Street Work Approved and Five Unsafe Structures Ordered
City commission approved several street widening projects and paving plans for blocks on 1st, Santa Fe, Highland and Wilson streets. Resolutions ordered removal or repair of five unsafe structures and hearings set for owners, with costs potentially charged to property owners.
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City Commission
1St
Lincoln
Highland
Evergreen
Santa Fe
Memorial Building
Wilson
Rutter
Allen
Beech
Garfield
Steuben
Wilson Provements
1St Street
John Sherman
Attorney General's Office
Chamber of Commerce
10Th
Edith
Montana Flood Dead and Missing Cast Wide Toll
Eight people are dead and at least seventy reported missing in Montana's worst flood. Damage runs into millions as heavy rain and snowmelt swept across a broad area, washing out four earthen dams and at least twenty five bridges. Rescue helicopters plucked people from rooftops while crews searched Birch Creek near Valier for dozens missing. Local towns hit include Valier Chateau Browning and Dupuyer with hundreds of Blackfeet marooned on the reservation. Washington may declare disaster as Communications fail and rail lines are disrupted.
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Great Falls
Mont
Montana
Walier
Birch Creek
Valier
Chateau
Browning
Dupuyer
Blackfeet Indian Reservation
Glacier National Park
Great Northern Railroad
Helena
Dave Manning
Johnson
Hurricane Lashes Italy Leaves Dozens Dead
A severe hurricane drenched northern Italy with rain and landslides killing at least 11 people and possibly 16 fishermen. A landslide near Mt Olipi buried five workers at a tunnel mouth. boats capsized in the upper Adriatic and tourists fled beachfront camps from Ravenna to Rimini as rescuers and army units saved hundreds.
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Rome
Italy
Adriatic
Mt. Olipi
Lake Como
Ravenna
Rimini
Wichita Barber Heads State Group
W. L. Brotherton of Wichita was elected president of the Kansas branch of the Association of Barbers and Beauticians of America at the state convention closing Monday.
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Wichita Barber Heads
Wichita
W. L. Brotherton
Kansas
The
Association of Barbers and Beauticians of America
Brotherton
Romney Urged as Clear Choice by Nixon in GOP race
Cleveland AP Gov. George Romney disclosed that Richard Nixon urged him to offer a clear choice between moderate Republicans and Barry Goldwater for the Republican presidential nomination. Nixon also said governors are seeking an alternative to Goldwater, with potential candidates Romney and Scranton.
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Romney
Richard Nixon
Cleveland
George Romney
Michigan
Richard M. Nixon
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
GOP
Ohio
Nixon
Goldwater
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Wellsville Crash Kills Two In Blind Intersection
Two cars collided at a blind county road intersection near Wellsville killing two people. The deceased are Barbara Robinson, 19, of Baldwin, Kansas, and Bryce A. Silvius, 23, of Wellsville.
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Wellsvile, Kan
Wellsville
Barbara Robinson
Baldwin
Kan
Bryce A. Silvius
Beaverbrook Dies in London at 85
Lord Beaverbrook, the Canadian-born newspaper magnate long a Fleet Street figure, died suddenly at his suburban Cherkley home. He would have turned 85 on May 23.
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London
Lord Beaverbrook
Cherkley
Beaverbrook
Fleet Street
Senate votes jury trial amendment in civil rights bill
The Senate approved a jury trial amendment by 51 to 48, guaranteeing jury trials in criminal contempts from the bill except voting rights cases, while defeating an effort to strip three desegregation provisions. The desegregation strike failed 56 to 40. Democratic Leader Mansfield voiced cautious optimism on cloture as debate continued on related amendments. The session marked the first vote on the bill since May 6, with further consideration of amendments on desegregation and employment discrimination planned.
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Washington
Senate
Thruston B. Morton
Ray
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
U.S. Office of Education
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Johnson
White House
R-Ky
A-Iowa
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
Fines and Suspended Sentences For Two Pleading Guilty
Two Tioga Hotel Santa Fe Club staffers faced fines and 15 day jail terms in city court on open saloon charges. Vivian Metcalf and Leona Dorland pleaded guilty to one count each. Metcalf fined $200 with 90 day suspended sentence for no further violations. Dorland’s charges were dismissed and later injunctions to close the hotel were withdrawn.
