Oil cartel claims tied to U S foreign aid costs
A federal investigation cites a seven firm oil cartel including Standard Oil of New Jersey and Gulf Oil and foreign players led by Royal Dutch Shell and Anglo-Iranian as driving higher oil prices. Hennings accuses the group of monopolistic practices harming the U.S. and Canada and inflating aid costs.
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U. S
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
California
Texas Company
Socety-Vacuum
Gulf Oil
Royal Patch Shell
Anglo-Iranian
Canada
U.S
Democrats Plan Parallel Demos In Topeka Session
Kansas Democrats decide to hold a platform writing session in Topeka next Tuesday at noon in the Secretary of State's office. After a 1:30 p m recess on Saturday Aug 30 the state committee convenes at 10 4 a m in the Municipal Auditorium. The move, supported by Atty Gen Harold Fatzer and linked to Joseph H McDowell, signals party unity as John I Young seeks re election as state chairman.
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Topeka
Repubicans
Kansas
Charles Rooney
Rooney
Harold Fatzer
Nation of State
Joseph H. McDowell
Kansas City
McDowell
Arl
V. Rice
John ‘I
Young
Salina
Cooler spell hinted for Kansas with warm midweek highs
Forecaster Tom says cooler air may reach western Kansas late Wednesday and spread to other districts by Thursday. Temperatures expected to run 5 to 10 degrees above normal, with fair to partly cloudy skies through Wednesday and a chance of scattered storms. Readings: west 65 to 70, east around 70 to 73, with highs 85 to 90s in the northwest and 90s to about 100 in the south. scattered showers reported in the last 24 hours, with Goodland at 1.63 inches as the high extreme.
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Topeka
Tom
Kansas
Arnold
Winfield
Wichita
Dodge City
Ashland
Goodland
Group Votes to Request City Action on Cemetery
Douglas County Historical Society members met in the Municipal Building and voted to ask the city commission to transfer Pioneer Cemetery to the University of Kansas to be turned into a shrine. The cemetery lies southwest of the KU campus and adjoins university land. President M. N. Penny led the meeting, with a tour of the historical room and display following the business portion.
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Douglas County Historical Society
City Commission
Pioneer Cemetery
University of Kansas
University
K.U
Historical Society
M. N. Penny
Rail employee dies at 65 in Newton
Newton obituary notes Santa Fe Railroad employee Clifford E. Rousell, 65, who served 40 years and was chief clerk in the division superintendent's office here before retiring in 1949. He died Monday.
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Newton
Clifford E. Rousell
Santa Fe
War Casualties for Korea Total 1351, Kansas Figures
Washington report shows 1351 U S casualties in Korea to date per the Defense Department. Army lists 205 dead, 645 wounded, 70 missing or injured. Marines report 29 dead, 212 wounded, 3 missing, 1 injured. Navy records 3 dead, 12 wounded, 4 missing. Air Force lists 6 dead, 2 wounded, 4 missing.
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Washington
Kansas
de Peel of
Defense
Army
Marines
Navy
Air Force
Actor Cooperates as Grand Jury Probes Manhattan Vice
A 39 year old actor Richard Short testified before a grand jury about vice in New York society. He was arrested for sharing earnings of a prostitute Pat Thompson and was accused of living off her income. The inquiry also involved Minot Jelke 22 and Samuel Chapman 56, with Jelke free on bail and Chapman detained for procuring prostitutes.
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New York
Manhattan
Case Society
Richard Short
Danny Kay
Short
Pat Thompson
Anthony J. Liebler
Minot F. Jelke
Sanuel Chapman
Ceil Chapman
Jelke
Chapman
Ike To Be Busy Man At Midwest Republican Confab
Eisenhower arrives in Kansas City to attend the Midwest Republican Conference with a full day of activities. Harry Darby will direct the day’s agenda and preside. Delegates press access begins after midnight arrival from Boise, with sessions from 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. and main business starting at 10:15 a.m. Attending are Republican governors, senators, congressmen, national committeemen and leaders.
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Kansas City
Kas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry Darby
Eisenhower
Boise
Ida
Fairfax Airport
Kansas Women Oppose Ike Dam Plan Near Manhattan
Sixty Kansas women traveled from Denver to meet Dwight D. Eisenhower to protest army engineers plans for Turtle Creek Dam near Manhattan. They cited a $7 million cost, 3,000 people to move, 53,000 acres flooded, and loss of nine towns, arguing the dam would not deliver flood control.
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Kansas
Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army Engineers
Manhattan
Kas
Edith Montfort
Kansas Watersheds Association
Turtle Creek
Congress
Death of Mrs Ollie Moten Former Tonganoxie resident
Mrs Ollie Moten died Monday night at her Kansas City home after a long illness. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Survived by four brothers William James Henry James George James of 715 Mich St Arthur James of Tonganoxie and one sister Mrs Grace McFadden of Kansas City. Also note Steve Sark of Chicago bowled 91 straight strikes on Oct 22 1951 including a 300 game.
