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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1957
Page
8
Southwest and Pacific Northwest growers show rising opposition to federal marketing quotas for the 1958 wheat crop ahead of the June 20 referendum. Quotas require at least two thirds to approve for next year. Past support was 77.3 percent. Local notes describe related community events and visits as well.
Erie and Vicinity announces enrollment for grades one to 12 on June 10 at the American Legion Hall from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Erie, surrounding community, and organizers urge participation in the summer program.
In Highland Park the Yankees blanked the Cardinals 17 to 0 while a separate Rose Acres game between the Hawks and another opponent was tied 7-7 after six innings and halted at dusk.
A Navy Regulus guided missile, 33 feet long and launched from Edwards AFB, went out of control and crashed about 70 miles away in the Mojave Desert. No warhead was aboard, no injuries occurred, and no facilities were damaged. Witnesses described a miniature atomic cloud and a mushroom cloud formed by the fuel ignition.
A short classified notice lists a newspaper carrier opportunity with weekly earnings and local delivery details. The item emphasizes affordable home delivery and subscription price for readers.
Atomic Energy Commissioner Willard Libby told a Senate subcommittee that a small risk from testing must be weighed against the risk of annihilation if weapons are surrendered. He warned mass use would cause cancers and birth defects beyond fallout, arguing for controlled tests to preserve freedom and survival.
Libby defended a government commission over secrecy saying Project Sunshine data on fallout effects is public except for intelligence and weapon design concerns. The paper Figaro ran a cartoon showing Russian children awaiting Eisenhower promising capitalist futures.
Beatrice Turek, 20, of Oradell New Jersey, has been chosen Miss Rhode Island for the Miss America Pageant to be held in Atlantic City this summer. She qualified as Rhode Island design student at Rhode Island School of Design.
French authorities report 125 nationalist rebels killed or captured in a Soummam Valley clash 60 miles east of Algiers with 10 French dead and 15 wounded. In Paris the navy retires the battleship Jean Bart due to budget constraints.
Lake Texoma swelled by weeks of rain releasing 95 000 cubic feet of water per second accumulates along the Red River threatening floods in Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas. Crested near Denison and expected to top 644 feet above sea level with thunderstorms forecast for the lower Red River valley.
In Wichita W Floyd Starkweather 58 and his wife Pauline 39 were found shot to death in their recreation room by 12-year-old son Mike Starkweather after Bible school. A 22 rifle lay between them and coroner Dr Dean Bratt lists the deaths tentatively as homicide and possible suicide by Starkweather with a note to his daughter Aleen Bollinger Dallas referencing a will change.
Dr Bratt described a moment when a letter was shown and the recipient was confronted with it. The remark hints at a direct exchange and an emotionally charged confrontation during the event.
The Organization for European Economic Cooperation honored former Secretary of State George C. Marshall today on the anniversary of his 1947 speech pledging U S aid to war torn Europe.
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