Franklin County Polio Protection Ranks Fourth in Kansas
Franklin County ranks fourth among 80 Kansas counties in polio protection for school children, with 56.6 percent current protection defined as three shots in two years. County health officer Dr. Joe Henning notes a boost from 358 polio shots this January to June, mostly for school age children, while stressing the booster schedule and lack of adult data. In Kansas, protection ranges from 19.3 percent in Graham to 80 percent in Lyon. Pratt, near Charleston West Virginia, has discarded its wooden jail after no prisoners since last year’s election of Mayor and police judge William H. Vaughan.
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Franklin County
Kansas
Joe Henning
Kansas State Board of Health
Henning
Graham County
Lyon
Dr. Henning
Charleston
W.va
Pratt
Here
William H. Vaughan
City seeks sewer crawlers to plug leaks in Philly
Philadelphia officials opened applications Tuesday for sewer crawlers to fix leaks and rat holes in the city's vast sewer system. Applicants must fit through an 18 inch pipe.
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Philadelphia
Detroints School Breakin Stolen Milk Fund Note Left
A school in Detroit was broken into and the milk fund stolen. A note blamed poor spelling with the line Your are waisting your time if you are looking for finger prints. Detective Garfield Campbell said he will search for the culprit, noting the misspelling.
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Detroit
Garfield Campbell
Mamie Eisenhower Admitted To Hospital
Mrs Mamie Eisenhower entered Walter Reed Army Hospital Tuesday for treatment of acute asthmatic bronchitis. Doctors said she is comfortable and feeling better with little fever, and would remain under treatment for a short period, likely a few days.
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Washington
Mamie Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
White House
James C. Hagerty
Tornado relief fund tops five thousand in Meriden
In Meriden Eas, thirty Topeka Junior Chamber volunteers collected 5266 for tornado relief from weekend visitors viewing May 19 damage. About 6500 leaflets explaining appeals were distributed to those who did not contribute on site.
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Meriden
Eas
Topeka Junior Chamber of Commerce
Phil Menninger
The
Junior Chamber
County Forecast Mixed Showers and Cooler Tonight
Scattered showers and thunder storms this afternoon and tonight with Thursday mostly fair and cooler. Highs this afternoon around the mid 60s, tonight's lows near 50, Thursday highs in the lower 70s. Yesterday's high 63, low 61 today, record highs and lows for the date noted from 1934 and 1907 respectively. Hourly readings are incomplete.
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Greene
Bob Phe
Widow Is Charged In KC Slaying
In Kansas City AP report, Sharon Kinne, 20, charged with first degree murder in the slaying of Patricia Jones near Independence. Arraigned in magistrate court, bond set at $20,000, preliminary hearing scheduled June 16. Jones, mother of two, was shot four times. Kinne had dated Jones’ husband Walter Jones Jr. and had involvement with a pistol purchase and altered records. Boldizs and Mayo questioned, both offered lie detector tests.
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Kansas City
Sharon Kinne
Patricia Jones
William Collete
Kinne
Jones
Independence
Martin T. Mayo
Mission
Kan
Thhey
Fights For Votes In Alabama
Loyalist Democrats claimed five of Alabama's electoral votes while states rights factions held the other six amid unsettled returns from Tuesday's Democratic runoff. North Alabama loyalties dominate, with several counties still unreported as Bruce Henderson of Prairie, Alabama, wins the 11th state.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
National Party
Bruce Henderson
Prairie
Surgery for Cooper in Hollywood
Hollywood AP reports actor Gary Cooper underwent major surgery to remove a portion of his colon and will be hospitalized for two weeks.
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Hollywood
Gary Cooper
Memorial Day Traffic Toll Tops Three Day Record
Final tally for the Memorial Day weekend reports 367 traffic deaths over three days. The NSC had estimated 375 and the all‑inclusive death toll reaches 579, surpassing the prior Memorial weekend high of 504 from 1947.
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Chicago Yn
National Safety Council
Walking Doctor Nears Kansas City on Transcontinental Hike
Dr Barbara Moore, an 86 year old English physician, nears Kansas City Kansas on a cross country walk. She left Lawrence heading toward U S 40 to east of Kansas City and will be driven back for the night. She has covered about 30 miles since Tuesday night and plans to reach New York by June 10. She says snakes in Kansas worry her but maintains her schedule.
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Kansas City
Barbara Moore
Kan
Moore
Kansas Turnpike
Lawrence
Bonner Springs
Kansas Highway Patrol
Horse Finds Heaven Living In Basement
A 12 year old chestnut horse named Tommy became trapped in a wine cellar beneath a West Side Chicago stable. Firemen used torches and a hoist to free him but the animal remained settled, eating hay and staying calm as rescuers widened the opening and broke concrete. The Anti Cruelty Society described him as not suffering, just in a bad spot, while observers noted he enjoys the respite from cart work.
