U N Bid To Red China On U S Airmen
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold reportedly sent a communication to Peiping asking if the Chinese Communists will discuss the 11 U S fliers jailed as spies. He may visit Peiping and would use neutral mediators or UN channels to press for release, amid an Assembly call for continuous efforts and anti Peiping condemnation.
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Dag Hammarskjold
Red
China
U. S
Peiping
U.N
Hammarskjold
Assembly
Hammarakjold
India
Hammarskjoli
Jeso Ian
United States
Vloc
Yugoslavia
Sweden
Switzerland
Geneva
Russia
State Rain Chances Fade as Storm Turns South
In Topeka the forecast shifts from widespread precipitation to limited rain in the southeast with snow or freezing rain possible overnight. Temperatures dip tonight across the state from near 20 in the northwest to around 30 in the southeast, with highs near 30s Sunday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Chamute
Dodge City
Wichia
Russell
Hill City
Goodland
Rugan to Be Roads Chief in Kansas
Ellinwood Barton County commissioner Walter Rugan is expected to be named state highway director within days. The prior director Gale Moss resigned to head the Kansas Turnpike.
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Ellinwood
Kas
Walter Rugan
Barton County
Gale Moss
Kansas Turnpike
Grand Rapids board backs school snowball target program
The Grand Rapids Board of Education urged principals to start a snowball tossing program on school grounds using standard bulls-eye targets. The bulletin warned against targets depicting teachers, policemen, cars, dogs, or cats.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Grand Rapids Board of Education
Board
Office of Physical Education
Sheppard Faces Attack On Death Charge Denial
Dr Samuel Sheppard braced for state's push on his denial of killing his wife Marilyn Sheppard in Cleveland. He testified that he could not have committed such a crime while describing police coercion, brutal questioning, and alleged attempts to force a confession. The defense highlighted his insistence on innocence as prosecutors prepared cross examination and pursued motives tied to his alleged extramarital affair with Susan Hayes.
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Cleveland
Samuel Sheppard
Marilyn Sheppard
Susan Hayes
Miss Hayes
Sheppard
Marilyn
Grand Jury Outlines Moral Recovery in Phenix City
Phenix City grand jury reports a moral recovery after lengthy hearings on vice and three murder indictments. Judge Walter B. Jones discharges jurors and applauds press coverage. Authorities seek swift trials for Arch Ferrell and Albert Fuller in the Albert Patterson murder case.
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Phenix City
Ala
Vice
Chattahoochee River
Walter B. Jones
Olice
Jones
Jufora
Albert Patterson
Phenix City Vice
Arch Ferrell
Albert Fuller
Ferrell
Fuller
New Econ Council Set Up To Shape Foreign Policy
President Eisenhower created a new council headed by Joseph M. Dodge to shape foreign economic policy and simplify the complex network of agencies handling foreign economic matters. Murray Snyder said the panel will resolve policy issues at the agency level before reaching the President.
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New Econ Council
Washington
Eisenhower
Joseph M. Dodge
Murray Snyder
White House
Forrestal super carrier christened as world’s largest warship
Newport News Virginia reports the christening of the Forrestal, the Navy’s new 59 600 ton aircraft carrier. Secretary Thomas and Adm Carney praise its versatility and mobility, framing it as a key postwar symbol in jet atomic era naval power.
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Newport News
Navy
Forrestal
Secretary of the Navy
Charles 8. Thomas
United States
Thomas
Viscount Montgomery
Robert B. Carney
Naval Operations
Wilson
James V. Forrestal
Defense
Air Force Navy
Pentagon
Congress
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Britain
New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Gore Says He's Tired Of Excusing the Acts
In Washington Senator Gore of Tennessee told reporters he is tired of excusing President Eisenhower’s actions due to bad advice. He endorsed Paul Butler’s call for legitimate criticism without vilification and supported Butler’s bid to head the Democratic National Committee. Butler’s remarks and reaction from GOP leaders were discussed as party criticism grows.
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Washington
Gore
D-Tenn
Eisenhower
Paul M. Ruler
Democratic National Committee
Butler
South Bend
Ind
New Orleans
Stephan A. Mitchell
Democratic Committee
Pield
Sen
McCarthy
Leonard W. Hall
Hall
United States
Col Hugh Edwards Plans to Retire from Patrol
Col Hugh Edwards, Kan sas Highway Patrol longtime chief since 1947, applied for retirement effective next month. A Hamilton native and World War II veteran, he ran a ranch with his brother before joining the force. Edwards, 62, says he will return to Greenwood County to enjoy life on the home ranch.
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Topeka
Col
High F. Edwards
Kansas Highway Patrol
Edwards
Hamion
Kas
Phil
Frank
Carl
Igra
Richard T. Fadely
Highwy Patrol Retirement Board
Wards
Greenwood County
Kansas City Bans Bingo Machines
The Kansas City City Council approved by an 8 to 1 vote an ordinance banning bingo type pinball machines. The ban takes effect December 20. Mayor William E. Kemp cited police liquor control and welfare officials who testified these machines function as gambling devices.
