Ballistic Missile Advances Near Practical Guidance
The article discusses near term ballistic missile breakthroughs. It highlights inertial guidance using gyroscope principles, accelerometers detecting micro deviations, and a heat resistant ceramic dust compound enabling space reentry. It notes major remaining challenges like long range steering and retrieving mass from space without atmospheric damage.
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Earth
Sperry Gyroscope Co
Great Neck
N.Y
Moon
Spilled Gas Explodes Killing Eleven in Jamaica
A tanker wreck spilled high octane gasoline in Runaway Bay Jamaica. Villagers gathered fuel, an explosion killed eleven and sent 37 to hospital. Police cited scavengers lighting cigarettes as ignition. The blaze burned two hours after the 1500 gallon truck hit a stone wall along the highway.
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Runaway Bay
Jamaica
Kingston
Youth Is Killed In Gangland Fashion
In Houston Texas a high school freshman Jay Evans aged 15 was shot in front of his home by attackers described as youths who fled in a car. Evans died 45 minutes later at a hospital. Three 15 year old friends reported a teenager exited a car with four others and fired with a rifle. motive unknown. Evans parents are Mr and Mrs J W Evans.
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Houston
Tex
Jay Evans
Evans
J. W. Evans
25 Canadian Deaths In Holiday Traffic
Toronto reports 25 lives lost in Christmas traffic accidents between noon Tuesday and midnight last night. The Canadian Press survey tallies fatalities across Canada during the holiday period.
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Toronto
Canada
Docking Opposes Sales Tax Hike In Legislature
Gov. George Docking stated he hopes Democratic lawmakers oppose any sales tax increase but will not pressure them to vote against it. He remains committed to vetoing any tax rise while exploring his own financing ideas for state government.
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Topeka
George Docking
Docking
House
Paul Wunsch
R-Kingman
Senate
Wunsch
Two Kansas Youths Picked Up in Omaha
A 13 year old girl and her 15 year old boyfriend from Kingman Kansas were found disheveled and hungry in downtown Omaha. They were taken to the county youth center and spent Christmas Day there while Kansas authorities arranged their return. Lt. L K Smith said the girl ran away because they were going steady and her parents objected.
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Omaha
Kingman
Kas
County
Kansas
L. K. Smith
Police Youth Bureau
Yates Center Man Killed in Accident
Yates Center Kansas Charles Wilhite 37 was fatally injured last night on U S 75 eight miles north of Yates Center He was hooked to a wreck er truck to a car damaged in an earlier crash when the wrecker was hit by a car driven by August Carl Meyers 61 of near Burlington Meyers and his wife were taken to a Burlington hospital The earlier accident involved Royce Muzingo of Topeka whose car struck a steer on the highway.
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YATES
Royce C. Muzingo
Topeka
Floods and Winds Kill Over 100 in Ceylon
Reports from Colombo say floods and heavy winds over three days killed more than 100 people and left about 250000 homeless. Rescue work and relief measures are underway as authorities assess damage.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Topeka
The State Accident Records Section lists Kansas traffic fatalities in the last 48 hours and year totals. In 1957 there are 3 fatalities in the Topeka area, compared with 679 for the same period in 1956 and 564 for the year to date.
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Topeka
Kansas
Florida Special Derailed in Cocoa Injures 10 to 11
Police report the Florida East Coast Flor ida Special derailed in Cocoa Florida with eight cars off tracks and three to four cars in a ditch. The 18 car train had left New York City yesterday bound for Miami. No deaths occurred and about three or four are hospitalized.
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Cocoa
Fla.p
Roy Terry
New York City
Miami
Here
Terry
Memorial Hospital Hearing Set After Injuries
At Memorial hospital at 10 50 p m medical treatment included removal of two teeth and several stitches in his lip. Hearing was set for 4 p m today.
Car Fire at City Park Destroys Vehicle
Fire department said a car owned by Ray Moriarty of 711 S. Santa Fe caught fire at City Park around 4 20 p m. Officials reported the blaze started when a cloth was left on the motor and burned the wiring.
