Neighbors Rally For Memory Loss Victim Shirley Ferrell
Marion Township neighbors declare Shirley Ferrell Day to raise funds after a November bus crash left the 17 year old with long term memory loss. A $4,009 goal was set with a high school gym dance planned and donations already totaling 2.359. Proceeds will fund medical treatment and housing for the Ferrell family.
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Columbus
Ohio
Marion Township
Shirley Ferre
Shirley
Betty
Ferrell
Winter storm halts travel across Rockies and Plains
An April snowstorm snarled travel across the Rockies and Western Plains with heavy wet snow and 60 mph gusts. Wyoming roads were blocked and Cheyenne paralyzed as hundreds left cars on streets. Nebraska wheat farmers welcomed the moisture amid drought, while scattered thundershowers and rain stretched from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Northwest.
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Plains
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska Panhandle
Kimball
Neb
Cheyenne
Wyo
Nebraska
Sidney
Oklahoma
Texas
Garland
Tex
Kansas
Great Lakes
Atlantic States
Virginia
Michigan
Florida
Pacific Northwest
New England
Missouri Valley
Carolina Coast
Far
Southwest
Late Deadline Cuts Tax Collections for Kansas
Kansas federal tax collections for the first three months totaled 174.0 million, down from 202.8 million a year earlier. March receipts were 76.2 million, about 4.4 million below March 1954, with income taxes down over 2.7 million and miscellaneous taxes down about 2.0 million. Unemployment taxes rose about 11.5 thousand, rail retirement taxes edged down near 0.25 million.
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Wichita
Kansas
Lyon Brodrick
Internal Revenue
Pakistan Court Rules Governor Acted Beyond Authority
Pakistan Federal Court ruled that Gov Gen Ghulam Mohammed exceeded legal powers with emergency actions last month. The decision invalidated 35 acts of the dissolved constituent Assembly and revived a constitutional crisis from October.
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Lahore
Pakistan
Federal Court
Ghulam Mohammed
Constituent Assembly
Big Army Unit Move Set for July Start
The U S Army plans Operation Gyroscope moving the 1st Infantry Division from West Germany to the United States and the 10th Division from Ft. Riley to Bavaria. About 45 000 Americans and thousands of belongings will cross the Atlantic from July to November, with ships and planes, preserving combat readiness says Maj Gen Meloy Jr.
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Germany
West Germany
United States
U. S
Ft. Riley
Kas
Iron Curtain
U. S. Army
Atlantic
Sion
New York
Bremerhaven
Bavaria
Ist
G. §. Meloy, Jr
Polish Tot's Glimpse of Easter Bunny Tragedy
In FAST MEADOW New York a two year old Polish refugee girl Mary Pysazczymucha died after running into a sanitation truck while chasing a large Easter bunny toy. Her parents had kept her in the backyard since arriving in America five days earlier. A crowd cheered nearby when the toy bunny drew her attention. The driver reported that Mary darted into the street and was fatally struck. The incident occurred yesterday following four days of play behind the home.
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Pic
Mary
Tot
America
Mary Pysazczymucha
Tiny Mary
Truman Says He Would Have Been Happier to Remain Veep
On the 10th anniversary of his White House oath Truman stated he would have preferred finishing his term as vice president and might have returned to the Senate. He recalled the solemn swearing by Chief Justice Harlan Stone after Roosevelt’s death and indicated plans to explain the era in a forthcoming book.
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Truman
Veep
Kansas City
Harry
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senate
Harlan Stone
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Local Youth to Get Highest FFA Honor
Alfred Seele Jr a senior at Lawrence High School is among 145 Kansas Future Farmers of America members recommended for the State Farmer Degree to be awarded at the 27th annual convention in Manhattan May 2 and 3. Selected from 200 applicants by the state FFA executive committee he must meet high school and vocational agriculture requirements and have an outstanding farm program supervised by vo ag.
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Alfred Seele Jr
al Lawrence
Kansas Future Farmers of America
State Association
Manhattan
FFA
Lawrence
Alfred Seele
C. C Eustace
Kansas Board For Vocational Eduication
Topeka
State Ffa
House of Delegates
Kansas State College
Vo-Ag
Farm program youth earns leadership and scholarship honors
A student demonstrates leadership ability and high scholarship while earning and depositing at least $250 through the farming program. The achievement reflects disciplined work and prudent financial management within agricultural education.
Fifth Victim Identified in Wreck Near Grafton
Mrs Mabe Benton 51 of Osage City Kansas died yesterday becoming the fifth victim of a Sunday automobile crash. Her husband Vernon Benton also 51 was killed in the head on collision. Alabama estimates coal reserves could last 2000 years at current consumption.
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Grafton. W. Va
Mabe
Alabama
Pravda Criticizes State Prosecutor Over Embezzlement Fight
Pravda accuses the USSR state prosecutor and staff of failing in duty to curb embezzlement and protect socialist property. The half page piece urges stronger laws, claiming genuine Soviet justice can nip criminal activity in the bud and bolster public trust.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Pravda
Communist Party
U.S.S.R
Roman A Rudenko
Tigen
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