Three Men Lost After Philadelphia Granary Blast
A massive blast last night leveled a four story granary at 30th and Market in Philadelphia. Three men are missing, 84 injured, with损 estimated damage over three million dollars. FBI and city investigators probe the cause as debris and smoke linger near Drexel Institute and Tidewater Mill.
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William Haas
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Drexel Institute
Edward Johnson
Philadelphia
Byron Whilden
Dorchester
Arthur Harrell
Malaga
N. J
Schuylkill River
West Philadelphia
Tidewater Mill and Elevator Co
New Philadelphia Bulletin
Market Street
Senate seeks confidential custody of secret trade papers
The Senate Investigations subcommittee refused to accept custody of confidential documents detailing Western allies trade with Russia. Senator McCarthy declined to keep the material secret, and the panel will reconvene to review the situation. Herbert Hoover Jr. offered the papers on a classified basis, and administration officials refused public disclosure.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Russia
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
McClellan
D-Ark
Herbert Hoover Jr
Train wreck injures 35 in Concord Massachusetts
Police Chief Robert E. Kelley ordered traffic tickets after Boston and Maine trains blocked a town highway for up to 15 minutes. A law sets a five minute limit on stopping across intersections, and the incident prompted enforcement.
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Concord
Mass
Robert E. Kelley
Boston & Maine
NAACP Is Overruled In State Suit Transfer Debate
In Baton Rouge Judge Coleman Lindsey overruled an NAACP effort to move into federal court a Louisiana state suit seeking to oust the organization under anti Klans law. The ruling cited sparse jurisprudence since 1948 49 amendments. Pickets protested outside as Louisiana opened preintegration era efforts against the NAACP with accusations of communism.
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NAACP
Baton Rouge
Juree
Coleman Lindsey
Prou Integration Organization
Louislana
Lindsey
Louisiana
South
Alex Pitcher
National Asst. For the Advancement of Colored Heamte
Une
State Supreme Court
Pitcher
Robert I. Rer
New York
Gauer
Senate panel backs choice on wheat support program
A Senate House Conference committee today endorsed a choice for commercial wheat growers to take either zero percent price support with controls or an unchanged domestic parity plan. The decision came as lawmakers work to bridge Senate and House positions before the election year. A separate District Court filing alleges injuries after a man slipped from a step and struck his head, unaware a vehicle had been raised on a grease rack.
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Sen
Wuender
Senate
MIAME
Oklaum
Darnil
Miami
Stork i Servier
Gill
Seks Cumases
Father Says He Knows Nothing Of Girl's Death
Lloyd A Dicus, a Texas ex convict, was arrested in Neosho Missouri after being tracked by Chief Walter Montgomery and state police. He admitted identity and denied knowledge of his daughter Shirley Ann whose body was found near Kansas City last weekend. A first degree murder charge connected to that case was filed in Kansas City. He also denied knowledge of his wife Gretta and daughter Mozelle who have been missing since December. A woman, Betty Boyd Dicus, 29, later appeared at the station claiming marriage to him two weeks earlier.
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Neosho
Lloyd A. Dicus
Txlay
Walter Montgomery
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Montgomery
Dicus
Shirley Ann
Kansas City
Gretta Jane Dicus
Mozelle
Betty Boyd Dicus
Texas
Gretta June Dicus
Eddie S. Gilliland
Oklahoma City
Cherryvale
Kas
Kansas
Lloyd Howard
Mrs Dicus And Baby Safe After Kansas Search
Mrs Gretta June Dicus and her one year old daughter Mozelle were found safe after a Kansas search near Cherryvale. Uy M J Cuppy said from Baton Rouge that Dicus planned to return to Kansas City. Dicus learned of the search by newspaper report and contacted her brother-in-law.
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M. J. Cuppy
Gretta June Dicus
Baton Rouge
Kansas City
Dicus
Kansas
Cherryvale
Kas
Cuppy
Mozelle
Young GOP names Colby topeka labor chair
Richard W. Colby of Wichita was named chairman of the labor committee of the Kansas Young Republican Federation. The appointment was announced today by Glenn D. Cogswell, state Young GOP chairman.
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Topeka
Richard W. Colby
Wichita
Kansas Young Republican Federation
Labor Committee
Glenn D. Cogswell
State
Young Gop
Maj Jones New Sunflower Chief at Sunflower Ordnance Works
Maj Richard R. Jones assumed command of the Sunflower Ordnance Works near Lawrence replacing Maj Donald J. Catherman. He came from Maumelle Ordnance Works and served 16 months in Korea as an ammunition maintenance officer. He is a Lexington, Kentucky native with WWII service in the South Pacific and later occupation duties in Germany. His decorations include the Bronze Star and Philippine Military Medal of Merit.
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Richard R. Jones
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Eas
Lawrener
Donald J. Catherman
Jenve
MOS
Jones
Sunflower
Maumelle Ordnance Works
Little Rock
Ark
Lexington
South Pacific
Army of Occupation
Germany
Waibash River
Korea
Maj. Jones
Staff Village
Kansas Traffic Deaths Reported For 1956
State Accident Records Section lists the last 24 hours fatalities and year totals with 1956 at 135 to date versus 1955’s 120 for the same period.
