Bucktooth thief spared by judge in Lawrence case
Lawrence, August 1, 1955. Rob Ruark rails against leniency for a robber teased for buckteeth, arguing such pleas excuse crime. In Kansas City, pickets let a fuel train into the Westinghouse plant amid a seven week strike, with union negotiators pressing talks to end the stoppage.
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Rigle
Tulsa
Oilman’s Railway
Bucktooth
Isee
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Buckteeth
Kansas City
Westinghouse
Hupran
Missouri Pacific
Kenneth Wiles
United Auto Workers
Hes
Cnuse
Arvid Owsley
Kansaa City
Wolfey
Yestersday
Nations Say Russian Ships off China Coast
Central News Agency in Formosa reports two Soviet built minesweepers and a minelayer spotted off Fukien coast of Communist China. The vessels attempted to sweep mines around the Matsu Islands under cover of darkness. The Defense Ministry could not confirm the report.
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Formosa
Central
Hoang Kong
Fukien
Communist
China
Matsu Islands
Defense Minstry
Actor Robert Francis Among Three Killed in Air Crash
In a fiery crash of a private plane near Burbank California three people died including actor Robert Francis age 25 known for The Caine Mutiny and The Long Gray Line. Francis body was found strapped in the pilot seat. Also killed were Audrey Ann Dosch 24 and George Meyer 38.
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Calif
Robert Francis
Ens
Willie Keith
Francis
Audrey’ Ann Dosch
Ann Russell
George Meyer
Joe Kirkwood
Joe Palooka
Hollywood
Pasadena
Bamboo
Kirkwood
Hutchinson News-Herald invites Russian farmers to visit
The Hutchinson News-Herald urges Russian wheat officials to see progress of real first in Kansas wheat. It notes hard red winter wheat traced to Mennonite immigrants from the Russian Ukraine who settled in Reno, Harvey, McPherson and Marion counties in 1874 and helped Kansas lead in wheat. The editorial asks U S and Russian officials to arrange a 1956 harvest season visit, comparing with a Des Moines editorial that prompted Russian farm officials to visit the U.S. and Iowa farmers to Russia.
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Hutchinson News-Herald
Zee
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News-Herald
Ukraine
Reno
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McPherson
Marion
Kansas
U. S
Des Moines
Iowa
Tribune
Jane Perry Recovery After Pool Accident
Jane Perry sixteen daughter of Dr and Mrs J I Perry of 1602 Crescent Rd was to be released from Lawrence Memorial Hospital this afternoon after treatment for a head injury suffered at the Lawrence Country Club pool Saturday. She received a concussion and scalp laceration requiring four stitches and has rested at the hospital since. Her doctor recommended more rest for the rest of the week and her condition is listed as good.
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Jane Perry
J. I. Perry
Crescent Rd
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Miss Perry
Newlyweds in Seclusion After Aerial Ceremony
In Minneapolis Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Williams, aged 52 and 27, wed aboard a chartered airliner over Northwood Iowa with 44 guests. Williams, a multimillionaire with cemetery promotions holdings, and Marion Sutton planned a Hawaiian honeymoon later the week.
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Minneapolis
Edward L. Williams
Williams
Marion Sutton
Northwood
Iowa
Kansas City
Russians Praise Iowa as Wonderful Land in Farm Delegation Visit
Soviet correspondent E Litoshko lauds Iowa's rich soil climate and corn pride while summarizing a farm group’s Iowa visit. He notes hospitable reception by Iowa farm women and plans to bring back a Davy Crockett coonskin cap. He attributes a three column headline to the trip and remarks on corn hog culture exchanges.
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Sravan
E. Litoshko
Aiova
Lowal
Litoshko
Iowa
Nebraska
Davy Crockett Coonskin
America
Promised Land
Soviet Union
Puzzle style misprint yields scattered word list and clues
A fragmented diagram of clues and word hints appears, mixing across and down entries. The garbled page shows numbers and partial definitions such as agent, season, and body part hints, with many unreadable portions, suggesting a mixed puzzle page from a newspaper.
Young Channel Swimmer Basks in Glory in Britain
Marilyn Bell a Toronto schoolgirl becomes the youngest person to swim the English Channel as she emerges from the water in Hover England. Florence Chadwick, holder of the women’s Channel crossing record, greets her and a medical check follows with a physician supervising her recovery.
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Hover
England
Epa
Marilyn Bell
Toronto
British Isles
Marilyn
Florence Chadwick
Faulkner in Japan Tokyo visit noted by press
American novelist William Faulkner, Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winner, is reported to be in Tokyo for literary engagements. Details on dates and events are sparse in the surviving text.
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Tokyo -P
William Faulkner
Writer to Speak in Nagano Seminar Series
A noted American writer arrived today to deliver lectures on American literature. He will be a featured speaker at a literary seminar in Nagano City, a university town near the mountains, from August 6 to August 17.
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Nagano City
Central Japan Mountain
University Town
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