Miss Amy Pearl Resigns as Cole County Home Agent
The Cole County extension executive committee accepted Miss Amy Pearl’s resignation effective July 1. Doris Beebe of Carthage was named to fill the vacancy, succeeding Miss Pearl who will marry July 14 after two and a half years as home agent. Beebe, from Wisconsin, has worked in extension since 1944 and previously served at Atchison and Jasper counties.
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Cole County
Amy Pearl
Miss Pearl
Doris Beebe
Carthage
Chamois
Miss Beebe
Wisconsin
Atchison County
Jasper County
University of Missouri
L. A. B. Leslie
Encampment Opens At Governor Hotel With 1000 Attendees
Registration for Missouri VFWs 36th annual encampment rose to about 1000 by late yesterday and is expected to reach 1200 to 1500 by the three day session. General Hoge urged a unified approach to defense while valuing trained career service members. opening events included mayor Ellis welcome, flag presentations, and a military ball with open house at Roy Lone Post 1003. A parade and pageant of drums were planned for today with officer elections Sunday.
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Missouri Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Governor Hotel
VFW
Jefferson City
Arthur W. Ellis
VFW Ladies Auxiliary
Roy Lone Post No
East Capitol Avenue
Stave Mill Accident Kills Moberly Man
Fort Madison Iowa June 15 P Lee W Robinson 26 formerly of Moberly Mo died today at a hospital here of injuries from a stave mill accident at Farmington He fell into two equalizers his left hand was severed and he received gashes about his arms and chest He had moved to Farmington from Moberly three months ago.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Lee W. Robinson
Moberly
Farmington
Robinson
Weather Update for Jefferson City and Central Missouri
Partly cloudy today and tonight with scattered thunderstorms and little temperature change. Forecast shows highs around 82 and lows near 69 with light precipitation of about 0.04 inches in the 24 hours ending 6 30 p m Friday. River levels at Missouri sites show modest rises and minor rainfall amounts across Boonville Jefferson City Hermann and Osage Lake regions.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Gui
Kansas City
Boonville
Hermann
Osage
Lake of the Ozarks
Jefferson Oiy
Farmer Outslicks Slickers Running Drive In Theater
CAMBRIDGE Ohio June 15 a drive in theater here has a weekly buck night on which every vehicle is admitted for one dollar regardless of the number of persons it carries Last night a farm tractor pulling a hay wagon with 69 persons aboard was admitted for one dollar
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Cambridge
Ohio
Upholsterers Score Prison Goods Sales
The Up holsterers International Union censures Gov. Donnelly for allowing prison made furniture to be sold on the open market. The union notes open market sales exceed state agency sales by 15 to 1 and criticizes lack of appointees to the industrial advisory board for the state prison industries program. State corrections director Col James D Carter says no orders for prison furniture outside state agencies since January and the plant is down for rehabilitation with a plan to sell only to state agencies when it reopens.
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ST. Louis
International Union
Phil M. Donnelly
Donnelly
Industrial Advisory Board
Corrections Department
Donnelley
James D. Carter
Shepilov Starts Tour With Visit to Egypt
Soviet Foreign Minister Dmitri Shepilov left Moscow by air for a tour that will take him to Egypt Syria Lebanon and Greece He is to visit Egyptian National Day celebrations and the withdrawal of British forces from the Suez Canal The Egyptian government will host him and display military equipment bought from Soviet bloc countries credited to him
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Moscow
Dmitri Shepilov
Egypt
Syria
Lebanon
Greece
Suez Canal
Shepilov
Gas bill foes NGO leader testifies before Senate panel
Paul Kayser of Houston, president of El Paso Natural Gas Co., told the Senate Lobby Investigating Committee he favored dropping further consideration of the natural gas bill if the public is well informed. He tied NGO to industry funding and noted NGO’s educational campaign funded by oil and gas firms, suggesting such efforts influence Congress. He acknowledged NGO contributions of about $14,050 and discussed tax-deductibility questions.
