Anjar Quake Toll Surges As Indian Relief Looms
India speeds relief to Anjar where 117 killed and 800 missing after a Saturday quake that stretched from Bombay to the Pakistan border. Army cordons the area as collapsing buildings trap residents and police pull 25 survivors from wreckage. Prime Minister Nehru visits Jamnagar to oversee aid efforts.
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Anjar
Pakistan
India
Ansar
Ahmedabad
Kutch
Nehru
Europe
Middle East
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Kutch Gulf
Marine Tells Court McKeon Hit at Him
A Marine testifies Sgt Matthew McKeon slapped him in the face after he failed to stand at attention during a court martial of the former Worcester drill instructor. Pfe John Maloof of Forest Hills, N Y, said McKeon spoke harshly before the night march that resulted in six drownings near Parris Island in April last year.
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D.C
Matthew C. MccKeon
Pfe
John N. Maloof
Forest Hills
N.Y
Worcester
Mass
McKeon
Maloof
Sgt. McKeon
Deaths and Funerals in Anadarko and Ottawa Areas
Walter Hammert Sr. of Anadarko dies at home after a Sunday illness. funeral at Anadarko 10 30 am with burial there. Survived by wife Elizabeth Hammert and three sons Walter Jr Frederick and Carl of Anadarko. father B W Hammett of Anadarko. J Edwin Anderson, 69, longtime Lawrence area native, dies in Lakewood Ohio. survived by wife Ona Swaim Anderson and sisters Fillen Anderson and Anna Johnson. Maude Etta Easdale, Ottawa resident, dies after heart attack. funeral in Ottawa with burial in Gardner Cemetery. survived by husband Earle Easdale and three children plus grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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Fadora
Anadarko
Okla
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Riverside
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Route 4
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Bas
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Gardner Cemetery
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Harold Crawford
Ort
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North Bend
Ore
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San Diego
Calif
First Christian Church
Local Men to Attend Driver Education Conference
Three Lawrence men will attend the Driver Education Conference at Kansas University from August 24. Benjamin H. Duell Charles D. McBeth and Archie Leo Hawkins are named. Hawkins received a $5,000 grant from the Allstate Foundation of Kansas City to fund the scholarship.
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Kansas University
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Charles D. McBeth
Archie Leo Hawkins
Hawkins
Allstate Foundation of Kansas Ciy
Kas
Woodring Attacked by Shawnee Young Democrats
Shawnee County Young Democrat Club president Robert Brock denounces Harry Woodring as ultra conservative and anti Democrat in a noon speech. Brock resigns from the Young Democrats while accusing Woodring of opposing the New Deal and Roosevelt. Woodring denies disloyalty and notes no breach with Roosevelt.
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Robert Brock
Shawnee County
Young Democrat Club
Harry Woodring
Brock
Woodring
George Docking
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Southwest Kansas Cooling Toward Ike, News Poll Indicates
Hutchinson News Herald reports a straw poll in southwest Kansas shows President Eisenhower remains favored but trails his 1952 popularity. Of 3953 respondents, 2631 voted for Eisenhower in 1952, 764 for Stevenson, 559 did not vote. For 1964, 45 percent plan to vote Republican, 28 percent Democratic, 27 percent undecided.
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Hutchinson News-Herald
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Eisenhower
Kansas
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Hisenhower
Stevenson
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Amei
Eyewitness recallsRail crash in Carrollton Missouri
Carrollton Missouri report from a Santa Fe Chief derailment describes a dark coach ride from Chicago to Lubbock. The witness notes the car survived with limited damage, people escaping amid rain and debris, and a scene of overturned middle cars and displaced seats.
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Santa Fe
San Francisco
Chicago
Lubbock
Tosa
Mock Gas Rationing Under U S Emergency Drill
Emergency press centers report Operation Alert 1B mock gas rationing across seven Civil Defense regions. The simulated blackout shows how shortages might ripple nationwide with requests for food and funds. No national system was activated. tighter gasoline controls could follow if real.
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U.S
Memorial Hospital Admits Many From Area Names Listed
A long hospital admission list records numerous local residents admitted at Memorial Hospital including Hazel Reusch Budora Ora EB Barrer Somers Tonganoxie Bela Karnes Clingenpeel Putnam Hauswirth Floro Wyatt Schindeman Owens Tonganoxie Kampschroeder Wade Sparks Fiddler Hendon Wilson Schultz McClung Goff Sempt er Gonsalin Herren Kraft Stephens Vaushinder Stown Willoughby West Davis Willoughby Cassity Petrie Kemberling Carter McMillen Jackson Zukowski Hegeman La Bruyere Nickels Evans Rife Hale and others with births noted for several couples. The piece ends with the statement the average U S wage earner lives 70 years vs 46 in 1909.
