Last Link In Giant Turnpike System Opened Today
Governors Leader of Pennsylvania and Meyner of New Jersey dedicate the 14 mile long center span of a 719 mile turnpike link over the Delaware River. The Edgely Florence bridge connects Bucks and Burlington counties with six lanes and a 40 cent toll. The joint project will ease traffic to New England and near Chicago once Indiana is completed.
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Delaware River
New York City
Ohio- Indiana
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Ohio
Edgely
Bucks County
Florence
Burlington County
Philadelphia
Valley Forge
Pennsylvania Turnpike
New Jersey Turnpike
Delaware River Valley
Wilmington
Del
Trenton
N.J
Camden
Fairless
US. Steel Corp
Leader
Mayner
U.S. Navy
Man admits strangling wife on Mother's Day in Minnesota
Robert E. Boeseneilers, 30, confessed to beating and strangling Evelyn Boeseneilers, 25, on May 13 after an argument about late hours and infidelity. The body was found in a township dump. police say he hid it in a blanket, loaded it in his car, and buried it in a shallow grave after leaving his son with neighbors. He reportedly was seeing a divorced woman, Mrs. Elverina Carlson Spotts, whom he and she attended Mother's Day services with.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Robert E. Boeseneilers
Evelyn Boeseneilers
Here
Lester McAuliffe
McAuliffe
Boeseeilers
Michael
Golden Valley
Minneapolis
Boeseweilers
Elver
Carlson Spotts
Twin Cities
Army says 80 percent of troops housed in solid buildings
The U S Army reported that eighty percent of its forces in Korea are now sheltered in solid buildings, reflecting improved housing conditions for service members stationed there.
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Tokyo
U.S. Army
Korea
Loot Found In Basement Leads To Grand Theft Charge
Police report Ferdinand Del Pate amassed a $5000 stash of stolen tools from his 28 years at a hardware store. An inventory audit raised suspicions and Del Pate confessed daily thefts. He faced grand theft charges. he is married with two teenage sons.
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San
del Pate
Four Are Arrested During Rookie Raid
Dallas and Fort Worth raids led to arrests of four in Dallas Richard Biggs William Sellers H C Winfrey and William Bevers and in Fort Worth William Hicks charged. National sweep by Internal Revenue Service intelligence agents targeted betting establishments linked to a nationwide syndicate with 15 more arrests in nine other cities.
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Dallas
Fort Worth
Internal Revenue Services Intellience
R. L. Winston
Washington
Richard Biggs
William Sellers
H. C. Winfrey
William Bevers
William Hicks
Eisenhower Receives Baylor Honor and Speaks on Free World Aid
President Eisenhower is awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by Baylor University in Waco Texas amid a ceremony praising his leadership in freedom and urging free nations to pursue science education centers. He argues for U S universities to aid needy nations and advocates a stronger United Europe as a pillar of freedom while noting Congress for foreign aid funding.
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Waco
Baylor University
L Eisenhower
W. R. White
Texas
Institution of Higher Learning
Eisenhower
W. W. Melton
Columbus Ave. Baptist Church
Baylor Trustees
Baylor
W. T. Gooch
R. J. McKnight
Baptist General Convention of Texas
William Howard Taft
Harry Truman
White
America
United States
Europe
Congress
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Big Heart O'Texas
Washington
U.S
Students Pay For Damages After Riot at UC Berkeley
Berkeley Calif May 16 male UC students face 3 and 3.50 dollar assessments to cover 10000 dollars in damage from a riotous party raid on sorority houses. Raymond Kellner 23 from Fresno was jailed and fined 20 dollars on a battery charge.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Raymond Kellner
Fresno
Parking Tickets Exchanged Between Police Officers
In Orangeburg South Carolina Policewoman Carline Kitrell and Detective Jack Kemmerline tagged cars in no-parking zones weeks apart. Both officers tagged vehicles that belonged to the other, illustrating a mutual exchange of parking tickets within the department.
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Orangeburg
S.C
Caroline Kitrell
Jack Kemmerline
Kemmerlin
Kittrell
Dallas and Texas towns cited for traffic safety awards
23 Texas cities received National Safety Council traffic safety recognition in Chicago, with Dallas among four cities earning an Award of Merit for solid performance. Fort Worth Amarillo Lubbock Austin and Midland Odessa also noted for specific programs and records. Smaller towns in 10 000 to 25 000 population group earned honors for no traffic deaths in 1955.