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Washington
Texas Gas Company
Congress
Paul Kayser
Houston
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Senate
House
Kayser
Natural Gas and Oil Resources Committee
NGO
McClellan
D-Ark
Eisenhower
Sen
Cole County Farm Sales Near Four Million in 1954
The Department of Commerce reports Cole County producers sold farm products totaling 3,934,953 in 1954 from 1,477 farms. Livestock and dairy led with 1,578,191 and 1,054,486, followed by field crops at 837,715 and poultry at 372,844. Other values include vegetables 22,291 fruits and nuts 26,542 horticultural specialties 31,180 and forest products 11,704. Nationwide farm sales reached 733,733,793 with neighboring counties posting varied totals.
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Cole County
Department of Commerce
Missouri
Callalway
Gasconade
Maries
Miller
Moniteau
Morgan
Osage
Industrial Production Stable Economy Keeps Steady Pace
The Federal Reserve reports May and early June activity show steady economic pace with slightly higher construction spending and record farm employment. Indications show industrial production at 142 in May, near April, March, and February levels, while auto and steel output faced cuts from stoppages.
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Federal Reserve Report
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Indus
Eisenhower shows progress but no pledge on second term
President Eisenhower’s doctors report another milestone in recovery at Walter Reed. He has restored normal intestinal activity and is not receiving IV feeding, sipping two ounces of liquids hourly. A good day with conversations and visits followed by plans to meet Nixon and Dulles Monday in hospital.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
James C. Hagerty
White House
Maj
John Eisenhower
Hagerty
Sherman Adams
Time
Newsweek
U. S. News and World Report
Nixon
Dulles
Temperature in 90s Prompt Snow Removal Fine
PORT HURON Mich June 15 In a sweltering courtroom James L Smithers 30 paid a $5 fine for violating Port Huron snow removal ordinance He recalled the December 1954 ticket for blocking a downtown snow sweeper while renewing his license the reminder of the old debt and snow.
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Port Huron
Mich
James L. Smithers
Port Huran
Community X Ray Unit to Tour Cole County
Donald E. Thurston of the State Health Department will meet Cole County health chairmen to finalize plans for a mobile chest X ray unit. Two units will operate locally with tour stops announced after meetings set for Centertown Russellville Eugene Taos and St. Thomas from June 20 to June 22, each with local hosts and organizers.
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Donald E. Thurston
State Department of Health
Cole County Community Health
Jefferson City
Centertown
Othelia Thompson
J. D. Shannon
Les Walters
Russellville
P m
D. W. Campbell
Art Hannapel
Archie Russel
Eugene
Ford Spalding
Herbert Hahn
Gus Thomas
Taos
Clarence Schnieders
Art Thompson
Leslie Joyce
St. Thomas
Frank Lueckenhoff
Agreement Near on Road Bill in Congress
Washington dispatch reports Senate and House conferees reached tentative accord on all major highway bill points except one after a marathon session ending at 10 45 p m They planned another session Wednesday to resolve construction details The disputed point concerns adding 2500 miles to the interstate system with Senate favoring the expansion and the House opposing any increase at this time
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Washington
Senate House
Gore
D-Tenn
Senate
House
Truman as luncheon guest of Dutch prime minister
Former U S President Harry S Truman visiting Europe was hosted at a luncheon by Dutch Prime Minister Willem Drees in The Hague on June 15.
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the Hague
Netherlands
U. S
Harry S. Truman
Europe
Willem Rees
Subways resume schedules amid talk of new strike
New York digested a tense calm after the first citywide subway strike. Rumors of a fresh disruption spread as 27 motormen faced suspensions, and MBA leaders warned about possible action at a Tuesday meeting. Mayor Wagner urged restraint while lines slowly returned to service.
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New York
New York City
Michael J. Quill
Afl-Cio Transport Workers
Motormen's Benevolent Assny
Quill
MBA
Theodore Loos
Transit Authority
Robert F. Wagner
Boycott Threat Shuts Tallahassee Bus Service
Florida capital faces possible closure of its only public transit on July 1 as a Negro boycott grows. The Cities Transit Co. warned the service may stop unless financial issues caused by the protest are resolved. Tallahassee’s about one third Black population has refused rides since May 28 over segregated seating, with white citizens forming a committee to aid travel and fund subsidies.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Cities Transit Co
The
Democrat
Wwiders
Union Rejects Big Three Steel Offers
A deadlock between the United Steelworkers of America and the Big Three steel firms in New York unfolded as unions rejected wage and other proposals as entirely inadequate. Four-man negotiating teams will meet again at 10 a.m. tomorrow as talks continue on a five year contract with modest wage increases and benefits, while management insists on limits.
