiders but want to perform on Richland soil. Mrs Georgia Neese Clark Gray, ex US treasurer, says the event should tie to the Kansas Free Fair at Topeka in September. She responded to Miss Jo Baumgartner who proposed Iowa rival teams at the Iowa State Fair. Gray sparked a weekly Richland whistling contest for the town’s youths.
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Richland, Kas
Georgia Neese Clark Gray
United States
Kansas
Des‘ Moines
Iowa
Man bitten by dog in Paterson swerves news value
In Paterson New Jersey James McNamara plays with his cocker spaniel Bum when he bites the dog on the ear. The dog bites him back near the eye. McNamara receives tetanus shots after wound care at Paterson General Hospital. Bum escapes medical attention.
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Paterson
James McNamara
Bum
McNamara
Paterson General Hospital
Nevada Search Continues For Flash Flood Victims
Reno Nevada search efforts resumed for three flash flood victims along Galena Creek twenty miles south of Reno. Rescue teams located 4 year old Vickie Wachowicz two miles from the site where her mother, brother, and motorist William Boyatt were swept away by a wall of mud and water. The father Matt Wachowicz remained hospitalized in satisfactory condition after being found five miles downstream.
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Reno
Nev
Galena Creek
Vickie Wachowicz
William Boyatt
Matt Wachowicz
Washoe Medical Center
Carolyn Hart Senior Recital Set At Kansas University
Contralto Carolyn Hart will give her senior recital at 8 p m Tuesday in Strong Auditorium on the Kansas University campus. A Topeka High School graduate, she has appeared in two opera roles at K U and has been active in the a cappella choir and the Fine Arts Honor Recital. Accompanist will be Ann Templeton.
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Carolyn Chard Hart
Strong
Kansas University
Irene Peabody
Hart
Topeka High School
K. U
Mennign
Vaughn-Williams
Mu Phi Epsilon
Alphi Phi
Ann Templeton
Local officers attend Kansas Peace Officers Training School
Sgt. Jack Evans and Officer Vernon Harrell of the Lawrence Police Department attend the tenth annual Kansas Peace Officers Training School at Kansas University. Evans joins the traffic section while Harrell enters the police science division. The school draws students from many states and diverse law enforcement agencies.
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Jack Evans
Vernon Harrell
Lawrence Police Department
Kansas Peace Officers Training School
Kansas University
Evans
Harrell
Loveless disease hits Northridge family with multiple appendectomies
In Northridge California police officer James Loveless and his family faced a spate of appendicitis cases starting July 2. Six daughters Kenna Sue Carol Jean Judy Esther and Carol Mignon all required emergency operations while Loveless himself and babysitter Roberta Norman also underwent procedures. The family jokes that Francine remains the only untouched member as doctors debate Loveless symptoms.
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Northridge
Calif. Wy
Northridge Hospital
Loveless
James Loveless
Kenna Sue
Carol Jean
Judy
Esther
Carol Mignon
California
Roberta Norman
Francine
Sue
Ober's Junior Miss Shop to Open After Remodeling
Ober's building at 821 Mass St. will reopen August 9 with Ober's Junior Miss Shop on the second floor accessed by elevator. Glenn Pierce leases the space and will operate it separately with Mrs. Pierce managing the new dress shop. the upstairs area is undergoing complete remodeling while downstairs houses the men's store. The Pierces previously ran clothing stores in Meth and Mission, and their family includes Pat and Glenn Jr.
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Ober's
Ober’s
Mass. St
Glenn Pierce
Pierce
Manchukuo Official Frees Japanese Civil Leader Akouzo Takebe
Peiping radio announced the release of Akouzo Takebe Japan's top civil official in Manchukuo. The 63 year old had been in prison for 11 years after a Communist court convicted him of crimes and sentenced him to nine additional years.
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Hong Kong
China
Akouzo Takebe
Japan
Manchukuo
Takebe
Peiping Radio
New Drive In Planned At Corner of 19th, Haskell
J H Turner owner of the Big Buy Drive In at the junction of U S 59 and Kansas 10 says a new drive in will be built at Nineteenth Street and Haskell Avenue beginning this month with completion in mid September The wing will attach to the southwest corner house formerly owned by Mrs E L Ince Kentucky fried chicken and french fried shrimp will be featured If successful the house could be converted to banquet rooms for private groups Turner says no name has been chosen yet
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Nineteenth Street
Haskell Avenue
J. H. Turner
Turner
E. L. Ince
Adlai in Quiet Weekend With California Friends
Adlai Stevenson sought the Democratic presidential nomination and spent a quiet weekend at Lake Tahoe with friends after a Democratic meeting in Tonopah Nevada. An AP poll showed Nevada’s 14 votes at the convention split with Harriman leading, Stevenson second, Symington third, and Johnson trailing, with one undecided.
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Lake Tahoe
Calif
Adlai Stevenson
Tonopah
Nev
Associated Press
Ed Olson
Nevada
Chicago
New York
Harriman
Stevenson
Sen
Symington
Missouri
Sen Johnson
Texas
Hall and Weiss Split on Issue in Kansas
In Topeka Hall and L E Weiss of Augusta clash over effects of the 1955 labor law. Hall says the law bans the closed shop and compulsory unionism and a separate right to work law is unnecessary. Weiss cables Hall calling his claim false and urges clarification for Kansans amid the right to work dispute.
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Topeka
Fred Halli
L. E. Weiss
Augusta
Halli
Kansas
Wiess
Hall
Hall and Shaw clash over right to work issue
Weiss offered to pay for 30 minutes of television time if Hall would debate the issue with him. Hall said his purpose was to clarify the right to work issue. He claimed Warren W. Shaw, his opponent for the nomination, has made it political. Shaw favors right to work legislation. Hall vetoed a right to work bill passed by the 1955 Legislature.
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Weiss
Hall
Warren W. Shaw
Shaw
Kansas City Named Site for U S Boxing Trials
Kansas City was selected as the site for U S Olympic boxing trials covering a 10 state area. The event will run in October to determine qualifiers for the U S Olympic finals in San Francisco later that month. States include Missouri Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma Wisconsin North and South Dakota Minnesota Iowa and Colorado.
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Kansas City
San Francisco
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Colorado
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Miss Shop
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Vata
United Finance Corp
Owen the
Jay
Lawrence, Kansas
Lawrence National
Massachusetts
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Lawrence National Bank
Penney
Women's Black
Soren
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Panama
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Yale
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Plisse
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