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Tioga Hotel-Santa Fe Club
Robert Pennington
Vivian Sloan Metcalf
Leona Dorland
Warren Dorland
Dorland
Key Club
Key Club Incorporation
Pennington
Violence In Bama Turns Violent After Downtown March
In Tuscaloosa Alabama clashes erupted as police repelled two Negro demonstrations. Officers forced protesters back to the First African Baptist church where rocks bottles and chairs were hurled amid the melee.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
First African Baptist Church
Wheat Harvest Gains Pace Across Southern Kansas
Heat and dry winds push wheat harvest into high gear across southern Kansas with yields above expectations and test weights around 60 to 62 pounds per bushel in Kansas and northern Oklahoma. Farmers report 20 to 40 bushels per acre in Medford and Barber County, while Kingman shows 28 bushels per acre. Equipment shortages limit progress as mills begin receiving Arkansas City wheat and more counties anticipate cutting this weekend.
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Wichita
Kansas
Oklahoma
Jim Irwin
Medford
Okla
Vardin
Dan Jensen
Anthony
Kan
Harper County
Four-story Parkersburg Building Collapses Downtown
A four story brick building in downtown Parkersburg collapsed shortly before noon trapping an undetermined number of shoppers and clerks. There was no immediate report of fatalities. A policewoman called it a catastrophe. The outside was under renovation and workmen stood on scaffolding at the time.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Life Term For Gessner Convicted Nuclear technician gets life for spying
George John Gessner, 28, a nuclear weapons maintenance technician, was convicted of giving restricted information to Russian agents and immediately sentenced to life in prison. The jury recommended life, with options of death or life, and Judge Arthur J. Stanley imposed the term.
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Kansas City
Kan
George John Gessner
U.S
Weather Temperatures and Forecast for Area
Weather data shows today’s high around 85 to 90 with a low in the middle sixties. Generally fair through Wednesday with a little cooler tonight and little temperature change. Humidity at 1 PM light and barometer 29.73 inches and rising slowly.
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sAonday
Skies Cleared Kansas, Cooler Air Promises Pleasant Day
Skies cleared over Kansas with cooler air bringing a generally pleasant day. Thundershowers expected in the northwest and extreme west tonight and Wednesday, following Monday night storms that dumped heavy showers and some damaging hail in north central sections.
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Topeka
Kansas
Zoning Appeal Hearing Set For June Sixteen
The city board of zoning appeals schedules a public hearing at 7 p.m. June 16 in the Memorial building on an exception request by Mr. and Mrs. Gene Webber of 301 S. Lafayette to add to their garage. The zoning administrator denied a permit for insufficient space to meet minimum ordinance requirements.
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Harold Bailey
S. Santa Fe
Santa Fe Park
Foodtown
Main
Lafayette
Hayes
Martin Tractor Co
East Main
City Board of Zoning Appeals
Memorial Building
Gene Webber
S. Lafayette
Planning Commission Meets Tomorrow in City Memorial Room
The June meeting of the planning commission will be held tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the city commission room at the Memorial building to review the status of the 701 planning program.
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City Planning Commission
City Commission
Memorial Building
Intercepted Letter Says Nixon Seeks Center-Stripe Runner
An intercepted letter indicates a plan to place a runner down the center stripe rather than a pace hog behind the leader. The note hints at strategic positioning and caution about overzealous speed in the race.
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Nixon
Wallet lost by Berkeley man returns with cash
Albert Washington’s wallet, containing $205, was found after a round trip through the mail system. Post office workers finally located his new Oakland address and delivered the wallet and money to him, with postage due oddly unpaid by the finder. Postal officer Matt Higgins tracked down Washington’s address after the box return.
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Berkeley
Calif
United States Post Office
Albert Washington
Washington
Oakland
Matt Higgins
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