Boy Scout Fund Drive For Camp Naish in 76 Troop
The First Baptist Church troop 76 seeks used bottles for a year-long fundraiser to finance sending the boys to Camp Naish next summer. Scout Marlin D. Kimball cites other projects like an Ice cream social and chili supper as part of the effort. Camp Naish charges $16 weekly per boy. 20 to 25 boys are in the troop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of the First
Baptist Church
Camp Naish
Marlin D. Kimball
Kimball
Nash
Kansas City
Bonner Springs
Senators Push Ike to Intervene in Steel Strike
In New York the 25 day old steel strike shows little progress as pressure grows in Congress for President Eisenhower to intervene. Senate Democrats sponsor a resolution urging a fast settlement, while talks resume after a weekend recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Congress
Eisenhower
David J. McDonald
Washington
Senate Democrats
Stuart Symington
DMO
Senate Labor Committee
Queen Elizabeth Heads to Balmoral for Rest and Royal Baby
Queen Elizabeth II arrives at Balmoral Castle with family to recuperate from her Canadian tour and prepare for her third child. The village buzzes with congratulations as British press and public eagerly await the new royal birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balmoral
Scotland
Elizabeth II
Balmoral Castle
Britain
Floods Kill 42 in Formosa Island
Torrential rains flood Formosa island area killing 42 and leaving more than 100 missing. A flash flood hit a village near Miaoli on Thursday drowning 31 people. police report 23 missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei Formosa
Miaoli
Williamsburg Wildlife Meeting Ady
Williamsburg residents are invited to a wildlife meeting on Monday August 10 at 8 00 p m at the Williamsburg Legion Hall Ady officials say all interested parties may attend to discuss local wildlife concerns and plans for the coming season
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg Wildlife Meeting
Williamsburg Legion Hall
Ady
Partial Weather County Forecast Through Sunday
The forecast calls for partly cloudy and mild conditions through Sunday with high temperatures from 85 to 90 and night lows around 65. Yesterday’s high was 84 and the low was 62. record highs and lows for the date are 110 in 1934 and 64 in 1921.
Ike to Visit Allied Leaders and Gettysburg Stay
President Eisenhower will travel to London for informal talks with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, then Paris to meet French President Charles de Gaulle, with possible talks in Bonn with Konrad Adenauer. He plans to return to Moscow later, with Herter accompanying. Gettysburg will host White House operations as Ike relaxes before resuming meetings with Republican leaders in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
London
Harold Macmillan
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
White House
James C. Hagerty
Gettysburg
Ehrenhower
Gettysburg Times
Explorer VI launches to study space data from Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral reports Explorer VI, the United States most advanced satellite, in a Thor Able launch. The 142 pound spheroid reached 25,950 miles peak and 152 miles low, completing the longest Earth orbit among six satellites. It carries 15 experiments to aid manned spaceflight. NASA signals from 108.06 and 108.09 megacycles show all instruments functioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Missile Test Center
Earth
United States
National Astronautics and Space Administration
Washington
Ottawa to Emporia pipe project heats up in 30 miles of looped line
City Service pipeline inspector O Rea describes a 30 mile section north of the Santa Fe station between North Locust and the tracks being treated for looping a second 20 inch line parallel to the first. The pipe will be cleaned painted and coated inside and out and installed in treated segments to prevent corrosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
O’rear
Cities Service Pipeline Department
O'Rear
Emporia
Ing
Dalia
Howard
Defects In Boating Law Create Penalty Confusion
Kansas lawmakers grappled with drafting errors in a 1959 boating statute. The measure updated muffler and intoxication penalties, but renumbered sections caused discrepancies and potential court challenges. Officials fear enforcement issues and possible federal takeover of water regulation if unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Secretary of State
Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Buyer's strike threatened over Little Rock integration
Southerner faction leader Amis Guthridge warned of a buyers strike by white residents against downtown merchants if a high school integration proceeds on Wednesday. He urged boycotts of any firm employing even one Black student while promising further actions with the Capital Citizens Council. Grainger Williams of the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce declined to comment.
