Coast Guard races to salvage may be National Pride
A Coast Guard cutter and a Galveston tug chase an overturned vessel thought to be the National Pride 60 miles southeast of Galveston. Ten crew listed on file, 460 tons of live ammunition aboard, ship overdue since Friday night. Winds 35 to 37 mph, 6 to 8 foot seas, no survivors seen.
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Houston, Tex
Coast Guard
Gulf of Mexico
National Pride
Gulf
Galveston
Tex
R. T. Lober
Houston
National Boat Corp
Suderman & Young Towing Co
Corpus Christi
Young Slayer To Be Tested In Kansas Psych Study
George Henry Martens, 13, deaf, to undergo psychiatric evaluation at Kansas Treatment Center for Children in Topeka after stabbing 8 year old Steven Moscoe. Chief probation officer Whitlock says sign language interpreter is needed. hearing postponed until study results. incident occurred last weekend.
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Clathe
Kan
George Henry Martens
Steven Moscoe
George L. Whitlock
Johnson County
Doc Whitlock
Olathe
Kansas State School For the Deaf
Topeka
Kansas Treatment Center
Martens
Steven
Ike
Brakes Cited In Two Car Collision At Main And Evergreen
Defective brakes were blamed for a 3:50 p.m. crash at Main and Evergreen injuring two cars. Edna Mae Snodgrass drove a 1953 Chevrolet east and hit Dorothy Martin in a 1955 Plymouth that stopped for a red light. Damages were $150 to the Snodgrass car and $85 to the Martin car.
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Main
Evergreen
Chevrolet
Edna Mae Snodgrass
Iola
Plymouth
Dorothy Martin
Martin
Snod- Srass
San Francisco Prays for Rain Amid Widespread Weather Anomalies
The nation faced a grave weather anomaly with San Francisco seeking rain for the 70th day while snow appeared in east Texas and Alabama. Temperatures rose to 60 in Boston and 63 in Philadelphia as Florida’s Tampa Bay endured 48 mph winds and heavy rains.
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Associated Press
San
California
Los Angeles
Park Rangers Rescue Youth From Rocky Ledge
National Park Service rangers freed 17 year old James Orange after a seven hour ordeal on a steep ledge near Grand Junction Colorado. He was hunting with his father a Ft. Carson master sergeant when he slipped and slid onto the ledge above a 300 foot drop. Rangers lowered ropes and brought him to safety in good condition.
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Debeque
Colo
National Park Service
James Orange
Orange
Ft. Carson
Colorado Springs
Colorado National Monument
Grand Junction
Here
Thanksgiving holiday highway deaths rise to four per hour
An AP survey shows 226 traffic deaths, 22 fire deaths, and 59 miscellaneous fatalities during the halfway point of a four day Thanksgiving period, with icy roads and heavy traffic blamed for the toll. The count spans 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday, with prior periods and comparisons to last year’s totals noted.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Panama marks sovereignty march amid canal zone unrest
Panamanians held a mass rally in the capital on the 138th anniversary of independence to demand sovereignty over the canal zone. US troops and Panamanian guards were kept ready as demonstrators urged respect for Panama's sovereign powers while seeking treaty revision and avoiding violence.
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Panama
Canal Zone
Spain
Little Republic
Canal
U. S
Foreign Office
United States
Ernesto de la Guardia Jr
U.S
Warm Trend Forecast Across Kansas With Snow Traces
The forecast calls for a warm spell Sunday with highs from 50 to 60 degrees across eastern to western Kansas. Tonight lows near 20 to 25, with Friday highs from 34 to 40 and snows traces in the northwest earlier, Wichita and Salina reporting an inch on the ground.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Abilene
Pittsburg
Wichita
Salina
Concordia
Conrad to Frisco But Gets Sleep
San Francisco AP Conrad, the flying veteran from Winona Minnesota, traveled from Las Vegas to San Francisco by small plane but slept most of the way. Miss Rose Stehnow of Las Vegas piloted the borrowed plane during the 2 hour 50 minute flight. The trip follows his recent record flight from Casablanca to El Paso covering 6,911 miles in 57 hours 27 minutes.
