Soviets propose German peace conference in Prague or Warsaw
The Soviet Union proposed a German peace conference to be held in Prague or Warsaw within two months and gave drafts of a peace treaty to Western Big Three representatives. Tass said Moscow also wished to settle the Berlin question. The note replied to Western refusals of a prior proposal calling for U.S., British, and French troops to withdraw from West Berlin. The U.S. urged wider negotiations on the German problem and European security.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Prague
Warsaw
Berlin
Tass
United States
Britain
France
West Berlin
Germany
German Democratic Republic
East Germany
Federal German Republic
West Germany
Europe
U.S.A
U.S
India
Washington
Judge orders Little Rock School Board to advance integration plan
U S District Judge John E Moller ordered the Little Rock School Board to move forward within their official powers to carry out a campus integration plan for the closed high schools and to report within 30 days on affirmative steps taken. The order follows a Dec 2 1958 mandate by the 8th U S Circuit Court of Appeals at St Louis.
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Little Rock, Ark
Little Rock
U.S
John E. Moller
Miller
8Th
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Orval E. Faubus
Jesse W Carter
Fair Weather Area Outlook for Kansas Weekend
The Weather Bureau forecasts a pleasant weekend in Kansas with partly cloudy skies and a warming trend. Lows tonight expected 20 to 30 degrees, highs Sunday in the 40s to 50s, with fog in eastern areas clearing by mid morning.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Manhattan
Hutchinson
Goodland
Garden City
Winter Wheat Crop Estimate Below 1956
Washington AP It expects the current winter wheat crop to fall short of the 1956 record in its January 1 outlook. Moisture conditions for this year are less favorable than last year according to the Agriculture Department.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Big Creek WSCS Meeting At Reinhardt Home
Mrs Neal Heilman and Mrs Ralph Reinhardt will host the Big Creek WSCS at the Reinhardt home in rural Erie on Tuesday. A covered dish luncheon will be served at noon.
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Neal Heilman
Ralph Reinhardt
Reinhardt
Erie
Big Creek
WSCS
Stop for emergency vehicles using siren or red light
Police Department advisory cites required halt when ambulances police cars and fire engines approach with siren or red lights. Enforcement details follow local regulations and traffic codes.
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Police Department
Adg
School Census and Tax Notices Mix Up in Phoenixville
In Phoenixville 400 high school students and 40 Catholic nuns received delinquent tax notices by mistake. Tax records were mixed with a school census. the nuns likely won’t pay penalties since they didn’t receive original notices. 1958 personal taxes about 14 dollars per head were billed.
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Phoenixville
Allen L. Bevan
Bevan
Compromisers Grip Senate Filibuster Battle
In Washington the compromise factions led by Lyndon Johnson held the upper hand in the Senate filibuster showdown as a 60 to 36 first test passed. Douglas proposed a 50 vote or 98 senator majority halt after 15 days, while Johnson urged two thirds to end talkfests. Debate was limited to two hours per amendment with extra four hours for general discussion before final action.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dtex
Senate
Johnson
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
Douglas
Derailment Halts New Haven Main Line at Stamford
About 15 cars derail of a 70 car freight train near Stamford, jackknifing into an empty mail train and destroying the mail coach. Four cars plunge into an underpass near the Connecticut Turnpike as flames rise. No injuries reported. repairs expected after 24 hours with bus shuttles and local service bridging Stamford to New York.
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Stamford
Boston
New York
Greenwich
Conn
Connecticut
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas Rise to Ten in 1959
Topeka report shows Kansas traffic fatalities totaled ten year to date, with ten deaths this year and eleven in the same period of 1958, as recorded by the State Accident Records Section.
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Topeka
Kansas
Light Loot Ham Heist Stirs New York Case
Arthur Hutchinson a 42 year old Harlem check cashier was robbed last December of 7000 in a paper bag. Two negro men stopped him on Friday demanded the bag claiming the contents were money. They found a ham sandwich said it was poison and beat him before fleeing.
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New York
Arthur Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Harlem
American Airlines Moves to Resume Flights After Pilots Strike
American Airlines began recalling furloughed workers and planned to resume operations Sunday as union leaders prepared to act on a settlement with the Air Line Pilots Association ending a 22 day strike. Federal mediators announced a settlement in principle on Friday.
