Fifty Die In Capital Airliner Crash In Virginia
The Viscount jet of Capital Airlines crashed near the Chickahominy River in Charles City County killing 50 people including a Norfolk Marine family member. Relatives waited at the airport as news came in mirroring shock and grief.
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Virginia
Robinson
Lyons
Chickahominy River
Charles City
Richmond
Capital
D. A. Hunter
Ida Hunter
T. C. Roger
Farm Burglaries Discussed At Ottawa Meeting
Ottawa police chief Eugene Flaherty and officers David Griffin James Richardson and Don Collins plus County Attorney Donald White and sheriff's office members Max Gilmore and Robert Melton met at Mound City to discuss rising farmstead burglaries. Thefts escalate south of Miami County as families report being robbed of unfastened valuables. Five Franklin County residents will attend a Kansas Extension Advisory Council district meeting in Lawrence, including John Lederer Pomona agricultural representative Mrs Leslie Mallory Williamsburg home economics representative Ray Carey Princeton 4 H representative Lee Perkins and Les Sallee 4 H agent.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Mound City
Eugene Flaherty
David Griffin
James Richardson
Don Collins
Flaherty
Kansas Extension Advisory Council
Lawrence
Don Brown
Egent
Brown
John Lederer
Pomona
Leslie Mallory
Williamsburg
Ray Carey
Princeton
Lee Perkins
Les Sallee
Glynn Wolfe in court with three wives testifying
Glynn Wolfe, 46, a Hollywood hotel man with 12 wives, appeared in court with three of them to testify if needed for former wife Shirley Lou Wolfe Espy, 23, Wolfe's 10th wife who won a default divorce from William D. Espy. Also present but not needed as witnesses were Peggy Lou Wolfe Spencer, 29, and Sherry Wolfe, 19, along with Kathy Wolfe, 19.
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Los Angeles
Glynn Wolfe
Hollywood
Shirley Lou Wolfe Espy
Shirley
Wolfe
William D. Espy
Peggy Lou
Wolfe Spencer
Sherry Wolfe
Kathy Wolfe
State Council Holds Meeting in Topeka
The Kansas Legislative Council met in Topeka during a light session. Members discussed routine business and heard Rep. Marshall Gardiner propose studying moving the tax deadline from Dec 10 to Nov 20 to ease county officials ahead of January vehicle license tag issuance.
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Topeka
Kansas Legislative Council
Marshall Gardiner
Leavenworth
Gardiner
Plan for 36 million dollar federal building in Kansas City
Washington AP reports the General Services Administration will move in the coming months to acquire a site and prepare a final design for the proposed 36 million dollar federal building in Kansas City.
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Washington
The
General Services Administration
Kansas City
Weather County Forecast Generally Fair Through Wednesday
Generally fair weather persists with a cold snap tonight as temperatures dip. Highs today reach 15 to 20 degrees, with tonight’s lows around 5 to 10 above. Wednesday will see slightly warmer highs in the lower 20s.
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Eeeree
Woneeer x
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Plane Burns After Crash In Dense Fog
A Norfolk bound Capital Air lines Viscount crashed in dense fog near Holdcroft Virginia killing fifty people. The disaster, Virginia’s worst in history, occurred in a swampy ravine after the plane departed Washington. Rescue operations began after 9 a.m. with bodies recovered and officials investigating the cause.
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Here
Capital Airlines
Virginia
Robert H. Tench
Hisi Ihiome
Norfolk
Tench
Capital
Civil Aeronautics Board
FBI
Richmond
Washington
U S Far Exceeds Russians In Nuclear Delivery
Congress heard from Defense Secretary Gates and General Twining that the United States leads the Soviet Union in the ability to deliver nuclear weapons. They warned against complacency while noting Soviet missile capabilities are growing and that no concession from the Soviets would reduce U S security needs. The testimony, given to the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, portrayed American strength as strong but not inflated.
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Defense Department
Congress
United States
Soviet Union
House Appropriations Committee
Thomas S. Gates
Nathan F. Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Gates
Twining
Free World
St Louis School Strike Continues With Rejected Offer
In St Louis, union janitors and matrons rejected a new school board offer 310 to 153 and resumed picket lines. The strike, which began Monday, now affects more than 100,000 pupils as the board faces possible injunctions to end the walkout.
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ST. Louis
George Leutkenholder
Public School Employes Union
Leutkenholder
Board of Education
Plans For Federal Youth Center Shelved
Washington AP reports Eisenhower budget cuts funds for a proposed 8 million dollar Federal Youth Guidance Center in the midwest. The Bureau of Prisons says current needs are met by an Army disciplinary barracks near Lompoc California, with plans only held in abeyance and potential future space needs anticipated. The project would have covered 600 to 1,000 acres near the Marion Illinois area, with consideration of eastern Kansas and southeastern Nebraska.