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City Park
Ray Moriarty
S. Santa Fe
Driver Arrested After Two Car Collision
Thad Cox, 74, of 518 S Grant, charged with driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene after a two car crash on South Santa Fe. Cox’s car hit a parked vehicle owned by Dr R H Rollow at 1030 S Santa Fe. damage estimated at $500 to the Rollow car. Cox was arrested and given a blood alcohol test at Neosho.
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Thad Cox
S. Grant
South Santa Fe
Cox
R. H. Rollow
S. Santa Fe
Rollow
Neo
Congress Faces Distasteful Tasks At '38 Session
Congress faces a demanding election year agenda with expanded defense outlays and a higher debt ceiling. Defense budgets may rise by about two billion and overall federal spending reaches around 72 billion annually. Tax changes likely limited to Social Security expansions and broader coverage.
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Washington
Congress
Russia
House
Secretary of Defense
McElroy
Eisenhower
Wells Estate Sells Erie Record Building
The Erie Record building was sold from the Wells estate to James M. Hagans of St. Louis. Hagans is an uncle of Mrs. Pershing Brady, who with Mr. Brady bought The Record last September from Neosho Publishing Co. The sale includes adjacent Katy Bohrer cleaning shop space. price not disclosed. Hagans visits Bradys over the holidays.
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ERIE
Erie Record
James M. Hagans
St. Louis
Ella Wells
Don E. Wells
Wells
Hagans
Pershing Brady
Brady
Record
Neosho Publishing Co
Katy Bohrer
Bradys
Tulsa Man Charged With Theft of Tires
Tulsa police charged John C. Jones with stealing two truck tires from Charles Woodruff in Tulsa. Jones admitted the theft and agreed to extradition for trial. He had been held on a vagrancy charge and was to be returned to the county by Sheriff Lee Montgomery.
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John C. Jones
Tulsa
Charles Woodruff
Jones
Lee Montgomery
Oklahoma
Jury to Decide On Death Sentence
The Superior Court jury convicts L Ewing Scott of murder in absentia and now must decide life in prison or the gas chamber for the 61 year old man. Evelyn Scott vanished in 1955 and her body has not been found. The seven men and five women jurors will determine the penalty under a new California law.
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Los Angeles
L. Ewing Scott
Scott
Evelyn
California
Space to Microbes Science Roundup
Indianapolis sees the AAAS annual meeting open with reports on space travel and microbes. Thousands of scientists will present about 1200 reports over five days, covering spaceflight planning, space Medicine, evolution, smoking cancer links, science education, brain chemistry, new drugs, criminology and related topics.
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Indianapolisy
Congress
Holiday Traffic Toll Hits 219 During 30 Hour Period
The Associated Press reports 219 traffic deaths, 27 in fires, and 26 in miscellaneous causes over a 30 hour Christmas period, exceeding nonholiday tolls and NSC predictions. Ohio and New York led states in fatalities.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Ohio
New York
Merchandize Exchange Lifts Light Gift Returns
Merchants report light exchanges for Christmas gifts with several firms noting profits from gift certificates and money gifts. Some stores say customers trade gifts for nicer items, while a long weekend is seen as reducing returns.
Mild Christmas Weather Marks Kansas State Readings
Forecasts describe generally mild tonight and Friday with a cool down. Airport reports show a total of 1.42 inches of precipitation this month and 52.26 inches this year. Christmas Day highs reached 51 to 57 across cities such as Pittsburg Lawrence Dodge City and Russell.
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Esaienhig
Esse
Beta Sbo
Uae
Chanute
Mercury
CAA
Kansas
Associated Press
Pittsburg
Lawrence
Dodge City
Russell
Goodland
Hill City
Escape Halted In Tunnel At Washington Penitentiary
Guards halted a tunneling escape at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla as inmates emerged from a 60 foot shaft Brandishing knives the convicts fought guards injuring one guard though no knife wounds were reported The warden said seven prisoners were identified as involved with three to five others possibly tied to the plan during a wing by wing search and dirt under nails and hair betrayed the participants.
