Drought Aid Pleas Made at Bethany
In Bethany Missouri on June 18 a crowd of over 160 farm leaders from 11 counties urged federal and state agriculture officials to act as drought conditions worsen in Northwest Missouri. They pressed for emergency loans at 3 percent through the Farmers Home Administration and sought designation of the area as a disaster site to accelerate hay feeding and water relief. County representatives warned foundation herds face wipeout from starvation while advising on on-farm help and cross-state feed purchases.
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Bethany
Missouri
Washington
Jim Whitten
Grundy County
L. C. Carpenter
State
Kenneth L. Scott
Washingon
Direcor
Agricultural Credit Services
Robert Hall
Scott
Farmers Home Administration
Scot
George Holman
Gentry County
Woman's body found in room Grace Leona Scott identified
Grace Leona Scott was found dead in her apartment at 316 A Broadway, likely of a heart attack. Coroner Dr J G Bruce ruled the death natural and she had been dead about two days. She worked as a court reporter transcriber for the Public Service Commission. Survivors include her mother, two sisters, and two brothers. Funeral is planned Wednesday at 10 am with Riverview cemetery burial.
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Grace Leona Scott
Broadway
J. G. Bruce
Miss Scott
Bruce
John T. Powell
Dix Rd
Public Service Commission
Belleville
Ill
Pauline Scott
Boonville Rd
Faye Leopold
Monroe St
Mabel Garrillo
Temple City
Calif
Ralph P
Scott
New Bloomfield
Paul Scott
Santa Barbara
Riverview Cemetery
William T. Gibble
Escaped Woman Inmate Still Unreported
State patrol had no report on Mary Alice Scott a 21 year old from Steelville who escaped from the women’s branch of the State Penitentiary yesterday. She wore blue jeans and a blue shirt. Scott was convicted in St Louis County of forgery and sent to Chillicothe before transfer to the adult facility for incorrigibility.
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State Patrol
Mary Alice Scott
Steelville
State Penitentiary
St. Louis County
Chillicothe
Weather forecast for Jefferson City and Central Missouri
Partly cloudy and hot humid today and Wednesday with a chance of scattered thunderstorms this afternoon. High near 90. Temperatures early morning in the 70s to mid 80s, with a steady rise and minor changes noted in river levels across Boonville Jefferson City Hermann Osage River and Lake of the Ozarks readings.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Boonville
Door incident frees man in Charleston police case
Wilbur W Reynolds, held on a drunk charge, testified in Police Court that a door on the paddy wagon swung open at a light. He stepped out thinking they had reached headquarters. officers drove away leaving him. Judge James A McWhorter dismissed the escape charge, suspended the drunk sentence, and ordered the wagon door repaired.
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Charleston
W. Va
Wilbur W. Reynolds
James A. McWhorter
Reynolds
Steven Prenger Elected Mayor at Boys State
Warrrensburg Missouri June 18 youths from Western Missouri dominated the 10 mythical Missouri Boys State cities. Federalists won 52 city offices while Nationalists took 38 though mayors split between parties. Notable names include Moore Moorman Kansas City and Prenger Jefferson City. County caucuses set Tuesday elections as H Roe Bartle spoke at the night session.
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Warrensburg
Missouri
Smith
Brent Moorman
Kansas City
Clark
Tom Hubbs
Joplin
Lewis
Robert M. Britt
Crowder
Robert A. Cohen
Shelby
James C. Young
Monett
Doniphan
Michael Juricak
Sugar Creek
Alcorn
Steven Prenger
Jefferson City
Boone
Ralph L. Caster
Independence
Pershing
James M. Wilkinson
Coontz
Kenneth Alexander
Hannibal
Missouri Department of the American Legion
H. Roe Bartle
Bartle
Boys State
British atomic blast reported at Monte Bello Islands
London reports that the British Ministry of Supply announced an atomic device was exploded today off the Monte Bello Islands near northwest Australia. It is the second and final test in a series aimed at developing a trigger for Britain's hydrogen bomb, with the first blast on May 16.
