Lumumba Defies U.N. with Martial Law in Congo
In a six month martial law proclamation Lumumba defies U.N. command while urging withdrawal of the Swedish U.N. contingent. Dag Hammarskjold seeks Security Council guidance as Katanga, Kasai confronts and tribal fighting \u2013 a 20 mile refugee column reported from Luluabourg amid U.N. deployments.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
U.N
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Dag Hammarskjold
Lumumba
Katanga
Hammarskjold
New York
Security Council
Vasily Kuznetsov
Moise Tshombe
Luluabourg
Kasai
Central Congo
Death notice for Oliver A. Dickson in Marshall Missouri
Oliver Arthur Dickson, 62, of 1016 Ky. St., died Tuesday evening at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Retired theater exhibitor born February 10, 1898 in Oklahoma, member of the Methodist Church. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday Campbell- Lewis Funeral Home Marshall with Rev. C. B. Galatas. burial Park Ridge Cemetery. Visitation until 9 p.m. Thursday at Rumsey Funeral Home. Survived by wife Katie Belle, one brother Claude P. Dickson of Los Angeles, two nephews of L A, 33 grandchildren, six great grandchildren, six sisters and three brothers.
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Oliver Arthur Dickson
Ky. St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Oklahoma
Methodist Church
Campbell- Lewis
Marshall, Mo
C. B. Galatas
Marshall
Park Ridge
Rumsey
Katie Belle
Claude P. Dickson
Los Angeles
DeSoto Native Elda Hughes Dies After Surgery
Elda Elmer Hughes of DeSoto, formerly of Lawrence, died Monday at the Topeka Veterans Administration Hospital after major surgery. Funeral services and burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Council Grove. Survivors include wife Mable Ruth. sons Elda E. Hughes Jr. of Denver, Rollow Hughes at Fort Bragg, Willis C. Hughes of Lansing. daughters Dorraine Buchman, Louella Cowsill, Rosalyn Stephens of Omaha, Roberta Loveland of Virgil, Marrietta Byrd of Tucson, and Charlotte Poff of DeSoto.
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Elda Elmer Hughes
DeSoto
Lawrence
Veterans Administration Hospital
Topeka
Greenwood Cemetery
Council Grove
Mable Ruth
Elda E. Hughes Jr
Denver
Omaha
Roberta Loveland
Virgil
Marrietta Byrd
Tucson
Ariz
Charlotte Poff
Memorial Hospital Births and Residents Listing
Memorial Hospital notes births and local residents including Rosella Burchett Sharon Brock Richard Ramirez Dee Ann McCann Susan Weinert Goldie Harmon Francis Skinner Greg Schwartz Naomi Perdue Deanne Witiak Irene Mc Nish William Mayhue Fred Cooper Eva McFarland and baby Judy Erwin and baby Mary Mendoza Eda Stanley Norris Porter Mark Lohrenz and a son born to Mr and Mrs Donald Brock in Linwood and Baldwin areas with several entries for addresses in Ohio N J N H and 20th Terrace.
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Rosella Burchett
Ohio
Sharon Kay Brock
Linwood
Richard Ramirez
N.J
Dee Ann McCann
Susan Weinert
Baldwin
Goldie Harmon
Ward
Francis Skinner
Eudora
Greg Schwartz
Naomi Perdue
Ash
Deanne Witiak
N.H
Irene McNish
Oskaloosa
William Mayhue
Barker
Fred Cooper
Terr
Eva McFarland
Sunnyside
Judy Erwin
Tonganoxie
Mary Mendoza
Eda Stanley
Norris Porter
Mark Lohrenz
Stouffer Place
Death of Lloyd Dockstader in Kansas church funeral planned
Lloyd Dockstader aged 52 of 1417 East 15th Street died early today at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was a pipefitter for Cooperative Farm Chemicals Assn and a World War II veteran. Funeral services will be Friday at the Scammon, Kansas church with Elder Tom W Bath in charge. Burial will be in Cherokee Cemetery. Friends may call at Rumsey Funeral Home until noon Thursday. He is survived by his wife Helen and two sisters Minnie Cartwright of Scammon and Lett a Thompson of Hot Springs Arkansas.
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Lloyd Dockstader
E. 15Th St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Cooperative Farm Chemicals Assn
Scammon, Kan
Tom W. Bath
Cherokee
Rumsey Funeral Home
Helen
Minnie Cartwright
Scammon
Letta Thompson
Hot Springs
Ark
Funeral and burial for George L. Mendenhall in Gove Kansas
George L. Mendenhall 62 of 1924 Ala. St. died Saturday at a Quinter hospital. Funeral and burial were held Monday in Gove. Survivors include wife, three daughters Mrs. Nelson M. Hoffman of Oxford Georgia Mrs. John Shupe of Manhattan and Mrs. Robert Bauer of Bartlesville Oklahoma and one son Capt. Joseph Mendenhall of George Air Force Base Victorville California. He was preceded in death by son George L. Mendenhall Jr. who died in 1944.