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Federal
Midwest
Eisenhower
Bureau of Prisons
Lompoc
Calif
Frank Loveland
Loveland
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Congress
Marion
Ill
Kansas
Nebraska
Emporia
Omaha
Lincoln
Neb
Kansas Snow Keeps Roads Hazardous As Cold Snap Continues
The Kansas snow cover maintains hazardous roads with clearing skies driving continued cold. Ottawa logged 8 degrees, western towns below zero, Goodland at 11 degrees below zero, Hill City at 2 below, and tonight’s low expected near 5 as the Weather Bureau warns another frigid night. Highway patrol notes slick, dangerous highways statewide.
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Kansas
Ottawa
Goodland
Hill City
Weather Bureau
Severe winter storm hits central United States and New England
A fast moving cyclone from the Texas-Oklahoma Panhandle swept northeast with heavy snow and ice. Snow totals reached 4 to 10 inches in parts of New England and up to 6 inches in Massachusetts. The storm caused at least 18 deaths across Nebraska Colorado Illinois Texas Wisconsin and nearby areas.
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Rocky Mountains
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Weather Bureau
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Maine
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Michigan
Nebraska
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Illinois
Texas
Wisconsin
Sledding restricted on two Ottawa streets
City figures closed East 4th Street from Cherry to Poplar and North Cedar Street from Blackhawk to Massasoit solely for children to sled. City Commissioner James Grogan stated the blocks are blocked off to allow safe sledding and coasting on fresh snow.
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Ottawa
James Grogan
East 4Th Street
Cherry
Poplar
North Cedar Street
Blackhawk
Massasoit
Admiral Loses His Battle With Birds
In Philadelphia Vice Admiral Raymond J. Mauerman, deputy commissioner of public property, fought pigeons by hanging wartime nets at courtyard entrances but failed as crowds and roosting starlings persisted. Two aides used a blank ammunition shotgun from the eighth floor, causing a loud barrage that briefly scattered birds but they returned, with only staff and worried citizens as casualties.
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Philadelphia
Raymond J. Mauerman
USN
Mauerman
City Hall
Penn Square
Nine Year Old Pleads To Spare Parents From Jail
A rheumatic fever patient in the Midwest writes President Eisenhower pleading to keep his taxed parents out of jail. Jim explains he altered his father's tax records while bored, asks if he could become a doctor or scientist if punished, and seeks forgiveness as IRS sends an agent to review the case.
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Washington
Jim
Eisenhower
Internal Revenue
Parsons imposes dating ban for younger students
Msgr E I Gunning of St Patrick s Church says freshmen to juniors at St Patrick High School Parsons must not date steadily after Sept 1 with seniors excluded though discouraged. The pastor cites aims to curb moral problems and reduce early marriages and divorce rates, aligning with diocesan views on youth behavior.
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St. Patrick High School
Msgr. E. I. Gunning
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Church Bulletin
Wichita
Msgr. Strecker
Truck Train Collision Shuts West 17th Route
A two ton Jayhawk Beverage Co truck collided with a train at 17th and Walnut yesterday afternoon. The westbound truck was knocked 13 feet from impact with fenders and hood thrown 47 and 29 feet. Driver Allen D. C. Reed 47 of 1132 N Mulberry received a shoulder cut and a cut under his watch band. Train engineer C Young from Chanute, Santa Fe No. 88, was unharmed. No charges filed.
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Jayhawk Beverage Co
17Th
Walnut
Allen D. C. Reed
N. Mulberry
Santa Fe
Grauerholz declares for Kansas lieutenant governor bid
Coffeyville attorney Alvin F. Grauerholz 40 announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. A 34 year Park Board member and former Kansas House member, he chairs recreation advisory groups and will file formally on Kansas Day January 29 in Topeka.
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Coffeyville
CAP
Alvin F. Grauerholz
State Park and Resources Authority
Grauerholz
Park Board
University of Kansas
University of Michigan Law School
Kansas
Grauzerholz
Topeka
Topeka Attorney Clayton E. Kline Dies at 68
Clayton E. Kline, Topeka attorney and senior member of Doran Kline Cosgrove Russell, died last night in a Topeka hospital at age 68. He served as general counsel for Kansas Power and Light Co and was a longtime legal figure in the community.
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Topeka
Clayton E. Kline
Doran, Kline, Cosgrove & Russell
Kansas Power &Light Co
Japan seeks equal partnership with United States in new treaty
Prime Minister Kishi arrives in Washington to sign a landmark treaty elevating Japan from occupied status to a free world ally. The pact commits mutual defense and consultation on troop deployments, while Japan retains renunciation of war. Eisenhower may visit Japan later in the year.
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Nobusuke Kishi
White House
Eisenhower
Japan
Free World
Kishi
Hirohito
Far East
South America
Soviet Union
America
U.S
United States
Tokyo
West
Braves Face Coyotes In Kansas Wesleyan Clash At OU
Ottawa University Braves host Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes of Salina in a basketball doubleheader at Wilson Field House on campus. B team game starts at 5 30 p.m. followed by the main contest at 7 30 p.m.
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Ottawa University Braves
Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes
Salina
Wilson Field House
O. U
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