Kansas Guard appoints Col Browne to lead 195th Field Artillery Group
Col Charles H. Browne Jr. of Horton becomes commander of the 195th Field Artillery Group Kansas National Guard replacing Col Herman F. Schuster in a two officer switch announced by Maj. Gen. Joe Nickell. Schuster becomes executive officer of the 35th Division Artillery effective yesterday. The local Battery B, 297th Field Artillery Battalion under Capt Charles Rice will join in a Feb. 18 one day recruiting drive across 11 cities of the group.
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Charles H. Browne Jr
Horton
195Th Field Artillery Group
Kansas National Guard
Chanute
297Th Field Artillery Battalion
Topeka
Herman F. Schuster
Joe Nickell
Adjutant General of
Kansas
Schuster
Col. Browne
35Th Division
Charles Rice
$50 000 Claim Filed In Death Of Horseman
LEAVENWORTH Ormand W Leavel a Leavenworth auto dealer filed a $50 000 claim in Probate court against the estate of Ellis Hill killed in an auto accident Sept 8 Leav- enworths W G Leavel a well known horseman was also killed in the same crash eight miles south of here on U S Highway 73
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Leavenworth
Ormand
W. Leavel
Ellis Hill
Leavel
W. G. Leavel
Here
U. S. Highway 73
Woman Killed in Texas Car Crash
Mrs. Josephine Hart 23 wife of an airman stationed at McConnell Air Force Base Wichita was killed yesterday in a two car crash in drizzle and fog near Kyle Texas.
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Kyle
Texas
Josephine Hart
McConnell Air Force Base
Wichita
$26 Million Bills Move Toward Gov Hall Approval
The Kansas Senate sent more than 26 million dollars in appropriation bills to Governor Fred Hall for next fiscal year. The package includes 19.87 million for higher education operations and 263 thousand to 1.56 million allocations for state hospitals and training schools. Additional operating funds cover Boys and Girls Industrial Schools and state homes, plus 302,705 for the Attorney General and Kansas Bureau of Investigation. A separate measure would require legislative authorization for a state general fund property tax and redirect fee fund agency revenues to raise about 185 thousand annually for the general fund.
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Topekap
Fred Hall
Senate
Attorney General's Department
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Weather wrap forecasts continued cold and snow
A winter storm and forecasts dominate this report with snow totals across Kansas cities, bitter cold, and travel hazards. Chanute Iola and state highways are cited with inches of new snow and moisture content, plus groundhog tradition predicting six more weeks of winter.
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Animal World
CAA
Chanute
Parsons
Garnett
Iola
Slick Streets Trigger Multiple Chanute Mishaps
Three non injury traffic accidents were reported in Chanute yesterday afternoon. Virginia Wiltse’s car bumped a State police grader at Seventh and Plummer after brakes were applied. the grader remained undamaged. A collision at Beach and Steuben damaged the car and truck involved. A separate impact at 10th and Highland damaged a car. the driver Hosfelt was making a turn. A parked car at Fourth and Evergreen was later traced to Fred Johnson, with its side damaged.
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Chanute
Virginia Mae Wiltse
St.Plummer
State Highway Patrol
Plummer
Frank Carlburg
N. Lafayette
Milford Mac Driskill
N. Steuben
Wayne Beech
S. Central
Beach and
Steuben
Charles C. Burdick
Pittsburg
William Charles Hosfelt
S. Highland
10Th
Highland
Hosfelt
Margie Dean Burks
Fourth
Evergreen
Fred A. Johnson
R. 2
Bomb plan hints at huge hydrogen device
Congress hints that a hydrogen bomb with 2500 times Hiroshima power may be in planning. Senate approves a bill to expand durum wheat production used in pasta. Paris welcomes US UK proposal for Western Big Three talks on Middle East.
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Washington
Congress
Hiroshima
The
Senate
Parisp
Norway Delays Action on Russian Trawlers Dispute
Oslo says it will await a court ruling before responding to Russia's demand for the release of 14 Soviet fishing boats seized as poachers by the Norwegian navy. The Red trawlers were seized near Alesund after a Norwegian protest over alleged Soviet intrusion.
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Oslo
Norway
Russia
Alesund
Shoveling Snow Fatal for Kansan
Julius Herman Hornung 43 collapsed and died while shoveling his car from a snowdrift in Spearville near Dodge City. He was en route to Omaha and his Windhurst community home is nearby. The report notes his vehicle stalled in the drift during the effort.
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Spearville
Kas
Windthurst
Dodge City
Julius Herman Hornung
Omaha
Weather Bureau dismisses groundhog as forecaster for most regions
The Weather Bureau states groundhogs miss the mark as forecasters while noting weather proverbs vary by region. It cites winds on the Pacific Coast and Gulf/Atlantic states and warns coast sayings do not fit inland areas. The article adds the groundhog myth is bunk, but predicts a chilly Midwest and East with the mammal likely still outdoors.
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Chicago
U. S. Weather Bureau Today
Weather Bureau
Bureau
North
Africa
Europe
Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
West
Rockies
Postal Department Losses Mount as Rates Sought
President Eisenhower pressed Congress to raise postal rates after a Summerfield report showed the service losing about $1,000 a minute. The administration urged higher yearly revenues of about 4061 million dollars including a first class letter rate increase from 3 to 4 cents.
