Santa fires candy dents glasses at Joplin parade
In Joplin, Santa Claus handed out gifts during the Christmas parade and a piece of candy shattered 8 year old Richard Howell's glasses. The chamber of commerce may be billed for the spectacles. In Baltimore a cab driver was robbed after a knife was drawn by a passenger seeking $5. The robber fled after receiving $1.
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Joplin, Mo
Santa Claus
Richard Howell
Joplin
Richard
Chamber of Commerce
Baltimore, Md
Henry Spangler
Spangler
State Traffic Toll Up Six
The 1959 Kansas traffic death toll rose to 530 with six new victims added, including four children. Fatalities last year stood at 515. A Tuesday night crash near Junction City injured three children and killed Nathaniel Williams Jr., Debbie Williams, and Gloria G. Williams, all connected to Fort Riley.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Junction City
Nathaniel Williams Jr
Debbie Wiliams
Gloria G. Williams
Sp. 4.C
Nathaniel W. Williams Sr. Williams
Ft. Riley
Charlotte K. Glory
Arkansas City
Violet Glory
Leonard D. Hickox
Wichita
Paul R. Beatty Jr
Kansas City
Topeka
Kansas Turnpike
Kas
Galena Urged to Chlorinate Water By State Board
GALENA Kan AP The State Board of Health told Galena City Council action must be taken to chlorinate the water or state proceedings will start. C R Culp said Galena is the only Kansas city not complying with the 1956 law after two samples showed contamination. Council warned enforcement could threaten the Eagle Picher smelter. The council pledged to prepare a formal statement.
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Galena
Kan
State Board of Health
C. R. Culp
State Board
Kansas
Culp
Eagle-Picher
Million Workers Strike In France
Paris AP reports about a one day nationwide walkout by government workers protesting the absence of pay raises in the 1960 budget. The strike is described as the largest since the Fifth Republic's founding nearly a year ago.
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Paris
Fifth Republic
Weather COUNTY FORECAST Fair and warmer this afternoon
The forecast calls for fair skies and rising temperatures this afternoon with highs near 55 to 60 degrees. Tonight and Thursday will stay mild, with lows in the 30s and Thursday highs reaching the 60s.
Fire damages North Sycamore dwelling. two residents displaced
A kitchen and bathroom fire started by an open gas heater caused $2,300 in damage to a house at 518 North Sycamore. Dora P. Martin, 76, and her brother were alerted by neighbor Letha Roecker and Ruth Martin as flames spread to the attic. The home, part of the N. Roos estate and rented via Gardner P. Walker, suffered further loss with a neighboring house at 514 North Sycamore having burned earlier that day.
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Dora P. Martin
Letha ‘Roecker
S. Cedar
Ruth Martin
E. 7Th
N. Roos
Gardner P. Walker
N. Sycamore
C A Smith Dies At Wellsville
Charles A. Smith 86 of Wellsville died this morning at his home after months of ill health. Born in Pennsylvania December 24 1872 he moved to Wellsville at age 10 and later ran the ice plant and worked as an electrician. A 33rd degree Mason he served as director of the Wells ville Bank Star Grain & Lumber Co and was active in Masonic groups and the Methodist church. Survived by wife Nellie Collins Smith three sons Robert Phoenix Millard Pacific Palisades and Forrest Radnor and a half brother Burton Smith Ottawa Funeral set for Friday December 4 at 2 30 pm at Wellsville Methodist Church with burial in Wellsville Cemetery.
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Charles A. Smith
Wellsville
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Wells‘ville
Wellsville Order of Eastern Star
Scottish Rite
Kansas City
Kas
Nellie Collins Smith
Robert Smith
Phoenix
Ariz
Millard Smith
Pacific Palisades
Calif
Forrest Smith
Radnor
Burton Smith
Ottawa
NBC Employees To Sign Pledge On Outside Music Interests
NBC announces a required notarized questionnaire for all staff selecting music at NBC owned radio and television stations. The move, part of self scrutiny amid payola investigations, seeks details on outside music publishing or record manufacturing ties. NBC operates TV outlets in New York Chicago Washington Philadelphia Los Angeles and radio stations in New York Pittsburgh Chicago San Francisco Philadelphia and Washington.
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New York
National Broadcasting Co
NBC
Chicago
Washington
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Lone Survivor Recalls Allegheny Crash Night Flight
Louis Matarazzo, 35, of Springfield, Pa., the lone survivor among 26 aboard an Allegheny Airlines twin engine plane, told how he jumped from the fire and wreckage after the crash into a 1400 foot mountain near Williamsport. Pilot Capt. Thomas R. Goldsmith, 30, of North Olmstead Ohio, and 23 passengers plus crew were aboard as the plane on a Philadelphia to Cleveland route with stops at Bradford and Erie failed to clear terrain in snow and poor visibility. The last contact was with Allegheny officials following a weather briefing.
