Postmaster gray package mystery and holiday city notes
A torn label Christmas package addressed to Aunt Ruby in New York may be claimable at the post office if she recognizes the names Deanie and Andy. In Garden City, merchants see a holiday gimmick. meters are covered to welcome shoppers. A Continental Mark II worth 10600 arrived at Million Motor Co with luxury features and high speed potential. Additional notes mention a stolen Christmas tree bulb spree, a UK based army note, and Army Private First Class Atkinson's deployment in Europe with family in Holcomb.
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Anyona
Ruby
Deanie
Andy
New York
Les Harp
Garden City
Kansas
Pennsylvania Railroad
Earl Jones
Scott City
Jones
News-Chronicle
John Boyer
Million Motor Co
Lincoln
Frank Meeker
Meeker
Army
PEC
James W. Atkinson
Dolores
Route 1
4Th Infantry
Germany
Air
22Nd
Fort Ord
Calif
Europe
Atkinson
W. F. Atkinson
Holcomb
Deaths and Funerals in Finney County and Gravette
Funeral services for J. L. Huff 86 father of Mrs. Harley Hoover were held in Gravette Arkansas. Huff an early Finney County settler operated the Huff transfer from 1906 to 1909 and lived in the Knauston district before moving to Gravette. Also noted, Mrs. J. T. Easley of Altamont died Dec 17 after living in Friend community and Labette County since 1911.
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Friend
Labettle County
Senator Sparkman fears budget plans will push deficit
Washington Senator Sparkman warns the Eisenhower administration is pursuing a balanced budget for 1957 elections while proposing a billion in military outlays and 200 million in foreign aid. He argues these proposals will not affect the current year and could create COD obligations for Democrats after 1957. He questions details of foreign aid and favors targeted technical assistance.
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Washington
Sen
Sparkman
D-A
Eisenhower
Senate Foreign Relations
White House
Grain market report from Garden City and Kansas City area
Wheat and corn prices listed with grades and ranges for No 2 and No 3 across several markets. Includes soybeans, sorghum, barley and bran with price ranges and minor changes, reflecting local supply levels as reported by Farmers Elevator.
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Garden City
Kansas City Grain
Kansas City i
Twins Do Fine After Separated Operation
CHICAGO A 14 month old pair of girls Deborah Marie and Christine Mary Andrews posed with unopened Christmas gifts at their home with parents Wilfred J. and his wife after returning from Mercy Hospital. Born Oct 1 1954 they were the first headjoined twins to survive a separation operation completed April 21 in a landmark 3 1 2 hour surgery.
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Chicago
Andrews
Wilfred J. Andrews
Deborah Marie
Christine Mary
Mercy Hospital
Salina Lamer Hotel Announces Expansion Plan
Salina's Lamer Hotel launches a $350000, two year expansion under H. B. Lamer. The chain also purchased the Clayton Hotel from Mrs Eloise Barbee and Mrs Sylvia Mayer, ending its lease.
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Salina
Salina Lamer Hotel
H. B. Lamer
Lamer Hotels
Clayton Hotel
Eloise Barbee
Sylvia. Mayer
Telephone Circuits To Be Jammed On Christmas Eve
Joseph A. Beirne president of the Communications Workers of America warned that telephone circuits will be jammed during the holiday period. He urged callers to place long distance Christmas Eve calls early to avoid delays.
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Washington
Joseph A. Beirne
The
Communications Workers of America
Market Slow as CHICAGO wheat futures slip before weekend
Chicago Board of Trade activity shows small price moves with wheat easing early then rebounding after short covering. Soybeans mimic wheat pattern while feed grains ease. weekly and monthly futures data cited. Kansas City livestock markets report mixed cattle and hog prices, with hogs up and various weight classes showing gains, sows scarce and sheep absent.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
ICC Signals Resolve to Preserve Regulatory Power
Washington report shows the Inter state Commerce Commission challenging proposed curtailments of its rate regulation powers in transportation. The ICC, in its first public comment on Eisenhower era cabinet work, warns that limited regulation and jungle competition will not yield the desired transportation system.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eisenhower
Cabinet Committee On Transportation
White House
ICC
Nineteen Guilty After Ignoring Air Raid Drill
Nineteen pacifists in New York were found guilty of violating the Defense Emergency Act by refusing to take shelter during an air raid drill in protest against war. Magistrate Hyman Bushel upheld the law's constitutionality, passed in 1950.
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New York US
New York State
Hyman Bushel
Ex-GIs Explain Why They Chose to Stay in China
Lois Mitchison reports from Peiping on seven UN ex prisoners including six Americans and one Briton who opted to remain in Red China. They cite hopes to aid future revolutions or learn about China, while awaiting conditions to return home. Some accuse U.S. actions of germ warfare and criticize Cold War pressures, with mixed views on safety and loyalty.
