Bethany Officials Rally For Quick Water Shortage Fix
Federal and state officials met in Bethany to find fast relief for the water shortage. Possible solutions include a pipeline from the Grand River or trucking water, with Army stockpiles and Civil Defense resources cited. Lt Gov Blair and Mayor Wheeler urged rapid action while noting funding limits.
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Bethany
Ramsey
Eisenhower
Civil Defense Administration
CDA
Springfield
Leavenworth
Kan
Seneca
Ill
Army
Memphis
Tenn
Blair
Wheeler
Missouri State Highway Department
Eisenhower to Attend Panama City Conference With Nehru Talks Postponed
President Eisenhower announced from Walter Reed his plan to attend the Panama City conference of the American republics on July 21 22 after partial recovery from surgery. He postponed planned talks with Prime Minister Nehru until July 7 10 and indicated he may not be well enough for the earlier dates.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Panama City
Gettysburg
Walter Reed Army Hospital
India
Nehru
Thurmont
Panama
Fleet Adm
Ernest J. King
White House
James C. Hagerty
Carolyn Dulle Elected Mayor in Missouri Girls State
In Fulton Missouri on June 25 the Missouri Girls State elected nine city mayors including Carolyn Dulle Jefferson City for one city and Sally Jackson Kansas City plus Jane Luenstroth Normand y tied for another. The Nationalist Party won 33 city offices and the Federalist 30. County officers will be elected and state offices filed next. state primary is Wednesday with general election Thursday.
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Fulton
Missouri Girls State
Sue Miller
Dalton
Joyce Anderson
Carol Roach
St. Louis
Betty Smith
Lee’s Summit
Louanna Steenrod
Joplin
Mary Lee Robey
Higginsville
Karma Berry
Canton
Carolyn Dulle
Jefferson City
Sally Jackson
Kansas City
Jane Luenstroth
Normandy
Nationalist Party
Federalist Party
Capitol
Belleville Woman Killed in Illinois Highway Crash
Mrs. Pauline V. Tatum, 26, of Belleville Illinois, was killed when a car she was riding in ran off Illinois Highway 13 at Lenzburg and struck a culvert in St. Clair County.
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Lenzburg
Ill
Pauline V. Tatum
Belleville
St. Clair County
Weather forecast for Jefferson City and Central Missouri
Cloudy today with scattered afternoon and tonight thundershowers. Humid with little temperature change. high near 95 and low around 49. 24 hour precipitation total about 1.6 inches ending 6:30 pm Monday. river forecasts show modest rises at Boonville Jefferson City and Hermann.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Kansas City
Boonville
Eecaee
Hermann
Osage
Lake of the Ozarks
Million Dollar Theft Brings 10 Year Term
Minnie Mangum was sentenced in Norfolk to 20 years in prison for embezzling 1,082,968.25 and lying to the State Corporation Commission with the two sentences to run consecutively. The 59 year old former assistant secretary treasurer concealed defalcations from Commonwealth Building and Loan Assn over 22 years, with relatives and friends the primary beneficiaries.
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Norfolk
Minnie Mangum
State Corporation Commission
Storm floods Jefferson City with heavy rain and damage
About 75 to 100 damage reports filed with Western Adjustment Co. after a Sunday storm dropping 3.09 inches of rain. Water damage, flooded basements, and wind flood affected the west end around Douglas Dr. and Circle Dr. A single lightning report occurred on St. Marys Blvd. Cars, furnaces and water heaters suffered. The Weir’s Creek flood damaged six cars near Highway 50 West.
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Capital City
James C. Lindersmith
Western Adjustment Co
Lindersmith
West End
Jefferson City
Douglas Dr
Wayne Street
Circle Dr
St. Mary’s Blvd
Weir's Creek
Weir’s Creek
Highway 50 West
Nebels Motor Co
West Miller
West Mccarty
Weir
Fair 4-H Day Slated August 2
The 4-H Day at the Cole County Fair is set for August 2 in Hensley Hall. County agent announced at a 4-H Club Council meeting at the county courthouse. Members will wear 4-H hats for identification and consider share the fun numbers to draw interest. Amy Pearl retires as county home agent and receives stainless steel tableware. Dorisay will succeed as home agent on July 1.
