Aiken Warns Against Unwise Farm Pledges
Sen. Aiken of Vermont warns Republicans against over promising farm benefits to outpace Democrats. He backs detailed study of Secretary Benson’s soft bank plan to cut acreage and boost grass and tree planting for soil fertility and surplus reduction. Benson aides say the department studies middlemen shares.
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Sen. Aiken
Vermont
Aiken
GOP
Senate Agriculture Committee
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Eisenhower
Paul M. Butler
Parkersburg
W.va
Navy jet fighter rampage kills three at Lincoln base
A Navy jet fighter ran wildly at Lincoln Air Force Base during warm up. Pilot Lt JG Vernon R. Chapman Jr. 25 and two Lincoln residents, Kenny Newman 24 and Hubert Lee Tracy 29, died. The jet struck and destroyed multiple aircraft and a large hangar.
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Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln Air Force Base
Vernon R. Chapman Jr
Grand Island
Navy
Rying
Air Controlman
1.C
Kennethy Newman
Lincoln
Hubert Lee Tracy
FOF
Chapman
Fatzer Hospitalized for Knee Injury Flareup
General Harold R. Fatzer has been hospitalized at Winter Veterans Hospital in Topeka for knee cartilage trouble. Staff say the ailment is a flareup of a World War II knee injury.
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Topeka IP
Harold R. Fatzer
Winter Veterans Hospital
Journal-World hits all-time high daily circulation
The Journal-World reports a record 10 610 copies sold on Saturday marking an all-time high in both city and farm circulation with 1 029 gain in one year as more readers flock to the paper for comprehensive news.
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Journal-World Today
Lawrence
Journal-World
Russ Outlines Strategy to Pressure U S Allies in Cold War
Washington reports detail Dulles and NATO talks in Paris with Western partners. Officials discuss Soviet moves in the Middle East and Asia and plans for a stronger radar network and a new five billion dollar foreign aid program.
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United States
State Dulles
U.S
Peaceful hope in Eisenhower Christmas message to world
President Eisenhower sent a Christmas message urging perpetual peace. He spoke from Gettysburg College and attended a Washington tree lighting ceremony with Mrs. Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon. The 65 foot spruce from the Black Hills lit up as carols filled the air and the scene was transmitted by television.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Gettysburg College
Pennsylvania
Black Hills
South Dakota
White House
Nixon
Gettysburg
Saar Valley voters push toward reunion with West Germany
In Saarbrucken voters turnout 90.4 percent elect a Parliament dominated by three pro German parties the Christian Democrats the Democratic party and the German Socialist party. They win 63.9 percent of votes but fall five seats short of a two thirds majority to scrap the autonomous constitution immediately. Caretaker Premier Heinrich Welsch to form new government as plans shift toward amending the Saar constitution with the CVP and Hoffmann to return the state to Germany.
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Saar
West Germany
Christian Democrats
Bemocratic Party
German Socialist Party
Bonn Republic
Heinrich Welsch
Christian People's Party
CVP
Johannes Hoffmann
Hoffmann
Germany
North Korea Ex- Foreign Minister Sentenced to Death
Tass reports in London that Pak Huen Yung former North Korean foreign minister was sentenced to death for plots to overthrow the government on American orders. He allegedly contacted an American spy as early as 1919 and entered Korea in 1946 to subvert the revolutionary movement through espionage and violence.
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Tass
Pak Huen Yung
North Korea
Pak
Communist Revolutionry
Speed Urged for Probe of Testimony Conflict
Sen McCarthy urged the Justice Department to speed its investigation into a clash between testimony by Brig Gen Ralph Zwicker and statements by two former Senate Investigations subcommittee employees. He warned that delay could suggest political interference in justice.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Justice Department
Sevorn
Ralph W. Zwicker
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Brownell McCarthy
Department of Justice
Administration of Justice
Prince shops for his mummy during secret Christmas trip
Windsor reports Prince Charles, aged ten, shopped with sister Princess Anne for a secret Christmas gift for Queen Elizabeth in custody of nurse Helen Lightbody. Clerks would not disclose what presents were bought.
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Windsor
England
Prince Charles
Mummy
Anne
Helen Lightbody
Eight Antarctic Planes To Depart This Tuesday
Eight planes of the U S Navy Antarctica expedition will leave New Zealand Tuesday for McMurdo Sound 2200 miles south. Rear Adm George J Dufek said weather prospects are excellent and a landing strip on the Ross Sea ice is ready to receive them as he leads the advance party arriving by ship.
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New Zealand
U. S. Navy
McMurdo Sound
George J. Dufek
Ross Sea
Dufek
Soviets Promise 100 Million For Afghan Projects
Soviet leaders Bulganin and Khrushchev leave Kabul after promising a 100 million dollar long term loan for agriculture and power in Afghanistan. They extend the 1931 neutrality treaty after 1965 and pledge expanded links, universal disarmament, self determination, and support for coexistence principles.
