Brooklyn School Incident Prompts Police in Classrooms
In New York Brooklyn a 13 year old girl at John Marshall Junior High was attacked in a basement tied at knifepoint and forced to accompany her attacker. The incident renews a grand jury call for a police officer in each of the citys 918 public schools. A 15 year old Black boy was questioned and then released after investigators doubted his account of where he was during the attack. The girl wears glasses and has had cataract operations this year.
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New York
Brooklyn
William Jansen
Kings County Grand Jury
Grand Jury
John Marshall Junior High School
Snow Storm Baby Delivered Over Phone in Kansas
Irving, Kan. A baby girl was born at a neighbor’s home during a snow storm after telephoned instructions from Dr. Robert Hughes guided Mrs. Robert Brenner. Parents Don and (Mrs.) Don Jacobson, en route to Marysville, could not leave their blocked road. Both mother and child are reported in good condition.
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Irving, Kan
Don Jacobson
Marysville
Robert Brenner
Freight Boost Is Recommended for Kansas Rates
An ICC examiner recommended Kansas raise intra state freight rates on several commodities. Edward L Boisseree found Kansas had exempted items in applying a six percent interstate rise from 1956. He noted cement did not receive a prior 15 percent increase and said railroads lose about $580,000 yearly. Items include milk cream livestock brick sand gravel and crushed stone.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas
Edward L. Boisseree
Kansas Corporation Commission
ICC
Boisseree
Seek Cause Of Railroad Blast
Niagara Falls investigators probe a midmorning explosion that ripped through a chemical tank car line in the Niagara Junction Railroad yard. A crater over 40 feet deep and 150 feet across caused over 60 injuries, many students among them, as blast waves shattered windows miles away. Evidence pointed to a pipe underground but no definite cause yet. A DuPont chemist said the cars held dimethyl formamide. An antiaircraft unit scanned for radioactivity and left the area safe.
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Niagara Falls
Niagara Junction
E. J. Dupont de Nemours & Co
Stassen Talks Of Conference In Nuclear Era
Columbia Mo Harold Stassen special disarmament adviser to President Eisenhower said a new summit conference could be set within a year if the Soviets truly desire it He warned that the danger of nuclear weapons grows while indicating some improvement in Soviet intent He cited Austria Hungary as a barometer noting a Russian move to free Hungary could ease tensions
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Columbia
Harold Stassen
University of Missouri
Isisenhower
Stassen
Stamp Design Ideas Are Being Sought
The Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia invites individuals with a flair for design to submit ideas for a new stamp. Interested parties should send concepts exploring national themes and cultural symbols to the school’s design committee for consideration.
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Columbia
Missouri School of Journalism
School marks 50th anniversary with stamp design contest
The school celebrates its 0th anniversary with a commemorative stamp program. Robert W. Haverfield, assistant professor and 50th Anniversary Committee chair, seeks designs connected to the school with a journalism theme. The slogan is A stronger free press for a free world, with designs due by March 1 for a September 22 issuance in Washington.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Robert W. Haverfield
Haverfield
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