Colorado Springs Rocks to Theme Air Force Academy Builds
Colorado Springs models and site previews revealed for the U S Air Force Academy seven miles north of the city. Secretary Harold E Talbott led congressmen and reporters through designs showing half the architecture and half the site as helicopters and glass-topped buses carried viewing access. Skidmore Owings Merrill said the 58 million dollar project blends marble travertine granite with modern materials on rolling pine hills near the Rampart Range.
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Colorado
Springs
U. S. Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Air
Harold E. Talbott
Washington
Third Service Academy
Fine Arts Center
Rockies
Rampart Range
Academy Area
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Chicago
Admits Murder In Debt Dispute In Ohio Woods
A 43 year old well driller Leo Cavey confessed to beating 80 year old Alva J Williams with electricians pliers during an argument over a 90 cent debt and then hid the body in a woods near Chardon Ohio Police Chief John R Bohl and Set Walter Booker led officers to the battered body of the wealthy feed and coal merchant at night
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Chardon
Ohio
Alva J. Williams
Leo Caveys
John R. Bohl
Walter Booker
Adenauer wins big in Rhineland Palatinate vote
Mainz reports Adenauer's Christian Democrats sweep Rhineland Palatinate with 51 seats to 36 for Socialists and 13 for Free Democrats, securing unchallenged control of the state parliament and boosting plans for German rearma ment within the Atlantic alliance. The result strengthens Adenauer's two thirds influence in the Bundesrat, aiding approval of forthcoming legislation.
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Mainz
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Atlantic Alliance
Rhineland-Palatinate
Christian Democratic Party
Adenauer
Free World
Bundesrat
Christian Democrats
Socialists
Free Democrats
Communists
Free Voters’ Assn
Marge the Elephant Dies at Fleishhacker Zoo
SAN FRANCISCO 1 A renowned zoo resident Marge an elephant aged 43 and a top attraction for 28 years died yesterday from acute indigestion possibly worsened by heart trouble Zoo director Carey Baldwin reported. The other elephants reportedly banged on their enclosure door in mourning.
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San Francisco
Fleishhacker Zoo
Marge
Zoo
Carey Baldwin
Baldwin
Yes Results In Tie Up of Traffic
In Long Beach California Jess Blowers proposed to his girlfriend while driving and she said yes. The couple’s brakes jammed and they locked in a prolonged clinch at a busy intersection as motorists honked. Policeman Bland Watkins heard the explanation and issued a ticket for failing to observe traffic signals.
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Long Beach
Calif
Jess Blowers
Bland Watkins
Blowers
Plan Second Atomic Ship Plan Second Atomic Ship
House Merchant Marine Committee members push to build a second atomic merchant ship besides Eisenhower’s project. Chairman Bonner criticizes the world tour ship as a carnival show and seeks an experimental vessel with a different reactor to make atomic shipping economical and freight capable.
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Washington
House Merchant Marine Committee
Eisenhower
Bonner
D-Nc
Elisenhower
Gore bill would send Kansas large highway funds
Under the Gore bill, the Senate Public Works Committee substitute would provide Kansas with 240 million dollars for new highway construction over five years. The measure totals 124 billion federal aid over five years and would boost road spending to about 17.941 billion, with allocations for primary, secondary, urban, and interstate networks.
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Washington
Gore
Senate Public Works Committee
Eisenhower
Kansas
Sen
D-Tenn
Treatment Center Proposal For Alcoholics In Southeast Kansas
A pilot project to show the Legislature what the State Commission on Alcoholism can do was proposed by Rep. Jack Scott and W. E. Potech at a commission meeting. They urged an 8 bed treatment and counseling center at Pittsburg for alcoholics, with possible state aid if local sponsorship is found.
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Topeka
Southeast
Kansas
State Commission On Alcoholism
Jack Scott
D-Riverton
W. E. Potech
Galena
Pittsburg
Spraying urged to curb Kansas grasshopper outbreak
TOPEKA Dave Matthew an entomologist for the Kansas Entomological Commission urged farmers to begin spraying now for grasshoppers. He predicted the eastern Kansas infestation this year will be the worst since 1949.
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Topeka
Dave Matthew
The
Kansas Entomological Commission
Kansas
Dispatcher Talks Man From Self Harm In Dallas Call
A 35 year old man who threatened to shoot anyone approaching as he spoke with a woman police dispatcher last night relented after an hour of joking and pleading. He threw down a .22 rifle when relatives entered a brick home at nearby Rylie and fled but was captured and jailed for lunacy investigation.
