Knowland backs tough US policy on Russia in 1956 bid
United Nations debate on admitting 18 new members to the world body meets resistance from Nationalist China and Soviet Russia as veto threats loom. Senator Knowland positions himself as a tougher advocate for U.S. policy toward Russia, signaling a potential presidential bid while pledging support for Eisenhower if he runs. The issue centers on a 52 to 2 General Assembly endorsement and the risk of a Security Council veto blocking the package.
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Russia
General Assembly
Formosa
Finland
Nepal
Washington
Sen
Knowland
California
Eisenhower
Senate
New York
U.N. Assembly
U.N. Security Council
Quter Mongolia
Pike Turnpike award doubles in fifth condemnation case
A District Court jury in Kansas doubled a turnpike condemnation award to 8500 for 21 acres owned by Mr and Mrs William Anderson near Lawrence. Original 4574 award up from appraisers 4042. Five jury verdicts total 51692, vs 23780 originally. Lands northwest of US Highway and Lecompton Road. Waterless pasture dispute cited. Jury 6000 for land and 2750 damages to remaining Anderson land. Next trial set for December 22 for Hayden land condemnation.
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William A. Anderson
Route 1
Douglas County
Lécompton Road
Lawrence
Anderson
Turnpike Authority
Will H. Hayden
Mary R. Hayden
Tulsa Bus Service Out When Workers Take Off
Tulsa street transit halted as AFL Motor Coach Union members and bus staff walked off. Hi City Lines dispute kept drivers and mechanics from returning to work after talks with city officials and company representatives lasted until 4 a.m.
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Tulsa
Okla
Hi City Lines
Bus Company
AFL Motor Coach
President Eisenhower to have medical checkup at Walter Reed
President Eisenhower travels from his Gettysburg farm to Walter Reed Hospital for a monthly physical examination and tests to gauge recovery from his September heart attack. Doctors plan X rays and fluoro scopic tests as he weighs readiness to run again while Congress leaders prepare for January State of the Union and other messages.
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Thomas W. Mattingly
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Knowland
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State of the Union
Local Cage Tilts Canceled Amid Weather at Clinic
Two basketball games at Lawrence High School coaching clinic were canceled due to bad weather. Principal Neal Wherry told the Journal-World at 11:30 this morning. Spring Hall was scheduled to play Chanute and Lawrence Inghway to meet Chanute, while Hankell Institute and Hiawatha were set for a 1:15 pm game. Attendance was greatly reduced by the weather.
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Lawrence High
Neal Wherry
The
Journal-World
Spring Hall
Chanute
Lawrence Inghway
Hankell Institute
Hiawatha
Authorities See Possible Accomplice In Illinois Slaying
Authorities believe a second person may have helped kill Lebanon couple Harold and Mrs Smith. Newton Young, 54, says his son acted alone but authorities cite a broken tooth and Youngs use of we during questioning as signs a second person was involved. Death penalty sought for Young.
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Lebanon
Fillmore
Young
Harold Smith
Ill
St. Claire
Leonard
O. Reinhardt
Carlyle
Smiths
Newton Young
Negroes
Violence erupts as Montreal students protest fare hike
Montreal police halted a 25 person mob after a student march against a 23 cent bus and streetcar fare increase escalated into rioting. Some 40 people were injured, 100+ arrested, and about 50 thousand dollars in damage to Montreal Transportation Commission vehicles. Mayor Drapeau banned further demonstrations.
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William Minogue
Ernest Pleau
Montreal
Montreal Transortation Commission
Jean Drapeau
Ex-Con's Body Found In Fiery Car Near Chicago
The body of 37 year old ex convict John Coletta was found beaten to death in his burning car abandoned on a rural Cook County road. Deputies said gasoline was poured over him and the vehicle was set alight.
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Chicago
Cook County
Charles W. Richards
John Coletta
Visit To Jerusalem Necessary Joseph, Mary Face Long Journey
In a Nazareth market a Roman soldier proclaims Caesar Augustus tax decrees forcing a census. Joseph and Mary, descended from King David, must travel roughly fifty miles to Bethlehem to obey the order as Mary nears childbirth. The tale frames fear and duty amid imperial edicts.