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Lois Mitchison
Red China
Associated Press
Hong Kong
Peiping
Lois Mitchison Peiping
China
United Nations
John R. Dunn
Baltimore
Andrew Fortune
Jonia
Miah
Scott L. Rush
Marietta
Ohio
Samuel D. Hawkins
Oklahoma City
Clarence C
Adams
Memphis
Tenn
Lawrence V. Sullivan
Omaha
Neb
Andrew Condron
Bathgate
Scotland
Sullivan
America
Rush
Condron
Hawking
Korea
Hawkins
Hawskins
Dr Otto John Arrested by West German Authorities
West German authorities formally arrested former intelligence chief Dr Otto John on suspicion of treason. John, who had been in voluntary detention since returning from East Germany on December 12, faced questions over possible disclosure of state secrets. Prosecutor Wiechmann indicated further charges could arise and denied advance Bonn knowledge or prearranged safe return. Henry Bonde-Hendriksen, a Danish journalist, said John claimed he was drugged when he disappeared in July 1954. John once led a two million dollar annual counterintelligence operation for Bonn.
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Karlsruhe
Germany
Otto John
East Germany
Carl Wiechmann
John
East Berlin
Wiechmann
Russia
Bonn
Interior Ministry
Hendrik Bonde - Hendriksen
West
East
West Germany
Wanted Check Artist Held After Garden City Fail
Cleveland R Williams a 62 year old man and another suspect were arrested on bad check charges and are held in Burlington Colorado for Finney County sheriff. Williams has a long record of past arrests and allegedly passed a series of counterfeit checks at several local businesses including Pat and Glenns Skelly, Dougherty Service, and Garden City Co op totaling about 71 dollars. The sheriff notes the suspect is known in Western Kansas with a history spanning about two decades.
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Cleveland R. Williams
Garden City
Brighton
Colo
Finney County
Nebraska
Texas
Iowa
Pat and
Glenn
Skelly
Dougherty
Garden City Co-op
Ralph Beckett
Williams
Kansas
Minnesota
Denver
Father of Rep. George Dies After Heart Attack
ALTAMONT Kas Frank E. George 79 former weekly newspaper publisher and father of Rep Myron V George R Kas died last night in an Oswego hospital He suffered a paralytic stroke Tuesday and a heart attack yesterday
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Altamont
Kas
Frank E. George
Myron V. George
R-Kas
Oswego
Dinner Party Ends in Hassle
A chaotic dinner scene on a quiet Hollywood evening ends with police involvement after a process server confronts actress Linda Christian at her home. The incident prompts deposition efforts by Edmund Purdom's lawyers and Mrs Purdom’s legal team.
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Hollywood
Linda Christian
Linda
Edmund Purdom
Purdom
Tita
Miss Christian
Tyrone Power
Mrs. Stanley
More Support For Soil Bank Plan Gains Backing
In Indianapolis, Sen Capehart led a meeting of 70 farmers experts and leaders endorsing a soil bank plan and a surplus commodities disposal commission. The plan would create a federal program paying farmers to retire land, plant grasses and legumes, and remove surplus crops from the market, backed by the Farm Bureau Federation.
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Indianapolis
Soil Bank
Suport
Sen
Capehart
R-Ind
Farm Bureau Federation
Kansas woman killed in Ohio collision
A two car collision near Bryan Ohio killed Dorothy M. Koons 41 Morrowville Kansas and Marilyn Peck 22 Waldron Michigan. Injured were Labron Koons 51 husband and their two daughters Frances 15 and Virginia Lee Hanshaw 21 Haddam Kansas.
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Bryan
Ohio
Here
Dorothy M. Koons
Morrowville
Kas
Marilyn Peck
Waldron Mich
Koon
Labron
Frances
Virginia Lee Hanshaw
Fire Prevention Session Ends With Blaze in Fulton
A Fulton fire destroyed two adjacent business buildings housing a restaurant and a tavern shortly after a city fire prevention meeting. Owner R. H. Dawson put losses at about $5,000, with partial insurance. Firefighters from Fort Scott and local residents’ bucket brigade prevented further spread.
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Fulton
Kas
R. H. Dawson
Fort Scott
Shopper Buried Dies Under Snow in England
SLAITHWAITE England April snowfall buries and kills Mrs Mary Whitwam 39 while Christmas shopping with her young daughter Margaret Ann. a mound of snow fulfills the tragedy as rescuers free the child and find Mary Whitwam dead at the scene.
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Slaithwaite
England
Mary Whitwam
Margaret Ann
Mrs. Whitwam
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Sie Atchison
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Lima
Beech Airc
Beth Steel
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Chrysler
Comw
B. C. Christopher & Co
du Pont
Ait Wren
Eagle P
Pana Nnl
Goodyear
P&l
Martin
Mont. Ward
Phill Pet
Cony
Woolworth Seas
Salina’s Lamer Hotel
Joseph R.) McCarthy
R-Wis
un-American Committee
U.S
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Rep. George
Noel
Henry Callison
Leonard Tabor
Burnside Drive
Petro Holovach
William Brewer
Leo Wilson
Denzel Bencini
Old Manor
Cecil Doris
Dighton
St. Catherine
W. G. Galliart
Olive
Harold Bernard McDonald
E. Filton
Charles Fredrick Scheuerman
Eighth
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Hugh Concannon
Tenth
Mae A. Smith
Ben RK. Smith
RK. F. Harner
Joan Kennedy-Younger
Windsor Hotel
Barber Shop
J. A. Palmer
Bryant
Chrysler Airtem
Prairie Gas & Equip. Co., Inc
Best
TOT 'N Teen Shop
North Main
Merlin's Service
Sinclair Products
Atherton
W. Pine
Hmetro
Conoco
Main & Fulton
Kansoe
A&a
Campbell
Agency
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