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San Francisco
Max Conrad
Las Vegas
Grandpa
Rose Stehnow
Conrad
el Paso
Texas
Casablanca
Winona
Minn
Residents Flee 16-Unit Apt Fire in 17-Degree Weather
Fire at 3533 Robert Gilham Road in Kansas City forced 16 residents to flee in night clothes as smoke and flames swept a basement fire. Miss Betty Wasno, 22, was unaccounted for and three firemen were injured in the blaze.
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Kansas City
Betty Wasno
Robert Gilham Road
Mobil Reorganizes Headquarters Across 16 Cities
Mobil Oil Co.'s major reorganization consolidates 46 officers and designates district headquarters in Wichita, Oklahoma City, and Casper as district centers, with 16 cities to host headquarters nationwide.
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Dallas
Wind and Rain Lash Tampa Bay
Powerful winds up to 48 mph and heavy rain lashed the Tampa Bay area on Friday night. Boats swamped, windows shattered, and many residents lost power for hours as the weather tore through St. Petersburg and surrounding locales. The Tampa Weather Bureau logged 25 inches of rain in a nine hour span with gusts up to 38 mph.
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Texas
U.S. Forest Service
Huntsville
Ala
Tampa Bay
Florida
North Dakota
Minnesota
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Tampa Bay Area
Tampa Weather Bureau
Brother Saves Life of Baby In Convulsions
In Charlotte on Thanksgiving Day 1959 eight month old Kathy Russ nearly died from convulsions. Her 13 year old brother Matt Jr. took over CPR breathing after his father used traditional methods. Matt had learned mouth to mouth from a Boy Scout magazine and kept oxygen flowing until Kathy revived.
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Charlotte
N. C
Kathy Russ
Matt
Kathy
Matt Russ Sr
Russ
Matt Jr
Court Denies Atlanta Desegregation Delay
A federal court in Atlanta refused the city’s request for more time to file a desegregation plan for public schools. Judge Frank A. Hooper had previously ordered the Atlanta Board of Education to submit by December 1, with a contingency for legislative action to legalize the plan.
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Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta
Frank A. Hooper
U.S District Court
Atlanta Education Board
Hooper
Georgia
Fire Destroys Rural Home in Chanute Farm
Firefighters saved farm outbuildings on Frank Young’s Chanute farm 1 percent miles southwest of Shaw but the home was destroyed after 22 hours of effort starting about 8 15 this morning. No injuries reported though a few furnishings were saved and a dog escaped a blazing porch. A flue is listed as the probable cause.
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Chanute
Frank Young
Shaw
Fireman to Lead Salina Girl Scout Troop
Salina fireman Laverne Brockway becomes leader of Salina Girl Scout Troop No. 21 after no mother volunteered. She will assist her husband who remains troop leader as they move to Alaska. One of the couple’s daughters belongs to the troop.
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Salina
Laverne Brockway
Alaska
Brockway
Tenth Son Born To Chicago Couple
CHICAGO AP J Raymond OBrien 50 still hopes for a baby girl but wife 40 presented him Friday with their tenth son. Asked about more children he says I do but wonders about his wife. This is a bad day to ask her.
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Chicago
J. Raymond O'Brien
Tribune Phone: Call Your Carrier After Six
If you cannot reach him by phone, contact the Tribune line and try 700 after 6 p.m. The notice directs readers to use the alternate number for access.
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Tribune
City in Deal For Purchase Of Pipe Line
Chanute negotiates purchase of more than 38000 feet of Cities Service Gas Co pipe. City Manager R J Hayes said the deal, approved by the city commission, would improve distribution and pressure for Cha nute residents while serving about 20 000 feet of eight inch pipe and 18000 feet of other sizes. Gross revenue from 17 domestic and 3 to 5 commercial customers is estimated at 10500 yearly. sale price around 12770 plus a 580 foot addition. Another service application pending from Ashley Clinic.
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Chanute
Cities Service Gas Co
R. J. Hayes
City Commission
Hayes
Clint Rogers
Oklahoma City
Cities Service
7Th and Steuben
Hickory
N. Santa Fe
Dickerhoof Flying Service
Neosho Fertilizer Plant
Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Chanute Country Club
Ashley Clinic
Cities
Traffic Fatalities In Kansas Rise Slightly In 1959
Kansas traffic fatalities reported by the State Accident Records Section show 514 deaths in the 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. this year, compared with 502 in the same period of 1958.
