Coast City Official Found Dead On Eve of Marriage
Palm Springs California Coast City building inspector Donald E Graham was found slain in his home on the eve of his planned marriage. Police said robbery likely motive as Graham reportedly carried large sums and had been out at night clubs Thursday. His fiancée Mrs Male Everett, a Pittsburgh divorcee, arrived in Los Angeles to be met by Graham’s secretary Lyn Waite and Officer Nick Mass who conveyed the news.
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Palm Springs
Califonn
Donald E. Graham
August G. Kettman
Grahams
Graham
Male Everett
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles International Airport
Nick Mass
Lyn Waite
Lawrence Teachers Tour Local Manufacturers Wednesday
About 180 Lawrence teachers will tour six local industries including CFCA nitrogen fertilizer plant Kansas Color Press NADMC alfalfa dehydration plant Lawrence Paper Co Reuter Organ Co and Westvaco Chemical plant. The bus tour starts 1 30 p m from Lawrence Junior High School with a dinner for teachers and about 50 businessmen at Lawrence High School cafeteria.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
E. R. Zook
C of C
Kansas Turnpike
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Cfca Nitrogen
Kansas Color Press
NADMC
Lawrence High School
Weather Across the Midsection and East Heats Up
The weather map shows a hot weekend for the middle of the country and extending into the Eastern States. Temperatures climbed above 100 in the Central Plains and South Dakota, with 106 in Hill City Kansas and Burwell Nebraska. North Platte Nebraska was 86 and Kansas City 83, while the West enjoyed fair conditions with 60s to 90s, except the southern desert where heat persisted.
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Associated Pr
Midwest
Plains
Texas
Central Plains
South Dakota
Hill City
Kan
Burwell
Neb
Jild
Great Lakes
Wisconsin
North Platte
Kansas City
Upper Great Lakes
Northeast
Desert
Centro
Calif
Thermal
Cowboy Site Auction Plans for Cowboy Capital
A sale of 117 head of cattle yesterday raised 10 318 for the proposed Cowboy Capital of the World in Hodge City. Stockmen and others gave cash gifts totaling 1337, with cattle donated by stockmen across the state. Most animals sold above market value amid brisk bidding. Williamstown Elementary School to open Monday September 5. Principal Arthur Langdon reports two buses will transport students. Nevada reports 1849 miles of railroad.
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Hodge City
Williamstown
Prin Pal Arthur Langdon
Pee Langdon
England Egypt Discover Task Of Settling Sudan Tough One
Associated Press analyst notes Britain and Egypt plan to withdraw from the Anglo Egyptian Sudan after 135 years. Egyptians hope independence will lead to closer ties with Egypt, while Sudanese face upheaval, revolts, and pressure for self rule as Britain prepares to withdraw in November. Rival divisions, regional strife, and calls for a new national name add to mounting tensions.
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England
Egypt
Sudan
J. M. Roberts
Associated Press
Britain
Gordon
Nile
Samuel Baker
Khartoum
Kitchener
Lord Kitchener
Fuzzy Wuzzy
The
Soudan
Atlantic
Red Sea
B47 Record Feature of Airpower Series
Riverside Calif high flying bombers headed back for their bases after 3000 mile missions simulating raids on Los Angeles Sacramento and Spokane The Strategic Air Command all jet B D s and giant K engine B36s took part in SACs bombing and navigation competition known as the world series of airpower As the third nights missions were ending competition headquarters at March Air Force Base announced standings after the second nights flights
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Riverside
Calif. U
Los Angeles
Sacramento
Spokane
Strategic Air Command
SAC
March Air Force Base
Six Nights Of B47 Trials Highlight Crucial Races
Six nights of competition featured the newer faster B47s topping the standings in Wednesday night into Thursday morning missions, repeating their top positions from the Tuesday Wednesday flights.
Britain backs a U S plan for Israel peace guarantees
The Foreign Office joined the United States in offering security guarantees for Israel and the Arab states if they reach a permanent peace accord. It welcomed Secretary of State Dulles's New York speech proposing American help to work out clearly defined borders between Israel and the Arab states.
