270 Belgian Miners Trapped and Fires Block Rescue
Fire Chief Brennan reported feeling “cheesy” after learning a telegram announcing that Mr and Mrs W H Brennan of Akron Ohio are the parents of a son born yesterday in an Akron hospital. The baby Terry Lee weighs just over eight pounds and is their first grandson. Marilyn Abbott, age about three, wandered from home in her birthday suit and was found by a service station worker and police after car assistance. She could not recall her address until police located her home west of Main Street and then east, where she recognized a parked car as hers.
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C. W. Brennan
W. H. Brennan
Akron
Marilyn
Vivian Abbott
W. Main
Main
Dale Stemple
Stemple
Tom Ogden
Clifford McCoy
Marcinelle
Belgium
Amercoeur
Stevenson Between Civil Rights Storm and Southern Pressure
Adlai E. Stevenson faces Southern backlash as he pushes for unequivocal approval of the Supreme Court ruling on school desegregation in the Democratic platform. Mississippi Governor Coleman signals possible Dixie walkout if a compromise fails, leaving Harriman as a distant alternative. Rescue efforts continue after a Belgian coal mine disaster traps miners, with seven reaching the surface and officials fearing a worst-case outcome.
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Stevenson
Forecast of Partly Cloudy Skies With Thunder Showers
Kansas area reports 100 degree heat as polls opened with Colder readings in north. Chanute Salina and Russell hit 107 while Kansas City reached 92. Thunderstorms forecast this afternoon and tonight with a cooler trend overnight and Thursday.
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Chanute
Salina
Russell
Kansas City
Traffic Fatalities Listed by State Accident Records
Topeka reports 367 traffic fatalities in 1956 to date, with 325 in the same period in 1955, according to the State Accident Records Section. The figures cover the last 24 hours and year to date.
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Topeka
Kansas
Incomplete Returns From Kansas Primary Races
Returns show early tallies from Kansas primaries across districts. In the Democratic 1st, Engler leads Miller. Republican 3rd has George, Gray, and Shaw with George ahead. Democratic 3rd tight between Hargis and Smith. In the Republican 6th Otis leads over Smith and Weelk. Democratic 6th sees Jones versus Mahoney, with Mahoney close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Engler
Miller
George
Gray
Jack Shaw
Hargis
Smith
Otis
Weelk
Jones
Mahoney
GOP
Wint Smith
Myron George
John Crugher
Jay Berryman
Clifford R. Hope
J. Floyd Breeding
Leo Mahoney
Dorrance
Max Jones
Goodland
Denver Hargis
Coffeyville
Howard S. Miller
Hiawatha
Kansans Okay Bond Issues Across State Races
Kansas voters approved several bond issues with varied margins for schools sewage disposal armories and parks. Wichita supported a 12.5 million school bond while Salina Chanute and Lawrence backed airport and park expansions. Emphatic margins followed in other towns with mixed results on swimming pools and cemetery land purchases. District results also show Republican statewide contest tallies with multiple statewide offices decided.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Wichita
Arkansas City
Salina
Chanute
Lawrence
Santa Fe Park
Emporia
Garden City
National Guard
Newton
Greenwood Cemetery
Powder Trucks Explode in Cali Colombia Death Toll Climbs
Seven dynamite laden trucks exploded in Cali Colombia, destroying an eight block area. Official estimates placed deaths near 700 to 1000 with hundreds more injured and salvage operations continuing. President Rojas Pinilla blamed political sabotage and warned of further danger as workers searched the wreckage.
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Cali
Colombia
U.S
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Blast in Columbia Toll Is Near 1000
A massive explosion in a central Colombian city damaged dozens of buildings up to 12 blocks away. A 10 vehicle convoy carrying explosives had stopped overnight, with seven trucks parked in a cratered site. Relief teams, doctors, and Red Cross aid converged from Bogota and other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenaventura
Public Works Ministry
Bogota
American Red Cross
Panama
U.S. Air Force
Kansas Primary Results Show Senate Contest Counts
Unofficial returns from yesterday's Kansas primary list Republican Senate totals Biddle 46 976 Carlson 159 605 with 2 509 precincts yes. Democratic Senate results show Aylward 43 901 Hart 36 558 Kilian 13 730 Kori 9 561 with 2 523 precincts reporting.
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Topeka
Kansas
Biddle
Carlson
Aylward
Hart
Kilian
Kori
Docking Leads Woodring Narrowly In Kansas Democratic Nomination
Topeka report shows George Docking holding a slim lead over former governor Harry Woodring for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination with unofficial returns from 2,829 precincts. Woodring trails by about 1,100 votes in Sedgwick County, while Warren Shaw leads Gov. Fred Hall in the Republican race by nearly 30,000 votes. Docking refused comment as canvass results loom for a final decision.
