Gasoline Fumes Kill Brothers In Well Bottom
Two brothers perished from gasoline fumes at the bottom of a 30 foot well in Lee's Summit Missouri after a two hour rescue by police highway patrol firemen and volunteers. Everett Dark 34 and James Dark 40 were cleaning the pump site when the fatal gas buildup halted efforts. Several others were overcome or fell ill during the operation including Tom Davis who entered the shaft and was pulled out in distress.
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Lee
Summet
Everett Earl Dark
James Arthur Dark
Everett Dark
James
Tom Davis
Justice Mack
Greenwood
Mack
Melvin Ziegler
Vanselous Rites Set For Friday
Vanselous 46 former Ponca City rancher died Monday in a Denver hospital from complications of surgery. He was born at the Big V Ranch southwest of Ponca City, named after Oklahoma and Kay counties. The Big V ranch was sold in 1951 and he later ran a 1400 acre ranch at Parshall Calo. He served as a captain in the China India Burma theater in World War II and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1947.
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Ponca City
Okla
Vanselous
Denver
Big V Ranch
Home
William H
Bill) Vanselous
Cherokee Strip
Kay Vanselous
Oklahoma City Insurance Plan Declared Illegal
Oklahoma City sponsored insurance program for municipal employees is ruled invalid by the state attorney general. The plan would have provided group life and health insurance with the city subsidizing part of the cost from general funds.
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Oklahoma City
State Attorney General's Office
Britain bids atom swap with United States
Britain renewed its offer to exchange atomic weapon secrets with the United States as it prepares a second series of atomic tests in Australia in October. Supply Minister Duncan Sandys told the House of Commons the talks would be frank and not one sided and noted U.S. observers may or may not be invited to the tests.
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London
Britain
United States
Duncan Sandys
House of Commons
United States Administration
Sandys
Australia
Farmers Hold Prosperity Key Declared by Davis in Iowa
Asst. Secretary of Agriculture John H. Davis warned in Cedar Rapids that the nation must stabilize farm prices to avoid a general recession. He blamed past policies for price squeezes and said the Eisenhower administration will maximize current farm programs to boost a prosperous agriculture and a higher national standard of living. He noted abundant supply and high costs harming farmers. There are nearly 200,000 elk in the United States.
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Cedar Rapids
John H. Davis
Eisenhower
Davis
Iowa Beef Producers Assn
Traffic Deaths Rise in First Half of 1953
In Chicago the National Safety Council reported U S traffic fatalities for the first six months of 1953 totaled 17 300, a 3 percent increase from the same period in 1952, with 470 more deaths than the prior year.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
U. S
One Little Valve Saves $14000 Job
In Carson City Nevada the heating plant at the State Office Building finally works after two years of boiler trouble. A small valve replacement by the boiler maker’s rep fixed the problem at no cost, saving an estimated 9000 to 14000 dollars in repairs.
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Carson City
Nev
State Office
Expo
Strike Idle Time Rises in June Report
Washington reports 3 percent million man-days lost to strikes in June, compared with May. The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics notes first-half totals reaching 12.6 million man-days, about 40 percent of the six-month total for 1952.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
House Okays Sale Of Land At Altus
The House passed and sent to the Senate a bill authorizing the Interior Department to sell 87 percent acres of government land near Altus Oklahoma to the state for recreational use. Acquired with the W C Austin reclamation project the land is leased and needed to facilitate bond sales for a 1 3 million Quartz Mountain State Park development program. The mountainside land is valued at six dollars fifty cents per acre.
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Washington
House
Senate
Interior Department
Altus
Okla
Oklahoma
W. C. Austin
Quartz Mountain
Little sundew plant of Newfoundland traps insects
The sundew plant of Newfoundland entices insects with tiny red hairs on its flower. An insect landing on the hairs is trapped by a sticky liquid and rolled inward. It drops into the center of the plant and dies, followed by digestion.
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Newfoundland
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Army
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Southwest Uniform Co
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