Federal School Aid Gets Boost
Washington report says a White House Conference on Education endorsed expanded federal aid for school construction. Secretary Folsom told 1,800 delegates Eisenhower wouldask Congress for a broader program. The NEA hailed the plan and the conference urged aid distributed to states by demonstrated need.
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Washington
White House
Folsom
Eisenhower
Congress
Delgates
National Education Assn
John Buford
Mount Vernon
NEA
Kansas Farm Income Drops to Low Point in Latest Month
Official price figures from federal and state agriculture departments show Kansas farmers earned less for their products in the month ended Nov 15 than any comparable period since June 1946. The price index stood at 219 percent of the 1910-14 average, down 10 points from the prior month and 22 points from Nov 15, 1954.
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Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
City Plans Second Party For City Employees
The second annual city employees party is set for 7 p.m. Saturday, December 17 at the Civic Center. City Manager Deane Wiley announced each employee may bring one guest for the buffet supper and program. Recreation director Herman Beringer will arrange the entertainment. Last year 150 attended.
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Civic Center
Deane Wiley
Herman Beringer
Bread Is Staff of Life Jokes on Office Board
A humorous bulletin reads Bread is the staff of life but that is no reason why the life of the staff should be one long loaf. The quip plays on office life and pantry phrases for light relief.
Diver Recovers From Long Stay in River
SOLOMANS Maryland Navy diver Joe Tallarico emerged unharmed after nearly nine hours trapped in the Patuxent River. He spent four hours in a decompression chamber after being lifted from about 120 feet down near the naval ordnance laboratory test facility. Relays of 15 divers freed him from lines fouled on an anchor, and he said the cold was the hardest part. His wife Carmela embraced him as reporters looked on.
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Solomans
Joe Allarico
Patuxent River
Tallarico
Navy
Naval Ordnance Laboratory Test Facility
Washington
Carmela
Joe
Crutcher Enters Fifth District Race
John Crutcher a 39 year old real estate man and state senator from Hutchinson announced his bid for the Republican nomination in the 5th District congressional race to succeed Clifford R. Hope. A Navy veteran and KU graduate, Crutcher called the farm program the central issue and noted his rural background. He is not married.
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Hutchinson
John Crutcher
Clifford R. Hope
Crutcher
Kansas Young Republican Federation
Hope
Congress
Senate
Korea
Cliff Hope
Gray County
Rice County
Hutchinson High School
University of Kansas
Garden City Debaters Head to Oberlin Tournament
Garden City High School will send a six member debate team to the Oberlin tournament this Saturday. Participants are Roger Renfro Bert Biles Judy Anderson Carolyn Hubert Carl Martin and Ted Hall. Fifteen schools are expected. Last year Garden City claimed first and second places with Mrs George Anderson and Coach Brooks accompanying the team.
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Garden City
Oberlin
Bill Brooks
Roger Renfro
Bert Biles
Judy Anderson
Carolyn Hubert
Carl Martin
Ted Hall
George Anderson
Brooks
New Pheasants Added To Zoo
City purchases six pairs of pheasants to restore the Lee Richardson zoo collection. New species include White Lady Amhurst Reeves Swinhoe Blue Manchurian and Cheer bringing total pheasant types to ten. 1955 hatch. Birds behind Old Two Bits locomotive. Also four geese including a Blue pair acquired in a trade with Sioux Falls.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Clarksville
Tex
Zoo
Sioux Falls
Weather forecast for Kansas and surrounding towns
Cloudy conditions with light snow developing along the western border overnight and spreading into northwest Kansas by Saturday morning. Expect strong shifting winds and much colder temperatures with northerly winds to 40 mph. Tonight lows in the 20s, Saturday highs in the low 30s. Sunrise 7 42, sunset 5 25.
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Kansas
Garden City
Dodge City
Goodland
Great Bend
Liberal Toussell Pratt
Amarillo
Denver
Guymon la Junta
Lamar
Report Denies Aid Is to Blame
Gov Fred Hall rebuts Sen Paul Wunsch claim that 1957 predicted deficit stems from poor financing and one shot high school aid. Hall says the plan shifted funds but saved Kansas taxpayers 6.5 million in taxes and that deficits come from exhausted balances and lack of new revenues over the past decade. Wunsch defended voting for aid but acknowledged prior financing issues.
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Topeka
Fred Hall
Paul Wunsch
R-Kingman
Hall
Legislative Council
Kansas
Wunsch
Wunseh
GM Officials Hear an Angry Dealer's Letter
Washington and Senate anti rust investigators confronted General Motors top officers with a Pontiac dealer’s charge that GM treats dealers as pawns and vassals. M. H. Yager of Albany criticized GM for arrogant policies, while Curtice defended ethics and dealer interests as the hearing opened.
