Exemption Fight for Gas Producers to Escalate
Washington discussion heats as House approved a gas producers exemption and Senate action looms. Lyndon Johnson plans to press the bill in the new session while critics warn of a failed effort. Industry officials oppose federal controls, with Phillips Petroleum cautioning the consumer impact and gas distributors forming a council led by John Heyke of Brooklyn Union Gas Company.
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Washington
House
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Tex
AsMass
Heselton
Ren. Harris
D-Ark
Senate Commerce Committee
Sen
Folbricht
MsArk
Rayburn L. Foster
Phillips Petroleum Co
John Heyke
Brooklyn Union Gas iCo
Expert Says Man to Try Trip Around Moon in Near Future
Wernher von Braun, Redstone Arsenal rocket chief, told a joint RPI Astrophysical Society and Troy Club meeting that man will attempt orbital flight and a 10 day lunar surround mission after initial satellites. He said larger rockets and improved equipment will enable crewed spaceflight within the International Geophysical Year plans.
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Troy
N. Y. WA
Wernher von Braun
von Braun
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
Germany
Rensselaer Polytechnite Institute Astrophysical Society
Troy Astronomy Club
What Did The Dumbiddy Do
Santa faces a predicament when a clay figure named a Dumdiddy asks him to rescue Beanie who fled home to avoid gifts at Christmas. The Dumididdy and Beanie share adventures before the Gimmes Dwarf captures Beanie. Can Santa rescue them or fall victim himself in a clash with the Gimme Dwarf.
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Bssata
Beaale
Santa
Dumdiddy
Beanie
Market News Roundup Kansas City Livestock And Produce
Kansas City markets report mixed cattle trading with steers under 1100 pounds steady to 50 higher, cows weak to 50 lower, bulls and vealers steady. heifers strong in places. Wool slaughter lambs lower, sheep and ewes mixed. Produce prices list eggs, poultry, butter, grains, and livestock values with various weights and grades. Includes Butterfat and local market quotes for wheat barley corn soybeans and miscellaneous items.
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Livestock Weekly
Kansas City
USDA
Thanksgiving Guests Fill Captain's Creek Holiday Table
A flood of Thanksgiving visitors gathering from Kansas City Pittsburg Le Mars Topeka and Shawnee filled the Captain's Creek area. Families including Brecheisen Lefmann Hauck Westerhouse and Willard hosted relatives and friends from Gardner Olathe Mission Shawnee and Newell with dinners and church services noted.
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Lloyd Brecheisen
Janet Stowe
Kansas City
J.P. Lefmann
Pittsburg
Philip Lefmann
Gerald
K.S.T.C
Theo Hauck
Higginsville
Emma Hauck
Clara Hauck
John Hauck
Noaclean
Fred Reetz
Linwood
Henry Giertz
Eudora
Floyd Ott
Amos Westerhouse
Ida Saunders
Genieve Saunders
Shawnee
Okla
Phillip Lefmann
J. P
Jean Lefmann
Topeka
Ernest Scheunemann
Brenda
Mission
Ira Willard
Centralia
Eugene Westerhouse
Worden
St. John’s, Reformed Church
Carl Plambeck
Elisabeth
Kay Alexander
le Mars
Town
Homer Clark
Hannah Meeder
Florin Meeder
Wellsville
Hailie Garrett
Albert Meeder
Kincaid
Gerald Hodson
Arch
Meeder
Ronald
Dale Meeder
Myrna Riley
Lyle Clark
Ray Lefmann
Edwin Lefmann
Gardner
Oscar Brechelsen
Clyde Deay
Paul Gabriel
Henry Deckwa
Wesley Deckwa
Mis
Mary Deckwa
Margaret Deckwa
Paul Hausmann
Lawrence
Gene Kalb
Jeanette
Skipper
Baldwin
Clarence Hausmann
Calvin
Dorena
Peggy Hausmann
Larry
Connie
Darrell Gabriel
Raymond Brechelsen
Eon. Dee
Misa Laverne Brecheisen
Gerald Knabe
Mary Rodewald
Richard
Newell
Sarah
Erwin Kanzig
Jim Kanzig
Ten Canadians Killed In Transport Plane Crash Near Metz
A Canadian military transport plane crashed two miles south of Montmedy Forest near Metz while en route from Gros Tenquin to Marville Air Base. Reports state ten of the six aboard were killed, with three injured. The aircraft was destroyed and believed from a Canadian base in England.
