Final Agreement Near on Defense Spending Figure
President Eisenhower and top advisers reached a near final agreement on the 1956-57 defense budget near 14.5 to 15 billion dollars a year. Secretary Wilson said no final figure was set for next year but no major change from the current level was expected. Pentagon comptroller McNeil said the meeting nearly settled the budget, with further talks unlikely before estimates are finalized.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Wilson
Rowland Hughes
W. J. McNeil
Pentagon
McNeil
Hughes
Washington
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Labor leaders urged to voice politics in 1956 race
Secretary of Labor Mitchell told the AFL CIO convention that organized labor must speak out in politics with a loud clear voice and likely favor Republican policies. President Eisenhower echoed union rights, while Gov. Harriman urged greater participation by workers in American political affairs for the coming campaign.
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New York
Mitchell
Organized Labor
AFL
CIO
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Averell Harriman
Baby defers punishment in Oklahoma City case
Goldie Shuldt of Oklahoma City told Common Pleas Judge Carl Trauh he should defer his liquor possession sentence a week as he said he is about to become a father. The court noted Oklahoma's dry status and the judge approved a stay near home during the blessed event.
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Oklahoma City
Goldie Shuldt
Common Pleas
Carl Trauh
Oklahoma
Trauh
Shuldi
Dulles Hits Soviet Asia Trip and Hatred Tactics
Secretary of State Dulles charged Soviet leaders with fanning hatred during their Asia tour and urged peace between India and Portugal over Goa. He warned anti Western remarks would damage East-West ties and said the United States would hold Russia responsible for barriers to Berlin. He listed potential Asia energy pool sites and noted China’s airfield buildup around Quemoy and Montan while delaying a decision on Outer Manchuria membership.
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Washington
Dulles
Asia
Burma
United States
India
Portuit
Cie
Need
Portugal
Russia
Gon
Caf
Malles
West Wall
West Germany
Berlin
Philippines
Ceylon
Japan
China
Quemoy
Montan
U. N
Million Tax Bill Sought From Muehlebach Hotel Owners
U.S. tax authorities seek over 1 million dollars in back taxes from two Kansas City hotel owners Barney Allis and Herbert Woolf. IRS claims they mischaracterized stock sale proceeds as capital gains rather than dividends from Allis holdings. Both men appeal the deficiency notices to the Tax Court.
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Washington
Muehlebach Intel
Kansas City
Barney .L. Allis
Herbert M. Woolf
U.S
Internal Revenue Service
Allis
Woolf
Allis Hotel Corp
Wichita
Glacier reaches first port in weeks amid rough voyage
The U S Antarctica expedition icebreaker Glacier docked in Christchurch New Zealand marking a brief landfall after 6 000 rough miles. The 8 300 ton ship endured 55 mph winds 30 foot seas and listed up to 45 degrees while towing a tanker crewed by 372 men awaiting civilization before the final leg to the bottom of the world.
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Christchurch
New Zealand
U. S. Antarctica
Panoama
J. L. Blades
Baltimore
Panama
Fliers Aloft as U S Air Defense Tests Coast to Coast
A surprise Operation Crackerjack test by the Air Defense Command involved U S Air Force units Air National Guard observers and Canadian forces in a coast to coast alert to test mass air attack defense. The exercise ended at 7 06 a m CST with details kept secret and no casualty or loss data available.
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Washington
Air Force
Air National Guard
Air Defense Command
Colorado Springs
Colo
Strategic Air Command
U.S. Air Force
Air Reserve
Air National Card
Navy
Pentagon
National Guard
Dentists Called To Aid in Hunt
The St. Clair County sheriff's office says a broken tooth and denture found in the bloodstained home of Mr and Mrs Harald Smith point to an assailant different from the missing couple. A dentist notes the tooth shows a strong blow and likely came from a badly nourished person with tobacco stained teeth as investigators widen checks of local dentists for clues in the case.
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Lebanon
Harald Smith
St. Clair County
Smith
Arline
St. Louis
N. H. Feder
Belleville
Smiths
Feder
G Cary
British concede right to canals in East Germany drive
BERLIN British Foreign Office acknowledged the East German government’s claim to canal traffic control and inland waterways aiding Berlin. The move drew quiet remarks from American and French offices while West Germany warned of risks to isolated West Berlin supplies. Bonn to hold emergency talks among foreign affairs and economics ministers over the demand that traffic issues be negotiated.
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Berlin
Great Britain
Foreign Office
West Berlin
Onrad Adenauer
Bonn
Attlee Seen Retiring Soon as Labor Leader
Private talk in Westminster suggests former Prime Minister Clement Attlee may retire as Labor leader. MPs expect a possible announcement at a Labor party parliamentary delegation meeting Thursday night.
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London
Labor
Clement R. Attlee
House of Commons
Atttlee
Labor Party
Georgia Governor and Tech Leader Clash Over Sugar Bowl Bid
Georgia Governor Marvin Griffin and Georgia Tech President Blake Van Leer clash after the Georgia Board of Regents allowed Tech to accept a Sugar Bowl bid. Griffin claims lack of consultation while Van Leer says he informed the governor of Techs intent after the bid offer. Student protest followed the dispute.
