Fisherman Dies From H Bomb Dust After Bikini Test
A Japanese radioman on the Lucky Dragon, Aikichi Kuboyama, 40, died in Tokyo after exposure to radioactive ash from the U S hydrogen bomb test at Bikini. He is described as possibly the first fatality linked to the blast. 22 other crew members were hospitalized.
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U. S
Bikini
Aikichi Kuboyama
Japan
United States
Washington
Kuboyama
John M. Allison
State Department
Allison
Centennial queen chosen amid bustling pageant scene
Polly Peppercorn was crowned alongside Judy as the centennial queen with her mother recalling the moment and both families sharing pride. The evening featured bands ballroom and square dancing, a Missouri champion square dance exhibition, and served as the Jaycees led opener for the city’s 100th year observance. Bill Year hosted from KCMO TV as local merchants supplied door prizes. Gene Force Ralph Lengel and Lyman Wiley organized the event, which drew a larger crowd than expected.
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Judy
Polly
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Missouri Champion Square Dance Group
Bill Year
Kcmo -Tv
Kansas City
Gene Force
Ralph Lengel
Jaycees
Lyman Wiley
President speaks at AFL convention amid campaign tour
The President plans an informal talk tomorrow in Los Angeles at the American Federation of Labor convention. He has avoided direct calls to elect GOP candidates while on the campaign trail and emphasizes policy over party.
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Congress
Los Angeles
American Federation of Labor
McNary Dam
DIY Mousetrap Trick From a Piano Crate
A humorous vintage note describes a self made trap using a piano crate with a trap door. The builder crawls inside with a potato and a female mouse to lure a male mouse and then plugs the hole, implying a comical contest of wits. The plan includes a playful jab about judo knowledge.
Centennial Queen and Court Preside over Lawrence Celebration
Ten hostesses named for Lawrence Centennial mark the city's event. Polly Peppercorn stands at center with Roger Allen, vice chairman of the celebration committee. Others include Susan Montgomery, Millie Foree, Mary Pontius, Helen Schehrer, Yvonne Richardson, Frances Fischer, Marian Davis, Martha Wager, Judy Cotton, and more in the group.
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Lawrence
Polly Peppercorn
Roger Allen
Susan Montgomery
Millie Foree
Mary Pontius
Helen Schehrer
Riot Ends in Prison Aftermath Identifies Deceased Inmates
Prison officials named the dead as Don Manning 19 from Cooper County serving a robbery term J C Swink 32 from Dallas County serving a war theft term Walker Lee Donnell from St Louis Delapp 19 Seattle Washington was to be questioned after a prior theft of cell block keys. Officials say a small group in the maximum security hall sparked the disturbance and escapes remain under investigation.
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Don Manning
Cooper County
J. C. Swink
Dallas County
Walker Lee Donnell
St. Louis
William Garrett
Cass County
Cluse
Whitecotton
William Delapp
Seattle
Wash
Delapp
Four KU Mathematicians Aid New Freshman Math Text
A KU mathematics group led by Dr. G B Price with co authors from Tulane University University of Miami and KU reports Universal Mathematics as a experimental text set to revise first year math. The book covers two semesters 3 credit hours each and lowers trigonometry and analytics while adding an intro to calculus and other new topics.
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University of Kansas
G. B. Price
K.W
Price
W. L. Duren Jr
Tulane University
CE. Capel
University of Miami
Florida
William B. Leon
Russell N. Bradt
F.A.I. Bowers Jr
K.U
Three KU Students Booked For Statue Paint In Lawrence
Three Kansas University students were booked at the Lawrence police station after being caught painting Jimmy Green statue in front of Green Hall. They were placed on $50 bond each and formal charges filed. Police also report paint on a new high school building and fire guards stationed overnight at the site.
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Jimmy Green
K. U
Green Hall
Lawrence
Lawreence
Suspending Sentence for Assault in Police Court
Dwayne Henry of 223 No Front St was given a 30 day suspended sentence and six months probation on an assault charge. Complainant Mrs. Ethel Candy of 528 Elm St said Henry threatened to strike her. The incident occurred August 7 at Mrs. Candy's home.
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No Front St
Ethel Candy
Elm St
Henry
Brush fire reported in Centennial park area
Lawrence fire department responded to a brush fire at 9 30 this morning near Siath and Rockledge Road in Centennial park area.
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Lawrence Fire Department
Centennial Park
Siath
Rockledge Road
Bookwalter Hurst Spark Little Lions Victory
Lawrence High School Little Lions led by sophomores won 25-7 over Olathe B on opening day. Bookwalter scored from 25 yards and 28 yards plus Hurst had two long scores including a 90 yard interception return. Galen Cawley connected for 40 yards to Hurst.
