City Plans New Shop May Extend Repaving
The city aims to rebuild and repave blocks on Toth Street between 7th and 9th Avenues this year and also repave 7th Avenue from July through Zag Streets. City Manager B. H. Cruce cited a lengthy meeting of department heads. Vern Schalfer reported 815,000 had been spent on rebuilding 7th Ave and progress from 9th to 13th Streets, with six blocks remaining.
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Slain Girl's Mother Opposed to Freedom for Joe Sam Walker
Mrs. Blizwlyoth Foster, mother of Shoresa Foster who died in 1948, urged Boulder court to keep Joe Sam Walker in prison until his life term ends. She told The Denver Post from Saratoga, Wyoming, that he should not be freed as she cited repeated crimes and anger over leniency. Foster, once from Greeley, Colorado, linked her plea to protection for others and her daughter’s memory.
Sunday Schedule at American Legion Home
Sunday events include registration at Albday, joint memorial service, auxiliary business, weekly session at Carmandy building, and community reports. Election of 1959 delegates, adjournment and executive committee meeting noted. Activities proceed at Community Hall with various club and Legion meetings.
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Comnither Reports
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Weld County Harvest Fair gets $2500 county grant
County commissioners approved a 2500 appropriation from the general fund to aid the Weld County Harvest Fair beginning August 8. The move requires the fair board to provide a full accounting of expenditures. The fair, born in Farm Bureau days, costs about 4000 yearly and relies on donations.
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Colorado
George Andersen
Fair Board
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Tim Tam Fails in Belmont Stakes Triple Bid
Tim Tam, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, failed in his bid for the Triple Crown by finishing second to Cavan in the Belmont Stakes. Flamingo was third, with Nislea and other eight starters in the field of eight. The crowd was 44,025 as Cavan led early then pulled away in the stretch under Pate Anderson. Tim Tam paid $2.19 to show, Flamingo $2.10, and the exacta paid well above.
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Flamingo
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Boston
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Calumet Farm
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U.S. Ousts Red Envoy Over Secret Documents
The United States ordered Soviet diplomat Nikolai Lurochkin to leave the United States after paying hundreds of dollars to an American citizen for Army manuals and other secret papers. The State Department said he is personally unwelcome. This action follows the Moscow ouster of a U.S. Embassy official and A. Haker Jr. of Westport, Conn.
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Westport
Durango Corps Dominates Seventh Straight Drum Corps Title
Durango post 28 wins its seventh consecutive American Legion Colorado drum and bugle corps championship at Jackson Field with 94.82 points. Leyden-Chiles-Wickersham post 3 Denver finished second in senior division. In junior division Monte Vista post 53 led Lakewood post 178 with 89.41 points. Cheyenne post 3 wowed with a blazing baton display by Joan Selmer.
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Uming
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Legionnaires Parade Honors Eight Bands In Denver Event
Legionnaires marched through downtown with eight bands and drum and bugle corps in a 40th annual parade. Spectators watched National Guardsmen from Civil to Korea in uniform, Navy and Air Force units, and banners from Fort Carson Buckley Field and Denver posts.
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Gilcrest
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Greeley
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President's Youth Advisor to Speak at CSC Assembly
Shana MacCarthy of Washington D C executive director of the President's Council on Youth Fitness will address the first summer session assembly at CSC Monday afternoon at the Garden Theater. She highlights education and restoring fitness training in schools and communities, noting federal posts and college teaching as part of her background.
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French Attitude to U S Better on the Surface
Algiers dispatch notes Gen de Gaulle's return to power sparks favorable American reaction but masks underlying French criticism. Officials say France senses U S business interests pressing into North Africa, with unease over Arab nationalist movements from Casablanca to the Suez Canal.
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America
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Susz Canal
Air Force Seeks NORAD Quarters at Lowry Base
Air Force seeks to establish NORAD headquarters at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver due to inadequate space at Peterson Field. Brig. Gen. William Rentz said current Colorado Springs site cannot expand. committee approval needed for funding and site decision, with $261.36 million proposed including five million for Lowry as alternate site.
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Air Force
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North American Air Defense Command
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
William Rentz
Int Air Force Base
Colorado Springs
Colo
Armed Services Committee
Gen Rentz
Chicts Yol
Macmillan Is Received in Washington
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan arrived in Washington for informal talks with President Eisenhower and planned visits to two colleges. He was met at National Airport by Secretary of State Dulles and said the trip is an informal pilgrimage to the United States.
