Nuclear Blast Reactions Differ Across Nations
The U S high altitude nuclear test over the Pacific drew mixed reactions with Moscow denouncing the blast while Britain defended it as harmless to weather. Spectators from Auckland to Fiji observed vivid displays as skies lit with colored glows and shafts of light amid regional communications blackouts.
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London
U.S
Pacific
Soviet Union
Britain
Moscow Radio
U.S.A
World Congress For General Disarmament and Peace
Moscow
Auckland
New Zealand
New
Fiji
Johnston Island
Honolulu
R. C. Sutcliffe
British Meteorology Office
Department of Research
Doctors Strike In Deadlock In Regina Saskatchewan
Regina reports a ninth day of deadlock between provincial officials and striking doctors over the Saskatchewan medical care plan. A mass protest rally is planned, while about 200 doctors provide emergency service at 35 hospitals. The act funds care through annual assessments and taxes.
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Regina
Yearbook Publisher George Myers Dies in Topeka
George W. Myers 84 founder of Myers Yearbooks Inc died Sunday after an extended illness. Myers came to Topeka from Atchison in 1925 when appointed assistant business manager for Kansas. He also served as the first secretary of the Kansas Board of Regents.
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Topeka
George W. Myers
Myers Yearbooks, Inc
Myers
Atchison
Kansas
Kansas Board of Regents
Michigan Pilot First in All-Woman Transcontinental Race
Mrs. Suzanne Parish of Hickory Corners Michigan and copilot Mrs. Jean Hixson of Akron Ohio finished first in the All-Woman Transcontinental Air Race arriving in Wilmington at 6 26 a m EST After spending the night in Pittsburgh Parish Hixson beat several competitors as the field of about 50 progressed 2547 mile route to the east coast
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Wilmington
Del
Suzanne Parish
Hickory Corners
Mich
Jean Hixson
Akron
Ohio
Parish
Hixson
Pittsburgh
Pat McEwen
Wichita
Kan
Donna Lee Shirley
Dodge City
Olson Visit Noted in Erie Area Social Roundup
Erie and vicinity report several social visits with out of town guests. Burnell Olson of New Orleans and his relatives Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Olson hosted relatives in town. Harold Rowland called on friends in Parsons for a business and social weekend. Mrs. Violet Harding and Mrs. Mabel Mahar dined with Mrs. Maye Jacobs Sunday.
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Burnell Olson
New Orleans
E. O. Olson
Harold Rowland
Parsons
Violet Harding
Mabel Mahar
Maye Jacobs
Peace Meet Underway In Moscow
The World Peace Congress opened in the Kremlin as the United States detonated a nuclear device in the Pacific. Pravda praised the test as a gift to the congress and delegates denounced American atom-maniacs. Khrushchev is expected to address 2,000 delegates from 101 nations.
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Moscow
World Peace Congress
Kremlin
United States
Pacific
Congress
Pravda
Georgi Zhukov
Radio
Khrushchev
Skin Diving Meet Planned at Farlington Lake
Pittsburg Kan AP Kan sas first skin diving meet set for Farlington Lake July 21 22 with 200 to 300 divers expected. Sponsored by Wichita Desert Divers Inc officials W T Niggemann Crawford County engineer and State Park Authority member Bill Atkinson Wichita fire dept member and two Wichita enthusiasts noted unusually clear water. Events include underwater compass course underwater construction doffing and donning equipment underwater and free diving for depth.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Kansas
Farlington Lake
Wichita Desert Divers, Inc
W. T. Niggemann
Crawford County
State Park Authority
Bill Atkinson
Wichita Fire Department
Wichita
ICC Hearing Set on Rock Island Pass Discontinuation
Washington AP report States the Interstate Commerce Commission will hold hearings next month on Rock Island railroad's plan to discontinue two daily passes. The examiner hearings will probe the proposal and potential impact on riders.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Examiner
Rock Island Railroad
Telstar begins private venture into space from Cape Canaveral
Telstar the private sector space satellite is set for launch on a Thor Delta rocket at Cape Canaveral. Bell Labs built the satellite at a cost of about 3 million dollars and will cover launch and tracking costs even if the mission fails. If successful, live transatlantic TV programs could reach America and Western Europe within a week via Telstar with ground stations in Andover Maine and Holmdel New Jersey and networks plan a 12 minute news link to Europe through Brussels and Goonhilly Down England.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Telstar
Bell Telephone Laboratories
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Bell
America
Europe
Andover
Maine
Holmdel
N.J
U.S
European Broadcasting Union
United States
Brussels
Belgium
Goonhilly Down
England
Leavenworth Police Chase Cattle Break From Penitentiary
Leavenworth police corral 35 head of cattle and three mules that escaped from the U S Penitentiary reservation. The stock blocked traffic at the west end of the Centennial bridge over the Missouri River for about half an hour before officers rounded them up. The animals escaped through an unlocked gate.
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Leavenworth, Kan
Leavenworth
U. S
Centennial Bridge
Missouri River
Kansas lawmaker roll call on sugar act and quotas
Washington AP notes Kansas members voting on a sugar act bill and related quotas. In the Senate on passage the measure passed 54 to 12 with Carlson and Pearson not voting. An amendment by Proxmire to drop country by country quotas failed 26 to 40 with Carlson voting against and Pearson not voting. In the House the sugar act for 1948 passed 248 to 31 with Avery Dole Shriver and Breeding voting yes and Ellsworth McVey not voting.
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Washington
Kansas
Congress
Senate
Carlson and Pearson
Proxmire
D-Wis
Carlson
Pearson
House
Avery
Dole
Shriver
Breeding
Ellsworth
McVey
President Kennedy Returns to Washington from Cape Cod
President John F. Kennedy returned to Washington today after a weekend at Cape Cod. Mrs. Kennedy and the two children stayed at their seaside summer White House until late July when she will join him for a trip to Brazil.
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Hyannisport
Mass
John F. Kennedy
Washington
Cape Cod
White House
Trains 27 and 28 Run Between Wichita and Fort Worth
Train service between Wichita Kansas and Fort Worth Texas continues with Nos 27 and 28 operating on the line.
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Ger
Wichita, Kan
Fort Worth
Tex
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