Johnstown Flood Tragedy Recalled After 66 Years
The 1889 Johnstown disaster involved an earthen dam failure on the Conemaugh River floodplain, unleashing waters that swept bridges and homes from a city of 30,000. More than 1,000 people perished in the valley, with many unidentified at Grandview Cemetery, leaving a lasting national memory of flood horror.
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Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Conemaugh
Stony Cree
Conemaugh River
Ohnstown
Grandview Cemetery
State Plans to Seek Death Penalty for Police Slayer
Chicago reports the state will seek the death penalty for Richard Carpenter who killed Detective William Murphy and wounded Officer Clarence Kerr. Carpenter, 26, was captured after police cornered him in an apartment where he held a family hostage, and he admitted shooting both officers but refused to sign a statement.
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Chicago
Richard Carpienter
John Gutknecht
Carpenter
William Murphy
Clarence Kerr
Murphy
Kerr
Births and admissions list from Memorial Hospital
Admitted Sherman Tolbert and others to Memorial Hospital. dismissals include Anita Johnson and baby, and several named patients. Births recorded for Bobby Pulley, Ralph Dunn, and Melvin Marin with listed addresses and dates.
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Anita Johnson
Ala
John Rothberger
Eudora
Marcellus Herman
Olathe
Leslie Lathrom
Byron Shuck
Ottawa
Norma Barton
Tonganoxie
Carlene Huckaby
Osage City
Delores Oakson
Virginia Howard
Mass
Earl Shultz
St. Sherman Tolbert
Leland Smith
Caroline Fetty
Bobby Pulley
Ralph Dunn
Tenn. St
Melvin Marin
Ohio St
Demonstrations Subside Across South Korea After protests fade
South Korea saw the latest demonstrations against the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission wane with few clashes reported. No marches appeared in Seoul or Inchon port areas, while Pusan and coastal towns logged only small turnouts as the unrest eased.
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Seoul
South Korea
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Kunsan
Kangnung
Inchon
Pusan
Turkish Golfer Ismir Wins Bosporus Open Amid Farce
Turkish golfer Ben Hogan Ismir, famed for his directorial slice and scimitar stance, wins the Bosporus Istanbul Open at Gazintep with a 68. His triumph comes after a 17 month slog due to bizarre delays including a camel, a claim of a hidden bag, and a caravan of stories about his harem caddy and golf wives.
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Xhae Brlongs
Ben Hogan
Ismir
Rao
Iran
Garden Grove Indignation Over Army Major Lee Housing Bid
In Garden Grove California residents urged by doctors and officials to welcome Army Major Lee a physician and Olympic diver who faced two home rejections due to his Oriental ancestry may soon relocate his family as an imminent medical fellowship pauses his return. Lee's family origins trace to Korea.
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Garden Grove
Sammy Lee
Lee
Orange County
Army Medical Corps
Ki Ft
Carson
Colo
Long Beach
California
Korea
Notable Deaths and Funeral Notices In Lawrence Area
Obituaries recall Nancy Elliott 83 of near Vinland and John L. Fogarty rancher of Ozona Texas with KU ties. Lt Col John D. Phillips Jr killed in Greece to be buried at Oak Hill after 10 a.m. service at First Methodist. James King of 722 N Y St mourned. funeral at St Luke's AME with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Nancy Elliott
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Vinland
Theodore Elliott
Grant's Pass
Ore
John L. Fogarty
West Texas
Houston
Junction City
Mexico
Ozona
K.U
Phi Psi Fraternity
Angela Fogarty
J. Y. Humphrey Jr
John D. Phillips Jr
Greece
First Methodist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
J. D. Phillips Sr
Frances Funk
Bonnie
Car crash victim and daughter die. wife injured in Kansas
Neal, 34, of Bonner Springs, and his 4 year old daughter Diane died in a hospital after a sand truck forced their car off Kansas Highway 92 west of Edwardsville. Neal’s wife Corrine, 29, was injured and listed in fair condition at St. Margaret's Hospital.
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Kansas City
Kas
Will Neal
Bonner Springs
Diane
Neal
Kansas Highway 92
Edwardsville
Wyandette County
Corrine
St. Margaret's Hospital
Marriage Licenses Issued by Probate Court
Marriage licenses issued from Probate Court to Leo L Savage 27 of Fortinette Iowa and Laura Grace Nelson 27 of Lawrence. Ivan Warren Watkins 21 of Salina and Ruth Ann Simpson 20 of Lawrence. George Fredrick Gantz Jr 22 of Williamstown and Coral Jean Unger 21 of Lawrence.
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Leo L. Savage
Foritanette
Iowa
Laura Grace Nelson
Lawrence
Ivan Warren Watkins
Salina
Ruth Ann Simpson
Lawrance
George Fredrick Gantz Jr
Williamstown
Coral Jean Unger
Pretty Easy Work For The State Weathermen
TOPEKA Kan weekend forecast shows mostly fair conditions with little temperature change. Forecaster Tom Arnold expects minimums in the 60s to lower 70s, highs mainly in the 90s. Sunday highs ranged from 90 at Dodge City to 102 at Wamego. overnight lows mostly in the 60s, from 59 at Dodge City to 73 at Concordia.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tom Arnold
Dodge City
Wamego
Concordia
Brush Fire on Delbert Richardson Property
Lawrence firefighters responded at noon to a brush fire on the Delbert Richardson property at Twenty-Third Street and Haskell Avenue. Damage amount was not immediately known.
