Fire violence mars Syracuse station blaze aftermath
Syracuse fire headquarters burned with four trucks trapped inside as crews battled a blaze believed sparked by an oil burner explosion. In Lansing, Berniece Sutliff reflected on welfare programs after 23 years as secretary to the Michigan welfare director. Camden, Healey suffered severe burns after stepping into paint and getting burned near a stove while descending a ladder.
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Syracuse, Ind
Syracuse Fire Department
Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Berniece Sutliff
Camden
N. J
William J. Healey
Parker Addresses Domian Report at Ottawa PTA
Ottawa Kansas Superintendent Henry Parker urged teachers and parents to study the Domian report on education in Kansas. He outlined sections on organization state and county superintendents and textbook purchases, noting districts of about 1200 pupils as ideal and criticizing pupil transportation costs as high in Kansas. Parker urged public discussion with state officials and emphasized the report’s relevance to the county.
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Ottawa
Henry Parker
Parker
PTA
Domian
Kansas
Noble ban on test tube babies in aristocratic wills
Britain's ancient College of Arms told a government committee that children conceived with donor sperm should be disqualified from inheriting noble titles. The authority on peerage said the policy would apply to British titled families as AI and donor insemination raise succession questions.
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London
Britain
Ancient College of Arms
College
Weather County Forecast Clear to partly cloudy and cold
County forecast shows clearing to partly cloudy skies this afternoon tonight and Wednesday with colder conditions. Highs near 30 this afternoon, lows 5 to 15, highs in the 30s Wednesday. Yesterday’s high 42, today’s low 30, record highs 93 in 1907 and 1910, record low 7 in 1955.
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Coors
Cenee
M. Acess
Messeeee SD BP
M. Gasee
MT. Cee
Evees
House approves voting referee plan to aid Negroes at polls
The House voted 199 to 104 to insert a Democratic backed version of the administration plan for court appointed referees into the civil rights bill. The vote, taken as a teller tally with no names recorded, ended debate and set up possible final action on the voting referees provision this week to send the bill to the Senate.
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Washington
House Today
House
Senate
Clear Weather With Snow Melt Lifts in Kansas City District
Ottawa reports continued sunshine and near calm weather with no precipitation. Snow melt progresses with river levels rising modestly while ice flows drift downstream. Highs reached 42 in Ottawa. Garden City hit 72. Tonight’s forecast lows 5 to 10 with highs in the 30s tomorrow.
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Ottawa
Weather Bureau
Marais Des Cygnes
Pomona Reservoir
Quenemo
Ottawa Main Street Bridge
Garden City
Jury selection begins in Clutter family murder trial
Garden City Kansas AP selection of a jury in the Clutter murder case moves slowly as 12 jurors are chosen to try ex cons Richard Hickock and Perry Smith for killing Herbert Clutter his wife Bonnie daughter Nancy and son Kenyon on November 15. Prosecutors and defense may strike jurors without cause, with the trial before Judge Roland Tate continuing amid death penalty questions.
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Garden City
Kan
Kansas
Richard Eugene Hickock
Perry Edward Smith
Herbert W. Clutter
Clutter
Edward B. Davis
Post Office
Roland Tate
Finney County
Atty
Duane ‘West
Logan N. Green
Hickock
Smith
Harrison Smith
A. M. Fleming
Herbert Clutter
Bonnie
Nancy
Kenyon
Here
Six Students Die In Collision At Camden Grade Crossing
CAMDEN Ala AP six students were killed and 14 injured when a school bus and a freight train collided near here. The victims were all Negroes, ages about 16 to 18. The bus was en route to a grammar grade school at Coy and to another school at Camden.
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Camden
Ala
Leo Taylor
Wilcox County Hospital
Taylor
David Jackson
Coy
Motion Pictures As Evidence In Drunken Driving Case
Topeka AP reports Attorney General John Anderson says motion pictures may be used as evidence in drunken driving trials. George C. Wingerson of Graham County requested the opinion before county purchase of equipment for law enforcement. Anderson noted defense claims of self incrimination are overruled by courts.
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Topeka
John Anderson
George C. Wingerson
Graham County
Wingerson
Anderson
Westinghouse exits jet engine business announcing layoff plan
Westinghouse Electric Corp. said it will withdraw from the jet engine business with J34 deliveries to the Navy to wrap up by mid-year. The Kansas City plant will stay open for spare parts manufacture until year end. The firm plans more than two million dollars in employee benefits for those laid off.