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Washington
American Airlines
American
Air Line Pilots Assn
Music Educators Conference Set for Pittsburg Jan 16 17
A second annual conference for music teachers will be held January 16 and 17 at Pittsburg State College in Pittsburg Kansas. John Davies of Elkhart Indiana will serve as consultant for the event.
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Pittsburg
Kas
Pittsburg State College
John Davies
Instrumental
Elkhart
Ind
Teacher Resigns in Neodesha to Join Emporia College
Neodesha Kansas AP reports Jerry Sinclair speech instructor and drama coach resigns at end of first semester to accept a position at Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia. The move shifts staff roles at Neodesha High School as plans unfold for the next term.
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Neodesha, Kas
Jerry Sinclair
Neodesha High School
Kansas State Teachers College
Emporia
Democrats Push Their Own Plan Winging Past Ike
Democratic leaders in Washington outlined a fast paced legislative drive to enact their own proposals with little regard for President Eisenhower. Senators including Murray Monroney and Humphrey urged new federal aid for schools and airports and pressed for bold defense and foreign policy steps amid hopes the Senate will lead on world peace.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Paul H. Douglas
D-10
Senate
House
Eisen
Hower
Sam Rayburn
Dtex
James E. Murray
D-Mont
U. S
Mike Monroney
Dokla
Monroney
Hubert Humphrey
Dminn
Humphrey
More Important Job for Molotov Hints from Mikoyan
In Chicago Mikoyan predicts Molotov may get a more responsible ambassador post while not returning to policy making. He calls Beria an adventurer and intriguer and stresses Soviet willingness to speak as equals, resisting dictation from the United States.
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Molotov
Mikoyan
Chicago
Anastas I. Mikoyan
V. M. Molotov
Law Club of Chicago
Lavrenty Beria
Civic Opera House
Beria
Soviet Union
United States
Adlai E. Stevenson
Unlawful to tail fire trucks or enter block near blaze
The Police Department will enforce a 500 foot minimum following distance and prohibition on entering the block where a fire is located, per advisory (Adg 227-70).
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Adg
Desperadoes Hold Anaheim Family Six Hours
Two young gunmen held Mr and Mrs Bernard Havey and others hostage for six hours in Anaheim. After a gunfight with police they escaped through a line of officers in sailor uniforms. They forced Mrs Havey to drive through checkpoints before releasing her unharmed.
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Los Angeles
California
Anaheim
Bernard Havey
Havey
Navy
St. Paul
Three-Way Collision Damages Three Cars
A three way collision at 2 30 pm at 18 South Central damaged the 1949 Pontiac of Sediey Bertlett Yount 79 Humboldt Route 2 the right front fender of a 1956 International driven by E R Belt and the left rear of a 1951 Cadillac owned by E W Adams Tulsa Yount was cited for failing to yield and faces a 4 pm next Thursday police court hearing. A second minor accident at Forest and Main around 9 30 last night left the left rear of both cars damaged involving Max Alter and Jerry D Jordan.
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S. Central
Sediey Bertlett Yount
Humboldt R. 2
Yount
E. W. Adams
Tulsa
E. R. Belt
S. Ashby
Forest and Main
Max Alter
St. Santa Fe
Jerry D. Jordan
Galesburg
R. I
Alter
Father Shows Son Firearm Safety When Gun Misfires
William J. Waltz and his son Billy were at Independence when a .22 caliber pistol discharged as the father demonstrated care. Waltz suffered a bullet wound to the left shoulder and was taken to a hospital for treatment.
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Independence, Kas
William J. Waltz
Billy
Waltz
Castro Faults U S For Supplying Dictators In Cuba
Fidel Castro urged sympathy for Americans while charging the United States armed Batista’s dictatorship. He noted Washington halted arms to Batista as Urrutia’s provisional government was recognized and said executions in eastern Cuba occurred after trials in military courts.
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Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
United States
U.S
Fulgencio Batista
Castro
Washington
Batista
Manuel Urrutia
Urrutia
Faure Chaumont
Revolutionary
Congress
Fulgencio Batista Chaumont
Chaumont
Carlos Pino Socarras
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