Grievance Could Trigger Atomic Hazard On Long Island
A New York prosecutor described how Santa Scalise, 45, of New Hyde Park damaged uranium slugs destined for the Savannah River plant after an industrial accident. The cylinders could have caused costly reactor damage or a massive chain reaction if used. Scalise was released on bail. he faces up to 10 years and $10,000 fine.
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New York
Long Island
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Kenneth Sternberg
U. S. Attorney's Office
AEC
Savannah River
Aiken
Santa Scalise
New Hyde Park
N. Y
U. S
Martin Epstein
Sternberg
Scalise
Sylvania Corning Nuclear Corp
Weather notes signal warmer conditions to end the week
The Topeka forecast calls for mostly clear skies and warmer temperatures as December arrives tomorrow. Readings set in the 20s tonight with highs near 50 Sunday, while a fast moving front yesterday brought light rain and snow across Kansas and a few southeast points saw up to half an inch of precipitation.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Emporia
Goodland
Olathe
Hill City
Concordia
Kansan Sentenced For Stealing Vaccine Case
Charles Clifford Moore Jr of Overland Park Kansas received two years in federal prison for stealing a case of Asian flu vaccine from an interstate shipment last October 14. James Glayzer was sentenced to one year and a day in the same case. Moore fled to Texas before capture by the FBI.
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Kansas City
Charles Clifford Moore, Jr
Overland Park
Kan
Moore
James Glayzer
Texas
FBI
Skull found on farm tied to Ed Gein murders
Portage County Sheriff reports another human skull unearthed on Ed Gein’s farm near Wausau. Deputy Cummings and Sheriff Wanserski dug a trench about a quarter mile from the house, recovering a complete skull with teeth and gold crowns.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Portage County
Herb Wanserski
Wausnara County
Edward Gein
Wanserski
George Cummings
Gein
Cummings
Rossellini Returns To Rome After Seclusion
Roberto Rossellini returns to his Rome apartment with his three young children after three weeks of mysterious seclusion. He declines to discuss his whereabouts and unhappiness with Ingrid Bergman, who says reconciliation is not possible due to Rome Catholic Church divorce rules. Bergman plans to movie work in London and return for Christmas.
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Rome
Roberto Rossellini
Ingrid Bergman
Rossellini
Paris
Sonali Das Gupti
Hall Says School Tax System Outdated
Colorado Springs reports Justice Fred Hall former governor Kansas says education tax system is outdated and less than one percent of taxes go to public schools He endorses Eisenhower's education program and cites this as a factor in U S lag in technology relative to Russia.
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Colorado Springs
Color
Fred Hall
Kansas Supreme Court
Sputnik 1 rocket may fall in Kansas observers say
Scientists estimate the Sputnik 1 rocket could land in Kansas or nearby areas tomorrow. Dr. J Allen Hynek and other experts picked Kansas Iowa Northwest Territory Canada as possible sighting regions while Moonwatch volunteers in Kansas City prepare for dawn sightings at 7 16 AM if the craft descends.
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Kansas City
Kansas
J. Allen Hynek
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge, Mass
John White
Iowa
Northwest Territory
Stevenson
Mother Quits Hard Work After 30 Years
Chicago woman Tillie Majczek retires after 30 years as a night shift maintenance worker at Commonwealth Edison. She spent 11 years scrimping for a $5,000 reward to free her wrongly imprisoned son Joseph, whose case led to his exoneration and inspired the film Call Northside 777.
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Chicago
Tillie Majczek
Commonwealth Edison Co
Majczek
Joseph
Chicago Times
Chicago Sun-Times
Lundy
William D. Lundy
Northside 777
Bea Erwin Returns Home After Thanksgiving Visit
Bea Erwin returns to Kansas City residence after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs R L Christy at 1404 5 Evergreen over Thanksgiving.
