Stevenson Denounces Blasts Against Marshall at Legion Meet
In a speech to the American Legion, Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson attacks claims against Gen. George C. Marshall, implying McCarthy as a target of GOP pressure. He defends free thought against communism, labels patriotism as steady dedication, and vows to resist special-interest pressures while campaigning in the East.
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New York
Adlai Stevenson
George C. Ma
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
American Legion
McCarthy
Marshall
Defense
Stevenson
GOP
Dwight D. Hisenhower
Stexenson
Legion
Legion Hs
America
East
Stevens
Johnson
Kansas Gridder and Family Injured in Auto Mishap
KU football guard Hobart J. Bower, aged 18, and his parents were injured when their car overturned on Wet pavement near here. They were treated and continued to Lawrence by bus. Bower, a Norton, Kansas native, is set to start workouts with KU's squad alongside about 65 teammates.
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Kansas
Riley
Kasit
Hobart Ray Bower
University of Kansas
Lee Goode
K. LU O Gridder
Bose
Hobart J. Bower
Bower
Lawrence
Dulls Atk. U
Sopho
Norton
Hei
Hub Ulricht
Senate Report Claims Pro Reds Spread Through Radio Writing
A Senate subcommittee report on Wednesday charged pro Communist script writers with weaving covert propaganda into radio and television. It cites Ruth Adams Knight describing subtle efforts to ridicule capitalism and reach ordinary listeners. The Radio Writers Guild denied alignment with communists and noted non Communist affidavits per Taft Hartley.
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Senate
Radio Writers Guild
Washington
Internal Security
Ruth Adams Knight
Sige Guut Messiaes
Miss Knight
New York
Authors League of America
Guild
Alexander Trachtenberg
Ratlin Writers Guild
Dulles Urges Ending Containment to Fight Soviet Power
At an American Political Science Association address Buffalo secretary of state John Foster Dulles denounced containment of Soviet Communism. He urged engaging Asia Africa and South America and warned that overreaction risks global war, arguing non Western peoples demand equality not patronizing tactics.
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Buffalo
X.Y
John Foster
Mulles
American Political Science Association
Asia
Africa
South America
Dulles
China
U.S
Western
Europe
U. S
Hue
Rankin Beats Jackson In Mississippi Democratic Primary
Mississippi congressman Rankin conceded defeat as Abernethy led by large margins in the Democratic primary amid district realignment. Abernethy highlighted farm aid and youth while Rankin attacked farm programs. State voters also upheld the bone-dry liquor law by rejecting a county option proposal.
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Jackson
Miss
Joh Rankin
Mississippi
Thomas Abernethy
Rankin
Abernethy
Retukin
Congress
House
Two Newest Polis Victims Reported as Satisfactory
Two more 1952 polio victims in the Lawrence area were reported today to be recovering satisfactorily at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. The new patients are Sunflower Village residents Mrs. Clifford Witt and Mrs. Betty Wyatt, both in their twenties, admitted August 21 after brief stays at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
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Lawrence
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Sunflower Village
Sunflower
Clifford Witt
Betty Wyatt
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Derry Vogel
John Vogel
Stock Market Index Closes Mixed in New York and UK
Closing figures show New York and UK markets with W stocks at 307.6 and WP at 3, reflecting modest shifts amid late trading. Investors tracked global captions as traders weighed corporate results and macro signals.
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New York
County Fair Opens With Chamber Program At Douglas County Fair
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce presents a three day Douglas County Livestock and Agricultural Fair at Big Springs starting 8 tonight. Showers are forecast for tonight and Thursday. Roy Henderson of Burden and Bobby Robertson of Kansas City perform, with J D King as master of ceremonies. Thursday 7:30 pm a Topeka program, and Friday 8 pm talent show featuring performers from three counties. Entries in home economics, agriculture and horticulture were in place by noon and judging completed this afternoon. Four H livestock arrived today and will be judged and released Thursday. Horses to be judged and released Thursday with open-class livestock entered, judged and released Friday.
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Lawrence Chamber of ComeMerce
Douglas County
Big Springs
Lawrence C. of C
Roy Henderson
Burden
Bobby Robertson
Kansas City
J. D. King
Topeka Chamber of Commerce
Nea
Angola school district awards contracts for brick building
The Angola Union School District No. 3 selected Thurman Construction Co of Japith Mo for ten contracts totaling six for the erection of a brick school building, replacing two structures that burned.
