Heiress Bet On Space Signals To Contact Aliens
In Green Bank West Virginia and Hendersonville North Carolina a 19 year old heiress Gamble Benedict wed after legal clashes as astronomers discuss listening for intelligent life beyond Earth. Dr Drake and others note signals could travel vast distances. hydrogen frequency signals may reveal contact, with new equipment tuned to listen for such signals.
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W.va
Planet Earth
U.S
Uniravea
Hendersonville
N.C
Gamble Benedict
Ig Ultra
Philip Morrison
Guiseppe Cocconi
Cornell University
Milky Way
Galactic Club
Dr. Drake
Earth
Drake
Powyer
Just Jr
Scottsbluff
Sree Wednte
Guernsey
Platte River
Chimney Rock
Bayard
Rider Shot On Rerun Of Pony Express
Guernsey Wyoming dispatch reports a Pony Express centennial rerun rider from St Joseph Missouri to Sacramento California was hospitalized with a hip gunshot wound. Raymond Bowyer 23 of Chillicothe Missouri was believed shot accidentally near Guernsey where riders stayed overnight and treated at Torrington Wyoming. The event underscores dangers and mock armament used in the reenactment as riders traverse sites along the historic route.
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Guernsey
Wyo
St. Joseph
Sacramento
Calif
Raymond Bowyer
Chillicothe
Torrington
Quenemo News Social Visits Across Kansas and Colorado
Quenemo reports visiting schedules as Mr. and Mrs. Jake Sowers of Richland called on Mrs. Emma Bennett before traveling to Osage City to see Mr. F. Barratt. Mrs. Josie Wilson returns from Grand Junction Colorado after winter with daughter Mrs. Richard Frost. House guests include Mrs. Agee Harryman of Longmont Colorado and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Stella with Madeline and Corrina of Wrangell Alaska visiting Mr. and Mrs. Joe Driver.
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Jake Sowers
Richland
Emma Bennett
Osage City
F. Barratt
Josie Wilson
Grand Junction
Colo
Richard Frost
el Poston
Shirley
Gordon Burns
Topeka
Chuck Bodenhiemer
Jessie Green
Joe Driver
Agee Harryman
Longmont
Lee Stella
Madeline and
Corrina
Wrangell
Alaska
Prof Ward Dies In Accident In Michigan
Prof Henry T. Ward 63 head of chemical engineering at Kansas State University dies after a milk truck collides with a New York Central train near Millington Michigan. Nine other passengers injured. truck driver and one passenger killed. Ward had joined KSU in 1948 and helped create nuclear engineering offerings. Survived by wife, two children Henry H Ward and Helen Elizabeth Kitchen.
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Mich
New York Central
Henry T. Ward
Kansas State University
Ward
Michigan
Chicago
Midland, Mich
Dow Chemical Co
Kansas State
State
Drexel Institute
Wyoming
Henry H
Dallas
Helen Elizabeth Kitchen
Columbus
Ohio
Flood Control Funds Cut By President
President Eisenhower told Congress he cuts 1.1 million dollars from flood control for Topeka and 300 thousand from Wilson Reservoir in Kansas. The revised totals are 1.5 million for Topeka and 2 million for Wilson for the new fiscal year beginning July 1. The White House offered no specific reason, saying these projects are among 13 eliminated or reduced due to low bids or delays in local compliance with construction regulations.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Topeka
Wilson Reservoir
Kansas
White House
Thut
Cuba to Pay Bonds for Lands Seized in Agrarian Reform
In Havana Fidel Castro's government plans to compensate United Fruit with 6 118 407 in 20 year bonds for 272 472 acres expropriated in eastern Cuba United Fruit values the land at 38 million dollars Fleming Co Topeka announces merger with Schumacher Co Houston a completed deal says Ned Fleming president The combined firm expects sales to exceed 170 million dollars this year in a move described as an economic octopus.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
United Fruit Co
Antonio Nunez Jimenez
Agrarian Reform Institute
Fleming
Flem
Clars
Hog Prices Dip as Receipts Rise at Markets
Kansas City report shows hog prices slipping while receipts climb across markets despite a farmers boycott led by the National Farmers Organization. Prices fell about 25 to 85 cents, with No 1 and 2 porkers at 16.50 to 17 per hundredweight. NFC demonstrations in East St. Louis and scattered arrests marked the day, while other markets posted higher arrivals.
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Kansas City
National Farmers Organization
EastSt. Louis
Riders cross river bypassing nearby stations near Melbeta
Strickland station near Melbeta reports riders crossing the river and bypassing Scotts Bluff and Horse Creek stations to pass through Gering and Scottsbluff. Gering school children were released early to watch the riders near the school grounds as horses moved close by.
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Strickland Station
Melbeta
Scotts Bluff
Horse Creek
Gering
Scotttsbluff
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