Six Children Die in South Phoenix Fire Tragedy
In a ramshackle wooden apartment a blaze claimed six children ages from five months to six years in South Phoenix. Alfred John Stafford, 9, escaped as investigators identify victims Leonard Joe Cleveland 6 Roy Warrick 3 Rickie Joe Warrick 3 Wanda Warrick 5 months Larry Williams 3 and Aaron Williams. Stafford reportedly lit a kerosene lantern before bed. flames engulfed the bedroom and he could not rescue the children. The fire department confined the blaze to the single unit, while mothers Betty Lou Warrick and Freddie Mae Williams returned to the scene in tears.
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Alfred John Stafford
Stafford
Betty Lou Warrick
Freddie Mae Williams
Sheriff's Set
Buck Stockton
Leonard Joe Cleveland
Roy Warrick
Rickie Joe Warrick
Wanda Warrick
Larry Williams
Aaron Williams
L Stockton
Distinctive New Type of Social Bee Life Found
A KU entomology leader Dr. Charles D. Michener authored a Science article on a primitive bee social form discovered in Brazil. Unlike typical colonies with a queen and workers, semisocial bees show division of labor without separate queen and worker castes, with some individuals performing most work and others laying eggs.
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Science
Charles D. Michener
Kansas University Entomology
Michener
Brazil
Final Books Selection Made by County Group
The Douglas County textbook adoption committee chose the final list of books for rural schools for the 1958-59 term. A mailed list will go to teachers soon. Members include C. A. Gordon, D. L. Kerr, Joe Jaimes, J. Harvey McArthur, and Mrs. Faye Thomas, with Emma Berg as county superintendent.
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Emma Berg
C. A. Gordon
Baldwin Schools
D. £. Kerr
Eudora High School
Joe Jaimes
Eudora
J. Harvey McArthur
Lecompton
Faye ,Thomas
TV Panelist George Worcester Dies at 104
New Haven Connecticut panelist George Worcester, known for the show Life Begins at 8, died Friday. The program featured participants over eighty, and Worcester's age was listed as 104.
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George Worcester
Worcester
Grant for Plant Study Goes to KU Professor
Kansas University geography professor Dr. A W Kuchler has been awarded 36500 dollars from the National Science Foundation for a three year project studying the natural vegetation of the United States. He began the study two years ago and will spend the summer surveying from the Dakotas to New England. He will employ two graduate assistants and consult with the U S Forestry Service and agriculture officials to build an improved vegetation map.
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Kansas University
National Science Foundation
United States
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Agriculture Departments
Dakotas
New England
Hall Cross Will Speak At State Wildlife Meet
Two Kansas University faculty members Dr. E Raymond Hall director of the Natural History Museum and Dr Frank Cross assistant professor of zoology will be speakers at the annual Convention of the Kansas Association for Wildlife The convention is today and a big game dinner featuring deer and antelope meat will be served A B Bud Jackson Springfield Mo director of the National Wildlife Federation is the dinner speaker A business meeting Sunday will include election of officers
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E. Raymond Hall
Natural History Museum
Frank Cross
Kansas Association For Wildlife
A. B
Bud) Jackson
Springfield
National Wildlife Federation
Explorer III Faces Fiery Death Around Mid July
Washington reports Explorer III, America's third earth satellite, may re enter and disintegrate by mid July as one radio fails and another malfunctions. A meteor collision may have damaged transmitters while Vanguard and Explorer II remain in orbit. Moscow claims Sputnik II has completed its 23rd orbit and may carry infrared imaging.
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America
U.S. National Committee For the International Geophysical Year
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Vanguard
Russia
Sputnik I
ITI
Moscow Radio
Globe
Louisville
Robert Hotz
Aviation Week
United States
Flaming Turnpike Mishap Claims Second Victim
A fiery crash at the Kansas Turnpike Wellington toll gate early Friday claimed its second victim. Albert Allen, 34, of Park is named among the injured. authorities described the scene as a deadly turnpike mishap with ongoing investigations.
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Albert Allen
Park
Auto crash in fog kills Park City man at toll gate
Marvin C. Hughes, 24, of Park City, died at St. Luke's Hospital after his station wagon struck a concrete abutment at the toll gate in heavy fog. The vehicle burned following the collision.
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Wichita
St. Luke's Hospital
Marvin C. Hughes
Park City
Park City builders flee crash then face burns on trip
Two subcontractors headed for a fishing trip to an Oklahoma lake were in a wreck near a toll station. Allen was rushed to a hospital with critical burns after being pulled from the wreckage. Hughes’ body remained unrecovered as flames and wreckage hindered rescue efforts. Authorities say the incident involves crude oil production context.
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Oklahoma
Allen
Turnpike
Venezuela
Hughes
South America
United States
Moviegoing rebounds as audiences return to theaters
Across major papers in April 1958, movie attendance shows a rebound amid recession fears. Industry analysis credits bigger budgets and better attractions drawing viewers away from TV, with studios like 20th Century Fox planning to double production if demand sustains.
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Wall Street Journal
Sindlinger and Company
Hollywood
New York
Spyros P. Skouras
20Th Century Fox
Skouras
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