Indictment List Names Caudle Connelly and Others
Three men including two former Truman era officials face federal charges for conspiring to defraud the government. Named are Matthew J. Connelly former appointment secretary to Truman Theron L Caudle former chief of the Justice Department tax division and Harry S Schwimmer a former Kansas City lawyer. Also tied to the case are Ellis Slack and Irving Sachs both linked to prior tax and tax evasion matters. Attorney General Brownell announced Slack was placed on annual leave pending proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Truman
Matthew J. Connelly
Theron Lamarr. Caudle
Jusice Department
Harry S. Schwimmer
Kansas City
Grand
Werd' "Ellis
N. Slack
Irving Sachs
Slack
Sachs
United States
Washington
Atty
Brownell
Justice Department
Tax Division
Veterans’s Preference Act
Ike Shows Six Point Farm Plan For Congress in Jan
Benson unveiled a six point program to Congress in January aimed at easing farm problems. The plan covers exports disposal and prices, a purchase program to remove surpluses, soil conservation with incentive payments, rural development for long time farmers, research to cut costs and expand markets, and speeding up a ten state Great Plains wheat and grazing land program.
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Benson
Congress
Jan Garr
Great Plains
Adlai Stevenson
Averell Harriman
New York
Eisenhower
Oone
Harriman
Nixon
Leonard W. Hall
Republican National Committee
Hall
Eisenéter
Gettysburg
Kansas Traffic Deaths 1955 Record Soar Past 520
Topeka notes 1955 traffic fatalities in the State Accident Records Section show 520 to date, with 24 hour tally at 3. The figures compare to 557 for the same period in 1954 as a year headline gauge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Droodle romance angers worms in comic wedding
In a playful cartoon caption a Girl Worm accepts a Boy Worm's engagement amid excuses about money from a MacIntosh Apple job. They plan a morning wedding at 10 a.m. with friends warned to leave them alone while they prepare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mors
Policeman Halts Tow Of Car At City Hall
A police officer ordered a tow truck to remove an illegally parked Alto outside City Hall. The driver rushed out claiming he was picking up the city paymaster to deliver police pay checks, and the officer then ordered the tow truck to stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
City Hall
Ex-Gangster Speaks at Temperance Talk in Lawrence
Chicago gangster turned evangelist George J. Mensik will address the Douglas County Christian Temperance Council at 2:30 Sunday afternoon in the Lawrence Community Building auditorium. The free program includes an interdenominational choir and music. Mensik will recount his delinquent youth reform school time prison days and path to faith, explaining his vow to dedicate his life to the Gospel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Mensik
Chicago
Chicago Christian Business Men's Committee
International
Lawrence Community Building
Mensik
Lawrence
Douglas County Christen Temperance Council
Douglas County Christian Temperance Council
eRe Teroperence Council
Red-Nosed Reindeer Returns to Entertain and Unite World
Heard in Lawrence Rudolph the resourceful Christmas character is back for a renewal of friendship with children and adults. The Journal-World notes his daily appearances through Yule, while amateur radio drives bolster civil defense lessons using WOMT station data and local operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph
Little Red-Nosed Reindeer
Scrooge
Tiny Tim
Journal-World
Olympic Fund
Lawrence
Topeka
WTV
WOMT
Igias
Fred
Cab Driver Confesses Slaying of Illinois Girl
Springfield dispatch reports cab driver Lloyd Miller 29 of Canton signed a statement admitting the rape slaying of 8 year old Janice May. Police said Miller confessed after hours of questioning since his arrest Monday night in Danville. He previously denied any link to the Canton to Pekin cab theft.
