First Thrust of Hurricane Edna Hits East Long Island
Edna neared the eastern tip of Long Island with 125 mph winds. Montauk Highway was flooded and 500 people evacuated as New York and New England braced for heavy rains, power outages, and dangerous seas. Seven storm deaths were reported, six in traffic accidents and one from a heart attack amid preparations.
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New York
Long Island
Caribbean
Montauk Point
New York City
Montauk Highway
Montauk
Atlantic
Charles Mansir
Red Cross
East Hampton
Chatham
Mass
New
New England
Providence
R.I
Quonset Point
R.L. Naval Station
Rhode Island
Westerly
New Jersey
North Jersey
Long Branch
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey Central Railroad
Edna
Boston Weather Bureau
Carolinas
Carol
Peope
Virginia
Maryland
New York Harbor
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Atlantic City
Kansas Polio Rate Up Paralysis on Decline
In Kansas polio cases rise this year to 382 by early reports, up from 309 in the same period last year. Despite higher case counts the state epidemiologist notes these involve less actual paralysis, with 1952 an epidemic year at 1,721 cases.
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Kansas
Topeka
State Board of Health
Philip Beary
Calm Quemoy Residents Face Shelling as Invasion Threat Persists
On Quemoy Island near the China coast farmers work through shell bursts while heavy trucks pass and Moon Festival celebrations proceed. Nationalist defense says 100000 Russian equipped troops with 40000 Korean veterans are within 50 miles. Maj. Gen. William Chase arrives amid U S interest in keeping Quemoy under Nationalist control.
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Quemoy
Taipei
William Chase
U. S
China
Chase
United States
Formosa Strait
Amoy
Defense Ministry
Little Quemoy
McCarthy Defends Right to Call Flanders Senile
In a Senate cross examination McCarthy insisted he had a perfect right to call Senator Flanders senile amid censure proceedings. He affirmed he believed Flanders senile, while avoiding details of obscene references and noting a senator’s status does not exempt him from scrutiny.
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McCarthy
Flanders
Washington
Sen
R-Vi
Senate
United States
Wisconsin
Army
Pvt. G
David Schine
McCarthy Subcommittee
Roy M. Cohn
Schine
Sens Marse
Ind-Ore
Fulbricht
D-Ark
Guy G. de Faria
West Allies stand united over German rearmament
The United States Britain and France presented a unified front to Russia on rearming West Germany. They rejected a Soviet bid for a Europe wide security system and insisted on specific German Austrian settlements and continued NATO unity as the path to security. The notes emphasized no general peace treaty can ensure security without addressing German and Austrian issues.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Russia
West Germany
Germany
Soviet Union
Europe
Sovet
NATO
Scrappy Young Editor Back In Operation for 4th Year
The Daily Scoop in West Lawrence begins its fourth year with editor Scotty Winters, 11, returning after delays and staff losses. He swapped for a hectograph while seeking a mimeograph and recalls a February 12 accident that gave him an early scoop.
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Daily Scoop
West Lawrence
Scotty Winters
Winters
Harry Winters Jr
W. 8Th St
Vic Stauffer
Milton Stauffer
Ala. St
Scotty
Lawrence
Roc
Harry
Winsters Drs
Diz
Journal-World Phow
U S diplomat Murphy to tour Western European capitals
Deputy Under Secretary of State Robert D. Murphy, a top Eisenhower diplomat, leaves today for a flying tour of London Bonn Paris and Rome to sound out sentiment on the German rearmament problem. Officials say it is a simple look see and no secret plans are involved.
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Washington
Robert D. Murphy
London
Bonn
Pars
Rome
Murpas
U.S
Bresh
Eden
Avery to Visit Ike Toprira For Congress Nominee
Avery Rapohls, a nominee for Congress, has been invited to Denver to meet President Eisenhower at 8 a m Monday for a conference. The invitation signals White House interest in the campaign and possible coordination ahead of the event.
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Toprira
Willam HO
Avery
Rapohls
Congress
Denver
Eisenhower
Tax Levy Increases Approved by State Commission
Eight counties one city and two school districts win emergency levy increases to November levies due to declining personal property values. Increases cover Sedgwick Ford Montgomery Hodgeman Franklin Hamilton Crawford Anderson Fort Scott Pratt Keechi Center and warrants for Valley Falls Ford Coffey counties for various funds.
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Topeka
State Tax Commission
Roy N. McCue
Commission
Sedgwick County
Ford County
Montgomery County
Hodgeman County
Franklin County
Hamilton County
Crawford County
Anderson County
City of
Fort Scott
Pratt Board of Education
Keechi Center
Valley Falls
Coffey County
Agricultural Extension Council Fund
Kansas DAR Raises Fund For the Museum Pylons
The Kansas Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution has subscribed funds for five memorial pylons in front of the Eisenhower Museum in Abilene. The Eisenhower Foundation said the DAR contributed several thousand dollars to start the project and pledged 20 000 more for grounds beautification. Pylons will stand 16 feet high in the reflecting pool.
