Eisenhower in Denver Considers Scout Jamboree Visit
President Eisenhower rests in Denver while weighing whether to attend the Boy Scout Jamboree at Colorado Springs as Vice President Nixon prepares to lead the GOP ticket. Ike and Mrs. Eisenhower stay to visit the First Lady’s ailing mother Mrs. John S. Doud before returning to Newport for vacation.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Denver
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
Nixon
Chicago
John S. Doud
Newport
R. I
Curry Heads to Wichita for Mortgage Payment Meeting
Kansas City AP reports Charles F. Curry, president of Charles F. Curry & Co., will confer in Wichita with Sedgwick County officials today. He discusses notices of home mortgage payment increases linked to rises in street and sewer taxes added to monthly payments beyond principal, interest, and insurance.
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Kansas City
Charles F. Curry
Charles F. Curry & Co
Wichita
Sedgwick
Curry
Storms Strike East Oklahoma Towns
Powerful sounds and heavy rains struck eastern Oklahoma overnight, injuring a few people lightly. Flooding from overflowing streams affected multiple towns including Tulsa Muskogee Claremore Poteau Catoosa Owasso and Sapulpa with damage reported in several communities.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
Muskogee
Claremore
Poteau
Catoosa
Owasso
Sapulpa
Anderson Urges Retirement Plan For Kansas
TOPEKA RP The attorney general and governor candidate John Anderson urged a comprehensive state employee retirement system as a first action of the 1961 Legislature. He noted Kansas lacks such a system, cited 35 percent turnover, an $80 million payroll, and two months to train new hires, calling earlier 1959 measures a decent start despite flaws.
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Topeka
Kansas
John Anderson
Union
Anderson
Bankers
Department of Administration
Princess Jozah Dies in Riyadh Auto Collision
A Saudi broadcast reported the death of 25 year old Princess Jozah daughter of King Saud in an automobile crash near the royal palace in Riyadh. The AP notes Admiral Amman presented the award in Jordan.
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Amman
Jordan
Jozah
King Saud
Riyadh
Signs Point Both Ways In 1959-60 Economy Outlook
New York AP reports mixed signals as April data show higher employment and rising GNP but unemployment remains at five percent of the labor force. Manufacturing slips while farming and retail rise. inventories skew earlier gains. First quarter earnings rise 5.5 percent year over year, yet outlook for Q2 and year end remains cautiously bright amid steady consumer confidence and expanding business plans.
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Eisenhower
Turkish Troops Clash With Reds On Border Fight
Ankara reports a two hour border clash between Turkish and Soviet troops near Gomahan village north of the frontier. No casualties are listed. One version says a Turkish border guard fired on suspected crossers. another says a Soviet patrol tried to arrest a guard. The Interior Ministry lacks details on any soldier casualties.
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Ankara
Turkey
Gomahan
Boreka
Foreign Ministry
U.S
NATO
Interior Ministry
Border Tensions Rise Between Soviet Union and Turkey
Report recalls the last border clash in August 1659 near Posof where a Turk was killed and another wounded after straying into Soviet territory while cutting grass. It notes a February 1959 claim by the Soviet Union of capturing four alleged Turkish spies and killing another as they attempted a nighttime frontier crossing.
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Posof
Turkey
Soviet Union
Ankara
KU Attendance Hits All-Time High During 1959 60
University of Kansas records show a fiscal year attendance of 11 783, the highest ever, announced by Registrar James K Hitt The year saw 326 more attendees than 1958 59 and a peak simultaneous enrollment of 9 435 in the fall semester.
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Lawrence
University of Kansas
James K. Hitt
K. U
Funds For Flour And Feed Milling At Kansas State
Manhattan AP reports two marketing cooperatives pledged 100000 in total to rehabilitate the Kansas State University flour and feed milling department. Funds from Farmers Union Jobbing Assn of Kansas City and Farmers Cooperative Commission Co of Hutchinson will fund new facilities and equipment after a 1957 fire destroyed most facilities except a pilot plant bakery and a pilot plant feed mill. A new Waters Hall wing is funded by the Legislature and slated for completion this fall.
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Manhattan
Department of Flour and Feed Milling
Kansas State University
John A. Shellenberger
K-State Department
Farmers Union Jobbing Assn
Kansas City
Farmers Co-Operative Commission Co
Hutchinson
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Swift Premium
Iceberg
Brooks
Necsea
Food King
Tropic Isle
Smucker
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Reece
Pence’s
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