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Little Rock
Ark
Amis Guthridge
Arkansas
Main Street
Negro.” Guthridge, Attorney For the Segregationist Capital Citizens Council
Grainger Williams
Little Rock Chamber of Commerce
NAACP asks court to force Little Rock schools to desegregate
Attorneys for the NAACP in Little Rock asked the U S District Court to require the school board to admit Negro students to public high schools under a prescribed zones plan. The motion seeks to restrain use of the 1959 pupil placement law to reassign Negro students, a tactic linked to limiting integration as the high schools open next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
NAACP
U. S
Tthat
Labor Rackets Bill Debate Looms In Congress
Washington AP reports sponsors expect House action this year on a labor racketeers bill amid clashes over school integration and public peace. President Eisenhower backs one bill while others draw AFL CIO and GOP support. debate runs through the week as six Negro students prepare to start classes amid segregation tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthridge
Washington
House
Eisenhower
Phil M. ‘Landtrum
D-Ga
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
They Took The Doctor For Ride And Found He Was No Doctor
In Montana Missouri area, a young man in a white coat and doctored bag posed as a physician. Deputies Clark and Bair transported him toward Taylor before confirming he was not a real doctor. The incident tied to a flood response and typhoid epidemic claims, with no charges filed.
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Monticello
Ayman
Ted Bair
Can
Taylor
Sand
Ray Clark
Cantor
Con
Ming
Dr. Barnett
Towa
Jat Taylor
Clark
Charles Par
Bair
Kirksville
David Wilson
Earl Veatch
Lewis County
Y. Oyce
Missouri
Seokuk
U. S
Hannibal Demic
Mississippi
Guiney
Fort Madison
Barnett
Keokuk
Iowa
Missouri Highway Patrol
Quincy
Ice
Veatch
Long's Got 30 Days To Pay Bill
The Air Force demands Gov. Earl K. Long pay 4251 for unauthorized use of National Guard planes used during trips that included taking his wife to a Texas mental clinic. Long defends delaying payment and hints at broader billing of congressmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Uong
National Guard
Long
Galveston
Raymond Hufit
Louisiana National Guard
Paroled impostor priest nabbed after bad checks in Knoxville
How ard Lee White a 29 year old Memphis man on Leavenworth parole posed as a Roman Catholic priest. He registered at a downtown hotel in white suit with a Roman collar and hat and cashed a $409 check stamped Office of the Bishop Catholic Diocese of Nashville. Police and FBI said he used phony IDs stamps and bogus checks in several florist shops and a funeral in Paris. He was arrested and held for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Howard Lee White
Memphis
Leavenworth
Kansas
White
Rabat
Rey
Ken
Nordak
Lutheran Hour
New York
George Province
Johnson
Paris
Nashville
FBI
Nebulous rumors on Faubus plan for special session
The report notes no scheduled segregationist meetings today and cites only vague rumors that Faubus intends a special legislative session to address a school closing law struck down by a federal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orval E. Faubus
Araj
Eisenhower
Faubus
Rayburn
Mutual
James Roosevelt
Calif
Frank Thompson Jr
ABC Radio and Television
Devastating Blast Rocks Roseburg Business District
In Roseburg Oregon a massive explosion leveled part of the main business area. The blast injured about 100 people with 52 needing hospital care. at least 11 were killed. A National Guard search sealed shattered blocks as investigators probed the site. The truck loaded with dynamite and ANFO driven by George Ruth left near the Gerretsen Building Supply Co. was blamed for the blast. Firefighters battled fires and searched damaged structures. Mayor Arth Jacklin estimated property damage in the 10 to 12 million dollar range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roseburg
Ore
Oregon City
National Guard
Jetford
Chehalis
C. H. Babbitt
Gerretsen
Arth Jacklin
Gerretsen Building Supply Co
George Ruth
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Houston
Tex
Cain Holmes
Holmes
Portland
Emma Gatewood
Independence
Gallipolis
Ohio
Ike
Formosa
Lamb
By Stanley Meisler
John Macdonald
By Jack Fenton
Imfg. Co
Tulsa
Topeka
Space
Bulletin
Committee For Peaceful Operation of Our Public
Daisy, Bates
L. C. Bates
National Assn. For
Advancement of
Horace Mann
U. S.61
LaGrange
Canton
White Scout Troop 76
First Baptist
Province
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