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Peka
Kansas
Farm program talks stall as committee cites weekend delay
The committee indicated it would not finish its work this weekend and pressed for tighter curbs on blanket authority granted by the administration’s soil bank program. Senate leaders debated wheat parity and feeder grain provisions while continuing to seek a plan that accommodates corn and other feed grains.
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Kiad
Ife
Ellender
House
Benson
Senate
Sen
Aiken R-Vu
Remaini Ag
Elsender
Skies Clear of Dust as Fair Weather Returns
TOPEKA Kansas skies were largely clear of dust today as winds moved out of the state except the northeast. The weather bureau predicted diminishing winds and generally fair and warmer weather Friday with lows around the mid 50s in the northeast and upper 50s to 60s in the southwest.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
P. N. Eland
Prec
Rismarek
Nld
Low Angeles Sd
New Chaka Ra
New York
Mklahonin City
Wasthinecon
SMT
WTF
VFW Maintains Dallas Convention Despite Challenge
District Judge Joseph C McGarraghy refused to block the Veterans of Foreign Wars plan to hold its Dallas Texas convention on August 12. A Pennsylvania group had sought to delay over racial segregation concerns accusing Dallas venues of disadvantaging Black members.
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Washington
Feera
Joseph C. McGarraghy
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dallas
Tex
Pennsylvana
Local Churches Plan Holy Week Services In Lawrence
Lawrence observers prepare for Holy Week with an eighth of 16 alliance services at Trinity Episcopal at 8 pm and gatherings across area churches. Dr. Foote of Ft Worth preaches noon Friday on Indifferentism, with a Friday evening service titled Values that Last. Nearby Eudora and Catholic parishes hold Mass, confessions, and devotions as the community marks Christ’s crucifixion season.
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Lawrence Ministerial Alliance
Trinity Episcopal Church
Gaston (Foote
Methodist
Ft. Worth
Tex
R. C. Swift
Trinity Episcopal
George Smiairt
Haskell Institute
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First Presbyterian
Clinton Presbyterian
West Side Presbyterian
First Methodist
Immanuel Lutheran
Trinity Lutheran
Evangelical Unite! Brethren
St. John’s Catholic Church
Eudora
Plymouth Congregational Church
Foote
Albert Bramble
First Methodist Church
John Patton
Westminster Foundation
West Side Presbyterian Choir
Andrew W. Berry
Kansas University
Ministerial Alliance
Friends of the Church
U N Security Council Near Vote On Palestine Mission
UN delegates predicted a U S resolution to send Secretary General Hammarskjold on a Palestine peace mission. SomeDowelling meetings needed for full U S answers on scope. Egypt and Syria urged clarification on whether beyond the 1949 armistice terms. Maj Gen Barnes confirmed Egypt ready to cooperate with Hammarskjold and the truce chief.
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N.Y. Uh
U.N
U. N. Security Council
U.S
Dag Hammarskjold
Council
Egypt
Syria
Oman Loutfi
Ahmed Shukairy
Hammarskjdid
Louth
Han Marskiel
Palestine
Edsson L. M. Burns
Tax plan fight over workers pension contribution exemption
Washington lawmakers debate a bill to allow workers to exclude premix income invested toward future pensions from taxation. Railroad unions press the measure now under House subcommittee review, seeking a separate tax break for retirement plan contributions apart from Social Security.
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Washington
Congress
House
County Free Fair Board Plans a Meeting Tonight
The Douglas County Free Fair Board will meet at 7 p.m. today at the 4-H Fairgrounds to discuss dates and make arrangements for the County Free Fair. Officials had hoped for joint dates with the 41 Fair Aug 22–24, but the groups could not agree and will operate separate programs. The free fair replaces the County Livestock and Agricultural Fair of 28 years at Big Springs, which was discontinued for a better central location in Lawrence.
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Douglas County
P.m
4-H
Big Springs
Lawrence
Fall Injuries Fatal for Florence Man at Quarry
Delbert McFinney, 48, of Florence, died in Newton hospital from injuries after yesterday fall at a Florence area quarry. He fell about 50 feet into a rack pile while attempting to tie down a conveyer bell.
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Newton We
Delbert McFi Hnney
Florence
Newton
al Quarry
Clean Up Lawrence Aims For Presentable Yards And Tools
Editor Bill Mayer discusses yard upkeep for Lawrence residents, noting ambition weather and equipment as key factors. He outlines 15 to 20 basic tools, cost tips, pooling neighbors, and borrowing cautions, citing Bob Lewis of Burteides Seed Co for a starter list and price range.
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Bill Mayer
Bob Lewis
The
Burteides Seed Co
Lewis
Tus
Public meeting planned on United Fund sentiment in Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce and Red Cross plan Friday gathering to gauge support for United Fund campaigns. Of 195 returns from 550 questionnaires, 183 favored UF, four opposed, six neutral, three preferred current drives. sponsors seek broad public input before any decision.
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United Fund
Lawrence
Community Chest
Red Cross
Chamber
Russell Mosser
Mosser
Journal-World Bis Morning
Farlier
9 & Chamber of Commerce
New Ambassador to Sudan Named by U S President
President Eisenhower designates Lowell 2. Pinkerton a career diplomat as the United States first ambassador to the newly established nation of Sudan in Washington today.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Lowell 2. Pinkerton
United States
Siedan
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