Dairy Princess entries urged for Franklin County
Franklin County plans for June Dairy Month discussed at Ottawa meeting. No Dairy Princess candidates yet. applications due May 26 with Chamber of Commerce. Events include free ice cream milk Dairy Day June 13, pony rides, bingo run by Junior Chamber, and grocery display materials. May 26 lawn and garden tour begins at 1 30 p m with multiple homes featured and horticulture talk by Dr R Roberts.
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Franklin County
Co-Op Room
Ottawa
Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Franklin County Extension Council
Don Brown
C. A. Novak
13Th
Cedar
Bruce Fleming
Charles D. Peterson
Harry V. Seevers
R. Roberts
Kansas State University
Wall Of Water Surges Through St. Joseph Kansas
Tornado alerts and weather warnings swept eastern Kansas with isolated twisters and heavy rain. Ottawa kept watch as sirens sounded and cleared by 10 p.m. No injuries reported though farms near Hiawatha suffered damage. Rivers rose and fell across the Cottonwood and Verdigris basins amid weekend storms.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Denton - Everest
Hiawatha
Robert Wentz
Hiwawatha
Sirong
Kansas
Cottonwood
Emporia
Cottonwood Falls
Cedar Point
Coyville
Flood Destroys North Side as 4-Inch Downpour Hits St Joseph
A cloud burst north of St Joseph Missouri dumped four inches of rain in one hour, flooding the north side to ten feet in places and killing one man. The flood damaged homes and businesses, trapped workers on a supermarket roof, and disrupted rail and telephone service across the city. Rescue crews used ropes and ladders to save residents and off duty responders returned to duty amid continuing cleanup and repair estimates topping $2.5 million.
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St, Joseph, Mo
St. Joseph’s North Side
St. Joseph
Missouri
Big Green Hills
Glenn Case
Alfred Dougal
Missouri River
Great Western
St. Joseph Avenue
ST. Joseph, Mo
Black Snake
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Burlington
Teamster Boss Threatens National Strike Over Labor Laws
James Hoffa, president of the Teamsters Union, warned at a South Atlantic and Gulf Coast ILA convention that a new antitrust law against unions could trigger a nationwide strike. He warned all contracts could end on a set date and urged a primary strike to pressure employers. He criticized the press Congress and AFL-CIO and defended the union against accusations of seeking domination.
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Brownsville, Tex
James Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
South Atlantic and Gulf Coast
International Longshoremen Union
ILA
Teamsters
Congress
Afl-Cio
Sympathy Strikers Cross Picket Lines in Missile City
Cape Canaveral reports fifteen hundred sympathy strikers crossed lines for national defense purposes while pledging support for a five day Carpenters Union walkout. TWU members returned to work only to operate missile missions as officials state. Ernest Mitchell, TWU international representative, said members will not work on disputed tasks between contractors and the Carpenters Union. No missile firing has been affected yet.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Defense
Transport Workers Union
Ernest Mitchell
TWU International
Carpenters Union
Weather County Forecast Shows Heat and Thunderstorms
Considerable cloudiness with warm humid conditions. Scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight and again Wednesday. Cooler tonight and Wednesday with highs in the 80s, overnight lows around 60, Wednesday highs in the 70s.
No New Trial For Fugate Girl
Lincoln Nebraska AP District Judge Harry Spencer denied a second motion for a new trial for 15 year old Caril Ann Fugate, convicted as the accomplice of mass slayer Charles Starkweather. Starkweather, 20, faces execution in Nebraska's electric chair Friday for the Bennet killing of Robert Jensen, 17, one of 11 murders Starkweather admitted. Caril serves a life sentence in the Nebraska Women's Reformatory. Judge Spencer found no basis in fact for claims that Starkweather was promised privileges at the penitentiary for testimony.
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Lincoln
Neb
Harry Spencer
Caril Ann Fugate
Charles Starkweather
Starkweather
Nebraska
Robert Jensen
Bennet
Caril
Spencer
Gromyko Accused of Fast Doublecross
In Geneva the Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko faced Western diplomats accusing him of a parliamentary trick at the Big Four conference He called on East German spokesman Lothar Bolz as Herter prepared to speak provoking protests Officials warned they would protest instantly if he repeats the maneuver.
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Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
U. S. Secetary
Christian A. Herter
Gromyko
Herter
U. 5
Lothar Bolz
Jail Term For Puzzle Fraud
John J. Shimkus of Worcester Massachusetts was sentenced in U S District Court on Monday to a year in jail on mail fraud charges. Prosecutors described a puzzle contest racket costing contestants about 50 dollars each, with multiple tie breaking contests and a Putnam Connecticut agency selling correct answers.
