Flood Peril Grows Across Plains States
Severe storms and floods spread from Texas to Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri with heavy rain hail and tornadoes. Eight flood deaths seven in Oklahoma and one in Kansas plus twenty deaths from tornadoes in Texas and rising river crests.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
Plains States
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Silverton
West Texas Range
Arkansas River
Tulsa
Little Arkansas River
Sedgwick
Wichita
Nebraska
South Dakota
Missouri
Colorado
Wyoming
Cheyenne i
Polio Inoculation Plan by Linn Doctors
Linn County Medical Society plans a mass polio inoculation for those up to 20 years old at a central city site using state supplied serum. The program, led by Dr. Philip S. Crew, will set a uniform price of one dollar per shot and involve collaboration with the Linn County Palio Foundation and the Junior Chamber of Commerce to organize details.
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Cellar Rapids News
Linn County Medical Saciety
Philip S. Crew
Medical Society
Crew
Linn County Palio Foundation
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Linn
March for Race Justice draws 5000 to Lincoln Memorial
About 5,000 gathered at the Lincoln Memorial for the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom to pray for racial justice and civil rights. Organizers including MLK Jr, A. Philip Randolph, and Roy Wilkins urged strong leadership and urged passage of civil rights legislation. The event commemorated the third anniversary of the school desegregation ruling and opposed violence toward Negroes in the South.
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Washington
America
Supreme Court
Robert E. McLaughlin
Board of Commissioners
District of Columbia
Martin Luther King
Montgomery
A. Phillis Randolph
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Roy Wilkins
National Association, For the Advancement of Colored People
King
Adam Clayton Powell
D-Ny
Charles €. Diggs, Jr
D-Mich
Lincoln
James
Theresa Gordon
Childdrea
Clay
Fort Wayne
Ind
South
Cause of Justice
Divorce Request and Farewell Party Ends in Tragedy
Independence Missouri report details Japanese war bride Tomiko Samuel arranging a farewell party for her three children, serving “medicine” laced drinks. Tomiko ingested poison and was found unconscious. her husband’s three-page letter to her from Tacoma references divorce and leaving the world. Police report the children are unharmed. Tomiko remains in critical condition.
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Independence
Tomiko Samuel
Tomiko
Roy Samuel, Jr
Ronald Thompson
Tomika
McCord Air Force Base
Tacoma
Washington
Parker murder conviction upheld by Nebraska high court
Nebraska supreme court affirmed Darrel Parker's first degree murder conviction for strangling his wife Nancy in Lincoln. The May 3 1996 jury verdict and life sentence were upheld after review found no reversible errors. Parker's lawyers argued trial flaws including admission of a signed confession.
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Lincoln
API
Nebraska Supreme Court
Darrel Parker
Lincoln City
Nancy
Parker
Supreme Court
Senate cuts Commerce funds by nearly 30 percent
Washington reports a 29.8 percent cut in funds for the commerce department and related agencies as the Senate sends a 613 million dollar bill to conference with the House. The measure trails the president's request by about 257 million and passed by a voice vote with few senators present. In Tokyo a Northwest Airlines DC-8 set a Seattle to Tokyo speed record of 15 hours and 2 minutes.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Commerce Department
House
Eisenhower
Tokyo
Northwest Airlines
Japanese Students Siege British Embassy in Tokyo
Ten thousand jeering Japanese students waved banners calling Britain fools and attacked the embassy over H-bomb tests. Police armed with riot sticks and tear gas guarded entry as four student leaders were escorted out after abusive behavior. One group of 25 was detained. the protest dispersed before dark.
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Tokyo
Britain
Stu‘dent
C. F. Hill
Embarly
Dr Philip J Crew Installed as Linn County Medical Society President
Dr Philip J Crew was installed as president of the Linn County Medical Society on Wednesday night succeeding Dr C BR Moffert. Dr Keith Woodhouse was named president elect with officers Maurice Fates as vice president A F Berndt as secretary and Dr John Huey as treasurer.
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Cedar Hopris News
Philip J. Crew
Linn County Medical Society
iHe
C. BR. Moffert
Keith Woodhouse
Maurice Fates
Tx. A. F
Free Hungary Council cites mass deportations and death sentences
United Nations report says over 35,000 Hungarians have been deported and about 2,000 sentenced to death since last October's revolution. It cites mass evictions, stalled news, and new concentration camps as Kadar's regime tightens control. The council highlights child refugee cases and widespread fear of renewed revolt.
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Free Hungarian National Council
Hungary
Janus Kagar
Mareh
Kadar
Ted Army
Poland
Kremlin
Stlll
Intellectu
Budapest
Fal Maleter
Maleter
Hansving
Last Rites For Boy Trapped In 24-Foot Well
Rescue workers on Long Island raced to save 15 year old Benjamin Hooper Jr. after he fell into a narrow 24 foot well in Manorville. Despite hours of digging a horizontal tunnel and using vacuum hoses and air, the boy showed fleeting signs of life then fell silent. Fire crews from multiple towns aided as anxious family watched and crowds gathered at the scene.
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Manorville
Benjamin Hooper, Jr
N.Y
Itime
Hrookhiven National Aboratory
J. HK. Kris
Horizontel
Wenny
Hooper
U.S
Fort Worth
Seattle
Taldgeia
Long Island
New York
Benny
Firawen
Tong
Eastport
Center Moriches
Riverhead
Beck Cousin Accused Of Union Payoffs Inquiry
Washington report says Norman Gessert, relative of Teamsters president Dave Beck, took about $101,900 in salaries from the Teamsters payroll and Union Merchandising Company while involved with Beck’s circle. He invoked the Fifth Amendment, refused to identify associates, and did not admit knowing Beck or Mrs Beck as hearings continued. The committee detailed salaries from 1954 to 1957 and linked Union Merchandising to sales to the union, while Beck allies face scrutiny amid broader graft allegations.
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Washington
Senate
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
Norman Gessert
Gessert
Edward L. Carey
Beck
The
Teamsters
Mrs. Beck
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
Union Merchandising Company
Nathan ‘Sheffermman
Shelton
Union Funds
Shefferman
Iker
Deck
How Mother Heard News of Entrapped Boy in 24-Foot Well
Center New Riches New York reporter recounts a night operator Betty Hooper on duty when a town police caller reported a boy trapped in a 24 foot well. The operator remained calm, confirmed the call, and alerted Manorville fire department as rescue efforts began. The incident centers on a mother’s memory of the emergency.
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George Aydiss
Manorville
Beck
Wall
Betty Hooper
Return of Sunny Weather Forecast Cedar Rapids
Indications Friday pointed to sunny, warm weather as Towans expect a gradual end to rain Friday afternoon and night with partly cloudy skies Saturday. Temperatures should rise into the high sixties to low seventies on Saturday and Sunday, though a cool spell may return early next week. Cedar Rapids recorded 70 degrees Friday at 2:90 with a 47 overnight low.
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Cedar Rapids
Towans
Wether
Mercury
President flies to weekend at farm
President Eisenhower flew to Gettysburg on Friday to spend a long weekend at his farm with the First Lady. He was accompanied by his personal physician, Major General Howard Snyder.
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Washington
Ens
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Gen
Howard Snyder
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