British Subject Held By Egyptian Police Amid Spy Ring Claims
Cairo reports another British subject jailed as tensions rise over espionage accusations. James Zarb faces arrest in a case the British Embassy says may involve passport issues. Egyptian authorities also hold James Swinburn and Charles Pittuck as suspects, with four Egyptians named as accomplices. The embassy demands clarity as Britain denies embassy involvement.
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Cairo
Egypt
James Zarb
Egypt Gang
Zarb
James Swinburn
Arab News Agency
Charles Pittuck
Marconi Radio- Telegraph Co
Swinburn
J. B. Flux
J. G. Gove
Fatalities Anticipated In Labor Day Travel
The National Safety Council estimates 480 deaths over the Labor Day weekend 78 hours from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday on U S roads. The council urges drivers to cooperate with enforcement to keep tolls around 350 and warns that holidays bring crowded highways and slower travel.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Second Body Recovered From Downed Navy Plane
The Navy reports the second crewman’s body recovered from the patrol plane shot down off the China coast. The 16 aboard included the crewman not yet identified, while 14 others remain missing. The discovery follows a prior recovery about 90 miles southeast of Shanghai near offshore islands. Communist China admits involvement, claiming it attacked a Chinese Nationalist plane.
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Washington
Navy
China
Shanghai
7Th Fleet
U. S
Mercator
Proclamation by Eisenhower Declares National Day of Prayer
President Eisenhower proclaims Wednesday September 12 as a national Day of Prayer. Joe's Bakery located at 412 W Sth is listed with VI 34720.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Joe's Bakery
W. Sth
Union Men Plan How to Be Defeated Endorsing Democrats
Forest Park Pennsylvania AFL CIO votes 14 to 8 to endorse the Democratic ticket of Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver against Eisenhower and Nixon. A later 17 to 5 count backed Democratic support as leaders plan to marshal votes and labor endorsed candidates for Congress and state offices.
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Forest Park
AFL
George Meany
CIO
Afl-Cio
Adlai Bteveneon
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Eisenhower
Nixoth
Walter Reuther
Stevenson
Reuther
Committee On Political Education
Congress
Tax Slash Hope Dwindles After Budget Estimate
Washington sources report the midyear budget review shows revenues at 69.8 billion dollars and spending at 69.1 billion, yielding a lean 0.7 billion surplus for 1957. Officials say the figure is too small for tax cuts and compares with a 1.7 billion surplus in 1956.
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Treasury
Humphrey
Percival F. Brundage
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate House Economic Committee
Cas
Babe Zaharias Laughs and Keeps Spirit Amid Illness
The Babe Zaharias, famed athlete, remains in good spirits as doctors report her condition unchanged and comfortable. A hospital spokesman notes her grit, with Zaharias laughing and joking, even attempting a cigarette, reflecting her indomitable spirit despite serious illness.
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Galveston
Tex
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
G. A. W. Currie
John Sealy Hospital
Zaharias
Convicts Escape Kilby Prison in Truck Breakout
Thirty inmates fled Kilby Prison in Montgomery this afternoon after seizing a prison truck. Two were killed and several others wounded as guards pursued them. Warden G P Burford said the convicts overpowered the driver and forced the truck back toward a field for work.
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Montgomery
Ala
Kilby
G. P. Burford
Four Hoodlums Seized as Masterminds of Riesel Acid Attack
FBI nabbed Johnny Dio and three others linked to the April 5 acid assault on Victor Riesel outside a Broadway restaurant. Abraham Telvi was hired for 1000 to fling the acid and was later found shot to death. Field notes name Dio and others as organizers and paymasters in a labor racketeering case.
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New York
FBI
Johnny Dio
Underworld
Victor Riesel
Riesel
FRY
Abraham Telvi
Telvi
U.S. Atty
Paul W. Williams
Federal Grand Jury
Dapper
Dio
John Dioguardi
Point Lookout
Long Island
N. Y
Jet Crash Victim Named in Kans News
Olathe Kansas flier killed when a Cougar jet fighter exploded near the Olathe Naval Air Station as it neared a landing yesterday. Identified as Lt. (jg) William James Gooding Jr. of Columbia Missouri.
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Olathe
Kas
Olathe Naval Air Station
William James Gooding Jr
Columbia
GOP Platforms Oppose New Taxes and Support Right to Work
Kansas Republicans abandon new or higher taxes unless economies and higher revenues fail, while backing a union member freedom of choice. The 15 planks include full school funding, efficiency drives, parole reform, and a push for desegregation, with opposition to broad graft and a call for investigations.
