New Union Sets Bold Two Year Organizing Drive
The AFL-CIO leadership led a massive organizing drive aiming to enlist millions of new members within two years of the AFL-CIO convention. George Meany and Walter Reuther pledged an all-out recruiting campaign targeting chemical, textile, and paper industries, plus office and building workers, with four million dollars pledged as an organizing fund. The plan seeks to convert nonunion workers into first class citizens by boosting wages, purchasing power, and living standards.
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New ‘York
Afl-Cio
Hoth
George Meany
AFL
Walter Reuther
CIO
Reuther
Meany
Closing Arguments Set for Pike Case in Douglas County
Closing arguments and jury instructions were scheduled in the fifth Kansas Turnpike condemnation case in Douglas County. The Andersons seek about 12 to 14 thousand dollars for 21 acres northwest of the Lawrence area, while Turnpike Authority figures range 6.5 to 7.5 thousand. Previous trials yielded 4.42 total jury awards against appraisers’ 19,200. Thirty-nine appeals have been filed in the county, with six more set this term. Jurors listed include Norman Aldrich and Clifford Anderson among others.
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Kansas Turnpike
Douglas County
William A. Anderson
Lecompton Road
Lawrence
Anderson
Turnpike Authority
Dong- Jag
Norman Aldrich
Clifford Anderson
Baldwin
Alf Gammill
Eudora
Kenneth R. Giffin
Moundview Dr
E. M. Huston
Overbrook
Joseph Keiy
Johnson Ave
Ralph Kerns
Charles Linders
6Th St. John “Morgan
NAM President Parker Named National Leader for 1957
Parker, 65, elected national vice president and president-designate for 1957. He retired last July as chairman of the Kimberley-Clark board, a paper firm that expanded and reached record high sales under his guidance.
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Page
National
Parker
Kimberly-Clark
22 Attend K U Clinic on Association Management
About 22 persons attended the third annual Association Management Clinic at Kansas University. Speakers included Samuel B. Shapiro of the Linen Supply Association Chicago, Howard M. Immel Kansas House member from Iola, and Harry F. Bennetts of the National Lubricating Grease Institute Kansas City. The session studied current field problems and sought practical solutions.
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Association Management
Kansas University
Samuel B. Sharpiro
Linen Supply Association
Chicago, Ill
Howard M.tony) Immel
Kansas House of Representatives
Iola
Harry F. Bennetts
National Lubricating Grease Institute
Kansas Cty
Divorce Suit Filed in District Court
A divorce suit was filed Thursday in District Court by Lorna Woodard against Joe A Woodard.
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District Court
Lorna Woodard
Joe A’ Woodard
KU Staff Writers Shape Farm and Fiction Worlds
KU English Department staff members pursue creative writing by day and publish novels for adults and children by night. Notable figures include Arvid Shulenberger returning from Mexico to study Ford Foundation programs, James E. Gunn with science fiction novels, Don Wilcox with a teenage book and Navajo tale, Bonnie Bess King guiding children's writing, and others adapting 19th century opera for modern audiences. Also notes Schirmer’s publishing interest in Charles Loyd Holt’s American in Boston and Edgar Wolfe’s Widow Man. President Eisenhower discusses a broader farm program at Camp David, with Benson predicting a soil bank plan remains central and possibly expanded.
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Arvid Shhulenberger
Mexico
Ford Foundation
Fram
James E. Gunn
K. U
Jack Williamson
Don Wilcox
Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
Little Brown Publishing Co
Arizona
Haskell Institute
Bonnie Bess King
Gorham State Teachers College
Maine
King
Chicago University
Thornton Wilder
Bonnie Bess
Worline
Charles Loyd Holt
Holt
Carl Milbeckers
Boston
Schirmer
Kansas City University
Edgar Wolfe
Atlantic Monthly Press
K.U
Wolfe
Ottawa
Wyandotte
Thurmont
Eisenhower
Benson
Camp David
Denver
Deaths and Funerals in St Joseph and Kansas City
Mrs. Walter G. Parker of St Joseph is believed dead near her home after illness. Peter E Laughlin, 77, retired Kansas banker and ex state bank commissioner, dies in Kansas City. services at Muehlebach Chapel and St Francis Xavier Church. Also listed are Ra N Rea of Kansas City and Viola Richardson VanSickle of Cawker City, with details of their funeral plans and surviving relatives.
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Walter G. Parker
St. Joseph
Barbara Parker
Kansas University
Peter E., Laughlin
Kansas City
Peter E. Laughlin
Atchison
Kansas
Old Midwest National Bank and Trust Co
Nell Laughlin
John Kilkenny
Manhattan
Anne P. Laughlin
Denver
Mary G. Laughlin
Iola
H. H. Olden
P. Laughlin
Tonganoxie
J. G. Laughlin
Muehlebach
St. Francis Xavier Church
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
N. N. Rea
H. C. Bray
Vt. St
Ra N. Rea
Eudora
Clearfield
West
Plains
Ida M. Rea
Bray
R. W. Cowan
West Plains
Paul Maxwell
Houston
Tex
Harry L. Roark
E. E. Moore
James VanSickle
Viola Richardson VanSickle
Cawker City
Arthur VanSickle
Haskell Institute
K. U. Engineering School
Nine Days Left Continued from Page One Tax Deadline
The article explains that if the first-half tax is not paid by the deadline, the entire amount becomes due immediately, while paying before the deadline means the second half is due next June 20. The county tax bill is 15 percent higher than 1954, largely due to state levy increases. Individual tax changes vary across the county due to differing levies and higher valuation from new construction. A gift subscription to the Journal World is suggested as a happy Christmas gesture for former Lawrence residents.
