Ghost in century old house spooks Plymouth resident
Conservative MP Joan Vickers steps in after Mrs. William Hampson reports nightly voices and unseen hands in a top floor flat of a century old house. She seeks new quarters and housing authorities plan a relocation for the Hampsons with the seaman husband flying home from the Mediterranean on compassionate leave to verify the haunting.
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Plymouth
England
William Hampson
Joan Vickers
Hampson
Workers Prepare For Big State Fair
Hutchinson reports three weeks before the Kansas State Fair of 1955 the grounds bustle with prep for livestock farm and home exhibits. Notable events include Funland opening at 6:00 p.m. Sept 16 and State Fair Revue at 7:30 p.m. A full week of events follows with races, contests, and governor's day. The fair adds a larger farm machinery display, two milking parlors, a brighter Horseshoe Midway, and a revamped Kiddy Land. Advance tickets go on sale Aug 31 at the Administration Building.
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Hutchinson
Bsonte
Kansas
Rin Tin Tin
Championship Speedway
Japs May Close Giant Milk Plant
Tokyo Welfare Minister Hideji Kawasaki said the government may shutter Morinaga Milk Co’s Tokushima plant. A powdered milk linked to 44 child deaths and about 5,000 illnesses prompted police to probe arsenic traces in stabilizer sodium phosphate. Officials examined Morinaga's purity controls.
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Tokyo
Hideji Kawasaki
Tokushima
Morinaga Milk Co
Morinaga
County Scales Given Approval
Twenty nine of 34 vehicle and livestock scales in Finney county were approved in tests run by the Weights and Measures Division of the State Board of Agriculture. J Fred True announced five scales were condemned for errors over 2 pounds per 1000. Testing in Finney county was under Donald Zimmerman.
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Finney County
Weights’ and
State Board of Agriculture
J. Fred True
Donald Zimmerman
True
Weights and
Rep George and Wife Return Home to ALTAMONT Kas
Congress man Myron Vo George and his wife returned to their Altamont home Sunday from Washington. He plans to stay until the new congressional session begins in January. He said he conferred with U S Army Engineers on Hood control and water conservation projects affecting the 3rd District. In the testing program weights and measures scales have improved accuracy. about 2,500 vehicle and livestock scales across the state are tested at least once yearly.
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George
Washington
Altamont
Kas
Myron Vo George
Congress
U.S Army Engineers
Hood Control
Missouri State Fair Sets Attendance Record at Sedalia
The 53rd annual Missouri State Fair closed after nine days with a total attendance of 541 145. The prior record was 497 317 set last year. Visitors celebrated the arrival of the 500 000th guest, Mrs Gladys Frye of Kansas City, mother of 17 children, amid special ceremonies.
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Sedalia
Gladys Frye
Kansas City
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Fairmount
Archie Cooper
Earl Barton
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Montclair
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