High Parity Is Goal for Demos at Chanute Convention
The 3rd District Democratic convention at Chanute endorsed high parity and opposed tax increases. Four unpledged delegates to the Chicago National Convention Aug 13 were chosen D J Saia Wilma Charlesworth Shelton Propst and V bur Marten. Delegates at large and future district meetings were outlined amid calls for conservation and industrial programs.
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Proposal By Eisenhower Commission Ties Veterans Pensions To Security
The Eisenhower Commission on Veterans Benefits proposed seven major changes to the current system affecting 22 million veterans. The plan would link veterans pensions to Social Security payments and gradually eliminate separate pension programs while revising insurance disability survivor and discharge benefits along with service-related policies. The report notes little on immediate impact but suggests broad shifts in veteran aid and administration.
Unseasonably cold snap grips central U S regions
Unseasonably cold temperatures spread across the Midwest and plains with 20 to 30 degree drops. Frost warnings issued for Nebraska Iowa Kansas Missouri as subfreezing air from Canada lowers readings into the 30s in many areas. Blustery winds stir dust in the Texas Panhandle while Pacific Northwest dikes see thaw threatening near flood levels.
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Three Men Die as Car Hits Abutment on Overpass
A car on U S Highway 71 south of Kansas City struck the abutment of a railroad overpass last night killing three men and injuring a fourth in critical condition. Dead are William Johnson Fisher 23 and Ralph Edgar Finnis 45 of Kansas City and Robert H Lynn 24 Grand View Air Force Base. Airman Clarence Eldridge 28 Grandview in poor condition at Menorah Hospital after the crash. Witnesses said the car was speeding at impact.
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Family of Seven Die in Mohawk Valley Fire Tragedy
A nighttime blaze tore through a two story home in Rome New York killing seven members of the Skibitski family including parents Alex 47 and Angela 41 and their children Barbara 10 Peter 8 Suzanne 7 David 5 and Mary Ann 3 all asleep when the fire started investigators said a flash from a tire may have sparked the blaze.
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