Policeman Shot to Death at Bull Shoals Lake
A Kansas City patrolman, 47 year old Frank Holtman, was shot four times in a cabin on Bull Shoals Lake near Mountain Home Arkansas. A Kansas City woman, Mrs Naomia Sheen, admitted the shooting and was held for investigation. The gun used was a .22 caliber pistol, now missing. The victim was found dying by a 13 year old boy who witnessed the scene and noted the car license as the suspect fled.
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Mountain Home
Ark
Kansas City
Bull Shoals Lake
Here
Harrison
Naomia Sheen
Frank Holtman
John Earl
Holtman
Sheen
Robbie Ellis
Marion Ellis
Lakewood Court
Young Ellis
O.” Holtman
Ellis
Recreation board plans summer program at city hall
Erie officials meet to organize the city recreation program this summer. Attending were Pershing Brady president Mrs Gertrude Salb secretary treasurer Mrs Sam Ricketts Frederick Swan Richard Salb and Mrs O E Jones. Bill Stephens reported on baseball progress and Clarence Obenhaus was employed to umpire.
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City Hall
Pershing Brady
Gertrude Salb
Sam Ricketts
Frederick Swan
Richard Salb
O. E. Jones
Bill Stephens
Clarence Obenhaus
Dancer Bunny Ware Faces Court Battle After Police Detentions
Blond ex otic dancer Joan Bunny Ware was arrested for the seventh and eighth times by St. Louis police led by Capt. John Doherty on suspicion of indecent acts. In Circuit Court Judge William Killoren ordered a show cause hearing next Thursday on police restraint. Club owner Bud Elliott says police interrupts Bunny mid performance and Bunny and Elliott allege unreasonable invasion of property and harassment.
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ST. Louis
Joan
Bunny) Ware
John Doherty
Bunny
William J. Killoren
Charles
Bud) Elliott
Elliott
Florida Name Origin Tied to Spanish Feast of Flowers
A historical note explains Florida's name deriving from the Spanish phrase for a feast of flowers. It highlights how explorers linked the term to the region's bloom and festive coloration.
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Florida
Senate Advances Housing and Other Major Bills in Push to Adjourn
The Senate sent the House a 1.25 billion omnibus housing bill after a 14 hour day that also saw a 40 billion defense measure and a constitutional amendment proposal for DC presidential electors. Earlier actions included a 7.5 percent pay raise for over 1.2 million federal workers and a billion dollar water projects bill.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eisenhower
District of Columbia
Balloon Not Lost but Out of Reach
A research balloon previously thought lost is found but remains far out of range after vanishing over the Pacific. The report notes the craft is not lost but unreachable from current position.
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San Diego
Calif
Pacific
Balloon with radiation instruments drifts over Pacific
Cmdr Malcolm Ross, keeper of the 40 story balloon, went to Hawaii to await its arrival but the craft doubled back toward California. Radar spotted it Thursday 189 miles off the Southern California coast at 67,000 feet. It carried radiation detectors from Georgia and was expected to drop in Texas.
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Hawaii
Cmdr
Malcolm Ross
Ross
California
Georgia
Texas
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Federated Church
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Humboldt
Gus Demler
Joe Jacobs
Chanute
John Sands
Dale George
Erie
Parsons
Southeast Kansas Breeders Assn
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Wayland Harvey
Keith Knetzer
Helen Pierce
Wilma K. Highfill
Virginia
Bill Pierce
Claude Roberts
L. H. Kensinger
Vance Ermey
John Heath
Neosho Falls
Clyde Copeland
Frank Snow
Martha
Lola Sample
Henry Hazen
John Hazen
J. M. Torrence
Pittsburg
Colorado
Erie & Vicinity
U.S. Weather Bureau
U. S. Weather Bureau
American Legion Hall
THE
Cotton Pickers
VFW
E. Main
Chanute, Kansas
Chanute Tribune
Ammittee
Warre Anter
John Sparkman
Ala
West Main
Phillips 66
Phillips Petroleum
Frank Carder
Carder Oil Company
N. Central
New Open
Randy's Steaks
Don & Louise Jett
Koch Bros. Furniture
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Kroehler 2
Kroehler
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W.T
China
Lane Cedar Chests
Simmons
Broyhill — Cherry 2
Starfire
Roch Bros. Furniture
W. Main
Bassett — Silver Mis
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