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Kansas City
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Westinghouse
Navy
Royal Baby Named Andrew Albert Christian Edward
Britain’s new royal baby was named Andrew Albert Christian Edward and will be known as Prince Andrew. Born February 19 at Buckingham Palace weighing 7 pounds 3 ounces, he is second in line to the throne with older brother Charles ahead in succession.
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London
Britain
Andrew Albert Christian Edward
Prince Andrew
Prince Charles
Buckingham Palace
Cecil Beaton
Prince
William Prince
Christ Jean IX
Denmark
Edward
Ottawa United Chest Elects Winter. Adds Franklin Center
Ottawa United Chest held its annual meeting electing Winton A. Winter as president and expanding membership to 10 with the Franklin County Guidance Center joining. Budgets due Aug. 15, hearings set for the 1960 campaign. Other officers elected and board appointments announced.
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Ottawa
United Chest
Winton A. Winter
Franklin County Guidance Center
Buy Interest In Ford Agency Here
Merle Price owner of the Price Motor Co at 115 W 3rd announced a sale of a substantial interest to Gene Luff of Prairie Village. Luff, 39, becomes general manager and plans to move to Ottawa after his son finishes school. No immediate personnel changes are expected. The agency sells Fords trucks and the Falcon.
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Price Motor Co
W. 3Rd
Merle Price
Ford Agency
Gene Luff
Prairie Village
Luff
Ottawa
Price
Fords
Ford Trucks
Ford
Admits Stabbing Honor Student
Philadelphia AP report says Norman Wilson, 17, admitted stabbing 17-year-old honor student John Campigna Jr. in a gang attack. Six other youths were detained in connection with the slaying as Campigna was found mortally wounded on his sidewalk.
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Philadelphia
John Campigna Jr
George Kronbar
Norman Wilson
Yates Center Coach Hired as Chanute High Leader
Alvin Jones, 34, longtime Yates Center High School basketball coach, has been named Chanute High School basketball coach. He succeeds Robert Clemons, who resigned after three years in the role.
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Chanute
Alvin Jones
Yates Center High School
Chanute High School
Robert Clemons
Nixon to Skip Kansas Convention for De Gaulle Dinner
Vice President Richard M. Nixon cannot address the Kansas Republican convention in Hutchinson on April 23 due to a White House dinner in Washington honoring General Charles De Gaulle, president of France.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Ide
Kansas
Hutchinson
Charles de Gaulle
France
Humphrey Attacks Kennedy on Farm Record in Wisconsin
Sen Hubert H Humphrey and supporters sharpened attacks on Kennedy during a Wisconsin tour Kennedy voted against dairy farmers and backed Benson era policies Humphrey also criticized Kennedy on fiscal policy and taxation issues affecting farmers Proxmire was urged to apologize to Humphrey for calling the attacks a disservice to the party geweld
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Wis
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Wisconsin
John F
D-Mass
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Kennedy
Wisconsin Farmers- For- Humphrey Committee
Burt Murch
Proxmire
Ezra Taft Benson
Richard M. Nixon
Inspection not promises needed in arms control
Geneva AP report on Jules Moch urging that only verifiable limits matter in nuclear disarmament. He outlined four controllable elements like tests suspension and material bans, and two uncontrollable ones such as weapon use and possession. Western powers doubt Soviet flexibility and insist on safeguards.
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Gustav Svensson
Geneva
Jules Moch
France
Moch
Soviet Union
Valerian Zorin
U.S.S.R
General MacArthur Shows Progress After Prostate Surgery
Douglas MacArthur, 80, is reported to be making excellent progress in recovering from prostate gland operation. He remains a patient at Lenox Hill Hospital, following the surgery on Saturday.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Lenox Hill Hospital
U S Denounces Police Violence in South Africa
Washington issued a State Department statement deploring violence against Negro demonstrators in South Africa. The note noted such events are internal matters, but expressed regret over the loss of life after police fired on protesters, with reports of at least 64 killed and 250 wounded in Johannesburg.
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Washington
United States
South Africa
State Department
Lincoln White
Johannesburg
White
Riots Roil Langa and Sharpeville in South Africa
Police fired on rioters in Langa near Cape Town as protests against apartheid escalated for a second day. In Sharpeville, thousands clashed with security forces, killing at least 64 and wounding 250 in a worst riot, as authorities tried to enforce pass laws amid a tense national atmosphere.
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South Africa
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Cape Town
Langa,i
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Pole Dey
Hendryk Vergwoerd
Pan-African Party
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