Spectator Finds Intrigue to Spare Ship Life Mosaic
Robert C. Ruark visits the M V Australia en route to Sydney, noting a diverse migrant passenger mix and a mosaic of shipboard lives. He predicts romances, quarrels, births, deaths, and assorted dramas as the voyage unfolds, observing status groups from first to lower decks.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
the Spectator
Lawrence
Kansas
Kov
Soviet Union
Robert C. Ruark
M. V
Australia
Messina
Port Said
Shooting Ends Faith Argument in Sacramento
In Sacramento California a fatal shooting involving 15 year old Bruce McPherson and two friends from prominent families followed an early morning religious dispute. Police confirmed he shot himself after receiving a revolver from Thomas Hughes who challenged him to pull the trigger. Hughes an Episcopalian and Devlin a Catholic were present as the incident unfolded. The district attorney and city police are investigating the case as the coroner confirms the death.
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Calif
Bruce McPherson
Robert Devlin
Thomas Hughes
Hughes
McPherson
Devlin
Strauss Still Believes Dixon Yates Aims Sound
Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Strauss testified that despite possible conflict of interest the Dixon Yates power contract's objectives remain sound. He spoke at reopened Senate Antimonopoly hearings where Kefauver pressed for criminal status, perjury checks, and government damages recovery.
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Washington
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Strauss
Senate
Sen
Kefauger
D-Tenn
Man Dies in Fire Prompted by Faulty Equipment
A man perished in a house fire believed to have started from faulty equipment. Fire officials say the blaze began in the living area and spread rapidly before crews contained it. Investigators will determine the exact cause and any responsible party.
Anti Segregation Action Provokes Fine on Bus Incident
Rosa Parks, seamstress, was fined 10 dollars and costs in Police Court for violating a city bus segregation ordinance. She immediately appealed to Circuit Court. Her $100 bond was signed by attorney Fred Gray and NAACP official E. D. Nixon of Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Alair
Rosa Parks
Circuit Court
Fred Gray
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
E. D. Nixon
Bus Segragation Protest Leads to Arrest on City Bus
A woman was jailed last Thursday night after refusing to leave a white passenger section on a city bus. The city code demands segregation in all public transport and other Black residents boycotted buses today in protest.
Georgi Malenkov May Return as Soviet Deputy Premier
London reports a Moscow radio broadcast describing Georgi Malenkov as first deputy chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers. The designation would place him as a deputy premier in the Soviet government cabinet.
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London
Georgi Malenkov
Moscow
U.S.S.R
Council of Ministers
Ex-State Senator W A Barron Dies at 83 in Kansas
Funeral services today for W A Barron 83 former Kansas state senator who died Saturday of a heart attack. Barron served three terms in the Kansas Senate beginning in 1936. A Muscotehey native, he opened a Phillipsburg law office in 1902 and practiced in Phillips County.
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Phillipsburg
W. A. Barron
Barron
Kansas Senate
Muscotehey
Parren
Phillips County
Fewer U S children get second Salk polio shots
A survey indicates fewer U S children have received a second Salk vaccine dose than the first in the polio drive. National figures show 3 627 096 have had a second shot, with first round totals at 7,74,354, though state reporting gaps suggest the true second-round total may be higher.
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Lawrence
Direct Distance Dialing to expand Kansas calls
Lawrence will launch Direct Distance Dialing on December 15 allowing one and two party subscribers to dial Greater Kansas City Lenexa Belton Joplin and Liberty Missouri and the Greater St Louis area. If the called line is busy or unanswered the translating machines will not record a charge. Calls are billed only when connected.
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Australis
Lawrence
Kansas City
Lenexa
Kansas
Belton, Joplin and Liberty
Missouri
Greater
St. Louis
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