Torrent flood kills hundreds in French Riviera dam collapse
A massive torrent from the Malpasset Dam breach in Frejus and the Regran River Valley killed at least 150 people and left 160 missing. It washed away towns, wrecked trains, and flooded the coastal plain near Cannes as rescue efforts raced to reach survivors.
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Frejus
France
Regran
French Riviera
Mediterranean
Cannes
Julius Caesar
B.C
Pierre Seraud
Lafayette
USS
Langley
U. S. Air Force
Navy
Army
Riviera
Notable U.S. Dam Break Floods Today in History
AP recalls major dam failures with tolls from Johnstown 1889, Mill River 1874, St. Francis 1928. Johnstown death estimates range 2142 to 2209. Mill River Valley flood claimed 144. St. Francis Dam collapse near Los Angeles caused about 450 deaths.
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New York
Johnstown
Mill River Valley
Mass
St. Francis Dam
Los Angeles
Industry negotiator says steel dispute move to union
Washington AP report states United Steelworkers Union must decide next step as U S Steel negotiator R Conrad Cooper says offers have been rejected since Oct 17 and Nov 15. He urged union to respond while mediators convene after a two hour meeting.
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Washington
United Steelworkers Union
R. Conrad Cooper
U. S. Steel Corp
Cooper
McVey Enters Third District Congressional Race
Independence attorney Wal ker L. McVey 37 filed for congress in Topeka after announcing his candidacy for the Third District. A World War II veteran and former Kansas state legislator and judge, he gained notice for handling the Newton runaway girls case. McVey, educated at University of Kansas, has two children with wife Rose Mary Ayers.
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Independence
Walker L. McVey
McVey
Secretary of State
Topeka
Army Air Corps
Kansas State Senate
Kansas House of Representatives
Congress
Myron V. George
Court of Independence
State Senate
Newton
Iowa
University of Kansas
Walter L. McVey Sr
Laurence
McVey, McVey & McVey
Rose
Mary Ayers
Parsons
Mickey
David
Wichita man faces charges over three dozen bad checks
Police report six bad checks totaling 280 dollars passed in multiple stores in this area. Calvin Prine of Wichita was arrested on a no-fund charge after a wristwatch and other merchandise were bought with the checks. He was taken from Olathe to Erie by Neosho County authorities following a bank inquiry and shop calls.
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Calvin Prine
Wichita
Lige Matlock
Prine
Jack's Jewelry
McCune Clothing Co
Naff and Bolze
Edmiston’s
Crown Drug Store
Allen Bargain Store
Matlock
Olathe
Neosho County
Jerry Sloan
Erie
Wichita Bank
Doctor Stuber complains to FCC over WHB broadcast
The Federal Communications Commission confirms a complaint from Dr. Stanley Stuber of the Kansas City Council of Churches about a WHB radio broadcast. The commission will ask WHB to file a statement, and the FCC declined to reveal the complaint's nature.
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Washington
The
Communications Commission
Stanley Stuber
Kansas City Council of Churches
WHB
Kansas City
Tractor Driver Killed in Kansas Plowing Accident
In Leavenworth Kansas a tractor overturned fatally injuring Keith Johnson, 35, as he plowed on his farm two miles west of Linwood. The AP report notes Dr. Stuber in Kansas City discussed pending hearings amid accusations arising in recent weeks.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Stuber
Kansas City
Keith Johnson
Linwood
Iday
Series of fogbound crashes disrupt Garden State Parkway
About 30 cars collided in a sequence of fogbound accidents on the Garden State Parkway near South Amboy New Jersey. More than 20 people were injured in the three mile stretch of the highway during the morning rush hour with no deaths reported.
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South Amboy
N. J
Garden State Parkway
South Amboy Toll Plaza
Brazilians hijack planes in revolt against Kubitschek
Brazilian air force officers seized several aircraft and reportedly hijacked a four engine passenger liner during a revolt against President Juscelino Kubitschek. The civilian plane operated by Panair do Brasil carried 38 passengers and 6 crew on a Rio de Janeiro to Belem flight.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Juscelino Kubitschek
Panair Do Brasil
Rio
Belem
Flood damages suit over Pelham flood loss
Vera Flood sues the village of Pelham for 600 dollars claiming her home suffered flood damage to that extent.
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Pelham, N. Y
Vera Flood
Pelham
Highway projects set for Chanute area in early 1960
A $620000 highway program for Neosho and surrounding counties is slated for the first half of 1960. Projects include US-169 overlays from Chanute southward and the K-6 bypass linking Stark Savonburg with Neosho and Allen counties, funded in part by state and federal sources.
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Chanute
Stark
Lavonburg
Neosho County
Allen
Wilson
Jack L. Goodrich
Parsons
George Docking
Lincoln
Neosho-Allen County
Savonburg
Allen County
Goodrich
Bureau of ‘Public Roads
Miller Named Manager Of Chanute Teen Canteen
H C Miller known as Cappy was named manager of the Chanute Teen Canteen effective December 15 by the canteen board succeeding Clara Colvin who resigned after about 14 years. Miller, retired Chanute Senior High School teacher, said he will not yet plan changes and that fundraising continues with a drive led by students and volunteers to raise about 1800 dollars for a year of operation.
