Richland cafe operator killed in gun battle
In Richland Kansas a cafe operator, Fred Heberling, about 50 and father of six, was killed last night during a gun battle with two deputies who entered his cafe following a disturbance. Deputy Lowell Landis and citizen Noble Lathrom were wounded. both officers and Lathrom were treated at a Topeka hospital and released. Heberling’s wife had filed for divorce yesterday and obtained a restraining order. Nearby, the Georgia Neese Clark Gray bank and store were previously robbed on Jan. 2, and her husband Andrew J. Gray killed a youth in a separate Jan. 28 incident at their home barely a robbery attempt.
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Big Opportunity At JC Convention In Kansas City
Kansas City reports a buoyant scene at the National Junior Chamber of Commerce gathering with delegations distributing free cheese and grapefruit samples and offering cash incentives. The Milwaukee group plans to supply beer and cheese, the Florida grapefruit, and Nevada 10,000 silver dollars as promotions.
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Kansas Woman Killed in One-Car Accident Near DOWNS
Mrs. Frank M. Grizzell, 71, of Claflin, Kansas, was killed in a one car crash near Downs yesterday. She was a passenger in a car driven by her husband. The vehicle went out of control on a soft shoulder and overturned. Grizzell's injuries were not known.
Truman's Visit to British Tombs and Epitaph Plan
Former U S president Harry Truman toured London tombs at St Pauls Cathedral and Westminster Abbey visiting Wellington Nelson and others. He expressed a wish for a short epitaph on his grave saying He done his damndest. Truman also viewed a tablet to American airman William Meade Lindsley Fisk and noted how locals did not recognize him at first before engaging with them about the river and weather.
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Industrial School Trusties Escape
Two Kansas State Industrial Reformatory trusties escaped yesterday using a wall-marked pickup truck labeled KSIR. Capt. Harold Ayers identified the escapees as Ronald K. Allen, 22, and Larry Joe Johnson, 17, who were assigned to a trash hauling detail outside the walls. The truck reportedly had a full tank of gas. Allen was received from McPherson on Sept. 6, 1955 for assault with intent to kill, and Johnson was committed from Norton last February for grand larceny.
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Farmer Killed in US 73 Car Caravan Crash
A farmer named George W. Masonbrink, 54, died in a four vehicle collision north of Hiawatha Kansas on US 73. His pickup struck a car in a caravan of about 50 heading to a National Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in Kansas City. A trailer pulled by a Nebraska car spun and struck two more vehicles.
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Ahead On Funds From A Turnpike In Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City turnpike revenue for the year ending May is nine years ahead of schedule. Turner Turnpike revenue totaled 2,650,375 dollars for the 12 months. The 88 mile route, three years old, was expected to reach this amount only by 1965.
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Investigator Quits To Take A New Job In OKC
Ray Page, 35, an inspector with the Oklahoma Crime Bureau, resigned to join the National Board of Fire Underwriters. A former Tulsa homicide officer, Page helped cover the Nannie Doss murder case. Doss confessed to poisoning five husbands and is serving a life term.
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Forest Fires In Colorado Near Salida Rages
A major Colorado forest fire near Salida was out of hand amid strong winds while another in San Isabel National Forest burned over 175 acres along Middle Creek on Taylor Mountain above Garfield. Sheriff Em mett Showalter said volunteers and Camp Hale soldiers helped build a line. About 150 firefighters remained on duty around an Idaho Springs blaze that consumed more than 1,000 acres of timber over the weekend.
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Kansan Killed In Auto Collision Near Catharine Kas
An auto collision near Catharine Kansas last night killed Paul Ralph Schmidt 27 of Catharine. The accident occurred on a rural road and authorities reported Schmidt died at the scene or shortly after.
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Prime Ministers Meet Tomorrow
Britain hosts a seven nation Commonwealth summit to map a united front against the Soviet challenge. Eden presides at 10 Downing Street with Nehru, Ali, Bandaranaike, Strijdom, St Laurent, Menzies, Holland, and Lord Malvern as delegates. Secrecy surrounds sessions lasting a week to ten days.
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World Wide News Briefs Summary of Early Cairo and Pacific Events
Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser, on his first day as president, seeks friendly ties with the United States in an interview with Newsday editor Alicia Patterson. In New Zealand, eight U S Air Force Globemasters plan the largest Arctic air drop to stock a South Pole base for the IGY program. A U S jet fighter is missing off northern Japan, amid past Soviet clashes, as two Japanese planes crash in Honshu. no injuries reported. Swap or buy through Want Ads.
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Stevenson Seen Racking Up Early Ballot Support
ATLANTIC CITY NJ Adlai Stevenson appears likely to collect more than 400 votes from 27 Democratic controlled states at the Governors Conference. An AP survey of governor opinions shows Stevenson need only to sweep 21 GOP states to clinch the nomination on an early ballot at the Aug 13 Chicago convention. Harriman gains in wake of Kefauver’s decline, with Kentucky’s 30 votes a potential target if Chandler can gain control and strike a backroom deal.
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Harriman gains ground in Democratic delegate math in 1952 race
The field centers on Harriman as a potential Democratic nominee if he wins Kentucky and broad Western support, with estimates showing him gaining 1104 pledged delegates and 85 more from Western states. Stevenson leads with 3012 delegates, Kefauver 165, while Eisenhower backing grows in Kansas Governor Hall's GOP push for a second term.
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Monroe Miller marriage still coy about timing
Roxbury Conn Marilyn Monroe and playwright Arthur Miller remain tight lipped about their forthcoming marriage. They will not reveal the date or location, continuing to keep details private despite ongoing speculation.
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Couple hinting at Saturday for marriage timing
A figure suggested Saturday as the tentative date for a wedding with a correction that it would not be this week. Connecticut law imposes a five day wait after a license is issued, which a probate judge may waive. No license has been taken out publicly. A.B.S. sponsorship notes Bible translation into 1,092 languages.
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