Merger plan announced by Monsanto and Lion Oil firms
The Monsanto Chemical Co and Lion Oil Co disclosed a merger agreement to be submitted to stockholders for approval on September 3. If approved, the merger will be based on issuing 1½ shares of Monsanto common stock for each Lion share, with both firms seeing active stock performance. Lion is a major nitrogenous chemicals producer while Monsanto produces ammonia phosphorus and fertilizers.
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New York
Monsanto Chemical Co
Lion Oil Co
Monsanto
Charles Allen Thomas
T. H. Barton
Lion Board
Lion
New York Stock Exchange
Kansas officers to train at KU in ninth annual school
More than 100 Kansas sheriffs and city police, with enrollments from Nebraska Missouri Oklahoma and Colorado, will attend the ninth annual Kansas Peace Officers Training School at Kansas University. The program runs July 25 to 30 with lectures demonstrations and three concurrent afternoon courses.
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Kansas
Kansas Universty
Kansas Peace Officers Training School
Nebraska
Missouri
Oklahoma
Colorado
Kenneth Beasley
Kansas University
Governmental Research Center
Universty Extension
Robert Raleigh
Northwestern University Traffic Institute
Evanston, Ill
R. L. Soule
Southern Police Institute
Louisville
Ralph Turner
Michigan State University
East Lansing
Mich
Ex-Siamese Twin Girls Celebrate 2nd Birthday
In Lafayette Louisiana two brown eyed sisters Carolyn Anne and Catherine Anne Mouton celebrate their second birthday. Born joined at the hips they were separated by surgery and are daughters of Mayor and Mrs Ashton J Mouton of Lafayette. A National Geographic Society quote about comets is noted.
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Lafayette
Carolyn Anne
Catherine Anne Mouton
Ashton J. Mouton
Miss Universe finalists draw world attention in Long Beach
Reporters name the 15 candidates from Argentina Belgium Brazil Canada Ceylon El Salvador England Germany Guatemala Honduras Japan Norway Sweden United States and Venezuela as favorites. Sweden's Hilde Rombin leads early public support while Ceylon's Maureen Hingert and England's Margaret Rowe draw strong visuals. A Bonn conference follows summit talks as Adenauer mobilizes aides to discuss German unification amid cautious optimism for easing global tension.
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Long Beach
Calif
Argentina
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Ceylon
el Salvador
England
Germany
Guatemala
Honduras
Japan
Norway
Sweden
United States
Venezuela
Hillevi Rombin
Marilyn Monroe
Margaret Rowe
Carlene King Johnson
Vermont
U.S.A
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Geneva
Heinrich von Brentano
Muerren
Adenauern
Pittsburg Children Face Delay in Polio Vaccine
Pittsburg W Pai ttsburg school children may have to wait until fall for their second Salk polio shot due to a serum shortage. Dr S B Muller city health officer said the delay affects shots planned for next Wednesday. County health officer Dr E C Lightfoot says Crawford County children will receive their shots in about two weeks.
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Pittsburg
S. B. Muller
Crawford County
E. C. Lightfoot
Lightning Mishap Kills 2 In Austrian Alps Elevator
A malfunction on a cable elevator in the Austrian Alps caused a sudden stop that hurled about 50 people down a slope. Two were killed and 13 injured. The incident occurred while power for the elevator was supplied. Local authorities reported the scene near Salzburg with a chaotic aftermath.
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Gainesville
Fla
Margaret Seay
Salzburg
Austria
Aerial wedding plans for model and millionaire fiancé
Minneapolis model Marion Sutton and Kansas City financier Edward L. Williams spoke to reporters about their upcoming aerial ceremony over Northwood Iowa on July 30. Williams, president of over 70 corporations, described multi million dollar holdings and lavish gifts including a Kansas estate and a diamond studded watch. A Methodist minister withdrew from the ceremony citing unknown surrounding circumstances.
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Minneapolis
Marion Sutton
Edward L. Williams
Kansas City
Northwood
Towa
Williams
Marion
America
Sutton
Kansas
Actress Stabs Herself Over Wedding Date Refusal
Los Angeles police say actress Eve Miller whose real name is Marilyn Miller stabbed herself in the abdomen after fiancé Glase Lohman refused to name a wedding date. He told officers she warned him she would be dead in the morning. She was rushed to General Hospital in critical condition after surgery lasting four hours.
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Los Angeles
Eve Miller
Glase Lohman
Miss Miller
General Hospital
Marilyn Miller
Kirk Douglas
Lohman
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