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Summer Students Roll into Greeley
Dayton AP reports a U S Air National Guard pilot Capt. Domo T Ferrier 22 of Denver was killed when his Sabre jet crashed during a Minu teen acrobatic show near Wright Patterson AFB. The crash injured no one else. cause undetermined. Summer session prep runs as students and ushers arrive for a two week pre session at the college with eight week terms starting June 23. Enrollments last year topped 3,800 with total summer crowds to 6,000 to 7,000. the procession began in 1940 and has grown steadily.
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Weld County Students Earn University Degrees in Boulder
Fourteen Weld county students graduated at the University of Colorado in Boulder Friday. Degrees awarded included Doctor of Medicine to John Maley Hardman and Donald Frank Seelinger. Bachelor of Arts honors went to Bebe Fran Baxter Barbara Ellen King Carl Richard McKinley William Edward Geiger and James Edward Greer. Bachelor of Law went to Jerry Duane Winters. Science degrees with honors went to Harry Byron Carlson and other engineering and architecture majors.
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University of Calorain
Boulder
John Maley Hardman
Agneés S. Hardman
Sth Ave
Donald Frank Seelinger
Marl Seelinger
19Th Ave
Bebe Fran Baxter
F. M. Baxter
15Th Ave
Barbara Ellen King
R. C. Orth
Greeley
Bernard Be, Peterson
H. C. Peterson
Richard Healey Stupe
Everett E. Shupe
12Th Ave
St Louis Cop Attends 9th Convention in Denver Visit
A familiar St Louis police officer, Charles Calaterra, attended the American Legion convention in Denver. A former Missouri deputy commander and St Louis police sergeant, he has joined Colorado events for years, using vacation days to travel. He previously lived in Denver after WWI, later moving to St Louis in 1927 and rejoining the police. He returns each October for his regular vacation.
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Police
Landslide kills 12 in India’s northeast frontiers region
A landslide in Indias northeast frontier region killed 12 people. The delayed message was reported Saturday by AP.
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India
Indlas
Late Union Head Seeks Special Colorado Assembly Session
George Cavender president of the Colorado Labor Council and R C Anderson executive vice president urged a special legislative session to improve the state unemployment program. They will present the request to Governor Nichols on Monday. The council unites AFL CIO unions in the state. Pred Hellerly, a separate union, had previously demanded a special session.
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George Cavender
Colorado Labor Council
Cavender
R.C. Anderson
Nichols
Two Deaths Up State Traffic Toll to 129
The Associated Press reports Eddie Blasingame, 53, of Grover, died Saturday at Kit Carson Memorial Hospital from injuries sustained in a Wednesday crash on U S Highway 24 West of Barlington. He becomes Colorado’s 129th traffic fatality this year, up from 108 last year, as his car rolled after losing control on a curve. Marie Kara, 65, of Ford City Missouri, died three hours after an accident at Ric Carson hospital. Five others were seriously injured. A Durango girl, six, fatally injured Friday, identified as Sheila Jane Kirk of Haute 2 Durango, with Ernest Burch, 51, of Ignacio, driving.
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Eddie Blesitgame
Grover, Inc
Kit Carson Memorial Hospital
U. S. Highway
Bar+ ‘Jington
Blasingame
Marie Kara
Frankford
Ric Carson
Durango
Fatralman
Patrick Buddenbrock
Sheila Jane Kirk
Haute 2
Duxurango
Buddenbrock
Ernest Burch
Ignacio
Colorado Weekend Weather Report With Scattered Showers
Colorado weather forecast for 24 hours ending 8 am Saturday shows high 86, low 57, with 2 pm Saturday temperature at 88. Partly cloudy Saturday night with cooler Sunday, scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms, gusty east winds, cooler Monday southeast high 75 to 85, northwest 85 to 95. Boulder and Longmont partly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday, scattered showers or thunderstorms, cooler Sunday afternoon.
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Regional Weather Wyoming Says Boots Weather
Regional forecast for Wyoming calls for partly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday with scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. Cooler conditions across western areas Saturday night and most of Sunday with gusty winds east Sunday. Low temperatures 30s in mountains to 50s in lower elevations. Sunday highs ranged from 65 to 78 in the north and 60s to 80s in the south.
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Pilot Missing Near Roseburg in Navy Crash Incident
In Roseburg Oregon a Navy pilot is missing after a crash into brushy hills Friday. The wreckage blocked a hillside area, and rescuers searched the terrain while relatives awaited word. The incident involves a naval aviation unit and ongoing recovery efforts continue.
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