Rights Backers Gain Strength Against Jury
Washington reports Sen Knowland says supporters of the civil rights bill are widening their coalition to defeat a jury trial amendment. Sen Jackson backs the amendment, claiming no civil right should be endangered. the issue stems from federal injunction power over voting rights violations and existing contempt cases lacking jury trials.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Senate
Jackson
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Church
D-Idaho
Championship Fight Tonight in Polo Grounds Showdown
Heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson weighs 184 pounds while challenger Tommy Jackson comes in at 192 for their 15 round title bout at the Polo Grounds tonight. Promoter Emil Lence says the bout will proceed despite forecast showers with a 8 p.m. CST start and national TV coverage excluding New York City.
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New York
Floyd Patterson
Tommy
Hurricane) Jackson
Polo Grounds
Patterson
Emil Lence
U.S
Weather Bureau
Lence
New York City
Jackson
Madison Square Garden
Racial Disturbances In Chicago Area
About 200 policemen patrolled Chicago's far southeast corner after weekend disturbances left at least 35 injured. The clashes centered in Calumet Park and spread to 106th Street and Ewing Avenue with roving gangs attacking cars, as confrontations between Negro residents and police continued.
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Chicago
Calumet Park
106Th St
Ewing Ave
Independence Man Wounded in Shooting
DODGE CITY. An employee of the state soldiers' home at Ft. Dodge was charged with assault with intent to kill after Ernest Harmon 83 of Independence Kas was wounded in an altercation. Harmon residing with his wife in a cottage. six shots were fired through a locked door from an old .22 revolver.
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Dodge City
Ft. Dodge
Ernest Harmon
Independence
Kas
Dewey Miller
Harmon
Douglas Myers
Miller
Myers
Big Dam Progress Boosts Neosho Cottonwood Plan
Neosho Cottonwood Flood Control and Conservation Association officials praised progress toward early Burlington dam construction contingent on a House appropriations amendment boosting start funds by 200 000 with a final planning allowance of 125 000. Engineers estimate costs depend on rail line decisions affecting dam scope and reservoir size for flood control water supply and conservation.
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George Fox
Chetopa
Association
Burlington
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Corps of Engineers
Neosho River
Neosho
Cottownwood
Arkansas Basins Development Association
Francis J. Wilson
Tulsa
Arkansas River Group
Mc-Ark Association
Mississippi Valley Association
M.E.T. Railway
Piqua
Junction City
ICC
Congress
Council Grove
Neosho-Cottonwood
Nationwide disaster tally reports weekend deadly crashes
The Associated Press recounts multiple fatal incidents across Texas New York Washington Virginia New York Florida and Maine over the weekend. Nine died in a Kenedy Texas head on crash including five members of one family. Four die when a Puget Sound boat capsized near Oak Harbor. Six perish in a Fredericksburg Virginia millpond crash. Four die in a Sylvan Beach New York two car fire. Two planes crash near Eglin Air Force Base Florida killing four and three in Allagash Maine. One survivor in the Virginia crash.
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Associated Press
Texas
New York
Puget Sound
Virginia Pond
Florida
Maine
Kenedy
Tex
Washington
Seattle
Oak Harbor
Fredericksburg
Sylvan Beach
N.Y
Eglin Air Force Base
Pensacola
Fla
Allagash
Tentative Agreement In Cement Strike
Allentown Pennsylvania report says Atlas Cement Co employees are expected to approve a new contract today ending a crippling national cement strike. Atlas and the United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers Union reached the tentative contract Saturday night as a potential basis for nationwide settlement.
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Allentown
Atlas Cement Co
Atlas
United Cement, Lime and Gypsum Workers Union
Warning of Reds In Guatemala
The minister of defense warned that Communists are spreading rumors to create unrest after the assassination of President Carlos Castillo Armas. Col. Francisco Oliva, ruling during a 30 day state of siege, urged citizens to report any Red activity.
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Guatemala
Carlos Castillo Armas
Francisco Oliva
Castillo Armas
Woman Burned in Rangeland Fire Near Boise
A rangeland fire near Boise burned over 7000 acres and trapped Verna Henson, a 65 year old from Twin Falls. She suffered second and third degree burns to her arms and legs and was reported in good condition at a Boise hospital.
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Boise
Idaho
Twin Falls
Verna Henson
Western Big 3 Back German Unit
The United States Britain and France pledged not to sign any disarmament accord prejudicing German reunification. A declaration by the Western Big Three ambassadors and West German Foreign Minister Henrich von Brentano says Germany can be reunified only after free elections in both East and West.
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Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Henrich von Brentano
Hot Weather Lingers Across Kansas With Strong Temperatures
The forecast calls for generally fair skies with scattered thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight in the 70s, high Tuesday near 100. Fort Scott reached 105 yesterday, Salina 104, and Topeka 103 amid unseasonably warm conditions and little rainfall.
