Cleanup Efforts Reach High Gear In Storm Region
In Cameron Louisiana the hurricane Audrey recovery tightens as 301 bodies recovered and 400 more missing in the Cameron Parish area. Officials warn Cameron is uninhabitable with 700 dead and about 100 million in property damage. Red Cross aid and Louisiana church appeals fund relief, burial costs, rebuilding and livelihoods.
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Lake Charles
Camtrom
Ham Reid
Calcaseiu Parish
Harry Snath
Guillermo Vasquez
Cameron
Donald Stout
Red Cross
New Orleans
Louisiana Baptist Convention
Alexandria
Khrushchev Names 6 Stayons On Soviet Presidium
Central Committee report kept Khrushchev allies in power while accusing Molotov Malenkov Iracanovich and Shepilov of backing a renewed Cold War and resisting Khrushchev's agricultural and industrial decentralization plan at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Committee
Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
A. I. Kirichenko
A. L. Mikoyan
M. A. Suslov
Klimenti Voroshi Jov
Soviet Union
Bissted
Molotov
Malenkov
Iracanovich
Shepilov
Rainfall Injuries From Wrecks Dot Eudora and Lawrence
Two-vehicle and three-vehicle crashes on K-10 in Eudora and on Lakeview Road near Lawrence caused serious injuries and about $1,300 in damages. Arthur Bernitz, 61, of Eudora, reportedly fell asleep at the wheel in a three-car collision, injuring others Melvin Peterson and Charles Lilly. In the second crash four miles northwest of Lawrence, Don Guinn and Ralph McDougal collided head on, with passenger Carl Miller treated and released for bruises. Damages estimated at $600.
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Eudora
Arthur G. Bernitz
Melvin C. Peterson
Kansas City
Charles G. Lilly
Ottawa
Lawrence
Lakeview Road
Don Guinn
Stillwell
Okla
Ralph E. McDougal
Oak Hill Ave
Headon
McDougal
Guinn
Carl F. Miller
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Tonganoxie Fourth Street collapse draws wide emergency response
A building on Fourth Street in Tonganoxie collapsed, triggering a major rescue operation. Kansas Highway Patrol, Douglas and Leavenworth County sheriffs, Lawrence police and fire units, and the National Guard assisted. Dr. Parker and Palmer reached trapped workers as crews removed debris. Ambulances, fire trucks, and Red Cross workers supported the scene with air, water, and aid.
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Fourth Street
Kansas State Highway Patrol
Douglas County
Leavenworth
National Guard
Highway Patrol
Red Cross
Tongenoxie
Basehor
Lawrence
Tonganoxie
Girard Bride Rents Kimono For a Re Run
Girard's Japanese bride rented a flowered Japanese silk kimono and gold-embroidered obi for 4.55 to wear for her church marriage to the Ottawa soldier Haru Sueyama picked a plain gold band to place on Girard's finger tomorrow during religious rites at Camp W Washington. Girard, a 1 year old Army specialist third class, is restricted to the camp awaiting a decision on whether Japan or the Army will try him for killing a Japanese woman on guard duty at a firing range. They were married under Japanese law by documents Tuesday but he awaits a U S Army chaplain to formalize the wedding. Candy searched many kimonos in Kagohara’s, choosing a peony print for the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kagohara
Japan
William
Girard
Ottawa, T
Haru
Candy) Sueyama
Btue
Camp Whittington
U.S
Candy
Kagehara
Memorial Hospital Admits and Birth Notices
At Memorial Hospital admitted C C Stewart 814 Mo St Orville Freeman Tonganoxie David Hornberger 408 Lincoln St Mrs Lola Grady Tonganoxie Mrs Barbara McDonald 936 Mo St Mrs Lilie McEnulty Eudora Hobart Hall Tonganoxie Mrs Lela Church 776 Grant St Mrs Palins Hunn 2008 Hillview Rd Mrs Hazel Gillette 1031 Vi St Mrs Ella L Mahoney Route 53 Mrs Vivian Marriott 728 W 19th Terr Dismissed Ginger L Ireland Sunflower Guy Helm 625 Lake St James Bernhardt Topeka Cindy O Bryon Baldwin Mrs Georgia Martin Bt142 Ky St Mrs Joan Tynan Leavenworth Henry A Lobb De Soto Mrs Minnie Brink Route 11 Births Mr and Mrs Guy Cobb Kansas City Kas a daughter Wednesday Mr and Mrs Milton L Polk 730 Walnut St a daughter Wednesday Mr and Mrs Clifford McDonald 826 Mo St a son Wednesday Mr and Mrs Harry L Hunn 2068 Hillview Rd a son today
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C. C. Stewart
Orville Freeman
Tonganoxie
David Hornberger
Lincoln
Lola Grady
Barbara McDonald
Lilie McEnulty
Eudora
Hobart Hall
Lela Church
Grant St
Palins Hunn
Hillview Rd
Hazel Gillette
Ella L. Mahoney
Vivian Marriott
Ginger L. Ireland
Sunflower
Guy Helm
Lake St
James Bernhardt
Topeka
Cindy O’bryon
Baldwin
Georgia Martin
Joan Tynan
Leavenworth
Henry A. Lobb
DeSoto
Minnie Brink
Guy Cobb
Kansas City
Kas
Milton L. Polk
Walnut St
Clifford McDonald
Mo. St
Harry L. Hunn
Deaths and Funerals Joseph J Svoboda 1115 Tenn St
Joseph Jesse Svoboda aged 1115 Tenn St died Wednesday afternoon at Meushodalis. Survived by widow Florence, two daughters Betty Brune and Jean Hamrick, four sons Joseph Jr, Lloyd, Floyd, Charles, a sister Anna Bud a Pistora, sisters Anna Mokr and John Neus haffer, brothers Wingit and Lois, plus many grandchildren. Funeral arrangements by Rumsey and Harmne. Population note on Latin America closes.
