Hostage tale links Trujillo assassination to Diaz plotters
Dr. Robert Reid Cabral recounts four fugitives who held him, his wife, and infant hostage for four days in Ciudad Trujillo after Trujillo's assassination. Leader Gen Juan Tomas Diaz died in a police gun battle. Antonio de la Maza and two others surrendered or were killed.
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Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo
Robert Reid Cabral
Trujillo
Reid Cabral
Juan Tomas Diaz
Diaz
Marcelino Velez
de la Maza
Maza
Salvador Estrella
Luis Caceres Michel
KU Graduation Draws Crowd at 89th Commencement
About 12 000 attended the University of Kansas 89th commencement as 2172 names appeared on the degree list with 1257 finishing this June. Chancellor Wescoe urged education to free mankind from toil and war while Gov. Anderson and Regent leader spoke briefly. Six alumni received distinguished service citations including Dr. Austin Mailey Leland Barrows Balfour Jeffrey Harold Bozell W W Keeler and Dr Norman D Newell.
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Austin Mailey
Milburn
N.J
Leland J. Barrows
Cameroun
Togo
Balfour S. Jeffrey
Topeka
Harold V. Bozell
Larchmont
N.Y
W. W. Keeler
Bartlesville
Okla
Norman D. Newell
Leonia
Fires Damage Towns Economy In AyER Massachusetts
Officials and businessmen met in AyER Massachusetts after a devastating fire destroyed two industrial plants and 10 dwellings, with unofficial losses around 6 million. Hartnett Tanning Co and International Purchasing Co were among the major casualties, along with 40 residents displaced. The blaze roared along a quarter mile front, wind at 20 mph, firefighters working over four hours. 25 people were overcome by smoke and 10 minor injuries reported.
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Ayer
Mass
Hartnett Tanning Co
International Purchasing Co
Massachusetts
Saturn Launching Site Is Completed
CAPE CANAVERAL FLA AP construction has been completed on the Saturn launch complex where early Saturn rockets will be fired. NASA dedicated the 11 million facility, built over two years, to prepare for the first experimental Saturn firing next fall and to support future C1 and C2 missions toward manned spaceflight and moon orbit.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Army Corps of Engineers
Kurt Debus
NASA
Saturn
Six Children Die In Flames In Portageville Missouri
A Portageville family loses six children in a house fire on Monday night. One child, Arron Forest, 10, is critically burned and rushed to a Hayti hospital. The mother, Jesse Mae Forest, was treated for shock as neighbors and a KMIS announcer helped pull victims from the debris. The cause may have been lightning during rain. firemen fought the blaze as the home burned. The Forests, all Black, reside in Portageville, a town of about 2,500 in southeast Missouri.
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Jesse Mae Forest
Jimmy Davis
van Adams
KMIS
Arron Forest
Hayti
Michael
Don
Ema Mae
Kayseen
Robbis
Jennett
Portageville
Cape Girardeau
U.S. 61
Missouri
One Killed In High Speed Crash
One person was killed in Shawnee County after a car sped through guard rails in a high speed crash. The Shawnee County Sheriff’s office reported the fatal incident occurred today in Topeka Kansas.
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Topeka
Kan
Shawnee County
Topeka Driver Flung From Car On Highway Interchange
Thomas Ryan of Topeka was tossed about 30 feet from his vehicle after a crash at a highway interchange three miles northwest of Topeka where a bridge railing was struck and the motor ripped from the car. Ryan, in his early twenties, resided at 1158 Randolph. Sheriff's officers investigated the scene.
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Thomas Ryan
Randolph
Topeka
Ryan
Kansas Turnpike
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