Atlas Launching Significant Step
Cape Canaveral reports the first fully powered Atlas launch as a major advance in the U S intercontinental ballistic missile program. Convair Astronautics’ B G MacNabb says the test moves the ICBM effort forward by about a year with a three engine Atlas achieving 6 000 mile range and speeds near 15 000 mph.
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Cape Canaveral
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B. G. MacNabb
Convair Astronautics
MacNabb
Atlantic
Cape
Crash Damage Severe East of Here Sunday
Three cars received heavy damage in a Sunday accident about nine miles east of Lawrence on Highway K-10. No injuries were reported. Warren-Wallace Lewallen 71 of Kansas City Kansas drove left in front of Floyd Louis Trahoon 35 of Topeka, causing a collision that sent Trahoon into Louise S. Hatcher 236 of Kansas City Missouri. Total damage estimated at 1350 dollars.
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Lawrence
Kansas Highway Patrol
Warren-Wallace Lewallen
Kansas City
Kas
Floyd Louis Trahoon
Topeka
Trahoon
Louise S. Hatcher
Lewallen
Deaths-Funerals for Mrs A B Reeves and Steven Palmateer
Funeral services are set for Mrs. A B Reeves 92 of Dodge City at 2 pm Tuesday at First Methodist Church Dodge City burial in Maple Grove Cemetery Cooper Warren Mortuary in Dodge City is in charge Mrs Reeves died Saturday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital widow of Albert B Reeves former Dodge City mayor and attorney She lived in Dodge City from 1895 to 1952 later moving to Lawrence Steven Mark Palmateer months died Saturday at home 430 Oak St son of Mr and Mrs Ronald Palmateer Funeral services at Rumsey Funeral Home at 2 pm Tuesday with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery Survivors include parents a sister and a brother grandparents live in Lawrence. contributions to heart fund preferred.
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Steven Mark Palmateer
Oak St
Monald Almateer
Rumsey Funeral Home
Alen Jr.’ickering
Memorial Park Cemetery
Patty
Aternal
Rs. George Trent
Lawrence
Palmater
Deserter Wayne Powers Gets Six Month Term
Brig. Gen. Robert J. Fleming Jr reduces Deserter Wayne Powers sentence from ten years to six months on desertion charges. Powers hid in a French girlfriend’s home for 14 years and will serve the remainder in Europe. He is dishonorably discharged with forfeiture of pay and allowances. case sent for judge advocate general review.
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Verdun
France
Robert J. Fleming Jr
Wayne Powers
Powers
Chillicothe
Fleming
Judge Advocate General
Europe
Weekend brings spike in Lawrence police reports
Lawrence officers logged a busy weekend with a shooting an attempted abduction molestation threats obscene calls a blood spattered car and three missing persons reports though most incidents were less serious than feared Only the shooting led to an arrest High school enrollment open for new Lawrence residents at Lawrence High School August AH C Stuart director of guidance will be in his office daily for enrollment The City Commission meeting is postponed due to lack of quorum but sewer work bids for Rising Heights will be opened and awarded when commissioners reconvene next week
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Holy Land
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Egypt
Syria
Arab East
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Lebanon
Gummer
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Hussein
Amman
Camille Chamoun
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Lawrence High School
AH. C. Stuart
EHS
New Lawrence
City Commission
Rising Heights
Baumgartner Ill in New York City Hospital
Former Kansas University faculty member W. J. Baumgartner, who retired in 1949, is seriously ill in a New York City hospital. He had lived here briefly before joining his daughter Dr. Leona Baumgartner, a nationally known New York City commissioner of health.
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Br. W. J. Baumgartner
Kansas University
York City
Journal! World Learned Today
Leona Baumgartner
New York
New York City
Old Thresher Bee Draws Northeastern Kansas Crowd
About 1 500 people from Lawrence Kansas City Topeka St Joseph and nearby areas gathered at Slim Watson farm east of McLouth to watch and participate in a threshing bee using a steam driven rig. The oat crop yielded 35 bushels and the day passed without accidents as old time atmosphere and demonstrations drew many memories and visitors.
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Slim Watson
McLouth
Watson
Bob, Cleavinger
Les Wagner
Bee
McLowih Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Kansas City
Topeka
St. Joseph
Court takes under advisement NAACP appeal on desegregation delay
In St Louis the Eighth Circuit reviewed a 24 year delay in racial integration at Lite Rock Central High School. Judges did not indicate a timetable for ruling, a decision with major implications for Southern public school integration speed.
Miller posted bond in shotgun assault case at Millers home
Miller, 25, was released on $1,000 bond after being charged with assault with intent to kill. The alleged shooting occurred around 7 am Saturday at Miller's residence, injuring Randolph Hinson, 49, of Olathe, who was only slightly hurt. Both men are Black.