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Georgia
Tech
Atlanta
Georgia Tech
Board of Regents
Pitt
Marvin Griffin
Blake van Leer
Ben Wiggin
Griffin
van Leer
Man Held in Probe For 3-Child Killer
Pontiac police questioned Robert Moser of Fenton on drug and weapons charges in a case tied to the October slaying of three boys. Despite testimony, authorities said no link to the killings exists and the gun was found during a separate arrest in Monn. The three victims, ages 11 to 14, were found near a forest in October after the victims disappeared mid month.
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Pontiac
Mich
Ames Parke
Holly
Robert Moser
Fenton
Moser
Oakland
Gail
Parke
Monn
Parkey
Chicago
Raperson
John Sehuessien
Anton
Eden and Eden Era Aims at Middle East Peace Talks
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Anthony Eden plan to press for renewed Middle East negotiations ahead of a possible visit to Britain. They discuss using the 1947 UN partition plan as a starting point while British and American mediators seek to curb hostilities between Israel and Arab states. Egypt and others welcome Eden's diplomacy despite U.S. China policy differences.
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Israel
Anih
Persua Hin
Falon
Fisenhowers
Middle East
United Nations
Eisephoney
State Dulles
Eden
Britain
China
United States
Far East
Hartmanes Win 9500 in Pike Land Condemnation Case
A Kansas district court jury awarded Mr and Mrs Fred Hartman 9500 after disputing the Turnpike Authoritys condemnation. The verdict split the total damages into 4300 for 20 percent of acres and 6200 for miscellaneous damages. The Hartman farm lies a mile east of Big Springs and this is the fourth case in a series totaling 42942. Next trial set for Thursday involves land owned by Mr and Mrs William A Anderson.
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Fred Hartman
Hartman
Turnpike Authority
Big Springs
William A. Anderson
Slayer of Texas Child Suffers a Heart Attack
A Missouri convict, L. Priest, sentenced to life for the murder of Jeandette Marnest, suffered a heart attack at the U S Public Health Service Hospital in Fort Worth while under observation after his conviction and after a grand jury indicted him on a Lindbergh kidnapping law violation.
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Fort Worth
Tex
L. Priest
Missouri
U. S. Public Health Service
Jean-dette Marnest
KU Decorations Swap Nativity Scene for Christmas Tree
At Kansas University Strang Hall a nativity scene replaces the annual Christmas tree after the design department and residents rebuilt the display following weekend wind damage. The manger scene, with a wire and gold ball cone surround, features a delayed finish and will be lit nightly from the balcony until Christmas.
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Strang Hall
Kansas University
Menibers
Department of Design
Thesidents
Department of Building and Grounds
Marjorie Whitney
Roger Bene
Glish
Kansas Traffic Deaths Topeka Chronicle Figures
Kansas traffic fatalities are listed by the State Accident Record station. In the last 24 hours to date in 1953 the total is 629. For the same period in 1954 the total is 564.
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Topekand
Kansas
Langer Presses Pact Probe Over Dixon Yates Contract
Senator Langer declares a public inquiry into whether backers of the cancel ed Dixon Yates contract funded Eisenhower's 1952 campaign. He subpoenas former Summerfield and Adams along with White House aides Mil chen as part of a Senate Antimonopoly subcommittee hearing on alleged criminal aspects of the deal. The 107 million dollar pact between AEC and Dixon Yates was dropped after Memphis decided to build its own plant.
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Washington
Sen
Langer
R-Ndd
Eisenhower
Senate
Summerfield
Sherman Adams
White House
Stephen A. Mil*chen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Fhrst
Edgar H. Dixon
Eugene A. Yates
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
AEC
Dixon-Yates Group
Memphis
Tenn
Huge Hook Heist in Chattanooga Hits Local Shop
Overnight break in at the B. I. Peckimpaugh Co. fishing supplies steals hooks and a few dozen live minnows. Tine-A-Mite closes tonight. store will reopen Wednesday as usual.
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Chattanooga
Te Itn
B. I. Peckimpaugh Co
Yesterdia
Slate
Khrushchev Visit to Britain Seen as Leverage
London observers speculate Khrushchev aims to provoke Britain to cancel a planned April visit. The anti West stance grows as Pravda, Churchill and Nutting weigh in, with Eden urged to renegotiate the invitation.
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London
Nita Khrushchev
Quick Work Seen As Vital During Blaze at Museum
A Lawrence fire and museum staff battled a blaze at the Spooner-Thayer Museum of Art on the KU campus. Fire crews, students, and workers removed paintings and sculptures as flames confined to walls and ceilings, keeping damage to a minimum.
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Warren Wandling
Kansas University
Milwaukee
K. U
Spooner- Thayer Museum of Art
Journal-World Phots
Spooner-Thayer Museum of Art
Edward A. Maser
Theuseum
Maser
Keith Lawton
K.U
Lawton
Nichols
Ray Nichols
Lawrence
Five Day Weather Forecast for Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma
Five day outlook shows temperatures 3 to 4 degrees below normal in north and east Nebraska with near normal in other areas. Nebraska and Kansas expect light precipitation with minimal day to day changes and no major cold outbreaks. Kansas mostly partly cloudy and warmer with southerly winds. highs around 50s, lows 20s to 30s. Oklahoma near normal with little rain.
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Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Eran Muthikh
Tolay
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