Secret Explosion Rocks Selkirk Kansas Freight Car Incident
A freight car carrying a secret government explosive shipment exploded near Selkirk Kansas. The blast damaged many buildings and shattered windows across town. debris scattered over a half mile. No injuries were reported. Railroad crews diverted the train and a Missouri Pacific spokesman cited secrecy about the explosive. Local power lines were clipped by a 300 pound steel fragment, and the blast could be heard up to 15 miles away. Authorities continued to investigate the nature of the shipment and the train's derailment.
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Selkirk
Kasi
Plain Street
Kansas
Colorado Line
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
Gary White
sLeets
Kansas 96
White
Walter Gersuch
James Ford Home Wins Light Contest
James Ford of 710 Pennsylvania won the Jaycee Christmas lighting contest and a plaque, with a chance to enter the nationwide event awarding $5,000 in prizes. Second place went to Terry Turner of 912 Davis and third to Mrs. Buford Scott at 1201 Pats Drive. Honorable mentions included Donald Bunney, M. Kronig, and Tams ton apartments. Judges used a 100 point scale across artistic effect, Christmas spirit, originality, and ingenuity with 15 entrants.
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James Ford
Pennsylvania
Ford
Terry Turner
Davis
Big family party for Mrs Ralph Graham marks three milestones
Yesterday in Denver many friends and relatives joined Mrs Ralph I Graham for a single festive gathering to celebrate her Christmas, her 72nd birthday, and a golden wedding anniversary all on one day.
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Denver
Ralph & i Graham
City Commission Grants Telephone Franchise in Garden City
Garden City commissioners closed 1956 with routine business and formal approval of a Southwestern Bell Telephone franchise. The deal runs two years at 3000 dollars per year with no renewal clause after acceptance, after initial demands of 5000 then 4000.
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Garden City
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
U S Celebrates Its Bloodiest Christmas
The Christmas weekend produced the nation s worst traffic toll on record with 608 highway deaths and 867 total accidents across 102 hours from Friday 6 p m to Tuesday midnight The toll surpassed prior records and reflected fatalities across motor vehicle crashes tire-related deaths and other accidents Many named individuals died in various states as the nation faced unprecedented holiday danger and safety officials expressed disappointment over the outcome
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Safety Council
Los Angeles
California
Golden State
Ernest Beebe
Colony
Erie
U.S
Melvin Lee Armstrong
Wellington
Sedan
Ranson Debus
Herington
Ralph Coder
Manhattan
Frank B. Ekengren
Olathe
Ottawa
Ont
Jieai
Kansas
Canadian Safety Council
New York Bomb Threats Rally Police Hunt for Mad Bomber
A fresh wave of telephoned bomb threats hit Manhattan and the Bronx last night. Police evacuated theaters and a YMCA while a Brooklyn tin can factory was searched. The device at the New York Public Library is deemed a dud, with Army ordnance to detonate it tomorrow.
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New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Radio City Music Hall
New York Public Library
42Nd Street
5Th Avenue
Ft. Tilden
Queens
Army Ordnance
Man kills two on bus before police shoot suspect
A man removed from a Pittsburgh to Chicago Greyhound bus opened fire in Cleveland, killing the driver Leo Almerico and an 18 year old girl Migs Georgeann Karizke. Police shot and killed the assailant at the terminal after a back and forth exchange. Several others were wounded.
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Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Greyhound
Mike Barerett
Migs Georgeann Karizke
Fort Eustis
Charity Hospital
Attendantis
Leo Almerico
Emmett Jefferson
Barrett
UN Force in Suez To Have Own Planes
UN Emergency Force will be equipped with its own aircraft to airlift police troops into Sinai. Canadian UNEF commander said planes will mainly serve communications and transport, with a joking note on not bombing. Burns met with Israeli Maj. Gen. Dayan to discuss the next phase of Israeli withdrawal from Sinai.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
E. L. M. Burns
U.N
Sinai Peninsula
UNEF
Burns
Moshe Dayan
Sinai
Weather Forecast And Homicide Report From City
Tonight will be clear with a low near 40 and a high around 60 Thursday. Winds north to northwest 10 to 20 mph. At the front of a bus a man fired, wounding a girl, with victims named including Miss Alice Cavanaugh and others listed by city. Police seek identification and fingerprint checks follow.
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Bute
Garden City
Dodge City
Goodland
Great Bend
Libaral
Ruarell
Lamar
Man of the Year 1956 Named by Editors
Dwight D. Eisenhower is named Man of the Year for 1956 by Associated Press editors across newspapers radio and TV. The announcement notes his re election in November and continues the tradition of choosing a figure the year deems most influential and representative.
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David L. Bowen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Associated Press
Ember
Eisenhower
Mendes-France
United States
Middle East
Ser
Billy Graham
Josef Cardinal
Nasser
Gary
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Co
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Waterway Suez Impasse Deepens as Six Principles Rejected
Cairo reports Egypt will not pursue UN six principles to clear the Suez Canal amid Israel evacuation disputes with Britain and France. U.N. aides fly to Cairo as Egypt flags new mediation strategy, while Hammarskjold and U.S. officials shift toward direct talks on canal access and naval neutrality.
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Cairo
Cordier
Egypt
United Nations
Alfred G. Katzin
Ol-U.n
Suez
Britain
France
Masser
Israel
Egyptian
Sinai Desert
Fortifi
Ganas
Ona
Gaza Strip
U.N
Cil
New York
John Foster
Dulles
U. N
Gen
Dag Hamla
Palestine
Dag Hammarskjold
Garden Sass Only 295 shopping days
Garden club notes mark 295 shopping days until Christmas as members plan seasonal sales and plant swaps. Organizer Christatas urges timely orders and calls for community volunteers to help run events and manage displays.
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Christatas
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Joy Volman
Victor Breit
Carey M. Walker
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Ovid Harman
Ted Sonnenberg
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Estes Kefauver
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Scott City
Newa-Chipntele
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Norris Miller
Fielding Hands
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George T. Adams
Faye Stone
Dale Lightner
W. K. Wieland
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A. C. Halstead
Roger Ramsey
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Eugene Heiman
Gerald Finley Jr
Pa ‘Lice
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Janene
Pillars of
St. Peter's
Michael Sirkot
Gat Charity Hospital
Miss Kartzke
Kenneth Jamison
Newcastle
Almerica
Alice Cavanaugh
Leveland
Larry Ebert
Joseph Owens
Atco
Leo Vanderwell
Detroit
Minh
Richard Reinsberg
Pittsburgh, Pa
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Jonas Salk
University of Pittsburgh
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Alfred Kinsey
Don Larsen
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