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Joseph Jesse Svoboda
Tenn
Meushodalis
Florence C. Svoboda
Tiwo
Betty Sol Brune
Route A
Norman Jean Hamrick
Akron
Ohio
Joseph Svoboda Jr
Pittsburgh
Lloyd Svoboda
Kansas City
Kas
Floyd Svoboda
Neosho Falls
Rescue in basement collapse saves Hall as others die
Lt McCall and Deputy Bowen pull Hall from a basement hole in a two story building near Lawrence. He is conscious, sedated, and taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital in fair condition. Stephenson and Farrell likely died. debris and heat hinder rescue. Red Cross aids workers. law enforcement, National Guard, and fire crews assist. The German origins of the hot dog are noted as trivia.
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Constant Construction Co
Lawrence
Tonganoxie
Journal-World
Farrell
George
Tommy McCall
McCall
Bowen
Parker
Hall
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Stephenson
Red Cross
National Guard
State Highway Patrol
Virgil Foust
Earl Harris
Claude Grandstaff
Don Andrews
Harris
Dale Chappell
Man Hallmark
John Miller
Lawrence Fire Department
Elementary Band and String Orchestra Concert Friday
The Lawrence elementary schools concert bands and strings will perform a second summer show at 7:40 PM Friday in South Park. Directed by Wilbur M. West, the program features various selections including Italian pieces and marches, with the cornet section highlighted.
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Lawrence
South Park
Wilbur M. West
Marines Train in Desert As Atomic Test Delays
At the Atomic Test Site in Nevada the Marine Corps 2nd Battalion 5th Regiment 1st Marine Division from Camp Pendleton slog through 110 degree sands. They march and maneuver under a mushroom cloud era context awaiting the delayed nuclear shot.
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Atomic Test Site
Nev
Marine Corp
5Th Regiment
1St Marine Division
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Nevada Desert
Turncoat Fortuna Returns Home From Communist China
Andrew Fortuna, 21, a Detroit auto worker turned prisoner in China, arrived in San Francisco aboard the President Wilson on Independence Day. He spoke of job struggles in the U.S. classified ads and said he borrowed $390 from the State Department for travel. Fortuna, eighth U.S. turncoat to return, said he was homesick and would consider returning to China, while noting mixed views on Red China and his desire to again visit someday. He was captured in November 1950 amid the Korean War.
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San Francisco
Andrew Fortuna
America
China
Fortuna
Detroit
Hankow
Golden Gate
Wilson
State Department
Hong Kong
United States
Red
Korea
Communist Party
Red China
Workers’ Council
Misery and Fear Hit Quake-Ravaged Iran Regions
Iranians near the Caspian south coast face hunger thirst and sickness after a major earthquake. Half a million people in quake zones flee to the countryside while surviving families report wolf attacks in villages Rineh Assack and Bijestan as they hide in woods.
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Temran
Irani
Caspian Sea
Rineh
Assack
Bi-jestan
Cat bite incident and farm yield notes in Lawrence
Mrs Lois Schafer of Overland Park, KU student, reports her short haired black cat bit her then escaped. No rabies in area per doctor. cat to Leasure Vet Hospital if found. Cat described as eight months old with white feet tail tip and chin spot. Also notes: wheat quality and moisture good despite weather. 1957 harvest may reach two thirds of record yields. George Wise receives 40 year Buick pin in Lawrence. Denmark has a single chamber parliament.
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Lois Schafer
Overland Park
Kansas University
Schafer
Watkins Hospital
Leasure Veterinarian Hospital
Vt. St
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Memorial Hospital
Frankfort
Germany
Vienna
Hamburg
Shanson
Triste Love
Tehaikowsky
Sleeping Plowe
Germin Kale
U of Venice
Pete Song
Brown
Little Princess Walle
Tuechte
Luckless Govatta
Buchtel
Marine Atom Group
Lawrence Memorial Co
Prescriptions Round Corner Drug CO
Mel Fisher
Happy Hal's
Happy East
HIWAY
Hal
Iran
George Wise
Parker Buick Co
Buick
Wise
Denmark
Helen and Ward
Lawrence Merchants
Salsbury
Your Friendly Self Service Shoe Store
Mass
Sportsman’s Shop
Underwood
Vincent’s
Acme Bachelor Laundry & Dry Cleaners
Dixie Shop
Maan
Blue Hills
Drake
Douglas County State Bank
The
Bank of Friendly Service
Granada Cafe
Bucheim Conoco
19Th and
Weaver
Rusty
KAY Pharmacy
Adam Kay
Mana
Lawrence National Bank
Independent Laundry and Dry Cleaners
Vermont
Guenther Jewelry
Diamond Headquarters
John's Novelty Shop
Larry Crum
Dinner Bell Cafe
Harry Twestergren
Farmers Co-Op Assn
Wegon
Haskell
White
Food Store
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