Portable Rocket Gives Man Paul Bunyan Powers
Denville New Jersey AP reports development of a portable rocket unit enabling a man to run with racehorse speed and jump great heights. Reaction Motors says tests on a mig strapped to a man show thrust to partially overcome gravity, offering weightlessness and enhanced mobility for troops. Ex GI Alexander Bohr conceived the motor. patent secrecy is requested and no photos are released.
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Denville
N.J
Reaction Motors
Alexander E. Bohr
Robert Mayer
Marion school luncheon disaster ends in medical surge
In Marion North Carolina a ham poisoning incident at Eugene Cross Elementary School lunch caused 202 students and staff to seek hospital care. The disaster plan activated at Marion General Hospital, with beds and wards set up as volunteers aided the overwhelmed facility. All patients were said to recover. The report also notes a separate Kansas case where 20 year old University of Kansas student David Woolery was cleared of a rape charge after the key witness failed to appear.
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Marion
N.C
Marion General Hospital
Eugene Cross
W.F.E. Lostin
Douglas County Court
County Atty
Wayne Allphin
Charles Rankin
Woolery
University
Hir
Holcomb Honor Roll Released for Second Semester
Holcomb Consolidated High School lists 24 students on the honor roll with eight sophomores, two seniors, and four freshmen earning honors. Honorable mention goes to Marsha Pendergraft, Bobby Rupp, Howard Braun, Virginia Foreman, George Nuzum, LeRoy Roth, Le Roy Rupp, Carol Swartley, Peggy McDonald, and Connie Small.
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Holcomb Consolidated High School
Ore
Honor Rall
Evelyn Base
Nancy Clutter
Nancy Ewalt
Rosanna Joseph
Jerry Katz
Susan Kidwell
Judy Swartley
Marie Baier
Kay‘ Ewalt
Janice Hoffman
Katherine Earle
Darrell Mowry
Jane Schreibroge
Dennis Smith
Jackie Ulrich
Duniers
Dorothy Baier
Sandra Holmes
Joan McDaniel
Ron Pettz
Donnie Roth
Ron Roth
Peggy Small
Linda Brown
Merlene Wilson
Marsha Pendergraft
Bobby Rupp
Howard Braun
Virginia Foreman
George Nuzum
LeRoy Roth
LeRoy Rupp
Carol Swartley
Peggy McDonald
Connie Small
Camp Bell Carden tops Hamilton County primary fight
In Chattanooga Tennessee Campbell Carden, a first time candidate, defeated 52 year old Raulston Schoolfield by nearly two to one in the Democratic primary for Criminal Court. Card en captured 22 135 votes to Schoolfield 12 453 while City Judge Riley Graham received 6 407 votes. Schoolfield sought a second full eight year term. Testimony before the U S Senate Rackets Investigating Committee cited a Teamsters Union hearing accusing Schoolfield of bribery to drop charges arising from violence in Tennessee.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Raulston Schoolfield
Campbell Carden
Schoolfield
Hamilton County
Carden
Riley Graham
U. S. Senate
Teamsters Union
Schoalfield
Tennessee
Sneer Brigade Attack Raises Gov Docking School Critique
Clyde Reed Jr. told about 100 party workers in Kansas City that Governor George Docking has sought to form a sneer brigade against the state education system while campaigning for the Republican nomination. Reed said the governor has largely ignored the achievements of the schools.
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Kansas City
Kan
George Docking
Clyde M. Reed Jr
Parsons
Reed
Party Workersa Gaid
Traffic Deaths Down in Kansas 1958 Figures
AP reports from the State Accident Records Section show 24 hour deaths and cumulative totals: to date in 1958 180 fatalities, compared with 215 in the same period of 1957.
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Topeka
Kansas
Man claims bullet from shooting gallery did not penetrate chest
A man tells Patrolman Vermand Shore that the low power shooting gallery bullet did not penetrate his chest cavity, describing the incident and his account of the injury.
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Vermand Shore
Rocket Fires Injure Three Army Officers in Oklahoma
Three Army officers at an artillery and missile center were injured slightly when a Honest John rocket exploded on its launcher. Lt. Frederick A. Rajapanghi warned 25 surrounding soldiers and dived to the ground during the blast. A second report from Kansas notes wheat harvest labor office opening in Great Bend as preparations for a strong yield continue.
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Ft, Sil
Okla
Army
Honest’ John
Frederick A. Rajapanghi
Great Bend
Kan
API
Kansas Wheat Harvest Labor Control Office
Cooler Readings Are Forecast
TOPEKA AP hot windy weather was forecast for Kansas with cooler readings expected tomorrow. Highs yesterday ranged from 86 in Kansas City and Olathe to 98 at Goodland. A near ledge incident in Wichita prompted Mayor H Roe Bartle to intervene as a distressed man, Fairbanks, aged 40, shouted for the mayor not to smoke while he clung to a ledge. police and firefighters then grabbed him.