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Lawrence
Delbert Richardson
Twenty-Third Street
Haskell Ave
Damage suit filed over collision near Lawrence
A $32,990 damage suit was filed in District Court by Thomas Norton of Topeka against Juanita Dean Weekly of 1230 Tenn. Lt. Norton, a passenger, was in a car involved in a collision with Mrs. Weekly’s vehicle about 12 miles west of Lawrence on US 40 in January. The petition claims permanent injuries pain and suffering and substantial loss of income.
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Thomas Norton
Topeka
Juanita Dean Weekly
Tenn
Norton
Custody Fight Looms For Son Of Recently Returned Airman
In Red Bluff California Daniel Schmidt 22 filed divorce against Una 21 alleging she is unfit as mother and claiming custody of their son Danny. Una had married logger Alford Fine last September while Schmidt was held in a Chinese prison and the couple continues living apart as the case proceeds.
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Red Bluff
Calif
Daniel Schmidt
Schmidt
Una
Logger Alford Fine
Danny
Harold Berliner
Nevada City
Fine
Gallagher vows appeal after Korean POW camp murder verdict
James C. Gallagher says he will take his case to the Supreme Court if needed after a court martial convicted him of unpremeditated murder in a Korean POW camp. He was also found guilty of collaboration with Chinese Reds and mistreatment of prisoners, and he faces life with hard labor. The verdict faces automatic reviews by army officials and a Judge Advocate General panel.
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New York
James C. Gallagher
U. S. Supreme Court
Gallagher
1St Army
Judge Advocate General
Washington
Brooklyn
Allied Artillerymen Blamed for Hitting U S C-47 Search Plane
The U S 5th Air Force said a C47 search plane hit Thursday was not struck by enemy fire and likely hit accidentally by Allied artillery. The transport was hunting for a training plane downed earlier by Communist anti aircraft fire, with Lt. Guy H. Bumpass and Capt. Charles W. Brown among the downed crew. The UN Command will press for the fliers’ return at the Military Armistice Commission meeting set for Sunday.
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Seoul
U. S. 5Th Air Force
Air Force
Guy H. Bumpass
Jackson
Army
Charles W. Brown
Clay
U. N
Military Armistice Commission
Fight Over Integration Closes Hoxie Schools
The Hoxie School board abruptly closed public schools in this east Arkansas town to calm public furor over admitting Negroes to white schools. The board voted to close for six weeks, with a summer session planned to allow careful consideration of the school problem. Classes were to begin again in September after a recess during the cotton harvest.
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Hoxif
Ark
Hoxie
Arkansas
Four Men Arrested After Altercation In County
Sheriff reports four men arrested Friday after a dispute. Garber Floyd Olin, 58, of Route 1 pleaded guilty in County Court to assault and was fined 15 dollars plus costs. Powell John Allen, 19, of 1303 Delaware Street and Powell William, 20, with Robert Chalender 9 of 425 Indiana Street pleaded innocent to peace disturbance charges filed by Benny L. Garber. Trial set for 11 a.m. September 1. Circumstances of the altercation were unclear.
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Billy
Hudson
Floyd Olin Garber
Route 1
John Allen Powell
Del
St. Garber
Powell
William Powell
Robert Chalender
Ind
Garber
Benny L. Garber
Tangle on Boxer Custody in Dallas Divorce
Dallas couple split property valued around 2500 dollars but split custody of a six month old Boxer. Each party receives six months of ownership with reasonable visitation rights for the dog.
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Dallas
Tex
Grim flood eased by flapping pike in New York yard
PORT JERVIS New York The flood along the Delaware River eased due to an unlikely sight in Austin Crane’s yard a 4944 pound pike flapping in a pool left by the receding water. The river had surged over its banks yesterday and Crane observed the large fish still moving in the yard.
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Port Jervis
N. Y
Austin Crane
Crane
Delaware River
Prisoners nabbed after Geary jail escape near Junction City
Patrolmen on Highway 1 picked up two escapees from Geary County jail on Thursday night. William C. Denton 17 Indianapolis and Clifford J. Woods 18 Des Moines both Ft. Riley soldiers were found hitch hiking near Wamego. Denton faces auto theft charges and Woods breaking and entering.
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Junction City
Highway 1
Geary County
William C. Denton
Indianapolis
Clifford J. Woods
Des Moines
Ft. Riley
Wamego
Denton
Woods
Car Crash Causes Minor Injury and $300 Damage
A car driven by Mrs. Ruby McClendon struck a culvert curb and overturned near No. 6 School, causing about $300 damage. The month old Kathryn Sue Brown suffered a bumped forehead while Mrs. McClendon blamed a bee that allegedly entered the car. Police reported the infant had only a minor injury.
