Side Swipes and Small Steps in a Busy Day
Three year old Keith Calvin Guy of Wellsville has begun taking steps after severe leg injuries last May tied to a mower accident. Doctors advise keeping him off his feet a bit longer to heal a blister that formed from overexertion. Meanwhile, thirty local boys left Memorial Auditorium for a ball game sponsored by the Fraternal Order of Eagles. A Portland man, Frank Peeper, 37, is on a 90 mile bicycle trip from Blue Springs to Florence, after a 1800 mile journey last year, with planned six week travel and expenses around 35 dollars.
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Keith Calvin Guy
Keith
Calvin Guy
Wellsville
Memorial Auditorium
Fraternal Order of Eagles
New York Yankees
Ottawa
Frank Peeper
Portland
Ore
Blue Springs
Kansas City
Florence
Frank
Peepers
Congress Chops Away On Budget
Congress has passed 15 of 16 fiscal year 1960 money bills with the aim of deep budget cuts. The Senate cleared a 1.428 billion military construction measure, leaving foreign aid to debate. the House has acted on all 16. The foreign aid bill is expected to bear the largest cut, potentially over a billion dollars, though critics argue the reduction may be overstated.
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Joe Hall Washington
Congress
Senate
House
White House
Eisenhower
Senate House
Weather County Forecast Fair Sunday Parts Cloudy Warm Humid
Fair to partly cloudy weather with continued warmth and humidity. Tonight’s low 65 to 75, Sunday high in the 90s. Yesterday’s high 93, low 72. records show 106 and 56 as extreme highs and lows on this date. Hourly readings listed through night with varied temperatures.
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RW. MN
Life at OU dorm to add twenty two more boys
Mrs. George Greer, longtime house director at OU’s northeast men’s dorm, will oversee an expansion from 50 to 72 residents, all male. She coordinates meals, nursing tasks, and the dorm’s social balance while managing her husband and home.
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George Greer
Greer
African Women Protest Rules In Colenso Town
A stone throwing mob of African women marched through Colenso Na tal province protesting white rules. About 50 women reached the municipal beer hall and smashed windows before dispersing as police threatened to fire. Nearby Es court saw Africans clash with police with spears stones and sticks. three wounded, one by gunfire.
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Colenso
South Africa
Natal
Escourt
Anderson urges preserving ballots in Sixth District contest
Kansas Attorney General John Anderson said Novembers general election ballots in the Sixth District should be preserved as a precaution. He noted destroying ballots in three counties followed state law but warned it may not be illegal to keep them, and urged county clerks to continue preservation amid the Mahoney contest and House Elections Committee review.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Rep
Wint Smith
Anderson
Decatur
Saline
Jewell
Kansas
Decatur County
House Elections Committee
New York
Trego
Congressmen See Quake Damages In The Northwest
Seven members of Congress toured quake wreckage in Yellowstone country West Yellowstone Montana. The trip, arranged by Senator Murray and Governor Aronson, eyed flood danger from a rockslide impounding Hebgen Dam. Federal agency representatives joined the tour as officials warned intruders in the disaster area would be treated as looters.
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West Yellowstone
Mont
Congress
Northwest
James E. Murray
D.mont
J. Hugo Aronson
Montana
Yellowstone National Park
Donald J. Skerritt
Army Corps of Engineers
National Park Service
Fish and Wildlife Service
Sen. Murray
Powerhouse and Galleries Flood at Bhakra Dam
In New Delhi AP reports the Bhakra Dam flood due to a crack in the right diversion tunnel. Emergency gates lowered to avert disaster while the 740 foot dam remains safe. Left tunnel closed for a year to allow the reservoir to fill.
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New Delhi
Bhakra
Pride of India
Record Gasoline Tax Distributions Across Counties and Cities
TOPEKA AP Counties and cities receive a record high 938 703 dollars from a special distribution of state gasoline tax funds. Regular distributions total four million to counties and 2 500 1000 to cities. End of fiscal year balances in the city county fund are split equally between counties and cities. Individual city shares depend on population. county shares rely on secondary road mileage.
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Topeka
Steel Uses Pay Cut Claim in Steel Strike Talks
New York AP report quotes Steelworkers Union President David J. McDonald saying the record cost of living index shows the steel industry asking workers to freeze wages amounts to a pay cut. He criticizes the industry for not advancing wage demands with inflation and notes talks have stalled after 39 days of strike.
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New York
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Rockefeller Secret Wedding Opens Norwegian Ceremony
Steven Rockefeller slipped a platinum band on Anne Marie Rasmussen in a Lutheran ceremony at a Sogne parish church in Norway. Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and Steven's siblings attended as relatives sat on both sides. Trygve Lie watched, and 170 guests filled the benches as Wagner marked the moment. An Eleutheria Club Bahamas invitation to officials was noted after the ceremony.
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Sogne
Norway
Steven Rockefeller
Anne Marie Rasmussen
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Steven
Rockefeller
Anne Marie
Asle
Trygve Lie
United Nations
God
Gov. Rockefeller
Mrs. Rockefeller
Island Resorts Out For Officers In Air Force Probe
Assistant Air Force Secretary Philip B. Taylor pledged to House investigators that officers will spurn contractor invitations to island getaways. He conceded that entertaining military officers by the Martin Co at a Bahama island club does not look good.
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Washington
Air Force
Asst
Philip B. Taylor
Taylor
Martin Co
Bahama Island
Plan to Boycott Khrushchev Meeting Sparks AFL-CIO Split
In Forest Park, AFL-CIO voted to shun Soviet Premier Khrushchev, while two federation vice presidents push a separate plan for a face to face rebuke. Walter Reuther and James Carey argue for direct confrontation, opposing Meany’s majority stance.
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Forest Park
Afl-Cio
Nikita Khrushchev
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Afl-Cio Executive Council
George Meany
Reuther
James B. Carey
International Electrical Workers
C. A. Knight
Oil Workers Union
Meany
State Department
Khrushchev
San Francisco
U.S
Reuther-Carey Group
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Steel
Anne
By Relman Morin
Wagner
Martin
Eleutheria Club
Bahamas
Steve Price
Don Price
Larry Walkburn
Steve
Hawthorne
Steve Pondera
John Macdonald
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