Reverses Trend To Be Famous Writer Of Novels
Dale Van Every quit a $75,000 Hollywood job in 1943 to become a historical novelist. Now 61, he has written six novels including The Voyagers, selling over two million copies. He says none were sold to films and uses fiction to coat facts about frontier life. He drafts five times and spends days checking details with major private libraries. Newspaper training, he adds, instills respect for facts and research skills.
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FBI Protection Bills Signed As West Frontier Lore Surfaces
President Eisenhower signed into law a package of FBI protection bills amid a broad feature on frontier lore. The article cites Van Every discussing historical frontier life including Native practices, military campaigns, and early American defense, alongside personal notes on the author’s life and travels with his wife. The piece blends legislative action with cultural reminiscence and biographical details.
Commercial Use On State Pike Shows Increase
WICHITA July commercial traffic on the Kansas Turnpike rose seven percent while passenger travel fell five percent, reducing net toll revenues to 357, 73.31 dollars, just short of the June peak. August is expected to set a new record as new connections near Oklahoma and Kansas City open. Concessions matched June totals at over 54 thousand dollars and July income above operating costs reached 305,656.07 dollars. By month end the authority had retired 2,437,000 of 160 million revenue bonds, at a cost of 1,916,101.80 dollars.
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Koreans Injured By Army Vehicles
A U S Army Jeep struck a 12 year old Korean boy while a farmer planted ten acres of corn. The tractor drill was mis-set, seeding too heavily and causing the fatal injury. A Korean woman, 60, was seriously hurt in the incident. The boy died at the Red Cross Hospital. The army said the jeep dash was unintended. reseeding was planned to salvage the crop. The ten acres may yield 40 to 50 bushels per acre.
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Cross Hospital
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