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Washington
Senate
General Motors Corp
Pontiac
GM Command
Harlow TH. Curtice
Alfred P. Sloan Jr
Judiciary
Subcommittee
O’mahoney D
Wye
O'Mahoney
M. H. Yager
Albany
N.Y
Yager
Curlice
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
Motorist Stopped at Wrong Emporia Garage
Two motorists headed to the Emporia garage for repairs where one man, Charles H. Koslowsky Jr. of Kansas City, lost $25 plus two cases of whiskey and his repair bill after a state ABC agent found un stamped liquor in his station wagon. Koslowsky was fined $25 in a justice court. The liquor was confiscated and to be sold at auction.
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Emporia
Charles H. Koslowsky Jr
Kansas City
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Koslowsky
Kansas
Justice of the Peace Court
Two Kansas Fatalities During Safety Drive
A head on collision near Dodge City killed Cristobal Hernandez 56 Spearville Kas and injured eight others two seriously A 74 year old pedestrian James R Bartlett was struck and killed by a car in Hutchinson during the safety drive efforts.
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Kansas
Topeka
Dodge City
Cristobal Hernandez
Spearville
Kas
James R. Bartlett
Hutchinson
Parked Bomber Explodes at Smoky Hill Air Base
An explosion ripped the midsection from a B47 bomber on a Smoky Hill AFB apron last night. Two maintenance men nearby were unharmed. Base officials cited an unknown cause and are investigating the blast two miles from Smoky Hill.
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Salina 1
Smoky Hill Afb
Kansas Dairy Group Appoints New Manager
J. W. Winfrey of Kansas City Missouri is named manager of the Kansas Dairy Association and will open an office in Topeka on December 12. He will oversee operations and represent the group in the region.
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Kansas Dairy Group
Topeka
J. W. Winfrey
Kansas City
Kansas Dairy Assn
FB Goes After New Members
More than 500 Finney County Farm Bureau members are expected to attend the annual membership campaign luncheon at the Warren hotel Pine Room. The drive aims for 1,000 members in 1956, adding 43 new members beyond the 1955 total of 957. Wayne Chamber’s reps estimated about 60 participants across eight townships. Garden City will join. Campaign committee members Ed Scott Kalvesta Lester Koch Friend and Fielding Hands plan the drive to recruit Farm Bureau and Blue Cross Blue Shield members, with Joe Smerchck and Gail Hamilton attending from state and district offices. The Rev. James Pierce of the Christian church will give the invocation and Hands will lead singing. The 11:30 a.m. luncheon kicks off the day.
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Finney County Farm Bureau
Warren Hotel
Pine Room
Wayne Chamber
Garden City
Ed Scott
Kalvesta
Lester Koch
Friend
Fielding Hands
Farm Bureau
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Joe Smerchck
Kansas Stite Farm Bureau
Manhattan
Gail Hamilton
Dodge City
James Pierce
The
Christian Church
Union Merger Joins AFL and CIO into One Federation
New York AFL and CIO merged to form a single federation of 16 million members, the largest in the free world. George Meany will head the combined AFL CIO, with Reuther likely to head the Industrial Union Department. Some leaders oppose the merger citing safeguards against discrimination and racketeering.
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New York
AFL
CIO
Free World
New Yorker
Hotel Statler
American Federation of Labor and
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Tist Regiment
Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union
New York City
Subway
Quill
George Meany
AFI
Reuther
Industrial Union
D Day Traffic Deaths Higher Than Last Year
The Associated Press reports Safe Driving Day fatalities rose above last year’s toll of 51 with at least 65 deaths in the 24 hour period. States varied widely with three major cities Philadelphia Los Angeles and Minneapolis each reporting one death and New England reporting none while weather rain and snow affected driving conditions nationwide.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
New England
Ohio
California
Indicted Officials Cry Politics In Tax Fraud Probe
Matthew J. Connelly and Theron Caudle, Truman era officials, defend against conspiracy charges as politics. Grand jury indicts Schwimmer and Cutie alongside others in a tax fraud inquiry tied to the Truman administration. Willis Newcomb, assistant attorney general, notes the grand jury work is finished.
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St. Louis
Matthew J. Connelly
Theron Lamar Caudle
Truman Administration
Grand Jury
Ha. Schwimmer
Kansas City
Schwimmer
Cutie
Wadesboro
N. C
Justice Departments
Ax Division
Truman
Wiilys Newcomb
Co Imeans
Police Seek Slayer of Kansas City Woman
Kansas City detectives searched the hobo jungles for clues in the Stay of Mrs Nell Lilley 83 year old drugstore operator found beaten to death yesterday in a back room of her store Eli Dahlin captain of detectives ordered the search in railroad yards after learning the slayer may have escaped by boarding a freight train in Davenport Iowa
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Kansas City
Kas
Nell Lilley
Eli Dahlin
Davenport
Iowa
RK and K Shredder and Juicer prices Dickinsons TV
RK and K Shredder and Juicer prices at Dickinsons TV record a compact, name-rich note. Dickinsons TV lists the latest model prices and features for shoppers seeking small home appliances including shredders and juicers.
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RK & K Shredder and Juicer
Dickinson's
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Gregg Zeerlin
Jaco
A. H. Elland
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