Gasoline kickback charges trigger political row in Kansas
Topeka Democratic state chairman Frank Theis demanded immediate action by Gov. Fred Hall and Attorney General John Anderson on alleged gasoline kickback charges tied to Hall’s primary campaign. Hall denied knowledge, saying he would consult with Anderson. Anderson indicated a report soon. Theis’ seven-attorney panel urged a full investigation into possible bribery and state government corruption.
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Topeka
Frank Theis
Fred Hall
Hall
Warren W. Shaw
Edward F. Arn
Shaw
Shawnee County
GOP
John Anderson
Theis
Anderson
State Highway Commission
Maurice P. O'Keefe Sr
Atchison
Harold H. Harding
Kansas City
Kas
Max Jones
Goodland
Eugene W. Davis
Murray H. Hodges
Olathe
A. Lewis Oswald
Hutchinson
Harry G. Wiles
St. John
Missing Orioles rookie Tommy Gastall plane crash under investigation
Baltimore Orioles bonus catcher Tommy Gastall, 23, vanished after a light plane went down in Chesapeake Bay on his second solo flight. The Coast Guard recovered a water-logged cushion near the Patapsco River mouth and sought confirmation it came from the craft. The last transmission from Harbor Field said I’m going into the water.
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Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Tommy Gastall
Baltimore Orioles
Coast Guard
Patapsco River
Baltimore Harbor
Gastall
Harbor Field
Boston
Weather forecast shows strong winds and dust
Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with southerly winds 35 to 50 mph east and central, then northerly 20 to 25 mph west and north. Blowing dust east and central this afternoon, cooler northwest tonight, warmer east this afternoon, cooler Saturday. Highs in the 70s to 80s, lows around 50 to 65. Yesterday's high 87, low 67. record highs and lows noted. Gamb Ambulance. Phone 380.
Six youths held after attack on teen dance in park shelter
In Kansas City six youths were arrested and eight sought for questioning after a violent assault on a teen age dancing party at a shelter house in Blue Valley Park. Dancers from East and Northeast High Schools described the assailants as older Negro youths armed with clubs and wrenches who robbed participants and sent one boy to a hospital. The six arrestees were booked on armed robbery charges. statements from Sylvester Walker, 18, and others detail the raid and pursuit of cash from victims. Police reported the attackers fled before officers arrived.
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Kansas City
Blue Valley Park
East
Northeast
Sylvester Walker
Joseph Gordon
Marvin Gordon
Charles Gray
Claude Stephenson
Harold Hardin
Walker
Rob
Conservation Awards Again in Franklin County
A Kansas program will honor Franklin County farmers for soil and water conservation. Don Brown will chair the selection committee, with nominations due by November 1. Awards, limited to five farms, recognize complete plans and sustained conservation work.
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Franklin County
Don Brown
Brown
Kansas Bankers Association
State Soil Conservation Committee
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Kansas Extension Service
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Service
James Peckham
Rantoul
Albert Dunbar
Richmond
Union Can't Meet With Commission
Gov Fred Hall said the Department of Administration directive blocks an official meeting between highway maintenance unions and the State Highway Commission. Union locals had requested attendance at next week’s commission session, but the governor stated no board or commission has authority to meet in a legal capacity with them.
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Topekap
New State
Highway Commission
Department of Administration
Fred Hall
State Highway Commission
Senator Carlson Coffee Interview at Memorial Auditorium
A Republican rally scheduled Monday at 10 45 a m invites attendees to meet Senator Carlson at Memorial Auditorium. Event code 245 c 21 appears in the notice.
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Senator Carlson
Memorial Auditorium
Group Inspects City Schools
A North Central Association delegation of secondary school officials visited Ottawa senior and junior high schools to assess curriculum and building needs. At 11 15 a luncheon was hosted at North American hotel for visiting officials and local education leaders. The group then visited Osawatomie in the afternoon. Participants included Dr Kenneth Anderson KU dean, Ralph Stinson state education official, Everett Samuelson state director, and Herbert Bishop Manhattan High principal.
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North Central Association of Secondary Schools
Ottawa
North American Hotel
Board For Education
Osawatomie
Kenneth Anderson
School of Education of
K. U
NCA
Ralph Stinson
State Department of Education
Everett Samuelson
Department of Accreditation
State Departmen of Education
Herbert Bishop
Manhattan High School
Summer Ends With Dusty Gusts And Warm Ottawa Skies
Autumn is scheduled to arrive officially at 7 36 p m tomorrow while Ottawa enjoyed a final fling of summer with warm temperatures and blowing dust. A stiff wind gusting up to 60 mph near Salina colored the scene as cooler air was forecast to reach the state tonight and eastern portions by tomorrow. Frosty air spread over the lower Great Lakes region and lower Mississippi valley east to the Atlantic. Temperatures ranged in the 30s from Virginia northward, with some readings below freezing. Mostly fair weather was noted east of the Rockies to the Eastern Seaboard.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Salina
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Coast
Virginia
North Carolina
Rockies
Seaboard
Government reports July farm price support loss doubles
The government said July price support operations lost 66,071,434. This nearly doubles the July loss from the previous year. For the fiscal year ending June 30 the total loss reached 974,767,365.
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Washington
Government Today
France Won't Approve Plan On Canal Use
The 18 nation Suez conference ended with France refusing immediate approval of the Canal Users Association plan. Foreign Minister Pineau objected to the document’s latitude on paying dues to the Egyptian canal authority. The United States and Britain backed the scheme, while Pakistan abstained. Japan Sweden Denmark and Iran urged an immediate U.N. approach. Dulles was pleased and to fly home.
