Miami County officers probe series of motor car deals
Miami County law enforcement probes a string of check and motor car deals. Three checks totaling near 7000 to a local dealer bounced, a 2200 check on a Drexel auto failed to clear, and five Missouri men reported with similar stories. Sheriff A C Farrar says cars are unfound, FBI may step in if stolen across the state line, and Kansas City police are aiding in possible arrests.
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Paola
Miami County
Drexel
Missouri
A. C. Farrar
Towa
Farrar
FBI
Kansas City
Osawatomie Man Takes Own Life
Osawatomie, Special Thuda R. Brewer, 82, died of a self inflicted chest wound at his home last Thursday night. He stepped outside and shot himself with a 12 gauge shotgun. Family members heard the shot and found him dead. He had suffered poor health for about a year.
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Osawatomie
Thuda R. Brewer
Ike urged to lay peace pattern at Big Four meeting
Senate leaders urge President Eisenhower to present a peace pattern at the July Big Four conference to test Soviet intentions. Sen Knowland says the free world should state its position on free elections in satellite states and German reunification, while Sen Humphrey suggests inviting former Sec State Acheson to help draft allied principles. McCarthy labels the plan a dangerous gamble but Knowland counters that offensive action is now needed.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Eisenhower
Humphrey
D-Minn
Dean Acheson
Senate
Britain
France
Russia
Germany
Free World
McCarthy
R-Wis
Chartered planes move 1100 stranded Americans home
London based Cunard officials chartered a fleet to airlift more than 1100 American-bound passengers stranded by a wildcat seamen strike that halted eight transatlantic liners. The plan saves travelers at least 14 dollars plus tips. 200 of 1175 passengers had already begun travel while 12 more aircraft were chartered to complete the evacuation.
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London
Cunard Line
Britain
Cunard
Nichols Named Miami County Welfare Director
Paola Special — Robert Nichols, previously acting director of social welfare for Miami county, is appointed county welfare director by the commissioners. He succeeds J. Delmar Schulz who resigned February 14.
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Paola
Robert Nichols
Miami County
J. Delmar Schulz
Sunflower Ordnance Works Employees Donate to Udall Tornado Fund
Sunflower Ordnance Works employees organize a voluntary drive for the S.O.W. Udall Tornado Fund to aid families who lost everything on May 25. Each employee is asked to contribute at least one dollar. funds will be given as direct gift checks to four Udall families most in need, with presentation expected in early July.
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Hercules Powder Company
Sunflower Ordnance Works
S.o.w.—Udal
Sunflower
Udall
Sunflower Ord‘nance Works
Hall Seeks Young GOP Uprising Against Extremists
Kansas Governor Fred Hall urged young Republicans at the Young GOP national convention in Detroit to save the party from extremist influence. He proposed a "Grand New Party" resembling Eisenhower and attacked policies he called socialist, including a Salk polio program. Senator Gordon Allott anticipated Eisenhower’s re election, with Vice President Nixon to speak. delegates enjoyed leisure events aboard a Detroit River cruise.
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Detroit
Fred Hall
Kansas
Hall
Eisenhower
Oveta Culp Hobby
Senate Labor Committee
National Assn
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
NAM
Gordon Allott
R-Cole
Nixon
Detroit River
Beauty Contests Cancelled Over Special Sin Warning
Plans for Panama's 1955 Miss Universe participation were canceled after Roman Catholic Archbishop Francisco Beckman warned from the cathedral that bathing beauty contestants commit a special sin. The archbishop said such displays make contestants unworthy of church sacraments.
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Panama
Francisco Beckman
Well Known Music Teacher Mary McKee Dies in New York
Mary Ritchie McKee, 93, famed music teacher and widow of Rev. Dr. James L. McKee of Kansas City, died in New York last night. Born in Wilmington Illinois, she led the music department at her institution and influenced generations of students.
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New York
Mary Ritchie McKee
James Lapsley McKee
Kansas City
Wilmington
Ill
Notable Coe College Alumni Listed in Obituary
The obituary notes Cadlwell College now Centre College women division in Danville Kentucky Park College in Parkville Missouri and Texas Fairmount College Weatherford Texas among institutions connected. Survivors include brother Alex C Ritchie of McLouth Kansas and two sons Alex R McKee executive secretary of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and John McKee of the Associated Press both residents of New York.
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Cadlwell College
Centre College
Danville
Park College
Parkville
Texas Fairmount College
Weatherford
Tex
Alex C. Ritchie
McLouth
Kan
Alex R. McKee
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
John McKee
The
Associated Press
New York
Reece Named Colorado Health Director In Denver
Dr. Richard J. Reece of Kansas City Kansas started work as director of local health services for the Colorado Health Department. Reece was previously assistant city health officer in Kansas City. Early Mars observers misread dark regions as water. newer data show no large Martian water bodies.
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Denver
Richard J. Reece
Kansas City
Kas
Colorado Health Department
Reece
Mars
SOW Groups Raise Funds To Help Udall
Sunflower Ordnance Works employees from Hercules Powder Company Ordnance Corps Corps of Engineers Massman Patts Companies U S Industrial Chemical Co and other sub contractors joined to raise funds for the tornado struck Udall Kansas. The Sunflower Planet sponsored the drive and a total of 3707 05 had been collected as of Wednesday June 15. The campaign ended Friday June 10 but final totals await vacationing staff.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Udall
Kansas
Hercules Powder Company
Ordnance Corps
Corps of Engineers
Massman Fpatts
U.S. Industrial Chemical Company
Sunflower Planet
Sun Mower Ordnance Works
Baldness Myth Challenged In Ottawa Kansas
J Wayne Green of Rogers Hair Experts demonstrates that heredity is not the sole cause of baldness and promotes a home treatment method. He will hold private interviews at the North American Hotel in Ottawa Monday June 20 from noon to 9 PM with Lewis McAdoo, offering consultations and scalp analysis at no cost or obligation.
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Rogers
United States
Canada
Green
Terview
Lewis McAdoo
Ottawa
Kansas
North American
Heredity
Ottaewse Kansas
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NEW Miami County Welfare Director
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K .C. Athletics
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Andrew Goodpaster
National Security Council
Pentagon
John G. Kaiser
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