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Raffle Miller
Hickory St
Miller
Randolph Hins
Olathe
Hinso
Hinson
Hoffa-linked threats cited in Detroit rackets probe
The Detroit phase of the rackets inquiry resumes with Herman Kierdorf’s testimony and his resignation as Teamsters Local 43 business agent. Nancy Dawson testified she faced threats from a man posing as Hoffa while Joseph Lehr denied threats amid Kierdorf invoking the Fifth Amendment on possible involvement. James R Hoffa expected to be called in Washington.
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Herman
Detroit
Teamsters Joint Council No. 43
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Washington
Hoffa
Herman Kierdorf
Dawson
Drunk Driving Fines Across Multiple Courts Reported
In county and police court records several defendants are listed for alcohol and traffic offenses. Elvin Leon Hicks of Topeka faces a $50 fine or 30 days in jail for drunken conduct. Meade J. Arnoux of Haskell Institute faces a $100 fine 30 days in jail plus license suspension for driving under the influence. John Kring of Baldwin faces $100 fine 30 days in jail for DUI and a separate $25 fine for driving without a license. Keith E. Scheitzberger of 745 Conn Street is cited for drunkenness with a $35 fine. Stanley Eldon Johnson unspecified address charged with speeding $10 and costs. Glenn Arnold Miller of 887 Lyons Street given $5 and costs for stopping at a sign violation.
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Elvin Leon Hicks
Topeka
Meade J. Arnoux
Haskell Institute
John Kring
Baldwin
Route 3
Keith E. Scheitzberger
Conn. St
Stanley Eldon Johnson
Glenn Arnold Miller
Lyons St
Vacant Message From Classified Ad Carrier
A telegraphic fragment from a newspaper carrier offers a joke about a "Vaca- Hon Sack" saved for readers while on vacation, suggesting a light advertising prompt rather than a full notice.
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Journal-World
UAR Seals Syrian Line With Jordan
Admissions list follows with names and addresses including Lena White LeRoy Kurtz Donald Hopkins Maxine Kunkle Lottie Sitts Mildred Cook Bery Sweet Minnie Heck Shir ley A Grammer Heinz Nemes Joan Summerville David Foster Genevieve Wendorff Le Roy Watkins Cadet Ave Martha Higley Lucy Hunsinger Pearl Griggs NY St Reece Wiley Carol Ann Naff Perry St Mildred Ore Patricia Rum mer Carl Sil vers Mabel Purdue Fort Walnut St William
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Lena White
LeRoy Kurtz
Edgerton
Donald Hopkins
Dela. St
Maxine Kunkle
Perry St
Lottie P. Sitts
la Cygne
Mildred Cook
Ottawa
Bery
Sweet
Stouffer Place
Minnie B. Heck
Shirley A
Grammer
Heinz Nemes
Joan Summerville
Births and discharges amid regional border tensions
Birth notices list Noel Cook Ottawa and James L Sweet Stouffer Place a daughter and a son born today. Dismissals include Shirley Michaels and baby, Anna Barton and baby, Dora Ikenberry and baby, and others across multiple addresses. Jordan seals Syrian border with Amman after Soviet pressure. Damascus confirms border closure and back of traffic to Amman. Britain American airlift halted. Israel restricts overflight. experts warn Suez Canal could close to Jordan bound ships via Aqaba.
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Noel Cook
Ottawa
A-Gon
James L. Sweet
Stouffer Place
Robert E. Nall
Perry St
Shirley Michaels
Warren Fitch
Chamite
Anna Barton
Sunnyside
Dora Ikenberry
Baldwin
Louis C. Biggs
Tenn
St. Michael Edmonds
de Soto
Harry Litvin
Route 3
Ann Golden
Shirley Asbury
Madeline Lane
Julia Birk
Joplin
Larry Wayne Barnett
Wanda Harper Y
McLouth
Jo_ lnell Williams
Calif
St. Charles Thomas
Earl W. Peterson
N.Y
Eldon E. Ray
Claude E. Terrell
Overbrook
Gladys Gridley
R. T. St
Harold R. Massey
Eudora
Ralph E. Puckett
W. 23Rd
William Mayhugh
Percy St
Emma Wnieder
Dorothy Ray
Summit St
Luke F. Jose
Haskell Ave
Jordan
Damascus
Amman
Hussein
U.A.R
Israel
Jerusalem
Egypt
Suez Canal
Africa
Aqaba
Engineer Dean McNown to Attend Ft Belvoir Conference
Dean John S. McNown of the Kansas University Engineering School will join an Educational Survey Conference August 18 to 22 at the U.S. Army Engineering School in Fort Belvoir Virginia.
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The
Kansas.-University
U. Army Engineering School
Ft. Belvoir
Washing machine fire at 1820 Vermont Street causes damage
Firefighters were called early Sunday to the A. A. Trapp residence at 1820 Vermont Street where a washing machine in a matching matter caught fire. Damage was estimated at 25 dollars.
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Vt. St
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