Areas report upturn in economy across the nation
In a wide survey, areas from California to Florida report brighter business conditions despite a national recession. Detroit unemployment, Florida migrant work, and Buffalo chamber data show uneven but growing optimism. Analysts note easing credit, cheaper materials, and renewed construction with missile bases and defense work as notable drivers.
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Las Vegas
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Redstone Arsenal
Huntaville
Ala
New Mexico
Texas
Associated Press
Michigan
Pennsylvania
California
Bob Conroy
Detroit
Conroy
Florida
Miami Beach
Kansas
Missouri
Chamber of Commerce
Buffalo
N.Y
Cheago
Robert C. Tyson
U.S. Steel Corp
Tyson
Midwest
Nebraska
Cheyenne
Wyo
The Body's New Story Shocks L A Detective
Actress Marie McDonald declares her estranged husband Harry Karl kidnapping her 13 months ago. Los Angeles detectives Thad Brown and Herman Zander question her after her press conference while Karl dismisses the tale as absurd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Upa
Los Angeles
Markc McDonald
Harry Karl
Thad Brown
Herman Zander
Julian Blodgett
No Satellite Mention Musk Moscow Soviet Reports
Soviet newspapers in Moscow morning editions did not report the United States launching its second earth satellite Explorer II, with no mention of the event on their pages.
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Moscow
United States
John Medarie
Wernher von Braun
Army Space Program
Medaris
Huntsville
Ala
Deaths and Funerals in Topeka Area
Obituaries report Mary Elizabeth Hoffsommer 89 died in Topeka with funeral Saturday at Penwell Gabel. Other items note Thomas Muzier 68 of Liver Lake funeral in Topeka and Mrs Mary R Hawn 81 of Topeka burial at Topeka Cemetery. Mary Fowler 80 of Lawrence area dies. funeral by Rumsey Funeral Home. survivors listed.
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Mary Elizabeth Hoffsommer
Topeka
Penwell-Gabel
Hoffsommer
Frank Wulfkuhle
Lawrence
Raymond Hoffsommer
Lecompton
Paul Hoffsommer
Thomas E. Muzier
Liver Lake
Kansas City
Jeff Johnson
Linwood
Mount Hope Cemetery
Rozier
Union Pacific
Emmett
Mary R. Hawn
Mabel R Hawn
John Conrad Clark
Lincoln St
Fred Parkhurst
Mary Fowler
Mies
Rt. St
Fairview Rest
Oskaloosa
Simmons Hospital
Fairview
Rumsey
Elia Miller
McLouth
Edith Fowler
Colorado Springs
Myrtle Green
Quincy
Calif
Charles Fowler
John Fowler
Soviet General Warns of War With H Bomb Threat
Soviet Maj. Gen. Talensky warned in London that any local conflict in today’s tense climate could escalate into a world war with hydrogen bombs. The statement frames the danger as immediate and global.
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London
Talen-sky
Rayburn Rules Senate Testimony Off Limits in TV License Probe
Speaker Rayburn said a House committee will not invite Senators Kefauver Holland or Smathers to testify on alleged backstage maneuvers in a Miami TV license contest. He warned senators to pursue their own forums and stressed the House will not investigate them.
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Washington
Rayburn
D-Tex
House
Miami
Senate
House Committee
Sens
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Sen. Holland
Made O Day store opens with governor's wife present
Mrs Docking wife of Kansas governor officiated at the rib bon cutting for the new Made O Day women s shop at 931 Mass St The grand opening began at 9 30 am Lawrence mayor John Weatherwax and Chamber of Commerce president Art Wolf attended A remodeling project was completed before the opening Mrs Thelma Hickman is the manager.
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George Docking
Kansas
Mass
Lawrence
John Weatherwax
Chamber of Commerce
Art Wolf
Thelma Hickman
Hospital Births and Listing of Local Residents
At Memorial Hospital the birth announcements include Emma Hess and baby girl, Margaret Warnock and baby boy, Betty Lane and baby girl, and Fredda Howard among several other residents. Also noted are births to Selmer Torkelson, Don Smith, Allen Sylvester, and Grant H. Wagner, with locations in Eudora Stouffer Place Vt Street and Stratford Road.
