Local briefs include Elks names list error and police notices
Several tiny items appear: an omitted Elks names list for the Wichita convention, a precinct committeeman filing by J. L. Rokes, coyote scalps turned in with $12 each, Franklin county Jersey breeders attending an Iola show, tools recovered in a Baldwin incident, and suspensions or fines from local courts. Also mentions Boy Scout BYF officers, a Baptist association banquet, a Paola FFA farmer degree, dog licensing deadline, a WIBW telethon appearance by Ottawa pianist Bob Allen, a bike theft report, a speeding fine, a district court damage verdict, a divorce dismissal, a Lawrence sports show, an Angus sale date, and a new Sinclair station reopening in Ottawa.
Hospital Notes Admits Several Patients Across Town
Admitted Henry Johns route 2 Williams burg Mrs Augusta Engwall 112 N Sycamore Fred Paulsen Lyndon Mrs Jo Latimer 1119 N Cedar Danny and Billy Pippenger Pomona today Dismissed Harry Trabert Williamsburg Wednesday William Shenk Rantoul today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Johns
Route 2
Williamsburg
Augusta Engwall
N. Sycamore
Fred Paulsen
Lyndon
Jo Latimer
Seventeen Top 3-Year-Olds In Kentucky Derby Saturday
Eighteen contenders were listed for the 82nd Kentucky Derby with Needles leading the Florida group. A late withdrawal due to injury trimmed the field to 17 as post positions were drawn with Needles at No 1 and Career Boy at No 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Needles
Florida
T. A. Grissom
Detroit
Lincoln Plant
Churchill Downs
Invalidate
Bonnie Heath
Jack Dudley
Hasty House Farm
Hugh Fontaine
Jimmy Jones
Willie Hartack
Calumet Farm
Fabius
Pinter Lea
No Regrets
C. V. Whitney
Ben A. Jones
H. D. Maggio
J. J. Gregory
Rex Ellsworth
Terrang
Joe Gavegnano
High King
Countermand
Don Ross
Brandywine
Mrs. L. P. Tate
Jean Baptiste
Reverie Knoll Farm
King O’ Swords
D. Lozzi
Count Chic
Deaths Herbert Coffman, 73, of Wellsville
Herbert L Coffman died at Reese hospital Gardner after a month long illness. Born June 11, 1882 at Pomona he farmed near Ottawa Wellsville until 1926 then sold cars in Ottawa until 1940. He moved to California 1940 as gate keeper at Los Angeles Turf Club, returned to Wellsville two months ago. Survived by widow a son Clarence Coffman and daughters Ruth Murphy Eléanor Knop four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral Friday 2:30 at Coughlin Funeral Home Wellsville burial Wellsville Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Lee Coffman
Wellsville
Reese
Gardner
Pomona
Ottawa
California
Los Angeles Turf Club
Coffman
Baptist Church
Woodmen Lodge
LeLoup
Clarence Coffman
Ruth Murphy
Eléanor Knop
Vallejo
Calif
Coughlin Funeral Home
Start Oil Tests In Barber County
A large scale effort to find a new major oil source in eastern Butler County is launched by Harry W. Walker of Wichita and associates. About 20,000 acres leased from four miles north of Rosalia to the Butler-Chase county line, with the first test at the southern end of the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Dorado, Kas
Butler County
Harry W. Walker
Wichita, and Associates
Rosalia
Butler-Chase County
Spaatz critiques defense spending at jet age confab
In Tulsa General Carl Spaatz, former Air Force chief, denounces the national defense budget as wasteful. He cites a 35 billion dollar annual budget, warns it could double with full service demands, and complains of lack of top level coordination among Army Navy Marines and air forces, noting similar issues in guided missiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Carl Spaatz
Air Force
Army
Navy
Marines
B47 Crashes In Nebraska
A Lincoln Air Force Base B47 Stratojet bomber crashed ten miles northwest of Lincoln last night. Four bodies were recovered, names withheld. The incident follows a previous April 6 crash nearby that killed four Lincoln base fliers. Eyewitnesses report the plane exploded on impact and burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Lincoln Air Force Base
Reduction In Polio Cases Continue In 1958 Report
Washington reports 74 polio cases in the latest week, about half of the 148 in the 1955 week. Public Health Service officials caution it is early to predict trends, noting past surges in 1952 and ample inoculation campaigns. Surgeons General Scheele and Langmuir expect a slower rise than in previous years and foresee 500 million children to be inoculated by Oct. 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Public Health Service