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London
France
Assa
Christian Pineau
Egypt
Suez Canal
Pineau
United States
Britain
Pakistan
Italy
Users Association
United Nations
Karachi
Japan
Sweden
Denmark
Iran
U.N
Ethiopia
U. S
State Dulles
Washington
Too Hot For Car In Bloomfield Jeep Incident
Bloomfield Indiana, Robert Clark, a used auto parts dealer, filled his jeep with Navy torpedo fuel sold as surplus. He could not keep it under 40 miles per hour until the Navy reclaimed 25,000 dollars worth of fuel and Clark’s 156.80 dollar payment was refunded after IRS notification. The episode highlighted confusion between ethyl alcohol and premium gasoline.
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Bloomfield
Ind
Robert Clark
Naval Ammunition Depot
Clark
Navy
Terre Haute
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Court orders Bonner Springs schools to end segregation
The Kansas Supreme Court orders Bonner Springs Board of Education to end alleged racial segregation in elementary schools or show cause. A 14 Negro students suit claims entrance was denied solely on race. Board discussed kindergarten to second grade integration for 1957 58. High school already integrated. NAACP representatives attended.
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Topeka
Board of Education At
Bonner Springs
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Board of Education
Glenn Barb
Lincoln Negro School
The
National Assn. For
Colored People
Barb
Have coffee with Warren Shaw at Memorial Auditorium
A schedule item invites attendees to a Republican Rally at Memorial Auditorium on Monday at 10 45 a m with Warren Shaw as host or featured guest.
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Warren Shaw
Memorial Auditorium
Stevenson Charges Ike With Omitting Key Peace Facts
Adlai E. Stevenson told a Silver Spring crowd that Eisenhower hid half the facts on the global peace issue. He accused the president of ignoring tensions in Africa and the Middle East and of failing to push for halting hydrogen bomb tests and reforms to draft policies. He warned that Viet Nam’s free nations remain pressured by Communists and urged federal aid for education amid a classroom shortage.
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Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Silver Spring
Africa
Middle East
Montgomery Blair High School
Hisenhower
Viet Nam
Truman
7Th Fleet
Formosa
Suez
Russia
Maryland
United States
Republican Rally With Rep. Scrivner at Memorial Auditorium
A public rally with Congressman Errett Scrivner is set for Monday at 10 45 a m in the Memorial Auditorium. The event promotes Republican participation and features a brief speech and gathering for attendees.
Seek Motive For Crossbow Attack
Police in Los Angeles seek motive for a crossbow attack that left liquor store clerk William Allen gravely injured. A blond man about 24 bought a crossbow and arrows at a downtown sporting goods store shortly before the incident. Clerk Charles Sanchez described the suspect who said he did not need practice arrows.
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Los Angeles
William Allen
Sporting Goods
Charles Sanchez
Sanchez
Appeals to High Court in Four Wellsville Loitering Cases
Four Wellsville men Jimmy McGaugh Richard Moherman Scott Moherman and Wayne Leach face appeals to the state supreme court over loitering charges tied to Floyd Moldenhauer farm incidents. District Judge Floyd Coffman quashed and discharged the defendants, ruling the loitering law may have been intended only for fishing and hunting contexts, while the state argues it applies generally. The double jeopardy question in Bob Miller’s peace disturbance case was also taken under advisement as district court did not convene today. Two nonjury hearings are scheduled for Tuesday Roehl vs Anderson and Justice vs Shafer Lundell oil lease matters.
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State Supreme Court
Wellsville
Floyd Moldenhauer
Myron Sleere
Jimmy McGaugh
Richard Moherman
Scott Moherman
Wayne Leach
Floyd Coffman
John B. Pierson
Roehl
Anderson
Justice
Shafer
Lundell
Eisenhower Warmly Welcomed At Iowa Field Days
President Eisenhower rode 60 miles from Boone to Conservation City to greet about 60 000 Iowans at the National Field Days and Plowing matches. He and Mrs Eisenhower, Gov Hoegh and Sen Hickenlooper shook hands, spoke informally on farming topics, and spent the night in Boone with relatives. A small protest arose when signs appeared along the route.
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Newton
Iowa
Eisenhower
Boone
Leo Hoegh
Sen. Hickenlooper
Des Moines
Washington
Henry Steenhoek
Joe Cross
Joe Carlson
Roosevelt—Trusman
Benson
Ames
Iowa State College
Conservation City
President Eisenhower
Employees Strike at Armour Packing Plant Kansas City
Two hundred workers from four departments at the Armour packing plant in Kansas City walked off the job in a dispute over overtime worked by a clerk. The strike began today and affects production at the facility.
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Kansas City
Kas
Armour &’Co
Consumer Prices Dip Slightly From July High
The Labor Department Bureau of Labor Statistics reports consumer prices declined two-tenths of one percent last month from the all-time high reached in July. The report signals a modest easing in inflation pressures as the economy absorbs recent shifts in demand and policy impacts.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
St Laurent Approves Sale of 24 Jet Fighters to Israel
Prime Minister Louis S. St Laurent announced the government approved sale of 24 Canadian built jet fighter planes to Israel. The decision reflects Ottawa's support amid regional tensions and a growing defense partnership with the Jewish state.
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Ottawa
Louis S. St. Laurent
Israel
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