Side Swipes Show Crime Rise In Franklin County
Sheriff office reports 1957 first half far ahead of 1956 with 810 papers served and 1,588 prisoner days at $2,223.20. Miami Beach police chief Michael Fox made his first arrest seizing gambling equipment. Ottawa Girls Softball seeks funding for District Tournament in July August with two benefit games. Ottawa remembers a 1954 heat wave with record highs up to 118 degrees.
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Franklin County
Jay Brown
Sheriff's Office
Miami Beach
Fla
Michael Fox
Fox
Abraham’ Buchalter
Ottawa
Iola
Forest Park
Hill's Shoe
Kansas City
River Falls Below Five Feet After Crest at 24.5 Feet
The Marais des Cygnes river rose to 24.5 feet on Wednesday and stayed high for hours, then receded rapidly last night. By noon yesterday the river was about 13 feet on the Main Street gauge and this morning dropped to below 5 feet.
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Marais Des Cygnes
Weather Outlook Kansas Partly Cloudy with Thunder Threats
Kansas forecast shows partly cloudy skies today through Sunday with widely scattered thundershowers in the northwest and extreme north this afternoon and tonight. Central and eastern areas may see showers late tonight into Sunday. temperatures range from 60s to 70s at night and 90s to 105 across the state by Sunday, with river stage at 4.92 feet this morning.
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Kansas
Civil Rights Bill Faces Senate Debate and Revision
Senator Gore seeks a revised substitute as the Senate enters a sixth day of debate on the administration civil rights bill. House supporters win a first procedural hurdle for a Tuesday vote, with Knowland, Johnson, and Russell shaping a unanimous consent date. Gore signals support for a voting rights compromise and a study commission, while Southerners warn of possible filibuster and intrusions by federal courts on segregation.
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Washington
Sen
Gore
D-Tenn
Senate
Knowland
Calif
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Russell
D-Ga
House
Attorney General
Manhunt for killer ends in Missouri arrest
Audry G. Gilliam, 22, an ex convict and Huzzah resident, was arrested armed at the junction of U S highways 61 and 67 near Festus. He is charged with the slaying of Jefferson County chief deputy sheriff John H. Marsden, who was shot in the chest after stopping a driver for fleeing a service station without paying $3.50 for gasoline. Marsden died from the wound.
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Hillsboro
Missouri
Audry G. Gilliam
Huzzah
Festus
John H. Marsden
Jefferson County
Marsden
Here
Night meeting ends in blackout at Burbank gathering
In Burbank California Mayor Edward Olson, a Democrat, introduced Gov. Goodwin Knight at a Republican meeting. Olson quipped he was probably the only Democrat present as a fuse blew and the public address microphone failed, plunging the hall into darkness.
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Burbank
Calif
Edward Olson
Goodwin Knight
Olson
Doctor Uses Donations To Help Needy
Dr Cecil Clark of Cameron Louisiana uses all donations to buy medical supplies for hurricane victims. He plans to take money for rebuilding later once medical needs lessen. The clinic, Cameron’s only, was wrecked by Hurricane Audrey on June 27. Clark lost three children but continued treating the injured. Rebuilding is estimated at $10,000.
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Lake Charles
Cecil Clark
Cameron
Clark
Chicago
Cortland St
Milwaukee Railroad
Mishap Fatal To Burlington Farmer
Burlington farmer Glenn M. Snider died from loss of blood after his hands were caught in a hay baler rollers while he worked alone eight miles northwest of Burlington. He was severally injured Thursday night and found four hours later.
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Burlington
Res
Glenn M. Snider
Snider
Chicken Supper at St. Therese Church Richmond
Richmond church hosts a chicken supper on Wednesday July 17 from 5 to 8 p m adults 1 00 children 50c with entertainment proceeds support St. Therese Parish and event details listed in local notice.
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St. Therese
Richmond
California Town Seeks Solution to Runaway Trucks
Dunsmuir seeks state help to curb deadly runaway trucks on U S Highway 99 in a three mile grade from Mt Shasta. A recent crash killed one, injured two seriously and sent five with minor injuries to hospitals. A plywood laden trailer smashed a pickup and collided with multiple cars before overturning. Buel Knichloe of Tucson, Ariz. was injured. SHPC officials plan talks with city leaders to address the danger.
