Useless Guns Left American Plane At Reds' Mercy
The Mercator, 85 miles from the Communist coast, fought six passes by MIGs. Tail gunner Corder, 20, was first to sight the fighters and was hit after waiting for orders to fire. Spare parts shortages left forward guns unusable. The crew, led by Mayer, diverted to Miho Air Base after jettisoning gear and nursing a crippled craft.
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Mayer
Defense Department
Washington
John D. Malone
Park Ridge
Corder
Adm
Withington
Navy
Cmdr
Vincent J. Anania Jr
Pittsburgh
Miho Air Base
West Honshu
Richard FE. Nelson
Jamestown
Kan
Phelps County Courthouse In Use Since Civil War Days
The historic Phelps County Courthouse in Rolla has endured since Civil War times, with fire hazards from wood stoves and aging walls intensifying risk. A 1958 campaign by the Phelps County Historical Society pushed a bond vote for a modern two story courthouse to safeguard irreplaceable records including marriage, birth, death, and court documents now stored in cramped, aging spaces.
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Phelps County
Rolla
News-Tribune
Wom
Conjen
Isauri
Pe Rolla
James Curtis Sigel
Lincoln
Magistrate Court
Sion
Selective Service
Hannon
Eymund Bishop
Dillon
Officer Can't Hide Baptism At Church Of Christ
In Joplin Missouri police responded to a prowler call at the Church of Christ. Patrolman John Rice slipped into the baptistry in darkness and emerged waterlogged, recalling a similar incident involving Detective John Showers at a different church. He confessed with the line I’m the one who has been in this water.
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Joplin
Church of Christ
John Rice
John Showers
Friendship Baptist Church
Rice
Showers
Host for Gang Convention Dies in Apalachin
Joseph Barbara Sr., 53, died in Endicott after a heart attack. The Apalachin underworld convention, dubbed a Mafia meeting, had drawn investigators who linked discussions to narcotics and other rackets. Barbara’s death ends a saga surrounding the notorious gathering and his silence on the event.
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Johnson City
N.Y
Joseph Barbara Sr
Apalachin
Barbara
Endicott
Wilson Memorial Hospital
Apalachn
Spree on Stolen Money Ends in Wichita
Detectives halted a two day amusement park spree by James N Aldrich 16 and a 14 year old guest. They spent at least 78 dollars on a roller coaster and rides then roughhousing in a crowded floor. Aldrich admitted taking money from uncle John H Schindler home. Schindler reported 130 missing. 2 trips guessed 90. Unspent balance 12 returned with promise to repay rest from a savings account.
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Wichita
James N. Aldrich
Dick Dewey
Floyd Williamson
Eugene Moffitt
Aldrich
John H. Schindler
Moffitt
Aid cuts fall by two votes in House contest
In Washington AP reports a 103-101 House margin kept foreign military aid largely intact at 3.6426 billion for military and economic aid. The vote delayed final fund decisions pending actions on discounting or reallocating the aid package.
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Washington
House
Springfield
William F. Hervey
Missouri States Fund For Economic Loans
Eisenhower
House Foreign Affairs Iet
Belin
Blair Signs Top State Budget in 1930s style limits
Gov Blair approved a state budget with reductions across agencies. The mental diseases division received 44.8 million, Health was trimmed to 21.4 million, and corrections funding fell to 14.9 million. University funding dropped about 3 percent, and the total appropriation stood near 10.9 million for conservations. A Conspiracy of further cuts affected the Executive mansion repairs.
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Division of Health
Blair
General Assembly
Ellis Fischer
Department of Corrections
Agricultural Extension Service
Agricultural Experiment Station
Department of Revenue
Income Tax Unit
State Tax Commission
Highway Patrol
Wee Liquor Control Division
Retarded Youth Held In Beating Near Grain Valley
An 18 year old patient at the Missouri School for Mentally Retarded Children in Marshall surrendered Wednesday afternoon after beating superintendent Dr. George Johns. Johns was badly beaten Tuesday near Grain Valley Mo. Warren Chenoweth, patient at the school for seven years, stopped at a Grain Valley filling station and asked the owner to call the Missouri Highway Roa
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Tipton
Boonville
Chillicothe
Senatee
State Conservation Commission
Chenoweth
Atla
Independence
Will Belp
Forestry Division
A. B. Day
Cate
Johns
Fitzgibbon Hospital
Marshall
Kansas City
Missouri School For
Grain Valley
George Johns
Warren Chenoweth
Death and Capture Amid Rural Crime Spree
A man fleeing through Canova woods prompted a major police response with five cruisers and troopers splitting into three teams. Officers fired when the suspect fired, wounding one in the back as the pursuit continued through the thicket.
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Schmidt
Canova Yard
Martin Murphy
John l Lacasse
Paul Keating
Mae
Rea
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