Poultry Worker Admits Slaying Missing Couple
BELLEVILLE IL A poultry worker named Fillmore Young 34 confessed to a double murder that solved the disappearance of Harold Smith 46 and his wife Arline 35 from Lebanon Illinois. Bodies found in wells 15 miles apart. Young denied rape. He said he woke with a gun in the Smith house and did not know the couple. Two murder warrants filed. he faced the electric chair.
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Belleville
Ill
PA Husky
Lebanon
Fillmore Young
Carlyle
Harold Smith
Arline
C. C. Kane
Smith
Young
Fillmore
Adenial
Carfe
Snd
Court of Justice of the Peace
Russell Krupp
Asst
Kenneth J. Juen
Smiths
Moderate Trend In Temperatures Seen
TOPEKA reports a moderating temperature trend with strong winds and occasional snow across Kansas tonight and Saturday. Snow confined to the northeast and north central areas, with winds rising and cloudiness increasing. Lows near 20 in the east and 20s west, highs in the 30s to 40s by day. Five day outlook shows near normal western highs and 4 to 8 degrees below normal east, with light snow possible producing under .10 inch moisture.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tom Arnold
Arnold
Burns Leaves Cairo for Jerusalem After Talks Fail
U N truce supervisor Maj. Gen. Edson L. M. Burns departed Cairo for Jerusalem following two days of talks with Egyptian leaders that did not yield progress toward easing tensions on the Israeli Egyptian frontier.
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Cairo
Egypt
U.N
Edson L. M. Burns
Jerusalem
United States and Soviet clash over open sky plan
At the United Nations in New York the United States and the Soviet Union clashed over Eisenhower’s open sky inspection plan as vote on a four power arms framework neared. U S delegate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. said Soviet and Indian ideas would be included but Eisenhower inspection would take priority. Soviet Arkady Sobolev accused Washington of expecting Moscow to accept the plan without knowing the next steps in disarmament.
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United Nations
N. Y
United States
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U.S
U.N
Arkady Sobolev
Russia
Possible Squeeze On the Decision Haunts Hopefuls
United States Republican presidential hopefuls fear a delay in President Eisenhower decision could bar them from primaries. Knowland contemplates entering Illinois March 10 primary if no word by January 23. California senator says the President will indicate intentions early, but backers warn of enforced inactivity up to the August convention.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Restare
Thata
Sen
Knowland
California
Senate
Minois
New Hampshire
Post office finally delivers 36 year old money order
The Post Office notified Representative Robert W. Kean to collect a $7.67 money order dated June 6, 1919 issued at Trier France and signed by Lt R J Toptoon. Kean, then an Army lieutenant, had waited years for payment. The 36 year delay has no clear explanation from authorities.
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Washington
Robert W. Kean
Kean
France
Trier
R. J. Toptoon
Post Office Department
NAM President Says Ike Should Announce Intent
NEW YORK P The new president of the National Association of Manufacturers urged President Eisenhower to announce plans for 1956 early to let other candidates enter primaries. Cola G Parker predicted a 3 to 5 percent rise in 1956 output and warned of dangers in AFL CIO merger. He backed Sen Taft in 1952 and praised Sen McCarthy while urging early declaration to aid primaries.
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NAM
Ike
New York
Aren
Eisenhower
Parker
Afl-Cio
Kimberly-Clark Corp
Neenah, Wis
New Labor Movement
NUM
Knowland
Sem
Rcaill
Taft
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Appleton
Indiana Court Frees 2 Men in Fantastic Case
Indiana Supreme Court freed Arnie Roark and Jay Holcomb, both Lawrenceburg residents, calling the case almost fantastic. Their auto banditry sentences were shortened after the Court found no proof they planned to take stolen property, and suggested petit larceny as a possible charge. Ed Coronett was wounded and may be dead. Mrs Wieshan had recruited them for the wheat theft scheme.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Supreme Court
Arnie Roark
Jay Holcomb
Lawrenceburg
Ind
High Court
Indiana Reformatory
Dearborn Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Charles
Zoilla Wieshan
Wieshaw
Roark
Holcomb
Ed Coronett
Joseph Dall
Coronett
Carpentry in Nazareth The Joseph Story for Children
A brief, child friendly retelling places Joseph the carpenter in Nazareth two thousand years ago. It depicts his shop filled with curious youngsters, Mary sewing nearby, and the arrival of a Roman chariot signaling changing times for the quiet Galilee town.
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Mediterranean Sea
Nazareth
Joseph
Mary
Galilee
Happy Dealer Backs GM Dealer Relations View
Washington report on Senate Antitrust hearings includes Minneapolis GM dealer Malkerson defending dealer relations saying 17000 dealers are satisfied with contracts. He notes only a few adverse testimonies and claims no pressure from GM on car allocations or credit. Hearing amid questions on GM size and impact on independent suppliers and dealers.
