New Atomic Arms Reported by U S
The United States disclosed new types of atomic and hydrogen weapons ready for rapid use. The AEC’s 24th semiannual report to Congress notes ongoing expansion of the nuclear arsenal, propulsion efforts for aircraft and missiles, record uranium receipts, progress toward peaceful fusion power, safe underground tests, and cancer treatment advances by scientists.
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Washington
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
America
Nevada
AEC
Scout National Conference Opens Aug 24 in Hoch Auditorium
The 2,000 attendees and 100-piece Arrow Band will fill Aug 24 25 27 28 with training sessions auditions and a deep barbecue along Mississippi Street. Kolka will be installed as national conference chief presiding over meetings and Dr Goodman will lead closing ceremonies. Most Scouts range from 14 to 21 years old.
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Arrow
Hoch Auditorium
Kolka
Mississippi Street
Hoch
Goodman
Memorial Hospital Admissions and Births and Dismissals
Memorial Hospital reports admissions for Martin Abel Eudora Luke Jose at Haskell Institute Mrs Dorothy Jean Hunter Fenganonie Michael Stan 2031 Mass St Miss Etta Taylor Lecomp ton Lester Schwartz Bald win Miss Vera Lear 1242 La St Mrs Norma J McMillin Sunny side Births Mr and Mrs Qdd Williams 740 Calif St a son Wednesday Dismissals Frank Cassidy 1420 E 15th St Mrs Emily Yockey and baby girl 1117 Sunset Dr Mrs N Lenaham and baby girl Tonga noxie Mrs Rosalee Kessler and baby boy McLouth Mrs Frances McFarren and baby girls 4201 Ohio St Mrs Barbara Bowen and baby boy Richland Mrs Geraldine Boehle Baldwin
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Martin F. Abel
Eudora
Luke F. Jose
Haskell Institute
Dorothy Jean Hunter
Fenganonie
Michael John Stan
Mass. St
Etta S.taylor
Lecompton
Baldwin
Vera Lear
la. St
Norma J. McMillin
Sunnyside
Qdd Williams
Calif
Deaths-Funerals August Conrad and Fred Eggert
Word reached this morning of the death of August W. Conrad of St. Louis, with funeral arrangements pending. Fred W. Eggert, Lawrence native and long-time resident of Burbank, California, died Wednesday. funeral services set for 1 p.m. Saturday at Eckerman Mortuary in Burbank. Survivors include his son Carl D. Eggert of 1004 Conn. St. and daughters Mrs. Emily Laws of Burbank.
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August W. Conrad
Eunice D. Roberts
N. H. St
St. Louis
Fred W. Eggert
Lawrence
Burbank
Calif
Carl D. Eggert
Conn
Eggert
Eckerman Mortuary
Car
Emily Laws
Atchison Area Faces Severe Flood After Heavy Rain
The Atchison region endured 2.65 inches of rain between 7 p.m. and midnight with 18.9 inches for July and a 444 inch total in 24 hours ending 6 a.m. Red Cross shelters opened as vehicles were swept away in floods. Nearby Shawnee Manhattan and St Joseph reported heavy rain and winds up to 60 mph. Flooding affected Kansas City areas with Blue River crest projections and sewers flooding. A family escaped a car in Brush Creek after a 25 foot drift. others aided by firefighters and National Guard units.
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Atchison
Red Cross
Brewery Creek
Shawnee
Kas
St. Joseph
Chillicothe
Highland
Clinton
Manhattan
Kansas City Weather Bureau
Missouri
Marais Des Cygnes
Grand
Kansas
Kansas City
Weather Bureau
Bannister Road
U. S. Highway 40
Truman Road
Independence Avenue
Sheffield Steel Corp
Blue River
Independence Ave
Overland Park and
Prairie Village
Johnson County
Walter J. Coffey
John W
Jimmy
Brush Creek
Paul Dibbon
George
Terry Broyles
Thomas Swafford
National
Easton
Big Stranger Creek
National Guard
Ft Leavenworth
St. Lawrence Church
Leavenworth
Five Mile Creek
Leaysenworth
Missouri River
Oak Mills
Chicago
Cigarette Vending Machine Delivers Empty King Size Pack
In Charlotte a vending machine sold a man a package labeled as king sized cigarettes that contained 20 long fitters with no tobacco due to a factory error. The incident highlights a faulty product mix at a local machine.
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Charlotte
N.C
Goldfine Vote Not Taken by House Commerce Panel
The House Commerce Committee discussed possible contempt of Congress action against Bernard Goldfine for about an hour and recessed without a vote. Indications were the panel would vote later on citing the Boston textile real estate man for refusing to answer about two dozen questions from an investigating subcommittee. Speaker Rayburn was asked if he would press for House action if contempt was recommended.
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Washington
House Commerce Committee
Bernard Goldfine
Boston
Rayburn
D-Tex
House
Weather Downpour Grips Kansas City Area With No Major Flooding
The Kansas City area and Lawrence saw heavy rain with Stillwell Morse Olathe and Ottawa among reporting locations. A possible tornado near Lawrence was unconfirmed while flood risks remained limited though parts of Atchison and Kansas City faced higher water. Forecasts predict continued cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms through Friday as temperatures rise.
