Cloak and Dagger Shield On Farm Data
Washington guards protect monthly crop forecasts as top U.S. secrets. Armed guards seal offices and mailboxes to prevent leaks before state estimates are released to the press. Officials and reporters prepare to broadcast the data at scheduled times with no breaches in 50 years of operation.
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Socawrence Daily Journal-World
Lawrence
Kansas
U.S
Washington
Agriculture Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Washinston
Crop Reporting Board
Hiner
Health Service releases more polio vaccine for Kansas
The Public Health Service released 12477 cubic centimeters of polio vaccine for Kansas use by state agencies and private physicians. Kansas will decide distribution locally based on unvaccinated children in the priority group. About 3,000 children have had first shots and an estimated 35,000 second shots in Kansas. Nineteen new polio cases were reported last week, bringing the year total to 138, compared with 208 at the same point in 1954.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Kanssas
Kansas
Kansas Board of Health
Ohio Youth Held For Slaying His Parents
Robert J. Miller 19, recently released from a federal reformatory, is in a Columbus city jail after confessing to bludgeoning his mother Betty 38 and stepfather Gomer Thomas 50 to death. Police linked the attack to an early Saturday morning incident and Cambridge arrest. Prosecutor Samual L. Devine said Miller may face charges after further questioning.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert J. Miller
Franklin County
Sammuel L. Devine
Miller
Cambridge
Gomer Thomas
Betty
Reformatory For
Fragmentary OCR Leads to Sparse Film Industry Note
A damaged snippet mentions a person named Miss Rembin 21 and a plan to resume acting at Universal-International studios with friends, dated around September 12 and referencing a carity and leaving for a shipyard or voyage.
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Wood
Carity
Boyfnend
Universal - International Studios
Rembin
Newberg Oregon Hosts Hoover On 81st Birthday
Newberg residents joined Herbert Hoover to celebrate his 81st birthday in the town he once called home. Hoover spoke at the cottage shrine on Minthorn neighborhood grounds later restored by the Herbert Hoover Foundation as part of the dedicated 25 mile Pacific Highway segment between Portland and Newberg.
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Newberg
Ore
Willlamette
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Newters
Salem
Yo Hye
Ant
Henry Bo
Herbert Hoover Foundation
State Highway Commission
Portland
Cattle Hurt by Pike Turnpike Survey, Court Complaint Alleges
Anderson Cattle Inc suits in Lyon County District Court against Servis Van Doren and Hazzard engineering firm and the Kansas Turnpike Authority. The filing claims survey work and core drilling on Sunnyslope farm last October disturbed cattle, causing weight loss and decline in quality, and trespass. Kenneth T. Anderson, Democratic national committeeman for Kansas, leads the firm.
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Kenneth Anderson
E. T.anderson
Andersons
Lyon County
Turnpike Authority
Shawnee County
Kenneth T. Anderson
Kansas
Taipei Suggests Mines to Block British Trade
A Taipei newspaper argues mining mainland ports would deter British ships from trading with Red China. The China News says such action would make British shippers rethink entering. It notes training drives automobiles in ten thousand American high schools per the National Education Association.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
China News
National Education, Assn
Growth of Kansas tax supported public recreation movement
Larry J. Heeb of Kansas University reports continued expansion of tax funded public recreation programs in Kansas. In the last year five cities adopted such programs bringing total to 42 across classifications with Parsons Fredonia Osborne Winfield and Ellsworth as newest members. Ellsworth and Osborne approved by 2 to 1 margins. Enterprise voters will decide on a one mill levy August 23. if approved, Enterprise with 861 residents becomes the smallest Kansas community to run a public recreation system. Heeb lauds 1955 legislative enablement allowing third class cities to use general funds for recreation without voter approval.
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Kansas
Larry J. Heeb
Kansas University
Parsons
Fredonia
Osborne
Winfield
Ellsworth
Enterprise
Heeb
Bank Teller Held In 46 000 Disappearance Case
New York bank teller William Gerard Gravius, 26, is held on embezzlement charges after $46,000 vanished from his Jamaica National Bank branch on Hillside Avenue. Gravius, who worked seven years at the bank, claimed the money disappeared after he set it aside to deposit. He was arrested yesterday at a summer home in East Hampton.
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New York
William Gerard Gravius
East Hampton
Long Island
Hillside Avenue
Jamaica National Bank
Gravius
East Meadow
N.Y
Young Musician Die Of Self Made Harmonica Rig
In Lancaster Pennsylvania 13 year old Larry George Wealand was found dead in his bedroom from a belt looped around his neck. He had rigged a one man band setup with a harmonica holder and a belt connected to a bed head to play guitar. Authorities say the mattress slipped off the edge causing the belt to tighten and suffocate him.
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Lancaster
Larry George Wealand
Transparent bathing suit sparks $20000 suit in Charleston
Claudia A. Hamilton sues Glamor Shops Inc alleging a new bathing suit turned transparent from the waist down during a swim. She cites mortification, shock, permanent mental injury, and public humiliation after crowds allegedly observed her semi nude. A friend reportedly covered her and she had to walk the beach wrapped in a towel.
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Charleston
Palio show officials chosen for Osawatomie event
Boston reports Palio cases rise as New England totals grow and city officials preserve summer playgrounds. Osawatomie Horse Show at Osawatomie, Kansas, names Ralph Achning of Lawrence as judge and A D White of Onawa as pinemaster. Announcer C T Bradford, Dr W G Trastle, and farrier WE Osborn listed. entries go to Mrs Orville Hollinger.
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Massachusetts
Osawatomie
Ralph Achning
Lawrener
Pinemaster
A.D. White
Onawa
Announver
C. T. Bradford
W.G. Trastle
We, Osborn
Belton, Mo
Orville Hollinger
Parola
Crackdown Clears Dallas Court on Unpaid Tickets
Dallas police led a traffic-ticket crackdown that brought 1 250 people into Corporation Court yesterday and Monday. Extra officers were on duty after a backlog of 4 000 tickets.
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Dallas
Texon
Corporation Court
Miss Universe Planned Visit to Sweden Home
The article notes Hillevi Rombin, the Miss Universe hopeful, plans to return to Sweden after her current stay in Hollywood. It describes her as blonde and statuesque and mentions her forthcoming trip back to her homeland.
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Miss Universe
Sweden
Hollywood
Hillevi' Rombin
Hiltevi
Elolly
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