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Kansas City
William E. Kemp
Liquor Control and Welfare Department
New Murder Charge Filed For Nannie Doss in Alabama Case
In Anniston Alabama sheriff A A Pate announced a fifth murder charge against grandmother Nannie Doss. She confessed to poisoning four of her five husbands, including Frank Harrelson, her second husband who died in 1945. Previous charges cover Artie Lanning, Richard Morton Sr., Samuel Doss, and Louise Hazel.
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Anniston
Ala Wi
Nannie Doss
A. A. .Pate
Emporia
Samuel Doss
Tulsa
Louise H. Hazel
Doss
Lexington
N. C
Choir Processional Opens 30th Annual K U Vespers Sunday
The University of Kansas A Cappella Choir will lead the 30th annual Christmas Vespers with a candle lit processional at Hoch Auditorium at 3 30 and 7 30 pm. More than 400 students and faculty join in choral and instrumental works, tableaux and carillons and a prelude by organ. Soloists include Merrilyn Coleman Donald Farrar and Jack Davison. The program features the University Symphony Orchestra and Glee Clubs with tableaux The Prairie Madonna The Adoration Excelsis and Noel. Dr Donald M Swarthout steps down as director and professor and the series continues without his leadership after 70 years.
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Roiced
University of Kansas
Hoch
School of Fine Arts
Carl Smith
Carlyle H. Smith
V. St
Alle Jameson
D. C. Jameson
Forest St
Laurel Everette Anderson
University Symphony Orchestra
University Glee Clubs
John Armstrong
Robert Green
Robert Ludlow
Department of Drawing and Painting
Donald M. Swarthout
Swarthout
A Cap-pella
Reapers
K.U. Facilty
Martin Shaw
Palm Grove
R. Deane Shure
Willard Straight
K.A
Helney Willan
Dickinson
Merrilyn Coleman
Frankfort
Donald Farrar
Kansas City
Jack Davison
Bolivar, Mo
Russell L. Wiley
James Smolko
Sandburg on TV Show Sparks Panic in NYC
Carl Sandburg, famed poet and historian, surprised viewers on NBC Tonight by trading ad lib cracks with comedian Steven Allen. Their spontaneous repartee derailed the planned program, sending the control room into a panic and prompting an unscripted exchange in New York.
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New York
Carl Sandburg
Sandburg
Steven Allen
First Half Douglas County Taxes Totals Rise in 1954
Payments for the 1954 Douglas County tax year reach 873 778.95 by Dec 10, about 15 000 higher than last year, with 30 044 statements mailed for 2 680 025.01 in billings. First half due Dec 20, penalties apply to late personal and real estate taxes, and most payments are mail sent to avoid lines.
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Douglas County
Minnie Eudaly
Eudaly
Lawrence
Auto Controls by Soviet Begin Again for Austria
Soviet troops resumed controls over passenger cars and trucks entering the Soviet zone of Austria from the American and British areas. Austrian police speculate the search may target illegal goods or anti Russian literature as drivers papers were not checked. Controls had been stopped between zones for over a year.
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Vienna
Austria
Traffic Deaths Reported In Topeka Area
State accident records show 1 traffic death in the last 24 hours in Topeka, with 563 to date in 1954, versus 553 in the same period of 1953.
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Topeka
Kansas
Van Fleet breaks with McCarthy over Eisenhower attack
Auburndale Florida August report shows Van Fleet renouncing support for Senator McCarthy after his bitter attack on President Eisenhower. The ex 8th Army commander had backed McCarthy’s anti communism drive but deemed the censure hearing remarks insulting and blistering. He withdrew support, citing disagreement with McCarthy’s methods and urging focus on anti communism as the shared ground. The drive was led by Lt Gen George Stratemeyer and Adm John Crommetin, with Van Fleet as a committee member.
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Auburndale
Fla
van Fleet
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
Eisenhower
McCarthy
U.S. Senate
United States
Suppo van Fleet
Korea
George E. Stratemeyer
Winter Park, Fla
Far East Air Force
Adm
John G. Crommetin
Safeway seeks overrule on zoning issue in city
Safeway Stores Inc. will appeal to the City Commission to overturn a Planning Commission denial and rezone the north half of a double-length block south of Seventeenth Street between Massachusetts and New Hampshire for a $500,000 supermarket. Attorney John Riting said the commission may act immediately, hold a public hearing, or refer back to the Planning Commission. Mayor Chris Kraft stressed neutrality amid speculation, noting two sources for the rumor and explaining his position on nearby property.
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Safeway Stores, Inc
City Commission
Planning Commission
Safeway
Seventeenth Street
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
John Riting
Riling
Kraft
Chris Kraft
John Moberly
Kansas City
Agertion
Kreft
Oil Refinery Dedicated By Ramon Magsaysay
Manila reports President Ramon Magsaysay dedicates the Philippines first 30 million dollar oil refinery at Batangas Bay, by Carter Philippines Inc., marking the largest foreign investment and first locally produced petroleum products in the country.
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Manila
Ramon Magsaysay
Philippines
Batangas Bay
Carter Philippines Inc
Weather Outlook for Kansas City and Surrounding Areas
Mostly cloudy and windy through Sunday with possible rain or freezing rain tonight or Sunday morning. Colder temperatures expected this afternoon into the evening, with low around 24 and high near 30s. Sunday sees a mix of sun and clouds then cooler night with wintery mix possible.
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Kansas
Noutheast
MT Wtf
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