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Chicago
Tommy
J. J. Shaffer
Anti-Cruelty Society
Julius Pekovsky
Pekovsky
Shaffer
Area Livestock Meeting Here
A Second District meeting of the Kansas Livestock Association will be held at Memorial Auditorium on June 9. The event opens with a Dutch Supper at 7 p.m. Speakers include Rep. Robert A. Anderson on legislation affecting livestock producers and state veterinary Dr. John Hudelson on brucellosis programs.
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Kansas Livestock Association
Memorial Auditorium
N. V. Hudelson
Pomona
Hudelson l
Robert Teagarden
la Cygen
Robert A. Anderson
Ottawa
House
Ways and Means
Kansas
Jim Orton
John Hudelson
Farmers
Lee Perkins
Halleck Named Potential Permanent GOP Convention Chairman
Washington AP reports Republican House Leader Charles A. Halleck of Indiana is expected to be the permanent chairman candidate for the GOP National Convention. National Chairman Thruston B. Morton said he will recommend Halleck for the post.
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Washington
Republican House
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Thruston B. Morton
Halleck
Showers Possible in Ottawa and Eastern Kansas
The weather bureau warned of showers this afternoon across Ottawa and eastern Kansas as a cool front moves in from Nebraska. Thunderstorms are likely this afternoon and evening with cooler temperatures overnight and Thursday. A severe weather warning covers an area south of Ottawa with potential large hail and damaging winds from 30 miles south of Gage, Oklahoma to Chanute, Kansas, mainly 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Gage
Okla
Chanute
Kas
U2 Planes Conducted 264000 Miles of Weather Flights
NASA deputy administrator Hugh L. Dryden testified that high flying U2 planes logged over 264000 miles in more than 20 weather flights. He noted the flights occurred in the United States, Western Europe, Turkey and Japan and that flight paths were known only after the missions.
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Washington
Space Agency
United States
Europe
Turkey
Japan
Hugh L. Dryden
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ottawa University to Award Four Honorees at 95th Reunion
Ottawa University announces four honorees for its 95th anniversary alumni reunion and commencement. J R Cheney former Ottawa mayor and Kansas Highway Commission member receives a distinguished service plaque. Other honorees include Dr Leland M White New York Dr George E Myers Concordia and Rev Loren E Noren Hong Kong.
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Leland M. White
New York
George E. Myers
Concordia
Loren E. Noren
Hong Kong
White
Ottawa University
United States Rubber Company
Noren
Oare
China
Wholesale Food Prices Decline This Week
New York AP reports wholesale food prices edged downward this week. Dun and Bradstreet’s index stood at 5.98, down from 5.94 last week, and 2.3 percent below the 6.07 level in the 1959 week. The index covers wholesale cost of one pound of 81 commonly used foods.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
New Phone Cable Project To Begin Soon
The Southwestern Bell Telephone Company will invest over $900000 to bury a toll cable from its Ottawa building to near Osage City linking with the Topeka Emporia line. The project includes branch lines to Williamsburg and Pomona, five repeater huts, one pole mounted repeater, and will remove about 800 wire miles of toll line. The 42 mile route starts in June and aims to finish by December this year, giving Ottawa a direct Topeka link and replacing overhead lines with underground cable.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
J. T. Morrisey
Ottawa
Osage City
Topeka-Emporia
Ca Ia
Williamsburg
Pomona
Ray Hall
East 7Th Street
Pres
Hall
Morrisey
City of
Better
Park Streets
Adlai Proposes a Five Point Peace Plan
CHICAGO AP Adlai E Stevenson outlined a five point grand strategy for peace to recover the initiative in the cold war and restore confidence in American leadership. He attacked the Eisenhower administration, proposing deterrent power with NATO allies, stronger Western unity, long range aid for poor nations, international control of disarmament, and proving freedom works through schooling research health housing and public services.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
United States
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Washington
NATO
Free World
Atlantic Council
Suffers Burns In Home Blast in Wellsville
Mrs Glen Layton Sr suffered first degree burns to her legs and arm in an explosion at her Wellsville home while washing clothes soaked in gasoline. Fumes likely ignited by the hot water heater caused a blaze on the basement steps and smoke damaged the kitchen. fire crews extinguished the fire, and she was treated and released.
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Wellsville
Glen Layton
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Judy Meyer
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Judy
Jack Fenton
Lamb
Horse
Schaffer
Dryden
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
NASA
Pan American
TWA
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Paris
U.S
Allen W. Dulles
Central
Intelligance Agency
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Dulles
Fulbright
Wilson Field House
Andrew B. Martin
First Baptist Church
Dr. Martin
J. R. Cheney
Topeka
Adlai
Layton
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