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Dallas
Rylie
Lavinia Mae Horak
Carl Wood
Veterans Hospital
Lisbon
Wood
Miss Horak
Atom Series Completes Nevada Test Drills
Las Vegas reports the longest and most varied atomic test series with 14 blasts in three months. An imminent underwater detonation off California is announced with Navy supervision and no top AEC scientist present. The Nevada test, about 35 kilotons, caused ground motion near Indian Springs as aircraft sorties totaled 2,600.
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Las
Vegas
Nev
U. S
California
Pacific
Navy
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Nevada
Indian Springs
Air Force
Marine
Congress urged five million for Missouri River water diversion study
Rep Mahon urged a five million dollar appropriations request to study diverting excess water from the Missouri River Basin to drought prone areas in the Panhandle and high plains of Texas and nearby Kansas and Oklahoma. He cited lifting challenges and possible storage reservoirs as part of a broad, ambitious solution to a national water emergency.
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Washington
Congress
Missouri River
Mahon
D-Tex
House
Missouri
Kansas City
Omaha
Neb
Prairies
Panhandle
High Plains
Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Hall Announces Right Of Way Start For Manhattan Fort Riley Route
Gov. Fred Hall said the acquisition of right-of-way for a four-lane highway from Manhattan to Fort Riley will begin within 30 days. The planned construction aims to improve regional transportation and military commuting access.
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Topeka
Fred Hall
Manhattan
Fort Riley
Kansas Traffic Fatalities In 48 Hours Reported
Topeka notes state accident records show traffic fatalities in the last 48 hours. Figures compare to the same period in 1954, with totals listed for 1955 and 1954. name of state records section cited.
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Topeka
Kansas
Clemence for Criticism of President Sparks 1956 Rally
Tennessee Governor Frank Clement told a Topeka rally of 1st Congressional Democrats it is a disservice to the country to criticize the President. He accused Eisenhower of breaking his pledge to guarantee farmers parity and mocked the administration for offering rabbit cooking booklets instead. The event drew 105 attendees who paid $10 each as part of early 1956 state campaigning, with more meetings planned, including a May 20 session at Great Bend featuring Governor Orville Freeman.
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Topeka
Frank Clement
Tennessee
Congressional
Democrats
L Eisenhower
Republican Party
Clement
Eisenhower
Great Bend
Orville L. Freeman
Minnesota
Wichita building gift boosts Emporia College funding
John Peach of Topeka donated the Wheeler-Kelly-Hagny building in Wichita valued at about 750000 to the College of Emporia. The 1922 structure at 120 South Market now belongs to the college and will be leased back to Peach, producing about 250000 in income over the next years. The college has also secured a 290000 Mabee Foundation grant for a science hall and an anonymous 14000 stock gift to the endowment. Hong Kong's rise as a film hub is noted with 200 1953 productions.
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Emporia, Kas
Wheeler-Kelly-Hagny
Wichita
John Peach
Topeka
College of Emporia
Luther E. Sharpe
J. SE. and
L. E. Mabee
South Market Street
Peach
Wheeler-Kelly-Hagny Trust Co
Sharpe
Former Mental Patient Holds Off 100 Officers for Hours
In Groesbeck Texas a sharpshooting former mental patient shot Limestone County Sheriff J Harry Dunlap then held off about 100 officers and an armored half track for hours using a .22 rifle. After a mass charge, Dunlap died instantly and Tynes was captured amid gunfire. The gunman was later described as critically injured but improving.
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Groesbeck
Tex
Limestone County
J. Harry Dunlap
N. J. Tynes
Tynes
Dunlap
Newton Girl Wins 250 Dollar Journalism Scholarship
Patricia Swanson of Newton High School was named recipient of the 250 dollar Oscar S S Stauffer Scholarship in Journalism at the University of Kansas. Dean Burton W Marvin announced the award funded by a 5,000 dollar fund from Mr and Mrs Oscar S Stauffer of Topeka to support high school seniors pursuing journalism at KU. A note mentions a four million seasonal variation in the U S workforce.
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Colo
Department of Defense
Ottawa Tractor
Dee
Mes
John Deere
U. S. Bonds
Dane Hirsch
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Atom
Tokyo
Yellow Sea
Hong Kong
Nvest
Amet
Grimewan Foster
Wynnanderson
Sarace
Hare Slegger
Cannid
Lows
Aches
Nubglpa A
James A. Michenear
Torori
Perthery Heaton
Productson
Technicolor
William Grace Holden
Kelly
Fredric Edmickey
Rooney
BIG House USA
Hillcred DtAy
Ottawa
National Guard
Newton
Mora
Saunders
Atc
Colgate Dental Cream
Mickey Rooney
Warner Bros
Warnerco
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Ireland
Onorw Malone
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