Market Resting After Remarkable Comeback Rally
The New York Stock Exchange paused after a dramatic rebound on Tuesday led by blue chips and mutual fund buying. The Dow rose 27.03 to 603.96 and the AP index gained 8.90 to 220.10 as trading surged to 14.75 million shares amid optimism and questions about sustaining the rally.
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New York Stock Exchange
Dow Jones
Associated Press
Pacific Coast Stock Exchange
San Francisco
Keith Funston
San Antonio
Tex
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Slayer Dragged From Hay Barn By Iowa Police
Gayne Gilbert Smith, 24, sought for killing five members of the Andrew McBeth family near Martinsburg, Iowa, was tracked for four miles and dragged from a hay barn by officers after a farmer tipped them to his hiding spot. He used a .410 shotgun and .22 rifle in the killings. Patsy Lou McBeth survived. Smith is charged with murder in Keokuk County.
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Iowa
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Smith
Andrew McBeth
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Lake Wapello State Park
Here
Pete Smith
Walter Cantrell
Cantrell
Andrew R. McBeth
Dora McBeth
Amos and
Anna
Donna Jean Kellogg
Kellogg
Pike Revenues Hit Best April Since Tollway Opened
The Kansas Turnpike's net revenues reached 416 521 in April covering 95 percent of interest requirements, the best April showing in the tollway's history, reported Tuesday by chief engineer manager L. W. Newcomer.
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Wichita
Kansas Turnpike
L. W. Newcomer
Weather forecast for Northeast Kansas and town temperatures
Fair to partly cloudy through Thursday with a northeast breeze. Low tonight in the 50s and a high around 80 on Thursday. Record highlights note extreme temperatures of 102 in 1984 and 47 in 1955.
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Leme
Pee Haan
AB & Pan
Rane
Kansas
Jet Lands Safely After Tire Blowout Emergency Landing
A Trans World Airlines jet with 70 passengers made an emergency landing at Idlewild Airport after a right front landing gear tire blew out. The plane touched down at 6:55 a.m. with crash crews and ambulances on standby, and landed without difficulty.
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New York
Trans World Airlines
Idlewild
Journal-World Mail Plan Heads to Summer Leave
Advertising note invites readers planning two weeks or more away this summer to have the Journal-World mailed daily. It promotes continuous delivery while travelers are away, underscoring convenience for extended trips.
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Journal-World
Adv
Memorial Day Traffic Toll Expected Low This Year
The Memorial Day holiday shows traffic deaths running below normal in the first hours, with the National Safety Council predicting 80 to 120 fatalities by midnight among 74 million cars on the road. Early five hours brought no deaths. later reports include 16 fatalities across nine states including New York and California.
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National Safety Council
New York
California
Kentucky
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Ohio
Minnesota
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Kansas names Haines director of institutional management
Dr. Robert A. Haines of Columbus Ohio was named Kansas director of institutional management by the state Social Welfare Board. The appointment becomes effective about September 1 when Dr. Richard L Meadows resigns. Haines, 45, heads Ohio Department of Mental Health and Hygiene and Correction and led Longview and Apple Creek state hospitals.
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Kan
Robert A. Haines
Columbus
Ohio
Kansas
State Social Welfare Board
Haines
Ohio Department of Mental Health and Hygiene and Correction
Jon C. Woelk
Kansas Welfare Board
Richard L. Meadows
University of Cincinnati College of
Hopeful Aid Follows Child’s Cave-In Near Calgary
Four year old Kenny Kowalchuk is missing after a cave-in at a 30 year abandoned coal mine near Ghost Pine Creek Alta. Rescue crews lowered 45 feet into the shaft but found no sign of life as earth and debris filled the 85 foot shaft. Police and mine inspector J J Rubin said the boy likely fell or was buried under fallen soil while playing near his home.
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Alta
J. J. Rubin
Calgary
Kenny
Peter Kowalchuk
Johnny
Mounted Police
Keith Sutherland
Rubin
Three Hills
Recreation Plans Involving 6000 Youth At Lawrence Parks
More than 6000 Lawrence youngsters are expected to take part in the Lawrence Recreation Commission summer program starting June 18 at 10 park sites. Ages 5 to 15 can join all day or half day activities with two supervisors per site. The program runs June 18 to August 3 with tournaments crafts softball gymnastics and story hour. A new day camp at Centennial Park runs June 18 to August 3 for ages 7 to 14 plus tennis fishing baton twirling summer arts and crafts and library activities starting June 1.
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Lawrence Recreation Commission
Wayne Bly
Centennial Park
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Tchin-Tchin Hits Paris Stages Amid Cold Nights
Paris theatregoers face the cold as April winds through the city. Francois Billetdoux’s Tchin-Tchin, starring Betsy Blair, mixes harsh themes of alcoholism with humor at Theatre Moderne and Va Donce Chez Thorpe, where late curtains and lively reception contrast with the season’s icy mood.
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Tchin-Tchin
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Billetdoux
Paris
Thorpe
Miss Blair
Boy 12 die after 550 foot mine shaft fall
Rescuers found Kenneth Shickley Jr. 12 dead at 5 24 a m nearly 10 hours after he fell chasing a squirrel into an offset shaft in Shamokin Pennsylvania. Two miners John Varano and Joseph Garcia crawled 90 feet to reach him before hoisting his body to the surface.
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Kenneth Shickley Jr
John Varano
Joseph Garcia
Kenneth
Bill Kreiger
Bill
Ken
Joseph Templin
Templin
Varano
Garcia
Ather
Reading Transportation Co
Harrisburg
Rumsey Funeral Home Vacation Pak Service Ad
Classified ad promoting a Vacation Pak service by Rumsey Funeral Home with contact numbers and ownership by Fred and Oscar Rumsey. Includes carrier solicitation and business co-ownership details.
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Adv
Fred
Oscar Rumsey
Rumsey Funeral Home
Rain brings help to Douglas County farms and gardens
Douglas County farmers praise recent rains for aiding corn milo and beans, with wheat expected below average and early harvest possible. Area gardeners enjoyed soaking showers, though ponds and lakes saw limited relief due to very dry soil.
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Douglas County
Melvon Wertzberger
The
Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Service
Wertzberger
Topeka Citizens for Action seeks mayor council manager vote
The Topeka group began distributing petitions Tuesday night to place a mayor council manager form of government on the ballot. Earlier the city commission rejected a request to put the question on the August primary ballot.
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Topeka
Citizens For Action Committee
City Commission
Memorial Day Weather and Flood Updates in Kansas
The Kaw River near Lawrence rose to 16.8 feet then fell as rainfall saturated area streams. Despite high water and flooded creeks, officials saw no imminent danger with crest under 17 feet, while holiday patrols remained intensified across the region.
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Fred Brown
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Kansas
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Soldier Creek
Delia
Marais Des Cygnes
Quenemo
Frankfort
Manhattan
Turtle Creek
Fred Broeker
State Highway Patrol
Indianapolis 500 sees four-car crash early on
Mid morning overcast skies gave way to sprinkles as Memorial Day plans faced a possible disruption. Four cars crashed in the northwest turn early in the Indianapolis 500 mile race in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Second Vaccine Campaign Starts Monday in Douglas County
The second of a three part mass polio immunization drive using oral vaccine begins Monday and runs through Friday across multiple sites including Lawrence Community Building Baldwin First Methodist Church Eu dora Municipal Building Lecompton elementary school and Baker University students are prioritized. The program open to all residents six weeks and older aims to boost coverage with type 1 and later vaccine stages. attendance urged for school children and general public with doses served in cups.
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Lawrence
First Methodist
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Baker Uni
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