Three Milers Break Four Minutes in British Race
Laszlo Tabori of Hungary and Britons Chris Chataway and Brian Hewson ran the mile under four minutes at White City Stadium in London. Tabori won in 3 59, Chataway 3 59.8, Hewson 3 59.8 as 25,000 spectators watched a raw day with heavy track. It marked the first time three runners went sub four in a single race.
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London
Laszlo Tabori
Hungary
Chris Chataway
Brian Hewson
Britain
Tabori
Chataway
Hewson
Royal Air Force
White City Stadium
Roger Bannister
John Landy
Bannister
Landy
Four minute mile showdown thrills Vancouver race
Wes Santee did not comment as he headed to Reading, Pa to race. Alan Gordon led early with Hewson Chataway and Tabori chasing. Tabori surged to a five yard victory over Hewson and Chataway as Bannister watched from the stands. Hewson’s final split was 3:43.2 at 1500 meters.
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Wes Santee
Kansas University
Danna Lou
Reading
Santee
Lawrence
Tabori
Hewson
Chataway
Dr. Bannister
Average FHA Buyer In 1954 Finds $5,139 Income, 10,678 Dollar Home
An FHA survey shows the typical 1954 buyer had income of 5,139 dollars, purchased a house and lot worth 10,678, with a 15 percent down payment and an insured loan of 8,862. The 23 year mortgage carried monthly payments of 68.62 dollars, about 15 percent of income.
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Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Local dog a winner at multiple shows
Boston terrier Gold Dust of Dim Glow owned by Mrs. Max Willer has claimed first and second in regional shows. The year old winner started with first place at Topeka novice class, then took second and reserve at Colorado Springs, with the same placing at Pueblo on consecutive days.
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Max Willer
Gold Dust
Topeka
Colorado
Colorado ‘Springs
Pueblo
Closing Brave Rush Too Hot for Legion In Friday's Opener
The Haskell Institute baseball team rallied for a dramatic 8-7 win over Lawrence Junior Legion, scoring five runs in the seventh inning after trailing 7-1. John Edwards belted a homer as Haskell erased the deficit with timely hits and patient at bats. Lawrence had led 7-1 entering the seventh, but five Haskell hits, an error, and a bases clearing single fueled the comeback.
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Legion
Haskell Institute
Lawrence Junior Legion
Olathe
Municipal Park
Uth
del. Sts
Rog Harrison
Jis
Lawrence
Alan Fisher
Indians
John Edwards
Wiliam Francis
Buck Kitchegan
Gordon House
Francis
Edwards
Gilbert Rolett
Buster Downing
Franklin Frenchman
Garland Hemminger
Buddy Tsonetokos
Careening Car Stopped After Its Driver Dies
LOS ANGELES. Garageman Jack Fradkin 34 chased an out of control car on West Adams Boulevard and found the driver Hubert L Weiss 72 of Los Angeles dying behind the wheel. He leaped beside the car as it sped, steered it away from traffic, lunged through the open window and shut off the ignition. Police said Weiss died apparently of a heart attack.
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Los Angeles
Jack Fradkin
West Adams Boulevard
Fradkin
Hubert L. Weiss
Weiss
Nine Charged in Poisonings at Thai Temple Fair
Nine suspects were arrested in Nonburi Province for poisoning more than 100 people at a temple fair last month. Authorities say arsenic was sprinkled into jars of lodchong, a sweet meat served to priests and visitors, killing twelve victims.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Nonburi
Columbia discovers Aldus Manutius 1490s printed book
A paper back volume printed in the 1490s by Italian printer Aldus Manutius is noted by Columbia University as part of its historical collection. The item highlights early humanist publishing and the spread of printed texts in Italy.
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Columbia University
Aldus Manutius
Italy
Hit Pitch Combo Gives Cardinals 7-4 Win Over Reds
The St. Louis Cardinals snapped a rough season mix of hitting and pitching with a 7-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds at Busch Stadium. Rip Repulski led the attack with a double and homer, while Paul Lapalme and solid relief limited Cincinnati after an early threat. Luis Arroyo held Cincinnati scoreless until an unearned run in the sixth, and Hobie Landrith opened the seventh with a homer as St. Louis pulled away in the later innings. The Kansas City Athletics had their home game with the Cleveland Indians rained out.
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Associated Press
St. Louis Cardinals
Redbirds
St. Louisans
Busch Stadium
Birds
Paul Lapalme
Cincinnati Reds
Rip Repulski
Stan Musial
Red Schoendienst
Bill Virdon
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Redlegs
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Arroyo
Cincinnati
St. Louis
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Reds
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Struve Hensel to Return to Private Life Next Month
H. Struve Hensel resigns as assistant secretary of defense effective June 30. The 53 year old New York lawyer cites insufficient personal capital to continue. He has led international security affairs for the Defense Department and figures in the McCarthy Army fallout. President Eisenhower offers thanks as he departs public life.
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H. Struve Hensel
Eisenhower
White House
Hensel
New York
Defense Department
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Police Probe Cause of Nob Hill Truck Crash
San Francisco police sought the reason for brake failure on a 10 ton moving van that careered 52 blocks down Nob Hill, killing the driver and six pedestrians and injuring three others. Witnesses put speed at 80 to 100 mph as the fire destroyed two Chinatown stores, with the wreck impounded for inquiry.