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Ruby Marie McClendon
Prairie Ave
No. 6 School
Drunk Driver Paul A. Warner Fined in County Court
Paul Arthur Warner of Overland Park received a 30 day sentence and a $150 fine in County Court on a DUI charge with open bottle in his vehicle. He was convicted of driving under the influence of liquor and transporting an open bottle Friday.
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Paul Arthur Warner
Overland Park
Chinese Students Describe Intimidation During U S Detention
Three Chinese students recently returned to China described what they called interrogations persecutions threats arrests and jailings during 32 years of detention in the United States. They named Miss Sha Yi shen at the University of California Huang Pae tung at Texas A M and Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and Tu Yen yae at Pennsylvania State University. They said they lived in fear and that others were held similarly. Red China has made the same charges in Geneva talks aimed at freeing citizens.
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Tokyo
United States
Heiping Radio
Sha Yi-shen
University of California
Huang Pae-tung
Texas A & M and Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
Tu Yen-yae
Pennsylvania State
Vacation Church School Opens at First Presbyterian
Lawrence Vacation Church School begins Monday at First Presbyterian Church corner 9th and Vermont Streets. Classes run 9 to 11 45 each morning Monday through Friday until Sept 2. Superintendent is Mrs John H Patton, chairman of the public relations department of the Lawrence Council of Churches. For children from kindergarten to junior high age.
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Lawrence
First Presbyterian Church
9Th and
Vt. Sts
John H. Patton
Lawrence Council of Churches
Gallagher Motors, Legion win in district softball tourney
Gallagher Motors eliminated the Olathe Naval Air Station 2 0 at Municipal Park. The American Legion beat Ottawa 6 1 to knock them from the tourney. Tonight Gallagher s will play the American Legion at 8. Wellsville and Overland Park Athletic Club meet at 9 30.
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Gallagher Motors
Olathe Naval Air Station
Municipal Park
American Legion
Shally
Service of Ottawa
Gallagher's
Wellsville
Overland Park Athletic Club
Wright Fined in County Court for Open Bottle and Suspended License
Clarence Wright of Topeka was fined 75 dollars plus costs in County Court on Friday for transporting an open bottle and for driving with a suspended license.
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Clarence Wright
Topeka
Market prices and a highway crash report
The document lists wheat at 3.85, barley 0.90, oats, and poultry figures with weights. It notes Hogs at 16.5 cents and cattle by grade. A separate item reports a two-vehicle collision south of 23rd Street on U S Highway 58 with drivers Gerald Hoover and Donald Randolph, damage estimated at 300 dollars, no injuries.
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23Rd and
Low” Sts
U. S. Highway 58
Gerald I. Hoover
Donald L. Randolph
Kansas City
Kas
Highway Patrol
Condemnation Filed for Patee Theater Site Demolition Plan
The city filed condemnation action in District Court Friday to raze the burned-out Patee Theater at 328 Massachusetts Street. The project aims to create a pedestrian arcade from the nearby parking lot across the block to Massachusetts Street.
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Patee Theater
Mass
Massachusetts Street
County Traffic Fines Levyed in County Court
Three persons were fined in County Court for vehicle violations. Charles A Hoelscher of Wichita received $5 and costs for an unspecified offense. James Henderson of Route 3 was fined $10 and costs for running a stop sign. Gene Loren Coffman of 209 N 7th St paid $3 and costs for overloading.
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Charles A. Hoelscher
Wichita
No Daily Record
James Henderson
Gene Loren Coffman
N. 7Th St
Imick
Card of Thanks for George R Breithaupt
The Breithaupt Family expresses gratitude for flowers cards and other acts of kindness shown after the death of George R Breithaupt.
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George R. Breithaupt
In Memoriam Gene Herd
In loving memory of Gene Herd who left us August 20 1942. Loving memories never die as years pass by. Sadly missed by parents sister and grandparents.
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Gene Herd
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Sherman Tolbert
St. Dheske Lathirony
Edna Goins
Ruth Ann Adams
Perry
Droodles
Lawrence Lodge No. 6
Elcomm
Cinq Rede Wam
Gea We
Journal-World
tJournal-World Photo
FT. Lewis
Wash
Jefferson D. Erwin
Maral
Blanchard
Oklo
Sollier
Erwin
North Korea
Ife
Pyedong
Pyongyang
Ada F. King
Fes
Wes Na
Lew Achort
Reachert
West Germany
National Conference Board
State Weathermen
U.S
Vacation Church School
Legion
Paul K. Kincaid
Mark Amott
Bi Masa
A Barker
B.ciatsns
Andy” Anderson
Pry Irce Ed I
Wan
Fred W. Rumsey
Oscar B. Rumsey
Rome
St. Helice Ambulance SS
Livestock Weekly
USDA
Butler
Breithaupt
Memoriam
Indiana
4Th and Maine Bus
Mass. Street
Éth
6Th
Rapid Transit Bus CO
Decker-Coy
Agency
Warren Decker
Bud Coy
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