Side Swipes Elects Doty Central Democrats Leader
Jules Doty an Ottawa attorney was elected chairman of the central committee of the Franklin County Democrats at a Friday night meeting in TOOF hall. Doty succeeds A C Richeson who was named treasurer. Other officers elected were Mrs. Lloyd Stafford vice chairman and J L Rokes secretary. Forty persons attended along with several Democratic candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jules Doty
Ottawa
Franklin County Democrats
Doty
A. C. Richeson
Richeson
Central Committee
Lloyd Stafford
J. L. Rokes
Toof Hall
Ship Blast Fatal To Five
An explosion and fire tore through the engine room of the Navy minesweeper USS Exultant killing five crewmen and crippling the 170 foot vessel. The ship was one day out of Charleston bound for Miami when the blast occurred about 70 miles off Savannah. Fire traced to diesel oil from a ruptured line. Nimble aided, three more Navy ships joined, fire contained, Exultant towed to safety.
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Savannah
U.S.S Exultant
Charleston
D.C
Miami
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Here
Exultant
U.S.S. Nimble
Navy
Fall Is Fatal in Utica for Sara Roosevelt
Sara Roosevelt 13, daughter of John Roosevelt and granddaughter of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, died Friday apparently from injuries after a fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N.Y
Sara Roosevelt
John Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
County Weather Forecast Cloudy and warm with 90s Sunday
The forecast calls for cloudy skies this afternoon and tonight with a warm low around 65. Sunday is expected to reach into the 90s, bringing hot and humid conditions across the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Partley
Gas Smell Hits La Porte Texas 500 Evacuated
Unidentified gas with rotten potato odor sickened 40 plus residents in La Porte Texas for about 90 minutes on a Friday. Dozens were treated for vomiting nausea and headaches with one hospitalized as investigators seek the gas source and whether phosgene was involved. Police and fire crews urged residents to stay clear and to cover faces with wet towels.
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LA Porte
Tex
Ray Gresham
Walter Quebedeaux
Harris County
South Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Quebedeaux
Honors Awarded At Lane Fair Beef and dairy judged
At the Lane Agricultural Fair J D Moon described top prizes across beef cattle swine and dairy divisions. Honorees included Steve Dunbar Richmond and Beverly Hewitt Osawatomie with grand and reserve titles in Hereford Angus Shorthorn breeds. Joe Butel Paola and Leon Sobba won Angus honors. Swine judged by Mark Flaherty crowned grand champion market pig with a gilt litter of nine. Lamb and dairy categories highlighted multiple winners across Paola Osawatomie Brownsville and nearby towns.
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Steve Dunbar
Richmond
Beverly Hewitt
Osawatomie
Lane Agricultural Fair
J. D. Moon
Lane
Dunbar
Miss Hewitt
Flaherty
Mark Flaherty
Poland
China
Soblpa
Lowell Slater
Paola
Helen Conklin
Allen Fine
Mickey Fine
Bob Dyer
Francis
Butes
Douglas Keith
Guernsey
Roger Bratton
Ayrshire
Father Appeals Directly to Khrushchev for Powers Son
Oliver Powers, father of U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers, arrives in Moscow to attend espionage trial and plans to request a meeting with Premier Khrushchev “as one father to another.” He reads a written appeal emphasizing shared humanity and hopes to avert nuclear war, while Powers’ wife Barbara travels with his daughter-in-law.
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Moscow
Oliver W. Powers
Nikita Khrushchev
Francis Gary Powers
Powers
Soviet Union
Pound
Sol W. Cury
Mir
Khrushchev
United States
U. S
London
Barbara Moore Powers
Milledgeville
Brussels
Belgium
Fadley resigns as SBA regional chief over health
Kansas City AP reports Richard S. Fadley resigned as regional chief of the investment division of the Small Business Administration due to health reasons. He previously served as Kansas state treasurer from 1945 to 1957. No successor named yet. The region covers Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Southern Illinois.
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Kansas City
Richard ST. Fadley
Small Business Administration
Fadley
Kansas
C. I. Moyer
SBA
Missouri
Nebraska
Ilinois
Hearing set for still operator in Parsons case
Parsons Kansas AP reports a preliminary hearing is scheduled for August 26 for Robert I. Guy aged 32. He was arrested in Wichita early Friday on charges of illegal manufacture and possession of untaxed liquor.
