Storm floods Wichita area forcing 600 plus evacuations
More than 600 residents were evacuated from north Wichita as a thunderstorm flooded the area. Motorboats aided rescues while stockyards partly submerged. no deaths or injuries were reported. Arkansas River overflow swamped farmland and roads north of the city as high winds hindered operations.
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Quaker Group Official to Speak on Russia at Pine Room
A Quaker group official will speak at 7:30 p.m. in the Pine Room of Rae Hix about Russia after a mission to the Reds. The talk will address findings and implications from the trip.
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Reds
Dune
Rae Hix
Government civilian employment rises by over 2.3 million
Byrd announces a net gain of 2,385,077 civilian workers under federal hiring in the latest monthly figures. Navy and Air Force add personnel, Army shows a net reduction, as overall civilian employment increases amid reductions proposed in federal expenditures.
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Air Force
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Detroit Phone Strike Ends Shortly After Start
A Detroit Bell Telephone strike involving about 16 500 workers began around 5 am and ended within half an hour. The settlement pays 2.50 to 5 dollars weekly plus benefits and maintains the current 40 hour week. Picket lines had existed in Detroit and other Michigan cities before workers were recalled after the agreement.
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Three Die in Head-On Collision on Highway 2
Three men died when a skidding car was struck by a truck on Highway 2 about six miles east of here. The dead include Jerry and Jackson E. Hardesky, 30, of Great Is Lee Wes ns Dorado, with another passenger also killed. A truck driver suffered minor injuries.
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Gleason Foresees Pay TV Breakthrough For MGM Era
Jackie Gleason discusses live on film formats and pay TV potential. He predicts MGM networks and argues audiences will pay to see films at home, noting bigger audiences and fewer laughs being dubbed in. He plans Stage Show appearances and filming two shows weekly while eyeing a movie deal.
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Anderson Heads Kansans Going to See Stevenson
Emporia Democrat Kenneth T. Anderson led a Kansas Democratic group to Chicago to urge Adlai Stevenson to seek the 1956 nomination. He cited a statewide party leaders survey showing strong support and predicted Stevenson would announce next month and win in 1956. Anderson helped Kansas back Stevenson at the 1952 Chicago convention.
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Emporia
Kansas
Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Moslems Ban Relations With France Amid Arab Dispute
Syria's Moslem religious leaders issue a decree declaring contact with France a great sin. They call for an economic and cultural boycott of France and French products in response to the Paris Arab-North African dispute.
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Five Year Old Girl Found After Rabid Fox Search
Nancy Richier of Suffern NY was found after an intensive 13 state search following a rabid fox bite at an Catskill area game farm. She received rabies injections and was urged to seek immediate medical serum treatment within 12 to 24 hours to reduce death risk.
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Oklahoma Escapees May Be in Kansas City Now
Grady County sheriff suspects California murder suspect Flora Mae Giddings Dinuba California accomplices Cornelius Cook and W R Garrett escaped from Chickasha jail and may have boarded a northbound Rock Island freight near Chickasha en route to Kansas City. The trio previously escaped two months earlier and were recaptured in Winfield Kansas.
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Oklahoma City Flood Evacuations After Rising Canadian River
Heavy rains pushed the Canadian River two feet above flood stage forcing the evacuation of more than 75 people from low lands in southern Oklahoma City last night. Creek waters spilled over banks and four state roads were closed across central to western Oklahoma.
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Flint Scholarship Fund Created At Kansas University
Colleagues of the late Prof. Leon N. Flint and friends have started a Flint Scholarship Fund at the University Endowment Association to honor his wish for a deserv ing student in the William Allen White School of Journalism. Flint taught journalism at KU from 1906 to 1947 and chaired the department 1916 to 1941.
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Belgian Priests Free Hong Kong Missionary Report
Three Belgian priests Fathers Albert E. J. Weyts Jules Scheyvaerts and Paul Coucke arrived aboard the British freighter Pakhoi from Shanghai they said 500 Roman Catholics were arrested in Shanghai during Reds drive against religion amid tension.
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Jules Scheyvaerts
Paul Coucke
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De La Do club opens with fifth year caller Beedles in Lawrence
Mr and Mrs Pat Beedles attended the opening dance of the De La Do club in Lawrence on Sept 19 with Beedles serving as caller for the fifth year. He is vice president of the Northeast Kansas Callers Association and aids in teaching other dances. The Brotherhood of the First Methodist Church held its September meeting with a covered dish supper and a business session led by Earl Black. Dr Charles Doudna of Baker spoke on Getting Along With People. New members attended. F C Leinaker of the Baldwin Ledger becomes journalism professor at Baker for the year. Carl Wakeman of Kansas City conducted local business. his wife Mrs Wakeman said her parents, Mr and Mrs Edward Huey, are in a Baldwin nursing home improving. Emma A Laury of Chicago, former Baker student, called on.
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Chicago
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Curiosity Injures Boy In Columbus Accident
A 14 year old boy, Carl Whalen, was injured when his hammer and nail pried open a strange object at a site in Columbus. An explosion from the object sent shrapnel into his eye. officials said the item turned out to be a figmamite cap.
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Ohio
Carl Whalen
Local Social Notes Highlight Transfers Visits and Meetings
Old Baldwin friends reunite during visits to Independence and Chicago. Ladies travel between Kewanna and California as relatives engage in family gatherings. Kansas Methodist Conference Youth Day highlights and religious talks. Palmyra Old Settlers plan a dinner and program at First Methodist. Local clubs host events and leaders conduct seminars across Kansas and Missouri.
Free book explains arthritis and rheumatism treatment
Public offering of a free 44 page illustrated booklet from The Ball Clinic outlining causes effects and dangers of arthritis and rheumatism. It promotes a drugless method of treatment used in thousands of cases and invites readers to mail for the book without cost or obligation to Excelsior Springs Missouri.
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Ball Clinic
Dept
Excelsior Springs
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