House Action Adds 65 Million To Foreign Aid
Congress faced a vote of confidence on foreign aid after House members balked at extra money. The dispute jeopardizes Eisenhower’s chances of securing the Senate approved 190 million dollars in the final supplemental bill. The session lingered as wage hour talks stalled and a separate Latin America development bill awaited likely passage.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Congress
Latin America
Senate House
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Albert Thomas
D-Tex
Sooner Family Found Dead In West Virginia Plane Crash
In western Pennsylvania, two lumbermen found a light plane wreckage with four bodies in rugged terrain. The Oklahoma City family aboard, Henry Griffing 53 his wife Josephine 4 Linda 20 and Phillip 24, had departed from Teterboro New Jersey August 16. The plane hit the tallest tree on a ridge and burned. Civil Air Patrol searchers and volunteers had been combing parts of West Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania for two weeks. Henry Griffing was president of Video Independent Theatres Inc.
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Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Teterboro
N. J
Oklahoma City
Henry Griffing
Josephine
Linda
Phillip
Buckstown Lumber Co
Civil Air Patrol
West Virginia
Maryland
Main Santa Fe line partly reopened after Ottawa wreck
The Santa Fe Railway opened one of three main tracks at Ottawa after a fiery wreck that destroyed a 45 foot Willson Creek bridge. Fifty one cars including liquefied gas tankers piled up, with fires still burning on several cars and one full gas tank car yet to be cooled and moved.
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Ottawa
Santa Fe Railway
Willson Creek
el Capitan
Smoke From Mattress Fatal for Wichita Maintenance Worker
In Wichita, Lud wig Pete Nulik, 68, a maintenance worker at a downtown hotel, died from smoke inhalation after a mattress fire. The hotel manager Q S Gossard said Nulik was found unconscious in a maintenance room. the cause of the blaze was not determined.
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Wichita
Ludwig
Pete) Nulik
Q. S. Gossard
Nulik
Gossard
Ash Grove Plant Nears Completion Of Big New Facility
Ash Grove Lime and Portland Cement Co near completion of a giant materials storage complex started last July by Swenson Construction Co. The 90 foot by 420 foot central structure will hold 60 000 tons and support two 5 cubic yard overhead cranes. Limestone and clinker dominate stored materials as work progresses toward November 1 opening.
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Ash Grove
Barber
Ash Grove Lime & Portland Cement Co
Chanute
Tribune
Melvin Miller Feted in West Coast Marine Prank
Peoria man Melvin Miller 40 a tractor factory foreman and church elder becomes the unwitting target of a Marine prank begun at Laguna Beach California. Maj Joe Gestson now a major orchestrates a week long goodwill tour with a motorcade band meals and a finale at the Dodgers game in Los Angeles.
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Peoria, Ill
Melvin Miller
Miller
Sandpiper Bar
Laguna Beach
Calif
Joe Gestson
Sandpiper
Peoria
Los Angeles International Airport
Miss Mansfield
Los Angeles
Tijuana
Mexico
Mel
Fei Toro Marine Air Station
Los Angeles’ Coliseum
San Francisco
Nieder Wins Olympic Shot in Sweep of Medals
Rome AP reports Bill Nieder added to the U S with a 64 feet 65 inches Olympic shot put win as Americans swept gold silver and bronze. Parry OBrien set the prior record while Dallas Long finished third with 62 feet 435 inches. The U S bid in modern pentathlon and the eight man crew both lost.
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Rome
Bill Nieder
U.S
Parry O'Brien
Melbourne
Nieder
Kansas
O’brien
Dallas Long
Phoenix
Explosion Rips Buffalo Plant Injures Two at National Aniline
An explosion tore through half of a three story chemical plant in Buffalo's South Side injuring two workers. Flames were visible ten miles away as debris showered a wide area and nearby residents felt the blast. Police said the injured were part of a four man night shift at National Aniline Co.
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Buffalo
N.Y
National Aniline Co
Iselin firm buys Roxy site for office building
Webb & Knapp sold the old Roxy Theater land at 50th Street and Seventh Avenue in New York to Sig g and Abe Smomer for 5,275,000 dollars. The Iselin New Jersey firm originated the purchase agreement.
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New York
Iselin, N.J
50Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Webb & Knapp
Sigg
Abe Smomer
Couple of suspected forgers face dim chance of return to Neosho County
Police said the arresting of Martha J Brown and Clarence Leonard Brown in Hutchinson may lead to extradition difficulties. Warrants charging more than 500 dollars in bogus checks were prepared for Neosho and other counties. The Browns admitted stealing 200 check forms and a check protector, and passing forged checks across Kansas plus in Chicago and the west coast. FBI estimated total forged payments exceed 2000 dollars.
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Martha J. Brown
Clarence Leonard Brown
Hutchinson
Neosho County
Topeka
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Chanute Police
Lawrence
Junction City
Manhattan
Ottawa
Olathe
Pittsburg
Iola
Fort Scott
FBI
Brown
Chicago
West Coast
Tractor Accident Fatal to Farmer Near Easton Kan
LEAVENWORTH AP Thomas Alexander a 67 year old farmer was killed when his tractor overturned on his farm road near Easton Kansas. His body was found beneath the overturned machine.
