De Gaulle Stand Strikes Blow Against Algerian Insurgents
In Algiers the French plan to place Territorial troops under De Gaulle’s command signals a potential collapse of insurgent defenses. Gracieux orders 30 000 to 40 000 Territorials to report in uniform, while strikes ease and crowds thin as rain dampens pro insurgent fervor.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Jean Gracieux
Territorials
de Gaulle
Gracieux
Algeria
Bomb contained at Grand Central thanks to alert citizen
An unidentified man spotted a bomb in a locker at Grand Central Terminal. police removed the device to Fort Tilden. The six inch pipe housed explosive powder with two flashlight batteries and a wristwatch as a timer.
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New York
Grand Central Terminal
Fort Tilden
Coney Island
Topeka Bandits Take $30,000 From Grocery Store
Two masked robbers, one Negro and one white, forced their way into Sutton's Food City after closing Friday night and tied up manager Dale Sutton and two employees Ford Williams and Neil Brown. They stole about $30,000 in cash and checks, leaving money on the floor before fleeing. A witness freed himself in 20 minutes and alerted police. This was the store's second robbery in 18 months, following a September 1958 heist of $19,500.
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Topeka
Sutton
Food City
Dale Sutton
Ford Williams
Neil Brown
Florida
FFA Public Speakers Contest At Iola
Seven Chanute FFA members competed in the Southeast Kansas Public Speaking contest at Iola hosted by Iola FFA. Contest rules set speaking times by grade levels from 2 to 10 minutes. Chanute participants included Swiler Roles and Ames Tay lor Fickel Malson Triplett with advisors Taylor and Carter.
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Chanute Future Farmers of America
Southeast Kansas
Iola
Iola Ffa
Chanute
Kenneth Swiler
Dallas Roles
Bob Ames
Bill Taylor
Roger Fickel
Gary Malson
Bill Triplett
Louis Taylor Jr
Charles Carter
GOPers Pondering Race for Governor
Topeka reports the governor race remains unsettled as Sen. Paul Wunsch Congr. Wint Smith and Gale Moss held talks but gave no definite plans. McDill Huck Boyd weighs candidacy while John Anderson and William Addington are already running.
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Topeka
Paul Wunsch
Wint Smith
Gale Moss
Wunsch
Asian Flu Appears To Lose Its Punch
Washington reports Asian flu has appeared in 20 states with outbreaks in Los Angeles Detroit Pittsburgh and parts of Texas. Public Health Service doctors say the rate is tapering off and vaccination is advised though no widespread epidemic is seen as in 1957. Several states added cases in late January with other regions reporting flu like disease and higher pneumonia in Texas and California.
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Public
Public Health Service
Los Angeles
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Texas
Land
California
The
Health Service
Man Held for Questions in Kansas Slaying
In Herington Kansas a 33 year old man who said he was Edward J Doolan is held for questioning in the slaying of 66 year old Maud Smith whose body was found beaten in her Lawrence home basement. A warrant had charged Edward Doolan Jr of Bowling Green Kentucky with first degree murder. Police said the suspect had stayed at the Smith residence for three weeks and was last seen in Lawrence Tuesday. Officers took the man to the station at 1 30 am today but could not confirm he is Doolan sought in Lawrence.
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Herington
Kan
Edward J. Doolan
Lawrence
Maud Smith
Kaw River
Byron Walters
Edward Doolan Jr
Bowling Green
Miss Smith
Doolan
Smith
Dean Stroda
Tommy Collier
MacArthur In Hospital For Medical Examination
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur slept soundly at Lenox Hill Hospital after admission Friday for a urological exam. First Army says no alarming condition, with Dr. Slaughter to review noon lab results and Mrs MacArthur staying with him. he just turned 80 last Tuesday.
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NEW York
Douglas MacArthur
Lenox Hill Hospital
First Army
MacArthur
Gordon Barclay
First Army Public Information
George W. Slaughter
Col. Barclay
Slaughter
Waldorf Towers
Two Boys Held After Philadelphia Train Shooting
Police arrested John Roulston 13 and Martin Kennedy 14 of Philadelphia after a stray bullet pierced a window on the Pennsylvania Railroad Congressional Limited, wounding Harry Friedlander 25 of Baltimore in Tacony. Friedlander remained in critical condition after head injury. Kennedy fired the shot while the rifle was stolen in Pennsauken, New Jersey.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Congressional Limited
John Roulston
Martin Kennedy
Harry Friedlander
Baltimore
A. Jacobs Land Sons, Inc
Tacony
Friedlander
H. B. Cates
Wilmington
Del
Trenton
N. J
St. Francis Hospital
Kennedy
Pennsauken
N.J
Burglary at Humboldt Taverns Reported to Police
Chanute police reported a burglary at the Bivouac tavern in Humboldt last night. About $48.75 was taken after entry was gained by forcing open the front door.
