Roads in Oklahoma gain momentum for better highways
Views of the News notes Oklahoma is finally progressing in road-building, shifting focus to through routes long lamented by motorists. Despite Eisenhower highway delays, the state and Midwest peers advance with existing funds, improving drives toward Tulsa and cities like Iola Lawrence Topeka Junction Augusta Wichita.
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Oklahoma
Tulsa
Congress
Kansas
Iola
Lawrence
Topeka
Junction City
Augusta
Wichita
Midwest
Topeka Tax Hike Seen as Real Money Illusion
A Topeka report says combined levies on property owners will be 69.09 per 1000, but official studies show real estate is assessed at only 22 percent of market value and personal property even less. The article argues high Kansas taxes are illusory, masking inflated values from postwar inflation.
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Topeka
Kansas
Clips and Quips From St Louis Funny Jumbles and Jabs
A column of light notices and quips touches on crime rumors about cars with bodies inside trunks and jokes about Ike and military secrets. It jokes about color cars in 1959, the Geneva conference, a boy’s plan to be twenty one, and a town couple buying a weekly newspaper with the man teaching. It ends with a dig at Bermuda shorts and summer attire.
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St. Louis
This and That by J P H Mrs Morton and Mrs Cheshire
A humorous dialogue sketches office life and efficiency myths with Mrs Morton and Mrs Cheshire trading quips. An attendant interrupts with shop talk while a mystic Woosung Portung is mentioned and a farmer visits a city hotel, contemplating a stay.
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Mrs. Morton
Mrs. Cheshire
Woosung Portung
The
Bronx
Townspeople and quick quips ride through a rural scene
A passerby asks about town hours while a clerk lists meals. Jokes unfold with a thin man and a fat man in a hotel lobby. A professor prompts students for contributions to chemistry, a golfer quips about a poor course, and a truck sign warns about brakes and crowding.
Twenty Five Years Ago on Seventh Street Open to Traffic
Sealed into the past twenty five years ago, Seventh Street newly paved from Highland to Santa Fe will be open to traffic this evening. Notes from Across the Back Fence mention a Coat joke by Dr Butin. Local visits include Mrs. Dave Chieckadonz Nadine Bertram and Mrs. Harry Palen. Fifty Years Ago items cover visits by Mr. and Mrs. Lee Andrew, Mrs. W. A. Lapham, and moves involving C. C. McCune and Bert Baughman.
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Seventh Street
Highland
Santa Fe
American Legion
Legion
Magnolia Manor
Butin
Dave Chieckadonz
Emporia
Nadine Bertram
Pittsburg
Harry Palen
Chicago
George Palen
Washington
John Spielman
Juanita Burton
Mirror Lake
Wis
Lee Andrew
Iola
W. A. Lapham
C. C. McCune and Sons
Girard
Vacationer Diary of a Mountain Cabin Day
A diary entry recounts a tranquil mountain excursion with a host and hostess. The narrator repeatedly sleeps in, enjoys breakfast in bed, and takes part in a short hike and trout meals. The day ends with another early night after a restful, enjoyable retreat.
Dulles Rejects Red Leaders Visit Amid Geneva Talks
Washington dispatch details Foster Dulles opposing inviting Soviet leaders to Washington during Geneva negotiations. The piece notes Eisenhower’s preference for dialogue, CIA warnings of a possible Quemoy-Matsu bombardment, and bipartisan tensions over engaging with China. It also covers political currents around Lyndon Johnson, Estes Kefauver, Carmine De Sapio, and Ike’s 1956 prospects.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Bulganin
Marshal Zhukov
Geneva
Foster Dulles
Dulles
Ske
Allen Dulles
Central Intelligence
Quemoy - Matsu
Ike
Chiang Kai-Shek
Knowland
Republican Party
State Department
Chaing Kai-Shek
Missouri
Lyndon
Bob Kerr
Oklahoma
Douglas McArthur
Senate
Johnson
Clements
Tennessee
Estes Kefauver
George Bender
Ohio
Humphrey
Bender
Cleveland
Talbott
St. Lawrence Seaway
Dr Crane Claims Worry Clinic Explains Alicia's Homosexual Shift
Dr George Crane recaps Case P-302 focusing on Alicia A. a 26 year old newspaper employee who he says developed a same sex attraction after college based on early trauma and an athletic female roommate. He asserts education and willpower can revert a person to heterosexuality and urges readers to request his booklet on Sex Problems of Young People.
