Mokane 17 Year Old Faces Second Degree Murder Charge
Jo Ann Taylor, a popular Mokane High School graduate and valedictorian, is charged with second degree murder in the slaying of her father Joseph Milligan Taylor, a farmer and hoisting engineer. She allegedly admitted the shooting after her mother reported the death. authorities say Taylor was shot three times in the chest and once in the temple with a .32 caliber pistol while in bed. The incident occurred around 8:30 p.m. after reports of abuse and a violent argument. Jo Ann, 17, was released on $5,000 bond with a preliminary hearing set for June 26 and an inquest planned for Tuesday. Her mother, Jessie Taylor, and siblings were present. Jo Ann had been student leader and athlete at Mokane High School.
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Mokane
Joseph Milligan Taylor
Jo Ann Taylor
Harry Stewart
Jo Ann
P. C. Goodman
Callaway County
Taylor
Joan Taylor
Jo Ann T
State Hospital
Fulton
Attorney Blasts Filing on Warner
USAGE BEACH Mo AP Victor I Tex Varner s lawyer criticized the filing of an habitual criminal charge against Varner The riding stable operator was acquitted in April of killing a business rival Eddie Boysen last summer He is to be tried Jans 23 on a charge of slaying Larry Dale Irwin 15 Borsens employs The charge was amended to include the habitual count because Warner was convicted of larceny in Chicago in 1931 and served a six year reformatory sentence.
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Usage Beach
Victor I
Tex
Varner
Eddie Boysen
Jans
Larry Dale Irwin
Borsen
Warner
Chicago
Senten
Weather Update From Jefferson City and Mid-Missouri
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Saturday. Cooler tonight. Low 64, high 50. Record highs and lows noted for past 40 years. Precipitation totals include 2.50 inches this date in 1928 and 4.92 inches this month. River stages show Missouri River near Boonville rising.
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Jefferson City
Mid-Missouri
News-Tribune Weather Bureau
JKL
Memorial Airport
Peseees- HG
Kansas City
Boonville
Cevere
Jetterson
Guy Sees
No Intention of Dismissing Adams Says Eisenhower
In Washington two prominent leaders predicted the Senate will approve a defense reorganization plan in roughly the House form with a near unanimous result. The prediction cited common ground between leaders and suggested a 402 to 1 vote or close.
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Adams
Eisenhower
Washington
Senate
House
House Defeats Key Provisions On Defense Reorganization Bill
Senators Rus sell and Bridges back broader powers for the secretary of defense and a centralized weapons program while Eisenhower objects to three provisions. In a tense House vote the chamber rejected amendments and blocked moves to align the bill with the President, with only Rep Cliff Clevenger dissenting.
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Eisenhower
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senatate Armed Services Committee
Styles Bridges
Ur-Nh
GOP
Armed Services Committee
House
Secretary of Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eisenshower
Army
Navy
Air Force
Congress
Cliff Clevenger
Ohio
Ex-Patient To Become Salesman
Ex patient Dr Joseph Uttal once hid his past in Yonkers and used a second name George Wolf. He toured a Broadway showroom, bought a Skoda car, and told reporters he would earn 20000 annually as a shoe salesman rather than 10000 as a doctor. He blamed publicity for ruined job chances and noted a curfew in Nicosia as British troops patrolled.
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New York
Joseph Uttal
George Wolf
West 45Th Street
Yonkers
Palm Beach
Eskimos
Broadway
Vital
Manhattan
Missouri
Fulton
Missouri Wspital
Uttal
Seven Questions Test Emotional Maturity For Airman Keeton
The article reports on airman Donald Keeton missing after taking a rented plane from Gulfport Mississippi. Longview Texas and nearby Gregg County area search efforts follow reports of his confused behavior and engagement breakup. Dr William C Mennin of Topeka lists seven adult-emotional maturity criteria presented in Bergen County mental health center speech.
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Rochelle
Park
N. J
Longview
Tex
Donald Keeton
William C. Mennin Ito
East Texas
Sean
Toneka
Kani
Gregston
Pam
Earl Cleveland
Premier Oil Refining Co
Texas
Keeton
Gregg County
Cleveland
Keston
Associated Press
Keesler Air Force Base
Bioxi
Miss
Gulfport
Louisiana
Monroe
Dallas
Doris Lynn Bowling
Menninger
Tthe
Menninger Foundation
Topeka
Bergen County
Too Muddy to Play Games at Local Parks
Parks director Ben Porter says Weir's Creek flood left Washington Park fields unusable with mud and damaged fences. Officials fear ball games won’t resume until mid next week as workers struggle to access the main diamond area.
