Billion boost proposed for guided missile program
Washington reports Secretary of Defense Wilson will ask Congress for about 1 billion dollars in extra defense spending next year, with a near tripling of missile funding and a new atomic powered surface ship planned. He outlined a substantial expansion in the missile field and a shift toward advanced weapons.
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Pentagon
Secretary of Defense
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Congress
Defense Department
Judge Holt Injured in High Speed Crash While Fleeing Police
Miami junior judge George E. Holt 53 was seriously injured when his Jaguar racing at 70 mph collided with a motorcycle after a police chase. Two motorcycle riders Leonard Feitelson 21 and Mary Martin 20 also suffered serious injuries. Holt is hospitalized at Jackson Memorial in serious condition.
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Miami
Fla
George E. Holt
Holt
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Leonard Feitelson
Mary Martin
Daytona Beach
Death Is Recommended For Mad Dog Killer
In Princeton Indiana a Gibson Circuit Court jury of 12 men convicted Leslie Irvin 31 of murder in the December 23 1954 slaying of Wesley Kerr 29 Evansville service station operator during a robbery The jury recommended the death penalty and the sentence was delayed by Judge A Dale E for appeals while Irvin remained calm outwardly.
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Princeton
Ind
Leslie Irvin
Gibson Circuit
Irvin
Wesley W. Kerr
Evansville
A. Dale E
Jury verdict read as Evansville man greets grieving mother
In a packed Henderson courtroom the defendant pat his mother Mrs. Alice Irvin of Evansville after the verdict. The case involved a triple slaying at the Duncan farm near Henderson Kentucky on March 21 with Goebel Duncan, 51, Raymond 21, and Elizabeth Duncan 19 among the victims.
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Alice Irvin
Evansville
Goebel Duncan
Irvin
Raymond
Elizabeth Duncan
Duncan Farm
Henderson
Living Costs Rise Slightly as Take-Home Pay Soars
The Labor Department reports a 0.1 percent increase in living costs from October to November. Take-home pay for factory workers hits a record high for the third straight month, averaging 72.85 dollars weekly for workers with three dependents and 65.49 dollars for those with no dependents, up about 80 cents from October. The gain stems from higher hourly wages and a longer work week, boosting buying power despite higher living costs.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Father and son share birth day at same hospital
In Madison Minnesota a man Charles Wright Jr. and his son Charles Wright III both became fathers yesterday at the same hospital. The elder Wright is 41 with six children. his wife is 40 and their latest grandchild is a boy. The younger Wright is 20 with a 1 year old daughter and his wife is 20.
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Minn
Marietta
Charles Wright Jr
Charles III
Wrights
Wright
Charles
Two Harvard freshmen killed in Indiana highway crash
Late News reports a highway collision near Elkhart Indiana killing two Harvard University freshmen from Lake Forest and Chicago and injuring two others including Adlai Stevenson II's son John Fell Stevenson.
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Elkhart
Ind
Harvard University
Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
John Fell Stevenson
William Stanley North III
Lake Forest
III
William C. Boyden Jr
Dodge City Waitress Wins $25,000 Prize
Ramona Mitchell, a 20 year old waitress from Dodge City, wins a 25000 top prize on the Arthur Godfrey show after writing her name on a contest blank. Lever Brothers sponsors the sweepstakes and a Dodge City grocery store receives 1000 for listing it as her shopping store. Mitchell is from Ford with a family including parents Edgar and (Cook) and siblings. two brothers serve in the Coast Guard and two recently finished Army service.
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Ramona Mitchell
New York
Arthur Godfrey
CBS
Lever Brothers
Godfrey
Miss Mitchell
South City
Edgar Mitchell
Ford
Ford High School
Coast Guard
Alaska
Market receipts and grain quotations from Wall Street Kansas City
Wheat prices range from 2.1114 to 2.3414 for various grades. Corn bids reach 1.47 for No 2 yellow and mixed, oats show slight declines, with soybeans quoted at 2.26 to 2.31. Bran and shorts prices are listed, and readers are urged to read the advertisements.
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Kansas City Cash
Kansas City
Probationary Troopers Fill Patrol Vacancies
The highway patrol announces two probationary troopers to fill vacancies. Walter Marvin Wiltse, 25, of Winfield, and Donald Dean Shepherd, 26, of Hutchinson, are appointed effective December 31. Wiltse comes from the Winfield Police Department and Shepherd has served as drivers license clerk for the patrol at Hutchinson.
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Topeka
Highway Patrol
Tomi Glasscock
Walter Marvin Wiltse
Winfield
Donald Dean Shepherd
Hutchinson
Wiltse
Winfield Police Department
Shepherd
Double Funeral For Ottawa Couple
Mrs. H. M. Thompson 80 and her husband 90, longtime Ottawa residents, died four days apart after long illnesses. The couple, married about 30 years, will lie in state then have a double funeral at Lamb Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Dr. Thompson, ordained Baptist minister in 1899, served Kansas Missouri and Colorado, retiring in 1953. Survivors include three daughters Helen Thompson Ottawa F W Riggs Hays H Meyer Sedalia Mo and two sons Herbert E Thompson Girard and Franklin W Thompson West Graham Va.
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Kas.p
H. Mac D. Thompson
Thompson
Tipton
Iowa
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Missouri
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America
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F. W. Riggs
Hays
H. W. Meyer
Sedalia
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Girard
Franklin W. ‘Thompson
West Graham
Tractors Fatal Collision Claims Local Farm Hand
Charles Franklin Spring, 68, a farm hand from near Williamsburg, died yesterday afternoon in a tractor accident one mile east and five miles south of Williamsburg. The incident occurred on the farm where he worked, authorities reported.
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Williamsburg, Kas
Charles Franklin Spring
Williamsburg
Here
Daughters Attend Funeral of Noah J. Siler in Homegoing Return
Daughters Mrs. E.8. Pughe of Canoga Park California and Mrs. Harold Kelley of Boulder Colorado returned home today for the funeral of Noah J. Siler. Another daughter Mrs. S.F. Goes of Gardena California plans to leave Saturday. Wilson County Choral Aires held a brief practice at Altoona Methodist church directed by Mrs. Walter Guenther and began caroling at Wilson County Hospital Neodesha and Wilson County Nursing Home Fredonia. The next practice is set for Jan 2 at 1 p.m. at the Altoona church with new music for a concert late February. Singers are invited to join.
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E. 8. Pughe
Canoga Park
Calif
Harold Kelley
Boulder
Colo
S. F. Goes
Gardena
Wilson County Choral - Aires
Altoona Methodist Church
Walter Guenther
Chanute
Wilson County Hospital
Neodesha
Wilson County
Fredonia
Altoona
Bentley Considers Bid for Kansas Governor
Rep. Bentley, in his fourth House term and foe of Gov. Fred Hall, says he is thinking seriously about a gubernatorial bid. He reports widespread discontent but has not decided, notes budget checks in Topeka, and leads Western Supply Co. with ties to Wichita and Hutchinson.
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Topeka
Howard Beley
Kinsley
Bentley
Fred Hall
House
Ways and Means
Hall
Western Supply Co
Wichita
Hutchinson
Bentley Land and ‘Cattle Co
Eisenhowers First Christmas In White House
The Eisenhowers return to Washington for their first Christmas in the White House. Their three grandchildren, David 7 Barbara Anne 6 and Susan 4, figure in the plans as the president may travel for health reasons. Maj John Eisenhower and the children will be at the White House for Christmas.
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White House
Washington
Santa Claus
David
Barbara Anne
Susan
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Pennsylvania
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