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Boston
John J. Shimkus
Worcester
Mass
U.S
Asst
Shimkus
Putnam, Conn
Miss Hassett
Traffic Toll in Topeka State Records
Kansas traffic fatalities reported in the state accident records. In the last 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. today zero. To date in 1959: 171. Comparable period in 1958: 165.
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Eevee TB
Seanesee
Coeenees
Topeka
Kansas
Lights Fail. Leavenworth, Atchison Team Wins Duplicate Bridge
A power outage of about an hour in Atchison did not stop a duplicate bridge tournament. Mrs. Ed Crawley of Leavenworth and Earl Killarney of Atchison won the event as candles provided light until power returned.
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Atchison, Kas
Atchison
Ed Crawley
Leavenworth
Kas
Earl Killarney
Runoff Elections Set for Kansas Supreme Court Panel Nominees
Kansas attorneys will vote in runoff contests to choose five of seven lawyer members for the Supreme Court Nomination Commission. Harry Colmery and A R Lamb lead, with district runoffs set in the Second, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth districts. Ballots go out by June 15 and close July 1.
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Topeka
Kansas
Supreme Court Nominating Commission
Harry Colmery
A. R. Lamb
Coffeyville
Supreme Court
Hugo Wedell
Wichita
Robert Nelson
Richard Barber
Lawrence
Blake Williamson
Kansas City
William C. Farmer
W. D. Jochems
David J. Wilson
Meade
Arthur Hodgson
Lyons
Ernest S. Hampton
Salina
William Wagner
Wa Keeney
George Docking
New Police Chief Named At Lyons
Lyons appoints Don Wilkinson of Great Bend as chief of police replacing L. H. Ankerholz after a council vote. Wilkinson, 37, served nine years with Great Bend police and was chosen by Mayor Lynn Benefiel. Ankerholz did not seek reappointment amid state efforts to oust him over driving while intoxicated charge handling, but the district court found insufficient evidence for ouster.
Reid Denies Ambassadorship as Career Springboard
Washington AP Ogden Reid 33 former New York Herald Tribune president editor tells Senate Foreign Relations Committee his sole aim is service in the important post. He denies rumors he seeks the Israel ambassadorship to boost his political career.
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Washington (Ap
Ogden R. Reid
Israel
Reid
New York Heralds'Tribune
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States Won’t Attend Summit Under Threat Over Berlin Deadlines
In Geneva, U S Secretary of State Christian Herter warned Andrei Gromyko that President Eisenhower would refuse to attend a summit if Khrushchev imposes a new deadline on West Berlin. The warning follows Khrushchev’s May 27 deadline and potential traffic control handover to East Germans, risking a Berlin blockade.
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Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
West Berlin
Khrushchev
Berlin
Herter
Gromyko
Consolidation Vote Set For June 9 In Franklin County
Six rural north Franklin County school boards named June 9 for consolidation votes from 8 to 9 p.m at each school in Sand Creek Davy Baxter Green Dell Minleola and New Union. If five of six approve and districts remain contiguous the merger takes effect. Southern county votes run 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at each school.
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Franklin County
Richmond
Rantoul
Lane
Princeton
Sand Creek
Davy
Baxter
Green Dell
Minleola
New Union
Franklin
Restless Night For Mrs. Truman
Mrs. Harry S. Truman, 74, rallied from breast tumor surgery with hospital reports calling her condition very good. She had a restless night but it was not unusual. she learned she was grandmother for the second time as her daughter Clifton Daniel gave birth in New York.
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Kansas City, Mo
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Clifton Daniel
New York
Farm Land Values Hit Record Levels This Year
Washington report shows farm land values rose 8 percent for the year ending March 1, with total market value at 125.086 billion dollars and average price per acre 108.11 dollars. Gains were strongest in the Southeast and the Dakotas, with every state posting at least 4 percent, while investments and technological expansion drive demand.
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Washington
North
South Dakota
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Ike seeks atomic aid pacts with Britain and France
President Eisenhower asked Congress to approve May 7 agreements with Britain and France to aid their atomic programs and submarine development. The pacts auto activate in 60 days unless vetoed. The Britain deal covers military use of atomic energy. the France accord authorizes sale of enriched nuclear fuel for an atomic powered submarine project still at prototype stage.
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Washington
Bkisenhower
Congress
Britain
France
Senate
House
U.S
United States
Quick Departure From Hospital Over Lunch Basket Fear
Melvin Reffett of Topeka abruptly left a hospital after a truck car crash to fetch his lunch pail. He returned soon after saying he feared a garage attendant would open the wrecked car’s lunch bucket containing snakes. He and a brother had been snake shunting.
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Topeka
Kan
Melvin Reffett
Reffett
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Oregon Centennial Commission
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Oregon State College
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William M. Thomas
Merrill Chilcote
Great Western Railroad
Ardent Bridge
Iraeli
Dean Martin
Marin
Martin Farm
Lloyd Balihagen
U. S
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