Nationalist Bombers Pound Red Chinese Gun Batteries
Formosa reported heavy air and artillery exchanges as Nationalist bombers struck Communist gun positions near Amoy and Tatung while antiaircraft fire lit the capital. Two American officers died in the Quemoy bombardment as U S and Nationalist leaders weighed response options and the Seventh Fleet remained deployed to deter invasion.
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Tatpeh
Formosa
Quemoy
Defense Ministry
Amoy
Tatung
U. S
Eisenhower
Defense Department
Red China
Chiang Kai-Shek
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Washington
Far East
Indochina
Quemex
Rush Week Records Fall Short for KU Fraternities
A KU record shows 374 women entering sorority Rush Week and 585 men registering for fraternities by Sunday noon. Coke parties and Best Date events mark the week as pledges are expected for most rushees. A second registration Tuesday morning will decide pledges with all lists due Wednesday noon.
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University of Kansas
Sunflower Girl Drowns During Labor Day Holiday Visit
Jessie Malone a Sunflower girl 9 drowns while swimming in Spring River near Thayer Missouri during Labor Day weekend. Her grandfather 64 drowns trying to rescue her as Jessie’s sister Geraldine 9 escapes. Father also required artificial respiration after rescue attempt.
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Jessie Malone
H. F. Malone
Thayer
Malones
A. C. Harrison
Harrison
Jessie
Geraldine
Dedication of Nations First Atom Power Plant at Shippingport
Shippingport Pa dedication marks the first full scale atomic power plant. AEC Chairman Lewis L Strauss says peaceful uses will dominate and notes ongoing work in medicine biology agriculture chemistry and industry. Sterling Cole cites Soviet obstruction to peaceful atomic pooling but promises a world wide peacetime pool with free nations.
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Shippingport
Lewis L. Strauss
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Strauss
AEC
Atomic Energy Commission
Sterling Cole
New York
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Soviet Union
International Atomic Pool
United Nations
Huge Home Site Planned for Wyandotte County
Kansas City financier J. W. Perry announces a 30 million dollar housing development in Wyandotte County. The plan includes 2,000 homes a shopping center recreational areas schools and churches in the area.
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Kansas City
Wyandotte County
Kas
J. W. Perry
De Castries Arrives Saigon While Resting From Release
Brig. Gen. Christian de Castries, French commander at Dien Bien Phu, arrived in Saigon from Hanoi after rest following his release by the Vietminh. He offered no comment and planned no public statement until returning to Paris, then to Dalat to join Gen. Paul Ely. The Paris departure date remains undisclosed.
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Saigon
Indochina
Christian de Castries
Die Bien Phu
Hanoi
de Castries
Paris
Dalat
Paul Ely
Trade by U S and Russia After Air Crash
Washington and Moscow faced a prolonged exchange after a U S Navy Neptune patrol plane was shot down near the Siberian coast. Nine crew members were rescued, one Ensign missing, and both sides traded denials while Moscow accused U S incursions.
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U.S
Russia
Washington
Moscow
Siberia
U. S. Navy
High Seas
Siberian
State Department
Ernest L. Pinkevich
Alameda
Calif
Japan
Pinkevich
Tokyo
Navy
Sea of Japan
Ens
Roger Henry Reid
Sen. Knowland
Vladivostok
Washington Time
Asst
Secretary of Defense
Fred A. Seaton
United States
U. S
MI6
Centennial Ball tickets go on sale tomorrow in city
Tickets for the Centennial Celebration Ball go on sale tomorrow for the September 22 event to be held in the Lawrence High gym. The evening features square and ballroom dancing, a square-dance exhibition, and a queen and court presentation with prizes including a washer dryer. Co chairs are Ralph Lengel and Gene Force.
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Lawrence Thigh School
P.m
Loo m
Lawrence
Sportsman's Shop
Francis Sport Goods
Carl's Clothiers
Raney’s Drug Store
McCoy's Shoe Store
Slowits Drug Store
Massachusetts Street
Log Cabin
South Park
Bill Year
Kcmo TV
Kansas City
Collegians
Hobie Shepp
Cowtown Wranglers
Pat Beedles
Baldwin
Missouri
Centennial
Ralph Lengel
Gene Force
Local Race Driver Killed at Mayetta
Sinks, 19, of Topeka, died after his car overturned during a jalopy race at Mayetta track. He suffered a fatal head injury and was pronounced dead on arrival at a Topeka hospital. Survivors include wife Bernice and infant son Charles Dean. funeral planned at Rumsey Funeral Home.