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George W. Crane
Alicia A
Alicia
Alica
Havior
Crane
Hopkins Syndicate Inc
Mellott, Ind
Woman Charged With Assault in Beating
Doris Havard 18 of Kansas City was charged with assault with intent to kill for abduction and beating of Officer Robert Holcomb after he stopped two men for a traffic violation. Havard, arrested in St. Louis, said she aided a $120 drug store holdup. Bond set at 10000 with a hearing scheduled Aug 10. Kenneth Hood 20 and Charles Ayres Jr. 26 face charges. Ayres’ sister Mrs Mattie Howard is detained by St Louis police.
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Kansas City
Doris Havard
Robert Holcomb
Hovard
St. Louis
Holcomb
Kenneth D. Hood
Charles Ayres Jr
St Louis
Ayres
Mattie Howard
Better English and vocabulary quiz fixes
The item asks five questions about grammar pronunciation and vocabulary. Answers indicate omit phrase, pronounce fiat as fine and at with stress on first syllable, choose fricassee as misspelled form of fricassee, define discordancy as state of disagreement, and list coyotes as a co starting term for a small wolf species.
Big Klu and Snider Near Ruth Hitting Pace in 1927 Record
New York reports that Ted Kluszewski of Cincinnati and Duke Snider of Brooklyn are close to Babe Ruth’s 1927 major league home run mark of 60. Both players sit just behind Ruth’s pace and are pushing toward the record as the season progresses.
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New York
Ted Kluszewski
Cincinnati
Duke Snider
Brooklyn
Babe Ruth
Big Klu
Duke
Babe hits 35th homer in 106th game
The excerpt notes Babe Ruth reached his 35th homer in the 106th game after earlier seasons where he achieved the mark in 103 and 104 games. It reflects his lengthy path to the milestone within that season.
Explosion Harms Neighbor in Johnson County Home
Cletus Ward, 56, suffered burns and was in fair condition after a gas smell, entering a five room house in northeast Johnson County. The blast occurred when he turned on a light switch. owners Mr and Mrs Poor were Harvard summer students and left Ward in charge.
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Kansas City
Kas.p
Johnson County
Cletus Ward
Samuel Poor
Harvard University
Ward
St. Joe Theater Head Suffocates in Office Fire
Edwin M. Gardiner a 63 year old Mission Kansas man and former Shawnee Mission drive in theater manager died in a fire at the theater office building in St Joseph Missouri. Firemen attributed the blaze to faulty wiring and say they fought the flames for over an hour before locating his body.
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St. Joe Theater
ST. Joseph
Edwin M. Gardiner
Mission, Kas
Gardiner
Oklahoma City School Board Votes to End Segregation
The Oklahoma City School Board unanimously voted yesterday to end racial segregation in city public schools. The action fulfills a long standing mandate and aims to integrate classrooms across district facilities and programs.
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Oklahoma City
Man Foiled in Suicide Attempt by Firemen Net
A Newark father of four jumped eight floors to a firemen’s net after police pleaded with him to stop. Firemen lowered a rope to aid his rescue as bystanders watched the tense scene unfold.
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Newark
N. J
Chanute Tribune Publishing Details and Rates
The Chanute Tribune from Chanute Kansas lists publication details for The Chanute Publishing Company and editors, along with advertising manager and pricing terms. It notes associated press usage and general subscription rates for local and out of town mail as part of the historical newspaper record.
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Chanute Tribune
S. Highland
Chanute
Kas
Daily
Despondent worker hurls from ledge during standoff
A 45 year old machine worker Lawrence Yudin leaped from a building ledge as officers urged him to step back. He survived the fall with a broken back after 20 minutes on the ledge outside his apartment window. He had told his 15 year old daughter Sophie that day that his family did not want him.
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Lawrence Yudin
Yudin
Sophie
Television Tonight’s Dense Daylong Schedule
A crowded log lists daytime and evening programs across channels, from game shows like Dollar a Second and Truth or Consequences to soaps such as Guiding Light and Love of Life, plus variety acts and children’s fare including Howdy Doody and Ted Mack’s Matinee. The menu spans morning through late night with multiple repeats and regional listings.
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Sheilah Graham Shrew
Acu
Arthur Gordlie
Bob
Ted Mack
Bob Crespy
Brudin
Oklahoma
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