Storms Lingering In Eastern Area
A widespread shower and thunderstorm pattern lingered over the eastern half of the country after a violent Friday outbreak. Tornadoes struck eastern Kentucky and Maryland injuring many and causing millions in damage, including a fatality in Estill County and a teen found dead under a lightning shattered tree in Washington. Ravenna and a Baltimore housing area were among hard hit spots. The West stayed sunny while additional storms were forecast from the Great Lakes to the Northeast and along the Gulf Coast.
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Kentucky
Maryland
Estill County
Washington
Ravenna
Baltimore
Upper
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Gulf Coast
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Ohio Valley
New England
Old Gas Masks Can Be Deadly
Warning issued to Kansas farmers and workers about grain fumigants. Do not use war surplus gas masks. use only U S Bureau of Mines approved masks in good condition. Authorities urge contact with the four agencies if unsure about safety to prevent more fatalities from toxic vapors.
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Kansas
Kansas Department of Labor
State Board of Agriculture
Kansas Safety Council
State Board of Health
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Air Force Cargo Plane Missing Off Tokyo
TOKYO AP reports a U S Air Force cargo plane with eight crew vanished on a flight from Tachikawa toward Midway Island. The search, involving 19 U S planes and several ships, covered 250 miles east of Tokyo after radio silence at takeoff.
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Tokyo
U. S. Air Force
Midway Island
Air Force
Tachikawa
U. S
Japan
Midway
Japanese Coast Guard
Swedish King's Son To Marry Shopkeeper
The second son of King Gustaf Adolf VI of Sweden, Count Sigvard Bernadotte, 54, will marry a divorced shopkeeper, Marianne Lindberg, 36, a former actress who runs a handicraft shop. He has been twice married, losing his prince title after a 1934 marriage to a greengrocer's daughter, and later to Sonja Robbert, a Danish shipowner's daughter, in 1943. that marriage is said to have ended recently.
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Stockholm
Gustaf Adolf VI
Sweden
Sigvard Bernadotte
Marianne Lindberg
Sonja Robbert
Barlow Nominated for Realtor of the Year
Marion A. Barlow a local realtor and former Lawrence Real Estate Board president is nominated as Realtor of the Year for the area. The nomination cites his service to the board in all elected offices and his participation in state national and international realtors clinics. He helped locate several business firms and has been active in church and civic groups.
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Marion A. Barlow
Lawrence Real Estate Board
Weeks on Honor Roll at Kansas University Pharmacy School
Theodore C. Weeks of Tonga noxie was among 19 students on the spring semester honor roll at Kansas University Pharmacy School, announced by Dean J. Allen Reese. Weeks was a junior this past year.
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Theodore C. Weeks
Tonganoxie
Pharmacy School
Kansas University
J. Allen Reese
Atlas missile test blast near Worden prompts doubt
Convair astronautics chief M. R. Ubben said modifications to the Atlas missile project near Worden, Kansas, show no changes needed after a Vandenberg launch failure. An underground bunker, a large coffin launch pad, and a 1.5 million dollar series E Atlas were destroyed in the blaze. Ubben expects a month to resolve any corrections.
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Atlas Project
Worden
M. R. Ubben
Convair Astronautics
Lawrence
Ubben
Vandenberg
Calif
Air Force Base
West Coast Missile Base
Abben
Clues Sought In Brutal Killing In Portland
Police in Portland seek identity of a young woman whose body parts were found in three southeast locations. A blood-stained car owner was questioned and cleared after a lie detector test. Investigators comb sewer lines and used dogs without locating the rest of the remains. Thumb and finger prints were taken for manual comparison among 150,000 records. Time of death could not be determined.
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Portland
Ore
Charles Hamilton
Police Identification Bureau
Byron H. Shieds
Statue of Cavalryman to stand at Fort Riley
The dedication of a mounted cavalry statue at Fort Riley will be on June 14 as part of the Junction City Fort Riley Centennial. The project honors Comanche the Last surviving Cavalry horse from the Little Big Horn and involves a team from Fort Riley and retired and active Army personnel. The eight foot statue sits on a ten foot base near the old flagpole at Fort Riley and will be unveiled at a two thirty p.m. ceremony with speakers Gen Clark Ruffner and Maj Gen Guy Henry.
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Junction City
Kas
Little Big Horn
Dyche Museum
University of Kansas
Ft. Riley
U.S. Continental Army
Chief
Ft. Benning
Bruce C. Clarke
Clarke
Sth
Robert Greene
University of Illinois
Pfe
Richard C. Donda
Beloit College
Wisconsin
Arthur C. Lee
Worcester Tech
Massachusetts
Lee
Frederic Remington
Cavalry Journal
Bill
Washington
Clark Ll. Ruffner
Guy V. Henry
Art Exhibit by KU Graduates in Kansas City
A one week art exhibit by three Kansas University graduates opens Wednesday in the Upper Mall Gallery at the Broadway Valentine Shopping Center in Kansas City Missouri. The artists are Marpette Leanna of Lawrence Russell J D Anna Jim of Independence Missouri and Mrs Anna of Topeka.
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Kansas University
Broadway Valentine
Kansas City
Marpette Leanna
Lawrence
Russell J. D
Anna Jim
Independence
Mrs
Anna
Topeka
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