Woman Charged For Assault on Cop in Abduction Case
Doris Havard, 18, Kansas City, faces assault with intent to kill charges in the abduction and beating of Patrolman Robert Holcomb. Police say she aided two men in a $120 drug store holdup before Holcomb was beaten and left in a locked car. Bond set at $10,000 for a August 10 preliminary hearing. suspects Hood and Ayres are also in custody in related arrests.
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Kansas City
Doris Hovard
Robert Holcomb
Havard
St. Louis
Holcomb
Kenneth D. Hood
Charles Ayres Jr
Ayres
Mattie Howard
Fairway blast demolishes home of former Lawrence resident
A Monday night explosion and flash fire in Fairway Kansas destroyed a 1.4 story brick home owned by Samuel and Mrs Clarine Poor long time Pembroke Country Day School teachers. Cletus Ward a 56 year old dental technician was burned on the upper body and treated at Trinity Lutheran Hospital. Ward had smelled gas and said the blast happened when a light was turned on in the bathroom. The owners were away and left keys with Ward. they expect to return in two to three weeks.
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Kas
Lawrence
Cletus Ward
Trinity Lutheran Hospital
Samuel Poor
Pembroke Country Day School
Kansas City
Poor
Clarine Byers
Boston
Harvard University
Ward
Mesta Meets Nehru in New Delhi During Asia Tour
Perle Mesta, former US minister to Luxembourg and current world traveler, visited Prime Minister Nehru in New Delhi to discuss Russia. She planned to proceed to Bombay and Ceylon as official guest of the Ceylon government for five days, calling the talks "a good visit."
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New Delhi
India
Perle Mesta
Russia
Nehru
Pike Turnpike Right of Way Slowed by Appeals and Costs
Kansas Turnpike Authority faces delays in completing right-of-way for 236 miles with costs undetermined until court actions or appeals conclude. By July 1 163 miles were acquired at 4.199 million dollars, while 2 397 tracts across 222 miles await final valuation. About 98 of 495 landowners appealed denials or low appraisals, and 82 KTA appeals allege excessive awards.
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Kansas Turnpike
Gale Moss
Kansas Turnpike Authority
KTA
Turnpike Authority
Lyon County
el Dorado
Wichita
Topeka
Kansas City
Kansas
Wyandotte County
Bloody Casablanca riot leads to near two hundred arrests
Reports from Casablanca in French Morocco indicate about 200 people were under arrest after a violent weekend riot tied to the Moslem feast. Elsewhere, at Moulay Idriss and Marrakech, at least thirty killed. Port Lyautey near the U S naval air base reports 128 arrests.
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Casablanca
French Morocco
Abd-el-Kebir
Moulay Idriss
Algeria
Moulay Idrisg
Marrakech
Port Lyautey
U. S. Naval Air Base
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Mesta
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Douglas County
Building and Loan
Enenee Cae
Oldsmobile
Weifer
Reamie M. F. Hudson CO
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