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Topeka
Kansas
Stolen Car Report in Wichita Details Theft
Charles E. Mead, a Wichita salesman, reported a theft of a 1958 two tone green Oldsmobile from 111 N. Western. The car was taken during about a 30 minute period while parked and Mead had the keys with him.
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Charles E. Mead
Wichita
N. Western
Post Office Bids Sought for Protection Kansas Project
Wichita AP reports bids are being sought for the construction of a new post office at Protection Kansas. The call invites contractors to submit proposals for the municipal building project.
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Wichita
Protection
Kas
Kidnapped Marine Sparks U S Protest In Bombay
The United States protested the kidnapping of Marine sergeant Robert Armstrong by Chinese communists in Bombay India. Armstrong was released after Bombay police intervened. the State Department seeks full information as a decorated Marine with a Purple Heart and a long service record was involved alongside a defector, Chang Chien-yuh, who sought political asylum.
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Washington
United States
U. S
Bombay
India
Armstrong
Federal Small Business Administration
University of California
Robert
Chang Chien-yuh
U.S
America
State Department
Chang
Juhu
Segregationist Leader Convicted in Little Rock Bomb Case
E. A. Lauderdale, 48, lumber dealer and alleged ringleader, was found guilty of bombing the Little Rock School Board office and related targets. He received a three year prison term and a $500 fine as the nine by three women jury deliberated about an hour and a half. Cohorts and motives noted in court as the blasts occurred Labor Day near midnight. Lauderdale may seek a new trial within 30 days. he remains free on $50,000 bond.
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Little Rock, Ark
Little Rock
E. A. Lauderdale
Lauderdale
Circuit Court
Werner Knopp
Gann Nalley
William J. Kirby
Candy Barr Weds Mystery Looms Over Los Angeles
Candy Barr and her new husband Jack Sahakian remain missing with ex-beau Mickey Cohen claiming she is in Los Angeles talking to Internal Revenue officials about him. Federal authorities deny knowledge of her whereabouts as she faced a Texas marijuana case.
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Los Angeles
Candy Barr
Jack Sahakian
Mickey Cohen
Internal Revenue People
Candy
Texas
Dallas
Rudy Vallee to Headline Kansas City Benefit Show
Rudy Vallee arrives in Kansas City for a two and a half hour benefit at the Music Hall of Municipal Auditorium. The Kansas City Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event titled an Evening With Rudy Vallee to fund the Jaycees Christmas shopping tour and dinner for orphans. Proceeds support the orphans program.
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Kansas City
Rudy Vallee
Vallee
Music Hall
Municipal Auditorium
Missilemen at Vandenberg Struggle For Homes
At Vandenberg Air Force Base California hundreds of airmen and civilians in the 1st Missile Division face housing shortages. High rents and scarce affordable housing push families to distant barracks while base officials plan a public meeting to address the crisis.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Vandenberg Afb
Los Angeles
Strategic Air Command
1St Missile Division
Atlas
Thor
Titan
David Wade
Labor Pep Talk by Gaitskell in Blackpool Conference
In Blackpool Hugh Gaitskell urged Labour to avoid ideological prison of public ownership and push for a classless society built on justice. He noted the party's election losses but did not close the door on further nationalizations, balancing his alliance with Aneurin Bevan as Bevan prepares to speak.
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Blackpool
England
Hugh Gaitskell
Britain
Labor Party
Gaitskell
Aneurin Bevan
Bevan
Barbara Castle
Young Farmer Pits Steer Against Champion
Roy Maass of Remsen Iowa showed a 1050 pound Aberdeen Angus steer named Black Jewel at the International Livestock Exposition junior show earning top honors and the right to compete for the grand prize steer title.
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Chicago
Iowa
Roy Maass
Remsen
Oil field opener yields high daily potential in Chase County
Wichita AP reports the Koegeboehn Viola oil field in Chase County could produce up to 16 barrels daily at its recent opener. The figure reflects early estimates amid field development and expected output growth as operations begin.
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Wichita
Chase County
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Park Rangers
Death
Appalachian Mountains
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Oakman
Frisco
Fiee
Mobil
Wasser
Girl Scout
City In
Deal
New Delhi
Lewis S. Armstrong
Labor
Young Farmer
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