Hillary Reaches South Pole After 1200 Mile Antarctic Trek
Sir Edmund Hillary and four New Zealanders reach the South Pole after a 1200 mile traverse from McMurdo Sound. They joined 17 Americans at the US IGY base, reporting scarce gasoline and treacherous crevasses. Hillary plans to meet Fuchs at the 700 mile point as they continue in harsh conditions toward the pole.
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Auckland
Sir Edmund Hillary
Mt. Everest
Earth
South Pole
Ross Sea Point
Trantaretie
Continen
Hillary
Pole
United States
Murray’ Ellis
Peter Mulgrew
If Bates
Derek Wright
Ary
Robert F. Scott
Roald Amundsen
Norway
Amundsen
Scottt
McMurdo Sound
Il - Scott
Fuchs
New Zealand
Ross'ice Shelf
Skelton
Polar
Klondike Polar Cub Dies After Thanksgiving Birth
Klondike the polar cub died yesterday morning after a brief illness. Autopsy showed lungs clear and no body infection, but the cub’s heart was enlarged. The twin remains in cold storage. both may be mounted at Bethel College Newton with the smaller exhibited in the college museum. Klondike will be returned to Garden City when a display space is available.
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Klondike
Bethel College
Newton
Garden City
Deane Wiley
First baby of 1958 awaited in Finney county
Garden City awaits Finney county’s first baby of 1958 as 21 merchants offer prizes for the year’s first newborn. Hospital officials say a baby could arrive tonight, following last year’s 12 hour first birth by Mark Jonathan Davis, son of Rev. and Mrs. Paul Davis. Gifts include ice cream, diapers, milk, and blankets.
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Garden City
Finney County
St. Cathattee Hospital
Mark Jonathan Davis
Paul Davis
Two Escape Injury In Wreck on US-83
Kenneth Eugene Beesley of Scott City followed Lawrence Hahn of Friend in a pickup on US-83 eight miles north of here yesterday afternoon. Beesley’s 1951 Pontiac rammed the rear of the truck causing damage to both vehicles. Deputy Sheriff J. Y. Standley estimates Beesley’s car damage at 250 dollars and Hahn’s truck at 125 dollars. both drivers uninjured.
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Here
Kenneth- Eugene Beesley
Scott City
Lawrence Hahn
Friend
Beesley
Us-83
Hahn
J. Y Standley
Ava Gardner Faces Surgery After Accident in Spain
London paper reports Ava Gardner suffered a facial injury in a private Spanish bull ring last autumn. A Daily Express columnist cites an unnamed source saying she must undergo surgery, possibly followed by minor plastic work, though Gardner has reportedly refused and fears the procedure. The tale places her in London after the incident with unclear details about the horse fall and a later trip from Madrid.
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London
Daily Express
Gald
Ava Gardner
Willam
Hickey
Aya
Frank Sinatra
Weather Tonight and Saturday Forecast
Cloudy and cold tonight with occasional light showers near 15 miles per hour winds. Saturday partly cloudy with gusts up to 90, sunset at 5 88 and night low around 8:00.
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Burgas
Fair board reshuffles as county set for next summer
Aug 26 27 28 dates announced for Fin ney county fair with Lyle Carmichael chairing the board replacing Andy Clark Wayne Chambers as vice chair Hoy Etling re elected secretary treasurer Frank Oldweiler named delegate to Kansas Fairs Assn meeting in Topeka Jan 6 8 K D Powell as alternate. Delegates from nearly 100 fairs to attend discussion highlight Kansas Centennial premium lists and 4 H activities. First day booked attractions Gov George Docking and Roy Freeland will greet delegates. After adjournment Jan 8 delegates meet Kansas State Board of Agriculture.
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Finney County
Lyle Carmichael
Andy Clark
Wayne Chambers
Hoy Etling
Etling Sal
Sions
Topeka
K. D. Powell
Kansas Centennial
George Docking
Roy Freeland
State Board of Agriculture
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Bogus Check Writer Arrested in County Jail Hearing Awaits
City police arrested Everett Hillard Call of Reece Kansas after he wrote at least two bogus checks here. He had parole violations from Lansing and escaped from a work detail in El Dorado before coming to Garden City. District Court sentenced David E. Frank of Lamar to up to five years and paroled. Claude Collins in Ulysses area received an indeterminate sentence not to exceed five years.
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Everett Hillard Call
Reece
Kas
Ipeane Woetenld
YU Wau
Call
el Dorado
Garden City
David E. Frank
Lamar
Lansing
Frank
Claude ‘Collins
Ulysses
State “Penitentiary
KCC Approves Area Oil Pipeline Project
The Kansas Corporation Commission granted swift approval to Jayhawk Pipeline Co. to build a 242 mile crude oil line from Meade County to McPherson Valley Center near Wichita. The project aims to ease transportation costs and expand crude supplies for McPherson and Valley Center refineries, with initial capacity 28 000 barrels daily, rising to 40 000. Witnesses cited economic feasibility and regional need amid Southwest Kansas lack of outlets since last April. Construction could start in April with completion before summer’s end. the venture anticipates substantial proved and potential reserves and long term supply assurances for the involved refineries.
