Lawmakers Cavaness Sherman Prepare For 1955 Kansas Session
State Senator Wilfrid Cavaness and freshman Rep. John N. Sherman Jr. travel to Topeka to gear up for the 1955 Kansas Legislature. They discuss potential tax, high school aid issues, distribution equity, and district court plans, noting no new taxes and ongoing speakership contest.
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Wilfrid Cavaness
Topeka
Kansas
Senate
John N. Sherman Jr
Cavaness
Wilson
Neosho
State General Fund
Sherman
District Court
Warren W. Shaw
Robert Jennison
Healy
Fred Hall
Kansas Legislature Faces Tough 1955 Session Start
Legislators prepare for a nine day session with vast issues including high school aid tax relief water rights and anti gambling measures. Revenue gaps loom as administration reports a four million deficit last year and reserves dwindle to about 18 million.
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Kansas
State Department of Administration
Associated Press
Paul Wunsch
R-Kingman
President Eisenhower Urges Harmony With Congress On Farm Programs
President Eisenhower asked a Democratic Congress to give his farm program a chance as he outlined State of the Union measures. He defended flexible price supports and said surpluses were being moved into use while deficits decline and disaster aid costs share with states. He promised later recommendations to aid low income farmers and strengthen drought and flood relief programs.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
State of the Union
U N Secretary Meets With Reds In Freedom Bid
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold held talks with Chou En Lai in Peiping on his trip to secure release of 11 American airmen convicted of espionage. The meetings span yesterday to this weekend with Peiping confirming attendance by senior foreign ministry officials and U N aides.
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U.N
Tokyop
Dag Hammarskjold
Red China
Chou En-lai
Peiping Radio
Hammarskjold
Chou
United States
Chang Han Fu
Chou Keng Sheng
Ministry of Foreign Affair
Tung Yueh Chien
Foreign Ministry
Peiping
Achmed S. Bokhari
Per Lind
Humphrey Waldeck
U. N
New York
Chanute Milk Plants Earn High Health Ratings
Chanute milk plants and local farm producers receive high ratings from the Kansas State Board of Health survey. Chanute plants average 95.88 percent, farm producers 92.74, enforcement methods 98.7, with outside plants and their farms also scoring well. The board notes 90 percent as good and 100 percent as perfect for pasteurized milk safety.
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Chanute
B. D. Winters
Kansas State Board of Health
Winters
State Board
Public Health Service
Turner Joins Bank of Commerce Board in Annual Meeting
H. O. Turner, assistant cashier, was added to the Bank of Commerce board of directors at the annual stockholders meeting Tuesday. All other directors were re elected. Officers were re elected: Frank F. Young president, William Gough executive vice president and cashier, J. W. Payne vice president, H. O. Turner, J. F. Bush and Daisy Jordan assistant cashiers.
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H. O. Turner
Bank of Commerce Board of Directors
Joe F. Balch
Frank F. Young
William Gough
Huth T. Jones Jr
W. G. Bodley
J. W. Payne
D. C. McCune
J. F. Bush
Daisy Jordan
Boy Granted Name Change to Borodin
New Jersey City county judge grants 17 year old Howard Goldbrick permission to change his name to Borodin citing upcoming Army service in May and potential embarrassment over his birth name.
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Jersey City
N. J
James A. Coolahan
Howard Goldbrick
Borodin
Goldbrick
Airplane Crash Reported Near Braman Oklahoma
The highway patrol reported a four engine airplane crashed in a wheat field one mile east of Braman Oklahoma. It is believed to be a military aircraft from Vance or Tinker Air Base with unknown aboard. First reports mentioned a 10 to 12 foot crater and scattered body parts.
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Pawnee
Okla
Highway Patrol
Braman
Vance
Tinker Air Base
Oklahoma
Traffic fatalities and a Topeka hospital visit noted
Kansas accident records show 24 hour totals with 1955 posting 1 death to date and 14 for the period in 1953 8. Kenneth Summers of 1017 S Central went to Santa Fe hospital in Topeka for observation.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kenneth Summers
S. Central
Santa Fe Hospital
Yes but Response By Demo Leaders
Democratic leaders in Congress said they would assess President Eisenhower's State of the Union proposal in a constructive spirit while reserving judgment. Senate Republican Leader Knowland praised the plan as constructive domestic legislation likely to gain bipartisan support.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Senate
Democratic Party
Knowland
Calif
U S Citizen Held After Remon Assassination in Panama
Panama police detained 34 year old American Martin Irving Lipstein incommunicado amid the slaying of President Jose Antonio Remon at Juan Franco race track. Police questioned about 70 suspects. other American Roy Bettis released after questioning on the night of the murder. Authorities linked the crime to German made Schmeisser machine guns seized from former president Arias, who was ousted in 1951. Lipstein’s travel details and gunpowder traces cited as possible leads.
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Panama
U. S
Jose Antonio Remon
Martin Irving Lipstein
New York
Remon
Juan Franco
U.S
Roy Bettis
Waukegan
Ill
Canal Zone Administration
Panama City
Bettis
National Guard
Chiriqui
Here
Arias
Lipstein
Italy
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Guaira
Venezuela
Lutheran Church Membership Near Doubles Since 1918
New York church official reports United Lutheran Church membership has nearly doubled since its 1918 organization. Current figure reaches 2,141,626, reflecting growth across congregations and regions.
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New York
United Lutheran Church
Clear and Colder Outlook With Light Precipitation
Kansas weather update notes clear conditions through Friday with cold nights and highs mainly 35 to 40. Snow and rain yesterday added moisture to northern areas while Suk central and southwest stayed dry. Pittsburg reached 62 yesterday, Goodland 28.
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Topeka
Kansas
Pittsburg
Hill City
Goodland
Weather Bureau
Eisenhower Seeks Harmony in State of the Union Address
President Eisenhower delivered the State of the Union before a Democratic Congress urging national unity amid a year of trial for peace and freedom. He warned of Soviet power, touted growing prosperity, and proposed measures including tariff cuts health aid labor reform Hawaii statehood and an increase in the minimum wage. He announced a February 15 special message on school facilities and urged bipartisan action to advance key objectives.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Hawaii
Senate
House
Capitol
John Eisenhower
Richard M.nixon
John Foster Dulles
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Hall
Ed F. Peterson
Neosho County
Republican Central Committee
James A. Butin
Kansas State Medical Society
Frank
William H. Bailey
Dodge City
Chance
Casey Drug Co
Turner
Bank
Tribune
Porkecast
Calder
Rayburn
CAA
J. Patrick
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Glenn Defebaugh
Airways
I. W. Mace
Mace
Burl O'Connor
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