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Parsons
Kan
Robert I. Guy
Wichita
U S Expels Soviet Embassy First Secretary
The United States orders the expulsion of Valentine M. Ivanov, a Soviet Embassy first secretary, for allegedly paying substantial sums to a U S citizen to influence him into obtaining a U S government job. The action, labeled a gross violation of diplomatic behavior, follows a week of reciprocal expulsions with the Soviet Union accusing Americans of espionage.
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Washington
United States
Valentine M. Ivanov
U. S
Raymond A. Hare
Mikhail A. Menshikov
Ivanov
Ifanev
Resources Of Banks In Kansas Increase
Topeka AP reports Kansas banks increased resources by 18 million dollars in the year ending June 15. State banks and three trust companies totaled 1.122 billion in resources, with capital at a new high of 104 million and loans outstanding at 443 million, about 49 percent of total resources. Bank officials noted conservative borrowing and did not include bumper wheat crop effects.
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Topeka (Ap
Kansas
Bank Commission
John A. O'Leary
O'Leary
Test Pilot Reaches Edge Of Space In X15 Flight
Maj. Robert M. White piloted the X15 rocket plane to just under 25 miles up at Edwards AFB. He described the view as three distinct blue bands and called the mission routine despite being the longest skyscape of its kind.
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Doris
Maj. White
Doris White
California
White
First Echo 1 Space Call Clears Way for Live Telephony
Holmdel New Jersey and Goldstone California heard live voices in a two way space phone test via Echo 1. The brief morning link followed earlier two way recordings by Eisenhower and Lyndon Johnson. Bell Laboratories conducted the experiment aboard the balloon satellite traveling 18 000 miles per hour. Johnson and Eisenhower messages urged international experimentation and cooperation.
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Holmdel N. J
Holmdel and
Goldstone
Calif
Eisenhower
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Bill Jakes
Phil Tardani
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Bell
Jakes
Tractors accident claims 13 year old in Hiawatha
In Hiawatha Kansas AP reports 13 year old Jim Moore was killed when a tractor overturned in a ditch Friday. His parents are Mr and Mrs Francis Moore of Hiawatha.
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Hiawatha, Kan
Jimmy Moore
Francis Moore
Hiawatha
U S Space Feats Hailed Abroad In London
Western European newspapers across France Britain and West Germany praised the American space successes. Editorials called it a day of triumph for the United States and noted the Echo balloon and X15 flight as turning points. Headlines in Combat and Figaro proclaimed America first in space.
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London
United Rocket and Space Research Site
Die Welt
Hamburg
Europe
Ameri- West
Ree: Fabrit Tata Anton
United States
France
Britain
West Germany
Daily
Express
Brother In Law Of Truman Dies In Independence Mo
Rank Gates Wallace 73, brother in law of former President Harry S Truman, died after a long illness. Miss Mary Jane Truman, sister of the president, was hospitalized in Kansas City for observation after gall bladder surgery. Wallace retired as chairman of Waggoner Gates Milling Co., founded by grandfather George P. Gates. He is survived by a brother, George P. Wallace, three nieces and a nephew. Funeral set for Monday at 2 30 p.m.
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Independence
Rank Gates Wallace
Harry $. Truman
Mary Jane Truman
Kansas City
Truman
Wallace
Waggoner-Gates Milling Co
George P. Gates
George FP. Wallace
Kennedy Plans Whistle Stop Campaign Through East and Midwest
New York AP reports Senator John F. Kennedy will employ a whistle stop train tour across the East and Middle West during his presidential bid. Campaign manager Sir Robert Kennedy outlined the plan on Friday, noting a major farm policy speech on August 2 in Des Moines at a special farm conference.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
East
Middle West
Robert Kennedy
Sen. Kennedy
Des Moines
Iowa
U.N. Moves Into Katanga as Belgian Guards Stay
U.N. forces arrive in Elisabethville to assume guard duties from Belgian troops in Katanga Province amid unrest. Dag Hammarskjold meets Katanga Premier Moise Tshombe while Belgian soldiers maintain positions at strategic points. Swede troops of the U.N. task force, arriving peacefully, are housed near a local school.
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Elisabethville, the Congo
U.N
Katanga
Dag Hammarskjold
Moise Tshombe
Elisabethville
Leopoldville
Elisabathville
U.N. Security Council
Congo
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Nikita
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Dave Mathias
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Echo
Texas
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