Congress Flurries Action Before August Break
Congress adjourns for conventions after overriding Eisenhower vetoes to raise pay for 14 million federal workers at a cost of 746 million dollars annually. Major appropriations bills pass while health, education, housing, farm, and school aid measures are shelved for postconvention action.
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House
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Rules Committee
Capitol Hill
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Illustrations in the Showing Promised as Top Quality Reproductions
The notice states that the illustrations in the showing will be top quality reproductions. It emphasizes high fidelity visuals for attendees and highlights the event’s commitment to presentation.
Farm murder puzzle baffles Wichita lawmen
Investigators seek how Lora Guinn and an unknown killer entered an empty northeast Wichita farmhouse. The 38 year old widow was beaten and stabbed, sexually assaulted, with clothes left hanging and a sandal on one foot. Neighbors and residents provide alibis while detectives probe possible entries and a missing key.
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Wichita
Lora Guinn
Victor Lygrisse
Dennis G. Robinson
Fleming Named Kansas City City Manager
Harry M. Fleming, 67, Kansas City business executive, was appointed city manager at 24500 dollars a year. The City Council voted 5 to 3. Mayor Bartle later changed his vote to yes making it 6 to 2. Nolan and Davis opposed, citing lack of professional training. Fleming previously served on the Jackson County Court and succeeds Reed McKinley who resigned January 1.
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Harry M. Fleming
Fleming
H. Roe Bartle
Joseph M. Nolan
Harry S. Davis
Jackson County
Reed McKinley
McKinley
L. P. Cookingham
Disney Turns to Daniel Boone as New Disney Hero
Disney opts for Daniel Boone as a flesh and blood TV hero joining Texas John Slaughter Swamp Fox and Zorro on Walt Disney Presents next season. Dewey Martin to star after years of interest, saying the Boone role could mirror Crockett without a full series. Disney plans four to six films rather than a continuing sequel approach.
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Daniel Boone
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Don’t
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the Swamp Fox
Zorro
Boone
Dewey Martin
Dewey
Walt
Fess Parker
Crockett
Mother admits pushing daughter to death in New York
Clara Panken, 41, told police she pushed her 9 year old daughter Bess from a 12th floor window in March. Police charged her with homicide and she was taken to a hospital for observation.
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New York
Clara Panken
Bess
AF Fires Atlas Test With Inertial Guidance Gear
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP The Air Force successfully fired an inertially guided Atlas missile on a 5000 mile test down the Atlantic range. The 83 foot rocket met all test objectives placing its re entry body on a water target in the South Atlantic. Officials said the test validated the all inertial guidance system and the ability to receive and react to steering commands. The launch followed the explosion of the first operational Titan prototype and other missile tests in the Atlantic area. James Monroe became fifth President of the United States in 1817. He was re elected in 1820.
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California
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Lucille Ball Injured in Desilu Studio Fall
Comedienne Lucille Ball is hospitalized with a brain concussion and a deep gash after a fall at Desilu Studio on a sound stage water tank. She and Desi Arnaz own the studio jointly. she was to film a fishing scene with Bob Hope for The Facts of Life when her head struck a cabin cruiser's gunwale. Doctors say injuries are not serious.
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Lucille Ball
Desilu Studio
Desi Arnaz
Bob Hope
Miss Ball
Detroit Produces Over Half of U S Autos and Trucks
The article notes that more than half of the United States' automobiles and trucks are manufactured in Detroit, highlighting the city as a central hub of American automotive production.
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Detroit
Dr. Miller Named Dean of Kansas University Medical School
Dr. C Arden Miller officially assumed the deanship at Kansas University Medical School in Kansas City on Friday, succeeding Dr. W Clarke Wescoe who became KU chancellor. Miller, 35, has served as assistant dean since 1957 and directed the Children’s Rehabilitation Unit. He is a native of Shelby Ohio and has published 23 scientific papers since 1948, including work on polio viruses.
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Kansas University Medical School
Kansas City
W. Clarke Wescoe
Franklin D. Murphy
University of California At
Los Angeles
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The
Medical Center
Wescoe
Shelby
Ohio
Helen Miller
Mansfield
Helen
Thomas
John
England
London
Russell Named Education Director in Kansas
AP reports Ernest Russell of Topeka has been named education director of the Kansas education department, reflecting a career in state schooling.
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Ernest Russell
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Art exhibition opens Monday at Mt. Oread
An exhibit titled Fine Art for Illustration runs July 4 to 16 in the Trophy Room of the Kansas Union Building. Loaned by Allstate Insurance Co the collection features 43 prints from top illustrators including Joseph Hirsch Adolph Dehn Doris Lee Arnold Blanch Paul Sample and Fletcher Mar.
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Allstate Insurance Co
Joseph Hirsch
Adolph Dehn
Doris Lee
Arnold Blanch
Paul Sample
Fletcher Mar
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