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Topeka
Fred Hall
George Docking
Lawrence Banker
Harry Woodring
Docking
Woodring
Sedgwick
Warren Shaw
Hall
Shaw
Kansas
Lawrence
Clyde Reed
Docking- Woodring
U. S
Frank Carlson
Walter Biddle
Leavenworth
Paul Aylward
Ellsworth
Carlson
Myron V. George
Henry Smith
St. Paul
John Hemphill
Marion Showalter
Ava Jeffrey
Register of Deeds
Merle Estes
Dwight Diver
S. C. Hudson
Showalter
Charles S. Nation
Wendell Bowyer
P. W. Kyle
Hemphill
Chanute
Richard Ashley
Ashley
Louis Eaton
J. L. Natt
Jeffrey
Elva Wood
Estes
District Court
Bernice Land
Diver
Walter H. Chappell
Hudson
John Chaffee
Myron George
Neosho County
Oren Gray
iParsons
George
Gray
Jack Warren Shaw
Galena
Francis Holton
John Stewart
Congress
Smith
Denver Hargis
Hargis
Voting margins vary in area races with close local outcomes
Primary results across Allen Woodson and Wilson counties show wide margin variation. Immel leads Elliff 2454 to 939 for the state senate nomination. Wilson County favors Mong over Cavaness 2030 to 431 for the Republican state senate nomination. gubernatorial and congressional contests show mixed county by county results with several incumbents and nominees winning decisively.
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Allen, Woodson
Wilson County
Howard M. Immel
Dewey S. Elliff
Senate
Allen-Woodson
Immel
Elliff
Allen County
Woodson County
John W. Cramm
Cramm
Lynn F. Morse
W. T. Blackwood
Fred Hall
Warren Shaw
Shaw
Harry Woodring
George Docking
Docking
Allen
Woodson
Myron V. George
Wilson
Denver Hargis
Henry M. Smith
Orval L. Cox
Fred L. Lambert
W. F. Chamberlain
Cecil L. Jordan
C. R. Mong
Wilfrid Cavaness
Neosho
Mong
Wilson Counties
Cavaness
Ways and Means Committee
Neosho County
Chanute Primary Yields Airport Park Proposals and Local Races
Chanute voters approved the airport improvement bonds of 48000 and a 22500 land purchase fund for Santa Fe Park. Turnout set an August primary record with 2480 ballots cast and 57 percent of 4292 registered voters voting. Local races included Republican precinct contests and a strong Mong victory for state senator in Neosho and Wilson counties.
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Santa Fe Park
Chanute
Third Ward
First Ward
Fourth Ward
Chanutes
John Nation
Gus Nelson
Robert Pennington
Merrill H. Moore
Second Ward
Kansas City Defeats Daylight Saving Time
Kansas City voters rejected a charter amendment that would have required annual daylight time ordinances. Unofficial returns across precincts showed 41 914 against to 16 347 in favor with some precincts unreported. Major labor opposition cited potential loss of pay and later hours for entertainment. Radio and TV stations supported the change.
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Kansas City
Clay County
Thayer First in State With Complete Returns
Thayer Kansas reports the first complete precinct totals after the primary. Republican senator results show Biddle 23 and Carlson 72 while Democratic senator tallies list Aylward 9 Hart 2 Kilian 2 and Kort 0. Republican governor totals record Hall 41 Holton 3 Shaw 50 Stewart 3. Democratic governor Docking 9 Woodring 5. Attorney general Republican Anderson 14 Eckdall 6 Putnam 36.
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Bill Lesher
W. 5Th
Paul Thompson
Topeka
Kansas
Republican Supreme Court
Cushenbery
Morgan
Norris
Schroeder
Wilson
Arvin
McCuish
Lawrence
Shanahan
Anderson
Eckdall
Putnam
Butters
Lancelot
Sowers
Cameron
Sullivan
Carr
Vieland
Henkle
Stewart
Thayer
Kan
Noosho County
Biddle
Carlson
Aylward
Hart
Kilian
Kort
Hall
Holton
Shaw
Docking
Woodring
Dave Garroway Bride Promises Early Breakfast
Pamela Wilde, 28, wife of NBC Today host Dave Garroway, promises to cook breakfast for him each morning at 4 a.m. The couple married yesterday in New York City at the Municipal Building. Garroway, 42, must rise early for the 7 a.m. Today show.
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New York
Dave Garroway
Pamela Wilde
Newsmen
Garroway
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Adlai Shakes
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James P. Coleman
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Dixie Democrats
Platform Committee
Averell Harriman
Democratic Party
Hill City
Concordia
Wamego
Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Columbia
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Harry L. Depew
Donald C. Vosburgh
Harry L. Orendorff
R. F. Russell
Charlie R. Head
Argyle C. Gentry
Charley H. Burrows
Albert Manning
A. W Kleyman
Lloyd Baxley
George W. Teague
W. E. Kerr
Logan Reynolds
Lee Chicken
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Preston D. Smith
C. G. Plumb
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