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London
Britain
United States
Israel
Foreign Office
State Dulles
New York
Buzz Bonnet Aids Air Watchers Detector for Low Flying Planes
The Air Research and Development Command introduces an electronic aircraft detector called a buzz bonnet to help spotters detect low flying planes. Mounted on a hard hat with a horn like antenna and a coil, it aims to improve quick, accurate detection over sight alone. It includes an ear piece, a performance battery bag, a pulse amplifier, and a coaxial choke.
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Baltimorf
Air Research and Development Command
Rome
GOC
Greenwood County Fair Returns After Decades Long Absence
Eureka Kansas The Greenwood County Fair, idle since 1942, will be revived this year promising community events, exhibits and entertainment for residents and visitors alike in late summer festivities.
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Eureka
Kas.a
Greenwood County Fair
Aug. 32 Fourslay Rim Featured at 1872 Event
The event first held in 1872 features livestock exhibits, 4-11 Club work, horse races and old fashioned melodrama as main attractions this year.
Nixon Outlines Six Ways Russians Can Show Peace
Vice President Richard M. Nixon told 1,200 guests at the American Bar Association banquet in Philadelphia that Moscow must show it wants to reduce East West tensions. He urged free elections in Germany, Korea unification, withdrawal of Chinese troops from Korea, Eisenhower’s aerial inspection plan, disarmament, removal of the Iron Curtain, freedom for satellite nations, and ending Moscow control over free nations’ organizations. The remarks echoed President Eisenhower’s stance from two days earlier.
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Philadelphia
Richard M. Nixon
Russia
Soviet Union
Nixon
Germany
Korea
Eisenhower
Europe
Moscow
45 Persons Give Blood For Hospital Patients
Lawrence Memorial Hospital needed 50 transfusions in the past month and five donors supplied the required blood. Replacements from relatives and friends included Earl L. Curtis, Hugh Jackson, Walten L. Norris, Attore N. Firaino, Mrs. Eugene Cobb, and several others in Lawrence and nearby towns. Red Cross investigators called in Earl Fowler and other donors to supplement replacements.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Earl L. Curtis
Hugh Jackson
Sunflower
Walten L. Norris
Williamstown
Attore N. Firaino
Staten Island
N. Y
Eugene Cobb
Lyle Colburn
Morris Evans
Lurian B. Hammer Jr
Charles Hill
Avis Wipka
Keith
Lawrence Residents Named in Community Roster
A long list of Lawrence residents including Coombs Fisher Fletcher Hazel Gerstenberger Mildred Glasscock Harlin Graves Dick Harp Join Herrington Emma Ter Gordon Maw J L Mayes Philip Naff James Owens Cassandra Ritter Winifred Tanner Lois Ward Cres Ward F Vinton Warner Wo W Wempe and Ruth H Young appears in the notice as part of a local roster or event. The article preserves names and association with Lawrence without additional narrative context.
Obituary for 71 year old woman from Ohio to Missouri
Obituary notes a woman born July 28 1884 in near Springfield Ohio who joined the German Baptist Church early. She moved with her parents to Carthage and Fairview Missouri before marrying Abraham J. Flory on February 26 1908. She left a husband a daughter Mabel a son Wesley W Flory a stepdaughter Etta M Wray a sister Mabel A Wingert three brothers and eight grandchildren. She died near Baldwin on August 6 1955.
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Carthage
Fairview
Abraham J. Flory
Mabel
Wesley W
Mabel C. Duver
Wesley W. Flory
Etta M. Wray
Mabel A. Wingert
Wyman Win Della M. Flory
Wigert
Jess Wingert
Wiliam Kam
Sue Wingert
Wingert
Springfield
Ohio
Baldwin
Old German Baptist Church
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Rudyard Kipling
U.S
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Clyde Bysom Orchestra
Paul F. Clark, W.P
Comeback
21St and
Ousdahl Rd
Allen Field House
Distinctive New Homes
University Field
Della M. Flory
Arthur Schopenhauer
Ay Prescription Shop
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