Senators Call Overhaul Of Defense Dept For Space Race
Sen Mansfield and other members of the Senate Preparedness subcommittee urge a drastic reorganization of the Pentagon. They seek simplification of command machinery to outpace the Soviet Union in missile and satellite programs. The Gaither Report reportedly recommends sweeping changes. White House calls it highly classified. The panel plans to resume hearings in January.
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D-Mont
Senate
Defense Department
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Outer Space
Defense Organization
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Barrett
Senate Preparedness
U. S
Washington Post
Gaither
Pentagon
Armed Services
the Post
H. Rowan Gaither Jr
Ford Foundation
White House
Office of Defense Mobilization
National Security Council
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Basic Courses Are Hinted For Students
TOPEKA Kansas. The State Board of Education and State Superintendent Adel Throckmorton proposed stronger high school requirements aligned with the space age. They urge four years English two years science at least two years mathematics three years social sciences and two years health and physical education with fewer electives and a limit on mid week inter school athletic contests.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Board of Education
Adel Throckmorton
Throckmorton
Area Schools Plan All Event League
Elsmore and several other districts consider forming an all event league with tentative plans outlined. Officials discuss possible schedule changes and member criteria as work continues.
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Elsmore
High schools discuss league membership and schedule
Principals and coaches from area schools discussed league membership with Fulton Bronson LaHarpe St Patrick’s of Walnut Arcadia Mulberry and possible Welda Kincaid Westphalia. A tentative football schedule for next year was made with final league formation decision due next month.
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Bronson
LaHarpe
St. Patrick's of
Walnut
Arcadia
Mulberry
Welda
Kincaid
Westphalia
St. Patrick's
Dog thefts reported near Parsons in Labette County
Parson police received a report of dog napings in Labette County east of Parsons. Jackson and Cheney families say dogs were stolen Sunday by occupants of a car with Missouri license plates.
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Labette County
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Cheney
Crawford-Labette County
Missouri
Hall’s Plans Indefinite for 1958 Political Run
Supreme Court Justice Fred Hall said his 1958 political plans are undecided. He is finishing his current term in January 1959 and will visit the state in coming weeks before choosing whether to seek the Republican nomination again.
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Fatzer
Humboldt
Elsmore
Lavonburg
Paul Stinson
Willard McCarty
Roy Riley
Carl Catlon
Walter Wimsett
Claude Thompson
W. H. Hall
S. L. Klingensmith
Robert Wulf
Don L. Morris
Edward Hansen
Whitney Rooney
Wayne C. Weeks
Topeka
Fred Hall
Nomi
When Is Fighting Cock A Fighting Cock
Honolulu report notes a legal ban on cock fighting but shows strong interest among Hawaii’s Filipino community. Veterinarian Ernest H. Willers cites about 10 000 gamecocks annually flown in, with authorities halting imports at piers. He says a fighting cock is only a fighting cock once he fights, otherwise just a chicken.
Comets Face Wichita Frosh In Nonleague Bout
The Chanute Panthers travel to Wichita for a 6 o clock non league contest with the University of Wichita freshmen. Coach Dick Stowell sticks with his starting unit as Chanute aims to test against fast breaking Wichita. Departure is 1 pm with a holiday tournament at Lola looming next weekend and a squad of 25 boys making the trip.
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Chanute
Howard Schooley
Dave Fehr
Don Puckett
Glen Wheeler
Berm Snart
Wichita Frosh
Iola Junior College
Lola
Panther
Iola
Virgil Brady
SEK
Independence
Parsons
Iola Independence
Gaither Report Warns of Grave U.S. Military Risk
The Washington Post reports a top secret Gaither board study warns the United States faces grave danger from the Soviet threat. It urges a rapid, sustained military buildup through 1970 and other costly measures to avert national decline. The White House declined comment on the highly classified document.
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Washington Post
United States
Soviet Union
the Post
H. Rowan Gaither Jr
Gaither
Office of Defense Mobilization
National Security Council
Ford Foundation
White House
Pentagon Plans Massive Defense and Civilian Shelter Program
A recommended 38 billion defense outlay plus five billion yearly for a civilian shelter program on priority. A sweeping reorganization of the Pentagon and service roles is under study as outmoded for the nuclear age. The report calls for stronger preparation for limited wars, especially in the Middle East and Asia, contingent on a powerful offensive capability.
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Pentagon
Middle East
Asia
Navy Enlisted Man Killed Near Olathe
A Navy enlisted man from the Olathe Naval Air Station was killed in a two car crash south of Olathe. The dead man was Edward J. Utterback 20 of Sioux Rapids Iowa. Injured were Mrs Margaretta Nelson 45 and her son Karl Nelson 21 of Spring Hill Kansas and James Phillips 20 also assigned to the naval station.
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Olathe, Kas
Olathe Naval Air Station
Olathe
Edward J. Utterback
Sioux Rapids
Iowa
Margaretta Nelson
Karl Nelson
Spring Hill
Kas
James Phillips
Oval Station
Kansas 1958 Wheat Crop Forecast Near 197 Million Bushels
The 1958 Kansas wheat crop is forecast at nearly 197 million bushels, the largest since 1952, with 1957 at 100.1 million. Planted area rose to 10.94 million acres from 7.20 million in 1956, soil bank acres at 705 thousand. The 1958 yield expected around 18 bushels per acre, above 10-year averages.
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Topeka
Kansas
U. S. Agriculture Department
Agricultural Output and Royal Flying Doctor Service Flights Report
The report notes main crops valued at $515,831,000 in 1957, slightly above 1956. It also records the Royal Flying Doctor Service in South Australia flying over 56,000 miles in 1956 to aid distant patients and about 170 flights answering urgent radio calls.
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Royal Flying Doctor Service
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