Hearing Friday For Gov Long In Mental Hospital Battle
Gov Earl K Long, claiming fraud and his sanity, sought a habeas corpus writ Monday night to be freed from Southeast Louisiana Hospital in Mandeville. A hearing is set for 10 a.m. Friday before Judge Robert Jones as controversy over rightful occupancy of the governor’s chair continues.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
22Nd Judicial Court
Southeast
Mandeville
Sims
Long
Jones
Chester Williams
East Baton Rouge Parish
Jack Gremillion
Lether Frazar
Frazar
Wade O. Martin Jr
Martin
State Capitol
Fred LeBlanc
Galveston
Air mail timing in Idaho Falls perplexes postal officials
Air mail from Jackson Wyoming showed an improbable time gap with a postmark of 3 p.m. June 22 and arrival at 3:55 p.m. June 21. Postal officials blamed a cancellation machine error in the Idaho Falls office.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Jackson
Wyo
Oklahoma House advances liquor control bill to governor
Oklahoma lawmakers vote to create a five member liquor control board and authorize bottle sales through package stores by September 1. A constitutional amendment repealing prohibition was approved by voters on April 7 by about eighty thousand.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Vanguard missilemen refocus after satellite failure
Cape Canaveral AP reports Vanguard missilemen failed the second stage on a Vanguard launch the tenth attempt. The 223 pound satellite plummeted to burning destruction in the atmosphere as observers noted the mission ended without success. Eight of the Vanguard satellites were mentioned in the coverage.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
Vanguard
Vanguard Satellites I and II Reach Long Orbit
Attempts succeeded as Vanguard satellites I and II entered long-time Earth orbits. Only one Vanguard launch vehicle remains and is expected to be fired in the next few months.
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Vanguard
Earth
Local Families Attend Weddings and Funeral Notices
Walnut Johnsons return from Kingsdown after attending niece Carolyn Winsor and Gary Cummings nuptials at Kingsdown church on June 6. W E Archer attends funeral for Mrs. Jack Hamilton in Scott City on June 11 after a fatal jeep accident. The Goshert family wedding Paula Goshert to Gilbert Wilson took place in Bay City Oregon on June 6.
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Walnut
August Johnson
Kingsdown
Johnson
Carolyn Kay Winsor
Gary Ray Cummings
Johnsons
Bucklin
Dodge City
Dexter
Boot Hill
W. E. Archer
Scott City
Jack Hamilton
Archer
Aubrey Goshert
Frankie Joe
Girard
Bay City
Ore
Paul Goshert
Goshert
Paula
Gilbert Wilson
Clyde Emery
Yakima
Wash
Bill
Local residents host visitors and note deaths and births
The report lists visits and family events in Walnut and nearby towns. It records births at Mercy Hospital in Parsons, a death of Dollie Sands, and funeral attendance. It mentions trips to Dallas and Kansas City for medical and family reasons, with multiple extended family members noted.
Buffalo pastor begins seventh year at Methodist church
The Rev. G. M. Pierce was assigned as pastor of the Buffalo Methodist church for his seventh year at the Kansas Conference in Manhattan. Marlin Blackston of Chanute spoke at the Buffalo church service. Families from Fort Scott, Henderson NC, Kansas City and Tucson visited relatives here. Billy Eagle moves from Fort Leonard Wood to Fort Gordon for a three month assignment with the National Guard.
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G. M. Pierce
Buffalo Methodist Church
Kansas
Manhattan
Marlin Blackston
Chanute
Methodist
Wallace Moffatt
Mariann Waugh
John Midkiff
Fort Scott
Midkiff
Mercy Hospital
APCO
Bill Robinson
Joanie
Jimmy
Charles
Henderson
N. C
Victor Hicks
Jana
Dan
Tucson
Ariz
Ed Childs
Oscar Clark
W. T. Blackwood
Linda
Susie Sperry
W. T. Swinney
John States
Clinton Durst
Billy Eagle
W. K. Eagle
National Guards
Fort Leonard Wood
Fort Gordon
Ellington Wins 44th NAACP Gold Medal
Duke Ellington, composer and orchestra leader, was chosen by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to receive the 44th gold medal for outstanding achievement by an American Negro during the preceding year or years. The award was announced Monday in New York.
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New York
Duke Ellington
Ellington
National Assn. For
Advancement of
Local Notices and Advertisements Round Up
News briefs and ads mention Tire service in Santa Fe, insect killer product, Slim Pack gum diet, and Casey Rexall Drug ad. Community notes report Sunflower Chapter 147 meeting June 24 with initiation and refreshments. Carload and rail figures compare Santa Fe week ending June 20 with last year. Local births and family moves announced, including Morris Chambers to Columbus Nebraska and Gary Skinner's Princeton Choir tour.
President to Lay Capitol Cornerstone
President Eisenhower will lay the cornerstone of the Capitol east front at noon July 4 in Masonic ceremonies. Architect J George Stewart announced the plan on behalf of the Capitol construction commission. The date honors Millard Fillmore in 1851 and echoes past cornerstone dedications by Washington in 1793 and the 1851 event. The president is not a Mason.
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Washington
Eisenhower
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J. George Stewart
Special Commission
Millard Fillmore
House
Senate
George Washington
Good Times Push Americans Deeper into Debt
AP analysis notes rising on the cuff spending and installment credit as Americans borrow more. Mortgage totals climb and banks promote new consumer credit plans while inflation psychology motivates purchases now for less later. April set a record for new installment debt near four billion dollars, lifting total consumer credit to 45 billion dollars.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
New York
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Howitzer Explodes Wounding 12 Soldiers at Fort Huachuca
A 105 millimeter howitzer barrel exploded during firing at Fort Huachuca in Ariz injuring 12 soldiers. Investigators reviewed the incident and secured the weapon as medical teams treated the wounded on site.
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Huachuca, Ariz
Explosion at range injures 12 soldiers from two forts
An accidental blast at a range injures 12 soldiers. All are from Ft. Riley Kansas, including a howitzer battery attached to Ft. Huachuca. Five men were hospitalized. two in serious condition, Sgt. Robbie Williams of Ridgeville South Carolina and Pfc. Plain H. Maclaughlin of Emoryville West Virginia. An army spokesman cited a malfunction of the barrel or projectile as the cause and a board investigates.
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Ft. Riley
Kas
Ft. Huachuca
Robbie Williams
Ridgeville
S. C
Plain H. Maclaughlin
Emoryville
W. Va
Kansas junior colleges seen as growing link to education
Dell Reed and Karl Wilson note public junior colleges in Kansas are in a favorable position to expand training. They cite broad discussion across the state, with about 7,500 students opting for Kansas public junior colleges last year as two-year schools attract aid from 22 states and the federal government.
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Kansas
Dell Reed
Chanute
Karl M. Wilson
Coffeyville College
Wilson
Kansas Junior Colleges Expand Courses in State
Wilson notes rising rucos popularity as they offer first two years of university courses plus extras not at larger schools. The system saves money and extends schooling to area schools, where most ruco students come from. Kansas has 14 public junior colleges.
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Wilson
Rucos
Ruco
Kansas
Kansas Big Gainer In Crude Production
The Oil and Gas Journal reports a weekly rise in crude oil and condensate output totaling 16 955 barrels. Kansas leads gains with an 8 630 barrel increase bringing its total to 336 750 barrels. 1959 state production is estimated at 1 226 950 barrels, up from 1 106 431 600 the previous year.
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Okla
Oil and Gas Journal
Kansas
The
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Sec'y
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
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Princeton
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