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Hazel Reusch
Budora
Ora
Margaret Sempter
Wanda Gonsalin
del. St
Yvonne Herren
Ohio St
Christine Kraft
Lecompton
Carolyn Stephens
Linwood
Leonard Vaushinder
Wiliam Stown
William Willoughby
Shawnee
Willard West
Overland: Park
Theodore Davis Sr
N. H. St
William Lloyd Jr
Dorothy Cassity
Forrest Ave
Betty Lou’ Petrie
Janice Kemberling
Prairie Ave
Shirley Jane Carter
Tonganoxie
Dorothy E. McMillen
Helen Jackson
N. J. St
Fannie Zukowski
N. WW. St
William Hegeman
Mildred LaBruyere
Baby Boy
Robert Nickels
Oskaloosa
Murray Evans
Locust St
Carolyn Rife
Almira Ave
Betty Hale
W. 21St Terr
Eightyearold Stephen Price tops Clinton fishing derby
Stephen Price eight son of Mr and Mrs Warren Price of 106 Indian Ave won the grand prize at the Douglas County Sportsman's Club derby near Clinton. About 300 children competed as he landed a two pound catfish. Sandra Sue Crumet eight daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl R Crumet of 1316 Tenn St led the girls with a four ounce crappie. Numerous others won first fish, largest crappie, largest bass and most fish in boys and girls divisions. Prizes donated by Lawrence merchants. event sponsored by the Douglas County Sportsman's Club and Recreation Commission.
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Warren Price
Indian Ave
Douglas County Sportsman's Club
Clinton
Sandra Sue Crumet
Earl R. Crumet
Tenn. St
Gary Vinyard
West 2Nd St
Billy Edmonds
la. St
Larry Green
R. BR
Billy Long
Christ Hunsinger
R. I
Cathy Price
Elizabeth Booth
Georgia Mole
Tth
Pamela
Robert Lee Pierson
Ala. St
Derry Love
Walnut St
Lawrence Merchants
Recreation Commission
Grand Jury Hears Hodge Evidence in Illinois Case
Springfield reports that Orville F. Hodge, former Illinois state auditor, told a Sangamon County grand jury about a million-dollar financial scandal in the State Auditor's Office. Harry Livingston read Hodge’s testimony from a nine-hour session as the investigation resumes. State's Atty. George Coutrakon plans to seek 46 indictments. Hodge albary faces federal charges. Twenty-seven witnesses were subpoenaed for today’s session.
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Orville
F. Hodge
Sangamon County
Harry Livingston
Hodge
George Coutrakon
Lawrence Planning Commission to discuss zoning and trailer courts
Lawrence Planning Commission meets at 7 30 p m Tuesday in City Hall for public hearings on two trailer court petitions three neighborhood business zoning requests and one apartment zoning petition Locations include east side Florida Street block 500 and west side North Fifth Street near Lyon Street West side New Hampshire Street 700 block Neith Borhooit business zoning proposals cover 475 feet of the Riling tract near 3th and Iowa Sts Burcham tract on east Iowa Street and four lots east of Crestline Drive on West Sixth Street The Douglas County Sportsman's Club will receive 200 quail for stocking in the area and members may call Don Weters at Wingts for details A veteran hunter suggests delaying squirrel hunting a couple weeks to allow births and better future hunting Kansas squirrel season runs July 1 to November The Douglas County Young Democrats Club offers rides to voters for the Aug 7 primaries Miss Fay Cecilia Mays of 620 Ky St received a personal note from Mamie Eisenhower thanking her for a card on the 40th wedding anniversary and shared memories of the Eisenhowers.
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City Hall
Florida Street
North Fifth Street
Lyon Street
New Hampshire
Street
3Th and
Iowa Sts
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Iowa Street
Seventh Street
Crestline Drive
West Sixth Street
Douglas County Sportsman's Club
Don Weters
Lawrence
Albert Shepard
Shepard
Kansas
Fay Cecilia Mays
Mamie Eisenhower
Miss Mays
Eisenhowers
Mamie Dowd Eisenhower
Market roundup shows mixed stocks and grains trends
Market summaries list mixed stock movement with rails and utilities higher while grains weaken. Hogs and cattle edge higher, livestock futures and cash bids vary. Kansas City and Wall Street notes reflect uneven demand and price shifts across commodities, poultry, eggs, and butterfat. A divorce suit and political ticket remark appear among notices.
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Wall Street
New York
Three Car Wrecks Hurt Three People In Douglas County
Four one car accidents mar weekend on Douglas County roads two with injuries. Most seriously injured was Stev len Andrews 19 KU sophomore from Kansas City KS who had facial and neck cuts and was taken to Watkins Memorial Hospital where his condition was good. Loretta Mae Hendon Route 5 listed neck and head pains and was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital as good. Mary Burode Baldwin sustained cuts and bruises and was discharged after emergency care. Andrews was a passenger in a pickup driven by Howard Love 20 a KU freshman from Kansas City MO whose vehicle hit a utility pole at 18th and Barker. Damage estimated at 500. Hendon and Burode were passengers in a car driven by William E Harbin 20 Forbes Air Base Topeka that overturned at Banning’s Corner. damage about 300. A car driven by Marshall Tyler 15 412 Locust St hit a utility pole on East Thirteenth Street damaging 650. Saturday night a car driven by
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Stevlen Andrews
Kansas University
Kansas City
Kas
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Ody
Loretta Mae Hendon
Route 5
Hendon
Rurode
William E. Harbin
Forbes Air Base
Topeka
Banning’s Corner
Lawrence
Marshall Tyler
Locust St
East Thirteenth Street
Congressmen Face Large Pile of Work
Washington report notes Congress aims to adjourn by Saturday night if lawmakers can clear a heavy agenda including housing foreign aid civil rights atomic energy insurance social security veterans pensions and food control projects. Some leaders expect a Friday finish with long sessions, while others fear extending into next week.
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