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Fora Police
Chanute Police Department
Humboldt
Topeka Weather Forecast and Temperature Report
A Kansas forecast predicts clearing skies and warmer conditions through Sunday. Today’s high in the middle 40s and a low tonight in the lower 30s with Sunday’s high in the upper 40s. Overnight lows ranged from 18 to 31 across cities including Manhattan and Dodge City.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Dodge City
Russell
Manhattan
Olathe
Mercury
BB Pellets Damage Cars and Windows on South Santa Fe
Last night BB pellets damaged three business establishments and a car on South Santa Fe. Myers Radio and Television Service, Rollow Radio and Television Service, Whitworth Tractor Co. had windows pockmarked but not broken. a 1954 Ford owned by Jim Cushman at 705 S. Santa Fe also showed a damaged left rear glass. Shots likely fired from a car. investigators noted 11 pits in a Myers pane.
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South Santa Fe
Myers Radio and Television Service
S. Santa Fe
Rollow Radio and Television Service
Whitworth Tractor Co
Ford
Jim Cushman
Myers
Nazi Club Activity At Two K C High Schools
Kansas City AP report details uncovering Nazi clubs at Southeast High and East High amid a synagogue bombing probe. Police say 15 boys were questioned. 11 linked to the National Socialist German Workers Party and four to ReichsNordic Youth Club.
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Kansas City
Kehilath Israel
Southeast High
East High
der Fuehrer
Missouri
National Socialist German Workers Party
Reich Nordic Youth Club
Boy Scouts
Last-Ditch Effort To Save Chessman
Daryl Chessman’s final bid to avoid execution moves to the U S ninth circuit after Judge Louis Goodman rejected his habeas corpus petition. The condemned man seeks a new trial or release, while Gov Brown and the California Supreme Court consider possible clemency avenues.
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San Francisco
Daryl
San Quentin
U.S. 9Th Court of Appeals
Los Angeles
U.S
Louis E. Goodman
Goodman
California Supreme Court
Edmund G. Brown
California
State Supreme Court
Brown
Mrs. Marland Identified By Newsmen
Arkansas City Daily Traveler reporters locate Lyde Marland at a Kansas City post office as she admits her identity and pleads for privacy. The former widow of an Oklahoma governor disappeared in 1953 and was later found living in California before vanishing again.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Arkansas City Daily Traveler
Kansas City
Lyde Marland
Oklahoma
California
John Grinstead
Daily Traveler
Marland
Kay County
Independence Avenue
Benton Boulevard
Atchison Chamber Opposes Five-crew Rail Laws
Atchison Chamber of Commerce directors oppose ordinances and laws that require railroads to use at least five crewmen on trains. The motion adopted Friday urges local legislators to stay out of the full seven disputes.
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Atchison, Kan
Atchison Chamber of Commerce
Airman Emerges After 72 Hours in Survival Capsule
Airman J C Barwise spent 72 hours afloat in a survival capsule on Lake Erie. He reported a leak and pumping water every two hours but said he would do it again. The test supported planned changes to the capsule used for B58 bomber crew bailouts.
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Buffalo
N.Y
J.C. Bruce Barwise
Lake Erie
Bovey
Minn
Coast Guard
Barwise
Air Force
Castro blasts Cuban loafers call to denounce shirkers
In Baracoa Cuba Prime Minister Fidel Castro urged Cubans to denounce those who refuse to work highlighting a worker shortage in technical fields. He warned that revolución conscience requires action and criticized skilled citizens who do not apply their abilities to the revolution.
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Fidel Castro
Revolucion
Cuba
National Bank
Maj
Ernesto
Che) Guevara
Two Killed in Wichita Area Grade Crossing Crashes
Two people died in separate crossings near Wichita. Loren Hickman dispatcher died when his truck collided with a Santa Fe Streamliner near Sedgwick. the train sustained about 4000 dollars in damage. Four hours later Clarence Bailey 84 died when a Santa Fe freight hit a stalled car near Augusta as Bailey returned to close a door. Augusta lies about 20 miles east of Wichita.
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Wichita
Loren Hickman
Sedgwick
Santa Fe
Hickman
Augusta
Clarence
Pete) Bailey
Bailey
Reward Offered for Baby's Return Goes to Two Women
A Kansas City banker R Crosby Kemper offered 5000 dollars for his granddaughter Jan Clair Stevens. Two women in Kenner Louisiana Mrs Edith Cochran and Mrs Diane Bradley provided the tip leading to the recovery of the 5 month old child in New Orleans. The father William J Stevens took the infant on January 7 from the estranged wife's apartment in Kansas City. The couple later reconciled.
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Kansas City
Kenner
Edith Cochran
Diane Bradley
Jan Clair Stevens
New Orleans
William J. Stevens
R. Crosby Kemper
Stevens
Quips and Quackery Highlight 1960 Campaign in Topeka
Senator Hugh Scott addressed about 700 Kansas Republicans at the Kansas Day banquet marking the state’s 99th birthday. He praised Nixon as the best qualified candidate and warned Democrats of “second-class thinking” while touting seven years of GOP record and leadership. He noted Nixon’s running mate challenge as a key issue.
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Topeka
Hugh Scott
Kansas
Scott
Nixon
United States
Traffic Fatalities Rise in Topeka Area Log
Kansas traffic death log shows 24 hours to 9 am reports 2 fatalities, with year 1960 to 9 am totals compared to 1959 period 39. The AP summary notes Topeka region data and broader state log context.
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Topeka
Kansas
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