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Topeka
Kansas
Fort Scott
Salina
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Burglars Take Over $500 in Osage County Thefts
Burglars struck three Osage County towns Friday night stealing from Lentz Lumber Co in Osage City about 500 dollars. A Burlingame lumber yard reported 40 dollars taken and a pistol was removed from a Lyndon store.
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Osage City
Osage County
Lentz Lumber Co
Burligame
Lyndon
Wisconsin Senate Primary Voters Set to Decide McCarthy Term
In Madison Wisconsin a special primary narrows nine candidates for the remainder of the late Senator Joseph McCarthy's U S Senate term. Ex pected turnout is under half a million voters about 25 percent of those eligible as polling day approaches tomorrow.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
U. S. Senate
Joseph McCarthy
El Dorado to Complete Million Dollar Sewage Plant
El Dorado plans a new sewage treatment plant costing about a million dollars, with completion expected by mid August. The notice appears in the Tribune urging residents to contact their carrier or call 700 after 6 p.m. if the Tribune is not received.
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EL Dorado
Tribune
Worst Mexican quake rocks Mexico City and beyond
Soldiers sealed main streets as demolition squads began removing dangerously damaged buildings after the powerful quake that struck Mexico City and a wide area. The disaster left 42 dead in six cities, with reports of 50 buildings toppled in the capital and widespread tremors complicating relief efforts.
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Mexico City
U.S
Concepcion
Osio de Anguilar
Chillango
Acapulco
Atotlas
Humanxtillan
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Michoacan
Brooklyn
Sarah Dorfman
National Seismographic Observatory
Punch Press Operator Killed at Wichita
Wichita report says Kenneth E. Baker 48 a Boeing sheet metal plant punch press operator died when the upper platen struck his head. Fellow workers did not witness the accident and were checking the cause. Baker a Boeing employee since 1949 was born in Anderson County Kansas and formerly lived at Attica and Wellington.
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Wichita
Kenneth E. Baker
Boeing Airplane Co
Baker
Attica
Wellington
Boeing
Anderson County
Kas
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Topeka 1957 Update
Kansas State Accident Records notes 3 deaths in last 48 hours, 284 to date in 1957. Compared with 357 for the same period in 1956. One death added that was not previously reported.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wichita Boy Drowns During River Outing
Wichita lad Edgar Wayne Hoag aged 13 drowned while wading in the Ninnescah River about 12 miles north of Wellington during a family outing yesterday. His parents are Mr and Mrs Kenneth Hoag.
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Wellington
Edgar Wayne Hoag
Wichita
Ninnescah River
Here
Kenneth Hoag
Check-forgery case sparks possible innocence finding
A Missouri woman arrested for writing and passing forged checks provided evidence that may exonerate Dorothy Moorer, a rural Chanute woman convicted years ago. Officer testimony notes 26 similar checks tied to the Moorer case, with Mrs. Jones admitting responsibility for the questioned checks.
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Missouri
Chanute
Tom Morehead
Morehead
McKinley
Lucille) Jones
Near Joplin
Dorothy Moorer
Montgomery County
Moerer
Yates Center
Payne Ratner
Wichita
Charles Henshall
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Logan Sanford
Moorer
KBI
Police Department
Jones
McKinley Jones
Joplin
Wanderer in mask exposed as Florida man Edward Woods
A 25 year old Florida man admitted he was not Crown Prince Edward of French Equatorial Africa and pleaded guilty to vagrancy in Lawrence Kansas. He claimed a two month masquerade as royalty began after hospital stays and led to a Delaware tour of the Truman Library before his arrest.
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Lawrence
Denver
Florida
Edward Lee Woods
Crown Prince Edward
French Equatorial Africa
Harry S Truman
Independence
Woods
Macclenny
Fla
United States
Central America
Mexico
Canada
New Orleans
Equatorial Africa
University of Kansas
K. U
Bbeen
Albuquerque
N. M
Truman Library
Philip Brooks
Eoward N. Kaunstiour
Dulles Seeks Open Skies Accord on Ike Request
Secretary of State Dulles flies to London to press five power disarmament talks at Eisenhower's request. He will meet Harold Stassen and British leaders to shape an open skies plan for Europe and may brief Paris on open skies ahead of NATO talks. Canada supports mutual Arctic inspections as part of first stage.
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London
Dulles
Eisenhower
Europe
Harold E. Stassen
U.S
U.N
Washington
John Diefenbaker
Canada
Durles
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Council
School Bonds Win For Joint District East Of Chanute
Patrons of joint school district 110 east of Chanute approved a $120000 bond issue by 109 to 42 to build and equip a new educational plant. Marion Stevens said sites will be chosen and submitted for a patrons vote within two weeks and construction bids will be requested as soon as possible.
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Chanute
Marion Stevens
Stevens
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Big Dam Progress
Strawn
Neosho-Cottonwood Valleys Association
Frank Haucke
Marion
Ralph Chapman
Neosho-Cottonwood Water Conservation and Flood Control Assn
Popes R
OMBRY
Punch
By Keith Wright
Wanderer
Ike
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