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Cole County Fair
Hensley Hall
Hall
Amy Pearl
Dorisay
House Clerk Says Political Fund Records Do Not Exist
House Clerk Ralph Roberts testified that campaign finance statements kept by the House for two years under the Corrupt Practices Act are not official records and may have been discarded as scrap paper. The Justice Department sought 1949 51 statements and the 1952 Republican and IRS copies, but Roberts doubted their continued existence.
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Washington
Justice Department
Ralph Roberts
House of Representatives
Roberts
FBI
Internal Revenue Service
Congress
Police Ban Nevada Plan to Toss Silver Dollars in Parade
Kansas City police refuse to let Nevadans throw money away at the National Jaycee convention parade. Capt. William Canady warns the Nevada delegation to distribute coins by hand along the route to avoid mob scenes witnessed last year in Atlanta.
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Kansas City
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
Nevada
William Canady
Jaycees
Atlanta
Russians claim bomber flies at sonic speed
Moscow reporters and foreign air officials toured Kubinka Air Base near Moscow to see a new twin engine bomber claimed to fly faster than sound. General Nathan Twining and aides examined the TU104 jet transport and questioned Soviet leaders while British officers described the visit as a closeup peek at the air force.
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Moscow
Russia
Kubinka
U. S
Nathan Twining
U. S. Air Force
U.S.S.R
Marshal Tito
Twining
Pavel Zhigarev
Sergei Rudenko
British Judge Shot By Rebels In Nicosia
Justice Bernard V. Shaw 65, who had handed down six death sentences on pro Greek rebels, was shot in his car in Victoria Street as two Turkish bodyguards watched. He remained in dangerous condition at Nicosia General Hospital. A Greek woman was fatally wounded by troops during the manhunt for the gunmen.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Bernard V. Shaw
Victoria Street
EOKA
Shaw
Nicosia General Hospital
Missouri towns set bond votes Albany Carterville
Kansas City June 25 several Missouri cities vote on bond proposals Albany to issue 50000 for a new engine for the municipal light plant Carterville to authorize 48000 for street improvements
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Kansas City
Missouri
Albany
Carterville
Showdown Over Air Force Budget Increase in Senate
The Senate agreed to limit debate and hold a showdown vote on adding more than a billion dollars to the Air Force budget for the next year. Democratic leaders push for air superiority. Republicans seek about 500 million less than the request.
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Washington
Senate
Russia
Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
House
Armed Services
Nigeria crash toll set at 30
The Kano bound four engine Argonaut crashed in northern Nigeria killing 30. An American oil man, G. K. Eysaman 32 Mohawk New York area manager for Mobiles Nigeria, Ltd., died aboard. The plane carried 7 crew and 38 passengers including 12 women and 9 children. The accident followed a storm cloud and loss of height two miles from Kano runway.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Kano
London
G. K. Eysaman
Mohawk
N.Y
Mobiles Nigeria, Ltd
Ibadan
New York
United States
Rabb Denies Leaks in Cabinet Meeting Records
White House aide Maxwell M Rabb denied leaking confidential cabinet meeting records to author Robert Donovan. Senator Sean McClellan urged Rabb testify, accusing the administration of providing secret documents for publication in The Inside Story. McClellan summoned Rabb to appear before the Senate Investigations subcommittee.
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Washington
White House
Maxwell M
Rabb
Robert J. Donovan
Sean McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
Administration
Donovan
Congress
New York Herald Tribune
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Cabinet
Donnelly Says Truman Cant Control Votes
Nine Jaycees rode a stagecoach through Kansas City delivering mail to the post office and a letter from Mayor Ellis to Mayor Bartle. The Sedalia Jaycees returned a strongbox to the stage and the group faced the task of rehoming six horses at an estimated cost of 450 dollars.
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Donnelly
Truman
Kansas City
Bill Evans
Muehlbach Hotel
Alex Sach
City Hall
Arthur W. Ellis
H. Roe Bartle
City
Sedalia Jaycees
James Kolb
Kenneth Bias
Evans
Missouri
Kolb
Jaycee Budget Voted by Directors in Kansas City
The U S Junior Chamber of Commerce directors tentatively approve a 596790 dollar operating budget for 1956 57 the largest in history. Milwaukee is designated site of next year's national Jaycee convention. The meeting notes assets at 81974 30 and raises for Road E O golf and general sports programs.