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Gove
Kan
George L. Mendenhall
Ala
Quinter
Nelson M. Hoffman
Oxford
John Shupe
Manhattan
Robert Bauer
Bartlesville
Okla
Joseph Mendenhall
George Air Force Base
Victorville
Calif
Calif. Mr. Mendenhall
George L. Mendenhall Jr
Boost in Funds Asked in Congo
Washington AP says Under secretary of State Douglas Dillon urged an immediate 100 million dollar increase in the President's emergency fund to aid the Congo and other crises. He framed 25 million as essential, opposing the House approved 150 million, as Senate committee approved the broader four billion foreign aid bill with the emergency fund portion. One third of Finland's 130,500 square miles is forest.
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Washington
Douglas Dillon
Congo
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Dillon
Eisenhower
Latin America
Street Program Is Progressing On City Streets
City Engineer George Williams reports resurfacing on five streets moving steadily. Four of the five should finish in weeks, with the final completion by Sept 10. Works include Ninth Street widening and resurfacing, 61 foot width, plus resurfacing on Kentucky New York Rhode Island and 19th Street projects.
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George Williams
Tennessee
Mississippi
Kentucky
New York
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Barker
Ninth Street
Ninth
Kansas University
19Th Street
New York Street
Williams
Prisoner Freed After Rights Not Read by Police
Leavenworth AP reports Robert J. Hemphill, a 55 year old, was ordered released from Lansing prison after a habeas corpus writ. The judge ruled the Reno County Court record failed to show the sentencing judge and advise him of rights during sentencing in 1953 for child desertion. Hemphill had claimed 15 Hutchinson arrests but was not brought to prison until 1959 and planned to move to Topeka.
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Leavenworth
Hutchinson
Lansing
Joseph J. Dawes
Robert J. Hermphill
Journal Record
Reno
Hemphill
Toneka
Jordan's King Hussein pilots his own aircraft
King Hussein of Jordan personally pilots a plane, underscoring his hands on approach to leadership and international image as he flies from a royal engagement.
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King Hussein of
Jordan
Castro visit widens Cuban navy dissent claims
In Havana, Fidel Castro flies to Cienfuegos amid rumors of a broad navy purge. Unofficial estimates say up to 300 sailors, including educated officers, were arrested in a Casa Blanca raid as Raul Castro and Prime Minister Castro reportedly direct the crackdown. Revolucion accuses the United States of pushing Colombia to join a Caribbean naval move.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Chifuegos
Castro
Casa Blanca
Casa Blanca Naval Base
Cienfuegos
Revolucion
United States
Cuba
Bogota
U.S
Panama Canal Zone
Caribbean
Colombia
Raul
Fulgencio Batista
Raul Castro
Threatshow Fair Climax With Style Review And Awards
At 8 p.m. Friday the fair ends with the style revue and awards program in the main arena. Both Thursday and Friday programs are moved to Lawrence High School if weather turns bad. Mrs. Yates announced a new foods division policy. At 5 p.m. today most food exhibits will be sold to fund the 4-H camp dining hall near Junction City. 4-H youths will return Saturday to clear the fairgrounds before the Douglas County Free Fair and Jayhawk Rodeo set for Sept 1 3.
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Lawrence High School
Yates
Junction City
Douglas County
Wakarusa Valley School Hopes to Open on Time
Wakarusa Valley School District 98 aims to start this fall though construction lags. Enrollment reaches 204 with nine teachers on staff. The new campus on Lone Star road results from consolidating districts two years ago. Five bus drivers hired include three women Edith Longstaff, Donald Thiry, Jackie Flory and two men Paul Garber and Donald Clough.
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Wakarusa Valley
Lone Star Road
Edith Longstaff
Richland
Donald Thiry
Jackie Flory
Thiry
Pleasant Valley
Paul Garber
Donald Clough
Powers Pleads Guilty In Soviet Spy Trial
In Moscow Powers admits guilt on spying charges as the court, in a highly publicized proceeding, hears a 4,000 word indictment. His wife and parents watch from a rear box while the Kremlin ties his case to U.S. Cold War policy.
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Powers
Barbara
Oliver W. Powers
Pound
United States
Viktor V. Borisoglebsky
Soviet Union
Soviet
Moscow
U.S
Kremlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Paris
Rudenko
Nuernberg
Mikhail Ilich Grinlov
Virginia Bar Assen
Allen Dulles
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Urals
Sverdlovsk
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
CIA
Dukes
Ex-Con Hashfield admits slaying 11 year old Avril Terry
Emmett O Hashfield, 53, a convicted sex offender and trinket maker, confessed to killing Avril Honey Terry, 11, and dumping her body into the Ohio River near Grandview Indiana. Bloodstains suggest the murder occurred in his front room before disposal. A major search is under way as parents identify the blouse and panties found at Hashfield’s home.
