Globemaster crash near Iceland endangers 17 aboard
RAF and US crews search the North Atlantic after a C124 Globemaster crashed off Iceland while en route from Keflavik to New York. Fire damaged wreckage and May Day distress signals were received. Eight additional planes joined the search as daylight aided rescue efforts.
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Keflavik
New York
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Ireland
Reykjavik
Atlantic
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Warner-Robbings Air Force Base
Georgia
Bailey backs out of Kowhts of Columbus mile race
Australian runner Jim Bailey will not compete in the Kowhts of Columbus mile as Wes Santee is barred from the event by the AAU. Eugene Oregon NCAA mile champion Jim Batles will not run. University athletes director Lee Harris says Bailey informed him of the decision in a phone call. Harris quotes Bailey saying he spoke with Australian reps who fear Olympic chances could be jeopardized by the race. Bailey is Australian.
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Eugene, Ore
Jim Batles
Universal of Oregon
Columbus
Wes Santee
AAU
Lee Harris
Universitys
Tis Harris
Baley
Harris
Bailey
Florida Woman Still Seeks Bail
Orlando attorney Clark W. Jennings seeks bail for Helen McBride 49 charged with first degree murder in the death of Charles Richard Green 33. A habeas plea and a McLeod bail hearing were denied after a five hour session noting weight and self defense claims.
Farm prices rise in Kansas for February 15
Government statisticians report the mid February index at 219 percent of the 1910 14 base, up from 218 last month and 248 a year ago. The Feb index remains the lowest February level since 1546.
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Kansas
Six omilers scheduled to oppose Santee tonight
Jim Bailey of Oregon and Australia said he was told not to compete if Santer pins. A hearing before Supreme Court Justice James R M McNally is listed for March to determine if the preliminary injunction should be made permanent.
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Jim Bailey
Oregon
Australia
Santer
Supreme Court
James R M McNally
Adlai and Estes Attack Eisenhower Campaign Tactics
Adlai E Stevenson and Sen Estes Kefauver assailed President Eisenhower’s health and the administration’s methods in a dual campaign push. Kefauver criticized domestic and foreign policy, while Stevenson argued the presidency must be more than a personal matter. Amid primary moves, delegates and third party stirrings appeared as Byrnes warned of a Southern rights party if Democrats and Republicans push drastic action.
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Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
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White House
South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Chicago
Arzst
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Minneapolis
Fisenhower
Kefauver
New Jersey
Martin J. Rafferty
Newark
Thomas E. Stephens
California
Dollar Crop Ceiling Plans Are Dropped for Time Being
Washington reports that the administration postponed for now its dollar ceiling proposal on individual farm price supports. Secretary Benson sent a draft farm bill to the House Agriculture Committee. it omits any cap on price support loans to a single farmer and drops earlier quotas on cotton. The move follows President Eisenhower’s call to consider a limit high enough to shield efficient family farms. Senate debate on similar limits continues amid broader farm program reforms.
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House Agriculture Committee
Benson
Cooley
D-Nc
Congress
Fisenhower
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sen
Clements
D-Ky
House
Agriculture Committee
Bank Gunmen Rob Port Chester Drive-In Cash Heist
FBI and police chase scant clues in the Port Chester bank robbery where two gunmen seized $188000. A construction worker lookalike led a woman teller hostage and gathered layout data while the accomplice waited for getaway by car. Assistant Treasurer J Purdy Ungemack was forced to move the loot to a hostage car. Ernest Marino, the first employee on scene, was also held.
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Port Chester
N.Y
FBI
East
County Trust Co
Mary Kostolos
Free Ponty
Westchester County
J. Purdy Ungemack
First March Rain May Come Soon For Lawrence
Forecasts show mostly cloudy skies with possible scattered rain tonight in Lawrence as March rain beckons. A sprinkle occurred Friday night but left no moisture while the city logged no rainfall near normal in nine months.
Rail Rate Boost Okayed By ICC Across State Lines
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission approved a 6 percent general rate increase on most interstate freight with faster action than ever recorded. The boost takes effect next Wednesday, while many farm commodities and some minerals were held under a 6 percent ceiling.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Front Cuts Pleasant State Weather With Rain Expected
A cool front has cut into Kansas bringing cooler temperatures and likely rain this weekend. West winds to 35 mph raise dust. scattered rain tomorrow, with warmer west and north tonight and colder statewide tomorrow. Low readings from 30-35 in the west to 40-45 in the east. highs 40-45 northwest to 55 southeast tomorrow.
