Debate Heat Sends Solon To Cool Pool
Washington July 30 UP Senator Paul H Douglas of Illinois cools off during the atomic filibuster by swimming in the Senate pool. Restaurant staff enjoy overtime-free meals as Congress debates stretch. Remarks mention Lyndon B Johnson, Wayne Morse, and Rep Oakley Hunter alongside other odds and ends about campaign spending and the Smithsonian pill-rolling pan.
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Harman W. Nichols
Washington
Sen
Paul H. Douglas
Sinois
Senate
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Smithsonian Institution
Pew
William R. Warner
Philadelphia
Farm Worker Dies After Fall From Truck
A 51-year-old Noble county farm worker, Joe King of Ponca City, fell from the bed of a truck while steadying baled hay and died instantly. The 306th Oklahoma traffic fatality this year occurred when the truck, driven by Fred Randolph Ferguson, 39, caused King to fall as hay began to slip, resulting in a fatal neck fracture.
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United Press
Noble County
Oklahoma
Highway Patrol
Joe King
Ponca City
Fred Randolph Ferguson
King
Entire Town Sold Off By Auctioneer
Delleker California was auctioned by Irwin Friedman a San Francisco auctioneer. The bid set included 58 homes a hotel a dining hall a school house and several other buildings in the former lumber town founded in 1909 by the Feather River Lumber Co. It is noted the timber supply exhausted last November and about 350 residents moved away.
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Wenue Ker
Calif
Irwin Friedman
San Francisco
Delleker
Feather River Lumber Co
Amos Son Has Polio in Midland Visit
Radio star Freeman F. Gosden known as Amos of Amos and Andy traveled to Midland Texas last night to be with his son Freeman F. Gosden Jr. 25 who is a polio patient.
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Amos
Freeman F. Gosden
Amos and
Andy
Midland
Tex
Freeman F. Jr
Tourists Face Tall Tales in the Black Hills
RAPID CITY SD Hal Boyle notes visitors struggle to separate fact from folklore in the Black Hills citing Wind Cave legends and Custer lore. The piece recounts old-time stories about gold hunts, Wyatt Earp guarding stages, and vivid regional myths surrounding Mt Rushmore and Manitou.
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Rapid City
S.D
Black Hills
Buffalo
Mt. Rushmore Memorial
Wind Cave
George A. Custer
Little Big Horn River
Montana
Custer
Bismarck
N.D
U.S. Grant
Manitou
Wild Bill Hickok
West
Deadwood
Exess
Old Deadwood
Wyatt Earp
Earp
Dodge City
Abilene
Cheyenne
Express
Jim Stewart talks on screen persona and plans
Hollywood interview reveals Jim Stewart’s hesitating yet polite demeanor as he discusses his freelancing career, script intake, possible TV work, and impressions from Europe. He notes reading hundreds of scripts yearly and recalls Rome and the Vatican during his travels. The piece ends with a remark on the U.S. flag’s star arrangement since 1912.
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Hollywood
James Stewart
Europe
Stewart
Jim
Gary Cooper
Tim Lucky
Rome
Sistine Chapel
Vatican Library
World's Just A Big Stage
A jumble of short items from U S papers with quirky incidents. Ambulance drivers critique siren bans in Mexico City. a teacher blames a cockroach for a ticket in Jacksonville. a San Francisco court tale of a tall duo. a jail escape in Belknap County. Xavier Cugat sued in Los Angeles over a promissory note.
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Jacksonville
Fla
P. L. Howell
Howell
Xavier Cugat
Los Angeles
Manila
Lewin
Ben Peskay
Ducer
Cugat
Ciro
Convicts End Hunger Strike at Walla Walla Penitentiary
Inmates resumed routines after a three day hunger strike at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary. Lawrence Delmore Jr. will become warden when John Cranor retires September 1. Some prisoners demanded changes in personnel and protested Delmore’s appointment.
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Smatla Walla
Lawrence Delmore Jr
Delmore
John Cranor
Alcatraz Federal
Cranor
Los Angeles Heat Wave Sets Record at 92 Degrees
Los Angeles swelters as today’s forecast calls for a high of 92 after yesterday reached 93, marking the hottest July 29 on record. The prior July 29 peak was 92 degrees in 1889 and 1947.
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Los Angeles
City hit by 51 mile wind and garden damage
City records report a 51 mile wind causing property damage. Dist Judge A W Wells to speak in Lawton. C H Parks of Mount Scott Creamery and R W Parks of Park Drug 100 leave for Corpus Christi. Farm families attend a picnic of farm women's federated clubs in the Wichitas. Lawton Klan No 1 to meet at the fairgrounds tonight.
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A. W. Wells
Lawton
C. H. Parks
Mount Scott Creamery
R. W. Parks
Park Drug
Skelly Oil reports income rise aided by Texas discovery
President W. G. Skelly highlighted a notable achievement as Skelly Oil reports increased income driven by oil discovery in Webb County Texas.
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Skelly Oil
W. G. Skelly
Oil
Webb County
Texas
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