Armed Troops Escort Negroes Into School
In Sturgis Kentucky National Guard troops escorted nine Negro youths into the previously all white Sturgis High School amid a 400 to 500 strong angry mob. After a five minute struggle the youths were moved inside while five unidentified men were seized by troops before reporters and police cleared the scene.
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Sturgis
National Guard
Sturgis High School
Leroy Poole
Atu
Williams
A. B. Chandler
Body of Baby Recovered From Connecticut Lake
The infant Cynthia Ruotolo, six weeks old, was found floating in Lake Whitney Hamden Conn. wrapped in a plastic bag weighted with a rock. Investigators pursue a possible short dark complexioned female suspect seen near Sears Roebuck. No ransom or contact with parents reported. Police scene control and guard deployment followed reports of the discovery. The investigation notes the case contrasts with a separate abduction in Westbury New York.
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Hamden
Conn
Cynthia Ruotolo
Lake Whitney
Seara Roebuck Co
Weinberger
Westbury
N. Y
Stephen
Sears Roebuck
Stephen Ruotolo
New Haven County Bar Assn
Hamden Fire Dept
Ruotolo
New Haven
Help Yuri Home Public Aid Sought for Kidnapped Boy
Izvestia appeals for public help to locate the parents of Yuri, a four year old abducted by a stranger six months ago. A separate report says an 11 year old named Sergei was also taken but escaped, leading to the kidnapper's capture by police.
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Moscov Ih — Izvestia
Yuri
Sergei
Izvestia
Crim
Stock Market Update From New York Declines Amid Mixed Data
New York stock indices slip as trading opens with declines led by industrials while the market absorbs mixed economic signals. The session shows modest losses across major listings and thin volume in early trading.
Nasser Rejects London Plan on Suez Canal Control
Word from Cairo says President Nasser refuses to accept the 14 nation London plan for international canal control. The Menzies five nation mission may leave Cairo Monday without agreement, while talks continue in private to reconcile Egypt’s sovereignty with international oversight. Eden plans a briefing at Balmoral Castle after the Cairo talks.
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London
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Suez Canal
Robert G. Menzies
Australia
Cairo
Menzies
Ment
Suez Canal Committee
Nasser
Eden
Britain
Commis
Merizies
Dulles
Balmore Castle
England
Queen Elizabeth
Maritime suit filed in Kansas yields 28100 judgment
Judge weighs 28100 in a Kansas federal case described as the first maritime action in the state. Plaintiffs Helene Saeger and Robert Saeger of St Louis along with Homer D. Stanley sue Odus H Rogers of Wichita over a cabin cruiser collision on Lake Norfolk Arkansas near midnight January 23 1953.
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Wichitar
Kansas
Helene Saeger
St. Louis
Robert W. Saeger
Homer D. Stanley
Odus H. Rogers
Wichta
Rogers
St. Louisans
Lake Norfolk
Arkansas
511 Pledges At KU Fraternities Highlight 1956 List
The dean of men's office received 511 pledges from 25 KU social fraternities, an increase of 60 from 1955, with 21 pledges from Lawrence. Sororities pledged 287 women, up 13 from 1955, led by Sigma Phi Epsilon and Phi Kappa Psi with 34 each. Local pledges include Delta Upsilon Bob Walters and others across multiple houses.
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Kansas University
Robert Bush
Mission
Inter-Fraternity Council
Laurence C. Woodruff
K.U
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Phi Kappa Psi
Lawrence
Delta Upsilon
Bob Walters
Route 4
Phi Gamma Delta
Larry Smith
N. St
John McGrew
Ind. St
Terry Marriott
Ky. St
Kendall Wolf
N. H. St
Stuart Smith
West Hills Parkway
John Cotton
Miss. St
Robert Bee
Crestline Drive
C. V. Fishel
Harry R. Miller Jr
Phi Kappa Tau
Clifford D.ham
la. St
Tau Kappa Epsilon
James Alvin Long
Johnson St
Larry Joe Freeman
E. 19Th St
Britain to drop atomic bomb at Maralinga dawn Tuesday
Adelaide reports Britain's first air dropped atomic weapon will be exploded at dawn next Tuesday at Maralinga in the dead heart of Australia, 700 miles from Adelaide. The tests will include two bursts from towers and one ground explosion.
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Adelaide
Australia
Britain
Maralinga
Dead Heart
Trainman Admits Error Behind Springer Wreck
In Springer New Mexico a Santa Fe Chief trainman said he believed the switch was faulty and threw it just as the Chief hit a parked mail train causing 20 deaths and many injuries. An inquest ruled the deaths resulted from the head on collision blamed on the fireman misjudgment.
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Switch
Springer
N. M. WA
Santa Fe
Santa Fe Railway
Mel rhisSean
Be‘fore Justice of the Peace
Harry E. Smith
At&sf
Callerelli
Ives
J. B. Reinhold
Fsat
Lawrence McCormack
Raton
N.M
Albuquerque
Reinhold
Et Ee Lee
Thieves Strike KU Frat House During Rush Week Alarm Raised
Thieves hit the Delta Tau Delta house at 1111 W Mt. St taking 10 billfolds with $84 and several blank checks. Two pledges and eight actives robbed. losses ranged from $1 to $30. Fraternity issue safety sign urged pledges to lock money away. 10 people ignored the warning.