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Ollie Moten
Tonganoxie
Kansas City
William James
Henry James
George James
Arthur James
Grace McFadden
Steve Sark
Chicago
Lawrence
Starlight Theatre
Victor Herbert
Julie Anne Lancer
Virginia Saunders Lancer
Hal LeRoy
Paul Gilbert
Ronnie ‘Cuningham
Marie Foster
Bombing of Nakwon grenade factory by U.S. planes
Fourteen Japan-based U S Superforts bombed the Nakwon factory in Northwest Korea near the Manchurian border. The raid, under 140 tons of bombs, targeted a facility said to produce 1,000 anti tank grenades and 3,000 to 5,000 hand grenades daily. Anti aircraft fire and a night fighter encounter were reported. all planes returned safely.
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Seoul
Korea
Far East
Tokyo
U.N. Command
Nakwon
Spin
Namsidong
Korean Peninsula
Air Force
Sea of Japan
Hokkaido
Japan
Bunker ‘Hill
Eudora Picnic Attendance Falls Short of Expectations
Lawrence notes report on the second night of the Eudora CPA Picnic with about 3,500 attendees, below the 5,000 goal, and no accidents. Wind and lightning at 10:45 p.m. prompted many to leave early while officials promoted a later close.
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Eudora Cpa
Central Protective Association
Kite divorce filing in District Court action
Charles A. Kite of 1205 Conn. St. filed for divorce from Lila M. Kite in district court. The action was entered with the clerk of the District Court on Monday.
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the District Court
Charles A. Kite
Conn
Lila M. Kite
Hoffman Defends Marshall Against McCarthy Charges
Paul G. Hoffman, first head of the Marshall Plan, testifying under oath in Benton vs McCarthy, calls McCarthy's charges against Gen. George C. Marshall fantastically false. He defends Marshall’s patriotism and record, saying his devotion to the country has few equals since the republic’s founding.
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Washington
Paul G. Hoffman
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
George C. Marshall
Hoffman
Benton
D-Conn
Gen. Marshall
First Soil School Held for Douglas County Farmers
Thirty three farmers attended the first soil capability school in Douglas County sponsored by county farm agencies. The session at Liberty Memorial High School and the Charles Topping farm taught eight soil types, water flow demonstrations, and proper fertilizer use with on site soil slices dug five to six feet deep for study.
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Douglas County
Liberty Memorial High School
Charles Topping
Route 4
Reuben Lind
Kansas State College Extension Service
Manhattan
Henry Schmitz
Ottawa
Tom Neill
Emporia
Kansas
Marehing Administration
Leslie Demeritt
Clinton
Demeritt
Topping
Rotarians to Sunflower For Meeting on Aug 25
Lawrence Rotary members will dine at Sunflower Ordnance Works noon luncheon on Monday Aug 25 with Col. Don Hoffman commander and George Ripley manager of Hercules Powder Co hosting. Tours of the plant part of the program after lunch, reservations via Jerry Hesse of Lawrence Paper Co. by Tuesday. Civic pride committee members listed.
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Lawrence Rotary
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Jerry Hesse
Lawrence Paper Co
Hesse
Civic Pride Committee
Rotary
Sunflower
Col
Don Hoffman
Ordnance Works
George Ripley
Hercules Powder Co
Kenneth Burk
William E. Brent
Carl Drake
Honey H. Hanna
Warren Lesch
Larry Heeb
C. B. Russell
Investigation Planned for Mine Sweeper Tug Incident
A U S Navy minesweeper and salvage tug arrived in Japan for a formal investigation of an incident off Korea in which the minesweeper fired twice on the Grapple, killing two and injuring nine. A Navy board will examine responsibility and preventive measures. The shells hit while the ships searched for small Communist vessels off Hungnam.
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Tokyo
U.S. Navy
Japan
Korea
Navy
Washington
Hungnam
Memorial Hospital Names Residents in Local Notation
Memorial Hospital lists residents and affiliated addresses including Mrs. Vivian Hufford of Overbrook, A. S. McKay of Lecompton, Mrs. Ida Johnson of 1305 Pa St, Mrs. Clelis Miller of Eudora, Mrs. Marcella Padan of 1028 Mo, Stanley Fells of Tongaroxie, Mrs. Diane Fisher of 1012 Ky St, Frances Ann Dushua Ear of Lawrence, and Hal Alligood of 1336 t St.
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Vivian Hufford
Overbrook
A. S. McKay
Lecompton
Ida Johnson
Pa- St
Clelis Miller
Eudora
Marcella Padan
Stanley Fells
Tongaroxie
Diane Fisher
Ky.-St
Frances Ann Dushuaear
Lawrence
Hal Alligood
Local Births and Dismissals At Two Kansas Homes
Dismissed Mrs Nadine Wurtz and baby girl at 1036 North Harrison Street. Also dismissed Mrs Geneva Waters and baby girl from Sunflower and Stanley Fells in Tonganoxie. Additional dismissals include Mrs Gloria Whaley at 319 Maple Street and Mrs Iris Hutchison at 1322 Mass Street.
