Richmond Area High School Board Reaches Vanek Break
The Richmond area reports the high school board released William A. Vanek from his contract to become principal at a new air academy in Monument Colorado. Frank Gortna, former Waverly principal for six years, is hired to fill Vanek’s position. The rest of the note records numerous local visits moves and social engagements including visits by Miss Frances Cassity and Mrs. Maude Tippin’s circle, and events at the Friendly Circle.
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William A. Vanek
Monument
Colo
New Air Academy
Frank Gortna
Waverly
Vaneks
J. L. Jennings
Chicago
John Embry
Maurice Reno
Overland Park
Abe Severns
Marvin Severns
Denver
Two Brothers Wreck Train Near Winnipeg
In Manitoba two young brothers aged 6 and 8 loosened a railway switch causing a transcontinental CN train from Montreal to Vancouver to derail 36 miles east of Winnipeg. Eight of sixteen derailed cars jackknifed as 86 people were injured and hospitalised. damage estimated at 225000. The boys were questioned with parents present and charges not yet decided.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canadian National Railway
Montreal
Vancouver
Eisenhower calls 10 percent oil import cut proposed
President Eisenhower asks voluntary import curb on oil, targeting a 10 percent cut for companies east of the Rockies to bolster domestic production for national defense. Senators from New England oppose, while supporters from oil states praise. Critics warn of price rises and favoritism. officials anticipate possible mandatory controls if violated.
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Washington
New England
White House
Eisenhower
Rockies
Crackdown on Reds in East Indonesia Reported
In East Indonesia rebel commander Lt. Col. Ventje Sumual allegedly placed 30 Red leaders under house arrest in South Celebes amid a crackdown. He governs the mainly Christian province independently from Jakarta and also ordered arrests of several Nationalist Party members in a reported move.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Ventje Sumual
Celebes
Sumual
Handyman On Route San Diego Note For Milk Delivery
A note left by Mrs. Zelma Lock er asks a handyman on route San Diego to be sure and close. The brief message highlights a routine residential request and reflects local domestic life notes from the period.
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San Diego
Zelma Locker
Boeing worker killed by press accident in Wichita
Wichita mourns Kenneth E. Baker a 28 year old punch press operator at Boeing Airplane Co. killed when his head was struck by the upper platen as he operated the sheet metal press. Fellow workers did not see the accident and were checking its cause.
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Wichita
Kenneth EE. Bakner
Boeing Airplane Co
Baker
Former Boeing employee from Attica and Wellington dies
A July 30 1957 Ottawa Herald note reports a man born in Anderson County Kao who formerly lived in Attica and Wellington and had worked for Boeing since 1949.
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The
Ottawa Herald
Attica
Wellington
Boeing
Anderson County
Kao
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U. S. Army
Washington, D. C
Richmond
Clyde Gorton
Ottawa
Mmes
Ivan McLees
Ralph Chandler
Frances
Vera Cassity
Mabel Chandler
Northwest
Lester Griffith
Arkansas City
Loren Snider
Grettlie Rebstock
Mines
Nellie Gordon
Lena Brummel
Margaret Edwards
John Craycraft
Bryce Cummings
Topeka
John Craycrafts
Cecil Orr
George Hutchisons
Herbie Wolfe
Glenda
Hutchison
Raymond Coleman
Warrensburg
Frank Dietrich
Virgil Smith
Garnett Lake
Maude Tippin
Jennie Kelsey
Ruth Atchison
Grettie Rebstock
Arthur Hahn
Cecil M. Orr
Bill Maley
Steve Dunbar
Mears Park
Lillian Randolph
Garnett
Bradford Chandler
Clive Bastin
Ed Keller
Friendly Circle
Charley Smith
Katherine
R. S. McCrea
Tippin
Maria Sutton
Wilbur Duffeys
Earl Billett
Council Grove
Lest Fox
Charley Rhoads
Esther
Phyllis Jackson
Fleetwood Sweeneys
Kansas City
Ora Lee Lickteig
Jackson
Gerald Ward
Ross Spencers
Preston
Spencers
Ohio
Harold
Indiana
Marvin Cline
Gary Ind
Chet Clines
Goeldner - Kuiken
J. Dean Nossinger
North American Bldg
Sen. Flanders
R-Vi
Sen. Payne
Maine
Sen. Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Sen. Kerr
D-Okla
Air Company
Secretary of the Interior
Seaton
Office of Defense Mobilization
Fisenhower
Port-A-Walls
State
Quenemo
Kansas
Philco
Singer
Maytag Mangel
Hampshire
Bill Buchtel
Neill George
Harold Cherry
Kenneth Parmely
Davis Paint
S. Main
Boeine
Allis Chalmers
J. Deere
Mayrath Grain
JD Lister
Youngstown
Gibson
Ralph Hohner
Neill George & Harold Cherry
BK. A. Farrow
Mr. Farmer
John Deere Tractors
John Deere
Ottawa Tractor
Packard
Studebaker -Packard
Studebaker-Packard
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