John Quincy MacDonald dies at 89 former Army colonel
John Quincy MacDonald 89 a retired Army colonel and former vice president of the National Munitions Corp. of New York died Wednesday in Dallas. Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands features the hilltop Danish consulate once home to a Danish governor.
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Dallas
John Quincy MacDonald
National Munitions Corp. of
New York
Charlotte Amalie
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Good Faith $250,000 Park Funding Questioned
Kansas Senate Ways and Means Committee probes Governor Anderson's $250,000 good faith figure for Prairie National Park in Pottawatomie County. Proponents tout tourism and revenue. opponents doubt vanishing prairie claims and warn of land development impacts.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Prairie National Park
Pottawatomie County
Kansas Senate
Ways and Means Committee
August W. Lauterbach
Colby
Charles Stough
Lawrence
Stough
Kansas House of Representatives
National Park Service
Stewart N. Udall
Westmoreland
Kansas
Abilene
Jameson
Dave Carlson
Manhattan
Twin Mounds
New X15 Controls Perform Perfectly
At Edwards Air Force Base Neil Armstrong pilots the X15 at 3715 mph with throttle at 75 percent reaching 133000 feet. The test validates a new control system close to spaceflight autopilot and lasts 97 seconds.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Neil Armstrong
Armstrong
Clearwater Gas Break Leaves Homes in Cold Night
In Clearwater, Wichita, a broken high pressure gas line cut service for over four hours on Wednesday evening. Snow fell as temperatures near 20 degrees, leaving furnaces and stoves dark until repairs after 10 p.m. were completed.
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Wichita
Sedgwick County
Clearwater
Railroad Official Dies in Chicago Office
Ralph B. Weaver, 62, passenger traffic manager for the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad since 1947, died Wednesday in his Union Station office, apparently from a heart attack.
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Chicago
Ralph
Weaver
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Union Station
Dreamy Subway Cars Fall Short In New York Test
In a publicity stunt by the Junior Chamber of Commerce three dream cars were hooked into a Six car subway set between Times Square and South Ferry. Guests crowded into standard cars while champagne flowed in the special cars and ordinary riders complained over crowded conditions. A spectator summed it up by saying give me service not flowers and champagne.
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New York
Juni
Or Chamber of Commerce
Times Square
South Ferry
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W. P. Farrell
Prairie National Park History Association
Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
Tuttle Creek
Henry Jameson
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Carlson
C. J. Carlson
John Vanier
Salina
State of
Farrell
William Avery
R-Kan
Vanier
Martin's Grocery
Choice Club Steaks
Folger
Deerwood
Can Welch
Tuckahoe
Clieoy Hubarb
Jonathan
Ibi
Maine ST
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Goble Market
Elm St
Charles Goble
Sth
Indiana
Bob Faulk
Whelesale
Harwoods Wholesale Meat Market
U.S
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Winnie Harwood
Ralph Gelvin
Instant Folger
Libby
Sara Lee
Nabisco
Wolferman’s
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