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Leavenworth
Thomas Alexander
Easton
Kan
House Burglary At Yates Center
Police report a burglary at a Yates Center home last night. A 21 inch television a shotgun and a .22 rifle were stolen. The Woodson County sheriff's office is investigating the break in.
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Yates Center
Woodson County
Thoman Bound Over In Hum boldt Murder Case
Ivan Thoman charged with first degree murder in the death of his common law wife at their Hum boldt apartment July 29 is bound over to district court for trial after a preliminary hearing here. District court sessions resume October 4.
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Iola
Ivan Thoman
Humboldt
State Parties Agree on Pension Reform in Kansas
In Topeka the Kansas GOP and Democrats converge on one point the need for a comprehensive state employee pension system. The piece contrasts tax, parole, and penal positions, notes Prohibition party proposals including sterilization and censorship, and lists Becker and Munn as ballot nominees.
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Demos
Topeka
Kansas
Suspicious youths questioned after store incident in Earlton
Police and highway patrol chased two youths in an old model car after an incident at Scribner's store. Sheriff Sloan said one youth carried a pistol in the store while they bought pop. Officials checked the Missouri–tagged car and found no illegal activity. The pair left after brief questions and paid for drinks.
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Earlton
Sheriff's Office
Highway Patrol
Scribner's Store
Jerry Sloan
Missouri
Sloan
Titan Firing Repeats Success Despite Data Capsule Loss
Cape Canaveral reports the Air Force test fired a second Titan intercontinental missile on a 5,000 mile Atlantic range. The rocket completed its flight but again failed to recover the nose cone data capsule.
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Cape Canaveral, Fla
Air Force
Atlantic
Traffic Fatalities Log Run From Topeka Data
Kansas death log reports 24 hours to 9 am with 299 deaths in 1960 versus 395 in the comparable 1959 period. The Topeka AP dispatch notes traffic toll figures for the 24 hour window, highlighting the per hour and daily totals.
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Topeka
Kansas
Storm Drenches New York Area
A sudden summer storm drenched the New York metropolitan area and caused a nightlong rush hour nightmare. Flash floods inundated subways and expressways from Connecticut to New Jersey, trapping 20,000 riders and stranding 100,000 commuters. Nassau and Queens suffered the worst damage with fires, power outages affecting 19,000 homes, and two deaths reported in Queens.
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New York
New York Metropolitan Area
Connecticut
New Jersey
East River
Long Island
Westchester
Rockland
New York City
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Queens
Nassau County
Nassau
North Shore
Jan
New School Term Opens With Enrollments Across Districts
Enrollment figures rise as Royster and Chanute schools begin a new term. Junior College reports about 140 students enrolled by mid-morning with final totals near last year’s 191, while Senior High plans to start with 520 to 600 students. Kindergarten enrollments set for next week. full-day classes resume Tuesday. New staff join St Patrick’s Parochial with Sister M Paula as principal and several replacements across grades.
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Royster
Chanute
Juco
Dell Reed
St. Patrick's
M. Paula
Flavia
St. Patrick’s of
Parsons
M. Hilarion
Euphrasia
M. Roserita
Charlotte
Wright
Theresa Margaret
James Spence Slated to Die in Oklahoma Chair
James Spence, 31, of Kinston North Carolina, faces execution in Oklahoma for the March 1958 slaying of Ruth Zimmermann in Lawton. The couple’s son was wounded as bandits shot them after forcing the couple into a closet. Spence claimed he fired during the robbery and urged mercy for his brother-in-law Eddie Oxendine, who also received a death sentence but has a stay amid a governor’s review for possible commutation.
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Mcalester
Okla
James Spence
Lawton
Oklahoma
Spence
Kinston
N. C
Ruth Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Reggie Zimmerman
Eddie Oxendine
Pembroke
J. Howard Edmondson
Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board
Oxendine
Estimate 460 Deaths In Holiday Traffic
CHICAGO DAP Traffic accidents during the Labor Day weekend may kill 460 persons, the National Safety Council estimates. The figure would be one short of the 1951 Labor Day record. The holiday runs 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday, with nearly all motor vehicles on highways during the 78 hour period.
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Chicago
DAP
National Safety Council
Wichita Woman Killed in Crash
Wichita police report Mrs. Catherine Kay Blair 19 of Wichita died in a two car collision at a southeast Wichita intersection. Five other people were injured, none seriously. The city’s sixth traffic fatality of the year and first in 62 days.
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Wichita (Ap
Catherine
Kay) Blair
Wichita
Weather Outlook for Topeka With Hot Humid Days
Kansas weather officials expect fair hot conditions with a few isolated thundershowers this afternoon and evening. Highs in the mid 90s, lows around 70s, humidity high, barometer steady at 29.03 inches. Departure from storms shifts toward the Canadian border as forecasts call for continued heat.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Canadian
Broadway blackout honors lyricist Wasser
New York will dim Broadway for one minute at 9 p m Thursday in memory of Oscar Hammerstein II Wasser, a famed lyricist linked with insurance company sponsorship, per Mayor Wagner. The blackout aims to commemorate Hammerstein Wasser’s contributions to theater.
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New York
Broadway
Oscar Hatiie Lee Wasser
Merstein
Robert F
Wagner
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