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Topeka
Kansas Corporation Commission
Jayhawk Pipeline Co
Kansas
McPherson
Wichita
KOC
Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp
Amarillo
Harry ‘Wiles
Marion Beatty
Jayhawk
Meade County
Valley Center
Wichae
J. W. Meehan
Coe Hoch
Cne Derby
NCRA
Colorado: Oil & Gas: Corp
Derby
Southwest Kansas
AoWruh
KCG
Cial
southwest-Kansas
NOAA
Colorado
Herbert’ E. Fisher
Houston
Tex
KCC
United States
Williston Bagiri
Gas Goes Wild in Kokomo Main Valve Sticks
Gas pressure spikes in Kokomo injure and destroy homes after a main valve sticks causing explosions. Police evacuate blocks as furnaces and water heaters are damaged. A family escapes a burning home with a child in arms. one home is destroyed and area spans about sixty five blocks.
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Kokomo
Ind
WIOU
Loyd
Sloom
Sedgwick
Philip
Beating by Dad Kills Boy on New Year's Eve
A 14 year old Chicago boy Thomas Funcheon died after a quarrel with his father Phillip J. Funcheon 80 a city electrician who allegedly beat him with a claw hammer Police said the elder Funcheon became enraged after the son mocked him and was intoxicated and dazed when seized New Year s Day in a South Side home Authorities expect charges of murder pending investigation and the mother Mabel 48 found the bleeding boy after returning from a party with two daughters.
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Chicago
Ree
Phillip J. Funcheon
Thomas
Funcheon
South Side
Mabel
Pirates Reported Looting Pangmanian Ship Near Ampana
Indonesian News Agency reports the Pangmanian ship Stureborg a 2,958 ton vessel bound for Celebes with a cargo of food was pirated near Ampana in Central Celebes East Indonesia. Pirates escaped with substantial cash and rice.
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Jakarta
Stureborg
Ampana
Celebes
East Indonesia
Antara
Celebes Sports
Tired But Not Retired: Worker Discovers Birthday Error
Rudolph Bucy of Gates Rubber Co celebrated a supposed 65th birthday and retirement. Coworkers gave him an electric shaver and a house trailer, but a birth record showed he was born December 20, 1892, clarifying he is not yet retired.
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Denver
Rudolph Bucy
Gates Rubber’ Co
Bucy
More Better Teachers Cited as First Need
A group of 20 prominent educators urged substantial measures to attract and train more and better teachers to meet the challenge posed by Russian scientific achievements. The Education Commission, sponsored by the National Education Association and the American Association of School Administrators, said none of education's other needs could be met without this. the commission outlined steps pending in US education.
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Washington
U.S
Asialement
National Education Assn
AmericanAssn
Subcommittee Eyes Action Over Tranquilizer Defense Pace
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson heads the Senate Preparedness subcommittee as it resumes public hearings on U S missile and satellite developments. Secretary McElroy and Deputy Quarles are expected as witnesses as the panel weighs overtime limits and aims to substitute action for what he calls tranquilizers in national defense. Symington questions access to the Gaither report and its conclusions, while budget talks precede President Eisenhower's January 14 message to Congress on defense spending.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Johnson
Senate Democratin
U.S
Defense McElroy
Donald A. Quarles
McElroy
Jentres
Defense Department
Whit House
Senate
Gaither
National Security Council
Symington
Galtther
Galther
Bigenhower
Congress
LD Workers Vote to Strike in 42 States and DC
New York dispatch reports Long Lines District workers in 42 states and DC voted to strike at midnight. About 25,500 Bell System employees, mainly traffic operators and equipment staff, could walk out pending nationwide results. Garden City operations would stay functional per officials, with management aiming to keep service via supervisory personnel.
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New York
District of Columbia
Elaine T. Gleason
Long Uines
Communications Workers of America
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
CWA
Respiratory Diseases: Keeping Many in Bed
Washington health officials report an estimated 3,742,000 new acute upper respiratory disease cases kept people in bed one or more days in the week ending December 7, up from 3,339,000 the prior week. This marks the first week since mid October with no decline.
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Washington
Discs Far We Which by John Codliege Extension
Community meeting led by Kathryn Sughrug and Sa Leaders at Lynch. 4 H group to conduct the event in a school building with an extension titled Another.
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John Codliege
Wil
Lynch
Kathryn
Sughrug Il
Garden Sass Heard One Fellow Report On New Year Morning
A reporter notes a peculiar scene on New Year’s morning as a man peers at the world through ostentatiously colored eyes. The brief sketch captures a moment of quirky observation and newspaper tone.
Beckt Family Mourns After Deadly Boulder Crash
Wilbert Beck and his wife and four of seven children perished in a Boulder area car crash near a church after services. An eighth teenager and other survivor were injured. authorities identified the driver and passengers and noted the crash occurred three miles west of town. The Becks and congregation gathered for a memorial at the local hospital and at the church later.
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Beck
Wilbert
Jecrerist
Congregation Chi
Laeler
Neuharth
Krein
Fae
Boulder
Mother
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Kansas Fairs Assn
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Pirates At Work
D-Mo
White House
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H. Rowan Gaither, Jr
Shaver
Hisenhower
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Esterday
Lion
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Presen
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