FBI Seeks Cause Of Elkton Rocket Fuel Blast
The FBI joined the probe into a flash fire at Thiokol Chemical Corp Elkton plant that killed four and injured four. The blaze spread through a 100 by 40 foot building, with rockets ignited and shot into the air. Victims identified as Charles Devault 25 Marvin Kincaid 21 Jerome Kahl 18 Frank Knight 34, all from nearby communities. The plant makes solid propellant for Army and Air Force missiles, with safeguards in place to limit damage.
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FBI
Thiokol Chemical Corp
Elkton
H. G. Jones
Charles L. Devault
Marvin E. Kincaid
North East
Jerome J. Kahl
Riverside Beach
Frank K. Knight
Rising Sun
U.S. 40
Maryland
Jones
Thiokol
Army
Honest John
Air Force
Hawk
What Makes a Good City and a Better Lawrence
The Saturday Column argues that a city’s vitality comes from its people not its natural advantages. It urges Lawrence to nominate more under-35 leaders for its 1957 Man of the Year and to foster civic initiative, backing youth leadership to keep Lawrence progressive and attracting top graduates.
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Charcen
Lawrence
Lawrence Junior Chamber of Commerce
Boas
Ettisen
St Lawrence
Pala
Subway Strike Deepens as MBA Faces Internal Split
New York reports an apparent rift among Motormen's Benevolent Association leaders amid a six day city subway strike. Subways run at about 70 percent with non-striking workers, while a bus strike deadline is extended to January 1. Gov. Harriman may intervene as Mayor Wagner rejects a six point settlement plan.
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New York
Alan
Ite
Averell Harrisman
Robert F. Wagner
Louis Waldman
Wagner
Moss K. Schenck
Augustine Johnson
Waldman
Schenck
Quill
Michael J. Quill
Afl-Cio Transport Workers Union
Transit Authority
Food Stores, Meat Cutters Reach St Louis Pact
Five chain grocers and Meat Cutters Local 8% reached an agreement to end a labor dispute affecting about 150 St Louis area stores. Pickets were withdrawn from Schnucks and A Moll after agreements. About 6,000 workers had been off the job since December 6 as stores prepared to resume operations later today or early next week. The union sought a $12.50 weekly raise in a one year contract. the industry last offered $9 for year one and a second-year raise in a two-year pact.
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ST. Louis
Terma
Bettendorf
Rapp
Schnucks
A. Moll
Schnucks and
Moll
Dedication at New Eudora Baptist Site Sunday
Dedication ceremonies for the First Southern Baptist Church of Eudora are set for 2 p m Sunday at the parsonage east of the church. Rev Dick Daylinger says Dr N J Westmoreland will speak. the two story church began in 1957 and the parsonage in 1985. church and parsonage valued at 30000 to 35000 with all labor by church members. The church, started five years ago in a member’s home, now has over 160 members and sponsors a Shawnee mission of 30. It is part of the Southern Baptist Convention in Kansas, which has 140 churches.
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First Southern Baptist Church of
Eudora
Dick Day- Tinger
N. J. Westmoreland
The
Kansas Southern Baptists
Doctor's Car Stolen with Narcotics From Salina Clinic
Salina police searched Friday for a gray 1954 four door Hudson with Saline County license 4934 stolen from the Mawory Clinic parking lot. The car contained a physician's kit with narcotics, tied to Dr. Henry B. Greher. Police suspect a drug addict may have taken the auto.
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Salina
Henry 8
Greher
Mawory Clinic
Korean Merchant Ship Sinks in Tsushima Strait
The South Korean cargo vessel sank in the Tsushima Strait between Japan and Korea. Fourteen crew members are reported missing, with one survivor rescued by a Japanese fishing boat as confirmed by the Japanese Coast Guard.
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Tokyo
Tsushima Strait
Japan
South Korea
Japanese
Coast Guard
Death notices and funeral plans for Chester A. Todd
Chester A. Todd, 68, of 1137 N. Y. St., was found dead Friday at home where he lived alone. A retired railroad employee, he was last seen Wednesday evening. Coroner Byron Walters attributed the death to natural causes. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Cooper-Warren Mortuary. Lawrence Lodge No. 6 A F and A M. Monday, December 16, 7 30 p.m. Joint installation of officers for 1958 with Acacia Lodge No. 9. Visitors welcome. W M G, W. Mole, Secy.
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Chester A. Todd
N. Y. St
Todd
Byron Walters
Cooper-Warren Mortuary
Lawrence Lodge
A.F
A.M. Mon
Acacia Lodge
W. Mole
Soviet says plane goes 1250 mph in test flight
Moscow reports So viet Aviation, citing the air force magazine, says a Russian test pilot reached 1250 miles per hour in an experimental flight. The claim follows a U S record set by Maj. Adrian Drew in California, piloting a Voodoo fighter-bomber at 1207.6 mph over a measured course.
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Moscow
Soviet Aviation
United States
Air Force Magazine
Moscow Radio
Adrian Drew
U.S. Air Force
California
Russia Protest Over Polish Deputy at IAEA Post
Washington reports Russia objects to naming a Polish official to deputy director general in charge of personnel at the IAEA. Director General Sterling Cole plans to ignore the complaint, willing to appoint one Russian but not two, while Kraczkiewicz is the named Pole. The dispute reflects Moscow’s distrust of Poland’s Gomulka regime in Vienna based agency plans.