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Bea Erwin
Kansas City
R. L .Christy
Evergreen
Texas Mother Perseveres on 387 Mile Coast Pilgrimage
Manuela Carreon 46 of Texas City walks from Galveston toward Our Lady of San Juan Mission to give thanks for her son’s murder charge acquittal. She refuses replacements for worn foam shoes and will not take more than a nickel from helpers. Her husband and son offer support as she endures hardship.
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Angleton
Tex
Manuela Carreon
Texas
Texas City
Galveston
Our Lady of San Juan Mission
Alphonse Carreon
Button Too Secure Tragedy Strangles Toddler in Stairs
In Fenton Missouri a two year old, Steven Wilkinson, died after a button on his coat snagged on wood, tightening around his throat when he fell into a neighbor's basement stair opening. One button tore away but the third held the folds, causing fatal strangulation.
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Fenton, Mo
Steven Wilkinson
4H Congress Biggest Party For Teen Agers
Chicago hosts the 36th National 4 H Club Congress with about 1300 teens arriving early for assemblies tours and a pop concert by Helen Bovbjerg and Wilbur Jensen. Thousands of dollars fund scholarships and travel for 218 winners as the event focuses on improving family and community living.
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Chicago
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Helen Bovbjerg
Brandywine
Wilbur Jensen
Langlois
Ore
International Amphitheatre
Mrs Nelson to chair education conference group
Mrs Quentin Nelson of Chanute will chair one of five discussion groups at the governor’s conference on education in Topeka. The event gathers educators and lay leaders to discuss teaching goals financing organization and post high school needs. Buford Fisher and other officials will attend the dinners and sessions.
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Quentin Nelson
Chanute
Topeka
Nelson
Kansas Parent-Teachers Congress
Kansas
Kansas State School Board Assn
Buford Fisher
Missing Baby Found on Doorsteps
A two day old baby disappeared from Ozark Osteopathic Hospital in Springfield Missouri and was found safe on the elderly couple's doorstep about an hour later. Police traced footprints and fingerprints to the nursery and are pursuing clues in the incident.
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Springfield
Ozark Osteopathic Hospital
Charles Bull, Jr
Charles Bull
Republic
James P. Johnson
Fisherman Attacked by Swordfish In California
Miguel F. Pereira of San Diego was hospitalized after a swordfish grabbed his bait, dragged him overboard near Bahia Santa Maria, speared him through, then swam away. Coast Guard airlifted him 500 miles to San Diego where he rested well en route to recovery. The fish weighed 200 to 500 pounds and left a clean wound without drainage.
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San Dingo
Calif
Baja
Miguel F. Pereira
San Diego
Coast Guard
Bahia Santa Maria
Pereira
Coast Gard
Girl Plunges From Fifth Floor Of Eldridge Hotel
Vir ginia Maddox an 18 year old University of Kansas freshman from Tulsa, fell or jumped from the Eldridge Hotel fifth floor in Lawrence. She landed on the sidewalk near the coffee shop and was rushed to a hospital with undetermined injuries. Police noted a possible awning aided the fall. The missing dorm student was found in Kansas City Kansas and reunited with her parents before the hospital visit.
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Lawrence, Kan
University of Kansas
Eldridge
Virginia Maddox
Tulsa
Arthur Maddox
Maddox
Kansas City
Kan
Lawrence
Miss Maddox
Car Damaged in One-Vehicle Crash East of Shaw
The Erie sheriff's office reports a one car accident 22 miles east of Shaw involving Larry Joe Strange 17 of Shaw. No injuries were reported and the right side of the car was damaged. Limited details were available.
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Erie
Larry Joe Strange
Shaw
Sheriff's Office
Kansas Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law Set to Take Effect
Chief Henry Daniels of the Kansas Motor Vehicle Department outlined plans for strict enforcement of the Safety Responsibility Law, which becomes effective January 7. The law requires accident-impacted owners and operators to prove the ability to pay damages within 60 days, or face suspension of license and registration.
