Eden reshuffles cabinet as ministers swap roles
London Prime Minister Eden announces a major reshuffle shifting seven cabinet portfolios and elevating the Works Ministry to cabinet rank. Richard Butler becomes deputy PM and House leader, Harold Macmillan moves from Foreign to Treasury, Selwyn Lloyd takes the Foreign Office, Walter Monckton becomes Defense Minister, Patrick Buchan-Hepburn named to replace Birch, and pensions ministry is dropped from cabinet.
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London
Eden
Sir Anthony
Richard A
Rah" Butler
House of Commons
Harold Macmillan
Butler
Treasur
Selwyn Lloyd
Foreign Office
Macmillan
Walter Moncktan
Lloyd
Patrick Buehan-Hepburn
Commons
Nigel Birch
Ministry of Pensions
House of Lords
Local tax payments near two million in Douglas County
Douglas County property tax payments through the first half deadline totaled 1,939,802 dollars, about two thirds of the 3 million dollar total tax bill. Last year’s figure was 1.2 million, with 1955 showing about 10 percent more paid before the deadline. County Treasurer Edythe Norman praised taxpayer cooperation and mail payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Edythe Norman
Ramee Powe
Licht Ch. Douglas Canarys
Tasnaser
Kpet Peut Ce Centre Tashil
Trescay
Enn Disermint
Thenrnaal World Phot
Circuit Judge Hurt In High Speed Miami Collision
Miami Circuit Court Judge George E. Holt age 53 was injured when his Jaguar tried to flee a pursuing police car at 70 mph and hit a motorcycle rider. Fellow riders Leonard Feitelson 21 and Mary Martin 20 were seriously hurt. Holt had a prior Daytona Beach speeding arrest in 1953 and forfeited a $16.50 bond.
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Miami
Flair
George E. Holt
Holt
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Leonard Feitelson
Mary Martin
Daytona Beach
Sorority House Locale Gets Commission Okay
Lawrence Planning Commission approved rezoning for a two acre site south of Hillcrest Addition between Engle Road and Iowa Street. John and Lucy Eads sought the change for a prospective Pi Beta Phi house, with about five neighbors present and little opposition voiced.
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Hillcrest Addition
Lawrence Planning Commission
University Drive
Engle Road
Iowa Street
John
Lucy Eads
Pi Beta Phi
Litte
U.N. Postpones Japan Seat Vote Indefinitely
The United Nations Security Council postponed indefinitely a vote on a British resolution for Japan’s admission, blocked by a Russian veto after an acrimonious session. Britain’s Sir Pierson Dixon delayed the motion as Moscow tied Japan to Outer Mongolia in a rejected proposal.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. N. Security Council
Japan
U. S
Pierson Dixon
Outer Mongolia
Adlai Stevenson’s Son Injured in Fatal Harvard Collision
In Elkhart Indiana two Harvard freshmen were killed when a car, in which Adlai Stevenson's son John Fell Stevenson aged 14 rode, collided with another vehicle. Stevenson suffered a broken kneecap and facial injuries but was reported in good condition. Two classmates died, William Stanley North and William C. Boyden Jr., while James F. Gilligan and Fred Gill sustained minor injuries. Police placed the crash about 15 miles east of Elkhart on a New York Central overpass when Stevenson's car collided with a slower truck.
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Elkhart
Ind
Harvard University
Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
John Fell Stevenson
Wiliam Stanley North TH
Lake Forest
Iib
William C. Boyden Jy
Stevenson
Goshen
James F. Gilligan
Nebraska City
Neb
Fred Gill
Detroit
New York Central Railroad
Mikhart
Gill
Oskaloosa Man Injured in Quarry Accident
Vin ton H. Andre, a 49 year old Oskaloosa man and employee of XN. R. Hamm Quarry Inc., was in good condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after being struck from behind by a car driven by Harold Tenpenny of Williams town at the Hamm Quarry near Perry. Andre suffered fractures of both legs a skull injury and severe facial and scalp cuts.
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Oskaloosa
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
XN. R. Hamm Quarry Inc
Perry
Vinton H. Andre
Harold Tenpenny
Williamstown
Hamm
Andre
Veteran Newsman Bowman Dies at 88 in King City
L. Bow man of King City Missouri a veteran newspaperman died in a hospital aged 88 He was father of L N Bowman editor and publisher of the Tri County News at King City Eight states have towns named Paradise.
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Joseph PW. L. Bowman
King City
L. N. Bowman
Tri-County News
Ford Financing System Complex
Washington reports the Ford financing arrangement concentrates voting power among the Ford Foundation the Ford family and Ling Ford executives. The plan splits and expands stock to about 53 million shares with 10.2 million offered to the public giving buyers 60 percent voting control while the Ford family Retains about 40 percent keeping effective control for years.
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Washington
Ford
Ford Foundation
Ford Family
Ling Ford
SEC
Stork
Sharp Dip in Kansas Farm Marketing Receipts in 1954
Kansas farm marketing cash receipts fell by 69 million dollars in the first ten months of the year from 1953 to 1954, with total cash income around 300 million versus 796.6 million last year. Livestock and product income declined, while overall farm net income per farm rose slightly to about 1.718 dollars, above the national level.
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Washington
Kansas
Agriculture Department
Department
Kanesas
Sk. Boao
Orice Roneilinpton
Farm rental and production value figures from 1953 1954
Reported farm dwelling gross rental value and farm production expenses for 1953 and 1954. Included are estimates of $38,500,000 and $32,400,000 for rental value and $663,000,000 to $696,600,000 for production expenses, with related M3 figures and other numeric comparisons.
One Hurt as Wreck Damages Two Cars Near Lawrence
One person injured and two cars badly damaged in a sideswipe collision about seven miles northwest of Lawrence on U S Highway 4. Delbert F. Dodds 26 and John Vern Swenson 30, both of Topeka, were involved with Dodds taken to a Topeka hospital for a knee injury. Damage totaled about 1400 dollars.
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Lawrence
U.S. Highway 4
Delbert F. Dodds
John Vern Swenson
Topeka
Dodds
On Topeka
Danage
Kudara
Sam Trusty Green
Onie St
Albert Maywood Jackson
Kansas City
Army officer convicted of aiding the enemy in war
A North Pacific theater case reports Col Paul Vo Likes found guilty by a military tribunal of aiding the enemy with a violation of the laws of war. The court confirmed the conviction and imposed penalties as dictated by service law.
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Foot Cpwis
Paul Vo Likes
Aoenuet
North Bores
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Cape Henry
U.S. Lighthouse Service Act
Adlai
Harvard
States
Paradise
Ford Financing System Complex
Pia Peg RT
Perris
Shulton
Oarden
Raney Drug Store
Welite
Sameonite
Mare
Wwe
Wenkte
Admiral Sue
Bermuda
Alligator Finish
Rawhide Finish
Filkin
Fancy Velvey
Mass
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