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Local crime report notes Ralph Schoonover pulled an abandoned boat from the river at the 2nd Street dam and asks its owner to come forward. Florence Pinnock loses a bid to block her daughter Pat's marriage. Pat, a shorthand typist, is granted parental consent to wed a 23-year-old seaman.
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Ralph Schoonover
Walnut
2nd_ street dam
Schoonover
London
Florence Pinnock
Pat
Paul Ashby
Pinnock
Ashby
Heavy Rain Sweeps Northeast Kansas This Morning
A rapid thunderstorm moved through northeast Kansas early this morning bringing heavy rain across multiple towns. Ottawa recorded .70 inches with Topeka at .75 inches and a 3 inch peak south of Concordia while Quenemo saw only a light shower.
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Kansas
Ottawa
Quenemo
Topeka
Lucky veteran who lost hands and feet shares optimism
Ed Reeves, a Korean War infantryman at Chosin Reservoir, lost his feet and most of his hands after being captured in 1950. He credits a $9,000 fundraising effort, a disability pension, and the GI Bill for rebuilding his life as he completes University of Illinois commencement amid his family’s support.
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Champaign
Ill
Beverly
Jean
Seojin
Reeves
Chosin Reservoir
U.S
Wilmington
Percy, Jones Hospital
Battle Creek, Mich
Russia Agrees To Nuclear Talks In Geneva Start
Moscow reports the Soviet Union will hold exploratory scientific talks in Geneva on July 1 to discuss policing a worldwide nuclear test ban. The move follows Eisenhower’s proposals and aims to advance inspection talks, with Russia calling for rapid suspension of all tests after the technical discussions.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Geneva
Eisenhower
U.S
Russia
United States
Britain
France
County Forecast Shows Scattered Thunderstorms Through Weekend
Considerable cloudiness this afternoon and tonight with scattered showers and thunderstorms, some locally heavy. Sunday partly cloudy with additional showers and storms. Cooler this afternoon, warmer Sunday. Lows tonight around 60 to 78 degrees, highs Sunday near 80s.
Pilot Says Jets Just Missed Plane
Denver United Air Lines DC6 with 53 aboard narrowly avoided collision with three unidentified jets over the Rocky Mountains late Friday after departing Salt Lake City. Capt. J. C. Moody reported evasive action as the jets passed beneath the four engine airliner. margin unspecified. UAL said the incident will be reported to the Civil Aeronautics Administration.
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Denver
United Air Lines
Rocky Mountains
J. C. Moody
Salt Lake City
UAL
Civil Aeronautics Administraion
New Post For Gen. Trujillo
Kansas City AP reports Lt. Gen. Rafael Trujillo Jr. continues rapid military rise after a three year old major's commission in the Dominican Republic.
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Kansas City
Rafael Trujillo, Jr
Dominican Republic
Former Principal Is Found Guilty in Embezzlement Case
KANSAS CITY Kan AP Former principal Ferman Borders 48 was convicted by a district court on 15 counts of embezzlement totaling 5 563 in federal aid tax cut schemes and 2 171 in state aid funds. The case linked to the Oak Grove School through misappropriated funds and checks. borders pleaded not guilty by insanity but was recommended leniency to judges. He faces one to five years in prison.
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Nixon
Argu
Kansas City, Kan
Alment
Transformer
Wyandotte County
Anderson
Ferman Borders
Mitchell
T’jl
Emil Nixon
U. S. Command and General Staff
Col
Oak Grove
Ft. Leavenworth
Labor Department
Stufis
Borders
Q. Claflin
Dominican air force commander named by Trujillo
Hector B. Trujillo announced that the combined chiefs will coordinate the army, navy, and air force better. The newly named commander could not be reached for comment about his appointment. He plans to return to Hollywood to court Kim Novak, after a two month sojourn that interrupted his studies and drew congressional criticism.
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Hector B. Trujillo
Hollywood
Kim Novak
Trujillo
Congress
Algerian Rebels Claim U. S. Is Taking Sides
In Tunis a National Liberation Front official accuses the United States of backing France in the Algerian uprising, saying U S aid has sustained the French fight for 43 months. He cites rebel strength growth to about 130000 and demands one usable plane to prove U S neutrality.