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Topekapa
Kansas
Kansas Traffic Deaths Topeka State Records Summary
Traffic fatalities in Kansas reported by the State Accident Records Section show 846 deaths to date in 1956, with a notable rise from 85 deaths in the same period of 1955, as recorded by Topeka authorities. The latest 24 hours are noted but details are incomplete in the fragment.
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Topeka
Kansas
Group Aims To Jolt Election With All American Electors
Washington reports a self styled conservative group For America seeks to qualify electors to move the next presidential choice to the House. Brig Gen Bonner Fellers retired national director says Eisenhower is not a conservative. H Dan Smoot cochairman notes it is not necessarily a stop Ike effort. Gen Mark Clark retired doubts the plan and calls it like a third party aim to stop Ike.
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Washington
For America
Bonner Fellers
Eisenhower
H. Dan Smoot
Smoot
Dallas
Mark Clark
Charleston
D.C
Ike
Clark
Coed Lucey vows return to Alabama fight for education
Miss Autherine Lucey says she will return to the South within a week to renew her bid to enter the all white University of Alabama. She declares she will not abandon her education, despite Supreme Court rulings, while four men sue for damages claiming they were falsely linked to mob actions that drove her from the university.
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New York
Autherine Lucey
South
University of Alabama
Supreme Court of the United States
Takyo
National Assn. For
Advancement of
Colored Peanute
Lacy
Hobart Grooms
Penn
Lucy
NAACP
Thurgood Marshall
Board of Trustees
Water Plant Expansion Marks Big Step Forward
The city unveils a major water plant addition boosting capacity from 5 to 8 million gallons daily with 10 percent extra capacity. It enhances treatment and purification, enabling better softening, bacteria removal, and taste control, and allows flexible operation amid potential breakdowns. A public open house is planned and the project follows earlier municipal ownership and upgrades dating to 1916. A 4-H Festival Day in Douglas County draws 79 entries from 21 clubs at Lawrence Junior High, with regional Day March 10 and notable competition across home economics demonstrations, plays, music, and agricultural exhibits under county leaders Bill Hundley and staff.
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Kaw River
Douglas County
Lawrence Junior High School
Bill Hundley
Deal Six
Paul Dill
Roger Hecht
Miami County
Lawrence High School
Helen Hayes
Ann Laptad
Laurice Messing
K. U
Frank LaBan
Kansas
Meade, McPherson
ElDorado
Parsons
Atchison
Kaw
Fire destroys four businesses in Hurdland Missouri
A fire in Hurdland about 15 miles east of Kirksville destroyed four business houses including a tavern, a barber shop, a two story theater building, and a vacant building. Flames were discovered last night in the rear of the tavern and spread to adjacent structures.
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Hurdland
Mo. S
Kirksville
Polio Case Reported in Emporia Opens Health Alert
Clayton Headley 15 son of J C Headley becomes Emporia's first polio patient since 1954. He complained of low pains and was rushed to St Marys Hospital where treatment reduced the paralysis, according to his physician.
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Emporia
Clayton Headley
J.C. Headley
St. Mary's Hospital
State Department Upset Over Maneuvers On Israel Jet Sale
The United States and France clash over a planned sale of 12 Mystere jet fighters to Israel. Officials say France seeks U S approval while Washington denies any formal consent, noting the sale remains unapproved under the 1950 Western arms balance pact.
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Washington
United States
France
Israel
State Department
Herbert Hoover Jr
Maurice Couve de Murville
Roger Makins
Middle East
North Atlanta Treaty Organization
States Department
Bridge Gone Wrong Ends In Rescue At Lachine Canal
Dominique Pelloquin, 41, was pulled from the Lachine Canal by a railway worker after attempting to cross on a bridge that had been removed five years ago. He was hospitalized in shock. Witnesses said he drove around the last car of a slow train along the canal bank seeking the crossing.
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Montreal
Lachine Canal
Dominique Pelloquin
Pelloquin
Special Program Planned Sunday At Water Plant
Lawrence officials host a public open house Sunday 1:30 to 5 p m at the water plant to showcase a new $1 million expansion. Visitors see algae displays, clarifications, filtration, and a million gallon basins while city chemists explain treatment steps and sample the water.
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Lawrence Water Plant
Jrd
India City
Weather summary for Kansas with wind, dust, and temps
Partly cloudy and windy with blowing dust in western Kansas. Mostly cloudy tonight and Sunday with some rain chances in north tonight and east central Sunday. Warmer in west and north tonight, colder Sunday. Low around 30 to 35 rising to 40s near east. High Sunday 40s to mid 50s. 4pm readings show 69 degrees at Halimee, with midnight 50 and 2am 44. Yesterday high 72 low 39. Year ago today high 71 low 34.
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