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Springfield
Canton
James Christensen
Ilinois
Pekin
Snow Storm Strains Kansas Roads and City Services
One inch of snowfall by noon disrupts traffic from Lawrence to Topeka with several reported accidents but no injuries. Police suspect some drivers hid crashes on Safe Driving Day. Snow melts as temperatures rise, yet slick spots linger and counties report drifting and rock roads remaining safer than paved ones. City crews and KP&L worked to restore outages and keep intersections clear during the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Perry
Lawrence
U. S. 24
Tonganoxie
U. S. 2440
U. S. 59
Sunflower
Topeka
Kansas
Department of Buildings and Grounds
Gertrude Sellarda Pearson
Joe Rice
Lander
Rice
A. T. (Buck) Hodges
North Lawrence
Kaw
Kp&l
Salvation Army Kettle Idea Born in 1894
The Salvation Army kettles in Lawrence trace to 1894 San Francisco amid a low mood when Capt. Joseph McFee used a large iron pot at Market Street to fund meals for ship workers. He urged passersby to feed hungry sailors, creating the first Christmas Kettle later adopted nationwide and abroad, including Japan in 1906 after war famine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Lawrence
San Francisco
Joseph McFee
Army
Ftom
Oakland
Alameda
Market Street
McKee
Japan
Third Pike Trial Follows Same Schedule as Others
The third Kansas Turnpike condemnation appeal proceeds on a similar timetable with the District Court Jury ready to hear instructions and closing arguments at 1 30 this afternoon. The case concerns 19.25 acres of the Francis Wempe farm near Lakeview Road six miles northwest of Lawrence. Testimony features the same private appraisers as in earlier trials, plus an engineer detailing a water line crossing from Wempe’s well to his home. In prior trials juries tripled or more the court appraisers’ awards to the Wallkuhie and Richards families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Wempe
Lakeview Road
Lawrence
Wempe
Earnest Wallkuhie
W. L. Richards
Vinland Grange to Meet for Initiation Ceremonies
The Vinland Grange will hold initiation ceremonies Monday evening December 5 at the Grange Hall. Four new members will receive the third and fourth degrees. Each family is asked to bring sandwiches and cookies. Also noting three of every five passenger automobiles in the United States are replacements for scrapped vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinland Grange
Grange Hall
United States
Local Births and Residents Listed From Memorial Hospital
A memorial hospital item lists numerous residents and newborns including Goldie Gibler Emmajean Whalen Ella Beth and Betty Lou Baker with babies, along with addresses in Sunnyside Oskaloosa Eudora and other towns. The note mentions Richard Allen Frederickson and Marvin Robb as part of the community record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Allen Frederickson
Sunnyside
Goldie Gibler
N. J. St
Althea L. Stephens
N. J
Tom Hackett
Oskaloosa
Kathleen Arthurs
Crescent Rd
Emmajean Whalen
Eudora
Ella D. Beth
Ohio St
Ernest Kasold
Louise Thayer
del. St
Harry Richardson
Walter Heck
Kenneth Gifford
R. I
AFL Gives Merger Okay
The American Federation of Labor approved merging with the CIO into a 16 million member single labor union federation. Approval came by standing vote of shouting delegates at the AFL convention in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Federation of Labor
CIO
Labor Union Federation
AFL
Unoccupied Reno House Destroyed by Blaze
A three room frame house in Reno burned to the ground before daylight this morning. The house owned by Fred Kelsall of Lawrence was unoccupied. Neighbors were awakened about 1:15 a.m. by the blaze and nothing could be saved. The fire cut electric service to nearby homes.
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Reno
Fred Kelsall
Lawerence
Trial on Tax Charge for Roy Terrill Set in Kansas City
Roy C. Terrill, owner of Terrill's Dry Goods at 803 Mass. St., faces a tax evasion trial in U S District Court in Kansas City East. He was indicted March 24 on charges of evading $16,320 in taxes from 1943 to 1950.
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Roy C. Terrill
Terrill
Mass. St
U. S. District Court
Kansas City
Honor Roll Listing at Haskell Institute Tallys 156 Pupils
Haskell Institute released first term honor roll figures listing 156 pupils across Commercial and Academic Vocational departments. The roster includes 15 seniors and 23 juniors in Commercial, plus 116 high school and 40 postgraduate students, with names across both departments and postgraduates.
