AF Instructors To Go on Trial
Three AF instructors at Parks Air Force Base faced military trials for alleged abuse of airmen in basic training. Airman 3C Richard T. Smith of Omaha also faced charges of soliciting and accepting money. Airman 3C Dean A. Warren of Omaha and Airman 2C William A. Ott of Selah Washington were charged as accomplices. A fourth trainee, James W. Milford of Apalachicola Florida, complained of shoulder injuries from the incidents. None of the other trainees suffered significant harm, and no trial date was set.
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Parks Air Force
Richard T. Smith
Omaha
Dean A. Warren
William A. Ott
Selah
Wash
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Matthew C. McKeon
Parris Island
S.C
Marine Corps
James W. Milford
Apalachicola
Fla
Weather Across Regions Shows Warmth and Storms Today
Warm humid conditions prevailed across the Mid-Continent while the Northeast and West enjoyed fair weather. Wet conditions expected from the Northern Great Lakes to Texas and Georgia with storms, strong gusts up to 70 mph in Pierre and Dodge City. Readings rose above 100 degrees in several states with 90s reaching Southern Minnesota. Ontario reports about 250000 lakes.
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New Mexico
Georgia
Louisiana
Alabama
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Norfolk
Neb
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Minnesota
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Dodge City
Kan
Colorado
Driverless Car Rolls Onto Steamer’s Gangplank
A car parked by John Robertson of Chicago rolled 100 yards down the Mississippi River levee and onto the gangplank of the excursion steamer Admiral. Police say it ripped five feet of handrail before tipping on its side.
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Chicago
Western Germany to acquire tactical atomic weapons
Two newspapers report that the West German army will soon be equipped with tactical atomic weapons. Sueddeutsche Zeitung in Munich and Frankfurter Allgemeine in Frankfurt say Western planners decided on the step in a reappraisal of defense strategy.
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Sueddeutsche Zeitung
Munich
Frankfurter Allegmeine
Frankfurt
Hungarian Reds Jail 12 As Imperialist Spies
A Budapest military court sentenced 12 individuals to prison terms on espionage and sabotage charges for an imperialist spy organization. The group’s leader received life imprisonment, while other sentences ranged from one to four years of hard labor.
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Austria
Budapest
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Overbrook OKs 128000 Bond Issue
Citizens of Overbrook approved a 128000 bond issue by 221 to 191 with $7000 emergency reserve fund and plans for an all purpose room. Architects and bonding company expect contract at the 128000 figure. Renovations aimed for fall 1957 completion.
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Dwight Payton
Payton
Motorcycle Racer Dies In Race Crash In Kansas City
The second victim of a Sunday motorcycle race accident died late last night in hospital. Frank Wenczyk, 41, Denver, joins Robert Dunn, 22, Rockford, who died about an hour after the crash. Also notes Mexico and U S production index figures.
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Frank Wenczyk
Denver
Robert Dunn
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Free Methodist Church Gets New Building Site
The Lawrence Free Methodist Church has purchased a new site in South Lawrence under contract. Building committee members Emma Robinson Clarence James Rev J Paul Reid and Harley Yoder announced the signing. The plot lies between routes Twenty Second Street and Twenty Second Terrace in James Farr Addition. The current church at 12th and Conn Sts dedicated April 1872 is inadequate for the expanding program. Plans for construction are not complete.
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Lawrence Free
New Typhoon Develops East of Formosa Amy
The Weather Bureau reports a new typhoon developing in the Pacific about 1,000 miles east of Formosa moving west at 12 mph. Named Amy, it is described as weak compared with Wanda which reached winds of 150 mph between Formosa and Okinawa this week.
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Oklahoma man claims Civil War service at 110 years old
Guthrie Oklahoma resident Louis Nicholas Baker 110 says he served three months for the North in the Civil War though he never joined veterans groups or applied for a pension. Born in Tours France September 15 1845 he came to America with his parents as a child and enlisted near the end of the war in the Sixth Missouri Volunteers. He now lives in a Guthrie rest home and recalls little about the war era.
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Duluth
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Former mayor dies in Pittsburg and Joplin business career
Former mayor McGuire, 73, who ran clothing shops in Pittsburg and Joplin, Mo., died yesterday of a heart condition. He operated stores and engaged in local commerce, leaving a noted imprint on the regional business scene.
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New Stream of Refugees Flees Past Iron Curtain
Vienna reports a new wave of 18 Hungarian and Czech refugees crossing into Austria last night and today seeking political asylum. A young Hungarian couple said they fled under machinegun fire with economic hardship named as the primary motive for escape.
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Steer collision halts car on Route 177 in Unionville
A car driven by A Steere of Forestville collided with a steer on Route 177. The steer wandered off after the crash on Thursday while Steere’s car suffered considerable damage.
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Fragmented Voice From Unclear Source
Incomplete and garbled text appears to describe unnamed people and events with unclear meaning. The readable parts reference individuals, religious groups, and dietary terms but lack coherent context or verifiable details for a full summary.
Pravda Blames Foreign Influence in Japan Report
The Pravda article accuses foreign influence of meddling in Japanese affairs. It references a pace treaty between the Soviet Union and another party and discusses Communist Party perspectives.
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Russia blocks Kurile Sakhalin islands in postwar talks
Negotiations in Moscow to end the technical state of war between the nations stall over Russia's refusal to return more than two small Kurile islands and Sakhalin group remaining occupied since World War II.
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Russia
Sakhalin
Reverend John Graham Dies at 90 in El Dorado
The Rev. John Graham, 90, a retired Congregational minister, died yesterday in El Dorado. In a 62 year ministry he led churches across Kansas Iowa and Kentucky.
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John G Iraham
Wichita
Kansas
Iowa
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