Plans For Suez Meet Involving 24 Nations
London and Paris pressed mobilization as they prepared for a 24 nation conference on the Suez Canal. Foreign ministers from the United States Britain and France laid plans to invite Russia and Egypt to a London meeting on August 16 to form an international authority over Suez. Egypt appeared likely to refuse.
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Suez Canal
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Cairo
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Theseus
Portsmouth
Bulwark
Glasgow
Mass voting requires mass intelligence says Pittsburg editor
F W Brinkerhoff of the Pittsburg Sun and Headlight urged graduates at Pittsburg State College summer commencement to vote thoughtfully not in volume. He warned that voting in ignorance or indifference is silly illogical dangerous and worse than not voting. The note ends with local election data from Fredonia Independence Fall River Oswego and Labette County budgeting.
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Pittsburg
Kansas
F. W. Brinkerhoff
Parsons moves to build parking lot at city building
Cairo reports calm as budget figures show 2,455,744.78 for the year. The plan to construct a 30 car parking lot at the Parsons Municipal Building grounds off Broadway moves forward with approval given Wednesday and readiness targeted by Christmas.
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Cairo
Parsons
Parsons Municipal
Broadway
Parsons City
Nazarenes and Methodists Win Church Softball Makeup Games
The Nazarenes beat Lutherans 14 to 9 and the Methodists defeated Christians 9 to 2 in makeup games at Highland Park. Tonight the Nazarenes face Stark at 8:30 in the only scheduled game.
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Nazarenes
Highland Park
Do It Yourself Rocket Worries Officials
Charlotte story about 17 year old Jimmy Blackmon who built a six foot liquid oxygen powered rocket in his basement. Civil Aeronautics Administration warns against launching in Mecklenburg County due to risk to aircraft while Army officers seek a safe test site possibly on a military base. Jimmy notes he did not consider a potential impact on objects during descent.
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Charlotte
N.C
Jimmy Blackmon
Jimmy
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Mecklenburg County
Army Ordnance and Operations
Burt Blackmon
1956 Kansas Wheat Tops in Quality
The 1956 Kansas wheat crop showed outstanding quality with an average protein content of 14.1 percent, the highest since 1948. Test weight averaged 61.2 pounds per bushel, second only to 61.6 in 1952.
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Topeka
Kansas
Steer Yield Produces Little Porterhouse Despite Mass
A 1000 pound steer yields roughly 35 pounds of Porterhouse steaks, illustrating low cut efficiency and carcass value versus overall weight.
Herter declines preconsent for VP nomination
Gov Christian A Herter of Massachusetts says he will not consent in advance to have his name placed in nomination for vice president at the Republican National Convention He allows delegates to place his name without consent He notes he will not challenge Nixon and backs Dick Nixon He has not spoken with Harold Stassen who runs an Eisenhower Herter HQ in Washington in bid to remove Nixon from the 1956 ticket
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Boston
Christian A. Herter
Massachusetts
Nixon
Dick Nixon
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower- Herter
Washington
GOP
Dye price noted for coloring 600 sweaters
Weather observations report the average price of a pound of dye at 1.17 dollars today, enough to color about 600 sweaters. The price is highlighted as a small cost in fabrics and domestic production contexts.
Tomcat Named Tom Keeps Dog in Victuals
In MEMPHIS TENN an elderly tomcat named Tom at 96 Landing Ark keeps a dog named Mack fed and pampered. Owner C E Holley says Tom raised Mack from a pup and even hunts rabbits for him, while Tom keeps other cats away.
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Tom
Memphis, Tenn
Mississippi
96 Landing
Ark
Mack
C. E. Holley
Big
Yeals
Holley
Treasury Plans Three Billion Dollar Borrowing
The Treasury announced plans to borrow three billion dollars to cover periods when key officials are away and to tide over loan and tax collection fluctuations. The move aims to smooth financing over alternating two month cycles and maintain cash flow.
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Treasury
Washington
The
Treasury Today
Holley
Tax Anticipation Certificates Interest Rate Set
Secretary Humphrey announced tax anticipation certificates of indebtedness will bear interest at 2.25 percent. The statement clarifies funding terms heading into the next fiscal period.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Williams Breaks World 100 Meter Dash Mark
Pvt Willie J Williams of Gary Indiana won the 100 meter event at an international military meet with 10.1 seconds, surpassing the world record by one tenth of a second formerly held by Jesse Owens of the United States.
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Berlin
Willie J. Williams
Gary
Ind
Jesse Owens
United States
Ontario Ends Year With Over 1.5 Million Vehicle Registrations
Ontario reports more than 1,500,000 motor vehicle registrations completed in the year. Officials note steady growth in registrations across the province as reliability and access improve.
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Ontario
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