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Haskell Institute
Commercial
Commercial Department
Marvin Bigboy
Mitchell Bush
Marilyn Cross
Amy Cully
Kenneth Foley
Williamette Fawbush
Loretta Hugo
Garland Heminger
Clarice
Elaine Corbine
Ronald Cornelius
Rope Cuts
Bruce Diamond
Jerry Diamond
Buster Downing
Verna Dwight
Orin Grinnell
Billy Gross
Shirley Gross
Leona George
Ellen Glover
Edward Hong
Rachel Hale
Lulu Harjo
Anita Harmon
Carole Hill
Howard Johnson
Leona LeClair
Oran LaPointe
Jerry Little Axe
Luther Little Voice
Neida Lomavaya
Jane Malawiestewa
Ray Massey
Richard TeCube
Dean Tosh
George Washington
Myrna White
Carol Ann Wilson
Clarkson Wilson
Ethel Wilson
Ramona Wilson
James Yarbrough
Joseph Abramson
Meade Arnoux
Kenneth Berryhill
Roy Black
Kenneth Brien
Jackie Brumit
Darwin Clifford
Tanae Cornelius
Richard Crisaler
Harold Darden
LeRoy Fereaux
Gene Dunn
Robert Eagle Elk
William Francis
Murray Gross
Charles Gopher
Kee Gorman
Donald James
Robert James
George Johnny
Elizabeth Kipp
Clifford LaFountain
Floyd Leadercharge
Helen Marshall
David Miller
Ambrosio Montoya
John Mousseau
Avelino Maya
Adala Naranjo
Emerson Packineau
Franklin Parker
Gervase Peso
Felix Phillips
Henry Ramon
Joe Reanv
Mark Runningwolf
Ira Salvini
Dean Schurz
George Shakespeare
Cecil Sullivan
Ervin Talawayma
James Thompson
Emerson Tootsie
Arthur Warrior
Seven Guards in Prison Accused of Bribe Racket
Seven guards in city prisons face charges of running a bribery scheme offering favors for fees from 50 cents for a corridor stroll to 35 dollars for a bottle of whisky. The arrests followed police work. alleged benefits included card games, extra food, liquor, and cell to cell visits. Defendants named Ferraro, Re gester, Meade, McKnight, Gavin, Smith, and Henderson.
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New York
City
St” St Ap
Hogan
Angelo Ferraro
Lorenzo Regester
Robert T. Meade
Brooklyn
John McKnight
Joseph .K Gavin
Queens
Walter Smith
James B. Henderson
Manhattan
Security Firings Listed Washington
Senate investigating subcommittee reported 3 241 of 3 586 federal employees listed or fired under the Eisenhower era security program were discharged under regular civil service or normal departmental procedures. Only 342 were terminated under Executive Order 10450 as cited by counsel Paul B Hadlick.
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Washington
Senate
Paul B.hadlick
Senate Civil Service
Eisenhower
Markets at a Glance Stocks Lower and Commodities Mixed
Markets show mixed results with stocks down modestly and bonds mixed. Cotton and soybeans rise while hogs and cattle retreat. wheat and corn exhibit varied futures, and Kansas City notes wide price ranges for grains and livestock demand. The Day In Wall Street records a broad market decline with rail losses and airline gains amid light trading.
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Kansas City Uy
Wall Street
New York
Lehigh Valley
Union Pacific
Pan American World Airlines
American Airlines
United
Eastern Airlines
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Champion Steer Sells For 15 A Pound At Chicago Show
The grand champion steer of the 15th International Livestock Exposition sold for 15 a pound, 86-pound Aberdeen Angus bringing 14,100. Proceeds go to Nancy Turner of Champaign, with Julius the calf winning junior feeding and top steer honors. Howard Johnson bought the steer for his restaurant chain.
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Chicago
Aberdeen Angus
Nancy Turner
Champaign
Julius
Howard Johnson
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Caudle and Connelly
Ike
Droodles
Roger Pal
Temperance
Journal World
Franklin D. Murphy
United Nations
Strong Hall
Dr. Murphy
Esko Nieminen
Ingvar Metin
Tumma Orsa
Bo Winavist
Cabbie
Illinois
Pirate Land
Sion
Vieng
Memorial Hospital
Marvin Robb
Williamstown
Daugter
Rence
Pat
Brown
Erg
Bruce McKee
K. U
Clarence Carl
Journal World Photo
Haskell
Schubert Funeral Home Ambulance Service
New Hampshire
K. C. Cash Grain
U. S
F.o.b
Young Guineas
du Pont
Fagle P
Goodyear
Gulf Oil
Martin
Monsan
Mont Ward
NY Central
Ohio
Olin
Penney
Phill Pet
Plough
Vnna
Er Farmers Insurance Group
Steve Henderson
C. O
Andy" Anderson
Gales & Claims
W. Oth Dil Veo
Rene Vis
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