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Washington Park
Ben Porter
Weir's Creek
Wild Bus Ride Follows Diabetic Insulin Outage
Kansas City driver Robert Lee Harlow, 33, recalls backing a Continental Trailways bus from St Louis toward Kansas City after an insulin reaction, saying he crashed into a ditch near La Plata with two passengers aboard earlier. Police reports show he turned onto a dead end, causing the bus to force cars off US 63 before the wreck. Harlow seeks medical care as investigators piece together the blackout.
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Kansas City
St.Louis
Mexico
Robert Lee Harlow
la Plata
Moberly
Tuscumbia
Senger
Mobbiy
Anchor Milling Co
Ber
S45
Topeka
Andliwa Cme
A <Ec
Harlow
Continental Trailways
Salisbury
Keytesville
Bulldozer accident kills public relations officer at Fairchild
Spokane Washington AP report says Thomas Vrana twenty three, a public relations officer, died after being run over by a 24 ton bulldozer during ground breaking ceremonies at Fairchild Air Force Base. Col Willard B Atwell, the base commander, described the incident and dozens of officers donated blood as Vrana fought for life in hospital.
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Spokane
Wash
Thomas Wrang
Fairchild Air Force
Vrana
Pittsburgh
Col
Willard
B. Atwell
Ike Recommends New Air Agency
President Eisenhower asked Congress to abolish the Civil Aeronautics Administration and create a new federal aviation agency to manage air traffic nationwide and prevent midair collisions. He said the system should cover air and space over the United States and its territories, with exceptions for military emergencies.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Federal Aviation Agency
Civil Aeronautics Administration
United States
Marie Ann
Alfred Vrana
Pittsburgh
St Tha Harnital
Bogus Check Artist Apprehended in City
A Houston Missouri based suspect, Vrana, known for passing bad checks, was arrested by state police at a private Jefferson City residence. He worked for the AP in the Jefferson City office before enlisting, and faces transfer to Texas County jail after awaiting military hitch.
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Vrana
Houston
Phers
Trol
Jeffrana
Cole County
Texas County
Draud
Storms Threaten Mid Missouri After Thursday Deluge
Severe weather threat looms for northwest and north central Arkansas and Missouri as Friday forecasts include severe thunderstorms from 3 pm to 9 pm. Thursday’s storm dumped 3.42 inches on Jefferson City causing about 250000 dollars in damage at Memorial Airport where seven planes were damaged. Carl Smith, 32, of Mexico, Missouri Power and Light line worker, died when a dangling wire touched him during repair after a fallen line in a Thursday storm. He left a widow, Ruby Smith.
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Mid-Missouri
Weather Bureau
Columbia
Missouri
Centralansas
Jefferson City
Memorial Airport
Carl Smith
Mexico
Missouri Power and Light
Co_ lines
Smith
Fribate
Ruby Smith
County Demotratic Committee
Wil
State Highway Department
Democratic Committee
Eisenhower Aide Adams Faces Fire Over Favoritism Probe
The White House said President Eisenhower will not fire chief aide Sherman Adams amid a House probe into favoritism. Press secretary James Hagerty declined to confirm a coat gift from industrialist Bernard Goldfine and said Adams will not hold a news conference about his ties to Goldfine. Adams has limited his public remarks to a letter to Rep. Oren Harris and has rejected further questioning.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
House
Press i
James C. Hagerty
Adams
Bernard Goldfine
Hagerty
Goldfine
Peter F. Mack Jr
Mack
Rep
Oren Harris
de Ark
Harris
Mewsman
Clearance Program Outlined for Land Authority Meeting
Texan Clearance Program outlined by Robert Gordon Fort Worth field representative for the Housing and Home Financing Administration and Floyd Mattlage executive secretary. The seven point program requires a workable city plan proof of intent citizen participation public relations and city code adherence plus tentative site selection to secure federal funds. Attendees included E C L Wagner Clemens N Daille Milo H Walz Sr Dr W A Hamilton Fred Rost and city officials plus Chamber of Commerce executives and the authority’s architect. Gordon expected to visit Jefferson City for the program under way.
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Robert Gordon
Fort Worth
Tex
Housing and Home Financing Administration
Floyd Matfage
Mattlage
Gordon
Maulage
E. C. L. Wagner
W. Main St
Clemens N. Daille
St. Mary's Boulevard
Milo H. Walz Sr
Swift's Highway
W. A. Hamilton
Marshall St
Fred Rost
N. Binder Jr
Authority
Arthur W. Elis
Ted Poteet Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Roy Pallardy
Jef- Huntingdon
England
Ferson
U.S. Air Force
U. S
Alconbury
Air Force
Summer Park
Simonsen
U.S
Berlin
Joseph
Sserk
Royal Air Force
Britain
Five Park Board
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