Record Rainfall Precedes Connie In Waning Hours
Connie the hurricane moved north into Pennsylvania in its final hours bringing record rainfall. New York endured a historic deluge with 11.02 inches in August, power outages affected hundreds of thousands, and transportation and sports schedules faced widespread disruption across multiple states.
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Connie
Mason- Dixon Line
Pennsylvania
Atlantic Seaboard
New York
Hazel
Carola-to-Pennsylvania
Diane
Wes
Philadelphia
New York City
New Jersey
Grand Central Station
LaGuardia Airport
Tollewild Airport
New York Weather Braces as Connie Rain Storm Hits
New Yorkers sought shelter as Hurricane Connie unleashed a foot of rain and winds to 70 mph. The storm caused deaths and rail pauses while flooding cellars and disrupting trains. Airports faced flooding and power, but the subway largely kept running as officials predicted clearing by midafternoon.
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New York
Greater
New York Central
New Haven
Ga Guardia
Jewild
New York Weather Bureau
Storm wrecks schooner in Chesapeake Bay. 10 dead 4 missing
A storm shattered the ancient Levin J. Marvel schooner near North Beach Maryland leaving 10 dead and 4 missing. Tenacious survivors were rescued by firemen police and volunteers as two men ferried 13 people to safety in rough seas. The wreck occurred hours after a long voyage from the Chesapeake eastern shore with the goal of reaching Annapolis before Hurricane Connie.
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Chesapeake Bay
National
Washington, D. C
Levin J. Marvel
Abnapolis
New York
Baltimore
Annapolis
John Mechling
The
Marvel
Stephen Morton
Chesapeake
Thomas Mann Dies After Heart Attack at 80 in Zurich
Famed German born novelist Thomas Mann, 80, winner of the 1929 Nobel Prize in literature, died in Switzerland after a heart attack. He emigrated to the United States, became a citizen in 1944, and returned to Europe in 1953. Mann and his family lived on Lake Zurich, with works including Buddenbrooks and The Magic Mountain.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Thomas Mann
Reich
Mann
Germany
Hitler
United States
Holland
Europe
Katia
Ericka
Joseph
Strike Averted As AMC CIO Extend Pact
Detroit American Motors Corp and the CIO United Auto Workers agreed to extend their contract to September 1, stopping a strike by 24,000 workers set to begin last night. Negotiations resume August 30 in Detroit. UAW VP Leonard Woodcock cited four unsettled issues wages pensions holidays and insurance benefits.
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Detroit
American Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodbeock
UAW
American Motors
AMC
Woodcock
Ford
General Motors
Below Normal Weekend Temperatures Across Kansas
Forecasts show temperatures in Kansas dipping slightly below normal through the weekend with scattered thundershowers in the extreme west on Sunday afternoon. Eastern two thirds of the state expected fair skies while winds 25 to 35 mph rise in the west and central regions tomorrow. Tonight's lows in the 60s with tomorrow's highs 85 to 90 in the northeast and lower 90s in the southwest. prior highs ranged 84 to 91 and early lows from 56 to 64 statewide.
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Topeka
Kansas
Russell
Hill City
Hutchinson
Buildings Begun as Police Probe Allen Slaying
Kansas City investigators developed a theory that Mrs. William R. Allen was killed in a building after being raped and shot on August 4. Officers searched vacant structures within 4 20 miles of the city. A farm woman nearby heard three shots from a car around 6 p.m. on August 4. The victim’s body was found August 7 in a pasture near Stanley, Kansas. The reward for information rose to $9,350.
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Kansas City U
William RR. Allen
Kansas City
Verne P. Riggs
El Dorado Man Wounded Shooting At Crows
George Haines, 22, of El Dorado fired at crows when dusting the rifle. His left hand was shot. he was treated at a local hospital for a bullet wound to the left hand.
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EL Dorado
George Haines
Haines
Rites for K U Cadet Held at Home
Funeral services are planned for K U cadet Murder Hazlett, a senior who died in a jet crash near Tucson Arizona while training at a four week summer camp. The rites will be at Cunningham Methodist Church Tuesday at 1 30 p m with burial at Alya Olda. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Theodore Hazlett and Cunningham.
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Tucson
Ariz
Cunningham Methodist Church
Burtak
Alya
Olda
Hazlett
K.U
Davis Month
Theodore de Haalett
Sunningham
Rhee Extends Ouster Deadline for Neutral Truce Bosses
President Rhee announced delaying the midnight cutoff for neutral nations supervising the Korean truce to leave. He cited assurances from Walter Robertson that the United States will pursue a peaceful withdrawal and urged patience amid mob assaults on the Wolmi Island truce team compound in Inchon. U S guards used tear gas smoke and water hoses to repel demonstrators.
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Syngman Rhee
Korea
Rhee
Asst
Walter Robertson
U.S
Robertson
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Government
Office of Public Information
Wolmi Island
Inchon Harbor
Wolmo
U. S
Wordy Birdy May Talk Too Much in California
Timothy the blue parakeet owned by Mrs. Mary McIntyre went missing in Huntington Park California. A $50 reward is offered and the bird is known for a 400 word vocabulary though he repeats Here kitty kitty often, raising concern a cat may have answered.