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Afghanistan
Bulganin
Nikita Krushchev
Moscow
U.S
Soviet Asia
Russia
Mahmoud Daud
Nehru
U Nu
Bulgaria
Daud
Chou En-lai
U.N
China
Warming Seen But Kansas Holds Cold Siege
Kansas weather outlook shows only slight warm-up with continued cold in the east. Forecaster Tom Arnold notes cloudy skies with light snow in western areas tonight and Tuesday, expecting low temps from 5 to 15 and highs from the 30s to 40s statewide.
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Arnold
Punt
Associated Press
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Ramon
Fort Worth
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Kansas City
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Minneapolia
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Jery Anua
Bandits Attack Santa Helpers at VOA HQ
Six masked men assaulted two Santa Clauses at the Volunteers of America headquarters in New York while attempting to steal 3,000 from a safe. William Jones and John T Malone resisted as the robbers tied them up and demanded the safe combination.
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New York
Santa Claw
The
Volunteers of America Today
William Jones
John T. Malone
Malone
Worst Cold Weather This Season Grips Midwest Regions
The season’s worst arctic blast spreads across the Midwest from Minnesota to Illinois and up toward New York. Subzero readings and below freezing temperatures stretch into the Ohio Valley, western Pennsylvania, and northern Texas while Florida records a warm 68 at Key West. Snow flurries touch the upper Great Lakes as the cold wave moves east.
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Ohio
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Key West
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Lottery May End UN's Deadlock
UN diplomats expected a lottery to break the Security Council seat deadlock between Yugoslavia and the Philippines as the General Assembly nears adjournment. The first test failed when Yugoslavia fell short by six votes, though a draw awarded the first year to the winner.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N
Security Council
General Assembly
Yugoslavia
Philippines
Herod Orders a Slaughter Magi Differ Over Christ Child
The Magi debate the appearance of the newborn king in Bethlehem. Herod, furious at their return to the East, orders soldiers to kill all male children under two in Bethlehem, leading to the massacre of the innocents as described in Joseph's dream.
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Christ
Melchior
Caspar
Balthazzar
Bethlehem
Joseph
Student Pilot Survives Desert Ordeal After 5 Day Stranding
A 19 year old student pilot from Phoenix crashed on a cross country flight to Tucson and survived five days without food or water in a desert range. He trekked about 35 miles to a cafe where locals supplied water soup and ham, then a sheriff's deputy transported him to Yuma.
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Ariz
Saif
John de Castro
Pune Yeoutuay
Tucson
Pas
Air Force
Aly
Aeroncade
Yuma
County wreck injures twelve near Lawrence
Twelve persons were injured in a two car collision at a rural road intersection southeast of Lawrence. Lewis A. Whitten and James Parke Wiles drivers from opposite sides avoided a blind corner. Mrs Nellie Corrige and Mrs Alice Haas suffered the most serious injuries.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
State Highway Patrol
Lewis A. Whitten
Ft. Riley
James Parke Wiles
Bonner Springs
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Nellie Corrige
Eudora
Alice Haas
Coriige
Whitten
Haas
Wiles
Alma
Jim P. Wiles Jr
Brenda Joy Wiles
Pat Reed
W. Ifth St
Sue Pitts
Noris Name
Neustiffer
Noris W. Johnson
Connie Corbige
Gross
U.S
Way 40
Eisenhower Talks With Dulles by Phone About NATO Meeting
President Eisenhower spoke by phone with Secretary of State Dulles on Paris NATO conference results and planned a White House discussion Wednesday. Murray Snyder said the president will return to Washington for Christmas holidays with weather likely guiding travel by air or car.
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Eisenhower
Dulles
NATO
Gettysburg
White House
Murray Snyder
Washington
Lewis Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Local Wife Urges Practical Gifts For Christmas
A local wife advocates returning to sensible presents this year after remarks on the exchange of useless tokens. She suggests practical items such as neckties fur coats work wear, garden tools, and an automatic dishwasher for her husband.
Parsons Voices Plea for Local Christmas Mail
Postmaster James Parsons urged Lawrence residents to mail Christmas gifts and cards promptly as the post office faces a peak in mail volume. He noted delivered parcels depend on earlier mailing and announced extended store hours and post office services to handle the rush. Despite the heavy load, officials expect Friday to be the busiest mailing day, with parcel post deliveries continuing on Christmas Day.
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James Paysens
Tomy Waner
Harry Wintersef
Don Anderson
Journal-World Photo
James Parsons
Gitta Parsons
Parsons
National Guard
Tra
Journal- World
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