Two Atchison Girls Survive Floodwater Ride
In Atchison two 6-year-old girls Pam Mangelsdorf and Salley Greenland were rescued after their car was swept by flood waters at 7th and Main, carried to Union Station, then freed by Ed Hearn and Charles Contreras who pulled them to safety after tying a rope to the car. The girls escaped unharmed and were recovered piggyback along the rope.
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Atchison
Pam Mangels
Dorf
Salley
Greenland
Union Station
Ed Hearn
Atchison Mill and Elevator Co
Ieh
Hearn
Charles Contreras
Miss Mangelsdorf
Thomas Mangelsdorf
Frank Mangelsdorf Seed Co
Miss Greenlund
Nels Greenlund
Commerce Savings and Loan Assn
Commerce Investment. Co
U S Steel Boosts Prices Across Rolled Sheet and Strip
United States Steel Corp raises rolled sheet and strip steel prices by about 4.23 per ton, below six other majors. Armco had posted about 4.50 per ton earlier in the week, with US Steel citing product mix and competitive costs as reasons. The increase, effective after midnight, follows higher wage rates under a steelworkers contract.
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Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corp
U.S
A. &. Steel
Armco ’ Steel Corp
Armco
U. S. Steel
Armen Steel Corp
Steel
UK Steel
Arn
U.S. Steel
United Steel
Miller predicts 3000 vote Harris win in congressional race
Woodrow Miller campaign manager for Jack Harris predicts Harris of Lawrence will beat two Kansas City opponents by more than 3000 votes in the Second District race. He cites district fatigue with incumbent Republican Errett Scrivner and notes past Docking margin as precedent. Other Democrats are Newell George and Jack Steineger.
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Woodrow Miller
Jack Harris
U.S. Congress
Harris
Lawrence
Kansas City
Miller
Errett Scrioher
Guv
Newell George
Jack Steineger
Hults Opposes Region Control in Kansas Supreme Court
State Sen. Don Hults of Lawr eate opposes regional dominance in selecting Kansas Supreme Court justices. He supports a constitutional amendment to have justices run on records and adds a proposal to limit the number from any one area to prevent Wichita-area concentration amid new candidate announcements.
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Don Hults
Lawreate
Kansas’ Supreme Court
Hulls
Douglas-Jefferson County
Kansas
Senate
Topeka
Frankin Carrick
Kansas Legislative Council
Little Legislature
Hults
Lawrence
Rep
Carrick
Sen
Supreme Court
Ransaa
Kansan
Nea SrapHien
Wichita
Yycat
Supreme ‘Court
Suipreme Court
Legislative Council
State of
Gag writer Eddie Davis dies after long illness
Eddie Davis 58 a onetime cab driver turned gag writer for Eddie Cantor and later for Jimmy Durante Jack Haley Bob Hope Milton Berle Ed Wynn and Joe Penner died Wednesday after a long illness This obituary notes his career in comedy writing and early work in musical theater plus the agencies advertising a vacation pack.
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New York
Eddie Davis
Eddie Cantor
Jimmy Durante
Jack Haley
Bob Hope
Milton Berle
Ed Wynn
Joe Penner
Senate Approves Record Arms Bill Clears Senate 71 to 9
In a late session the Senate approved a record peacetime defense bill totaling 40.042 billion dollars for the fiscal year starting July 1. The House had previously passed about 38.4 billion, and a conference committee will seek a final compromise. Senator Dennis Chavez noted the funding would enhance missiles aircraft nuclear submarines and other major military hardware to sustain power in multiple potential conflicts.
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Senate
Pentagon
House
Dennis Chavez
D-Nm
Courts Actions and Divorce Filings Noted in Police Court
In Police Court Spencer Y. Johnson of 734 Ma Street got five days for vagrancy and Floyd Sellars of 846 Conn Street ten days for driving with license suspended. Barbara J. Hayes of Stouffer Place fined five dollars for a prohibited left turn. Ralph W. Jenkins fined ten dollars for running a stop sign and Louis J. Bartz fined nineteen dollars for the same offense. Divorce cases filed include Juanita Thompson versus Ronald Thompson and Cleta Mae Simmons versus Benjamin F. Simmons.
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Spencer Y. Johnson
Ma, St
Floyd Sellars
Conn
Barbara J. Hayes
Stouffer Place
Ralph W. Jenkins
Pa. St
Louis J. Bartz
Ky. &J
Juanita Thompson
Ronald Thompson
Cleta Mae Simmons
Benjamin F. Simmons
Edna Marie Patterson
Arthur Raymond Patterson
Darlene Jones
Melvin C. Jones
United States Calls Geneva Meeting on Nuclear Safeguards
The United States proposed a joint meeting with the Soviet Union in Geneva during the first week of October. Experts from Soviet and Western nations would study technical safeguards against surprise attack, focusing on control measures and verifiable results.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Geneva
Foreign Office
Moscow
Adm Stump Is Retiring Today From Navy Command
Admiral Felix Stump relinquishes the Pacific command and retires after 45 years in the Navy. He turns the post over to Admiral Harry B D Felt, a flying admiral, who now leads forces from Alaska to the Indian Ocean. Felt previously served as vice chief of Naval Operations.
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Honolulu
Felix Banim
Navy
Stump
Farflung
Pacific Command
Harry BD. Felt
Naval Operations
Pacific
Felt
Alaska
Indian Ocean
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