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Montmedy
France
Montmendy Forest
Gay
Metz
Marville Air Base
England
Gros Ten‘quin
Marville
New Home Construction Driven to Record 1955 Pace
New homes mark continued gains at record 1955 level with nearly 400000 worth of new duplexes and apartments started this year. Remodeling and structural additions remain strong with 27 permits totaling 27600. Recent permits include multiple home remodels garages and new houses at addresses across the city.
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Earl Majors
W. C. Stockert
R. 1
St. Violet Hill
Prairie Ave
Raymond Anderson
Na Sti
Merill Dimond
Miss. St
Elmer Christian
W. 21St St
Bob Moore
W. 4Th St
J. B. Thompson
Terr
Martin Henry
N. J. St
P. Frazier
Haskell Ave
R. W. Campbell
W. 22Nd St
Marriage License Issued for Perdue and Hall
A marriage license was issued Friday from Probate Court to Raymond Hugene Perdue 22 and Reba Ann Hall 16 both of Lawrence.
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Raymond Hugene Perdue
Reba Ann Hall
Lawrence
DROODLES By ROGER PRICE SHAVING BRUSH LAUGHING CARTOON PIECE
A humorous Drowlie by Roger Price sent from Koras Turnowsky Newark N J. It riffs on a cousin Stanlye who grows a full whiskered beard at age two due to overexposure to Prize Fight ads. The boy’s early speech shows comical mispronunciations and family anecdotes.
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Koras Turnowsky
Newark
Stanlye
Stanley
Stany
Military Ball Tonight At KU Draws 1500 Students
About 1,500 students are expected at the annual Military Ball from 8 to midnight in the Memorial Union at Kansas University. Sponsored by Army Navy and Air Force ROTC units, the evening features a queen crowning at intermission by Capt. James M. Elliott of the Olathe Naval Air Station. Finalists are Judy Howard Jo Ann Benton and Marcia Goodwin, representing Pi Beta Phi Gamma Phi Beta and Kappa Kappa Gamma. The Warren Durrett band of Kansas City will provide music for the dance.
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Kansas University
Army
Navy
Air Force
James M. Elliott
Olathe Naval Air Station
Judy Howard
Salina
Jo Ann Benton
Overland Park
Marcia Goodwin
Columbus
Miss Howard
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Miss Benton
Gamma Phi Beta
Miss Goodwin
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Warren Durrett
Kansas City
Swift cable project aims to boost Lawrence North Lawrence service
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co moves to lay a new cable across the Kaw River at the Lawrence bridge to improve service for North Lawrence residents. A temporary metal rope was briefly installed on the bridge railing as part of the work. Weather and university holiday preparations note a warm spell followed by a winter storm ahead with snow possible Sunday. Local temps rose from 35 to the upper 50s in one morning, ending a stretch of freezing days.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Kaw River
Lawrence Bridge
North Lawrence
Kansas
Safety course at CCA for employees begins Monday
A standard Red Cross First Aid course will open Monday for employees at the Consumers Cooperative plant taught by Ralph Chamberlain safety engineer and assisted by Roy Good. The class covers plant safety and the disaster plan in the administration Building with about 45 participants signed up. Separate data notes mental hospital admissions rose from 106000 in 1931 to 171000 in 1951.
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Red Cross
Consumers Cooperaive
Ralph Chamberlain
CCA
Roy Good
Constant Offer Low On 4 Pike Projects
Constant Construction Co. of Lawrence bid low on 180000 dollars of Kansas Turnpike work but may be rebid as quotes exceed estimates by over 10 percent. Bids for toll plazas and maintenance buildings were opened, with only two plazas near Kansas City within limit. Total bids over engineers’ estimates by about 32 percent. Westinghouse Electric Co. Kansas City led on a communications system bid of 399480 dollars plus 49100 maintenance, though some bids were rental or alternative bases. Jailer decision will take time. bids on 13 plazas were received for only eight.
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Constant Construction Co
Lawrence Wos
Kansas Turnpike
Kansas City
Constant
Lawrence
Topeka
Westinghouse Electric Corp
L. W. Newcomer
Jailer
Pilot crashlands huge plane safely after long ordeal
Tokyo based Air Force pilot Captain William W. West and nine others rode the distressed big craft to a belly landing at Yokota after eight hours circling with fuel dwindling. Two crew parachuted while foam was spread to avert explosion. West chose to try a runway landing rather than bail out.
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Tokyo
Yokota Air Base
Jit
William W. West
Montrose Dr
South Charleston
W. Va
West
Mrs Berg Attends Topeka Planning Session
Emma Berg county superintendent attended a planning session in Topeka to organize a regional conference of Northeast Kansas county superintendents scheduled for early next year. The conference theme focuses on soil and water conservation education for Kansas.
