Reunion for Foreign Sister in Kansas City
Frank LaRocca, 71, a retired Kansas City grocer, held a reunion at his home for his sister Caterina Perricone, 66, of Buenos Aires, who he hadn’t seen since 1906. She arrived from Argentina, met by LaRocca and two Kansas City sisters, with 24 family members present. Perricone had lived in Sicily and Argentina, with sons in business there.
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Frank LaRocca
LaRocca
Caterina Perricone
Buenos Aires
Dallas
Tex
Argentina
Sicily
America
Perricone
Conviction in Joplin Carthage vice probe shocks region
Jasper County grand jury’s probe into Joplin Carthage vice yielded its first conviction. Sam W. McReynolds of Carthage received the maximum $200 fine for gambling. Witness F C Coleman pled guilty to gambling and was fined $100. The Wilder restaurant bombing tied to the inquiry injured five. motive undetermined.
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Carthage
Jasper County
Joplin-Carthage
Sam W. McReynolds
McReynolds
William C. Myers
F. C. Colman
Coleman
Ray E. Watson
Joplin
Staley
Wilder
Grand Jury
Greenwood
Main Street
Bodies left atop Mt Gilbert after PNAs fatal crash
In Alaska 14 of 18 aboard a Pacific Northern Airlines plane perished when it crashed on 9,550 foot Mt Gilbert. Authorities said no body recovery will be attempted due to avalanche danger while one unidentified woman’s body was brought down by a rescue team.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Pacific Northern Airlines
Mt. Gilbert
Feed Grains Group Plans Unified Market Program
A U S Feed Grains Council was announced to promote markets for feed grains in the United States and abroad. Directors include Goeppinger Boone Iowa, Urban Des Moines, Peeler Hereford Texas, Hendel Minneapolis, Maynard Des Moines, Nelson Amarillo Texas, with Goeppinger named chairman. The council will meet in Washington on June 27 to appoint officers and a first year budget of 100000 dollars funds staff to coordinate nationwide and foreign marketing efforts for feed grains.
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Boone, Towa
U. S
Feed Grains Council
Kansas City
United States
Nels Urban
Des Moines
R. G. Peeler
Hereford
Tex
Fred Maynald
B. G. Nelson
Amarillo
Assn
Goeppinger
Washington
College Track Stars Compete at NCAA Championships
BERKELEY Calif AP college track stars opened competition in the NCAA championships with 113 schools entering 17 events. The top six Americans in each event qualify for the Olympic trials at Stanford on July 12. Notable athletes include defending champion Kansas and favorites hammer thrower John Lawler and javelin thrower Bill Alley.
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Berkeley
Calif
Rome
Stanford
Kansas
University of Southern California
John Lawler
Boston University
Bill Alley
Senate Passes Omnibus Housing Bill At Midnight
Washington AP Senate sends to House a 1.2475 billion omnibus housing measure trimmed to satisfy the president. The bill includes dorm loans slum clearance veteran housing and college aid. passed 64 to 18 after a 14 hour day. President Eisenhower objections trimmed funds and GOP amendments were defeated on urban renewal.
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Senate
House
Eisenhower
District of Columbia
Ments
House Banking Committee
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Kennedy May Name Stevenson and FDR Jr to Posts
New York AP Kennedy says if elected president he may appoint Adlai Stevenson and Franklin D Roosevelt Jr to high government posts. In an NBC Paar Show interview he praised both and said victory on the first ballot was unlikely.
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John F. Kennedy
Adlai E. Stevenson
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Nbc-Tv
Jack Paar
Kennedy
Stevenson
Rosevelt
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