American Legion Adopts Bar to Ouster After Parade
Lawrence Daily Journal World reports the American Legion shifts focus to its convention after a large parade. Eisenhower and Kansas dignitaries rode in the procession with Legion leaders including Fred Bramidge, Harry Colmery, Paul Aylward, and Harry Jasler as marching heads. The piece notes ambitions to oppose a secretary of state and discusses internal Legion leadership changes.
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Lawrence Daily Journal
Eisenhower
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Fred Bram- Inge
Junction City
Legion
Elsworth
The
Kansas Deartment of the Legion
Harry Jasler
el Dorado
Legion in New York and Gulf crash report mix
Fragments show American Legion convention crowds marching Fifth Avenue with Eisenhower and Nixon present. Separate Gulf crash incident details recount aircrew survivors and a search for the others as an F86D test jet inquiry continues. Acheson removal calls emerge from Legion resolutions demanding new leadership in the State Department.
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New York
American Legion
Dean Acheson
State Department
Miami
Legion
Una
War ren Air Force base teams pace Great Plains Tourney
In Cheyenne Wyoming on Wednesday the Air Force Great Plains Baseball Tournament quarter finals included Vance Air Force Base of Enid Oklahoma and Forbes Air Force Base of Topeka Kansas. Forbes upset one of the tournament favorites Lowry Field of Denver, 16 to 6. The two former losers Forbes and Lowry will meet in the quarter final rematch.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Warren Air Force Base
Vance’ Air Force Base
Enid
Okla
Air Force
Great Plains
Warren
Forbes Airse
Topeka
Forbes
Lowry Field
Denver
Lowry
Lecompton Resident Recalls Lincoln Death at 101
George Washington Pressgrove of Lecompton marks his 101st birthday with quiet observance at home with son Jess. He recalls Lincoln’s death, votes Republican since Ulysses S. Grant and hoped to vote for Eisenhower, and cherishes a large Lincoln picture and a memory of the assassination news.
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Lecompton
Lincoln
George Washington Pressgrove
Jess Pressgrove
G. W. Pressgrove
Pressgrove
Kansas Territory
Ulysses S. Grant
Eisenhower
Abraham Lincoln
Sergeant Mum on Korean Role in Letters to Wife
Sergeant Mum Holcomb of Wichita and two other soldiers were credited with enabling Second Division troops to push enemy forces from Old Baldy. His wife recalls weekly letters and mentions he was wounded. Holcomb, 25, born in Nowata, moved to Wichita in 1942 after enlisting as a teen, discharged 1947, recalled 1951. Contracts for Olathe Community Hospital awarded to three firms with bids ranging from 28,793 to 140,396 dollars.
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Wichita
L. Holcomb
Korea
Holcomb
Victor|Espinoza
el Paso
Tex
W. F. Vaughn
Old Baldy
Nowvata
Okla
Udall
Kas
Altho
Olathe
S. R. Brunn Construction Co
Kansas City
Beese-Hilburn Electric Co
Brune Plumbing. Heating & Electric Co
Lawrence
Wanbas Casualties in Korean area announced
The Department of Defense today announced casualties among Kansans in Korea. Wounded are Pvt. Larry W. Allen of Minneapolis Pfc. Daniel G. Moran of Blaine Pvt. Jim Odis Brown of Independence Pfc. Lee R. Brown of Emporia and Pvt. Robert J. Dodge of Eureka.
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Department of Defense Today
Larry W. Allen
Minneapolis
Daniel G. Moran
Blaine
Jim Odis Brown
Independence
Lee R. Brown
Emporia
Robert J. Dodge
Eureka
McPherson to honor Miss America contestant in parade
McPherson prepares to honor Kay Arm Goforth the Miss Kansas winner who will represent Kansas in the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City New Jersey. She will ride in an open car at the head of a Miss Kansas parade and will speak at a Tuesday night dinner in her honor.
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McPherson
Kanes
Atlantic City
N. J
Kay Arm Goforth
Wichita
Kansas
Ann
Vintage auto and gear sale notes with prices
A compact classified style item lists early 1950s cars and parts. It mentions a 51 Ford and ’51 ’52 Chevy, older models priced lower, plus a 30 ’52 Studebaker. The piece notes an official size Bobby Layne ball with ball-split cow hide and pebble grain finish. It also cites a Brown army duck leather gun holster and a water-repel lent finish in Lawrence Kansas with fit for 38 to 52 inches.
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Ford
Studebaker
Hong
First tropical hurricane forms east of Miami
A tropical disturbance about 1000 miles east south east of Miami gave rise to the season's first tropical hurricane. A hurricane hunter plane reported winds near 50 miles per hour in the northern semi circle, with the center about 750 miles north-northeast of San Juan. The advisory indicated a slow west-northwest drift over the next day, likely steering the system away from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic toward the Bahama chain.
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Miami
Fla
Cireese
San Juan
Puerto, Rico
Dureau
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic
Chain of Bahama Islands
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Charles D. Jones
Meridian
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Peter R. Rosing
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Tih
Gulf
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Arthur R. Debolt
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Sen. Nixon
California
United States
K. U. Memorial Union
University of Kansas Memorial Union
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Angie
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