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Angols
Kas
Angola , Union
Thurman Construction Co
Japith
Republican executive session shapes Kansas GOP leadership
The GOP state executive committee in Topeka met behind closed doors to approve two moves. It created an executive secretary role to work with State Chairman C. I. Moyer and tabbed a new state GOP finance committee. It also tabled a plan to cut the salary of the state chairman and restated financial oversight with renewed signing authority. Moyer was re elected chairman and Mayer heads Douglas County Bank in Lawrence.
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Tive Committee
Repunlivan
Kansas
Moyer
McDill
Huck? Boyd
Phillipsburg
C. I. Moyer
Crawford County
State Committee
Boyd
Sen
Tafti
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Mayer
The
Douglas County State Bank of
Lawrence
First Step Taken for New Wichita Building
Ward Harper of the General Service Administration met with Lynn Brodrick, Kansas District revenue collector, to discuss bids on a federal building in Wichita. The structure would house internal revenue offices and about 500 employees across six bureaus, with an estimated cost above one million dollars and a planned use date by next summer.
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Wichita
Ward Harper
Kansas City
General Service Administration
Lynn Brodrick
Internal Revenue
Kansas District
Harper
Athletics Rally Past Indians in Wild Inning Victory
Philadelphia Athletics beat the Cleveland pitching staff 5 to 3 after a turbulent inning led by Alex Kellner who walked three batters and hit an inside the park homer claim. Mel Parnell pitched six hitless innings as Boston blanked Detroit 5–0 extending their win streak to five games.
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Philadelphia P
Alex Kellner
iRo
Philadelphia Athletics
Cleveland
Mike Garcia
Boston
Boston Red Sox
Dave Madi
Detroit Tigers
Giant Kansan Aids Second Division Rout Of Old Baldy
Three U S Army soldiers from the Second Division are credited with breaking enemy lines on Old Baldy in Western Korea. Corporal Victor Espinoza of El Paso Texas a 733 pound sergeant from Kansas and Lt W F Vaughn led a charge under heavy fire to clear bunkers and silence a machine gun Espinoza placed a charge in a Red tunnel and both he and Vaughn aided by Wichita Kansas platoon sergeant Rebel L Holcomb repulsed two night counterattacks with grenades and a fuel thrower Holmesholcomb description.
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U. S
Old Baldy
Kan Isas
Texas
Old Balti
23Rd Infantry Regiment
Victor Espinoza
el Paso
Tex
Mi On Ine
Espinoza
W. F. Vaughn
Oso
L. Holcomb
Wichita
Kas
Vaughn
Holcomb
Telegraph Rates Up September Increase to Offset Costs
Western Union telegraph services will raise rates next Monday September to offset costs. The Postal Communications Commission announced the boosts proposed by Western Union. Increases average about nine percent, with a six percent rise in international message carriage.
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Siire
Ostende
Washington
Western Union
Podneal Communnicay Commmisssion
Burkett charged in Kansas forgery case
Albert D Bark Burkett formally charged in County Court with two counts of second degree forgery and altering a check. Elmer E Whitechurch and Milton Allen describe the incident as passing $15 checks drawn on the Community Savings Bank of Kansas City Missouri. The 950 Buick and another car were seized. the suspects fled in the Thursday night shopping spree. Police from Kansas City Missouri and Kansas City Kansas plus FBI investigated. one accomplice William A Miller fled. Arraignment expected Thursday as attorney is out of town.
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Albert D. Bark
Elmer Eo Whitchurch
Montgomers Ward
Lawrence
Thanan Ane
SF Burkett
Siam Lank
Kansas City
Mna
PR Barklow
Nat LE. Farrow
Pwr
Milton PL
Atlen
Burke
Rence
William A. Miller
J. A. Lavery
Allen
Burkett
Kan
FBI
Burken
Atlas Roof and Supply Co
Burkert
Burket
Truck Car Collision Near TerPee Corner Injures Two
A semi-trailer truck and two cars collided at 1 50 am on highway 2440 near Miller's Corner about 21 miles east of TerPee Corner. Eli Uampton 44 of Kansas City MO and Vincent Whiting 45 of Topeka KS sustained minor injuries while both drivers Archie Noble 44 and Whit ing faced damage reports. Trooper Cart Gray Jr said the eastbound truck driven by Whiting hit Shampion's car then struck Noble's car causing the wreck. The truck owned by Dens vertihwace Trucking Co overturned blocking the highway. Traffic diverted to Old Highway 40. No significant fatalities reported.
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Miller's Corner
TerPee
Eli Uampton
Vincent Whiting
Kansas City
Cart Gray Jr
Kansas Highwas Paral
Whiting
Skampion
Archie W. Noble
Gray
Hampton
Densvertihwace Trucking Co
FWO
Denver-Chicago Trucking Co
TeePee Corner
Eli Hampton
Kansas Cty. Mo
U S Battle Losses Up 879 for Week in Korea
Washington reports U S battle losses increased by 879 for the week in Korea. Defense officials announced the casualty rise as the fighting continued with no end in sight.
