Tulsa Trial Nears End of Sixth Day as 80 Witnesses Called
Tulsa U S District Court case against 20 defendants accusing a liquor law conspiracy. Key figures include Police Commissioner Jay L Jones and suspended Chief Paul J Livingston, plus Tribune reporter Nolen Bulloch. Witnesses describe paid protection and prostitution links as prosecutors seek to prove a seven way split of illicit earnings.
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Tulsa
U. S
Hayden Crawford
Crawford
Ace Crime Reporter
Jay L. Jones
Paul J. Livingston
Tulse Tribune
Nolen Bulloch
Oklahoma
John Bill Edwards
Martin
Bill Edwards
Ben Bly
Martin Edwards
Bill
Bly
Divorce Granted As Husband Goes On Trial for Death
Barbara Joy Meller was granted a divorce in Wichita as Leroy R. Meller, 22, faced a second degree murder trial for shooting Patsy Meller, 24, last May 5. Meller told police he had a sudden impulse to kill after marrying Barbara Noy a week earlier.
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Wichita
Barbara Joy Meller
Leroy R. Meller
Patsy
Meller
Barbara Noy
Fugitive 18 Returned to Kansas City Kill Case
Willie Otis Taylor 26 a Black man was arrested at the Mason City bus depot and returned to Kansas City Kansas to face a murder charge in the strangulation of 74 year old Albert Cunningham. He waived extradition in district court. Authorities said another Kansas City man admitted the slaying and named Taylor as an accomplice.
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Mason City
Iowa
Willie Otis Taylor
Heart of Ottawa Flood Defense Project Planned
Ottawa will overhaul its riverfront with a channel widening and levee system, two upstream reservoirs, and flood control to protect industry and farms. Army Engineers study the Mad Mary river, Congress approval and a $770,000 bond are part of the plan, aiming for flood free industrial sites and safer water supply.
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Ottawa
Isaac S. Kallock
Marais Des Cygnes
Congress
New Treatment Revealed For Cancer of Womb
The American Cancer Society unveils a radioactive gold injections method for cancer of the cervix, showing higher survival in moderately advanced cases. Research by Drs Willard M. Allen Fred I. Sherman and A Norman Arneson at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, with atomic energy support. Three hundred treatments conducted. 75 percent recurrence-free after three to six years versus lower rates for surgery or X ray radium.
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ST Louis WW
American Cancer Society Today
Washington University School of Medicine
Willard M. Allen
Alfred I. Sherman
A. Norman Arneson
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Cme
Leavenworth Ad Provokes Kansas Liquor Chief
Liquor Control Director William E Murphy criticized a Leavenworth newspaper ad from a Missouri liquor store. The ad warned that on June 1 Missouri liquor would be illegal in Kansas and urged residents to cross into Missouri to buy liquor with a toll-bridge offer. Murphy called the ad provocative and questioned why a Kansas paper would print it.
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Topeka
Kansas
William E. Murphy
Leavenworth
Missouri
Murphy Ald
Adoption Center Trap Request Sparks Cruelty Warning
The Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals warns against trapping kittens as gifts after a woman visited a pet Adoption Center and requested a trap for a kitten. The incident underscores concerns about humane treatment of animals during the holiday season.
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Pennsylvania
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Senator predicts Ike budget cut to be about 1.8 billion
HOLLYWOOD MI NORITY Leader Knowland predicts Congress will back President Eisenhower as recommending a budget cut of about 1.8 billion dollars. He says the general sentiment is for three to four billion, and he spoke before a Republican fund raising dinner. Alaska meaning great land was noted as an aside.
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Mic
Senate
Knowland
Calif
Congress
Eisenhower
K U Students Win Aeronautic Awards at St Louis Contest
Kansas University aerospace students win prizes in the St Louis Institute of Aeronautical Sciences paper contest. Gary Griffith and Nancy Smith, both of Kansas City, Mo., earn $300 and $200 respectively for first and second place. Ten KU students travel to St Louis for best paper presentations with Ammon Andes guiding Griffith and Smith. John Leclaire of Overland Park to present at a Fort Worth conference with E K Parks accompanying.
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Kansas University Aeronautical Engineering
St. Louis
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
Gary Griffith
Kansas City
Nancy Smith
Griffith
Miss Smith
K. U
Ammon Andes
John Leclaire
Overland Park
Fort Worth
E. K. Parks
Meeting for Loc Opens 1957 Lawrence Country Club Night Golf
The Lawrence Country Club announces a meeting at 5 p.m. Wednesday to organize the 1957 Men’s Night golf tournament season. A buffet dinner is planned for 7 p.m. followed by a new golf tournament film shown after the dinner.
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Lawrence Country Club
Chief of ANPA Warns Inflation Threat to Newspapers
William Dwight president of the American Newspaper Publishers Assn says the threat of inflation has become a major concern for U S newspapers. He spoke at the ANPA 71st convention at the Waldorf Astoria in New York outlining inflation as a growing problem for publishers across all circulation groups and urging decisive action to protect newspaper assets.
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New York
William Dwight
Dwight
Holyoke
Transcript-Telegram
United States
Manila Bill Hits Reds
The House of Representatives passed an antisubversion bill outlawing the Philippine Communist party. The measure moves to the Senate. It imposes the death penalty for organizers leaders or officers of subversive groups including the Huk organization led by Communists.
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Manila
House of Representatives
Philippine Communist Party
Senate
Huk
Gals with 40 Bustlines Criticized by Bacall
New York gossip notes Lauren Bacall criticizes bustline sizing and deformed looks in Hollywood. She defends natural figures, discusses Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield, and recalls Bogie, her past with him, and a planned ear-biting gag in a film. The piece weaves in showbiz quirks, dates, and light humor from Earl Wilson.
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New York
Lauren Becall
Marilyn
Jayne
Kansas professor writes Joel of Jamestown booklet
Kansas University history professor Dr. W. Still Robinson associate professor authored a booklet on Virginia land policy from 1607 to 1699 in a series for the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Commission. The study emphasizes the head rights system as central to early land grants. Eisenhower, once coach of the Third Army corps football team, is noted in passing.
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Kansas University
Virginia
Jamestown
W. Still Robinson
Eisenhower
Third Corps Army
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