Troops Falter at Crest in Bitter Korean War Action
American Seventh Division troops fought to take Prangle Hill and nearby Sniper Ridge as Chinese forces counterattacked. U S observers attributed strong Chinese resistance to a fresh regiment while South Koreans and Chinese faced punishing artillery exchanges and trench combat on the crest. Official weekly toll showed 27,096 Red casualties, with 5,996 killed and 3,321 wounded in the week ending Oct 7.
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Chun Si Kwon
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Hays Kansas Celebrates 85 Years of Frontier Heritage
The Hays community recalls its 1867 founding near the railroad as Buffalo Bill Cody Wild Bill Hickok and Gen. Custer once stamped this frontier town. Flood prevention funded locally, growth through wells and wheat, new Fort Hays State College facilities, and expanding industry mark a city past and a busy future.
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Wild Bill Hickok
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Chamber of Commerce
Ellis County
Don Pratt
Ft. Hays State Experiment Station
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Canada
Farmers Co-Op
Hadley Memorial Hospital
Jefferson School
Ft. Hays State College
Hays City
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Kansas State College
Western
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St. Joseph's College
Kansas
St. Antinus Hospital
Hadley
Jim Hays
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Custer
Washita River
Oklahoma
Truman Rebukes Newspapers as Campaigns Swing On
President Harry S Truman, on a campaign swing for Adlai Stevenson, criticized national papers as biased and declared he was not quit. He attacked Dwight Eisenhower’s bid as lies and slander, naming Senator McCarthy as a backer of the GOP campaign. He forecast continuing through the fourth day of November and toward Independence Missouri to vote.
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Adlai Stevens
Washington
Union Station
Cumberland
Dwight Eisenhower
Joseph R.) McCarthy
Wisconsin
Back Street
Land
Midwest
Independence
Sister Leona Reelected As Head of Nurses Group
Sister M Leona of Mt. Carmel Hospital Pittsburg was elected to another term as president of the Kansas State Nurses Association Janet Hill of Kansas City named to head the Kansas League of Nursing Education Other officers include Hulda Weggener first vice president Harriett Melland second vice president Edith Mayo secretary Wahneta Titus treasurer Directors named Sister M Faleri a Wichita Madge Luke Topeka two year terms Eula M Benton Emporia Batricia Devine Parsons three year terms Sister M Theophane Salina Geneva Dies Hays three year terms Section chairmen Janet Dendurent Wichita Kathleen Hilliard Pratt Elda Hartung Kansas City Eula Sphon Kansas City 31
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Wichita
Madge Luke
Topeka
Eula M. Benton
Emporia
Batricia Devine
Parsons
M. Theothane
Salina
Geneva
Hays
Janet Dendurent
Kathleen Hilliard
Pratt
Elda Hartung
Kansas City
Eula Sphon
Two Escapees Indicted on Auto Theft Charges
Kansas City report says two convicts Roy Kimes of Arkansas and James Tomlinson of Missouri, escaped from a federal prison farm in Platte County last June 27, were indicted by a federal grand jury on interstate transportation of a stolen motor car. Kimes, cousin of Matt and George Kimes, was serving eight years for post office robbery, while Tomlinson faced five years for Dyer Act violation.
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Kansas City
Thursty
Roy Kimes
Chester
Ark
James Tomlinson
Waynesville
Kimey
Matt
Eorke Kimes
Tomliinson
Patte County
Shady letter writing course at New York University
A life insurance company has sent its executives to a three month course on letter writing at New York University. More than 20 executives have enrolled as part of a workforce improvement effort.
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Life Life Hesurance Companysurance Co
Seemsey
New York University
Baltimore man awaits fate at gallows in wife murder case
George Edward Grammer sits in Maryland state custody as his lawyer contemplates an appeal after a first degree murder conviction for killing wife Dorothy May Grammer. Judge Herman Moser delays sentencing while attorney Anthony Federico weighs next move in this case tied to the bludgeoning and car crash death of the mother of three.
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Baltimore
George Edward Grammer
Maryland
Anthony Federico
Herman Moser
Grammer
Federico
Moser
Dorothy May Grammer
Anselm Sodaro
Helpfulness Backfires as Stranger Aids Stranded Motorists
Oscar B. Housely of Salt Lake City stopped to aid two stranded motorists on Highway 40 east of Russell. He told Undersheriff Bill Bates that the situation escalated, leading to a hold up.
Robbery Clip Describes Gunpoint Theft of Wallet
In the incident, as he stepped from his car, a gun was flashed by a man who snatched a billfold containing $25. The two holdup men were described as young.
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Young
Kansas Men Tackle Drake In Des Moines Cross Country
Kansas University will be without captain Norman Bitner due to a leg injury as the Jayhawks face Drake University in Des Moines for their second three mile cross country meet. The lineup includes Santee Dazzell Palmquist Koby and Wilson. Drake may be without top miler Dewey Johnson. Kansas planes to Des Moines Saturday morning and return after the 2 p.m. race.
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Drake University
Des Moines
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Oklahoma A & M
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Mt. Oread Palmotor
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Dewey Johnson
Little Miler
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Bulldogs
Wes Santee
Art Dalzell
Keith Palmquist
Jone Senior
Lloyd Koby
Dick Wilson
Easton
Lawrence
Iowa City
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