Balloon Moon Mission Fails in U S Rocket Day
The United States had its busiest rocket day yet as Juno II failed to place an inflatable balloon into orbit after three stages lit. A Titan missile exploded on the Cape Canaveral pad, while Polaris and Thor launches succeeded in testing submarine link and Earth imaging, with Discoverer V capsule search and Vandenberg tests noted.
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Associated Press
United States
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Cape
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
England
Hawaii
Earth
U.S
Satellite Cone Sneaks Home As Capsule Catchers Miss
Honolulu AP report details 6593rd Test Squadron members failing to locate the Discoverer V nose cone after ejection. Maj. Joseph Neller says sighting would have ensured a catch. planes lacked radar and relied on radio beacons. The piece also follows Tech Sgt Willis on leave visiting family, with travel notes and prior assignments.
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Satellite Cone
Joseph Neller
Olathe
Kan
Hickam Air Force Base
Honolulu
Reuben E. Willis
U. S. Nellor
Air Force
Weather brings scattered heavy rain across Kansas
A general rain event delivered moisture to most Kansas counties Friday night with some spots recording heavy falls. Quinter topped with 5.25 inches, El Dorado 3.15, and other notable totals included Rosalia, Peck, Wichita, and Lebo. Expect showers in the east and south today with partly cloudy skies and warmer highs Sunday in the 80s.
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Topeka
Kansas
The
Weather Bureau
Colorado
Quinter
South Central
el Dorado
Rosalia
Peck
Wichita
Ripley
Sedgwick
Kingman and
Pratt
Lebo
Lyndon
Natoma
Waverly
Eureka
Man Trimming Tree Electrocuted in Kansas City
D Ervin 43 was electrocuted Friday night while trimming a tree in his new back yard. His son Larry 14 witnessed the accident as Ervin used a heavy wire to pull a branch and the wire brushed a power line.
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Kansas City
D. Ervin
Larry
Asbury
Balloon Satellite Fails to Orbit in Juno II Test Flight
Cape Canaveral reports a 12 foot balloon satellite aboard a Juno II failed to reach orbit amid four missile tests. NASA data show the Jupiter stage functioned, but the altitude control system malfunctioned after separation, likely sending the rocket components downward and leftward and causing a fiery demise.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Cape Friday
Polaris
Thor
National Aeronautics and Space Administraion
NASA
Farmer Dies In Explosion Near Ulysses
Vernon Tompkins a 46 year old tenant farmer was killed and his wife and daughter injured in two explosions at their home near Ulysses Kansas the blasts blamed on natural gas in the basement Mrs Tompkins said her husband was pinned by falling rafters during the first blast and urged her to seek help The second explosion occurred after she left the house blowing it apart and killing him Roberta Tompkins was staying with a sister in Liberal while Patty Sutherland injured with a head wound hospitalized for shock
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Ulysses, Eas. (Ap
Vernon Tompkins
Ulysses
Castro Accuses U S Officials Of Aiding Conspirators
Fidel Castro denounces American officials as aiding counter revolutionaries in Cuba. He lambasts Rafael Trujillo as mastermind behind Caribbean tensions while condemning U S acts and exposing alleged arms shipments and failed invasions. He questions U S intent during a Chile conference broadcast.
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Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
Dominican Republic
Rafael L. Trujillo
Tribune
United States
U.S
Rotary
Christian A. Herther
Miami
Herter
Panama
Trujillo
Thirteen Injured in Two-Car Collision Near Ellsworth
Thirteen members of three families were injured in a two car crash four miles east of Ellsworth. All victims were admitted to Ellsworth Hospital. Eugene Albin of Gove drove at about 60 mph when the other car turned left from U S 40, causing the collision. The Albin family included Rudy Nelson 54 and Judy Nelson 11. The Morris family from Kanopolis occupied the other vehicle.