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Buddy
Bookwalter
Ronnie Hurst
Lawrence High School
Little Lions
Olathe
Bill Mace
K.U. Gridder
Howard Mehlinger
Lawrence
Galen Cawley
Hurst
Lions
Trails West fills Centennial stage with vast pageant cast
Centenary program for Trails West grows from about 500 to nearly double as locals volunteer. Rogers supplies 500 costumes while others provide more. Pageant creates 300 foot long stage on the stadium field with north seating. Youth Day events include Kids show at 1 30 and a 3 30 junior high football game.
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Deal Six
Rogers
South Park
Massachusetts Street
Marshalling Area
Central Park
Lawrence Junior High School
Shawnee Mission
Riot witness accounts describe prison yard assault
Witnesses recount a mob attacking a guard and two prisoners as they were escorted to a prison building. Dykes bears a black eye, Norris speaks of brutal treatment and praise from officials for the guards’ courage as convicts riot with clubs knives and bricks.
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Norris
Gentry
Lawrence Junior High Grid Start Opens 1954 Season
The Lawrence Junior High School football team is set to begin its 1954 season at 3 30 today against Shawnee Mission freshmen on the Lawrence High Practice field.
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Lawrence
Shawnee Mission
Lawrence High
Three German Defense Scenarios Circulate Among Allies
Policy papers outline peripheral defense direct rearmament and interim arming of West Germany. Dulles heads to London to coordinate with France Britain and others, opting not to press any single proposal and seeking a mutually acceptable solution with Adenauer, Mendès-France and Eden.
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Fleming Sentenced in Military Probe Fallout and Plans
Fleming faces dismissal from service after being found guilty of collaboration through recordings used for Communist propaganda and leading prison discussions. He was acquitted of informing on others and harming a fellow prisoner. The colonel expressed gratitude for support and intends to travel to Racine then Los Angeles to visit relatives before entering the marine supply business.
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Racine
Los Angeles
John
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Ft. Sheridan
United Nations
United States
Korea
Centennial parade highlights and coin souvenir rush in Lawrence
Lawrence marks the Centennial with souvenir half-dollars scarce at banks as Ernie Pontius urges returns. A parade viewing area for invalids and disabled spectators is set near South Park with 9 40 arrival and 10 start, served by VFW. KU medical and staff get leave to watch, and a 25 000 attendance is anticipated for Kansas versus UCLA in Memorial Stadium.
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Pontius
South Park
Massachusetts Street
Alford-Clarke Bfw
Chriege
Edward McClintock
VFW
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Haskell Stadium
University of Kansas
Raymond Nichols
University
Nichols
Derailment of Santa Fe Chief Cited Broken Axle
A broken axle was listed as the probable cause of yesterday's derailment of the Santa Fe railroad's San Francisco Chief near Orwood Crossing, 400 miles east of San Francisco. All 191 passengers escaped serious injury. 20 to 30 aboard the Oakland to Chicago train were shaken up with two passengers and three crew hospitalized. Santa Fe estimated damage at 250000.
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Santa Fe Railroad
Oakland
Calif
Chicago
Santa Fe
Orwood Crossing
Memorial Hospital Births and Incident Report
At Memorial Hospital several births noted including baby boy Stein and baby boy at 1915 Tenn. St. Mr and Mrs Kibbee Lecompton celebrate a son today. Arthur Austin treated in emergency room after hammer incident at school. Names listed include Kraus Batts Hilner Patterson Rice Lewis Grems Roebuck Hambleton Jost War ford Franks Cooper Roberts Fisher Kibbee Austin referenced.
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DeSoto
Laura Batts
Frances Hilner
Ottawa
Mary Patterson
Ronald Rice
Abilene
Lorna. Lewis
Mich
John Grems
St. St
Wilma Roebuck
Sunflower
Lulu Hambleton
Henry Jost
Conn
Boy Stein
E. 12Th St
Tra Freeman
Eudora
Lillie Warford
Donald Franks
Elmer Cooper
R. I. St
Martha Roberts
Pleasant St
June Fisher
Tenn. St
Arthur Austin
Mr. St
Deaths and Funerals Minnie Casteel 77 in Tonganoxie
Minnie Ella Casteel 77 died yesterday at a convalescent home in Tonganoxie after 25 years there, former Linwood resident. Survived by two daughters Fed Zellers DeSoto and Leonard Anderson Tonganoxie Route 3 a step daughter Stanley Jessup Geering Neb eight grandchildren four great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2 p m at Friends Church Tonganoxie with Reno Cemetery burial.
