Lightning Strikes Car on Thruway Near Weedsport
A bolt hit a car on the state throughway near Weedsport Cayuga County burning the radio antenna and a hub cap and digging a large hole in the pavement. The driver Robert Morton Keith of Brockton Massachusetts was not injured and the lane was closed about an hour for repairs. The car remained driveable afterwards.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Thruway State
Robert Morton Keith
Brockton
Mass
Weedsport
Cayuga County
Nylon tire brands explode from three to 186 in decade
In 1953 there were three nylon passenger car tire brands available to the public. By 1954 the number had risen to 27 and by now the total has grown to 186.
No Claim On Ransom Money for Bobby Greenlease Case
St Louis authorities say Robert C Greenlease has no claim to 303 720 of the 600 000 ransom. The missing funds were tied to the Bobby Greenlease kidnap slaying case and most money recovered or replaced by the FBI. The other 296 280 was returned. 80 bills were found nationwide before replacement.
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ST. Louis
Robert C. Greenlease
Kansas City
Lson
Greenlease
Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Robert Vining
St. Louis University
Experts caution against using IQ tests as sole proof of mental deficiency
Experts say it is often unwise to accept the results of an intelligence test as the sole proof of a child’s mental deficiency.
Four Americans Out Of China Return Home From Red China
Four Americans including a Fulbright scholar returned from Red China today. Harriet T. of New York confessed to acts inimical to the government and walked over the border. Others were Rev. Armand Proulx, a Lowell Mass Jesuit, Mrs Nadeshda Romanoff, a naturalized American born in 1897, and her 15 year old daughter Irene. They arrived aboard the British freighter Hanyang after reaching Tientsin.
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Harriet
New York
China
Armand Proulx
Lowell
Mass
Nadeshda Romanoff
Irene
Mills
Red China
Hanyang
Tientsin
Air Force Receives Fast Photo Recon RF101 Voodoo
McDonnell Aircraft Corp reports delivery of a RF101 Voodoo prototype to the Air Force described as one of the world's fastest photo reconnaissance airplanes. The craft will conduct supersonic photo missions as routine procedures with high altitude tests underway from a municipal airport. A second plane is early in flight stages. The pilot can operate the entire camera system in flight and the aircraft is equipped for in flight refueling. An electrically heated window prevents fog and frost and camera lens efficiency is aided by air conditioning.
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ST. Louis
Air Force
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
McDonnell
Surpluses problem highlighted by Senator Carlson in Kansas
Senator Carlson of Kansas told the 6th District Republican Women's Club fall conference that farm surpluses will be a major issue for the next Congress. He also voiced belief that President Eisenhower would seek a second term if his heart attack recovery is complete.
Hall to join Pulse of the Nation forum series
Governor Fred Hall of Kansas will appear in New York as part of the GOP Pulse of the Nation forum series. The series will feature about 21 Republican governors participating in upcoming events.
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Washington
Fred Hall
Kansas
New York
Campaign event with Gov Hall to be held November 16
A political notice notes Governor Hall will appear at an event scheduled for November 16. The announcement credits the Republican National Committee and the National Republican Club of New York as sponsors.
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Republican National Committee
National Republican Club of New York
Hall
Life term for Lindsay Lindsay and accomplices in Johns murder
Nelson Huntley Lindsay 26 receives life imprisonment for his role in the killing of Roy O Johns 67 a finance company collector shot during a holdup. Convicted October 4 for the January 24 shooting. Accomplices Willie Lee Staten 21 and Jessee Lee McGee 22 also pled guilty and were given life terms.
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Kansas City
Kas
Nelson Huntley Lindsay
Roy O. Johns
Lindsay
Willie Lee Staten
Jessee Lee McGee
Robbers strike Topeka grocery store for $1700
Yesterday armed men invaded a north Topeka grocery, ordered clerks and customers to stand back, and escaped with $1700 from three cash registers while leaving the silver. A third gunman guarded the doors.
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Matics
Topeka
Kansas Hounds Win in Abilene Special Stakes
Two Kansas greyhounds won special stakes in the close of the National Coursing Assn eight day meet yesterday. Two Three owned by August Krauss Gypsum won a special event.
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Abilene
Kansas Grey Hounds
Assa
Two
August Krauss
Gypsum
Futurity Winner at Bull Shoals Named Potter Owner
Glen A. Potter of Junction City owned the futurity entry Bull Shoals which captured a special all age event.
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Futurity
Bull Shoals
Glen A. Potter
Junction City
Professor braves cold two mile swim at Kanopolis Lake
Dr. Harry Briggs, 34, a Kansas college professor from Emporia College of Emporia, swam about two miles across Lake Kanopolis in 54 degree water as training for an English Channel swim. He emerged trembling from the cold but resolved to continue training.
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Kanopolis
Kas
Kansas
Lake Kanopolis
Harry Briggs
College of Emporia
Briggs Plans 48-Mile Lake Erie Swim Then English Channel
Briggs announces a summer 2027 attempt to swim 48 miles across Lake Erie followed by a bid for the English Channel. He previously became the first man to swim the 12-mile Straits of Bonifacio between Sardinia and Corsica in the Mediterranean.
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Briggs
Lake Erie
English Channel
Bonifacio
Sardinia
Corsica
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