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Ellsworth, Kas
Ellsworth
Ellsworth Hospital
Charles Zavesky
Eugene Albin
Gove
Kas
U. S. 40
Albin
Rudy Nelson
Ellis
Judy Nelson
Louis Morris
Kanopolis
Bewildered bear sought in hit run near Dunsmuir
A startled bear headed south in a north bound lane on U S 99 near Dunsmuir California collided with a pickup and forced it into a car no injuries were reported. Police will trap the bear to check for injuries and release him.
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Bear
Dunsmuir
Calif
Bruin
U.S. 99
California
Thief Steals $500 From Creek Oil and Gas Office
Police report theft of 500 dollars from the Creek Oil and Gas Co. office at 1152 FE Main. Jack McKelvey says 490 dollars belonged to the Country Club of which he is treasurer. Cash taken from a locked filing cabinet drawer, likely Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, linked to other local burglaries.
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Creek Oil and Gas Co
FE Main
Jack McKelvey
Country Club
McKelvey
Waikiki Criticism by Arthur Godfrey
Honolulu AP report says Arthur Godfrey ends a Hawaii working holiday with sharp criticism of Waikiki Beach calling it a Coney Island with palm trees and warns if action isn’t taken in five years the area may deteriorate.
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Honolulu
Arthur Godfrey
Hawaii
Waikiki Beach
Coney Island
Topeka Boy Drowns in Lake Shawnee Amid TV Filming
Theodore Baird five year old son of Topeka police officer Fred Baird drowned Friday night in Lake Shawnee while visiting with family. The boy had been in the area about two weeks filming a television show and was to be released Sept. 16. What started as a local incident ended in tragedy for the Baird family.
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Topeka
Godfrey
San Francisco
Ton
Lake Shawnee
Theodore Baird
Fred Baird
Caribbean Peace Plan Emerges From Santiago Talks
Western Hemisphere ministers meeting in Santiago draft recommendations to ease Caribbean tensions. Castro and Trujillo clash over a proposed temporary investigation committee while Nicaragua, Dominican Republic and Panama rebel efforts loom. Proposals include a Havana declaration on nonintervention and human rights, economic development emphasis, and a monitoring committee for future Inter-American sessions.
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Chile
Caribbean
Fidel Casto
Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo
Havana
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Nicaragua
Panama
Quito
Ecuador
United States
Council of the Organization of American States
Cuba
Venezuela
Phone Cables Cut By Road Builders Near Topeka
Roadworkers accidentally cut two major telephone cables about six miles west of Topeka. The breaks disrupted long distance news service and commercial telephone and telegraph circuits.
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Topeka
Tooth Glue Could Replace Dental Plates in Navy Research
Navy researchers report a cementing substance that could later allow reinserted teeth after extraction. Captain Canty notes dogs showed regained chewing soon after gluing, with human trials not yet begun and claims not yet guaranteed.
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Washington
Navy
Wagon Train Ends 2000 Mile Oregon Trek to Independence
The Oregon Centennial wagon train arrived in Independence after 118 days on the Old Oregon Trail. About four million people reportedly watched the journey, which crossed Kansas Nebraska Wyoming Idaho and Oregon ending with wagonmasters Tex Serpa and Gail Carnine. Indians attacked intermittently along the route but the group pressed on to publicize the Oregon Centennial Exposition.
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Tex
Carnine
Independence
Oregon Trail
Dave Gastman
Oregon
Kansas
Nebraska
Wyoming
Idaho
Cascade Mountains
Janelle Rodebaugh
Kansas City
Two Arrested After Urgent Call in Parsons
Roscoe Brooks 37 of Chanute and Anna May Prowell 17 of Parsons were arrested after police answered a noon call to 312 N Malcolm. Brooks had a severe chest wound and Prowell a cut under the eye, believed caused by broken glass. They were treated at Neosho Memorial Hospital then released on $25 bond each for a police court hearing at 1 p.m. next Thursday.
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Roscoe Brooks
Chanute
Anna May Prowell
Parsons
N. Malcolm
Brooks
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Eight Million Road Bill Tied to Missile Bases
The Air Force plans to spend about eight million dollars on access roads to ICBM bases near Topeka and Salina. Sen. Frank Carlson's office released figures showing 67.5 miles of road at Salina costing 3,375,000 and 75 miles around Topeka also costing 3,375,000.
