Order-on-Finances Met With Skepticism in Hearing
Assistant Attorney General Stanley N. Barnes condemned a blanket financial disclosure requirement for unpaid volunteer federal workers as a joke. Testifying to a House subcommittee, he noted about 101000 volunteers would be affected, including Gray Ladies and Red Cross aides, arguing only a few should file statements. The subcommittee studies Eisenhower’s dollar-a-year order affecting WOC officials under the Defense Production Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stanley N. Barnes
House
Barnes
Red Cross
Eisenhower
Celler
D-Ny
Wocs
Albert Parker to Head Church Council in 56
Lawrence Council of Churches elected 1956 officers with Rev. Albert G Parker, pastor of First Presbyterian, as president succeeding Dr. John Patton. The slate includes three vice presidents, a secretary, treasurer, department chairmen, and executive board members from clergy and lay groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Council of Churches
Albert G. Parker
First Presbyterian Church
John Patton
R. Edwin Browne
Carl Althaus
Robert C. Swift
W. R. Anderson
John Peters
James W. Paddock
William B. Bryant
Dennis Trueblood
Arthur
Cone
Dick Williams
George Hoefer
Kenneth Plumb
Albert Bramble
Ministerial Alliance
Council of Churches
Gettysburg College Says Ske Can Be Its President
Gettysburg College chairman John Rice says if Eisenhower won t seek re election he can be president of the college. The liberal arts school with about ad students sits near the president s arm in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg College
Ske
New York
Rebuilding 18 Begun on Tonganoxie Grain Warehouse Fire
Debris still smolders as rebuilding begins on the grain warehouse at Tonganoxie that was destroyed by a recent fire. Owner William Shaw has not decided about rebuilding the mill burned in the same incident. Dale Rawlings leased the warehouses as a storeroom for carrot and feed shipments distributed through town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonganoxie
William Shaw
Dale Rawlings
Thanksgiving visitors and community notes in Fairview area
Fairview residents hosted relatives for Thanksgiving. Penny and Brownlee families visited in Lawrence and Topeka, with others attending funerals in Lawrence. A mothers club formed by Fairview School families held a lunch, and plans for a Dec 10 program and plate supper were announced. December WSCS meeting will be a Christmas party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CL. Penny
William Penny
Cheryl
Nancy
James Pennmy
North Lawrence
Mis
Mary Brownlee
Homer Brownlee
Robert Nisely
Topeka
Oscar Brownlee
Winter Hospital
Will Koehler
John
Charles Ralston
Louis Ritchtermier
Eudora
Schubert Funeral
Lawrence
Ralph Montellrove
Kansas City
Warren Best
Ernest Leary
Norma Short
Dorothy Leary
Bertha Cowles
Ina Cowles
Manhattan
Ethel, Earl
Hallie Cowles
Harry Richardson
Michigan
Fairview
WSCS
Oliver Meais
Fred Lisher
Mabel Peters
Editor Finds New Plane Easy To Fly on First Try
Gerry Sinich of the Tarentum Valley News recounts a first flight in a Cessna 172. She sits unlicensed, flies to 1,000 feet at 120 mph, banks by pedals, and lands solo with minimal instruction, under supervision by licensed pilot Alfred Bennett at a Pittsburgh area dealership.