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New York
United Steelworkers of America
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem and
Republic
John A. Stephens
David J. McDonald
Priests Freed by Red China
Two American Roman Catholic priests from San Francisco, Rev. John William Clifford and Rev. Thomas Leonard Phillips, reported they had been released from Chinese Communist imprisonment. They spoke to the Associated Press by telephone from Shanghai, awaiting further orders as they remain at the former Belgian mission.
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Hong Kong
Associated Press
John William Clifford
Thomas Leonard Phillips
San Francisco
Peiping Radio
Belgain
Shanghai
Red
Father Clifford
U. S
Homer Bradshaw
Security System Dropped In Nonsensitive Positions
Washington June 15 Atty Gen Brownell suspended the Eisenhower administration s federal employee security program for nonsensitive jobs ordering 17 suspended workers restored to duty to conform with a Supreme Court ruling. The 6 3 decision limited broad use of security grounds and Congress members criticized the action while Mundt proposed a bill to restore the program in nonsensitive areas.
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Washington
Brownell
Eisenhower
Supreme Court
Congress
Sen
Olin B. Johnston
D-Nc
Senate Post Office and Civil Service
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Mundt
Senate group restores Asia aid allotment
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee boosted the foreign aid bill to 4.5026 billion dollars, restoring 100 million for Asian economic development and cutting 12.4 million in technical program sections. The panel recessed with the measure 702.6 million over the House plan as a floor fight looms next week. Kefauver backed the 600 million dollar increase, urging policy alignment with the President and Joint Chiefs.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Congress
House
Eisenhower
Knowland
California
Bridges
Kefauver
Sen
Tennessee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Contract Date Set On St. Louis Project
St Louis sets March 1, 1959 as the deadline to award the first construction contract for the 130.987 million flood control project. Mayor Raymond R. Tucker and Col George E White Jr signed a memorandum outlining the timetable for the joint federal city program following Senate approval of a 551 thousand dollar appropriation to begin engineering plans for fiscal 1956-57. The bill, approved by the House, awaits a joint appropriation committee resolution of House and Senate differences.
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ST. Louis
Raymond R. Tucker
George E. White Jr
Senate
House
Joint Appropriations Committee
Smoking Car Bridal Shower On Commuter Train
PHILADELPHIA June 15 The smoking car of the Reading Railroad's Newtown local hosted a bridal shower for Helen B Corbett 21 and F Roy Kay Jr 26 who met on a two year ride to work. Commuters decorated the car with crepe streamers gifts and a large drawing of Helen fleeing her employer for her fiancé. The event included rose petals and a parade of kitchen goods as the couple prepared to marry tomorrow with messages from 30 commuters and remarks from officials at Reading terminal.
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Philadelphia
Reading’ Railroad
Newtown
Reading
Helen B. Corbett
F. Roy Kay Jr
Helen
Lawndale
Kay
Charles H. Goodnow
F. Roy Kay Sr
Reading Terminal
Sidney Rhoads
Joseph A. Fisher
Harry Deitelbaum
U S Education Chief Resigns for Detroit Post
Samuel M. Brownell resigns as U S commissioner of education to become Detroit superintendent at 30000 dollars annually. He notes low government pay drives officials away, while Detroit mayor earns 25000 and governor is paid 22500. Brownell has served 24 1/2 years, on leave from Yale.
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Washington
Samuel M. Brownell
U.S
Detroit
Michigan
Brownell
Eisenhower
Board of Education
Arthur Dondineau
Albert E. Cobo
Herbert Brownell Jr
Yale University
Dutch Premier denies abdication and royal split rumors
The Hague June 15 Dutch Premier Willem Drees denied rumors the Queen Juliana might abdicate or that the royal couple could divorce or separate. He rejected reports of influence by Greet Hofmans and refused to discuss the Queen’s private life, stating the government acts only on public matters.
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the Hague
Willem Drees
Juliana
Prince Bernhard
Greet Hofmans
Miss Hofman
Drees
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