Rokossovsky to Lead Soviet Forces on Turkish Border
The Soviet Union names Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky to command the Transcaucasian military area near Turkey and Iran, replacing Col. Gen. Ivan Fyoduninsky. Rokossovsky, a top WWII commander, was recalled from Poland last year and has served as deputy defense minister.
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London
Soviet Union
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Rokossovksy
Poland
Middle East
Syria
Turkey
Saud
U.S
United Nations
Tiflis
Tbilisi
Georgia
Rokossovsky
Transcaucasian
Iran
Ivan Fedyuninsky
Georgi Zhukov
Stalin
Warsaw
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Test of Thor Is Success
Washington reports that the Air Force fired the Thor intermediate-range ballistic missile from Cape Canaveral shortly after noon. It was the sixth test of the 1 500 mile missile with mixed results earlier, but initial readings suggested a clean ascent.
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Washington
Air Force
Cape Canaveral
Defense Department
Erie ruco student injured in Shaw area auto crash
Mrs. William R. Yates of Erie was released from Neosho Memorial Hospital after injuries from an automobile collision east of Shaw. Her car and a vehicle driven by R J Erie Robert Jackson Campbell were involved. the Yates car overturned in a ditch after the impact.
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William R. Yates
Ruco
Erie
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Shaw
Yates
Robert Jackson Campbell
R. J. Erie
Campbell
Educator Creates Cosmic Language To Talk With Space Beings
Amsterdam educator Hans Freudenthal, a 52 year old Utrecht University mathematics professor, proposes a radio based "Lincos" language to communicate with intelligent beings from other worlds. He outlines a 150 word vocabulary and a sequence of signals like four dots RIK to mean is, and POF plus dots for plus, detailing steps from arithmetic to time, behavior, and mechanics.
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Amsterdam
Hans Freudenthal
University of Utrecht
Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences
Freudenthal
Rik
Delay in Erie land suit halts Parsons reservoir work
In Erie district court landholders led by Roy Weast and others obtained a postponement of action against the city of Parsons over a proposed reservoir. Land appraisals averaged 167 dollars per acre, with some up to 222 dollars. Petitioners argued the project serves recreation, not water supply, and questioned the condemnation action's proper venue. No date given for resumption.
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ERIE
Parsons
Neosho County
Roy Weast
E. L. Geiger
U. S. O'Hern
Aubrey Calahan
C. F. Breneman
Suil
Burns Minor After Gas Tank Explosion In Neosho
Curtiss Cleaver of West 14th street was treated at Neosho Memorial Hospital for burns received in a gasoline tank explosion yesterday. He was using a blow torch to cut a car body when the tank exploded at 14th and Garfield. Fire crews responded at 3 10 p m. no fire followed the blast.
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Curtiss Cleaver
West 14Th
Neosho Memorial Hospital
14Th
Garfield
Four injured after county road crash in Scott City
Judy Jewell, 16, of Scott City died yesterday from injuries after a car overturned on a county road curve Tuesday night. Three others were injured in the crash reported near Scott City.
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Scott City
Kas
Judy Jewell
Traffic Fatalities Reported In Topeka Area 1957
Traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section show 4 in the past 24 hours and 440 to date for 1957, compared with 539 for the same period in 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
Stock Market Advances After Strong Rally
New York stocks edged upward with gains narrowing in afternoon trading. The Associated Press average for 60 stocks stood at $157.60 at noon, up 90 cents, after a record rise the previous day and heavy volume earlier in the session.
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New York
Associated Press
Federal Reserve Board
Air Force Officers Missing After Cape Cod Jet Incident
Two Air Force officers aboard an F89 Scorpion from Otis Air Force Base were reported missing in an intensive search by the Air Force and Coast Guard off Cape Cod. The missing pilots are 1st Lt. Cletus L. Cohn of Buzzards Bay and 1st Lt. Michael W. Clemens, with Cohn’s wife and Clemens’ next of kin named.
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Otis Air Force Base
Mass
Air Force
Cape Cod
Coast Guard
58Th
Otis Afb
Cletus L.cohn
Buzzards Bay
Michael W. Clemens
Cohn
Anne
Buzzard’s Bay
Clemens
Michael J. Clemens
Kansas City
Kas
Comet II Breaks London to Johannesburg Time Record
British Comet II jet airliner cut 42 hours from the previous best for the London to Johannesburg route. The 6,523 mile flight completed in 13 hours 1 minute, beating the 1952 record of 17 hours 42 minutes.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Slashing Bandit Slays Secretary After Kidnaping Couple
NEW ORLEANS A bandit forced Rev. Martin W. H. Holls and Miss Maud Lind from their Canal Street church, demanded money, bound Holls with stockings, and slashed Lind to death after Holms surrendered about $7. The pastor survived with throat and head wounds, medical officials said.
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New Orleans
Canal St
Maud Lind
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Martin W. H. Holls
Hollis
Miss Lind
Holls
City Park
Public Hearing On Relocation Of K-39 And K-6
Lynn R. Brodrick announces a public hearing on the economic impact of relocating K-39 and K-6 highways near Stark Lav enburg and Elsmore. Proposed route shifts K-39 east of Chanute to Porterville Hiattville and Godfrey while K-6 heads north of Elsmore. The plan would smooth traffic by removing a one mile jog on K-57. Plan advances if no hearing is requested as per legal notice.