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Bannister
Texas
Shel
Cook
Ed Beahm
Gar
Rand
Kansas
Bahm
Garden City
Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Goodtend
Good Lgut
Concordia
Abilene
Wichita,s
H. Roe Bartle
E. J. Lamar Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Mixed Emotions on Americans Status in Venezuela
A reader survey in Caracas shows Americans are viewed ambivalently by Venezuelans. Many workers and white collar professionals say Venezuelans resent perceived preferential treatment for Americans and worry about unemployment and poverty outside the capital. Some sources fear anti American sentiment could surge if tensions rise, though Dr. Richel Caldera cautions Venezuelans would unite to repel any invasion.
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Larry Jaracas
Veneauslans
Caracas
United States
Richeel Caldera
Paris
Venezuela
U.S
Expect Jobless Figure to Drop
Washington officials say May unemployment figures are expected to show little change from April after seasonal adjustment. They anticipate a modest uptick in employment due to gains in farming, construction, and outdoor work, with total employment around 62.9 million, about 1.4 million below April 1957.
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Washington (Ap
Pril
Warranty deeds and court actions span Garden City area
Viola F Theissen transfers involve lot 11 block 1 Safford addition and lot 4 block 26 Jones addition to Garden City. fractional block east of block 1 original plat. Chas Million to George Bidwell. bonds posted for Mrs Donald Lopez. police fines list Billy Shrimplin and Michael Ward with registration issues and a $5 fine.
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Viola F. Theissen
M. A. Herrington
Safford
Garden City
Robert E. Herrington
Jones
Viola F. Theissen Et
Pete
Hospital Admits List Of Patients In Several Kansas Towns
Hospital admits include David B. Gerstner of Scoti Quaine S Dyer of Dighton Joseph J McCoy of Hugoton Mrs L E Rose of Scott City Mrs John Anderson of 302 BE Haz Mrs John Roark of 908 Taylor Mrs H F Langford of Kalvesta Mrs Pete M Lopez of 2203 A Duane Arthur Roth of 1808 St John Gallene Ann Smith of 4 Emer San
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David B. Gerstner
Scoti
Quaine S. Dyer
Dighton
Joseph J. McCoy
Hugoton
L. E. Rose
Scott City
John Anderson
BE. Haz
John Roark
Taylor
H. F. Langford
Kalvesta
Pete M. Lopez
A. Duane Arthur Roth
St. John
Local Births and Divorce Notice Include Several Names
A list of births across Garden City area followed by a divorce suit. Notable births include a 94 ounce girl at 3 07 p.m. yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. an and. A 6 pound 6 ounce son born at 2 15 p.m. yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Join Roark. A 7 pound 19 ounce daughter born at 12 03 p.m. yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson. Divorce notice: Blanche Orlean Breeden versus Melvin F. Breeden for extreme cruelty and gross neglect. Numerous residents named in addresses and trailers.
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St. Catherine
H. F. Langford
Kalvesta
May
Join Roark
J Taylor
John Anderson
Hazel
Blanche Orlean
Breeden
Melvin F. Breeden
Approve New Union Setup moves in Senate panel
Washington AP A Senate labor subcommittee approved a labor reform bill creating a union democracy code and amending Taft Hartley provisions in a 6 1 vote The proposal calls for secret ballot elections for union officers and public reporting of union finances The measure mirrors a Kennedy drafted bill as introduced by Senjohn F Kennedy but prospects in both chambers remain uncertain
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Ohn F. ‘Kennedy LD Mass
House
Appoint Kansas City Native as Special Assistant to USIA Director
WASHINGTON AP The U S Information Agency announced today the appointment of Eugene S Staples Kansas City Mo as special assistant to Director George V Allen Staples formerly press officer on Vice President Nixon's Latin America tour He entered government service in 1951 as information officer for USIA in Montevideo Uruguay and also served in Santiago Chile
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Washington
U.S. Information Agency
Eugenes. Staples
Kansas City
George V. Allen
Staples
Nixon
Latin America
USIA
Montevideo
Uruguay
Santiego
Chile
Flight mishap lands plane in corn field near Alpharetta
G Ducher of Winnetka TL flew a light plane from Flor ide toward West Palm Beach where his wife ran out of gas. He landed in a corn field, obtained fuel at a filling station, then taxied about 10 miles to a baseball field for takeoff.
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Alpharetta
Permits for 7 Homes Issued
Building permits totaling $18,215 were issued for May. Of the 18 issued, seven were for one family homes at an estimated cost of $107,500 per city inspector R. Le Bothel. Two permits covered private garages and ten TV antennas plus two neon signs. Additions were approved for five housekeeping dwellings and two miscellaneous buildings, with one wrecking permit for an old structure at 122 W. Laurel St, site of the new Garden National Bank.
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R. le Bothel
W. Laurel St
New Garden National Bank
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Gallene Ann Smith
San
Donna M. Preston
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Patsy Gene Payne
Karen Wehkamp
Ingalls
Jack J. Hoffman
RFD
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Deerfield
Clarence Rathbun
Mellon Torres
Joe C. Torres
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Wisconsin Engine
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