Missouri Escapees Captured After Kansas City Standoff
In Kansas City two escapees from Fulton State Hospital were captured after a street standoff. Fitch 22 and DeFord 26 surrendered when warned by police and FBI agents via loudspeaker. Both carried pistols. Fitch faced a nine year sentence for a 1954 sex crime and DeFord a 20 year term for his foster mother’s 1944 slaying.
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Fulton, Mo
FBI
James H. Fitch
Kansas City
Frank Ray DeFord
St. Louis
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DeFord
Harold Hendrickson
Menagha
Minn
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Hend
Rickson
Fulton
Civil Service Board In Kansas Sustains Ouster Of Two Employees
Topeka reports the State Civil Service Board sustained the dismissal of two Elwood port of entry inspectors Hugh Gordonnier and Harvey Maxson and ordered reinstatement of inspector Harry Dowler. All had 18 years of service. Maxson and Dowler were cited for lateness and sleeping on the job. Gordonnier was accused of failing to account for 282 dollars from a port pop machine. the board did not uphold Dowler’s charges. Dowler testified he was late only twice in 18 years, while Gordonnier claimed funds were used for port supplies and an air conditioner. He produced 100 dollars to the state as part of his explanation. The state contends profits from the pop machine should be turned over to the state.
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Topeka
Elwood
State Civil Service Board
Hugh Gordonnier
Harvey Maxson
Harry Dowler
Maxson
Dowler
Cordonnier
Cancellation Asked On Driver's Permit
TOPEKA i A formal complaint has been filed with the Kansas Highway Patrol by Atty. Gen. John Anderson which could lead to immediate cancellation of the driver's license of a man charged in a hit and run fatality. Anderson named Charles Everett of Kansas City Kansas charged with driving a car which hit and killed Martha Jane Masters 18 in Kansas City Aug. 25. Anderson said the patrol should conduct an examination and upon showing that Everett was a habitual violator of traffic ordinances his driver's license should be cancelled. The girl's mother told an informant that Everett was released on bond and his license had not been taken from him. She said he had been fined at least five times in the last two years for traffic violations. In an opinion yesterday Anderson said a private corporation operating a housing project on a military reservation in Kansas should be assessed and taxed annually in the county where the project is located.
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John Anderson
Anderson
Charles Everett
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Kas
Martha Jane Masters
Everett
Kansas
Do You Know This Person Do You Know This Person
Wide browed young Lawrence girl born September 1890 shown at eight months old in a long christening robe with voluminous petticoats. She grew up in Lawrence attending Douglas County schools, Lawrence High, Kansas University, and joined Plymouth Congregational Church, the D A R, and scholastic honor societies.
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Douglas County
Lawrence High School
Kansas University
Plymouth Congregational Church
Paul “Unyan
Safecracker Nabbed After License Tag Check
Police halted a car bearing dealer tags from Kansas and arrested Willard Dean Otto 29 of Grinnell Iowa. He claimed breaking into a Des Moines tavern and stealing between 300 and 400 dollars. Otto had been released from the Toaa Penitentiary last month and was found with 200 dollars hidden in the car. He admitted buying the car in Hiawatha Irayo and still having dealer tags.
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ST. Joseph
Kansas
Towa
Terne V. Starmer
Willard Dean Otto
Grinnell
Iowa
Des Moines
Starmer
Otto
Gloucester House Seat Declared Won by 8374 Votes
An election held yesterday to fill a vacancy returned the Gloucester seat by 8,374 votes, a result that surprised the ruling Conservative party which had come within 743 votes of seizing the seat in the 1955 general election.
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Gloucester
House of Commons
Local Student Wins Art Prize at Topeka Fair
Lois Van Liew of 917 Ul. St won a $400 art department scholarship at the Kansas fair in Topeka. Her watercolor painting titled Four Nine was judged best in the fine arts division for sophomores, earning the named individual prize.
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Lois van Liew
Ul. St
The
Kansas
Topeka
Van
Hs Bye Stor
Dastelay
Governor Buys 4-H Prize at Kansas Free Fair
Gov George Docking paid 27.5 cents a pound for a Hereford calf at a Kansas Free Fair 4-H livestock sale. The 932 pound calf was sold by Gene Raymond of Carnett and marked a prize item in the exhibit.
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Topeka
George Docking
Gene Raymond
Carnett
Louisiana Only State Having Bout With Flu
Louisian a reports it is the sole state with widespread influenza. The weekly health service note centers on influenza and Asian flu. It estimates about 50 000 Asian flu cases nationwide in recent months, up 15 000 in ten days. Last week 1710 new influenza cases were logged, though few were lab confirmed.
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Z So Tie Health Service
United States
Dairies to Cut Prices in Kansas City Area
Major dairy firms in the Kansas City area announced last night they will reduce milk prices two cents a quart to meet competition. Home delivered milk will be 21 cents a quart and 40 cents a half gallon.
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Kansas City
Truman backs federal racial action stance at news conference
Kansas City report says Harry S. Truman asserted that no governor can nullify federal law and urged enforcement of Supreme Court decisions. He tied the issue to Arkansas race tensions, recalling historical tariff nullifiers under Jackson and a firm warning to enforce United States laws. He spoke before leaving for New York to visit his daughter and helped dedicate a shopping center on the old Truman farm.
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Supreme Court
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Truman
United States
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Andrew Jackson
South Carolina
Walliflers
New York
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