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Delta Tau Delta
Kansas University
Jay Simpson
Wichita
Phil Colver
Coffeyville
Dave Brummett
Concordia
Bill Wilson
Colby
Journal-World Photo
Mt. Dread
W. Mt. St
Kansas
Clyde Cox
Overland Park
Larry Well
Juka
Cox
Wells
Bill Decker
Ralph Robinson
Grant Cookson
Monte Alten
Fraternity
Eleven Marines Drown Off Okinawa Amid Current
NAHA Okinawa Eleven U S Marines drowned off the north shore of Okinawa during a break in field exercises. A freak undercurrent believed caused by typhoon conditions swept them away while 12 others were saved. An extensive search is under way for remains and names of the missing marines were withheld.
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Naha
Okinawa
U.S
Marine Corps
Victor H. Krulak
3Rd Marine Division
All Chanute Pets in Pen After Rabid Cat Bite
Police Chief Tom Morehead said at least four people in Chanute were bitten by a rabid cat confirmed by the Kansas State Board of Health Laboratory. Victims included three seniors and an adult from two families. They received first rabies shots. Residents were told to confine all pets for 10 days and strays captured would be killed.
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Chanute
Tom Morehead
Kansas State Board of Health Laboratory
Morehead
Friday Deadline on Allen Choice
Milton P. Allen, defeated by Don Hults for the Republican Fifth District state senatorial nomination, says he will decide by Friday whether to contest the vote and seek a recount. Hults led by 10 votes after absentee ballots and final canvass narrowed the gap from 137. Secretary of State Shanahan says the deadline for a recount has passed, noting no clear state law governs recounts in primaries and citing three day rule after canvass.
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Milton P. Allen
Lawrence
Don Hults
The
Journal-World Today
Hults
Allen
Paul Shanahan
Shanahan
State Board of Canvassers
Secretary of State
Tyler Mother Reports Missing Child Found in Classroom
A Tyler mother telephoned police claiming her child was missing. Officers located the boy in a classroom he should have attended, and the mother admitted she forgot the fall term had started.
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Tyler
Tex
KU Orientation Week Begins With Student Activities
New KU students and parents gathered at Memorial Union for orientation events including a convocation in Hoch Auditorium and 8:30 a.m. placement tests. The schedule featured faculty conferences, church meetings, a watermelon feed, and campus life courses plus open houses and campus events through Saturday such as the Y.M.C.A. Y.W.C.A. Fellowship Camp at Lone Star Lake and the Athletic Carnival at Memorial Stadium.
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Kansas University
Memorial Union
Hoch
K.U
Union
K.U. Young Men's and
Young Women's Christian Associations
Potter Lake
Robinson Gymnasium
All Student Council
Associated Women Students
the Union Activities Committee
Lone Star Lake
Memorial Stadium
California Charmer And Southern Belle Leading In Miss America Contest
Miss Alabama 19 year old Ann Stuart Amiail of Birmingham won top talent honors with a rollicking song and dance number. Joan Colleen Beckett 18 of Sacramento led the bathing suit section. Fifty contestants divided into three sections compete with judging rotating tonight and tomorrow night and semifinalists to be named by Saturday morning.
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Atlantic City
N. J
California
Alabama
Ann Stuart Amiail
Birmingham
Joan Colleen Beckett
Sacramento
Phi Delts Housemother Plans Long Awaited Europe Trip
Mrs. J. H. Kreamer longtime Phi Delta Theta housemother at Kansas University to embark on an eight week journey to Europe. She will fly from Lawrence to Salina then sail on the Queen Elizabeth visiting England Scotland Holland Belgium Luxembourg Germany and other countries. Her KU era included a 2,000 gift and lifetime retirement plan from Phi Delt alumni.
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J. H. Kreamer
Kansas University
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Phi Delt
Europe
Maudie
Kreamer
Phi Delta House
Lawrence
Salina
Maune
New York City
Atlantic
England
Scotland
Holland
Bellgium
Luxembourg
Germany
Avar
Switzerland
Liechtenstein
Coolest Weather Since Last June Follows Shower
Heavy rain fell across Kansas and nearby counties ending a long dry spell. Lawrence saw 0.34 inches, with higher totals in Osage City and Ottawa, as a cool front cooled temperatures to the 70s. The forecast calls for continued fair skies and cooler days, with drought affecting crops and pastures statewide.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Weather Summary for Kansas Tonight and Friday
Fair tonight with cooler temperatures in the east and south. Northwest and far west not as cool. Warmer Friday with lows in the 40s north to near 80 southeast. Highs Friday 75 to 85. Temperature readings show yesterday's high 90s, low 56, rainfall 0.45 inch. Records note highs of 106 in 1950 and 1956.
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Kansas
Jon Inn
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