Balloons Carry Bruce Spears Name At Fairs Campaign
Bruce Spears county clerk candidate distributed balloons bearing his name at fairs and gatherings. A Dent farmer in Emperias area found one balloon that escaped youngsters and floated away. Police incident in Petoskey involved an officer fining himself 25 dollars for a sleeping-while-driving ticket. A St Louis report notes counterfeit five dollar plates from 1928 found by a construction crew using a bulldozer.
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Bruce Spears
Emperias
W. E. Dent
Petoskey
Mich
St, Louis
Flood Waters Spread Out In Clyde Area
Flood waters disrupting gas and water service spread across north central Kansas as Salt Creek and the Republican River flood Clyde and nearby towns. Water hauling from Concordia to Clyde, with gas outage in Concordia after an eight inch line rupture east of town. Army helicopters helped rescue residents near Clifton. Gov Docking seeks Army survey of floods.
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Clyde
Kansas
Concordia
Kan
Little Elk Creek
Salt Creek
Kansas Power and Light Co
Salina
Bileville
Washington
North
Hollis
Kaw
U. S. Army
Fort Riley
Clifton
Jester Adlai In Good Form
Paris AP reports Adlai Stevenson refused to seek the nomination and recounted a fable about a devastated earth, a hungry gorilla, and a cave where a beautiful lady gorilla stood at the entrance.
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Adlai
Paris
Adlai’ Stevenson
Miss America Winner To Be Crowned Tonight
Atlantic City AP Miss America will be crowned tonight starting her year-long reign. Alabama and North Carolina vie as preliminary talent winners with Miss Alabama performing a South Pacific number and Miss North Carolina highlighting her swim suit capability. Other notes include Evans of Greenville and a political case in Reykjavik involving a bribe accusation and a prosecutor’s critique.
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Atlantic City
Jilla
Miss .Alacave
Bama
North Carolina
Jon Nagant
Alabama
South Pacific
Rik
Mora
R.I
Don Columbine UK
Vention Hall
Betty Lee
Reykjavik
Iceland
Evans
Greenville
N.C
Ireland
Washington
Newport
Lee ‘Hornberry
Aclcy Mnemie Potous
Cyuukers
Miss Thornberry
Birmingham Southern College
Miss Evans
Red Oak Christian Church
China Presses Resumption of Talks on Formosa Islands
In a Beijing broadcast Premier Chau En-Lai urged the United States to restore ambassador level talks to defend peace. He reaffirmed China's claim that Formosa and the Pesca dores islands are Chinese, urging sovereignty be exercised. The move follows stalled Geneva talks and long-standing tensions over Formosa Strait security and U.S. policy.
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Tokyo Gap
China
Chau En-Lai Torday
United States
Chau
Lel
Chow
Red
Chou
Formosa Strait
Geneva
U.S
Alexis A. Johnson
Red China
Wang Pingnan
Peiping
Washington
Formosa
Johnson
Edwin JW. Martin
London
Mary Margaret Ollinger sues Krewe for parade injuries
Mobile resident Mary Margaret Ollinger, 24, sues the Krewe of Columbus for 25000 in damages claiming injuries suffered during a Mardi Gras parade on February 14. The report also notes a separate space launch delay with no set date for the next moon satellite flight.
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Mobile
Ala
Mary Margaret Ollinger
Krewe of Columbus
Mystic Society
Cape Canaveral
Fla
U.S
Defense Department
Washington
Weather forecast and space race musings mix in article
Partly cloudy through Sunday with scattered thunderstorms tonight. Highs 80-85, lows around 60s. Historical highs 104 in 1896, lows 4 in 1696. Also notes on Russia’s moon mission timing and U S launch windows around September 13 and October 12.
Pleads Innocent To Indictment In Kansas City Case
Earl H Schrader Jr former Jackson County prosecutor has pleaded innocent to perjury and abortion related indictment charges in Kansas City AP report.
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Kansas City
Earl H .Schrader Jr
Jackson County
Pomona reservoir project begins this fiscal year officials announce
The Pomona reservoir construction is planned to start this fiscal year with jetting of the first contract before July 1. The dam will lie about six miles northwest of Pomona near Dragoon and 110 Mile Creeks. About 3,700 acres will be flooded to form a conservation pool, with 2,000 acres purchased at project start for land and recreation facilities. Total federal cost is projected at about 14 million dollars and construction may take four years.
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Russia
United States
Defense Department
U.S
Earth
Air Force
Slit
Pomona Reservoir
Corps of ‘Engineers
L. E. Laurion
Kansas City
Pomona
Fromlit
Kansas
Red Chinese Premier Signals New Push for Peace Talks
President Eisenhower returned to the White House for talks on the Far East crisis and other issues, as observers noted a renewed Chinese premier push for peace talks and a study of regional problems.
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White House
Far East
State Dulles
Washington
Eisenhower
Soviet Press Warn US Against Red China Intervention
Soviet military papers Red Star and Soviet Fleet align with Pravda and Izvestia in warning the United States to keep hands off Red China. They pledge that any retaliatory strike will not be limited to provocations and will deliver a crushing rebuff to end imperialist intrigues in the Far East.
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Moscow
United States
Red China
Red Star
Soviet Fleet
Pravda
Izvestia
Far East
Icelandic coast guard pressures trawlers with show of force
Icelandic Coast Guard gunboats shadow trawlers as crews protest poor catches. The authorities intensify a pressure campaign to push fishermen to relocate to richer waters, signaling potential future departures for better fishing grounds.
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Coast Guard
Skelly Estate Valued At 10 Million Dollars
The late Tulsa oilman and philanthropist William G. Skelly's estate is appraised at $9.74 million with $209 102.28 in cash. Half goes to widow Mrs Gertrude Skelly and a quarter to each daughter Mrs Carolyn Skelly Burford of St Louis and Mrs Joan Skelly Stuard of Tulsa.
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Tulsa
Okla
William G. Skelly
Gertrude Skelly
Carolyn Skelly Burford
St. Louis
Joan Skelly Stuard
Quakes Hit Chile in Andes Around Santiago
A series of earthquakes in the Andes east of Santiago Chile killed three people and left twenty missing. Many buildings were damaged with the affected zones centered on Volcan and San Jose and shocks extending northeast toward Bolivia.
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Santiago
Chile
Andes
Volcan
San Jose
Bolivia
Tropical Storm Ella Affects Texas Coast Evacuations
Tropical storm Ella moved toward the Texas coast bringing intermittent rain and squalls. The Weather Bureau urged lowering warnings as small towns evacuated. About 1000 people, including tourists, were moved from Mustang Island near Corpus Christi and other coastal areas.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Ella
Texas
Texas Gulf
U.S. Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Jen Mustang Island
Corpus Christ
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