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Emma Berg
Topeka
Kansas
Winter mulch guidelines for perennials shrubs and trees
A winter mulch should not be applied to the soil around perennials shrubs and trees until the ground is well frozen and the plants dormant. It should be applied immediately to plants transplanted this fall to keep the soil warm and prevent rapid temperature changes, aiding growth conditions.
Funeral Services Set For Two Sisters In Holton
Holton Kansas funeral services are planned for Mrs. Will T Beck 75 and Miss Janet Louis McLaughlin who died in a Holton hospital. Mrs Beck wife of a Horton newspaperman suffered a heart attack after months of illness. Miss McLaughlin died of cerebral thrombosis and had lived with the Becks since 1953. Burial for Miss McLaughlin at Mount Hope Cemetery in Hiawatha. Funeral for Mrs Beck in Horton with service at Hokon Cemetery Monday.
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Kasuf
Janet Louis McLaughlin
Will T. Beck
Beck
Republican Party
Laughlin
Becks
Drew
McLaughlin Sr
Miami County Republican
Paola
Ewing Herbert Sr
Hiawatha Daily World
Charles H. Browne Sr
Horton Headlight
Hiawatha
Horton Board of
Edu
Miss McLaughlin
Misa Mclaughlin
Mount Hope
Hokon Cemetery
Washington Civil Service Hearings Suspended Amid Sparks
Senate Civil Service subcommittee recessed its hearings into the Eisenhower administration security firings amid partisan sparring. Sen Neely says findings show fakery by Republicans while Sen Carlson accuses hit and run tactics. Leaders claim most listed were not fired under the director and that standard procedures were used.
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Senate Civil Service
Sen
Neely
D-Wva
Sen. Carlson
R-Kas
GOP
Olin D. Johnston
DSC
Eisen
Carlson
Palment
Philip Young
Civil Service Commission
Young
Memorial Hospital Admissions List Read Like Local Roll Call
Admitted patients include Mrs Etta Brockman Route 3 Mrs Donna Wiley Mrs Lillie Ridley James O Brien Clathe Tommy Henderson 1320 Pa St Mrs Nora Patton 609 N J St Mrs Naomi Spotts Warren 345 Ark St Mrs Edna Carlson Route 1 anna Kathleen Young Sunflower Miss Gloria Metcalf 1539 Lilac Lane Mrs Ver lin Lewis and baby girl 1206 Tenn St Mrs Althea Stevens 1271 NY Bt Mra Ida May Walker 1131 Pa i)
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Etta Brockman
Donna Wiley
Lillie Ridley
Miss. St
James O'Brien
Tommy Henderson
Pa. St
Nora Patton
N. J. St
Naomi Spotts
Warren
Ark. St
Edna Carlson
Anna Kathleen Young
Gloria Metcalf
Lilac Lane
Verlin Lewis
Tenn
Althea Stevens
N.Y
Ida May Walker
Chicago Man Is Featured In Temperance Talk Here
George J. Mensik of Chicago, member of the Chicago Christian Business Men's Committee International, will speak at 2 30 Sunday afternoon at the Lawrence Community Building. His visit and talk are sponsored by the Douglas County Christian Temperance Council with free public admission. Mensik will discuss why he has devoted his life to the Gospel.
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George J. Mensik
Chicago
Chicago Christian Business Men's Committee
International
Lawrence Communiy
Mensik
Lawrence
Hla
Douglas County Christian Temperance Council
Attendance Down At Young GOP Meeting
Weather and candidate shortfall dampened turnout at the Kansas Young Republican Club biennial conven tion with fewer than 150 delegates on Friday. State chairman candidate Glenn D. Cogswell of Topeka led an orderly scene at the Baker Hotel as the group aims for harmony and avoids earlier factional clashes.
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Hutchinson
Kansas
Young Republican Club
Lawrence
Robert Ellsworth
Douglas County
Young Gop
Bill Pendleton
Jack Maxwell
Frid
Glenn D. Cogswell
Topeka
Shawnee County
New Baker Hotel
Cogswell
Wichita
Fred Hall
Harmony
Sam W. G. Lowe
Colby
Senator George hailed as one of nation’s great statesmen
President Elsen Barkley and 55 U S Senate members lauded Georgia Senator George as a leading statesman in remarks received last night in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Sen. George
Dga
Elsen Barkley
U. S. Senate
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