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Mary
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Julius Caesar Himeaes
New York
Ohio
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Goliath
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Bethlen
Nazareth
Democrats Seek New State Chair As 1956 Issues Roil Kansas
Topeka Democrats pick their new state chairman amid a split between Kenneth T. Anderson and Leigh Warner loyces over Theis and Loriaux. Delegates and party workers discussed state revenue measures, opposing new real estate taxes, favoring severance tax or higher income tax. A panel urged stronger enforcement, 18 million dollars extra from income tax, and warned about Benson and Eisenhower sponsorship in agriculture policy.
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Leigh Warner
Anderson
Loriaux
Warner
Theis
John Adams
Osborne
House
Joseph McDowell
Kansas City
Benson
Ruth Davis
Bartlett
Milton Eisenhower
Marion Beatty
Topeka
Fred Walls
Halli
Beatty
Fireplace goes out Oklahoma City kept loaded World War II shell
Eddie Lightner removed a 38 year old mantlepiece from his fireplace in Oklahoma City. The antique shell was still loaded and could have exploded with heat or motion, a safety hazard revealed by the removal. Snow reports across Kansas noted several inches in north central areas with hazardous driving on US 36 and mixed precipitation elsewhere. Colder temperatures and continued unsettled skies were forecast with light snowfall in parts of the west.
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Mankato
Concordia
Hiawatha
Emporia
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Atchison
Kansas City
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Russell
Topeka 1
Lecompton
Goodland
Hill City
Salina
Dodge City
Garden City
Chanute
Coed Slain Near Omaha Campus
The body of Carolyn Marie Nevins 20 of Omaha was found in the University of Omaha driveway with four bullets in her neck and arms. Police traced her disappearance to the campus where she had worked and studied, planning to pursue law.
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Omaha
University of Omaha
Dodge Street
Miss Nevins
Arthur J. Nevins
Mississippi tragedy at service station sparks hearing
In Glendora Mississippi Elmer Kimbell 35 faces a Monday hearing charging he fatally hurt Clinton Melton a yearold Black service station attendant and father of four Milam J W Milam involved by the car Melton drove up in was cleared of causing the death Emmett Louis Till a fouryearold Chicago boy vanished on farm in Money Tallahatchie County authorities said Milam had no link to the incident
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Miss
Elmer Kimbell
Clinton Melton
Melton
Kimbell
J. W. Milam
Milam
Emmett Louis
Till
Hollywood Pours Nine Million into City Facelift
Hollywood unveils a nine million dollar program to revitalize the streets with colored sidewalks on Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. Bronze plaques honor movie stars in concrete squares while searchlights illuminate intersections, funded by local business leaders.
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Hollywood
Hollywood Blvd
Vine St
Conrete
Kentucky U Frat Active May Swap His Big Stick Policy
A University of Kentucky student, Roger Ladenburger of Kappa Sigma, was sent on a one way trip to Miami by pledges after they claimed active members abused power. They promised expenses and return transport, but he believed he would meet a national fraternity officer and return by Monday.
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University of Kentucky
Roger Ladenburger
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Miami
Fila
Ladenburger
Cincinnati
Snow Sets Stage for Santa Visit in Lawrence Week
Snow covers Lawrence with over an inch as a forecast keeps Santa on schedule for a Monday to Wednesday visit. Partly cloudy Sunday, temperatures below freezing, and a heavier than average snowfall so far this fall. Santa’s sleigh will operate 10 am to 5:30 pm at 9th and N He Sts, loading 40 children with free admission. Roads remain slick and accidents rise. one reported injury collision at 9th and Pa. Streets involving Virginia R O’Conner and a truck.
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Santa
W. A. Horne
Allaster School
N. He Sts
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
Th and
Pa. Sts
Virginia R. O’conner
Avalon Rd
Officers Seek Clues In Al Greenberg Slaying
Chicago authorities probe the records of Alex Louisa Greenberg 64 a wealthy brewer and former Capone associate after he was shot dead by two gunmen as he and his wife left a South Side restaurant relatives say a bungled robbery is the likely motive State's Attorney Irwin Block orders access to all records for clues Pearl Greenberg 43 and three sons in law consented to the records search amid the investigation
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Alex Louisa Greenberg
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Greenberg
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Pearl
Atty
Irwin Block
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