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Huntington Park
Calif
Timothy
Mary McIntyre
Brinkerhoff to Be Speaker Sunday As Centennial Begins
Fred W. Brinkerhoff editor and manager of the Pittsburg Sun Headlight will speak at 8 p.m. Sunday opening the Jefferson County Centennial in Oskaloosa at the athletic field. The event named Sun day Evenin Gatherin will feature a 100 voice church choir directed by George Weldon. Brinkerhoff a Franklin County native rose through Kansas papers and became Sun Headlight editor in 1911 and later led the combined Sun and Headlight. He has served Kansas historical societies and marker projects along state highways. The centennial week continues with a parade Wednesday at 1 p.m. and events through Saturday including a World War II Company B reunion.
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Pittsburg
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Franklin County
Henry J. Allen
Otawa Herald
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Chanule
Kansas City Star
Headlight
the Sun
Kansas
Kansas State Historical Society
Frank Carlson
Jefferson County
Jefferson County Centurama
Exchelent
Ednesday
Famed battleship King George V grounds near Scotland
The 15,000 ton King George V, famed WWII battleship, ran aground today off Roseneath Point Scotland while being towed toward the Gate Loch. It’s returning from Liverpool to rejoin the mothball fleet and rescue efforts will try again at evening tide.
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Britain
Todlay
Gate
Loch
Liverpool
IRA raid on Arborfield Barracks shocks England
About 20 IRA gunmen raided Arborfield Army Barracks near Reading at 2 10 a m seizing guns and ammo. Scotland Yard chased the raiders warning they were heavily armed, as guards were rushed to seaports and airfields to avert possible IRA violence. The War Office described the assault and the overpowering of sentries, guards, and two man patrols before the intruders were confined.
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England
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War Office
Potato Growers Act To Abolish Surplus
Growers from 22 states urged farmers to remove from market culls and undersized or misshapen potatoes making up 26 percent of U S No 2 or better stock. The move aims to curb a 50 million bushel surplus and promote immediate and long term sales. W B Whitley of the National Potato Council said compliance would keep less choice potatoes out of stores and a committee will draft a long range plan with the Agriculture Department.
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Chicago
U. S. Department of Agriculture
W. B. Whitley
National Potato Council
Whitley
Department of Agriculture
Lawrence's decade of growth reshapes city and bounds
Ten years of rapid growth in Lawrence outpaced national trends with population gains and extensive annexations. Industrial expansion spurred jobs for locals and newcomers, while city boundaries expanded dramatically, adding hundreds of acres and thousands of homes amid postwar development.
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Lawrence
Midwest
U S and China Envoys Fail To Agree On American Liberty
In Geneva the United States and Red China spent one hour and forty five minutes in talks over freeing 41 Americans held in China. They suspended talks until Tuesday with officials saying only that civilian repatriation would be discussed next session. Ambassadors Johnson and Wang Ping nan appeared cordial but offered no progress update.
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Geneva IV
China
U. S
Alexis Johnson
Wang Ping-nan
Russia Italy trade ties seal in Moscow agreement
The Soviet press reports a trade agreement signed in Moscow promising Russia will export oil products timber and coal to Italy while Italy will send artificial silk fruit and hoisting gear. The brief notices appeared in Pravda Izvestia and other papers yesterday.
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Moscow
Russia
Italy
Pravda
Izvestia
Preparations For Fair Is Tuesday Work Day at Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds
The 4-H Vocational Agriculture Fair committee members and about 200 boys and girls filed entries for the 25th annual fair set for Wednesday through Friday. Tuesday's work day will prepare facilities with volunteers cleaning buildings, setting up stalls, booths, and racks for exhibits. A 10 by 20 foot movable stage with back drop and lighting will be used for the talent show and style revue if weather allows, to be held in the livestock pavilions.
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Douglas County
Bill Hundley
Hundley
Ann
I Clothing
L. AB
Gard
Alfred Lée
Lester
Harris
Leonhard
Lawrence Fee
Ernest Johanning
Goff
Ralph
Elmer
Fishing Trip Fatality Report From Chicago Foster Home
A youth on a fishing trip died during a visit with foster parents Mi and Mrs. Sidney Piper in Chicago. Authorities say the incident occurred while the group was away from home, with investigations ongoing into the causes and circumstances surrounding the death.
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Sidney ‘Piper
Calioning In
Chicago
Airman seriously hurt in Waco Sprain car crash
An airman was seriously hurt in a motor vehicle accident Sunday in Waco Texas. The article notes office hours for a local plant and lists a laundry and dry cleaners contact at phone V1 3-5155 with vacation timings from the 15th to the 20th.
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San Ono
Land Air ‘Force
Waco, Tex
Acre Bache
Weather Forecast Notes Warm and Windy Across South
Increasing southerly winds bring warmer conditions in the west and south. The diary-like forecast mentions a high of 61 and a low of 61 with a reference to year ago readings, reflecting a mid-August pattern and scattered dates in the 1955 period.
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