Cowboys Face Backfield Woes In New Big Eight Era
Oklahoma State enters its first Big Eight season with strong line depth but backfield inexperience. Coach Cliff Speegle cites hopes on Dillard and Maisel, Hall at quarterback, Pittman and Jackson at running back. Open at Arkansas September 17, then Missouri, Tulsa, Houston on the road before home debut vs Kansas October 2.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma State
Cowboys
Cliff Speegle
Speegie
Speegle
Dick Soergel
Soergel
Tony Banfield
Vernon Sewell
Davy Cross
Jom Dillard
Dillard
Harold Beaty
Jim Frazier
Gerald Benn
Charles Willingham
Frank Parker
Bill Dodson
Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Missouri
Tulsa
Houston
Kansas
Machen Liston Clash Tonight in Seattle Ring Showdown
Eddie Machen of Portland and Sonny Liston of Philadelphia meet in a 12 round bout with the winner looming as a title challenger to Floyd Patterson. Liston weighs about 191 pounds with an 86 inch reach and is favored. Machen at 196 pounds has a 75 inch reach. The bout airs on national television at 6 p.m. local time, with many fans headed from work to the pitcher’s mound ring at the stadium.
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Seattle
Eddie Machen
Portland
Ore
Sonny Liston
Philadelphia
Floyd Patterson
Sid Flaherty
Machen
Liston
Teir
Heavy Docket For Two Federal Judges Opens Wichita Term
Two federal judges in Wichita will open the September term with a docket of 249 cases. Judge Arthur J. Stanley of Kansas City and Judge Delmas K. Hill of Wichita will preside over 16 criminal prosecutions, 41 civil cases for jury trial, and 122 civil cases to be tried without a jury.
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Wichita
Arthur J. Stanley
Kansas City
Delmas IC. Hill
Colby Man Dies In Car Truck Crash
Colby Kansas resident Leo n Courtney, 45, died after a head on collision between a car and a cement mixer truck on U S 40 near Agate Colorado. The crash left Courtney with fatal head and chest injuries. The truck driver Harold Emil Peterson, 30, of Denver, escaped injury.
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Agate, Colo W
Leon Courtney
Colby
Kas
U. S. 40
Agate
Courtney
Harold Emil Peterson
Denver
Old Pershing Home To Become A Shrine
The house in Laclede Missouri where Gen John J Pershing grew up will be dedicated as a shrine on September 13 by the Missouri Park Board to mark his birth centennial. About 10 000 people expected for ceremonies featuring the Army Field Band and remarks by Gov. James T Blair with a message from President Eisenhower.
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John J. Pershing
Missouri Park Board
Missouri
Joseph Jaeger Jr
Missouri Park System
Linn County
Pershing
Burlington Railroad
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College
Kirksville
U. S. Military Academy
Gen. Pershing
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
The
Leonard Haslag
Park Board
Army Field Band
James T. Blair
Dewey Short
Eisenhower
Gov. Blair
Lwill
Bruce Clarke
U. S
Continental Army Command
Ft. Monroe
William&. Biddle
Harold K. Johnson
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Fred O. Bartlett
Ft.Leavenworth
371St Army Band
Williamsburg Area Social News and Local Updates
Phillips station showcases new white and red colors and Sutherlands Grocery gains painted storefront. Davis Howe installs new glass in its storefront. Mrs. Mattie Robe Burlington visits Mr. and Mrs. Pete Johannes Jr. and Terry Robe. Mrs. H. C. Milliken, formerly at Providence Hospital Kansas City, stays with daughter Mrs. Bob Rogers in Overland Park. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Henderson of La Cygne visit with O. P. Fritts and family. Frances Williams hosts W S C S with Ruth Todd and Etta McMillan. sixteen attend including Ethel Hopkins and Ethel McCurdy. Elston Decker presides as president. Irma Thornton leads devotional.
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Phillips Station
Sutherlands Grocery
Davis Howe
H. C. Milliken
Providence Hospital
Kansas City
Bob Rogers
Overland Park
Virgil Henderson
la Cygne
O. P. Fritts
Frances Williams
W.S.C.S
Ruth Todd
Etta McMillin
Local Ladies Attend Humboldt Seminar Amid Family Loss
Mrs. Edna Sutherland led a lesson while members planned to attend a Humboldt seminar later this month. Mrs. John Van Valkenburg and Mrs. B G Otto were recalled from Denver by the death of their brother in law, Fred Heathman.
Ike Plays Host At Stag Dinner
President Eisenhower will host a stag dinner at the White House for about 30 dinner chairmen from Republican dinners nationwide on September 29. Sam Mellinger of Emporia, former Kansas GOP chairman, will attend, and James C. Hagerty noted the guest list includes the president’s press secretary.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sam Mellinger
Emporia
Kansas
Secretary Short Introduced by Rep Hull in 6th District
Rep William Hull Jr. introduces Secretary Short in the 6th District event. Harry S Truman was invited but will be out of state. Truman served as an artillery captain in the A E F under Gen Pershing.
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Short
William Hull Jr
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Gen. Pershing
Traffic Accident Toll For Labor Day Weekend Rises
CHICAGO AP reports 415 people died in traffic accidents over the three day Labor Day period, the lowest since 1954. The figure edged below the National Safety Council’s 460 pre holiday forecast and the 461 holiday record from 1951, with deaths this year down from 498 last year and 364 in 1954.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Kansas League To Meet Sept 18 20 in Wichita
The League of Kansas Municipalities will hold its golden anniversary convention in Wichita September 18 through 20. Organized in Wichita in 1910, the event features speakers including Tucson mayor Don Hummel AMA vice president John E Slayton AMA field consultant Louis Welch Houston city council member and Gustav E Larson deputy director at the Office of Area Development US Department of Commerce.
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Wichita
League of Kansas
Don Hummel
Tucson
Ariz
American Municipal Association
John [E.slayton
Washington
AMA
Louis Welch
Houston
Gustav E. Larson
Office of
U. S. Department of Commerce
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John Maisel
Spergel
Ron Hall
Huskie
Chester Pittman
Tommy Jackson
Texas
Ron Chesser
Chappell Cleaners
Old Pershing
Louisville
Frank A. Kucens
Williamsburg
Mrs
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Mattie Robe
Burlington
Pete Johannes Jr
Terry Robe
Robert Barnes
Ash
Ike
KODAK
John G. Kaiser
Nuzman Lumber
Ottawa Savings and Loan
Savings Bank
Lincox
East 2Nd St
F. R. Bennett
Milo M. Hewitt
Wm. W. Wallace
H. J. Henning
Dean Berlin
Rip van Winkle
Dean
Doan
Push
Kansas City Power & Light Company
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