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H. C. Miller
Miller
Cappy
Clara Colvin
Chanute
Charles Hanson
S. Steuben
Hanson
Traffic Fatalities in 24 Hours Reported in Kansas
Kansas traffic fatalities for 24 hours ending 9 am on the date in 1959 show 530 deaths, compared with 516 in the comparable period in 1958. The state accident records section released the figures.
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Topeka
Kansas
Copter Crash Fatal to Pilot
Chief Warrant Officer Beverly P. Heim died at Walter Reed Army Hospital after his Army helicopter crashed on a Skyline Drive mountainside in Virginia during a ranger training flight. Thirteen others were injured and treated at De Witt Army Hospital Ft. Belvoir. Heim was 29 and from Elizabethtown Kentucky.
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Washington (Ap
Beverly P. Heim
Army
Skyline Drive
Virginia
Walter Reed Army Hospital
de Witt Army Hospital
Ft. Belvoir
Heim
Elizabethtown
A. P. Hill Military Reservation
Big Meadows
Charlottesville
Copy Tribune phone numbers after 6 p.m. contact
If you cannot reach your Tribune carrier call 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
FCC Orders Broadcasters to Report Payola Practices Nationwide
The FCC requires 5,236 stations to file sworn reports by January 4 on payola, covering operations since November 1, 1958. Stations must reveal any payments or inducements and outline internal controls, with penalties including license action or criminal charges up to 10,000 dollars or one year imprisonment for willful violations.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Commission
Hospital patients plan Christmas gifts for Topeka boys
Inmates from Boys Industrial School at Topeka and other state institutions will receive gifts this Christmas funded by a crafts sale at the Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital. About 40 patients made and will sell handicrafts to raise funds for more gifts, with 2 to 4 pm sales on Saturday and Sunday in the hospital chapel.
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Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
Mack Smith
Baxter Springs
Ary Beatrice van Hook
Iola
Eva Johnson
Chanute
Tribune
Boys Industrial School
Topeka
Boys Inn— School
Parsons Training School
Beatrice van Hook
Verdicts Delayed In Cuban Military Court Case
A Cuban military spokesman in Pinar del Rio said there is no indication when the military court verdicts will be returned in the case involving Frank Austin Young of Miami and Peter John Lambton of Nassau.
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Havana
Pinar del Rio
Frank Austin Young
Miami, Fla
Peter John Lambton
Nassau
Tax Collection Gain Is Slight in November
Topeka AP reports state Revenue Department figures show November tax collections at 10,997,134 dollars, up 103,228 or 1 percent from a year earlier. From July 1, totals reach 66,238,109 dollars, up 4,843,519 or 7.89 percent, with sales tax rising 292,707 in November and 2,396,856 for five months.
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Topeka
State Revenue Department
Iig
Fidel Castro
Jd. E. Kirchner
Kirchner
Eisenhower Begins Jet Tour to 11 Nations Tonight
President Eisenhower starts a jet propelled goodwill tour of 11 nations, after a 7 15 p m EST national radio television speech. He will confer with the National Security Council, seek steel dispute settlement, and set the stage for future summit talks with Khrushchev. The party of 21 travels from Andrews AFB to Rome and then to Turkey Pakistan Afghanistan India Iran Greece Tunisia France Spain and Morocco. The trip concludes around December 22.
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National Security Council
Eisenhower
United States
India
Nehru
Nikita Khrushchev
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Harold Macmillan
Konrad Adenauer
Andrews Air Force Base
Rome
Goose Bay
Labrador
John Eisenhower
Howard M. Snyder
Malcolm Moos
Kevin McCann
Robert D. Murphy
Italy
Turkey
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Iran
Greece
Tunisia
France
Spain
Morocco
Weather forecast says mild, fair days ahead in Kansas
In Topeka AP reports forecaster Richard Garrett predicts generally fair and mild weather across Kansas with only moderate daily temperature changes as weak fronts cross from the west. Daytime highs may reach 60s to 70s today, with a cold front Friday bringing seasonal cooling. temps ranged 47 to 65 at several cities and lows from 26 to 40 last night.
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Topeka
Kansas
Richard Garrett
Pittsburg
Goodland
Hill City
Garden City
Wamego
Lawrence
Concordia
Plans Viewed For Museum Remodeling Proposal
The Santa Fe freight depot at 16 S. Grant was proposed for a memorial museum. Robert Blunk presented a remodeling model and will seek cost estimates for the committee. E. E. Rosenthal chaired the meeting with guest Mrs. Belle Leighty, mother of Osa Johnson.
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Santa Fe
Osa
Chamber of Commerce
Robert Blunk
Blunk
E. E. Rosenthal
Belle Leighty
Osa Johnson
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Walter L. McVey
Wasser
Tady
Wilson County
Fredonia
Teen Canteen
Day
Federal Trade Commission
Ike
Ste Sewer
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