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London
British Ministry of Supply
Monte Bello Islands
Australian
Britain
Louisiana Bill Aims to Evade Federal School Integration
Louisiana Senate approves a measure to let suits against the state file for integration, with a legislative act needed to file. The Education Committee backs four segregation bills allowing firing of employees who advocate integration. In Virginia, bond issues face delays after a court ruling on Hanover County schools. Chicago NAACP leaders reject a Miami bus boycott and plan a federal suit against bus segregation.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Senate
New Orleans
House
Senate Education Committee
Louisiana
Richmond
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Hanover
Leon M. Bazile
Hanover County
U.S. Supreme Court
Bazile
Virginia
Miami
Fla
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Donnelly Names 2 New Judges for Eighth Circuit
Gov. Phil M. Donnelly appointed William E. Butler a Republican and John C. Casey a Democrat to fill vacancies on the Eighth Circuit Court in St. Louis. Butler succeeds Sartorious and Casey replaces Williams, both retiring for health reasons. Butler, 53, a St. Louis lawyer and former army captain, studied at McKinley High School and Washington University. Casey, 45, born in Tucumcari, N M, earned a law degree from St. Louis University and has served on Missouri bar committees and the Board of Freeholders for the metropolitan sewer district.
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Phil M. Donnelly
William E. Butler
John C. Casey
St. Louis
Butler
Eugene
J. Sartorious
Casey
Francis E. Williams
Sartorious
Williams
James J Frank
Lackland H. Bloom
Tucumcari
N. M
St. Louis University
Missouri Bar
Board of Freeholders
Metropolitan Sewer District
Nixon Kickoff Speaker Conference on Youth Fitness Opens at Naval Academy
The Nixon led conference at the U S Naval Academy opened to discuss youth fitness with Vice President Nixon visiting Walter Reed Hospital to report the President Eisenhower’s improving health. Delegates including J Edgar Hoover Gene Tunney Ford Frick Rogers Hornsby and George Mikan attend as leaders from sport education and public life. The two day meeting seeks concrete recommendations to boost youth physical activity.
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Annapolis
Eisenhower
Nixon
Walter Reed Hospital
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Colo
U.S. Naval Academy
Marion B. Folsom
Health, Education and Welfare
Joseph Prendergast
National Recreation Assn
Edward D. Greenwood
Menninger Clinic
Topeka
Kan
National Council On State and Local Action In Fitness of Youth
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Gene Tunney
Ford Frick
Rogers Hornsby
George Mikan
Military deals denied by Tito in Moscow visit
Marshal Tito said Yugoslavia had not arranged military cooperation with the Soviet Union during his reconciliation tour in Moscow. He denied plans to manufacture Mig fighters under Soviet license and said no future economic agreement had been reached. He warned reporters not to expect sensational outcomes from the Soviet Yugoslav party gathering.
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Moscow
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Tito
Sovietskaya
Kremlin
Baseball scores from the day's AL and NL games
American League games show Kansas City 4 Washington 3. New York 7 Detroit 4. Chicago 5 Baltimore 2. National League results include Cincinnati 7 Philadelphia 4 and Milwaukee 3 Pittsburgh 2.
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Kansas City
Washington
New York
Detroit
Chicago
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Millwaukee
Pittsburgh
Absent Senator Vote Boosts Military Funding
Washington June 18 a dentist chair vote gave the Senate Appropriations Committee a 13 to 12 edge for adding 1.16 billion to the defense money bill Most of the increase 800 million goes to long range B52 bombers for Strategic Air Command The bill totals 34 938 734 000 with House action at 33 635 066 000 and a Senate floor vote planned for next week amid reconciliation prospects
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Washington
Senate Committee
Appropriations Committee
Strategic Air Command
Sen. Magnuson
Dwash
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Appropriations Group
James C. Hagerty
White House
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Hagerty
George
D-La
Langer
RND
Long
Sparkman
D-Ala
Fulbright
D-Ark
Green
Wiley
Wis
H. Alexander Smith
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Knowsland
Calif
Aiken
Armed Service sieWhen
Senate Appropriations Committee
U. S
Mansfield
Foreign Relations Committee
Kefauver
Armed Robbery Suspect Sought Near Muse Oklahoma
Authorities close in on Edward Leon Williams 26 in a Kiamichi Mountain farm manhunt linked to a $1,000 hold up at the Coussens General Store in Armid last night Tulsa minister Tommie Robert Cooke assistant pastor of Glenwood Baptist Church is believed abducted Williams, connected to Tulsa disappearance, remains at large near Muse.