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Lynn R. Brodrick
Stark
Lavenburg
Elsmore
The
Highway Commission
Chanute
Eas
Porterville
Hiattville
Godfrey
Ft. Scott
Ike and Macmillan Reach Pact On Science Work Pooling
President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Macmillan agreed to pool scientific and weapons development efforts. Two expert groups will draft recommendations on nuclear cooperation and military defense related to missiles and rocketry. The plan follows a White House briefing and a two hour meeting at the British embassy.
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Ike
Macmillan
Washington
Eisenhower
Richard Powell
Donald Quarles
U. S
Dulles
State Department
Air Force reports rocket reach beyond 1000 miles in space test
The Air Force disclosed a successful firing of an experimental Project Farside rocket aiming to reach 1000 miles or more above Earth from a balloon at Eniwetok Atoll. Reports also claimed a second probe may have hit similar heights but data was incomplete. A Vanguard launch mechanism prototype reached 109 miles altitude for future satellite work.
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Washington
Air Force
Eniwetok Atoll
Pacific
Project Farside
United States
Vanguard
Fatal Car Accident Claims Clarence Hetchison
Clarence W Hetchison, 46, of Carbondale Kansas, a farmer, died in a Topeka hospital last night from injuries suffered in a highway collision near Carbondale yesterday.
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Topeka
Clarence W Hetchison
Carbondale
Kas
Kansas Workshop Seeks to Boost Manufacturing Wealth
Kansas industry officials and businessmen gathered at the Tioga Hotel for an industrial workshop led by John E. McCaulley Jr. with 76 attendees from 15 towns. He projected national-average gains in manufacturing could lift employment by 100000 and personal income by 750 million dollars if achieved, while per capita income would rise from 1688 to 1801 dollars. The discussions covered publicity, site selection, and community brochures, emphasizing accurate ads, ready town data, and strong newspaper backing to attract firms.
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Kansas
John E. McCauley Jr
Tioga Hotel
Clarence Becker
KIDC
Gene Stuart
Kansas State College
Jim Taylor
Coffeyville
Topeka
Harry Bouck
Emporia
Iowa
Oscar Cunningham
Chamber of Commerce
State Receives Winter Preview Amid Cold Front
Kansas records a sharp temperature drop as the weather bureau predicts a colder spell statewide. Forecasters expect scattered rain or snow in the northwest with partly cloudy skies elsewhere through Friday, with lows near freezing and highs around 50 in the east.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Pittsburg
Mercury
Garnett
Chanute
Moran
Independence
Herington
Fort Scott
Lecompton
Paola
Trading Post
Wamego
Posaka
Coffeyville
Emporia
McCune
Oswego
Meany Urges U S Travel Ban to Soviet Union
George Meany president of the AFL-CIO and U S delegate to the U N General Assembly urged Americans and freedom lovers worldwide not to visit the Soviet Union until Soviet troops withdraw from Hungary. He spoke during a broadcast marking Hungary’s failed bid for freedom last year.
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New York
George Meany
U. S
Soviet Union
Hungary
Meany
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
United Nations General Assembly
American Broadcasting Co
Driver Charged After Two-Car Collision west of St Paul
ERIE Harry L Holland and passenger Don Johnson face charges after a two car crash on highway K57 at 11 15 p m. James Eugene Kister of St Paul was driving the other car. No injuries reported. Both left sides were damaged.
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Erie
Harry L. Holland
R. J
Holland
James Eugene Kister
St. Paul
Kister
Don Johnson
Missing Salina Man Sought by Civil Defenders on Solomon River
Civil defense workers firemen and law enforcement officers dragged the Solomon River yesterday in search of Harold Simpson 60 a Salina mechanic missing since Monday His car was found on the river bank and a fishing pole was located nearby.
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Minneapolis
Kas
Solomon River
Harold Simpson
Salina
Simpson
Rogers to Head Justice Department Civil Rights Policy Seen Unchanged
William P. Rogers will replace Herbert Brownell Jr. as attorney general, with no expected change to civil rights policy. Brownell resigned after 42 years, praising his service while Rogers, a Nixon adviser, indicates continued support for civil rights legislation as Senate confirms his nomination. Brownell noted a private law return and downplayed political ambitions.
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Washington
William P. Rogers
Herbert Brownell Jr
Eisenhower
Brownell
White House
Rogers
Justice Department
Senate
Nixon
Central High School
Little Rock
Ark
Bing Crosby Weds Cathy Grant in Las Vegas Church
Las Vegas reports Bing Crosby and Cathy Grant married at St. Ann's Church after obtaining a license before 9 a.m. The couple had planned a ceremony in Yerington but chose the church wedding with Msgr. John J. Ryan officiating.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Bing Crosby
Cathy Grant
Yerington
St. Ann’s Catholic Church
John J. Ryan
Young Teacher Dies Of Wreck Injuries
Manhattan Kansas report says 22 year old Mrs Gwendolyn Gates Bennett a Ken s school teacher west of Manhattan died of injuries from a Monday highway accident her car skidded and struck a tree she was hospitalized several hours after the crash.
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Manhattan
Kas
Gwendolyn Gates Bennett
Ken's
Zinc Mine Collapse Clears Missouri Road
A 25 foot section of State Highway 43 near Joplin Missouri caved in dropping 50 feet. The old zinc mine collapse closed two lanes of a three lane road used by heavy trucks and buses to reach U S 66.
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Joplin
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Turk Border
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Outer Space
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Buffalo
Willard J. Sainer
Work Unit
Wilson County
C. E. Crews
Iola
Crews
Lewis L. Strauss
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Sir Edwin Plowden
British Atomic Energy Authority
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Don Richards
Bing
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