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Chicago
Texas
National Safety Council
Dallas
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Lubbock
Austin
Midland
Odessa
Alice
Brownwood
Cleburne
Denton
Harlingen
Highland Park
Lamesa
Mercedes
Pampa
Seguin
University Pak
Vernon
White Settlement
Big Spring
Borger
Snyder
Senate Housing Bill Heads Toward House Action
Senate approved housing legislation to authorize 135000 public housing units per year and extend GI home loan programs. The bill includes elderly housing, 3 billion extra FHA loan authority, slum clearance funds, and a one year extension of GI and other programs. House action pending in Banking Committee.
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Senate
Washington
House
House Banking Committee
Eisenhower
Federal Housing Administration Loan Insurance Authority
Senate Banking Committee
Sen
Lehman
Knowland
California
Snyder Receives 1955 Traffic Safety Award
The city of Snyder was notified by telegram of a certificate of achievement for school traffic safety education in the 1955 program. The National Safety Council’s G. C. Stewart sent congratulations to city leaders and officials.
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Snyder
G. C. Stewart
National Safety Council
Roy L. Dunlap
T. L. Steele
Fran W. Wilson
Snyder Public Schools
Speedy Chute Jump Tested at Hurricane Utah
In a public demo of the Smart project researchers propel a rocket sled to 500 mph on Lower Smith Mesa. A seated dummy in an ejection seat is catapulted into the air with parachutes deploying and the sled halted by hay and water brakes. The team seeks speeds up to 1500 mph in future tests.
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Hurricane
Utah
Smart
Air Force
Smith Mesa
Control Shack
C. A. Brosterhous
Nine Hobbs Students To Graduate Tonight
Nine Hobbs students will receive high school diplomas in a commencement at the school auditorium. The program will be student run with Joanna Wall valedictorian and Delphine South salutatorian giving talks. diplomas will be awarded by superintendent G C Herring and principal J T Comte.
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Jo Noles
June Firestone
Henry Medrano
Perry Thomson
Chester Hartsfield
Clifton Carnes
31 Believed Dead In Guatemalan Airliner Crash
Thirty one persons are believed dead after an Aviateca airliner crashed on a Sierra de las Minas peak in Guatemala. Wreckage was located with no signs of life detected amid the wreck.
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Guatemala
Sierra de Las Minas Range
Broken Bone Record Set in Oklahoma City Child
Three year old Michael Tener has gone 55 days without a fracture setting a local record. His brittle bone condition began at birth with multiple fractures and a long healing history. Doctors say the disorder results from a protein formation failure but hope growth will slow further injuries.
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Oklahoma City
Michael Tener
Mike
Loyd Tener
R. Palmer Howard
The
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Howard
Favor Returned For August Rescue
Elizabeth City North Carolina Richard Walter fifteen helped rescue two people from drowning last August. The favor was returned in good measure yesterday as Walter was rescued from the Pasquotank River after his sailboat overturned in a stiff wind. Dr John Weeks coroner Pasquotank County saw Walter clinging to an inflated inner tube and called Coast Guard headquarters which dispatched a rescue helicopter.
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Elizabeth City
N.C
Richard Walter
Walter
Pasquotank River
Coast Guard
John Weeks
Pasquotank County
Coast Guard Headquarters
Weather Update for North Central and West Texas
Yesterday's high 88 and low 61. At 7:30 am today the reading was 72. Partly cloudy skies with widely scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms through Saturday. No significant temperature change.
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Snyder
North Central
West Texas
Area Scouts Named for TCU Meet in Fort Worth
Two Lone Buffalo District Explorer Scouts Dan Bohannan and Melvyn Berman will attend the Citizens Now conference at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth June 21 23. Both are Eagles with Berman holding the Silver Aaward. They will train with peers from Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico and return to plan a December council level conference. Nolan von Roeder sponsors the delegation.
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First Methodist Church
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Nolan von Roeder
Legless Man Freed On Burglary Charge
Legless George L. Noble, 36, of Merrimack, was acquitted in superior court of burglary. The case rested on alleged crutch marks found in the snow on the roof of a Nashua restaurant. Noble is father of four and lost his legs in a train accident at 18 months old.
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Manchester
N.H
George L. Noble
Merrimack
Superior
Noble
Nashua
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