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GOP
Plank
Kansas
Sta Ft
Republican Party
Fred Hall
Warren W. Shaw
Beoe
Soley Appe
Permanet Inpusuve —O
Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Southwest Stricken by Drought Shows Barometer Effect
The drought worsens across Texas and neighboring states with cattle sales revealing the impact. Buckets of cattle arrive for sale as pasture and crop yields shrink, then fatten as breeders are sold off to survive. Officials warn of worsening conditions if rains don’t come.
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Dallas
Southwest
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Montana
Colorado
Wyoming
Kansas
Missouri
Raymond Gary
Agriculture Department
L. C. Carpenter
Carrier
Paul Swisher
KU Jamboree Reaches 26 000 GIs On European African Tour
Kansas University students, the Jayhawker Jamboree troupe of 18, return from a three month USO tour across Europe and Africa. They played 71 shows and added offstage performances at officers clubs and hospitals. The group covered over 20 000 miles, sometimes flying privately, and faced self arranged meals while on bases. The tour was praised by Stars and Stripes as the top USO show in Europe.
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Kansas University Coed
Merrilyn Coleman
Miss. St
Europe
Africa
K. U
U.S
France
Germany
Morocco
Heidelberg
Journal-World Photo
Harry Elliott
Kansas University
Miss
U. S
Stara and Stripes
Milton Howarth
Paris
Seine River
Oldtrader
Suez Meeting Set in Cairo Next Monday
President Nasser agreed to receive the five nation group in Cairo next Monday to discuss international control of the Suez Canal. Ambassador Samy Aboul Fe touh delivered Nasser's reply to Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies. British and French officials showed impatience as talks with Nasser were framed under the Western sponsored plan amid suspicions of delay and political maneuvering.
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London
Nasser
Suez Canal
Cairo
Samy Aboul Fetouh
Egypt
Robert Menzies
Menzies
Suez
Hsien
New Bus Schedules Take Effect Sept 5 City Routes
Lawrence city approves bus timetable changes to take effect September 5. North Lawrence will merge with KU 18th Street route giving half hour service and direct North Lawrence to campus. East Lawrence joins campus express with hourly service and extra peak buses. South of KU campus buses reroute via Indiana Nineteenth Tennessee to reach campus. An arcade benefit district for 718 Mass is created with a petition deadline to approve the project.
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Lawrence
City Commission
Rapid Transit, Inc
North Lawrence
East Lawrence
Kansas University
K.U
Mass
New Hampshire
Massachusetts Street
Pony Express Nervous Ride Guards Highway Traffic
Modern times alter Wild West myths as Kansas Highway Patrol weighs escort for Pony Express riders entering Tonganoxie for Leavenworth County Fair. Riders fear traffic more than Indians. four starting points converge on town. The first to post at the Post Office wins a prize as the fair opens with a parade and horse show.
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Kansas Highway Patrol
Pony Express
Tonganoxie
Leavenworth County Fair
Yesteryear
Seta
Haskell
Leavenworth
Sheriff's Posse
Tonganoxle
McLouth
Basehor
Bonner ‘Springs
County Fair Opens Brightly At New Grounds Night program draws near capacity
A near capacity crowd filled the Douglas County Free Fair opening night at its new East Nineteenth Street fairgrounds. Showdowns faced floodlight outages and a forecast of showers, but winds and a thunderstorm cooled the event. Temperatures topped near 88 degrees, with a later front bringing possible rain. The roster featured Lee Harding as master of ceremonies, the Tune Chasers, Faucett Ross, Pat Kelly, and ventriloquist Ray Conlin. Open class livestock judging and horse judging were underway, with top booths going to a Kanwaka 4-H Club display and the Stull Home Demonstration Unit. Farm display honors went to Orus Robusk and Earle Kasson.
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Grandstand
Rowe
Fairgrounds
East Nineteenth Street
Big Springs
Kanwaka
Alaog
Stull Home
Orus Robusk
Earle Kasson
W. Cleland
Mra
Richard “Funk
Ambrose Bigsby
F. W. Cleland
No trace found of seven airmen after KC-130 crash
Anchorage searchers reported no trace of seven airmen missing since they parachuted from a crippled KC 130 Stratotanker Monday. Rescue teams combed the crash area and nearby terrain as weather hampered operations.
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Anchorage
Weather forecast for Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma
Five day outlook across Nebraska and Kansas with near normal highs in the 80s, scattered thundershowers in eastern areas and hotter conditions in western regions. Partly cloudy tonight through Thursday with southeast showers, a little warmer west Thursday, lows around 60s to 70s, highs near 100 in the northeast and northwest zones. Year ago today figures noted, with a 104 high in 1949 and trace rainfall.
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Nebraska
Kansas
Nebreeka
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