Luce as potential female VP stirs GOP shakeup in 1956
columnist notes Clare Boothe Luce probes a bid to be vice president, eyeing early 1956 run with support from Time Life Fortune. critics argue over her Catholic status, party balance, and impact on Nixon renomination amid debate on Air Force Academy plans and funding.
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Clare Boothe Luce
Italy
United States
Joe Martin
Congress
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Martin
Republican Party
Time
Life and
Fortune
GOP
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Sen
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Republican High Command
Air Force Academy
Air Force
Harold Talbott
Talbott
Colorado Springs
The WACs Fort McClellan Kitchen on Every Floor
Editorial notes a pastel fort at Ft. McClellan Arkansas housing WACs with on each barracks floor a separate kitchen for spare time cooking. The piece jokes that this self provisioning leads to bigger uniforms and urges peace, satire on military logistics, and mentions designer Hattie Carnegie.
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Wacs
Ft. McClellan
Ark
Women’s Army
The
Army
WAC
Hattie Carnegie
Home Handyman’s Frustrations Teach Humble Lesson
In 1946 a narrator chronicles failed do it yourself projects from a backyard fence to a cabinet rack, losing over 300 dollars in tools and materials. The tone laments misjudged DIY efforts and concludes that skilled tradespeople deserve trust as repairs restore order and yield real value.
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East Chestnut Street
The Din Starts Early in 1956 Campaign Weather
The piece notes early campaign feuds and predictions between Republicans and Democrats over Eisenhower’s South performance, farm voting effects, and issues like polio vaccine and UN support. It observes media speed extending the campaign into an around-the-clock effort, culminating in voter fatigue by election day.
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Adlai
Eisenhower
South
White House
Looking Back From The Parsons Sun Commencement Note
Commencement season prompts a backward glance at faculty salaries vs rising student pay. Graduates face bright job prospects and keen competition in many fields. If salaries fail to keep pace, academic ranks risk significant long term losses.
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Parsons Sun
Benes
Colorado roads damaged by heavy rain in eastern state
The Colorado Highway Department reported yesterday that several bridge approaches were washed out and highways damaged by severe rainstorms in eastern Colorado. Officials expect repairs within two to three days. Only U.S. highways suffered road shoulder washouts.
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Denver
Colorado Highway Department
Colorado
U.S
Newton city employs vote 5 percent pay hike
Newton Kansas city commissioners approved a 5 percent pay hike for all city employees effective next January. The decision will raise fire protection rates for seven Harvey County townships that rely on Newton, with Elbing and North Newton also facing higher protection costs.
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Newton
Kas
Harvey County
Elbing
North Newton
Garden City Telegram front matter and masthead notes
The Garden City Telegram page section lists editorial and staff roles including editor and advertising manager. It shows publication details, AP news rights, subscription rates 6c per issue, 7.50 per year in state, 12 per year elsewhere, and mailing as second class matter in Garden City Kansas.
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Garden City
N Pinney
Lane
Scott
Wichita
Greeley
Hum- Haskell Gras
Warden City
Kansas
British Sub Is Ripped by Blast
PORTLAND England A practice torpedo exploded ripping open the Royal Navy submarine Sidon moored near the depot vessel Maidstone. The blast sank the sub in Portland harbor with 13 men trapped. Admiralty said seven hours later all hope abandoned for three officers and 10 ratings presumed dead. seven other crewmen escaped with slight injuries. J P L Thomas said one officer and seven ratings injured in hospital.
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England
Ihen Thursday
Portland Harbor
Admiralty
Maidstone
Sidon
J. P. L. Thomas
House of Commons
London
Oil Firm and Union Reach One-Year Contract Pact
Sinclair Oil Corp and the CIO Oil Workers Union announce a new one year contract effective June 15 to prevent a nationwide 10,000 worker walkout. The agreement provides a 10 cent hourly wage rise retroactive to March 1 plus enhanced sickness and accident benefits and other improvements.
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New York
Sinclair Oil Corp
CIO Oil Workers Union
Prayerful daily devotion from The Upper Room
Read Hebrews 11:1-6 on faith as the substance of things hoped for. A brief prayer thanks God for faith shaping life, asks for love to perfect the heart and guidance to serve, and for strength to overcome the world through Christ. Amen.
Kansans Show Interest In Civil Defense
Kansans show greater interest in civil defense problems, says Howard Searle state civil defense director after nationwide practice alert last Wednesday.
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Howard Searle
Water Problem Forum To Be Held at Halstead
Newton Kansas city and farm representatives will meet at Halstead within the next month to discuss water problems in the Wichita area. A five man planning committee outlined a program for the meeting to attempt settlement of long standing disputes over water rights in Harvey McPherson and northern Sedgwick Counties.
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Newton
Kas
Halstead
Wichita
Harvey
McPherson
Sedgwick
Public School Group Elects New Officers
In Hutchinson Kansas the Kansas Citizens' Committee for Public Schools elected Mrs. Hugh Blevins of Fort Scott as president and Elmer Anderson of Clay Center as secretary-treasurer at their first meeting yesterday.
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Hutchinson
Kas
Kansas Citizens’ Committee For Public Schools
Hugh Blevins
Fort Scott
Elmer Anderson
Clay Center
Whole Armor of God book review by Ralph Sockman
A 1955 Abingdon Press study by Ralph Sockman is praised for its practical Christianity. It critiques church comfort and urges a militant, energetic faith aligned with Ephesians 6’s armor. The review notes Sockman’s influence, its target audience, and calls for church action more than theory.
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Ralph W. Sockman
God
New York
Abingdon Press
Ralph Sockman
Lockman
Christ
Paul
Sockman
Britain’s Queen Mary sails blocked by wildcat strike
In Southhampton England British seamen’s wildcat strike halts the 81,000 ton liner Queen Mary from sailing to New York. The action tightens pressure on Britain’s passenger lines, with strikers aiming to cripple Cunard’s pride of the fleet.
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Southhampton
England
Britain
New York
Cunard
Crossword by Eugene Sheffer Horizont/ 1
Puzzle lines show a dense mixed list of clues for across and down entries, with partial entries, theme hints, and stray cipher-like strings from a vintage newspaper cryptogram page, including a note on average solution time and vendor syndicate marks.
From Here to Maternity and June birthday notices
Advance notice lists June birthdays and anniversaries including L. L. Meleum 85, W. C. Ester 77, their daughter-in-law Mrs. Lorraine Pearce soon Mrs. C. E. McCarty, and Mrs. Stella Lindner and others. Serena and Lucien Downing celebrate their 25th anniversary as they open a Seventh Street dining establishment. Ruth Austin returns from Navy service and plans to stay through August.
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L. L. Meleum
North
Meleum
Claude
Vern Meleum
W. C. Ester
Lorraine Pearce
C. E. McCarty
Lively
Tapscott
Odelia Slattery
East Spruce
Stella Lindner
North Thirteenth
Serena
Lucien Downing
Downings
Seventh Street
Ruth Austin
Emma Austin
Ruth
Uncle Sam
San Francisco
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