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Charlies W. Sinks
R. T St
Mayetta
Sinks
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Topeka
Lawrence
6Ld University
Pumsey
Ferguson
Oak Hill
Bernice
Charles Dean
Mro
Wue Sinks
Win NO OY
Havel Steal
Mile
Shrine Leader Dies in Oklahoma Sanitarium
Dr. R. Claude Young, 79, president of the Cowley County Shrine club and longtime Ark City surgeon since 1905, died Saturday night in a sanitarium. A Lyons, Kansas native, he is survived by three children, Dr. Donald Young of Houston Texas, Ro Claude Young of Ark City, and Mrs. Wilma Jean Soldani of Tulsa.
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Land Springs
Okla
Cowley County Shrine Club
R. Claude Young
Arkansas City
Kas
Lyons
Donald Youns
Houston
Tes
Ro Claude Youn Js
Wilma Jean Soldani
Tulsa
Scattered Rain Forecast Across Kansas and Missouri
The weather forecast calls for scattered thunderstorms in parts of Kansas this afternoon and tonight with partly cloudy skies overnight through Tuesday. Missouri should see partly cloudy conditions today and Tuesday with scattered storms in the southwest and extreme south, cooler temperatures, and highs in the 70s.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Mussour
Weather Bureau
Missouri
Orientation at K U Begins Wednesday
Orientation for about 1500 new students starts Wednesday evening marking the 89th KU academic year. Freshmen and some transfers must attend, ending with induction ceremonies Thursday Sept 16 at Hoch Auditorium and Memorial Stadium.
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University of Kansas
Hoch Auditorium
Memorial Stadium
Kansas Station Robbed at El Dorado Service Station
An armed bandit robbed a service station in El Dorado last night of about $100. The owner, OC McKinney, said the robber entered from the back, forced him into a restroom, then took the cash from the register.
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EL Dorado
Oc McKinney
Highway Death Toll Rises Amid Labor Day Rush
With the Labor Day holiday near its end the national highway toll climbs past 259 traffic deaths plus 50 drownings and 46 other fatalities totaling 355. National Safety Council president Ned H Dearborn warns the toll could reach 400 as 65 hours remain. States listed include Arkansas Colorado Illinois Iowa Kansas Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma.
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Ned H. P Dearborn
National Safety Council
Dearnborn
Arkansas
Colorado
Ilinois
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Weekend traffic largely clear amid Labor Day holiday
Despite heavy Labor Day travel, Lawrence and Douglas County reported no major accidents through the weekend with Charles W. Sinks dying in a jalopy race not counted as a traffic fatality. Law officers planned constant highway patrol as crowds and KU Rush Week travelers arrived.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Charles W. Sinks
Tie
Mayetta
Billy Hodson
FE. P. Mooman
Highway Patrol
Kansas University
Kansas City Man Dies In Wreck Near Lansing
A Kansas City man, Athan Thomason, 22, died early today in a flaming crash on US Highway 73 a mile south of Lansing. His wife and another passenger, Joe Andrews, 27, both from Kansas City, were admitted to Leavenworth hospital with non serious injuries.
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Lansing
Kan
Kansas City
Athan Thomason
Tracy
Dean Thomason
Joe Andrews
Leavenworth
Lawrence prepares to open schools for 4000 pupils
Four thousand or more boys and girls are expected to enroll in Lawrence tomorrow across eight elementary buildings and the new Hillcrest and Lincoln primary facilities. Superintendent Wolfe notes enrollment will be clearer after the first days. kindergarten and new students registered on Friday.
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Lawrence
WD. Wolfe
al Lawrence
la Sts
Princpal Neal Mc Wherrs
LHS
Pith
Mass Nt
Fast Heights
Chss
Tomeray
Hillcrest
Lincoln Primary
Cordies
Ith
Hidlevest Heasvard
Epsec Sunset
Hilltop
Forivex
Pinckney
Hth
Miss Sts
New York
Yoo McAllas
Shannon crash inquiry after KLM liner sinks in river
Investigators from Ireland and the Netherlands probe rescuers' delay after the KLM Royal Dutch airliner crashed into the River Shannon near Shannon Airport. The New York bound plane killed 28, including 11 Americans. 15 Americans survived.
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U.S
Land
KLM
Royal Dutch
Shannon
New York
Amsterdam
North Sea
Field
Amseterdam
Richard O'Sullivan
Wernment
C.A.F. Falkenhagen
Ruth Seel Dies After U S 66 Crash Near Waynesville
Ruth Seel 33 of St. Louis died at Waynesville General Hospital from injuries in a Saturday night automobile crash said to have occurred 16 miles west of Waynesville on U S Highway 66.
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Waynesville
Ruth Seel
St. Louis
Waynesville General Hospital
Here
Weather outlook with scattered storms and cooling trend
Mostly cloudy from this afternoon through Tuesday with scattered thundershowers mainly east. Cooler readings tonight and Tuesday. lows near 50 in the northwest and southeast highs around 80 to 85.
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Kansas
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