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Washington P
Eisenhower
Congress
Summerfield
Traffic Toll From 1955 Ranks Among Heaviest in U.S. History
The National Safety Council reports 1955 fatalities reach 92,000 from all accidents, with 38,300 deaths due to motor vehicle crashes. Vehicles caused about 1,350,000 nonfatal injuries and $4.7 billion in losses, while holidays saw record traffic deaths.
Kansas House kills Hall income tax proposal
Gov Hall proposed a 50 percent increase in individual and corporate income taxes to balance the budget, but the House voted 72 to 4 to kill the measure. Leaders say no new taxes will likely be levied this session, with the state relying on reserves for next year and seeking revenue options for the 1957 session. Rep Bower urged realism, while Morse proposed narrowing the tax hike to specific income brackets and corporations, arguing cuts reduced needed revenue to about 4.5 million.
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Topeka
Fred Hall
House
Max Dice
R-Johnson
John Bower
R-Mclouth
Bower
Ben Marshall
Lincoln
Mar Shall
John Morse
Mound City
Morse
State Highways Are Blocked By Snow In Kansas
State Highway Department reports four Kansas highways blocked by snow and stalled vehicles. Roads are slick and hazardous across sections with 35 vehicles halted near Haviland on U S 54. U S 154 west of Mullinville also closed along with State Highways 14 and 4. Icy packed conditions threaten U S 75 and U S 24 40 near Kansas City.
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Associated Press
Dodge City
Emporia
Parsons
el Dorado
Chanute, Garnett
Salina
Pekap
State Highway Department
Kansas
Haviland
U. S. 54
Mullinville
Ellsworth
Lincoln
Lindsburg
Carbondale
Burlington
Kansas City
Six Perish in Oregon Home Fire
A Portland area blaze killed Thelma May Graham and her four children Richard 7 Susan 5 Kathleen 3 Arthur Jr. 2 and a nephew Gerald Edward Myers 13. Only the father Arthur Merrill Graham 50 escaped after an explosion likely from an oil heater blew him through a window. The fire destroyed the suburban home late last night.
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Portland
Ore
Here
Arthur Merrill Graham
Thelma May Graham
Richard
Susan
Kathleen
Arthur Jr
Gerald Edward Myers
House Reduces School Aid Bill to Senate
The Nebraska House trimmed elementary aid from 18 250 000 to 17 538 322 and kept high school aid at 6 500 000, sending both to the Senate for concurrence. Amendments to abolish or cut high school aid failed in votes of 73 to 35 and 73 to 39, reflecting a long running dispute over funding.
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Topekap
House
Senate
Ways and Means
Ben Marshall
Lincoln
John Royce
Salina
Marshall
Royce
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Topeka Area
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section show 2 in the last 24 hours, 46 to date in 1956, and 51 for the same period in 1955.
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Topekap
Kansas
Doctor Says Decision Should Wait On Eisenhower Term
President Eisenhower remains undecided on a second term as White House physician General Snyder says the leader, 14 months after a heart attack, is not yet able to decide. The doctor notes ongoing recovery is satisfactory but declines to set a timetable.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Howard M. Snyder
Snyder
Senate trims Gov Hall office budget amid party clash
The Kansas Senate cut $8,000 from Gov. Fred Hall's office budget in a session that stirred Republican factional tensions. Amendments by Sens. Gunnels and Moore reduced salaries and operating allowances, while House leaders had already pared about $22,000 more from the request. The debate touched on payrolls paid by other departments and critique of the states labor relations law, with no change to the labor department funding.
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Senate
Fred Hall
J. O. Gunnels
Colby
J. H. Moore Jr
Salina
House
Ways and Means
William Weigand
R-La Crosse
Gunnels
Gunnell
Moore
Paul Wunsch
Kingman
Wilfrid Cavaness
Chanute
Ways and Means Committee
Revenue and Taxation Department
Wunsch
Don Hults
R-Lawrence
Kansas
Hults
Attack Planned On Hurricanes
The plan aims to perfect a foolproof 24 hour hurricane forecast within Florida in May. Robert H. Simpson of the Weather Bureau and Navy Air Force experts will lead international scientists in forecasting advances. The program seeks three day lead times and cloud seeding to divert storms from populated coasts.
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Miami
Fla.p
Florida
Robert H. Simpson
U.S. Weather Bureau
Washington
Navy
Air Force
Crash Fatal to Two Women in Snowstorm Head-on Collision
In Osborne Kansas during yesterday’s heavy snow, two Colby women died and a Nebraska trucker was injured in a head-on crash on icy pavement. The deceased were Miss Katherine Schroder about 50 and Mrs. Mary Rose McGee 53. The trucker, Joe Lamborn of Red Cloud Nebraska, was injured. Sheriff Henry Zackhoff said Schroder was driving a new car home from Detroit when the collision occurred.
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Osborne
Kas
Colby
Nebraska
Here
Katherine Schroder
Mary Rose McGee
Joe Lamborn
Red Cloud
Neb
Henry Zackhoff
Schroeder
Detroit
Lamborn
Burns Fatal Case in Independence Kansas
Helen Hinthorn seven died from burns after her dress caught fire from an open gas heater Tuesday night in Independence. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Hinthorn.
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Independence, Kas
Helen Hinthorn
Donald Hinthorn
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