Four Air Force Officers Forced To Confess
Washington reports a Air Force spokesman said a false germ warfare confession was extracted from Capt Harold Fischer Jr and three other pilots by Chinese communists. Fischer, a Swea City Iowa native and Korean War jet ace, released May 1 after over two years in prison camps. The four officers allegedly confessed to crossing the Yalu River under Air Force orders, which the spokesman said were never issued. No disciplinary action is planned. the men likely will be cleared. Other released officers named are Lt Col Edwin Heller Wynnewood Pennsylvania Lt Lyle Cameron Lincoln Nebraska and Lt Roland Parks Omaha Nebraska.
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Omaha
Utility Values Show Increase in Kansas Utilities
The Kansas Commission of Revenue and Taxation announced the state total assessed valuation of public service companies at 785,697,671 dollars, up 46,752,642 dollars or about six percent from last year. Railroads 280,832,017. Pipelines 255,818,133. Electric power 163,497,219. Telephone 83,242,876. Telegraph 1,320,035. Interurbans 575,440. Express 111,950.
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Graham Opens German Series
Evangelist Billy Graham was welcomed in Frankfurt by Karl Goebels of the Hessian Lutheran church who voiced concerns about certain forms of American evangelization. Graham said revival is alive in Western Europe and beyond the Iron Curtain and emphasized the Bible as the answer, not mass meetings.
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Karl Goebels
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Scientists Study a Sun Eclipse
In Colombo Ceylon the moon covered the sun over South Asia as heavy rain clouds blocked most views. Only central Ceylon saw the eclipse clearly under an American Harvard team who reported the four minute total phase and successful experiments.
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Thousands of North American mammals counted
The Smithsonian Institution announced a new inclusive list of North American mammals tallying 3 622 known forms including genera species and varieties. The count notes rodents as the largest order with about 2 000 forms, drawing on work by Gerrit S Miller Jr and Dr Remington Kellogg.
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Gerrit S. Miller Jr
U.S. National Museum
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After Ten Years the UN Proved Useful in World of Hate
James Marlow reviews ten years of the United Nations noting both its usefulness and limits. He discusses the UN’s lack of an armed force, ongoing wars, and how alliances outside the UN, notably US and Russia, shaped peace efforts. He highlights the Security Council veto power as a dual tool and constraint.
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Vaccinated Kids Told To Stay Out of School
In Franklin Lakes New Jersey eight youngsters who received Salk antipolio shots complied with a Board of Education request to stay away from school for the remainder of the term. They did not report to classes today as the term ends Friday. The board acted after reports that parents of other students fear the inoculated children might be polio carriers.
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Franklin Lakes
Board of Education
Carpet Cleaning Breakthrough Advertised as Blue Lustre
A new carpet cleaner named Blue Lustre is claimed to be the easiest and cleanest home cleaner. It supposedly leaves no residue, keeps fibers fluffy, restores color, is easy to apply, and safe for fine fabrics. Sold as a concentrate, a half gallon purports to clean three 9x12 rugs. Fankhauser's 109 Grant, phone 6762.
Kansan Killed in Accident Near Parsons
ERIE Kas. E K Davis 51 of rural Parsons died in a single vehicle crash last night about 18 miles southeast of Parsons. Sheriff Lee Montgomery Neo sho County said Davis was alone in a pickup when it left the county road and overturned. a passing motorist found the body.
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Bandits Scatter Tacks After Inglewood Heist
In Inglewood California six bandits robbed three employees of the Inglewood Finance Co yesterday, taking 319 dollars. They then removed their shoes and scattered carpet tacks on the floor. Manager Don Knox, 47, called police instead of pursuing.
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Reds Take Extra Care At Mansion
In Hillsborough California security is the watchword at the 15 room mansion housing Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov and his delegation. A bystander saw a household staff member stopped at the gates while guards thoroughly searched a suitcase before repacking. Molotov relaxed under a beach umbrella by the estate pool.
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Wage Hikes Approved For Elevator Workers Kansas City Rise
Management and labor representatives announced an 8 cent an hour wage increase for 13 grain elevators in greater Kansas City. Between 250 and 300 workers are affected.
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Two Girls Chosen for National Girls State
LAWRENCE Kas The Sun flower Girls State has named Molly Clark of Hutchinson and Janie Dean of Kansas City as delegates to Girls Nation in Washington in August The 18th annual Girls State closed here Saturday.
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NEA elects Kansan as treasurer at convention
BANFF Alta NW E. A. Briles of Stafford Kas was reelected treasurer of the National Editorial Assn at its annual convention. Don Hardy publisher of the Canon City Daily Record was named president.
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