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Tonganoxie
Linwood
Fed Zellers DeSoto
Leonard Anderson
Route 3
Stanley Jessup
Geering
Neb
Friends Church
Reno Cemetery
Funeral services held for William F. Reed former Lawrence resident
Funeral services for William F. Reed 58 former Lawrence resident will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Rumsey Funeral Home 601 Ind St with Rev J J Kri mer officiating Burial will be in the Veterans Plot Oak Hill Cemetery with an American Legion graveside ceremony Reed was found dead Tuesday morning in his car on U S Highway 24 east of Manhattan Born August 8 1896 in Cedar Gap Mo Reed moved to Manhattan from Lawrence five years ago He was a World War I veteran Surviving wife Betty Reed Manhattan a son W F B Reed Jr 910 EB 13th St two brothers George Albert Reed Iola and Fred Reed Bakersfield Calif three sisters Bernice Huffman Springfield Mo Mrs Sam Henry Waldron Ark and Mrs Teenie Cole Exeter Calif and five grandchildren
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Lawrence
Rumsey Funeral Home
Ind. St
J. J. Krimmer
Oak Hill Cemetery
American Legion
Reed
U.S. Highway 24
Manhattan
Cedar Gap
Betty Reed
W. FB. Reed, Jr
13Th St
George Albert Reed
Iola
Fred Reed
Bakersfield
Calif
Bernice Huffman
Springfield
Sam Henry
Waldron
Ark
Teenie Cole
Exeter
Not the Gift but the Idea Aid of Korean School
Nine year old Roy Slack answered a Huntington appeal for school supplies in South Korea. With his 10 year old brother Harry he staged a circus with trained grasshoppers to raise funds. Roy delivered 23 cents to school.
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Huntington
W. Va
Roy Slack
Roy
Harry
Market wrap: grains steady to easy as hogs dip
Markets at a glance show stocks rising for the third straight session while bonds mix and governments fall. Cotton and wheat display buying and weakness in red wheat, with corn and oats also easing. Hog futures steady to 35 cents lower, cattle steady with steer tops around 26.25. Prices for shipper accounts and culled sheep and pelts noted.
Wheat and grain futures and prices in Kansas City
KC market notes show wheat and corn prices mixed with futures quotes. Wheat No 2 Hard 2.25 2.77 percent. corn No 2 white 1.64 1.75. oats No 2 white 76 84. soybeans around 2.60 2.66. Futures open high low close readings provided for Dec May Mar.
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Kansas City
PMY Ee Ce Cee Cesee
Cattle Hog and Sheep Markets at Kansas City Livestock Sale
Kansas City livestock report shows 1200 cattle 300 calves with 12 loads fed heifers and 3 loads choice to low prime steers around 1050 lb. Prices: fed steers 25.75. middle weight steers 23.50. vealers weak. cows 9.00-12.50. bulls 12.50-13.00. vealers 13.00-17.00. Hogs 1800 head steady to active. barrows 19.75-19.85, sows 17.00-19.00. two-car loads mostly choice 19.00-19.50. Sheep 500 trucked ins. lambs steady to higher. spring slaughter lambs 17.50-18.50.
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Kansas City
USDA
Kansas City Produce Prices by Category and Weight
A mixed list of produce and meat prices in Kansas City with hundreds of pounds and per pound ranges for eggs butter poultry and capons. Items include eggs grade A butter fryers broilers farm run turkeys toms hens Beltsville ducks geese and guinea with various weight brackets and price points.
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Kansas City
Beltsville
Guinea
Wheat and Dairy Prices Snapshot for Market Report
Market notes show wheat at 2.10 per unit with oats and soybeans listed at 2.30. Poultry prices include hens under four pounds at 6 cents, over 41 percent Iba at 10, cocks at 6. Butterfat ranges 0.47 to 0.50, eggs at 0.23 and pullet eggs at 0.12.
New York Stocks Rise Amid Volatile Afternoon Trading
The market advanced to new highs for a third straight day but labored in late trading with modest gains around two points and some losses. Oil, airlines, and steel led early, but steel stocks weakened. major div idends were scarce. Notable gainers included Union Oil of California, Standard Oil of California, Shelly Oil, Union Pacific, Armco Steel, General Motors, Sears, Hilton, and Pan American.
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Union Oil of California
Standard Oil of California
Shelly Oil
Union Pacific
Armco Steel
General Motors
Sears Roebuck
Hilton Hotels
Pan American World Airways
Chrysler
Consolidated Natural Gas
Allied Chemical
Raytheon
Standard Oil
Indiana
Officials Gather in Holton for Northeast Kansas County Meeting
Six Douglas County officials attend a semi annual meeting in Holton. Attendees include Commissioners Elmer Ousdahl Ray Ogden and Charles Banning county engineer Joseph Rice district court clerk Lucille Allison and deputy county clerk Delbert Mathla.
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Holton
Northeast Kansas County Officials Association
Elmer Ousdahl
Ray Ogden
Charles Banning
Joseph Rice
Lucille Allison
Delbert Mathla
Woman dead husband injured in Rock Creek collision
A woman was killed and her husband seriously injured in an early morning auto crash near Rock Creek. The couple, identified by an ambulance crew as Mr and Mrs Ivan Beeler of Meridan Kansas, were involved in the collision just outside town.
Sentenced for Drunkenness in Police Court
Glen Watkins received a 30 day jail sentence for drunken ness in police court today.
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Glen Watkins
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