Former Cemetery Plot Tycoon Arrested on Bad Check Charge
KANSAS CITY W Edward J Williams known as the cemetery plot tycoon was arrested on a warrant charging him with feloniously issuing a worthless check for 70. Williams once owned Associated Cemetery Management Inc with holdings in 15 states and later launched the Silver Spur Country Club near Lenexa. He faced a $500 bond after two hours in jail and was arrested at the courthouse during a civil suit related to Silver Spur bankruptcy.
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Kansas City
Edward J
Doc) Williams
Willams
Marian Sutton
Minneapolis
Iowa
Associated Cemetery Management, Inc
Williams
Silver Spur Country Club
Lenexa
Kan
Silver Spur
Silver
UN Official Bunche Criticizes Southern School Violence
Dr. Ralph J Bunche, undersecretary of the United Nations, denounces the violence surrounding school integration in the South. He says jeering crowds and National Guardsmen at schools harm international opinion and notes world sentiment favored civil rights legislation.
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Negro UN
South
Pittsburgh
Ralph J Bunche
The
United Nations
Dr. Bunche
Governmental Affairs Institute
Hospital Auxiliary Launches Drive For New Members
Mrs. Robert B. Grove, president of the Auxiliary to Winchester Memorial Hospital, urged area women to join. The group funds the Children’s Endowment Fund and supports hospital comfort projects with canteen service, rummage sales, a New Year’s Dance, and Pencil Day. Calls to join go to Mrs. John Hortenstine, MO 27101.
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Robert B. Grove
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Children's Endowment Fund
Trip Called Off: Scientist Questions Moon Mission Feasibility
Former German rocket scientist Robert Lusser, stationed at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville Alabama, says humanity may reach the limits of space exploration and doubts man will travel to the moon. He notes advances in missile reliability as a key factor shaping future goals.
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Waco, Tex
Robert Lusser
Army
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
Former Truman Official Takes Post With AEC
John 8. Graham and John F. Floberg, former Truman administration officials, were appointed to the Atomic Energy Commission. Graham takes office as the AEC fills its five member slate. Strauss presides at oath ceremonies. Floberg will be sworn in next month.
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Washington
John 8. Graham
Truman Administration
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Lewis L. Strauss
John F. Floberg
Floberg
John von Neumann
Graham
the Treasury
Truman
von Neumann
Reading
Mass
Winston-Salem
N.C
Flobere
Clouds Cover Most of U.S. East of Rockies
The Associated Press reports generally fair weather in the Far West and along the northeast coast. Cloudy skies span the central United States from the Rockies to the Appalachians with rain overnight. A wet belt runs from Texas to the upper Great Lakes with scattered showers in the South. Texas Gulf Coast saw torrential rain and hail storms in the Panhandle. Up to 5 inches of rain fell near Rio Hondo along the lower Texas coast.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Appalachians
Texas
Upper Great Lakes
Texas Gulf Coast
Panhandle
Rio Hondo
Rio Grande Valley
New Buddy Team of Fisher and Gobel Faces Ratings Tizzy
Eddie Fisher and George Gobel, NBC TV duo, argue over talents and ratings as they prepare to partner in a Tuesday 8 to 9 p.m. slot starting Sept. 24. Separate production staffs and backstage coordination aim to avoid program duplication while trading guests to unite Fisher song fans and Gobel humor followers. More than 1.5 million work in U.S. wood using industries.
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New York
Eddie Fisher
George Gobel
Television
Gobel
Fisher
Eddie
George
Are American women mainly brunettes in color
A brief Q and A notes that a survey from several years earlier reported that about 48 percent of American women were brunettes. The exchange presents a simple confirmation without broader context.
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T.W
Hair color distribution across populations shows variation
A survey indicates 14 percent have brown hair, 22 percent gray or white, 8 percent blonde, 7 percent red, 1 percent no hair. It notes blondes are steadily fewer, with similar trends in England, Canada, Australia, and other nations.
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England
Canada
Australia
Stratton Won’t Act On Little Rock Crisis Solution
Springfield Illinois. Gov. William G Stratton chairing the Governors Conference will not intervene. He will not form a bipartisan committee after Arkansas Gov Orval Faubus accepted a federal court summons placing Little Rock school integration in court. Foster Furcolo had urged a joint panel to seek a solution.
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Orval Faubus
Arkansas
U.S
R. Beal Kidd
Ronald N. Davies
Little Rock Central High School
International
Springfield
William G. Stratton
Governors’ Conference
Little Rock Trace
Foster Furcolo
Massachusetts
Little Rock
Stratton
Isadorea Duncan Cremated in Paris Burial at Pere Lachaise
The dancer Isadorea Duncan was cremated in Paris on September 19, 1927 and her ashes were interred at the Paris cemetery Pere Lachaise.
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Isadorea Duncan
Paris
Pere Lachaise
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Keebler
Azebler
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