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Topeka
Air Force
Salina
Frank Carlson
Truck Jackknifes on Bridge Delaying Traffic
A tractor trailer jackknifed on a bridge just north of Bogue Kansas tying up traffic for nearly four hours. The driver Leroy Branham of Lakeland Florida escaped injury after trying to avoid a cow on highway K18. The cow was only slightly shaken. Traffic was rerouted and drivers slept while wreckers cleared the scene.
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BOGUE
Kas
Here
Leroy Branham
Lakeland
Fla
Branham
Graham County
Mark Bell
Sheriff Bell
House Group's Hands Tied In Ballot Case
Washington AP Rep Robert T Ashmore says a House subcommittee cannot act on Mahoney's ballot irregularities claim in the 1958 Sixth Kansas District election after Jewell County ballots were burned by clerk Alvin C Fall The burning left the Mahoney Smith contest without usable ballots Mahoney carried Saline County while Smith won Jewell County by 480 votes.
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Washington
Robert T. Ashmore
D-Sc
House Subcommittee
Jewell County
Kansas
Wint Smith
Elmo Mahoney
House
Alvin C. Fall
Rep
Ashmore
Mahoney
Paul Swartz
Saline County
Saline
Paul Shanahan
Smith
Jew Jell County
Civil War Veteran Williams Near Death in Houston
Walter Williams the last surviving Civil War fighting veteran in Houston facing a rapid decline as relatives and his physician acknowledge he may not survive. Williams, a 16 year old Confederate veteran, had a fever of 101 and doctors warned he had only days left. His daughter, Mrs. Willie Mae Bowles, cited no improvement.
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Houston
Tex
Walter Williams
Willie
Mae Bowles
Wiliams
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka 1958 Compared with 1956
Kansas traffic fatalities tallied by the state accident records for the 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. show 351 deaths for 1958 to date versus 321 for the comparable period in 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
Labor Curb Bill Heads to Conference Next Week
Senate leaders discuss sending the labor regulation bill to conference early next week as Republicans debate between milder and tougher measures. Key figures include Dirksen Goldwater Kennedy Ervin Perkins Thompson Landrum Griffin Barden Kearns Ayres.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Bill
House
White House
Dirksen
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Senate Labor Committee
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-Nc
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate House
Kennedy
Congress
Ervin
Carl D. Perkins
Frank Thompson Jr
Cat dies after biting children. rabies test negative
A cat that bit two children July 29 died yesterday. an initial test for rabies was negative. The head was sent to Manhattan for testing by Undersheriff George Neely and police were notified of the result this morning. Further tests planned for certainty. The bitten children Judy and Jim Rauhoff visited Rauhoff's parents in El Dorado.
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Manhattan
George Neely
Judy
Jim Rauhoff
Jack Rauhoff
Flado
Rauhoff
J. H. Rauhoff
S. Central
el Dorado
Rauhoffs
Truck Abandoned After Chase in Kansas
A man fled on foot into a field after wrecking a stolen pickup during a chase with Chase County Sheriff Charles Armagost. The vehicle was taken Tuesday night at Paola Kansas and, as of today, officers planned to call for an airplane to assist the search. The driver was not believed injured.
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Kas
Kansas
Chase County
Charles Armagost
Armagost
Here
Paola
Traffic collision at Elm and Grant injures motorists
Police investigated a collision at Elm and Grant around 1 p.m. yesterday involving Roger R. Roles and Lillie M. Kenoply. The front of Roles 1954 Ford and the left front of Kenoply 1953 Plymouth were damaged.
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Elm and
Grant
Roger R. Roles
W. Olive
Lillie M. Kenoply
N. Steuben
Roles
Ford
Plymouth
Wasser Insurance Info Listing
Waterline contact in Jady area appears as Wasser for Insurance with phone number 119 and agent name Wasser. No additional context or event details provided.
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Wasser
Jady
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