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James Franklin Swinney
Ozawkie
Charles Hageman
Fredda Jo Howard
Eudora
Thelma Wise
Charlotte Anne Shawbaker
Blanche Mosslander
Baldwin
Beverly Lochner
Sunflower
Beverly J. Smith
Vt. St
Helen Torkelson
Crestline Dr
Franklin Taylor
Elms St
Myra Cummings
Ohio St
Mary 5. Wagner
Stouffer Place
Anna Jo Sylvester
Me. St
Karen Paasch
Haskell
Helen Gregory
Miss. St
DeWitt Ramsdell
Learnard Ave
Emma Hess
W. 9Th St
Margaret Warnock
Stratford Rd
Betty Lane
Calif. St
Esse P. Rice
Conn, St
Fredda Howard
Ava Jane Vandeventer
N. H. St
Selmer Torkelson
Crestline
Don Smith
Allen Sylvester
Grant H. Wagner
Courts dispense fines and bonds in county court cases
In Floyd E Ireland Court bound over to May term for bogus check, held in jail for not posting 1500 bond. Thomas Barret Root of Atchison fined 50 and costs for reckless driving. Arm atrong of Topeka fined 1 and costs for no 1958 registration, Stephen Donahue of Kansas City Kansas fined 1 and costs for no 1958 registration. Police Court Weekley fined 17 for speeding, Davenport fined 25 for not reducing speed to avoid an accident.
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Floyd E. Ireland
Route 1
Thomas Barret Root
Atchison
John David Armatrong
Topeka
Stephen Wendell Donahue
Kansas City
Kas
Coats
Jon Weekley
Tenn. St
Richard Davenport
Oak St
Chancellor Murphy Joins Kress Proxy Fight
Kansas University chancellor Franklin D. Murphy joins A C Campbell and S C Hope as trustees filing with the SEC to back a proxy battle for control of S H Kress & Co. The Kress Foundation, owning 42 percent, opposes Rush H. Kress. Murphy and spouses in New York attend Churchill paintings display opening at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Franklin D. Murphy
Kansas University
Kress Foundation
Securities and Exchange Commission
S.H. Kress &Co
Murphy
New York City
SEC
Winston Churchill
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Murphys
Lawrence
Tunisian cut in ties with Egypt over Bourguiba plot
President Habib Bourguiba warned he might end diplomatic relations with Egypt after an alleged Cairo based plot to assassinate him. Exiled Tunisian extremist Salah ben Youssef was named as planner, sheltered in Cairo by Nasser. Ben Youssef denied the charge as a bid to shift opinion on UAR union. Saudi king Saud was also accused in Cairo of plotting against Nasser.
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Tunis
Habib Bourguiba
Egypt
Bourguiba
Nasser
Salah Ben Youssef
Cairo
Saud
Faisal I
Hussein
Arab Federation
Abdul Hamid Serra
Annual Donation From Col. Baker To St. Charles City
Col. Edward J. Baker, 89, longtime St. Charles benefactor, sent a $100000 check to the city council. In his letter he urged the council to spend the gift as they see fit for the benefit of St. Charles residents. The city has about 7700 people and lies near 40 miles west of Chicago.
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ST. Charles
Ill
Edward J. Baker
Baker
Chicago
Kansas University and State to Host Education Tests and NCAA Events
Kansas University and statewide campuses prepare for selective service tests to aid deferment decisions. Applications available after March 10 via local draft boards and EU Registrar. AFRS will broadcast KU versus Kansas State basketball from Manhattan on March 11. Dr James McCain of Kansas State College speaks at KU Memorial Union on European higher education as Government Week opens. NCAA Regional tickets remain at $2 for March 14-15 in Lawrence with matchups including Cincinnati vs Kansas State and Oklahoma State vs Loyola New Orleans. Arkansas and SMU vie for the Southwest Conference berth.
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Kansas
Kansas Uni Education I
Armed Forces Radio Network
Kansas University Network
Manhattan
Monte Moore
AFRS
United States
James McCain
Kansas State College
Kansas University Memorial Union
Lawrence
A. C
Lonborg
Cincinnati
Kansas State
Oklahoma State
Loyola of New Orleans
Arkansas
Southern Methodists
Rain Snow Clouds Shape National Weather Picture Today
Rain and snow covered most of the nation with cloudy skies, light precipitation inland and heavier totals near coasts. The Great Lakes region saw light snowfall, while the Gulf Coast and Texas to New Mexico experienced varied rainfall, including over 2 inches in six hours at Apalachicola and near Pensacola.
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Great Lakes Region
Gulf Coast
Texas
New Mexico
Apalachicola
Fla
Pensacola
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San Simeon
People of
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
San Francisco
Norman Walker Washington (P
L.A. Detective
Thomas E. Hosier
Rayburns
Mrs. Docking
Miss KU
Ruby Sterlin
Scott City
Wichita
Minneapolis
Minn
Miss Sterlin
Chi Omega
Iss
Journal-World Photo
Memorial Hospital
Kress Control
Colo
Lawrence Loan
E. Rice Phelps
Donald
Phelps VI
Illinois
Lawrence Memorial Co
McCain
All-Student Council
Europe
Kraft Furniture
Journal-World
Chris Kraft
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