Governors adds tax talk on school aid and child center plan
The governor discussed potential state revenues for the next biennium and possibilities for increased school aid and a state child treatment center. He noted tax costs depend on actual needs and cited GOP pledges to avoid new taxes. He hinted the legislature may consider funding mechanisms and a staff plan for the proposed treatment center.
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Towsley
G. Hamilton
Republican Party
GOP
Aus Eunce Sretinn
Gre
Staffa
Jing
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Charres T Wiggins
Mrs Lena Wiggins widow of Charles T Wiggins died Monday at Trinity Lutheran Hospital in Kansas City. She had long ties to Lawrence, Kansas and was a life resident. She is survived by two daughters.
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Charres T. Wiggins
Lena Wiggins
Charles T. Wiggins
Trinity Lutheran Hoaplie
Kansas City
Lawrence
Kansas
Wigs
Admonished Pace Digs Into North Africa Airbase Project
Pace admonished by Senate preparedness subcommittee over multi million dollar airbase construction in North Africa. Letters from Pace to officers reportedly formed the basis of the admonition, not entered in personnel files, with accusations of waste and corruption linked to the project.
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Ae Army
Pace
Lewis Wis
North Africa
Senate
B. Johnson
D-Tex
Fragmentary Texas headline reads Mighty Mite and Missing Billfold
A garbled OCR item from a Texas page fragment references a Mighty Mite and a request for a billfold. Despite the incomplete text, the scene hints at a small theft or personal loss with dialogue indicating concern over a missing purse and billfold.
Four MIGS downed and traffic plan on West Sixth Street
Fragmented wartime and traffic notes mix in a short page item. Allied losses and air force claims are unclear but report multiple MIGs destroyed while other battles continue. In the city a plan to enforce speed limits on West Sixth Street is outlined with posted limits from city lines to Missouri Street and warnings for drivers.
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Tad Wat
Air Force
Iowa
Hithe Uralura Tidges
Alty
Cni
West Sixth
Higtray Coramlesion
City Commission
Missouri Street
Massachusetts Street
Renta
Peraa
City Rent Office adds power to Johnson and W counties
The Lawrence area rent office began April 14 with Sheffield as director on June 1. The maximum rent date for units in Johnson and W counties is August 1, 1952, basing new rents on August 1952 rates. The Wednesday action raised critical defense housing areas to 14 with OST steps to stabilize newly controlled rentals.
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Lawrence of
Sheffield
Tere
Johnson and W
Reds Fight Back During Stand at Korean POW Compound
Marines described a brutal clash as North Korean guards surrounded a POW stockade. Reds hurled stones at advancing guards while a machine gun and volley fire from a tower caused multiple casualties. The escape plan failed as guards battered the entrance with gunfire.
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Miller
Coaring
Stuer
Fragmentary Hospital Notice With Names and Places
Ambiguous OCR fragment lists individuals and places including Memorial Hospital Pecan Route 4 Lyons Street Baldwin Ed win Hardesty and Jane Randall. Appears to reference a roster or notice with names and locations rather than a complete story.
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Sharon Corbin
Bidwell
Lyons St
Lecompton
Berge
Jane Randall
Baldwin
Edwin Hardesty
Robert ‘Ee Rhodes
Police Question Two Men In Marriage Licenses Case
Police questioned two men in a case connected to marriage licenses. The men aged 34 and from Hemah and Seaton were detained for clarification as investigators pursue details of the licenses and related records.
Eisenhower Rivalry Seen Fading in Senate Re Careco Remarks
Senator Carlson stated at a news conference in New York on Tuesday that there will be no contest for the Senate seat held by Re Careco, who advised Eisenhower during the campaign. He said there will be no challenge to the president elect’s Senate path.
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New York
Sen. Carlson
Ekgaa
Eisenhower
Senate
Careco
Camprus
Japanese radio operator admits spying for both sides
Masao Mitsuhashi, a Japanese radio operator, told police he earned millions of yen spying for the United States while also serving Moscow. He said Soviet agents used him to send coded messages to the USSR and North Korea, three times monthly, while he collected payments from American authorities. A foreign office spokesman noted an international spy ring may be involved but gave no comment on American secrets.
