Oklahoma Tornado Toll Rises With Fatalities and Damage
Rescue workers dug through muddy debris in eastern Oklahoma where tornadoes killed at least 26 people and injured 200 plus, with Wilburton the worst hit and churches and homes among the destroyed structures. Separate tornadoes struck Morrilton Arkansas and southwest Missouri causing deaths, injuries, and widespread damage across Menifee and Highlandville.
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Wilburton
Okla
Oklahoma
College
Moffet-Roland
Arkansas
Menifee
Morrilton
Marlin Hawkins
Hawkins
Morriston
Ora Oliver
Springfield
Missouri
Ponce de Leon
Highlandville
Christian County
Here
Fred Pryor
Dick Lee
Arts and Crafts Grand Winner Is Mrs. Good
Mrs. Richard Good won the grand prize for a cedar wood sculpture named Nameless Prophet at the eighth annual Community Arts and Crafts Fair judged by Harry Chew. The event runs from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. with exhibits from 16 adult and 39 elementary entrants and a student display.
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Mrs. Good
Richard Good
E. 9Th
Harry Chew
Cottey College
Nevada
Sheila Bray
Robert Williams
W. T. Warren Jr
Sharon, Pillot
Lewis
Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
Murray Hill School
Marie Kyle
The
Orient
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka 1960 3 1 0 161
Kansas traffic death log reports 0 fatalities in 24 hours to 9 a.m. Friday with 161 deaths for the 1959 comparable period and 130 for 1960. The item includes a notice about Tribune delivery and carrier contact.
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Topeka
Kansas
Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong Jones wed in London
The radiant Princess Margaret married Antony Arm strong-Jones in a London ceremony. A million cheered as they rode the Mall in a horse drawn coach, launching a Caribbean honeymoon amid a pageant noted as London’s most vivid since the coronation. More than a thousand fainting casualties were reported in the massed crowd.
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London
Margaret
Antony Armstrong-Jones
Broad
London crowd watches royal wedding of Margaret and Antony
A global audience saw Margaret Rose and Antony Charles Robert wed at Westminster Abbey. The ceremony featured stage fright, a steady archbishop pronouncing them man and wife, and a festive London scene with a warm sunny day and royal pageantry.
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Britannia
Westminster Abbey
Margaret
Tony
Canterbury
Margaret Rose
Antony Charles Robert
Geoffrey Fisher
London
Johnny Leroy Buys Charles Tice Shop
Johnny Leroy announced the purchase of the Charles Tice barber shop at 14 N Grant. He plans to remodel and operate as Johnny's with Harold White employed. Tice retires due to health after 51 years in barbering. Leroy and White have recent barbering school graduations.
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Charles Tice
N. Grant
Johnny Leroy
Leroy
Johnny's
Harold White
Kansas School of Barbering
White
Tice
Rain Weakened Wall Collapses at Erie
Early Wednesday a 60 foot section of a second story wall between the Whiteway Pastime building and a storage shed used by Johnson & Son Lumber Co. fell in a rain weakened collapse. The joint inner and outer wall parts only of the outer wall, causing $1,500 to $2,000 in damage, and repair is underway. Earl Beeler Sr. owns the Whiteway Pastime. The failure occurred around 4 a.m.
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Erie
Earl Beeler Sr
Whiteway
Johnson & Son Lumber Co
Beeler
Youth Is Found Dead At Bottom of Well
Luther Warren Payne an 18 year old Negro high school athlete died in a well cave in at Burlington near Ironton Ohio He was helping his family dig the well when a wall gave way and sand filled the shaft trapping him Rescue workers after more than 27 hours recovered his body as sand continued to slide until power equipment arrived.
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Ironton
Ohio
Luther Warren Payne
Payne
Burlington
James Cottrell Found Dead in Verdigris River Area
Police said the body of man identified as James Cottrell was found afloat in the Toronto dam area on the Verdigris River around 12:30 p.m. Police Chief Lige Matlock and Capt. Tom Glasscock went to the scene. No other details were available.
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James Cottrell
Toronto Dam
Verdigris River
Lige Matlock
Tom Glasscock
Highway Patrol
Eisenhower hints at canceling Russia trip over Khrushchev pressure
President Eisenhower hinted he might cancel his planned Moscow visit next month if Khrushchev intensifies anti American campaign. He spoke casually with AFL CIO leader George Meany before a union industry exhibit, adding a symbolic gift of a boat if the trip proceeds. A weather plane incident near the Soviet Turkish border was attributed to oxygen equipment problems, not a border violation.
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Eisenhower
Russia
Khrushchev
George Meany
Moscow
Wasser
Meany
Afl-Cio
Union-Industries
United States
Soviet Foreign Office
State Department
U. S
Farm Home Show Opens At National Guard Armory
The National Guard Armory hosts the Spring Farm and Home Show with 35 local exhibitors and free performances. The event runs noon to 9 p.m. today and tomorrow with prizes, carnival rides, and drawings offering 50 dollars in cash across nightly shows.
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National Guard
JayCees
Armory
Tribune
Secret Service: Man Tries To Pass Altered Bills In Tavern
In Buffalo New York James P Marsh 43 was arrested Thursday after police say he attempted to pass a mutilated $2 bill with a taped $10 edge at a tavern agents report the edges of the small bills were torn and taped to counterfeit the value
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Buffalo
N.Y
Secret Service
James P. Marsh
Don Harding Announces Candidacy for Neosho County Commissioner
Don Harding, of Grant township east of Chanute, announced as a Democratic candidate for Neosho County commissioner from the Second District. He previously served four years as county treasurer and is active in civic affairs. The Second District includes North Tioga township, Big Creek, Grant townships, and Shaw precinct.
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Erie
Neosho County
Harding
Grant Township
Chanute
Hardings
Doug
Tioga
Main Street
Big Creek
Grant Townships
Shaw
Erie Township
Powerful radar to aid Tampa weather tracking
Workers began installing a powerful new radar off Florida's Gulf Coast to assist Weather Bureau officials in tracking storms near Tampa.
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Tampa
Fla
Weather Bureau
Florida
Gulf Coast
No Clues Found Of Missing Pair At Fall River
Ken neth Pons and James Cottrell have been missing since Saturday night after being last seen at a filling station two miles north of Fall River. A two hour search of Fall River reservoir and a recheck at Buffalo Lake yielded no trace of the car or men, with volunteers and police continuing to seek clues and asking residents to inspect local roads and fishing spots.
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Fall River Reservoir
Chanute
Kenneth Pons
James Cottrell
Buffalo State Lake
Lige Matlock
Matlock
Here
Fall River
Eisenhower Signs Civil Rights Bill In Historic Step Forward
President Eisenhower signed the 1960 civil rights bill aimed at protecting Negro voting rights. He called it a historic step, noting the law will aid equality under law, though some recommendations were not included. The ceremony was private.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
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