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Nadine Wurtz
N. H. St
Geneva Waters
Stanley Fells
Gloria Whaley
Maple ‘St
Iris Hutchison
Mass
Birth of daughter to Mr and Mrs Roy Hobby
Mr and Mrs Roy Hobby of Sunflower welcomed a daughter born Monday.
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Roy Hobby
Highway Boss Gale Moss Seeks Department Office
Gale Moss, state highway director, proposes a dedicated highway department office building facing the Statehouse. He suggests financing via revenue bonds repaid by state agency rentals, similar to the planned general office building financed by state bonds. Gov. Arn plans an early conference with the building commission, highway commission, and state architect to review the proposal.
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Topeka
State Highway Department
Gale Moss
Arn
Moss
Statehouse
Highway Department
Masonic Temple
State Office Building Commission
The
Highway Commission
State Architect
Highway Director
Veteran Stowaway, Eight, Aims for China on New Voyage
Dickie Love, an eight year old veteran stowaway from Redwood City, slips onto a bus to San Francisco and boards an Orientbound freighter. Police remove him and return him to his mother. His exploits include earlier stowings from New Orleans, airliner trips to Los Angeles, and multiple trips between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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Redwood City
Calif
Dickie Love
Chi
San Francisco
Los Angeles
California
Police Say Merle Martin Seen in Monrovia Calif
FBI most wanted fugitive William Merle Martin 42, linked to auto theft in Litchfield Illinois and officer killing in Olathe Kansas, was reportedly spotted in Monrovia California early Tuesday. Station attendants recalled a 1951 or 1952 dark blue Buick four door with town plates and a scar beneath the lip. They also spotted a statuesque bicyde described only as Bobbie accompanying him.
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Monrovia
Calif. i
FBI
Kansas
William Merle Martin
Litchfield
Olathe
Kas
Martin
Bobbie
Bids Opened for KU Landscaping Job in Topeka
University of Kansas landscaping contracts for scholarship dormitories were opened Monday in Topeka. Kansas Construction Co., Lawrence, posted the apparent low bid of 35644 dollars, with rival bid 38965 dollars from M N Penny, also of Lawrence. Project covers Templin Hall and three new dormitories Stephenson Pearson and Sellards Halls with walls walks and grading, due this fall.
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University of Kansas
State Business Manager
Topeka
Kansas Construction Co
Lawrence
M. N. Penny
J. L
Tommy) Constant
Templin Hall
Stephenson
Pearson
Sellards
Rail Talks Continue in Buffalo Area as Strike Threat Persists
Top level company union talks open here to end a strike threat against the New York Central Railroad lines east of Buffalo. Negotiations moved from New York at federal mediators request after unions rejected a government package plan to settle a two year dispute over 58 grievances.
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Washington
New York Central Railroad
Buffalo
New York
Frank and Brooks teens bound over on larceny charges
Frankie Court Charles New Lawrence and George Brooks Ottawa were bound over to the District Court after preliminary hearings in Franklin County Court Saturday. Both were released on 500 bond. The two, aged 19, face grand larceny charges related to thefts here and in Ottawa this summer.
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Frankie Court
Charles New
Lawrence
George Brooks
Ottawa
District Court
Franklin County Court
Market News: Steady Stocks and Mixed Commodities
Market at a glance shows stocks steady with rails leading a mild recovery. Bonds irregular with narrow changes. Cotton lower as commissions and trade selling press. Wheat lower on good crop prospects with light exports. Corn mixed with September higher and deliveries lower on favorable weather. oats lower with soybeans. Hogs steady to 25 cents lower top 22.50. Cattle steady to 50 cents lower with top 35.75.
Kansas City Produce Prices for Eggs Butter and Poultry
Market list shows eggs by class with prices for extras medium and standard eggs, butter Grade A in cartons and quarters, butterfat range 64-67. Poultry items include hens of various weights, commercial fryers, broilers, farm-run fryers, Leghorn fryers, roasting springs, old roasters and stags, turkey weights for young birds, ducks, and geese with respective price points.
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Kansas City
Wheat and hog markets mix with mixed grain prices in Chicago
Wheat at 2.08, corn 1.86, butterfat 68. Market notes list Hens under 4 pounds at 12, over 4 pounds 16, Hogs at 21.50. Chicago potatoes show arrivals 119, shipments 376. Russets and Long Whites vary by region. Cash grain in Kansas showsNo. 2 hard wheat 2.32-2.38, corn 2.62-2.95 with multiple car counts and price ranges.
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Chicago
USDA
U.S
Idaho
Cash Grain
Kansas
Wall Street Recovers As Railroads Lead Gains
The Day to Wall Street reports a mild rebound led by railroads with gains and losses near one point. Oils showed exceptions while overall volume remained light at about a million shares. Monday’s volume totaled 1,090,008 shares.
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Wall Street
New York
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University of California
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Nell Powell
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Iona Spencer
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Stauffer
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Frank Bidinger
Franklin Bidinger
Cliff Kimsey
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
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