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Washington
Russia
International Atomic Energy Agency
Sterling Cole
New York
Cole
Karol Kraczkiewicz
U.N
Vienna
Kraczkiewicz
Henry Cabot Lodge
Moscow
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Kremlin
IAEA
Wrong Time, Poor Place For Robbery
NEW YORK on Friday the thirteenth a bank robbery attempt went wrong at a Chemical Corn Exchange branch near the 54th Street precinct. Bernard Jackson 27 walked in demanding 50000 dollars as Officer Tennant warned him off. Jackson was booked for attempted robbery and illegal possession of a gun.
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New York
Chemical Corn Exchange Bank
54Th St
Bernard Jackson
John A. Cronin
Cronin
Robert Tennant
Jackson
Hospital Admissions and Births Noted at Memorial Hospital
Memorial Hospital records show admissions including Mrs Jessie Cutter, Mrs Barbara Queen, Mrs Barbara Snodgrass, Mrs Elizabeth Jones plus Rosie Peterson and a baby boy and two newborns to Mr and Mrs Donald Queen and Mr and Mrs Morris Snodgrass. Dismissals include Walter Snow Ellen Francis Mra Frances Breese Viemer Whitson and others. A daughter was born today to the Queen and Morris Snodgrass families.
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Jessie Cutter
Stratford Rd
Barbara Queen
Mass. St
Barbara Snodgrass
Locust St
Walter Snow
Pa. St
Ellen Freancis
Frances Breese
Viemer Whitson
Prospect Ave
Elizabeth Jones
Tonganoxie
Rosie Peterson
Eudora
Jayne Kincaid
Merriam
Sally McNeil
Ark
Donald Queen
Mass
St. & Gon
Morris Snodgrass
Kaw Valley School Christmas Program Tonight at 7:30
Kaw Valley School children present a Christmas program at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday with no gift exchange this year. Santa Claus will greet preschoolers and refreshments will be served. Friends and patrons are invited to attend at the school.
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Kaw Valley
Santa Claus
Kaw Valley School District
Sn Ieee
Topeka Insurance Man Named Regent of State Board
TOPEKA M Gov George Dock announced the appointment of Russell R. Rust of Topeka as a new member of the State Board of Regents effective January 1. The move comes as publisher Qs year 8. Stauffer, also of Topeka, urges against reappointment. Rust replaces Mrs. Elizabeth Haughey of Concordia. Stauffer’s term ends concurrently. All three are party affiliates with Rust and Haughey Democrats and Stauffer a Republican.
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Topeka
George Dockjing
Russell R. Rust
Board of Regents
Stauffer
Rust
Elizabeth Haughey
Concordia
Haughey
Honest citizen finds recovered $100 bill in Baldwin road
Lawrence area crime notes report Deputy Sheriff P W Jones praising Harry North of Baldwin Route 1 for turning in a recovered $100 bill found on a Baldwin road after a robbery that left Kansas City man Harley Hildebrand about $250 poorer. Seven people were cited during a statewide driver license checkpoint in Lawrence as part of ongoing patrol checks. A Hallmark TV program in KU Memorial Union features Maurice Evans in The Twelfth Night to air on color sets lent by Hallmark Cards. Critics joke about football salaries at KU prompting joke about classifying schools as junior colleges.
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P. W. Jones
Baldwin
Harry North
Route 1
Harley Joseph Hildebrand
Kansas City
North
Jones
Hallmark Sector
Kansas University Memorial Union
Maurice Evans
Hallmark Cards Inc
KU Union
Jack Mitchell
Falkenstien Child Hurt When Hit by Topeka Car
Jane Falkenstien a Topeka Y year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Max Falkenstien was injured Friday afternoon when struck by an auto while walking home from school at 17th and Gage. She was treated for bruises and bumps and is resting at home.
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Jane Falkenstien
Max Falkenstien
Topeka
Jane
Mra
Iva Francis Woolpert
17Th
Gage
Max Falkenstein
Lawrence
Kansas University Grad Becomes WREN Manager in Topeka
Native Kansas University graduate and longtime sports announcer now manages radio station WREN in Topeka. He is well known in the area for his sports broadcasts. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Falkenstien, reside at 46 E 19th St.
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Kansas University
WREN
Topeka
Earl Falkenstien
19Th’ St
Two Die in Wichita Mishap Involving Car and Ambulance
Charles F. Patham, 19, of Cheney, died from head injuries after a collision between his car and an ambulance near a Wichita hospital. Maude Fox, 78, of Wichita, collapsed while shopping and died on arrival at the hospital.
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Wichita
Charles F. Patham
Cheney
Maude Fox
Rock fall at Cambia Mine kills three near Nicosia
A rock face collapse at Cambia Mine southwest of Nicosia buried a truck, killing three men. The report notes historic U.S. federal offices during Andrew Jackson's presidency were limited to State, Treasury, War, Navy, Justice, and the Post Office.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Cambia Mine
Andrew Jackson
U. S
State
Treasury
War
Navy
Justice
Post Office
Strike Tonight Targets Gas Service in Eight Cities
United Mine Workers District 50 calls a midnight strike against Gas Service Co in eight Kansas and Missouri communities. About 516 Gas Service employees will walk out in Wichita Mission Pittsburg Newton Kansas City Kas and northeast Johnson County in Tee’s Summit Missouri over contracting with outside personnel. Kansas City Missouri division workers are not covered. Company and union disagree over outsourcing vs current maintenance work. Agreement on other issues for a new contract has been reached. management expects continued service.
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Kansas City
The
Gas Service Co
Kansas
Missouri
United Mine Workers of America
District 50
Gas Service
Wichita
Mission
Pittsburg
Newton
Kas
Johnson County
Tee's Summit
Kansas City, Mo
Ala
B. C. Adams Jr
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