Eisenhower urges UN role in Middle East summit talks
President Eisenhower proposed to Khrushchev that the UN Security Council determine if a Middle East summit is acceptable and set a meeting time. He said the council should fix ground rules and possibly arrange a meeting in New York, with U.S. attendance, after Khrushchev agreed to hold the session in the UN.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
United Nations Security Council
Middle East
White House
Geneva
U.N
James Hagerty
New York
Dulles
Mikhail A. Menshikov
State Department
Security Council
U.N. Security Council
Pawass Asyoysnaysy
Doffs Apron To Become Private Eye
London AP reports middle aged Matilda Higgins shed her housewife apron to become a private eye after her husband’s car was stolen. She solved the case in half an hour, tracing the abandoned vehicle and missing tools and seat covers. Neighbors fed her tips until dealer John Yerby was jailed for two years. She compared herself to Sherlock Holmes, saying it was elementary once she started.
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London
Matilda
Higgins
John Yerby
Yerby
Sherlock Holmes
University professor's wife chooses jail over small fine
Mrs Rexford B Hersey, wife of a University of Pennsylvania professor, refused a $10 traffic fine for turning on a red light and spent three days in jail after declaring she would imitate the Declaration of Independence signers. Her husband, Rexford B Hersey, a professor of industrial relations, supported her in principle.
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Philadelphia
A_ university
Ralph Pusey
Rexford B. Hersey
University of Pennsylvania
Weather Forecast For County Streamlined Daytime
Generally fair this afternoon and tonight with partly cloudy skies Saturday. A little cooler this afternoon, warmer Saturday, high near 85 this afternoon, low in the 60s, high Saturday upper 80s. Yesterday's high 85, low today around 66, record highs and lows noted for the date.
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Vesvese
My Seeunee
Aswee
Eyneyee
Rebels Block Lebanon Elections and Tensions Rise
Rebel leader Saeb Salam declared that elections won’t occur while Camille Chamoun remains president and foreign troops stay in Lebanon. Parliament was to meet Thursday to elect a Chamoun successor, but a compromise candidate was likely required. US official hinted at possible Lebanon troop withdrawal. Syrian claim of a downed jet over Lebanese territory was reported by Damascus.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Saeb Salam
Camille Chamoun
U.S. Navy
Syria
Damascus
United Arab Republic
Two Railroads Denied Appeal On Tax Valuations
TOPEKA AP Appeals by Missouri Pacific and Kansas City Southern to reduce taxable property values were denied by the State Board of Tax Appeals. The railroads argued valuations were too high versus actual value compared with other Kansas real estate. 1958 assessments stood at 47,843,953 for Missouri Pacific Kansas and 2,331,450 for Kansas City Southern.
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Topeka
State Board of Tax Appeals
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City Southern
Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
Monsoon Weather In Kansas Continues Rainfall Showers
Kansas and nearby areas report heavy overnight and daytime rainfall. Ottawa received .91 inches, with .46 inches during the day and .45 at night. Many towns logged several inches, including Osawatomie 3.29, Cassville 4.83, Seligman 4.15, Carthage 2.80, Seneca 2.25, while the Marais des Cygnes river rose near flood levels at the Main Street bridge gauge in Ottawa. Missouri storms downed lines, interrupting long distance circuits temporarily.
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Ottawa
Italy
Marais Des Cygnes
Main Street
Missouri
Joplin
Cassville
Seligman
Carthage
Seneca
Teenage Girls On Front Line With Lebanese Rebels
In Basra the rebel held hillside sees three 16 year old girls among at least 50 women and girls trained for military duty. They work two hours daily in weapons handling and hospital aid, then man barricades from dawn to midnight. They say they fight to defend their country and set an example for men.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Basra
Zeynab Masri
Houda Ajouz
Popular Resistance Movement
Samira Sunno
Treasure Hunt Follows Flood In Fort Scott
Fort Scott residents resume a field search for relics after July flood. Johnny Mayhew, 17, found arrowheads and tools north of the city while 250 evacuees sheltered nearby. Finds include old coins, a 1852 dime, a brass bullet loader, and fragments from old Springfield rifles.
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Fort Scott
Ken
Johnny Mayhew
Fort Scott Tribune
Mayhew
Lewis D. Robinson
Traffic Toll in Topeka Kansas 1958 Update
AP reports Kansas traffic fatalities from the state accident records section show 1 death in the last 24 hours. To date in 1958 total 272 fatalities, compared with 289 in the same period of 1957.
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Topeka
Kansas
Fritts for Sheriff Seeks Unified Office and More Deputies
Tommie J. Fritts of Ottawa campaigns in the Aug. 5 Republican primary for sheriff. He proposes combining the sheriff’s office a jail and quarters into one unit at the jail building and expanding the deputy force. Fritts, 27, highlights experience with diverse people and outlines a plan to streamline operations with more deputies. He was born on a family farm near Ottawa, is a high school graduate, and has worked in farming Boeing Aircraft and local businesses before opening his electrical appliance repair business with his wife. They reside near his father's farm with two children, Tommie II and Nordine Leona.