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U.S
Korea
Washington
June 1953 Vacation Date Set for Veterans Housing Site
The Lawrence City Commission set June 1 1955 as the deadline for residents to vacate the veterans housing project at the northeast corner of 11th and La. intersections. Temporary dwelling units will be torn down and the area may become a park focused on picnics rather than a playground. The move follows previous discussions and a study of feasible park plans, with commissioners voting during a regular meeting at City Hall. The panel also approved bids for a new city dump truck and discussed safety signal upgrades at intersections where Santa Fe tracks cross, aiming to reduce accidents with enhanced stop signage. The Lawrence Historical Society also approved a related resolution.
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Lavsrenve Cire Commission
1Th
la. Sis
Commission
Giry Hall
University Place
Kansas
Kansas Board of Health
Vermont Street
Simon Hurwitz
James Col
Ransdell, Motor Co
Imo
Ransdell
Jim Wigglesworth
Santa Fe Railroad
Lawrence Historical ‘Society
Pésolution Ash
Couripea Om
United States and Britain propose oil settlement to Iran
Informed sources say the United States and Britain submitted broad proposals to Iran to resolve the Anglo Iranian oil dispute and avert a possible Redoubling crisis in the Iranian kingdom. The plans include an em oil aid program and British concessions to Premier Mohammed Mossadegh's government.
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London
U. S
Britain
Iran
Mohammed Misadegh
State to Eliminate U S 40 Curves Near Topeka and Lawrence
The State Highway Commission began action to eliminate sharp curves on U S 40 between Topeka and Lawrence. Condemnation petitions were filed in Shawnee and Douglas counties to secure right of way for the straightening project. Plans call for a straightened highway from Tecumseh east to a point west of Lawrence where the highway resumes a straight alignment.
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Topeka
Eka
Lawrence
State Highway Commission
Shawnee
Douglas County
Gale Moss
Tecumseh
Lawrence Kansas plans runway upgrade with CAA and city funds
Murray Wilson of Je Wilson Engineering Co told the Lawrence City Commission that combined city and Civil Aeronautics Administration funds totaling about 126 000 will cover a 3206 kg T5 foot hard surface runway and lighting for the local airport. The plan hinges on securing a 30 year lease from the University of Kansas and bond actions, with final approval by all three present commissioners and ongoing negotiations with the state legislature.
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Kansas
Lawrence City Commission
City
Civil Aeronautics Administration
City Hall
Murray Wilson
Je W Jlson Engineering Co
Salina
CAA
Wilson
Wilson Company
Simon Hurwitz
James Cole
Yirse
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Howeveer
Jim
Wigglesworth
Mpat i
Rinehart Announces Run for Speaker in 1952 House
Rep. Oliver JD Rinehart of Paola, serving a third term from Miami County, declares candidacy for speaker of the Kansas House during the 1952 session. He faces three other avowed candidates, including Rep. Lawrence Gibson, Rep. Donald C. Lint, Rep. Charles Stough, and Rep. William M. Ferguson, as Gibson relinquishes his seat.
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Topeka
Oliver JD Rinehart
Paola
Rinehart
Miami County
Lawrence Gibson
Pittsburg
Donald C. Lint
Tuka
Charles Stough
Lawrecent
William M. Ferguson
K U Groups Brace For Three Week Rush Period
The University of Kansas prepares for a busy three weeks as about 1,600 fraternity and sorority members converge. Orientation and rush events kick off Sept 7 for men and Sept 10 for women, with pledging planned Sept 10 and Sept 13 for freshmen participation and convocation set for Sept 18. Enrollment is expected around 6,000.
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University of Nadsas
K.U
Universit
Panhellenic Council
Peck
Martha Peterson
Wittewir
Termelon
Lawrence
Hoch Auditorum
County Quarantine Off Washington
Agriculture Department lifted the quarantine in Geary County Kansas after vesicular exanthema in swine. The action ends the state measure that had restricted movement and disease control efforts. Officials cited no further cases and say monitoring continues.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Geary County
Kas
Truck Driver Ivan Wohler Killed in Leonardville Crash
Leonardville Kansas. Ivan W Wohler a 52 year old truck driver died when his truck overturned on Highway 24 east of town Wednesday afternoon. The accident occurred near Leonardville, with authorities continuing to investigate the cause of the fatal crash.
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Leonardville
Kas
Ivan’ W. Wohler
Tay
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