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San
Indianapolis
San Francisco
State Wheat Might Reach 150 Million Bushels Mark
Topeka Kansasion report notes an agricultural expert foresees wheat production near 150 million bushels this year based on May 25 observations. R L Cross of the Santa Fe Railway cites improving wheat acreage conditions due to beneficial rains, with a May 1 government estimate of 132,864,000 bushels.
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Topeka
Kansas
R.L Cross
Santa Fe Railway
Ohio Girl Survives Under Freight Train Escape
Nancy Thomas a 14 year old Columbus girl crawled between rails to shortcut to school and survived a freight train pass. She was unhurt and released from White Cross Hospital with no treatment needed. Her mother noted local children regularly cross the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks as a daily shortcut.
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Columbus
Ohio
Nancy Thomas
Columbus Gil
White Cross Hospital
Nancy
Lloyd Thomas
Thomas
Lots of Travel on State For K U s Prof Smith
Dr Rhoten A Smith an assistant professor of political science at Kansas University will take a year of extensive travel in the United States. He recently received a year of leave without pay to become associate director of the Citizenship Clearing House in New York City. From there he will oversee the CCH’s more than twenty regional affiliates in universities and colleges nationwide, with KU as the regional affiliate for Kansas and western Missouri.
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United States
Rhoten A. Smith
Kansas University
Smith
Citizenship Clearing House
New York City
CCH
Kansas
Missouri
Citizenship Clearing House aims to boost graduate political participation
The rector begins Sept. 1 with backing from the Maurice and Laura Falk Foundation of Pittsburgh. Arthur T. Vanderbilt, chief justice of the New Jersey supreme court, chairs the CCH. Under the slogan Creator Minds for Better Politics the group promotes wider college graduate involvement in their chosen party. The Citizenship Clearing House links with NYU Law Center in New York City.
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CCH
Maurice and Laura Falk
Pittsburgh
Arthur T. Vanderbilt
New Jersey Supreme Court
cRer
Citizenship Clearing House
Law Center of
New York University
New York City
Three Men Electrocuted When Line Fells in KC
Kansas City police report three young men were electrocuted when they stepped from a stalled car into six inches of water energized by a 2300 watt power line. Bodies were found outside the vehicle in the flooded street. Victims include James Fraher and George A. Beck, 17, of Independence Missouri, and Emil J. Dasta, 1 Kansas City. Rain-flooded residential area backed sewer, line fell across the street as water rose.
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Kansas City
Fach
James, Fraher
George A. Beck
Independence
Emil J. Dasta
Kansas April nonfarm employment rises to 548,400
Kansas nonfarm employment reached 548,400 in April, up 7,000 from March and 9,600 above a year earlier, according to the State Labor Department.
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Kansas
State Labor Department
Dick Stanwix Promoted To Detective for City
Dick Stanwix rises to detective in Lawreace Police, first plainclothes investigator in years. Promotion follows probation. should equal sergeant once completed. New hires Claude Mc Grandstaff and Gene Francis Miller take patrol roles under Capt. Cox and Lt. Casteel respectively. both married with children. Miller attends Kansas University.
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Lawreace
Dick Stanwix
John Hazelet
Oonce Stanwix
Mazelet
Jane 1
Hazeter
Claude Mc Grandstaff
Maple St
Stanwix
Bill Cox Grandstaff
Fritzer- Jayhawk Dairy Products
Gene Francis Miller
Ward Jones
Force
Ralph Casteel
Miller
Kansas University
Miller and Grandstaff Begin One Year Probation
Chief Hazelet announced that Miller and Grandstaff will serve a one year probationary period.
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Miller
Grandstaff
Hazelet
Visitors and illness mark Villa Eden notes
Villa Eden items report Sunday visitors from Quincy Missouri and Audora. Martin Coyne has returned home improved after a hospital stay. Carl Kurtz Jr aided work for several days while ill. Miss Anna Donovan visited her sister Mrs Pottengill and family. Debbie Garrison stayed with her grandmother for seven days. Herbert Torneden and his mother visited near Emporia Thursday. Alfred Torneden and Carl Kurtz Jr. visited the Torneden home with Mr and Mrs Walter.
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Tim Gress
Quincy
Merlin Brook
Martin Coyne
Carl Kurtz, Jr
Fadora
Alfred Torneden
Anna Donovan
Messe Pottengill
Audora
Debbie
Dell Garrison
Quenemo
Mabel Pettengill
Herbert Torneden
Anna Torneden
Vistors
Emporia
Alfred .Torneden
Walter
Torneden family visits and local milestones in Topeka area
Torneden of Lasyrence and related families including Mr and Mrs Charles Davidson Mrs Melvin Davidson and David with Mr and Mrs William F Tommeden and Toney visited Topeka Sunday. Lena and Louis Torneden visited the Arnold Torneden home. Walter Shona hospitalized for surgery. Linwood commencement saw six graduates including Mackey Sebo and Donald Brock.
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Torneden
Lasyrence
Charles Davidson
Melvin Davidson
David
William F Tommeden
Toney
Reser
Lawrence
Wes Willian Torneden
Topeka
Mroo
Merlin Brock
Harry Bay
Mes Witter Shaw
Mas
William Torneden
Frank Hemk
Firtode
Kensias City
Mires Anna
Walter Shona
Thorsdhister
DeMoanville
Fastin
Villers
Smith
Tonsanexie
Lena Torneden
Louis Torneden
Arnold ‘Porneden
Duane Torneden
Crack
Linwood
Satura
Mackey Sebo
Donald Brock
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