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Abilene, W
Kansas Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
DAR
Eisenhower Foundation
New Pact Signed by CIO and Westinghouse
A two year contract was signed three hours before a midnight deadline and is in effect today for CIO International Union of Electrical Workers members at 287 Westinghouse plants nationwide. The agreement provides wage increases of about five cents an hour and improved pensions for 42,000 workers, with old contract rates not disclosed.
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Pittsburgh
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Anglican Congress Praised as Global Unity Effort
Dr John Wand of London hailed the first Anglican congress held in Minneapolis as a tremendous success. He said it united Anglican members from around the world and would do untold good as he arrived from New York.
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Liverpool
England
John Wand
Bisheap
London
Minneapolis
Wand
New York
Dulles in Hawaii Ahead of Key Security Talks
Secretary of State Dulles rested in Hawaii before briefing on the Chinese vest pocket war and the Manila pact for an extraordinary meeting of President Eisenhower and the National Security Council. He reported no comment on Quemoy fighting and met with Chiang Kai-shek, urging the Southeast Asia treaty to ease Asian and non-Asian tensions.
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Honolulu
Dulles
Hawaii
Manila
Five Thousand Pageant Seats Sold Through Friday
About 5 000 seats have been sold for the Centennial pageant set for September 23 to 28 at Haskell Stadium. Paul Haagen, Centennial business manager, expects sales to rise sharply by next week as ticket sales peak in the final days. Judy Cotton leads followed by Polly Peppercorn, with Susan Montgomery and Martha Wager in third and fourth. The pageant ends September 17 with the winner named Miss Lawrence Centennial and runner up Duchess of Douglas County. The queen and court will attend the Celebration Ball September 22 and appear nightly during Centennial week, with the winner receiving an expense paid trip to Hollywood.
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Haskell
Paul Haagen
Centennial
Queen
Judy Cotton
Miss. St
Polly Peppercorn
Pawnee Ave
Susan Montgomery
Tenn. St
Martha Wager
Tr. St
Marian Davis
Millie Feree
Mary Pontius
Yvonne Richardson
Helen Schehrer
Marilyn Ann Miller
Frances Fischer
Reta Rhodes
Norma Lee Wichman
Maxine Dibble
Peggy Forester
Connie Vandeventer
Ruth Roney
Barbara Holladay
Sharon Dumas
Barbara Lewis
O’challis Shaffer
Duchess of
Douglas County
Lawrence High School
Hollywood
KU Enrollment Opens Monday for Three Days at KU
Enrollment for the first group of over 7 000 students at the University of Kansas begins Monday morning under a revised plan. Registration moves from the Union to Frank Strong Hall to ease crowding. The process starts in Strong Hall then moves to the Memorial Union for enrollment.
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University of Kansas
Katherine Mayfield Af Halstead
Mount Oread
Journal-World Photo
K.U
Memorial Union
Frank Strong Hall
Kansas City Medical School
Strong Hall
Union
Trouble No Stranger To Salina Youngsters
Sally Frank Endsley home in Salina faces a series of children’s injuries. Mary, 2, fractured nose after a fall. A son broke a collarbone in a tumble. Mary drank lighter fluid requiring stomach pumping. Mary received a scalp cut after being hit by a toy gun from a playmate.
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Frank Endsley
Mary
Purge of Communist Spy Ring Reported in Iran Police
Tehran's military governor General Tiemour Bakhtiar announced the purge of a Communist spy ring in the police department, saying it had cut off the roots of Communist party operations in Iran's semi government organizations.
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Tehran
Iran
Tiemour Bakhtiar
Jtoday
Communist Party
Sécoo
Typhoon Veers East Toward Okinawa With 120 mph Winds
A massive typhoon with winds near 120 miles per hour veered east today, threatening Okinawa and potentially impacting U S military bases. Forecasters warned of strong gusts, heavy rain, and dangerous surf as the storm shifts course toward the region.
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Tokyo
Okinawa
Algeria Buries Its Dead After Lake Disaster
Algerian officials report a rising death toll from the Tiartas disaster as grieving residents bury their dead. Officials say the toll stands around 600 with more figures possible as recovery efforts continue.
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Algeria
Orleansvilele
Aspocra
Local Professor W C Stevens Injured in Fall
Professor W C Stevens, a retired botany professor at the University, broke his hip after a fall at his home and was moved to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for treatment following the mishap yesterday.
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W. CG. Stevens
la. St
Lawrence Mermorial Hospital
Stevens
University of Inaneas
Shavers Stowits Rexall Drug Stores Ad
An old Adv style notice lists New Ronson kiedre Shavers Stowits Rexall Drug Stores in a clipped advertising item. The short blurb cites multiple brand names and store designations in a classified style.
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New Ronson Kiedre Shavers
Stowits Rexall Drug Stores
Adv
90 Degree Heat Returns Across Kansas Tomorrow
The weather service expects warmer conditions tonight and tomorrow across most of Kansas with highs near the lower 90s and lows around 60. Partly cloudy skies are forecast in the west and north with scattered storms possible in the afternoon or evening.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Tomor
Garden City
Hill City
Weather Outlook Kansas Today and Tonight
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies this afternoon and tonight. Sunday brings scattered thundershowers in the northwest, with additional showers across the north, west, and central areas. Temperatures rise into the lower 90s with easterly winds late Sunday.
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Farr
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