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U. S
Tunis
United States
U.S
France
de Gaulle
Two American Priests Freed By Red Chinese
Bethel Church near Globe was struck by lightning. In Hong Kong based AP dispatch, two American Catholic priests, Rev. Joseph P. McCormack and Rev. John P. Wagner, were released from Chinese captivity after their prison terms expired. They had been jailed since June 15, 1953, on espionage and saboteur charges, respectively. Four Americans remain jailed on spy charges in China.
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Bethel Church
Globe
Hong Kong
Peipingikers
John Thomas Downey
Andladio
U.S
Overbrook
New Britain
Conn
Richard George Fecteau
Dam
China
Lynn
Joseph P. McCormack
Mass. Minor
Maryknoll Seminary
Ossin
Neighling
N.Y
John P Jhors
Wagner
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Shanghai
Robert E. McCann
Altadena
Calif
Hugh Francis Redmond
You
James Edward Walsh
Cumberland
Pelping Radio
Father MelCormack
Father Wagner
Freedom Brief For Two Men Freed From Jail
IOLA Kan Two prisoners Ver non Ward of Kansas City and Tommy Byers of Iola were recaptured after strolling from the 91 year old Alien County jail the oldest in the state They were found hiding under a hedge at the town edge Sheriff E B Lorance said a cat left unlocked the jailer was at lunch when the pair broke a lock Then Ward held for FBI on armed assault and first degree larceny in a LaHarpe elevator holdup May 9 Byers held on a minor check passing charge.
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Iola
Kan
Vbgkak
E. B. Lorance
Vernon Ward
Kansas City
Tommy Byers
Ward
FBI
LaHarpe, Kan
Byers
Marie McDonald Treated After Sleeping Pills Incident
Las Vegas news notes actress Marie McDonald hospitalized after an accidental overdose of sleeping pills. She was transported by ambulance from a hotel to a Henderson hospital, her stomach was pumped, and a hospital spokesman said she was expected to be released today.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Marie McDonald
Miss McDonald
Henderson
Fighting Breaks Out In Beirut Showdown Between Forces
Heavy fighting erupts in Beirut as government troops clash with rebels. The fiercest clashes center near the AP office and Presidential Palace, with major battles also reported in Basra Moslem quarter and Ramel Prison outskirts as Lebanon’s crisis intensifies.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Presidente Carmille Chamoun
Associated Press
Basra
Ramel
Twister Near Concordia Damages Churches and Homes
A tornado funnel narrowly missed Concordia Missouri on Friday evening, scattering wind and hail damage. St Pauls Lutheran Church roof ripped off and chimney toppled into the auditorium basement, church deemed beyond repair. St Pauls College gymnasium partially unroofed. A home under construction twisted from its foundation. Mayor Ed Pape and neighbor Herman Steljes lost garages shifted. No casualties reported.
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Kansas City
St. Paul's College
Vernon Rehkop
Concordia Produce Co
Ed Pape
Herman Steljes
Seek Release of Prisoners
BERLIN AP Communist East Germany said a U S army colonel paid an official call at its Foreign Ministry to seek the release of nine U S Army prisoners. Col Robert P McQuail accompanied by a major met Deputy Foreign Minister Otto Winzer who said the affair could be settled quickly if McQuail is fully authorized. A second meeting was set for next Monday. The moves open the path to the release of nine Americans whose helicopter was lost in a thunderstorm and strayed across the Iron Curtain a week earlier.
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National Liberation Front
Prerier de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Algeria
McQuail
ADN
Iron Curtain
Furor Over Sherman Adams Grows in Washington
The furor over President Eisenhower aide Sherman Adams deepens as Sen. Charles Potter calls for fuller accounting of costly favors from Boston industrialist Bernard Goldfine. Hagerty backs Adams despite questions on $2000 in hotel bills, while Goldfine faces Justice Department scrutiny.
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Washington
Republcan
Charles Potter
Michigan
Sherman Adams
Boston
Bernard Goldfine
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Adams
House
Goldfine
Hagerty
Goldfire
New York Herald Tribune
Criminal Division
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Justice Department
New England
Frederick G. Payne
Rmaine
Payne
Subcommittee
Oren Harris
DeArk
Plymouth
Mass
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