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Tommie J. Fritts
RFC 2
Ottawa
Fritts
Ottawa High School
Boeing Aircraft
Wichita
Tomimie J. II
Nordine Leona
Bennett Dies at 97 Founder of Ottawa Creamery
Byron Douglas Bennett longtime head of Bennett Creamery Co died at 2 15 am in Ransom Memorial Hospital at age 97 Born April 11 1861 near Clinton TfL he moved through Kansas before returning to Ottawa In 1905 with partners he bought the Forest Park Creamery and by 1912 owned Ottawa’s largest creameries In later years he sold his ice business after the 1951 flood Surviving are a son F R Bennett daughter Mrs Catherine Anderson a brother and a sister nine grandchildren and great grandchildren Funeral set for 3 pm Saturday at Lamb Funeral Chapel with burial in High Cemetery Flowers requested Pallbearers listed including family members and local officials
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Bennett Creamery Co
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Bennett
Clinton
Tfl
Kansas
Williamsburg
Wichita
Harper
Franklin County
Myra Ransom
J. H. Ransom
Ransomville
Mr. Bennett
Rock Island Lumber Co
Pittsburg
Ottawa
Capt. Ransom
Marais Des Cygnes
American Service Co
Old Forest Park
Middle West
The
Elks Club
Lamb Funeral Chapel
Highand Cemetery
Charles Knight
W. A. Elliott Will
Jofficiate
Valuation Rise Drives County Budget Increase
Franklin County faces a 32 450 13 rise in next year’s operating costs bringing the total budget to 1 743 244 99 up from 1 710 794 86 with assessed valuation rising to 41 813 443 an 884 825 increase. The budget includes 22 200 more for a new nursing home and 7 557 more for welfare, while construction and a new telephone building boost the valuation. A public hearing is set for Aug 6 at 9 a.m. at the courthouse.
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Franklin County
Herald
New County
Welfare Department
Show Goes On Despite Aches At London Charity Night
The gala Night of a Hundred Stars at the London Palladium featured Sir Laurence Olivier Vivien Leigh and John Mills performing despite injuries Olivier strained a tendon Leigh bruised knee Mills strapped rib. Two Americans Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster joined as stockbrokers performing with canes and clowning while a stand in for Olivier continued the act.
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London Palladium
Actors
Olivier
Laurence
Vivien
Mills
Kirk Douglas
Burt Lancaster
Plan Flight 16 Miles Up
In Minneapolis a pair of aeronauts led by Navy Cmdr Malcolm D Ross and M Lee Lewis prepare for a 24 hour ascent to about 16 miles above earth. They will ride a 172 foot diameter balloon launched from a Crosby Minnesota open pit iron mine testing a state lab aluminum gondola with life support and air conditioning to maintain a safe artificial atmosphere.
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Minneapolis
Crosby
Minn
Ross and
Swis
Search In Vain At Atlantic Beach For Martland
Police fire fighters and Coast Guardmen combed the water off Atlantic beach by 50 car headlights for Wallace A. Martland 19 Newport after he was reported missing and presumed drowned. Later searchers found Martland safe at home in bed.
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Middletown
Atlantic Beach
Wallace A. Martland
Newport
Martland
Promotion Group Discusses Expansion Plan in Olathe
A proposal to widen the Mid-Eastern Kansas Industrial Development Association limits was discussed in Olathe with Milo Hewitt of Ottawa presiding. No action was taken. current boundaries include Johnson and Miami counties plus portions of Anderson Linn Franklin and parts of Douglas and Wyandotte. Hewitt named chairmen for three committees and 40 residents attended.
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Kansas Industrial Development Association
Olathe
Hewitt
Marais Des Cygnes
Johnson, Miami
Anderson, Linn
Franklin
Douglas
Wyandotter Counties
Bob Foley
Kansas City
Kas
Ward Runyon
Paola
Charles House
Osawatomie
Contract Set On New Skelly Service Station
Construction will start immediately on a new Skelly Service Station at 220 N. Main in Ottawa. The existing station at 207 N. Main will be removed to clear right of way for flood projection works. McClure Brothers are the general contractors, planning on occupancy by Sept 15 with possible post completion finishing. The Acorn Lunch building will be torn down and a former used car office building moved to Ottawa Country Club grounds as a tool house. Occupants of condemned properties have been told to vacate by Sept 15.
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Skelly
N. Main
Ben Gilmore
Ottawa
City of
McClure Brothers
North Main Street
Acorn Lunch
Ottawa Country Club
Gilmore
15 Year Old Hates Police in Kansas City
In Kansas City Kansas a 15 year old boy carrying a baseball bat threatened to kill a policeman, saying he did not like policemen. The boy, later identified by neighbors, had been drinking eight beers and was arrested after the incident at a policeman's home.
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Kansas City
Kan
Jack
Kilburn
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