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Manusactuyers
Cessna
Gerry Sinich
Tarentum Valley
Newa
Tarentum
Pittsburgh
Chessman to Get Hearing on Latest Plea
Caryl Chessman, noted rapist kidnapper and death row author, will have a January 9 hearing on his latest plea to escape the gas chamber. He arrived from San Quentin in handcuffs and leg irons after a federal judge set the date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Caryl Chessman
Chessman
San Quentin
Louis Goodman
U.S. Supreme Court
Connelly Agrees To Hearing On Ouster
Former appointments secretary to President Truman, Matthew J. Connelly, surrendered for a hearing on removal to face Missouri charges of conspiring to defraud the government. Indicted December 1 in St. Louis with Theron Lamar Caudie, former assistant attorney general, on bribery, perjury, and false statements tied to a criminal tax case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Matthew J. Connelly
Truman
Missouri
Connelly
St. Louis
Theron Lamar
Caudie
Voice of America Fund May Have Big Increase
The Eisenhower administration plans to ask Congress for a 1 percent rise in funding to operate Voice of America and related information activities abroad. Officials say the Budget Bureau tentatively approved a $130 million fund request for the year starting July 1, compared with about $5 million provided in the current fiscal year.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Voice of America
Budget Bureau
Thanksgiving gatherings span several families in Kansas City area
Mr and Mrs Kermit Reid and Daniel joined multiple families including the Anschutz, Black, Shrader, and Hall clans for Thanksgiving meals in Hickman Mills and Kansas City. Birthdays celebrated include Warren’s fourth and Chester Shrader’s sixth with small parties. Guests listed include Jimmie Lesher Linda Hall Edwin Krusenter Nancy Miller and others. Neighbors and relatives from Topeka McLouth and Lawrence visited, and Neighborhood Circle members met at Dan Petrie’s home for a covered dish luncheon with Bible verse roll call and household hints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kermit Reid
Daniel
Melvin Anschutz
Hickman Mills
M. F. Black
Tonganoxie
Dale Black
Kansas City
Ray Hall
Warren
Chester Dean Shrader
Jimmie Lesher
Linda
Warren Hall
Edwin
Gale Krusenter
McLouth
George McCrary
Lawrence
Calvin Collins
Wheeler
Frank Champion
Herbert
Champion
Donna Champion
Dan Petrie
Jennie Means
Barney Means
James Smith
Topeka
Blevins
Petrie
Floyd Petrie
Max Rolin
Christmas party and family visit run through regional notes
Awards of the afternoon set the stage for a Christmas party with gifts drawn at the last meeting. Numerous local families from Leavenworth to Lawrence, Eudora, and Tonganoxie share Thanksgiving baskets, dinners, and visits with relatives and friends across towns. Many households from Pleasant Grove to Napoleon host and attend gatherings with the Torneden and Reetz families among others, highlighting community ties and regional travel. Town notes also claim the area as a leading beef cattle state with a high per square mile cattle density.
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Mra
Helen Helen
Miss Beulah
E. Jeffrys
J., DeFreeze
Leavenworth
Herbert_Torneden
Robert Guenther
Pleasant Grove
Howard Cox
John Cox
Dick Comer
Olathe
Fred Reetz
C. H. Brisbane
Paula
Sandra
Kansas City
Clyde Greer
Clyde
David
Nate Pettengill
Lawrence
George Mills
Ronnie
Tonganoxie
Frank Pettengill
Johnny
W. E. Pettengill
Ruth
Frieda Reetz
Alvin Reetz
Famly
Elmer Reetz
Floyd Ott
Eudora
Theodore Hauck
Higginsville
John Hauck
Clara Hauck
Grandma Hauck
Napoleon, Mo
Henry Giertz
Harold Duncan
Alfred Torneden
Melvin Davidson
Vernie Mosser
Charles Davidson
Jack Davidson
Ane
Debbie
Bartlesville
Russell Dean
Omar Browning
Linwood
Vic Browning
Mae Hadl
John Mitchell
Baldwin
Walter Green
Helen Torneden
Walter* Wilson
William Torneden
William
Alfred Tornedeft
Car] Kurtz Jr
Jake French
Arnold Torneden
Dolph French
Lewis French
Janice
Villa Eden Thanksgiving Visits Across Kansas and Nearby States
A sequence of Thanksgiving and Thursday visits is noted across towns including Bonner Springs DeSoto and Eudora with families such as Mitschele Shaw Hughey Davidson Torneden Pettengill Reetz and Daniels among others visiting relatives and hosting gatherings. Several extended families from Kansas City Tulsa Skiptook Perry and Lawrence are listed with multiple households attending dinners and weekend visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Mitschele
Walter Shaw
Carl Hughey
Bonner Springs
Jack Davidson
Bartlesville
Ohio
DeSoto
F. Walter
M. Campbell
Kansas City
Louis Torneden
Alfred Torneden
Harold Duncan
Eudora
Charles Davidson
Frieda Reetz
Anna. Torneden
Dolph French
Alvin Reetz
William Torneden
Melvin Davidson
W. E. Pettengill
Ruth
Frank Pettengill
Fred Reeta
Donovan Daniels
Baby
Beth Daniels
Skiptook
Okla
Katie Hogue
Tulsa
Ora Hurd
Perry
Marvin Johnson
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Albert Parker
Richard A. Nelson
Haskell Hospital
John Miller
Miller
Journal-World
Matt Connelly
Carter's Stationery
Voice of America Fund
Woodstock
Villa Eden
Terrill
Ernest Borel
Maiden's Watch Shop Bible
Waalter
Sentinal
Craters
Imperial
Reusch-Guenther
Centsnrm
Hiway
Joe Schelbar
Nick Schelbar
Golden Crest
Golden Crest Dairy
Learnard
Tve
Stowits Rexall Drug Stores
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