Eisenhower Pledges Western Unity Against Aggression
President Eisenhower said his Europe trip aims to pledge Western unity against aggression by force if necessary and to reaffirm devotion to peace with honor and justice. He outlined meetings in Bonn London Paris with Adenauer Macmillan and de Gaulle ahead of Khrushchev talks in Washington. He stressed readiness to negotiate a practical disarmament plan and easing divided Germany while welcoming Khrushchev as a head of state.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Europe
America
Hisenhower
West Germany
Britain
France
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Harold Macmillan
Charles de Gaulle
Russia
Adenauer
de Gaulle
Khrushchev
Germany
Eisenhower-Khrushchev
United States
Kremlin
State Department
Earthquake Missing List Grows in Montana Resort Area
Thirty-nine persons remain unaccounted for a week after Pacific Northwest quakes. Nine confirmed dead, one missing. Rock Creek slide threatens campers near Hebgen Dam. Quake Lake forms as dam waters rise. Army engineers evaluate flood relief and potential dam use or channel cut through the slide. Ennis, Montana sits 45 miles downstream.
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Mont
Montana
Pacific Northwest
Red Cross
Rock Creek
Hebgen Dam
Omaha
Neb
Sonie Madison River
Ennis
Cats limit case and singer defends
GLENDALE AP seventy cats in one house were found to be too many as Dr. Aura Hardison and Miss Marian Martin were convicted of violating a three cat limit. Sentencing postponed to Oct 5 pending a motion for a new trial. YAKIMA AP defendant sang in his defense and was given a four month suspended sentence after a judge found his neighbors unhappy with his operatic arias. NORFOLK AP a 2 year old survived a fall from a second floor window. mother Antionetta Buchanan heard a thump and found the child on the sidewalk bruised but not seriously hurt.
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Glendale
Calif
Aura Hardison
Marian Martin
Yakima, Wash
Philip Lombardo
Lombardo
Justice of the Peace
Thomas Grady
Grady
Norfolk
Antionnetta Buchanan
Mark
Taylor
David Sanderson
Portsmouth
N.H
Robert Collins
Brookline
Mass
Collins
Moon bounce radar links Malvern England to Texas
Malvern England observers bounced signals off the moon using a 45 foot radio telescope and the signals were received clearly at the University of Texas Electrical Engineering Research Laboratory. The Ministry of Supply and Malvern experts conducted the joint investigation into the moon's surface.
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Malvern
England
Texas
Royal Radar Establishment
Ministry of Supply
Electrical Engineering Research Laboratory
Th University of Texas
Texas University
Weather County Forecast Clear to Partly Cloudy
Clear to partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Wednesday. Continued warm and humid with highs in the mid to lower 90s and lows around 70. Record highs 107 in 190, 1936 and record lows 41 in 1958. Hourly temps show 82 at 1pm and 93 by 2pm with mid 80s late afternoon.
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Mitalente
Ms Cone
Seneeer
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M. Beeenee
Pe My
Coven
Heat Likely To Hold On In State
TOPEKA AP forecasters eyed a cool front in states to the northwest but could not confirm its reach to Kansas. For today the forecast remained warm with clear skies. Highs Monday ranged from 89 at Garden City and Emporia to 98 at Manhattan. overnight lows from 64 at Goodland to 73 at Concordia.
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Topeka
Kansas
Garden City
Emporia
Manhattan
Goodland
Conlcordia
Still Hot Across Nation Except Northeast
A persistent heat wave grips the eastern half of the country for over a week with hot humid conditions from the Plains to the Atlantic. Temperatures rise in New England, the South, Midwest and Southwest while forecasters offer no relief. Cooler weather remains west of the Continental Divide from Montana to the Pacific Coast.
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Plains
Atlantic Seaboard
New England
Midwest
Continental Divide
Montana
Pacific Coast
Kansas Traffic Toll Rises in 24 Hour Count
Topeka AP reports state accident records show 4 traffic fatalities in the last 24 hours ending 9 am today. Year to date 1959 totals reach 381, with the comparable period in 1958 at 336.
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Topeka
Kansas
Brake failure leads to cargo truck crash in California
Dallas Bruce, 43, driving a cement mixer truck, reported brake failure on a hill in Corte Madera, California. He called for an ambulance before the crash. Bruce suffered a slight cut on his left arm.
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Corte Madera
Calif
Dallas Bruce
Bruce
Ottawa Man and Son Injured in Highway Crash
Louis E. Balda an Ottawa office engineer for the Corps of Engineers and his 10 year old son Ricky were injured when their car struck heavy road equipment on Interstate 35 near Gardner. They were returning from Kansas City to University of Kansas Medical Center where Balda and Ricky received treatment. Balda suffered a compound jaw fracture and facial lacerations while Ricky sustained a skull fracture and underwent surgery.
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Louis E. Balda
Ricky
Gardner
Balda
Corps of Army Engineers
Baldas
S. Willow
Kansas City
University of Kansas Medical Center
Explosion Near Hall High School Sparks Police Visit
An improvised explosive outside Hall High School in Little Rock caused a police response but no injuries or damage. Two white brothers, ages 17 and 13, were chased by officers. they admitted making the bomb from aluminum sulfate while their father served in the Air Force. A cousin, a Hall High senior, denied involvement.
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Little Rock, Ark
Hall High School
Taipei
Formosa
Air Force
Little Rock
Whiteman Air Force Base
Sedalia
Hall
Franklin County Fair Opens Tonight in Ottawa Rodeo Parade and Sidewalk Bazaar
The Franklin County Fair begins this evening at the Ottawa fair grounds with a sidewalk bazaar across ten stores and a rodeo feature over four days. A parade from Powhattan to North Main includes the National Guard unit, marching bands, and local clubs. Sentry dogs from Forbes Air Base open tonight’s program at 8 o'clock followed by a team pulling contest and rodeo performances. Weather is forecast ideal for opening events.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Forbes Air Base
Topeka
Franklin
Weather Bureau
Pro cliff climbers die after long rescue effort in White Mountains
Two young climbers Alfred Whipple Jr and Sidney Crouch died after 28 hours on a ledge high on Profile Mountain in the White Mountains. Rescue attempts by Appalachian Mountain Club teams were thwarted by 38 degree cold 50 mile winds rain and fog. John E Taylor led the rescue team describing brutal conditions before the decision to abandon the descent. The victims were connected by a lifelong friendship dating to elementary school.
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Franconia
N.H
Profile Mountain
White Mountains
Alfred Whipple Jr
Gales Ferry
Conn
Brown University
Sidney Crouch
Ledyard
Export
Committee Votes Down Compromise Gas Tax Proposal
The House Ways and Means Committee rejected a compromise to ease highway financing. In a 16-9 vote, it kept a 1 cent per gallon increase for 22 months and defeated Rayburn's 13-12 plan to limit the rise to 12 months. The proposals diverge from President Eisenhower's request for a five year 1.5 cent increase.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rayburn
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Eisenhower
Congress
Rayburn and Committee
Schoeppel cites Gunsmoke in bid for Kansas hood medal
Senator Andrew Schoeppel urges Senate Banking Committee to approve a bill creating a medal for Kansas statehood centennial in 1961. He recalls frontier history and mentions the fictional Matt Dillon from Gunsmoke, while Ed Langsdorf notes there was no real marshal by that name in Kansas.
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Senate
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Banking Committee For Action
Topeka
Andrew F.schoeppel
R-Kan
Dodge City
Kan
Matt Dillon
Schoeppel
Senate Banking Committee
Kansas
Dillon
Ed Langsdorf
Kansas Historical Society
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