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Topeka
Henry Daniels
Motor Vehicle Department
Kansas
Daniels
Motor
Plane crashes in Antarctica but all aboard escape injury
A Navy DC3 transport carrying Rear Adm. George J. Dufek, crew, scientists, and a newsman crash landed on snow near Little America Antarctica after a starboard ski dipped. The plane burned briefly but was fought by a crash crew and no one was hurt. Pilot Cdr. Vernon Coley and co pilot Cdr. Edward Frankiewicz helped regain balance before landing.
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Little America
Antarctica
George J. Dufek
McMurdo Sound
Cdr
Vernon Coley
Oakland
Calif
Edward Frankiewicz
Rutland
Antarctic
Dufek
U.S
McMurdo
Dick Long Named Eagle Managing Editor
Wichita Kansas announces Dick Long, currently Wichita Eagle morning managing editor, will assume managing editor roles for both the Eagle morning and evening editions starting Sunday. Sam B. Kiefner becomes assistant night managing editor and Carey D. Granger becomes assistant day managing editor. Earl E. Shaw resigns after six years as evening managing editor to take the Evansville Courier editor post.
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Wichita
Kas
Marcellus Murdock
R. M
Dick) Long
Wichita Eagle
The
Eagle
Sam B. Kiefner
Carey D. Granger
Earl E. Shaw
Shaw
Evansville, Ind
Courier
Mother Reunites with Son. Dies at Airport
Mrs. Lorene Massey of Fulton died at St. Louis Municipal Airport after reuniting with her son Airman Leon Massey, who had returned from three years in the Air Force in Germany. The 44-year-old woman, under heart treatment, collapsed soon after the emotional reunion, her husband Thebert Massey said the excitement contributed to the fatal attack.
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ST. Louis
Lorene Massey
Fulton
Thebert C. Massey
Leon Massey
Air Force
Germany
Routine Work Differs Little With Ihe Away
Washington reports that President Eisenhower’s illness affects policy only slowly while day-to-day White House work continues largely as normal. Sherman Adams remains central, guiding staff and policy, with Vice President Nixon and others assisting in matters like missile production decisions. Legal scholars note limits to delegation of presidential powers especially on veto, clemency, and legislation. Rep. Celler plans to push a commission proposal in Rome to define incapacitation and vice presidential replacement.
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Washington (m
Eisenhower
White House
Sherman Adams
Adams
Nixon
Herbert Brownell
Brownell
Celler
D-Ny
House Judiciary Committee
Rome
Woodward Leaves $19 Million Estate
New York banker and race horse owner William Woodward Sr died in 1953 at 77 with a net estate of 19,150,483 and gross estate of 20,292,134. He chaired Central Hanover Bank and Trust and led the Jockey Club of New York. His son William Ward Jr was killed in 1955 by his wife during an Oyster Bay incident.
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New York
William Woodward Sr
State Tax Department
Tax Commission
Woodward
Central Hanover Bank and Trust Co
Jockey Club of
William Ward Jr
Ann
Oyster Bay, N.Y
Kansas Soldier Killed in Japan
Sgt. Donald D. Confer of Sabetha Kansas was killed in a Tokyo traffic crash involving a private car and a streetcar. He was an off duty U S Military Policeman hunting for a home with his wife Catherine Confer of Topeka. Mrs Raiko Hunt of Ft Bragg North Carolina was seriously injured in the crash.
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Tokyo
U. S
Donald D. Confer
Donald EF
East Manin St
Sabetha
Kan
Confer
Catherine E. Confer
Taylor St
Topeka
Seattle
Japan
Raiko Hunt
SFC
Edwin Eb, Hunt
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Driver Fined and License Revoked in DWI Case
Bruce Saar of 1225 S Garfield was fined 125 and his license revoked six months after admitting DUI. He was arrested near North Santa Fe and Ash after erratic driving. A blood alcohol test followed at 5 p.m. and he was held for a morning hearing.
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Bruce Saar
S. Garfield
Saar
N. Santa Fe
Ash
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