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Kansas City
U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce
Tulsa
Milwaukee
Santa Monica
Calif
Bedlam
Chamber of Commerce
Federal Salary Probe Planned Seeks Top Earning Officials
A House subcommittee reports a rise in high paid federal positions with one of 350 workers earning 11 610 or more annually. Rep Davis notes upgrading drives salaries and asks for tighter controls while Philip Young of the Civil Service Commission cites limited agency headcount power.
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Washington
House
Davis
D-Ga
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Philip Young
Civil Service Commission
Young
Civil Service
Executive Branch
Congress
Fleet Admiral Ernest King Dies at 2:45 P.M. at Portsmouth
Fleet Adm. Ernest J. King, wartime chief of naval operations and commander in chief of the U.S. Fleet, died today at Portsmouth Naval Hospital after acute heart failure. He had been in failing health since a brain hemorrhage in 1947. King, born in Lorain Ohio, steered the Navy to victory in World War II and was one of three five star admirals at his death.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Fleet
Ernest J. King
Oes
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Naval Operations
King
Navy
Naval Hospital
Washington
Navy Medical Center
Bethesdand
William D. Leahy
Chester W. Nimitz
William F. Halsey
Ernest J.anau
Cm King
Wash
Ington
Lorain
Ohio
Naval Academy
Martha Rankin Egerton
Baltimore
U.S
Pearl Harbor
Possible Deal by Harriman Chandler Seen at Governors Meet
At the Atlantic City governors conference Averell Harriman and Gov. Happy Chandler signaled a possible ticket deal with Chandler open to second place for Kentucky’s 30 electoral votes. Other governors discussed Truman's influence and Kefauver’s nominating chances, while Ribicoff pledged support for Stevenson.
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Harriman
Chandler
Atlantic City
Averell Harriman
A. B. Happy
Kentucky
Adlai EK
Stevenson
Phil M. Donnelly
Missouri
Harry S. Truman
Frank Clement
Tennessee
Estes Kefauver
Prsident
Eisenhower
Abraham Ribbott
Connecticut
New York
G. Mennen Willians
Michigan
Robert Meyner
New Jersey
Dixie
Ribicoff
Accused Slayer Denies Guilt in Minister Slaying
Edward Leon Williams 28, an ex convict, repudiates his confession in the fatal shooting of Rev Tommie Robert Cooke. Williams says he will plead innocent and was forced to sign the confession during pistol whippings. Authorities plan to transfer him to Muskogee County for murder prosecution. Cooke disappeared after Sunday services in Tulsa.
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Williams
Muskogee County
Tommie Robert Cooke
Leflore County
Joe Page
Page
Cooke
Poteau
Tulsa
California Couple Injured in Mishap
California couple James Carter and Zenobia Carter, both of Oakland, suffered injuries when their car overturned on Highway 40 near Columbia, Missouri. They were treated at Boone County Hospital after Mrs. Carter swerved to avoid a left turning vehicle. vehicle damage was about $1000.
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Oakland
Calif
Columbia
State Highway Patrol
James Carter
Zenobia Carter
Boone County Hospital
Carter
Baseball Scores From National and American Leagues
National League results Brooklyn defeats Chicago 3 2 Milwaukee wins 8 5 over Philadelphia Cincinnati beats Pittsburgh 2 4 Only games scheduled. American League New York tops Kansas City 9 3 Washington defeats Detroit 3.
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Brooklyn
Chicago
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
New York
Kansas City
Washington
Detroit
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J. Ramsey
Battle Creek, Mich
Roy Wells
J. C Alex
Ander
James T. Blair, Jr
Ike
American Legion Auxiliary
Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman
Farnborough
Albany, Carterville
AIR Force
Sen. Robertson
D-Va
Sen
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Symington
D-Mo
Soviet Union
U.S. Air Force
Kennedy
D-Mass
Sens. Jackson
D-Wash
Maxwell Rabb
Stagecoach
Box
Jaycee
Municipal Auditorium
Billy Graham
Don Graves
Dallas Jaycees
Dallas
Ernest King
California
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