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Lawrence
Journal World
Adv
Births at Memorial Hospital Reported
At Memorial Hospital admitted list includes Mrs. Mary Kimmel McLouth and others with addresses in Eudora Lecompton Haskell and Wellsville plus babies born to Mrs. Imogene Wayland Eudora Mrs Arden Dodge and baby boy and Mrs Etta Brockman 822 R I St and Mrs Emma Taylor 846 Ohio St among others Births: Mr and Mrs Robert Spillman Oskaloosa a daughter today and Mr and Mrs Carl Miller 1343 Haskell Ave a son today.
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Imogene Wayland
Eudora
Arden Dodge
Sunnyside
Etta Brockman
R. I. St
Emma Taylor
Ohio St
Jane Hisey
White's Trailer Ct
Nora Patton
N. 2Nd St
Donna Wiley
Tommy Henderson
Robert Spillman
Oskaloosa
Carl Miller
Haskell Ave
Truman urges UMIT plan in national welfare talk
Kansas City Harry S. Truman urged universal military training as essential to national welfare during a Reserve Officers Association speech. He reiterated support for UMT adoption. R. Karl Honaman, a deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, resigned amid information policy controversies.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Reserve Officers Assn
Hearings open on Indian Creek District lagoon plan in Johnson County
Disagreement between sanitary engineers and a microbiologist marked the first day of hearings on the Indian Creek District proposed treatment lagoon for Northeast Johnson County. Gov. Hall's special fact finding committee heard testimony from engineers and Dr. Engley of Missouri University who called the lagoon a hazard.
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Indian Creek
Johnnson County
Fred Hall
H. Penfield Jones
Lawrence
Thomas R. Hood
Kansas Board of Health
Ivan Cain
Jones
William Busch
Harold R. Fatzer
Richard FE. Pringle
Gov. Hall
Engley
Department of Microbiology
Missouri University
Group Has Second Meet At Kansas Institute
The executive committee of the Kansas Institute for Research in the Education of Exceptional Children held its second meeting of the year at Kansas University. The committee coordinates research among Kansas schools and agencies. Organized in 1954 by the governor, it will meet four times this school year with sessions in October February 10 and April 6. Kenneth Anderson, dean of the School of Education, is director.
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Kansas Institute For Research
Kansas University
Kansas
Kenneth Anderson
School of Education
Market News Briefs and Wall Street Roundup
The market page reports irregular stock activity with some issues rising in late trading while government bonds gain modestly. Commodities show mixed moves across cotton, wheat, corn, oats, and soybeans with prices for hogs and cattle fluctuating. The Day in Wall Street notes uneven activity in New York with Benguet Consolidated leading volume and Wilson & Co resuming dividends after 1952. Kansas City grains and livestock prices are listed with per bushel and per hundredweight figures for wheat, corn, oats, soybeans, eggs, and butterfat.
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Wall Street
New York
Benguet Consolidated
Wilson & Co
Dispute on KU Agenda In YMCA International Meeting
The Arab Israeli dispute will be discussed at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Pine Rooms Memorial Union Kansas University Speakers include Mohammed J Kavem Cairo Egypt and Zvi Henry Lult Tel Aviv Israel with Dr Walter E Sandelius history professor as moderator
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Ymca-Ymca International Commission
Pine Rooms
Memorial Union
Kansas University
Mohammed J. Kavem
Cairo
Egypt
Zvi Henry Lult
College of Liberal ‘Arts and Sciences
Tel Aviv
Israel
Walter E. Sandelius
New Cabinet Formed in Turkey Ends 11 Day Crisis
Premier Adnan Menderes announced a new Turkish cabinet in Ankara ending an 11 day government crisis. The reshuffle places key ministers in updated roles to stabilize governance and reassure markets.
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Ankara
Turkey
Adnan Menderes
McKay Denies Saying Goons Remark in Speech
Secretary of Interior McKay said he did not remember making the goon remark credited to Adlai Stevenson but expressed agreement with part of it. He cited goons in labor and said such elements had existed in Oregon. Stevenson had attributed the remark to a Cabinet member during a New York speech.
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Portland
Ore
McKay
Adlai Stevenson
Oregon
Honolulu
Stevenson
New York
Praise for O'Mahoney cited by Michigan auto dealers
The Michigan Automobile Dealers Assn representing 1,425 new car dealers applauded Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney of Wyoming as his subcommittee investigates auto industry sales practices.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan Automobile Dealers Assn
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Local Women Injured In Wreck East Of City
Two Lawrence women were treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital Thursday evening after minor injuries in a two car crash at the foot of Tin Tavern Hill on Highway K-10. Lorraine Bodin, 24, was knocked unconscious briefly but not seriously hurt. a second passenger suffered a nose injury. another passenger escaped injury. Driver Robert Altenbernd, 16, said he left his lane to avoid a truck from behind. Damage was about 400 dollars. A Christmas gift subscription to the Journal-World accompanies orders.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Tin Tavern Hill
K-10
Lorraine G. Bodin
Moundview Dr
Ak Sodding
Me. St
Sheriff's Office
Robert Leroy Altenbernd
Route 2
Oposite
Altenbernd
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