Boy Held After Neck Wound in Grudge Fight
A 15 year old was wounded in the neck and described as not serious. Sheriff Elton Sampson cited a grudge with the older boy as the motive while officials noted tensions over air power and missile defenses. Authorities said the incident may reflect broader war anxiety as figures discuss preventing aggression.
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Elton Sampson
Washington
Orsar
Air Force
Quarles
Forgar
Sampson
United States
Russia
U. S
Kansas renames K10 route from Herington to Lawrence
State Highway Department announces that the K10 designation will end after next summer. K10 will be retained between Lawrence and Kansas City. State Route 4 will be rerouted to cover the present K10 path diagonally from east of Herington to near Alta Vista and connect with the existing K4 near Eskridge.
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Topeka
Herington
Lawrence
State Highway Department
Kansas City
Alta Vista
Cut Eat
Eskridge
Woman pulled from abandoned well after rope rescue
Martin Flores said his wife disappeared while hanging clothes, fallen through rotting boards into an abandoned well. Firemen hauled her out with a rope as neighbors looked on. the well was about 16 feet deep and she could not swim.
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Kansas City
Kas
Martin Flores
Flores
Princess Grace Will Stay Until Oscar Awards Then Wed
Princess Grace Kelly will wait until after the Academy Award presentation on March 21 before departing for New York and her Monaco wedding. The Oscar winner from The Country Girl will remain in place after the ceremony to finalize plans for her marriage to her fiancé.
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Trousseau
New York
Prince Rainer
Apt
Jake Grace Kelly
Monaco
Eighth Grader Fires at Classmate in Edmore High School
In Edmore Michigan an eighth grader drew a pistol from his shirt and shot at a fellow student in a classroom. The 14 year old Peter Ray Forger fired a shot over heads and fainted as panic spread among students. William Shur was hit as the incident unfolded.
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Edmore
Mich
Edmore High School
Peter Ray Forger
William Shur
Lane Kansas issues 6000 general obligation bonds for street improvements
Ordinance No 145 authorizes the city of Lane to issue six thousand dollars in general obligation bonds to fund street improvements. The measure follows a February 28 1950 election approving bonds of five thousand dollars for each street project under Section 12-614 66 1948. The ordinance codifies the plan and appropriation for resurfacing and repair.
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Lane
Kansas
Illina
Kansas Street
Aaid
Kane Bas
6Th Street
Sth Street
4Th Street
Third Street
West City
Wmite
Fourth Street
Kanaan
Emat City Limite
Franklin
Kangaa
Topeka
Honda
State of
State School Fund Commission
Kersby
OF Tene
Ki “Rapaga
Walter Landeas
Burglars Set Roadblock in Coopersville Mich
Deputy Sheriff Keith Averill sped to Coopersville to stop a burglary escape. He stopped the first car, asked the driver and passenger to help set a roadblock. Minutes later Deputy Marvin Pratt halted at the barricade and ordered the men seized.
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Coopersville
Mich
Keith Averill
Marvin Pratt
Burglary suspects caught after roadblock search
Pointing to the pair manning the roadblock, police said they were the suspects. A car search disclosed the burglary loot, tying the pair to the crime and guiding further actions.
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King Hussein
Jordan
Amman
John Bagot Glubb
Maj
Radi Innab
Glubb
Legals
Mater
Electrd Power
the Light Company
Kansas City Power & Light Company
S. Willow
Ottawa
Helen Thompson
Myers & Sons, Aucs
Harry
Harry Smith
Community Auction House
N. Main
Westinghouse
N. Maid
Ben Printy & Son
Auds
E. A. Mitchell
Oldsmobile
Packard
Plymouth
Conoco
Conoco Super
Continental Oi Ce
Ae Conoco
Wilson & N. Locust
Crites
S. Main
Jack
Conoco Service
Lesh
Richmond, Kas
Welborn
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