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Iveolonel
Rator
U. S
Ruszlz
Foreign Office
Japan
Masao Mitsuhashi
Soviet Union
Moscow
Counter-Intelligence Corps
Mitsuhashi
North Korea
Christmas programs and pageants announced citywide
University of Kansas Christmas events include a YMYW program at First Presbyterian Church with a new treatment of the Nativity, performed by 15 students plus the chorale under Clayton Krehbiel. Courses include a 53-bell carillon, a 60-piece orchestra, 120 singers, and 90 speaking parts. Public performances run Thursday and Friday. community concerts and youth parties follow at the Community Building and Hoch Auditorium.
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Ministerial Alliance
YMCA
YWCA
University of Kansas
First Presbyterian Church
University Chorale
Clayton Krehbiel
Richard Scott
Education
Parsons
Reinhold Schmidt
Lawrence
Scott
Erwin Gaston
Chorale
Recreation Commission
At & P
K. U
Ronaldes
University Carillonneur
Jerry Hart
Marian Jersild
Stanford Lehmberg
Barnes
Salvation Army
Hoch Auditorium
Alfred Bromersick
The
Lawrence Commonwealth Theaters
Granada Theater
Santa
Tee Theater
Junker
Fide
Mountbatten Named Commander in Chief in Mediterranean
British Admiral Earl Mountbatten is named commander in chief of most NATO naval forces in the Mediterranean with overarching sea and air links from Gibraltar to Suez. He and Admiral Robert Carney head Allied forces under Gen. Matthew Ridgway, resolving a long Anglo American dispute over the top Mediterranean post.
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Paris
Earl Mountbatten
NATO
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Suez
Tal
Ridgway
Lantic Treaty Organization
Council of Foreign Ministers
Mountbatten
Carney
Southern European Command
Christmas Card Display at KU and Local Charity Drives
Lawrence residents see Chancellor Murphy’s office decorated with tin ribbon streamers and card rows as Dorcas Rublee sorts the annual hometown display. Simon Hurwitz and Ben Barteldes lead a Lawrence advance gifts drive for polio, with solicitations to large local businesses from Dec 25 to Jan 1, while the March of Dimes drive is set for late January. The Community Building gym opens for supervised youth games during Christmas vacation, with signups for volleyball at the Recreation Office. Salvation Army kettles grow as needs rise, Maj. Carl Sundin noting $800 raised so far and baskets priced from 4 to 20 dollars to cover dinners and Santa gifts. after Friday, Salvation Army assumes full care of needy families and agencies pass lists of unadopted cases.
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Simon Hurwitz
Ben Barteldes
Jim Schubert
Lawrence
Salvation Army
Byi
Carl Sundin
Santa Claus
Markets At a Glance Amid Turbulent Trading
Market results show mixed signals with bonds and rails advancing while cotton and hogs falter. Wheat steadies on export reports and cattle show uneven movement. the day’s Wall Street note cites slight progress, broad declines in oils, steels, and chemicals, with Missouri Pacific preferred at new highs for the year.
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Wall Street
New York
Missouri Pacific Preferred
Missouri Pacific
Card of Thanks for Edward Williams and Mrs Canavan
The writer thanks relatives friends and neighbors for kindness flowers cards and comforting words for her husband Edward Williams and for the sender during a hospital stay. She also thanks nurses and doctors for their splendid care signed Pearl Williams and Mrs John W Canavan.
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Edward Williams
Pearl Williams
John W. Canavan
Divorces and Sentences Highlight Local Court Actions
A jury convicted Hutson of statutory rape involving two young girls ages seven and fourteen, sentencing him to two to forty two years. Separately Leia Fern Church filed for divorce from Earl R Church in District Court. Wayne B Weed faced a vagrancy charge in police court and received a fifteen day city jail term.
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Rhaal
Hutson
Dee
Leia Fern] Church
Earl R. Church
Wayne B. Weed
Jaan Bettger
Oor
Livestock Market Report from Kansas City
USDA cattle and hog prices show steady to higher trends across categories at Kansas City bids. Slaughter steers and heifers around 1150 pounds average 30.00 with loads of choice yearlings at 32.00. stockers and feeders mixed, cows 15.00-16.00, utilities 13.00-14.00, hogs 230 pounds and lighter 6.50-6.65 per hundredweight top, heavier hogs firm to higher.
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Kansas City
USDA
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