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Walla Walla
Wash.p
Washington State Penitentiary
Wing 7
Bob Rhay
Rhay
Midway Dedication Set for January Fifth at Buffalo District School
A dedication program and open house will mark the opening of the new Midway consolidated district school southeast of Buffalo. Don Marple, school board director, said the 1 45 p m program will be followed by tours of the rooms and refreshments. The building, on US 75, was occupied two weeks ago.
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Midway Consolidated
Buffalo
Don Marple
Marple
Hubcap Stolen From Police Car Reported
A hubcap from a police patrol car was reported missing to the city police department. The incident notes patrol car number O and occurred on Tuesday with no injuries or further details available.
Thieves Work Hard For 300 Loot
In Pawtucket Rhode Island the Colfax Packing Co robbery involved burglars scaling a fence climbing through a boiler room window removing a duct from an adjoining office and squeezing through a 14 inch opening They pried an iron plate from the safe top and chopped eight inches of concrete to reach the money Officials estimate the loot at about 300 with no further large amount believed present.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Colfax Packing Co
Money Company
Low Water Dam Completed at Erie
Erie city workers finish the Neosho River low water dam south of town. City Superintendent James White reports completion early Monday after a Sept 1 start. The five foot high 220 foot concrete barrier creates a 100 million gallon municipal reservoir at a cost of 7000 dollars funded from city water department profits. The council also considers a sewage disposal system and a street lighting upgrade.
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Erie
Neosho
James White
City Water Department
Battery thefts reported from farms north of town
Police reported thefts of a tractor battery from Wendell Erickson’s barn two miles north on Plummer and a fence charger from the Barnquist brothers farm 30 miles north on Plummer. The charger valued at 25 dollars. Another battery theft involved six junk batteries taken from Dean Kepley’s shop.
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Wendell Erickson
Plummer
Barnquist Brothers
Dean Kepley
R. J
Children Die Overnight in Montclair Steam Tragedy
On Christmas morning William Walsh found two of his daughters dead in their bedroom Jill Ann age 2 and Judy Lynn age 9 months suffocated by steam from a radiator valve. A third child Cindy age 3 escaped as she slept with her parents.
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Montclair
N. J
William Walsh
Jill Ann
Judy Lynn
Cindy
Christians Back To Daily Work After Christmas
Most of the world's Christians returned to routines after Christmas while others lingered in holiday mood. Refugees and troops faced somber postholiday realities as Dutch evacuees fled to Singapore and New Year duties began. At the South Pole a synthetic tree lit with gifts, and Bethlehem drew about five thousand pilgrims for a re enactment of the nativity. Dag Hammarskjold joined U N forces in Gaza to mark the day.
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Associated Press
Britain
Indonesia
Singapore
Netherlands
South Pole
U.S. Navy
New Zealand
Holy Land
Bethlehem
Gaza
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Sweden
Multiple Minor Traffic Collisions Reported Across City
The Highway Patrol cited Ralph B. Gould of Winfield for failure to reduce speed after a 4:45 p.m. rear collision on US 169 with James F. E. Schlotman of Independence. Minor damage occurred to both vehicles with no injuries. Additional incidents include two-car crashes on Main Street, north Lewis area, and a parking lot hit and run on Steuben Street. No injuries reported in any case.
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Ralph B. Gould
Winfield
Highway Patrol
James FE
Schlotman
Independence
US 169
Gould
Main
Floyd McQuitty
Eric
Bill Lee Morris
Lola
McQuitty
Morris
Louise McCoy
Tulsa
Emma Johnson
N. Steuben
Johnson
Main and Forest
Martha Ann Byers
Santa Fe
Lela Steeves
Byers
Forest
Steeves
9Th
Evergreen
Wareren
Dale Sperry
S. Edith
Agnes Berthot
S. Malcolm
Sperry
Berthot
Raymond Clemens
N. Highland
Clemens
Phone Tribune delivery help numbers and after hours contact
If you do not receive the Tribune contact your carrier. If unavailable, call 700 after 6 pm for assistance with delivery and access.
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Jim Garner
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S. Forest
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Yates Center
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Erie Record Building
The
American Assn. For the Advancement of Science
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