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Boonville
Ind
Avril
Honey) Terry
Ohio River
Wendelin Opel
Robert E. Fulton
Emmett O. Hashfield
Grandview
Opel
Hashfield
Candace
City moves on standards and projects in edgewood and broadview
City Commission took preliminary action on ordinances for Edgewood Park No 4 street and storm sewer work and approved paving of Avalon Road and Eighth Street Terrace in Broadview Terrace Addition. It rezoned Lot 1 5 Block 2 Stinson Hills to duplex and set August 30 for waterline construction plans along multiple roads.
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Edgewood Park No
Avalon Road
Eighth Street Terrace
Broadview Terrace
Centennial Drive
Ninth
Harvard
Health Department
City Commission
Stinson Hills
Alabama
Pamela Drive
Stevan Drive
Harvard Road
Crestline Drive
Sunset Terrace
Highland Drive
West Junior High School
State Highway Commission
Iowa Street
9Th
Iowa
6Th St
Explosion at Aldermaston Lab Causes Extensive Damage
An enormous blast at Britain's nuclear weapons laboratory in Aldermaston damaged a building heavily. Officials said the explosion was caused by non-atomic materials, with no injuries reported and no radioactive substances released. A stray line notes Admiral Richard Byrd’s age when he first solo a plane.
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Aldermaston
England
Britain
Admiral Richard Byrd
Lawrence Merchants Offer Free Jayhawk Rodeo Tickets
More than 35 Lawrence merchants join a plan to give away free tickets to the Jayhawk Rodeo September 1 to 3. Local shoppers in the Lawrence trade area can register at participating stores where ticket blocks are sold. Merchants will announce their names Friday with no purchase required. drawings occur August 29 at each store.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Trade Area
Topeka's By-Pass A Turnpike Boost
Four major state highway links under construction will boost Kansas Turnpike traffic. The Topeka west by-pass interstate 470 should open in weeks, with the Oklahoma freeway and Wichita west by-pass due next year and the Kansas City viaduct by 1962 or 1963. The new by-pass will ease west east travel from Topeka to the Turnpike South Topeka interchange.
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Kansas Turnpike
Gale Moss
Topeka West By-Pass
Moss
Oklahoma Freeway
Wichita West By-Pass
Kansas City Viaduct
Topeka By-Pass
Topeka
South Topeka Turnpike
Kansas City
Wanamaker Road
Turnpike
South Topeka
Huntoon
West 21St Street
Wanamaker
Fairlawn
29Th Street
Fairlawn Road
Gage Boulevard
Burlingame Road
Candidate Named In Embezzlement
WESTMORELAND Kas AP embezzlement charges were filed against Edward E Dickerman Democratic nominee for state superintendent of public instruction. He appeared in Pattawatomie County Court denied the charges through his attorney. Preliminary hearing set for Sept 2 bond set at 5000 Hevensville High School former principal Dickerman faces claims of taking more than 50 dollars from two activity funds with possible missing funds exceeding 800 dollars He was chosen by the Democratic state committee as the party nominee after the other Democrat withdrew and cited as Barnes High School principal in prior post.
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Westmoreland
Kas
Edward E. Dickerman
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Dickerman
Pottawatomie
Richard Edwards
Donald D. Williams
Hevensville
Williams
Democratic State Committee
State Committee
Barnes, Kas
Prompt Rumsey Adv Reliable Service Funeral Home
Prompt Rumsey offers reliable funeral home services with established privacy and care. Information line VI3 5111 provides contact for arrangements and support, emphasizing respectful tributes and personalized planning.
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Funeral Home
Eudora Schools Schedule Sept 1 Enrollment
Eudora grade and high schools will enroll at 8 30 a m on September 1 with a short opening session and dismissals after class assignments and fee payments. Classes start September 2. Joe Jaimes leads the grade school and D E Kerr heads the high school. Cafeteria and bus service begin Friday. Lunch tickets are 35 cents each or about 30 cents weekly. There are 15 grade teachers and 11 in the high school.
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Eudora
Joe Jaimes
D. E. Kerr
Eisenhower Commented On Western Europe Program And Global Efforts
President Eisenhower spoke about rebuilding Western Europe's damaged industrial fabric and noted a program could be terminated though raising living standards in Latin America lacks a foreseeable end. He urged nations to cooperate, aiming to progress, while warning against excessive resignations as his term nears end. He also discussed efforts to ban nuclear tests and hoped for a East-West agreement, though he doubted it would arrive before January.
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Europe
Latin America
Eisenhower
United States
Docking named to Democratic agricultural progress committee
Gov George Docking was appointed to a Democratic policy panel on agricultural progress. The committee, led by Gov Herschel Loveless of Iowa, will hold its first meeting this weekend in Des Moines.
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Topeka
George Docking
Herschel Loveless
Iowa
Des Moines
In Memoriam Robert Seele One Year Gone
In loving memory of my dear brother Robert Seele who left us one year ago today Aug. 17 1959. God only knows how much we miss you. Sister Selma and family.
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Robert Seele
Selma
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