Famed British Poet Walter de la Mare Dies at 83
Twickenham England Walter de la Mare 83 internationally known British poet died today. He was a member of the Order of Merit named by Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 and published Songs of Childhood in 1906. His long literary career began as a clerk at the Anglo American Oil Co in London. He received honorary membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters last year alongside sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein.
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Boys State Near End of Annual Event
Delegates at Boys State in Wartensburg Missouri move from elections to Boys Nation selections. James M. Wilkinson of Kansas City, on the Federalist ticket, was elected governor of the mythical state. Nationalists won eight of thirteen offices including five from Kansas City and Independence. Secretaries and justices named to the Supreme Court include Gary Heck Tian of Lamar and five others led by Chief Justice Dix of Flat River.
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Congressmen See Faint Possibility Of Tax Cut
Congressmen discuss a tentative tax cut plan amid Treasury Secretary Humphrey’s openness to the idea. He opposes the Fed rate hike but warns deflation could threaten economic and political positions in the near term. A $276 billion national debt looms as a costly hurdle for progressive reductions.
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Gavin proposes ending income tax and Sixteenth Amendment
Gavin, seeking the Democratic nomination for United Star senator in Kansas City, vows to abolish the income tax and the Sixteenth Amendment. He calls it a wholesale giveaway of American dollars and judges tax police as shadowing businesspeople like a Communist agent. He spoke at a Unit Masoney Assault-Thomas J. meeting.
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Powerful Demo Club Changes Hands in Missouri
In Kansas City Missouri the Jeffersonian Club a leading Democratic faction changed leadership as Henry McKissick longtime president resigned citing business and association duties. Tom Gill won the post by acclamation amid a brief farewell from McKissick who teased stepping back in coming years.
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Fort Smith Offers Water to Two Cities in Drought
Fort Smith officials propose sending two trainloads of water to Fort Smith drought stricken towns Ardmore Oklahoma and Fort Salithark Missouri. City Commissioner Hugh Brewlar said delivery depends on railroad agreement with Fusco and Missouri Pacific railroads and awaits replies from both towns.
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Nazarene General Assembly Actions In Kansas City
Delegates to the Church of the Nazarene general assembly in Kansas City approved a seven member commission to review pastoral recall methods to be named by the general superintendents. They rejected raising voting age to 16, while keeping 12, and rejected indefinite pastor calls. A plan allows a general superintendent to retire at 65, and ordination candidates over 80 are ineligible. Delegates adjourned to caucus for nominees for the 20 member general board. Mexico births exceed deaths by 800,000 annually. William Jewell official N I Hester reelected secretary treasurer of the Southern Assn. of Baptist Colleges and Schools in Nashville alongside the Baptist Convention.
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Missouri Zone Forecasts Summary
Zone 1 Northwest scattered thunderstorms today and south portion tonight cooler this afternoon and tonight and south portion Saturday 92 68. Zone 2 Northeast partly cloudy today tonight and night cooler tonight and south portion Saturday 95 70. Zone 3 Southwest partly cloudy today tonight and Saturday cooler tonight and Saturday 95 75. Zone 4 Southeast Saturday scattered thunderstorms north tonight and area Saturday cooler north Saturday 05 75. Zone 5 Bootheel partly cloudy today tonight and Saturday with scattered thunderstorms Saturday life change in temperature 95 75.
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Damages Awarded to Jefferson City Property Owners
An eleven man Cole County jury awarded $10,000 total to four Jefferson City property owners in a case against Knutser-Gould Construction Co. The suit claimed blasting during bridge approach work in June 1955 damaged nails and plaster in homes. Damages as awarded: Giffens $2,500, Tambke $3,000, Burkner $2,000, Kleene $2,500. Jury faced one member short after Ernest Ott left for medical reasons.
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Kansas City Woman Killed in Tennessee Collision
A Kansas City woman, Mrs. Ralph T. Cameron, 64, was killed and her husband seriously injured when their car collided with a lumber truck at a highway intersection near Jackson, Tennessee. Cameron died en route or at Humboldt hospital after the crash yesterday.
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Three Habeas Corpus Writs Denied In Missouri Prison
Circuit Judge Sam Blair yesterday ordered a writ of habeas corpus for Homer Reynolds and denied petitions for Clyde Hawk Eugene Hawk and one Missouri penitentiary inmate. The judge granted the writ for Reynolds while ruling against the other three detainees in separate habeas actions.
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