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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1955
Page
2
A motorist named Ralph Eugene Thomas, 21, of Independence, Missouri, was killed when his vehicle collided with a truck on U S Highway 50 yesterday. It marked Johnson County's 16th traffic death of the year, higher than the 11 tallied at the same point last year.
The Post Tribune notes a weekly weekday edition with carrier delivery in Jefferson City and surrounding Missouri counties. It lists pricing for subscriptions in multiple counties and regions, with annual and multi month options and service notes for home delivery.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars departed after a Missouri convention and favored Jefferson City as a good site for a future gathering. Columbia offered a bid for about 500 attendees, but officials note coverage gaps. The host city’s committee touts success in attracting meetings and state HQ, despite weather and cost concerns.
A Washington based column notes that Radio Free Europe, started in Berlin to broadcast American propaganda, may lose a license in Bonn unless reorganized and house cleaned. It accuses pro communists of infiltrating the operation, naming Joseph Grow and Allen W. Dulles as key figures, with Eisenhower and other officials pictured as involved. The piece ties the outfit to a covert Cold War strategy, while offering excerpts from a Czech book criticizing intelligentsia alignment with capitalism and politics.
Bridge notes reveal a discussion of a covert slam bid where West and North navigate responses, including cue bids and potential ace holdings, to reach a laydown slam. The article contrasts bidding logic with strategic misreads, highlighting how the absence or presence of aces and heart follow-ups could alter the contract.
AP report by James Marlow discusses United Auto Workers head Walter Reuther leveraging company by company bargaining. Ford pushed for industrywide talks. Reuther opposed. GM and Ford strikes shaped the pace, with guaranteed layoff pay becoming a flashpoint amid strong sales.
London reports show Prime Minister Eden's government rejecting opposition questions on troop training in Malaya. Colonial Secretary Lennox-Boyd calls the suggestions unworthy and criminally reckless, stating Malaya actions are part of a Communist conspiracy not suitable for local treatment alone.
In Pasadena California Romelle Roosevelt won a default inter locutory decree of divorce from Rep James Roosevelt D Calif The judge approved a property stipulation from June giving her 1625 dollars a month for herself and their three children custody to her The case cites extreme conduct by Roosevelt the elder son of Franklin D Roosevelt as the basis for the split
Cool Canadian air pushed southward through central regions as summer begins officially. The cool air extended into northern areas, with lingering mild conditions the rest of the day.
A garbled historical snippet shows figures debating vaccination age groups for Salk polio vaccine and reflecting on leadership. It cites President Eisenhower remarks on work fatigue and a boxer’s misspelled name, capturing a chaotic press-era montage with references to Tito Khrushchev and a future welterweight champion.
Thunder showers were reported overnight along the central plains through the East Coast and northern Michigan. Wet weather extended from ventral plains to the Mississippi Valley with amounts described as varied.
A dense OCR style listing shows CBS ABC NBC and various call signs and times across a day’s programming. It includes references to news weather farm rounds sport scores and multiple local station identifiers, with scattered times such as 4:40 PM 8:15 PM 10:00 AM and 1:20 PM amid program titles and host names.
Red Jackson found a slick way to get his cows to eat what’s good for them. He sprays corn syrup on grass that was being ignored and the cows eagerly graze. He plans to spray more to clear weedy grass along fences, noting the cattle have a sweet tooth and preferences vary.
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