Leonard A. Scheele
Alexander D. Langmuir
Atlanta
Taipei
Formosa
Langmuire
Amoy
Scheele
Langmuir
Quemoy
Rioters in Morocco raise death toll to 33 in two days
World-Wide News Briefs report rioters in the Marrakech region with guns and torches killed 33 and burned dozens of houses as authorities struggle to quell the unrest. In Korea, President Syngman Rhee, 81, begins campaign swing for a third term on May 15. In Hong Kong heavy rains cause landslides killing a Chinese woman and three children with thirteen injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marrakech
Morocco
SHOUL
Synghman Rhee
Republic of Korea
Rhee
Hong Kong
Prisoner Amnesty Frees Over Five Thousand in Poland
Radio Warsaw reported more than 5,000 prisoners released since April 30 under government amnesty in Poland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Poland
Radio Warsaw
General Wants More B52 Jet Bombers
In Washington Senator Jackson said General Curtis LeMay pledged to spell out a complete package detailing Strategic Air Command needs to offset Soviet air power. LeMay urged faster acquisition of more jet B52 bombers, noting only 47 of 78 produced were immediately accepted by the Air Force. The remarks came amid Senate Armed Forces subcommittee testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jackson
D-Wash
Curtis LeMay
Strategic Air Command
Soviet Russia
Senate
Pentagon
Senate Armed Forces
LeMay
U.S
Air Force
Judgment Against Methodist Home
Shawnee County District Court awards estate of Bertha C. Ellsworth ten thousand four hundred sixty four dollars and sixty cents against the Methodist Home for the Aged Topeka. Ellsworth entered the home May 10 1954 on probation but died before permanent acceptance or election to stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Shawnee County
Bertha C. Ellsworth
Lawrence
Methodist Home For
Soviet Note Expels Delegates Over Tuapse Sailors
The U S State Department expelled two Soviet U N delegates Aleksandr Guryanov and Nikolai Turkin and accused Arkady Sobolev of interference after five Tuapse seamen returned home April 7 amid U S immigration scrutiny. Malaria causes three million deaths yearly while Richmond Virginia touts a unique sun cured tobacco market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. State Department
U. N
Moscow
U. S
United States
Formosa
State Department
Aleksandr Guryanov
Nikolai Turkin
New York
Russia
Arkady Sobolev
Sobolev
Richmond
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Herald
Tefen
Wichita
Glen Wicke
Welks
Kansas Elks Association
J. L. Rokes
C. T. Dawson
W. J. Welton
Birch
Zach
Iola
Franklin County Jersey
Clare Sowers
Jim Berry
Kenneth Corbett
Adviance
Baldwin
Douglas County
Buck Jones
Dennis Triplett
Edgerton
Lawrence High School
Judy Saunders
McFadden
Pete Falls
Frankie
G. L. Sessums
Wretta
Falls
Carl Queisert
Mark
Kimberly
Kansas City
Miami Baptist Association
North Baptist Church
Joyce Fowler
Osawatomie
Dale Pratt
Janet Ross
Paola
Jerry Horner
Garnett
Paul Wilson
Clathe
Neil Blakeman
Lois Schweitzer
Katy Chism
Roger Fredrikson
First Baptist Church
Marvin J. Miller
Rantoul
Paola High School
Manhattan
Everett Milller
Miller
Bob Allen
Wibw-Tv
Allen
Russell Allen
Jack Reddick
S. Oak
Raymond Wingbach
Wingbach
Bob Couaty
Robert Martin, Jr
Eunice Konig
US 59
Mary C. Baysinger
Orval L. Baysinger
Harlan McFadden
Ricky
Franklin County
Angus Breeders Association
Stewart
M. R. Wren
Fred Thielen
Sinclair
N. Main
Thielen
Roy Lambert
Louls H, Dengel
Colbern
1Th & S. Main
Quab Service
Willis Garden Center
Cherry
George Medlock
Kansas State
Franklin
Miami
Anderson Counties
Barber County
Spaatz
A. Myers & Phone Centropolia
Roberts Market
Haat
Kan
Eila Scott
Kas
Jack Nelson
Anderson County
Neile George
Waverly
Ivery Thurm
Albert
Harold
S—Franklin Co
Wilson & Locust
Cliff Rice
Highway 30
Wilson Locust Street
Big Ransom, Jr
Reg
Guerne Heifers
Fr. Co
Sale
Wilson & Locus
Franklin Co
Wilson & _Kanks
Printy & Son
Ben Printy
H. R. McCurdy
Lamb
Dale
Clifford C. Dale
Ruhamah Baptist Church
R. B. Shoemaker
Ruhemah
Nebraska
The
Associated Press
New Orleans
Mack Jernigan
Beatrice Adams
Jernigan
Leon Couste
Miss Adams
Jack Holland
Methodist Home
Douglas Bros
S. Main
Ige
A&e
Mb General Home Erawa
Vere
JOE Wilbern Mattress Co
Photon
Fred Kaiser Rexall Drug Store
Goliath
David
Tae Brett
Kramer Drug Store
Mala
AMA
Ze Anchor G Savings Andl Loan Association
William Overton
Kansas City, Kansas
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