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Louis Matarazzo
Springfield
Williamsport
Allegheny Airlines
Thomas R. ‘Goldsmith
North Olmstead
Ohio
Goldsmith
Chhild
David L. Miller
Allegheny
Williamsport-Montoursville
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Bradford
Erie
Miller
Carlson backs Harry Darby for Kansas governor run
Senator Frank Carlson said he would strongly back Harry Darby if he runs for Republican governor of Kansas. He cited a long friendship and noted Darby’s civic and Republican contributions. Carlson, fresh from a West Indies trip, plans to support Senator Andrew Schoeppe for another term and highlighted farm income declines as a key Kansan concern.
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Sen. Carlson
Harry Darby
Topeka
Frank Carlson
R-Kas
Kansas City
Kas
Carlson
Darby
U.S
Kansas
West Indies
Andrew Schoeppe
Senate
Bombs Thrown At Bus Amid Wilson Strike
In Kansas City two crude oil and creosote bombs, known as Molotov cocktails, were hurled at a Wilson & Co packing plant worker bus during a strike. No injuries. one bomb scorched the bus, another started a car fire. Police could not identify a witness. Union official denies involvement amid disputed return-to-work rates.
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Kansas City
Kan
Wilson & Co
Felix Hayes
United Packing House Workers of America
Chicago
Hayes
Braves Open Season on Ottawa Univ Open
The Ottawa University Braves Kansas Conference champions for two years open the 1959 college basketball season against Central Missouri State College Warrensburg. The varsity game starts at 7:30. B competition begins at 5:30.
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Ottawa University Braves
Kansas
Central Missouri State College of Warrensburg
Gov Docking Threatens To Cut Kansas Institute Budget
Topeka Governor George Docking warned he will remove a two million dollar appropriation for the Kansas Neurological Institute from the budget if the facility operates as a psychiatric rather than custodial center for mentally retarded individuals. Dr. George Jackson affirmed the institute’s 1959 mandate includes evaluation, treatment, care, and research for mentally retarded children.
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Topeka
George Docking
Kansas Neurological Institute
Docking
George Jackson
Winfield
Winfield State Hospital
Jackson
Winter Veterans Administration Hospital
Southwest Builders, Inc
Swans Forced Landing Amid Thick London Fog
In London fog a pair of swans lost their way and landed in a suburban Stamford Hill garden. Police detained the birds overnight and released them back onto the River Lea today.
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London
Britain
Stamford Hill
Lea
Traffic Toll in Topeka Kansas Fatalities Reported
State accident records show 24 hours ending 9 a m. toll at 5 deaths. To date in 1959 total fatalities reach 529, compared with 515 in the same period of 1958.
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Topeka
Kansas
Dismissal of Charges in Slavens Jail Break Case
Jerry Gilbert Slavens 19 Ottawa faced a charge of breaking custody and escape, dismissed today by District Judge Floyd Coffman. Slavens had just been sentenced for reckless driving and speeding, and was returned to Ottawa after a city jail jailbreak incident. He remains jailed for 40 more days beyond the 50 already served.
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Jerry Gilbert Slavens
Ottawa
Floyd Coffman
Donald White
Slavens
Earle Easdale
Easdale
Johnson County
Coffman
White
Kansas
Eisenhower Warns on Steel Strike and Budget Spars
President Eisenhower signaled government action if steel management and labor fail to reach a settlement before the Taft Hartley injunction expires. He warned against abridging free collective bargaining and urged a nationwide effort to settle, noting the strike strains tax revenues and the budget. He also rejected taking a political stance on foreign aid tied to birth control and emphasized nonintervention in other nations’ internal affairs.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Hisenhower
Gates sworn in as secretary of defense at White House
Washington Thomas S. Gates Jr was sworn in at a White House ceremony today as the new secretary of defense replacing Neil H. McElroy.
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Washington
Thomas S.gates Jr
White House
Secretary of
Defense
Neil H. McElroy
Big Plane Lands Successfully After Two-Engine Failure
A U S Air Force C121 transport with 87 aboard landed safely at Honolulu Airport after both engines failed on the same wing while en route to Wake Island. The aircraft turned back 1 1 2 hours from Honolulu with 76 passengers and 11 crew. It is based at Moffett Field near San Francisco and was escorted by other planes back to Hawaii.
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Honolulu
Honololulu
Wake Island
Air Force
Hawaii
The
Military Air Transport Service
Moffett Field
San Francisco
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By Dick Weeghman
Montoursville, Pa
Matarrazzo
Philadelphia Sportswear
Matarazzo
Father
Wilson
Braves
Ike
New Institute
By Sterling F. Green
America
Kathy Gamet
Loren Matthews
JO Archer
Gordon Bruce
Municipal Auditorium
Jack Fenton
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