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Washington
Lester A. Malkerson
General Motors
Minneapolis
Senate
Malkerson
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly
Sen
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Subcommittee
Mahoney Pu
Harlow H. Curtice
Curtice
Henry M. Hogan
GM General Counsel
Joseph W. Burns
William F. Hufstader
Co-Op Event Draws About 400 At Meeting
About 400 people expected for the second annual Farmers Coop Association meeting at the Community Building noon Monday.Highlights include the annual audit by Lewis Trotter of the Co-op Finance Association in Kansas City and remarks by Les Roenigk of Consumers Co-op Association. Will Hayden presides. officers to be elected. a drive to raise about 117000 for a 100000-bushel elevator will be reported. facility planned at Twenty Third Street and Haskell Avenue.
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Farmers Coop Association
Lewis Trotter
Wanper
Co-op Finance Association
Kansas City
Les Roenigk
Consumers Co-op Association
Will H. Hayden
Henry Freeman
Hayden
Otto Hack
Albert Pendleton
Walter Thome
Guy Schuitz
Twenty Third Street
Haskell Avenue
Jarvis Brink
Holcomb of Purdue Named Northwestern's Director
Purdue head football coach Stu Holcomb was named Northwestern University athletic director on a five year deal. The announcement noted his four year Purdue term and one year remaining on his contract. Contenders included A C Dutch Lonborg of Kansas, former Evansville basketball coach before joining KU.
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Holcomb
Purdue
Northwestern
Chicago
Stu Holcomb
Northwestern University
A.C
Dutch) Lonborg
Kansas University
Lonhborg
Evanston, Dr
K. U
Frozen Bodies of 2 Men Found Today in Joplin
Two men were found dead in different parts of Joplin, both frozen. One was in a west side drainage ditch with minor clothing, lacerations, and two cents in his pocket, police pondering beating or robbery. coroner suggests possible car strike. The second body lay in a car at a salvage yard on the east side. identity unknown and cause of death not yet determined.
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Joplin
W. W. Hurst
Fyoaeny
Christmas Vespers at KU to Be Held Sunday Dec 18
The 81st annual Christmas Vespers will be staged Sunday December 18 in Hoeh Auditorium Kansas University with 400 participants. The program features the A Cappella Choir under Clayton H Krehbiel and the University Symphony Orchestra under Russell L Wiley, plus a 53 bell Memorial Carillon recital and a 4 brass double quartet directed by Edward Masters. Tableaux designed by Robert Green, Robert Ludiow, Dwight Burnham, and John Talleur depict Nativity and other scenes. Candles will be lit by two student attendants. University organist E L Anderson will play Lebeque Les Cloches and Handel Aria, with choir and orchestra performing listed pieces.
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Hoeh
Kansas University
Clayton H. Krehbiel
University Symphony Orchestra
Russell L. Wiley
Edward
Masters
Robert Green
Robert Ludiow
Dwight Burnham
John Talleur
Steven Campbell
James W. Campbell
Alan Hitt
James K. Hitt
St. L
Hugo Jungst
Wilhovsky
Robert Shaw
James
Dvorak
Thomas Galloway
Wichita
Jo Ann Benton
Overland Park
Sherrie Steffens
Ray Johnson
Kansas City
Charles Garver
Mission
Curtis Eads
Mass. St
Marty Cole
Nancy Olsen
Delafield
Wis
Mary Fischer
St. Louis
Cae Doane
Nine Days Left For Payment Of First-Half Taxes
Nine weekdays remain for paying the first-half property taxes in White Lawrence area as the county treasurer's office counts on tax receipts nearing one million dollars. Treasurer Edythe Norman urges mail payments for speed and notes the total levies by all agencies reach three million. Envelopes with tax statements and properly dated checks are essential, as one percent discount applies only if the entire amount is paid by December 20.
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Norman
Normann
Five Day Weather Forecast for Oklahoma and Nebraska
The forecast shows a warming trend early in the period with a possible ceiling by Sunday or Monday. Light snow possible mainly in Nebraska and Kansas, amounts under one tenth inch. Strong northerly winds and increasing clouds with warmer conditions tonight and tomorrow, temperatures dip to around 20 in the east, highs near 30s to 40s in the north and south. Sunrise 7:29 am, sunset 4:59 pm.
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Oklahoma
Nebraska
Kansas
Central
Graham Okays 1957 New York Crusade Invitation
Evangelist Billy Graham accepted an invitation from New York City's Protestant churches to stage four major crusades in 1957. He described the engagement as the greatest challenge of his career and spoke at a news conference held by the Protestant Council of the City of New York.
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New York
Billy Graham
New York City
Graham
Protestant Council of the
Successful Turner speech on going beyond the law
Rev. Dale Turner told about three classes of people at the Douglas County Men's Brotherhood meeting in the Community Building. He urged that true success comes only to those who do more than the law requires, a theme echoed by a local Assembly of God trio and the Lawrence Temperance Council president.
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Dale Turner
Douglas County Men's Brotherhood
Arthur Richardson
Lawrence
Harold Flanders
Clinton Missionary Society
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