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Dunsmuir
Calif
Mt. Shasta Highlands
Sacramento Valley
Jack Perry
Buel Knichloe
Tucson
Ariz
State Highway and Public Utility Commission
Grandson Karim Karoum Mounts Aga Khan’s Throne in Geneva
In Geneva at a lakeside villa a 20 year old Harvard senior, Prince Karim Aga Khan, mounted a white satin throne as 20 million Ismaili followers paid homage. The ceremony marks his succession as spiritual head, bypassing two uncles. Aga Khan III’s will, made public, designates Karim as heir.
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Geneva
Aga Khan IV
Harvard University
Aga Khan
Karim
Aga Khan III
Traffic Toll Topeka State Records Section Totals
Traffic toll figures from Topeka Kansas show 256 tolls in the past 24 hours and year to date for 1957, compared with 329 in the same period of 1956. Data compiled by the State Accent Records Section.
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Topeka
Kansas
Ice Cream Social at Princeton on John Brown Highway
Community notice for an ice cream social titled Acorn 4-II. Ice Cream Socials set for Tuesday July 16 at 7 p.m. near Princeton, four miles west on John Brown Highway. Location code 184-c-11.
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Acorn
Princeton
John Brown
Lawbreakers In Ottawa County Will See Double
Minneapoli s Eas If Ottawa County lawbreakers fall into authority they may see double. Sheriff Fred Hawkins has appointed his identical twin Alfred as undersheriff to confuse criminals. The brothers differ only in weight by about 20 pounds.
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Minneapolis
Eas
Ottawa County
Fred Hawkins
Alfred
Fred
15 Year Old Falbo to Stand Trial as Adult in Slaying
Liberty Missouri fifteen year old Salvatore Joseph Falbo will be tried as an adult on a first degree murder charge for the June 25 slaying of Shirley Alice Kyle age 10. Circuit Judge James Rooney ordered Falbo held without bail until the trial set for November 4 after a closed juvenile court hearing. He pleaded innocent at arraignment.
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Liberty
Salvatore
Joseph Falbo
Shirley Alice Kyle
James
Rooney
Falbo
Chicago’s Flooded Streets After 6.24 Inch Rain
Boats plied flooded Chicago area streets as a six hour electrical storm drenched the region. The downpour killed at least three people and forced hundreds from their homes as basements flooded, streets and underpasses were blocked, and power and communications lines were cut.
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Chicago
Millions Hit In Areas Of Mock Attack
Officials estimate 95,521,526 people or more than half the U S population lived in areas struck by mock enemy bombs during Operation Alert 1957. About 191 vital U S targets were theoretically destroyed as the test of civil defense continued amid delays in communications.
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United States
U. S
North Pole
Evacuation Of the Termed A Success
President Eisenhower and aides declared the evacuation a success as he prepared to exit Washington during a civil defense drill. He will resume participation Monday with a helicopter visit to a relocation center while securing secrecy around the command post location.
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White House
Eisenhower
Washington
Gettysburg
White House South Lawn
Urges Shift In U S Policy
Sen Mansfield proposes Secretary Dulles visit eastern Europe for a first hand look beyond the Iron Curtain. He urges abandoning what he terms irresponsible fear of Russia and adopting positive action for peace. He criticizes Dulles for denying U S reporters access to Red China and hopes for a China press coverage conclusion. Mansfield is an assistant Democratic leader and Foreign Relations Committee member.
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Washington
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Secretary of State
Dulles
Europe
Russia
Red China
China
Montana
Senate
Senate ‘Foreign Relations Committee
St Josephs Parish Chicken Dinner at Waverly KS
St Josephs Parish hosts a chicken dinner at Waverly Kansas on Sunday July 14 1957. Homemade ice cream plus games and fun for all. Serving from 5 p.m. until served.
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St. Josephs Parish
Waverly
Kas
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Joel Berglund
Summer Farmer
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Robert Kile
Kansas State College
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California
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Philadelphia
Caskie Stinnett
Midway Airport
Joliet
Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall
Coast Guard
Wheeling
William Leen
Atella Toney
New Lenox
Richard Campbell
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David Potter
Ray Potter
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David
Yamib
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