Traffic death record set during Independence Day holiday weekend
United Press International reports 510 traffic fatalities in 78 hours from Thursday evening to Sunday midnight, with drownings and crashes pushing total to 752. California led with 85 deaths, while Michigan, Texas, New York, Illinois, and Ohio also posted high counts. ten states accounted for 60 percent of nationwide highway deaths.
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Waithel Tely
United Cg
California
Michigan
Texas
New York
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Louisiana
Indiana
National Safety Council
Burial Insurance by Mail Promises Easy Coverage
An ad touts Old Line Legal Reserve Life Insurance offering mail order burial policies for ages 40 to 90 with no medical exam. It claims quick qualification up to $1,000 or more and states only the company can cancel. Send name, address, and birth year to Central Security Life Insurance Co in Fort Worth.
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OLD Line
Legal Reserve Life Insurance
Central Security Life Insurance Co
Dept
West Rosedale
Fort Worth 4
Texas
Civil rights test at Muehlebach Hotel barber shop
Thirteen year old Gene Young of Jackson Mississippi sat for a haircut in the famous Muehlebach Hotel barber shop as CORE tests the new civil rights law. The youth paid two dollars to barber Lloyd Soper of Independence and declared it a good haircut. Hotel officials said this marked the first widely known Negro haircut at the shop, which opened its doors to Negroes Friday after a CORE hotel agreement following a sit in. Hotel Manager Herbert Shue expressed cautious optimism about harmonious cooperation.
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Muehlebach
Gene Young
Jackson
Miss
Lloyd Soper
Independence
Young
U.S
CORE
Herbert Shue
Sinatra Recovers From Stockholm Illness
Paris and Stockholm blur in this brief note as Frank Sinatra is described as completely recovered from a one day illness in Stockholm and en route to Paris for a few days of amusement. He had stayed in his hotel in Stockholm with overstrain and exhaustion after watching the Patterson Machen bout. He met Patterson for a first hand report on the victory before leaving.
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Paris
UPI
Frank Sinatra
Stockholm
Sinatra
New York
Floyd Patterson
Eddie Machen
Patterson
Ambush Kills European Father in Southern Rhodesia
Police hunted a gang of Africans suspected in the ambush on a lonely country road 300 miles east of Salisbury. The Oberholtzer family patriarch, 45, was stoned to death as part of a weekend surge in anti European incidents heightening racial tension in Southern Rhodesia.
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Salisbury
Southern Rhodesia
UPI
Oberholtzer
Brown Township Farm Bureau Hears Fire Department Report
Shirley The Brown Township Farm Bureau met at Wilkinson school cafeteria with By ron Collier presiding. Wilkinson Fire Department reps Applegate and Barton reported 3 alarms 39 miles on runs 3000 feet of hose and 25000 gallons pumped. Base Greenfield station operates 24 hours with countywide radio tied systems. Six equipment pieces planned by January 1. Amateur contest winners named for various classes with Rush ton Kennedy and Jones family members. Refreshments served by Tuterow and Thomas.
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Shirley
Brown Township Farm Bureau
Wilkinson School
Byron Collier
Kenneth Rushton
Cora Nelson
Hildred Collins
Richard Jones
Robert Applegate
Byron Barton
Wilkinson Fire Department
Applegate
Mutual Aid Association
Wilkinson Firemen
Huff
Jackson Township
Kendall
Willow Branch
Hancock County Firemen’s Mutual Aid Association
Fountaintown
Shelby County
Greenfield
Wilkinson
Helen Rushton
Wilma Kennedy
Beverly Rushton
Carolyn Rushton
Brenda Jones
Joe Rushton
White Cliffs of
Dover
Jeanette Kennedy
Country
Gal
Ethel
Victoria Harlan
Olive Barton
Helen Tuterow
Ruth Thomas
Avnet to Buy Valley Forge Products in New York
Avnet Electronics Corp. announced it will purchase the business assets and subsidiaries of Valley Forge Products Inc for an undisclosed cash sum. Valley Forge, based in New York City, makes automotive replacement parts as part of Avnet’s diversification from defense electronics.
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New York
UPI
Avnet Electronics Corp
Valley Forge Products, Inc
Valley Forge
New York City
Russia to Ship $11 Million Machinery to Pakistan on Credit
A Soviet trade delegation chief said Russian tractors and earth moving equipment will begin arriving in Pakistan in September. The agreements, signed in June, commit Pakistan to $11 million worth of machinery on a 10 year credit plan.
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Russin
Pakistan
Lahore
Russia
Sex Slaying Solved In Gary Two Workers Admit Attacks
Two construction workers Del Henderson Stout and Duane Kelly signed statements admitting attacks on Dorothy Klahn 29 of Gary after her body was found. Stout struck her with a steam iron and left her unconscious while Kelly later raped her and allegedly suffocated her with a rug. Both men were held on murder charges. investigation linked to Inland Steel Co. project in East Chicago.
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Ind
del Henderson Stout
Duane Kelly
Dorothy Klahn
Edward Barsley
Stout
Mrs. Klahn
Valparaiso
Barsley
Kelly
Chicago
Tucson
Ariz
Utah
Rail Labor leader Dies
Roy E. Davidson 63, long time head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, died in Cleveland Clinic after a bowel illness. He rose from coal shoveler at 16 to grand chief engineer, led BLE and wage talks, and helped steer a major work rules dispute. Perry S. Heath becomes head of the 65,000-member union.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Roy E. Davidson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
BLE
Cleveland
Davidson
Rai
Perry S. Heath
Holland
Mich
Fairmont
Ill
Independent Union
Frank
New York Times
Fairmount
New York Central
Indiana Harbor Belt
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Harborelt
University of Illinois At
Champaign- Urbana
University of Chicago
Children Revive Series At Cloverdale Church of God
The Cloverdale Church of God hosts a children's revival alongside vacation school through next Sunday. Sessions run 6 to 7 15 p.m. weekdays and 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday with a final review program for parents. Adults are welcome nightly.
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Cloverdale Church of God
Kikthawenund Scouts To Attend National Jamboree
Eighty Boy Scouts and leaders from Anderson and the Kikthawenund Area Council will join the National Jamboree at Valley Forge and visit the U S Naval Academy Annapolis New York World's Fair Philadelphia and New Brunswick In New Jersey before returning July 29 The event emphasizes citizenship training character and physical fitness with several arena shows and inter troop activities tied to Scouting heritage
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Anderson
Kikthawenund
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Jack Zirkle
Valley Forg
Zirkle
New York City
United States
Philadelphia
Independance Hall
Boy Scouts of America
New Brunswick
N. J
Scout Service Center
Broadway
Pittsburgh
Naval Academy
Historic
Valley Forge
Brooklyn
N. Y
America
United States of America
Free World
Canada
Canal Zone
Jamaica
Mexico
Panama
Venezuela
Trinidad and Tobago
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Chile
Guatemala
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Finland
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Greece
Netherlands
Sweden
Switzerland
Austria
Germany
Iran
Israel
Ghana
Liberia
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Congo
Leopoldville
Australia
China
Japan
Korea
Pakistan
Philippine Islands
George Washington
Joseph A. Brunton, Jr
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