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Talihina
Okla
Kiamichi Mountain
Tulsa
Muse
Ouachita National Forest
Oklahoma-Arkansas
Edward Leon
Pete) Williams
Herman Coussens
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Tommie Robert Cooke
Glenwood Baptist Church
Coussens
Ora Dill
Williams
Cooke
Dale Proctor
Nixon says race not discussed during Eisenhower meeting
Washington reports President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon conferred privately at Walter Reed. Nixon said there was no discussion of politics or future plans, and that the President should speak for any decision about running again. Doctors noted a restful day and progress, while reports on ileitis recurrence were to be checked.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nixon
Walter Reed Army Hospital
United States
Hagerty
12 Year Old Boy Admits Slaying In Seattle
A 12 year old boy admitted choking and killing Kathryn Ruoff 49, daughter of State Rep Richard Ruoff, and hiding her body under floor boards in an abandoned garage. Police reported he confessed after about 15 minutes of questioning and stated he mistreated her sexually. The body was found after a large search by police and volunteers.
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Seattle
Kathryn Ruoff
Ray John Barker
Kathryn
Richard Ruoff
Herb Swindler
King County
Swindler
Ruoff
Aid Bill Ends With 4.5 Billion Target For U S Help
Washington June 18 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a 4.502 billion foreign aid bill and urged a review of the entire program aiding U S allies. The panel outlined the military and economic assistance earmarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S. Alles
Steel strike threat looms amid wage talks for 650000 workers
June 18 1956 New York United Steelworkers authorize negotiators to call a strike if no contract by June 30. Big Three firms U S Steel Bethlehem and Republic push five year package seen as take it or leave it. Union president McDonald disputes value of the offer and talks shift to separate negotiations with eight other majors.
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New York
United Steelworkers of America Today
David J. McDonald
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
McDonald
Union
Big Three
Inland
Youngstown
Moniteau X ray schedule set across six towns
Missouri Division of Health operates two mobile units in cooperation with the Moniteau County TB Association. Six towns will host chest X ray clinics over six days starting Wednesday. Cities include California Clarksville Clarksburg High Point Jamestown Latham Tipton with site details and times.
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Moniteau County
Missouri Division of Health
Courthouse
Clarksburg
City Hall
High Point
Jamestown
Latham
School House
Tipton
Weber Shoe Company
Tipton Manufacturing Company
State Training School
Search Costs Mount 60000 Cards to Find Lost Cat Olaf
Des Moines insurance executive L M Peet spends about 1450 dollars in the hunt for Olaf the orange tan Persian missing since May after a business trip to northern Missouri. He has mailed 60000 cards with Olaf’s photo to 17 Missouri and four Iowa counties and will send 800 letters to insurance men and 21 sheriffs, offering a 100 dollar reward.
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Des Moines
Olaf
L. M. Peet
Peet
Heaven and Earth
Missouri
Iowa
Macon
Officials Near Leak Solution From Bikini Blast Reports
Honolulu reports that military intelligence and the FBI are closing in on an Eniwetok based serviceman who told the Star Bulletin the May 21 H bomb missed its target by seven miles. FBI says not involved. Air Force confirms miss by about four miles. The Advertiser notes the focus on the leak rather than specifics and that the informant breached security and orders.
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Honolulu
Honolulu Advertiser
FBI
Honolulu Star Bulletin
Washington
Star - Bulletin
Air Force Saturday
Bikini
Namu
Advertiser
Star- Bulletin
Star-Bulletin
Eniwetok
Doniphan man killed in pickup overturn in Ripley County
Carter F. Boshears aged 32 from near Doniphan died when the pickup he rode in overturned in Ripley County on Saturday. The crash investigation is ongoing and authorities described the incident as a fatal traffic accident with limited additional details available.
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Doniphan, Mo
Carter F. Boshears
Near Doniphan
Ripley County
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Tallahassee
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United Presbyterian Church In North America
Donnelly
Moniteau
Cat Olaf
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