Missouri cancer deaths fall in 1955 dropping for sixth straight year
The Missouri Division American Cancer Society reports 119 fewer cancer deaths in 1955 than 1954, with men still dying more than women. Stomach cancer remains a leading killer for men, breast cancer for women, and leukemia affects under fifteens. Dr. Joseph J. Fisher notes gains due to public education and early symptom awareness.
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Bisher
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Tseinapore Calle
Health Exantie A
iUnion Official Dies In Rail Accident Near St Louis
Frank T. Aldrich, 70, retired president of the Brath Union, died last night at Rock Island Freight hospital after a derailment on a Missouri Pacific line near Motta. No fatalities among railroad workers. traffic halted until wreckage cleared. Survived by daughter Barbara Aldrich. Funeral set for Saturday in Arch area.
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Missouri Pacifis
M G M Studio Moves Into Television Era
M G M Studio plans a full scale television venture using about 770 sound films from its talking pictures era. A distribution organization will handle TV rights, with plans to adapt studio material for TV viewing, featuring titles like Mrs Chips Gaslight and Random Harvest.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Stadio
Riga
Presis
Trinity
Chips
Nts
WE ' Piel Rd Hotel
Vie
Random Harvest
Moscow Visit Sparks Military Air Attache Rumors
An official delegation including the Air Forces chief of staff and senior officers depart for Moscow amid reports of a Soviet air flow meeting invitation. The leaders travel to witness events dated this Sunday, amid heightened Cold War tensions.
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Moscow
Twining
Air Forcs
Thor Maren
Beer Strike Ends In Kansas City
A chaotic report outlines a beer strike in Kansas City with conflicting phrases about workers, supply issues, deliveries, and prices. Names and places are garbled, but references to workers, a wage claim, and a payout suggest labor action impacting beverages and distribution. The text remains unclear but centers on industrial action and its fallout.
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Kansas City
Illinois Officers Search for Escapee
Illinois officers pursue escapee Imbeliedd Lad Coesere a Negro prisoner transferred from Joliet penitentiary to a honey firm in December 1955. The man, associated with Alena penitentia Authartes, is sought for an alleged attempt to refrain and related activities.
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Iudelph
Aioe Raltere
Cook County
Statis
Joliet
Webster Groves Man Convicted in Holdup
Webster Groves resident George B. Rippley, 33, was convicted yesterday as the second gunman in the savings and loan hold up that netted 1419, last January. Ervin Haas, 22, of St Louis, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting. Sentences await pre sentence investigations with Rippley likely to face 20 years in prison.
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Rippley
Webster Grove
Kenneth PL Grubb HS
Ervin AL Haas
St Louis
Poyaya Aving & Loan Assn
Trippley
Jude Geubh
Rippley Winl Iey O
Pris
Kiwanis International Plans New Building Near Chicago
Kiwanis International will build a general office building costing about 1 million dollars on a site near the Joop l area. The plan was announced before delegates at Kiwanis International’s first annual convention in San Francisco. J. M. Wilson, president of the Jefferson City Kiwanis Club, confirmed the news, with Harry Miller and Charles Link present at the convention.
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Jefferson City
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis' International
Chicago
Joop l
San Francisco
J. M. Wilson
Harry Miller
Charles Linkpike
Wisconsin crash kills Missouri dusting pilot James True
A Missouri crap-dusting pilot, James True, 31, from Last Prairie, died in a crash near Mauston Wisconsin while dusting a field. The light plane struck high terrain, then crashed and burned.
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Here
James True
Last Prairie
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