Oil and Gas Industry Eyes New Congress Actions
The oil and gas sectors monitor the new Congress for actions on oil imports and independent gas producers. Rep Kelley plans quotas on residual oil imports while Kerr warns against renewed excess imports after Suez. A bill to place independents outside FPC reach may reappear, with administration leadership needed.
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Kerr
Middle East
U.S
Kelley
D-Pa
Suez Canal
U. S
Eisenhower
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Kansas Law Review Selects KU Law Student Ash
A Kansas University law student, Ash, was chosen from a national field for a prestigious non political post likely to last beyond the original two year term. He may join the Solicitor General's regular staff after the two year period and prove himself during the assignment. Ash wrote for the Kansas Law Review while at KU Law School.
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Ash
Solicitor General
Ping Stone
K. U. Law School
Kansas Law Review
Dean Moreau
Convict Plans Parole Break Escapes From New Jersey Prison
Mario J. DeLucia of Trenton, aged about 125 pounds and five feet, escaped from the state prison in a foggy dawn using a narrow shaft, cutting bars and abandoning an improvised rope. He had been slated for parole in two years, marking the first escape in 25 years. A guard fired one shot as DeLucia fled, disappearing over rooftops after wiggling up pipes and climbing forty feet.
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Trenton
N. J
Cape
F. Lovell Bixby
Mario J. DeLucia
Delucia
Sian
Bixby
Independence Messiah radio broadcast by local choir
The Independence, Massachusetts Messiah choir will perform Handel's oratorio Messiah over KMBC at 8 p.m. Monday. Presented as a Christmas gift by the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, it marks the 18th year the group has staged the work with an orchestra including Kansas City Philharmonic players. More than 500 stations worldwide will carry the program.
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Independence
Messiah
KMBC
Reorganized
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Independence Group
Kansas City Philharmonic
United States
Canada
Hawaii
Alaska
Australia
Limit Set on Enrollment at Taipei American School
The Chinese Nationalist Education Ministry orders Taipei American School to limit enrollment to Americans after warnings that Chinese students’ scholastic records would not be recognized. The ministry cites constitutional free compulsory education for Chinese children in public schools. A preliminary hearing is set for Howard James Kelly of Lecompton on charges of assault and petty larceny with a Dec. 37 date and Kelly released on a $300 bond.
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Taipei
Formosa
Howard James
Kelly
Lecompton
The Christmas Spirit Should Live Beyond the Holidays
The Saturday Column laments the temporary nature of Christmas warmth and urges extending the genuine spirit of generosity, courtesy, and friendship year round. It praises churchgoing balance, notes social greetings on Massachusetts Street, and wishes Lawrence residents a Merry Christmas with continued goodwill into 1957.
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Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
Chinese Stick With Traditional Medicos
In Peiping traditional Chinese physicians run a hospital blending old remedies with Western methods. They claim high cure rates using tiger bone, dried bugs, frog powder, and acupuncture alongside herbs. Western doctors assist, but traditionalists perform treatments, arguing deeper knowledge and longer training than Western schooling.
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Peiping
China
Christ
Wei Chin-ming
Hospital of Chinese Medicine
iWe
Tang Chun-san
Dr. Tang
Hungarian Aid Drive Faces Slow Donations in County
The Douglas County Red Cross urges residents to donate to the Hungarian Relief drive to feed clothe and provide medical aid for thousands of refugees. So far county contributions lag near 500 of a 1000 dollar goal as banks and clubs send modest gifts while more checks arrive slowly for the refugee effort tied to Camp Kilmer and Salzburg.
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Red Cross
Baldwin State Bank
Kansas University Business Office
Rotary Club of
Lawrence
Rotary Board
American Red Cross
Camp Kilmer
Salzburg
Austria
Red Cro
Local Girl Struck by Car Injures Hip on Ohio Street
Penny Hermes, eighteen? six year old, daughter of Dr and Mrs J L Hermes of 5319 Ohio St, was bruised after darting from between parked cars and was hit by Harold W Sherman 57 of 444 Ohio St in the 500 block on Ohio Street Friday afternoon. She was not hospitalized.
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Penny Hermes
J. L. Hermes
Ohio St
Ohio Street
Harold W. Sherman
Penny
Sunflower workers to celebrate Christmas with extra weekend
iHeard in Lawrence reports Sunflower Ordnance workers plan a long weekend starting today, with a missed Monday made up by working Saturday. Production staff won’t work Christmas, but must stay until midnight December 24. Kansas Turnpike officials note rising traffic and expect holiday travel to boost revenue, with out-of-state plates prominent during the weekend.
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Sunflower Ordnance
Kansas Turnpike
Turnpike Authority
Memorial Hospital Births and Dignitaries List
At Memorial Hospital admissions include Eteil Winters Perry Law Henry and Jann Shook. Discharged: 7 patients. Births: baby to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kemberling, 1400 Prairie Ave, a son. Names and addresses of several patients appear in hospital roster.
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Perry
Law Henry
Walnut Sto
Jamece Kemberling
Prairie Aves
Rita Feagel
Tenn
Robert Einstein
Charles
Route 4
Lillie Fath
Topeka
Timothy Blake
Sunnyside
Thomas Davison
Crestline Dr
Edwin Wurtz
Eudora
Larry Wurtz
Linda Wurty
Charles Burdick
Connie Hase
N. H. St
Roy Carver
Tanganoxie
Mary Martin
Brooks St
Opal Mayhue
Barker Ave
Vera Reynolds
Mich. St
Marietta McConnell
Clarence Kemberling
Prairie Ave
Montreal Sees 330 Traffic Accidents in 12 Hours
Police report 330 crashes in Montreal within 12 hours after Christmas parties. Chief injuries were limited, but damages exceed 35000 dollars. Spokesman blamed carelessness and drinking as main causes. a sergeant called it unprecedented in 22 years on the force.
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Montreal
Soviet Navy calls for vigilance amid world tensions
The Soviet Fleet editorial urged armed forces to heightened alert over world events citing the Hungarian uprising and alleged Soviet air space violations by American jets near Vladivostok. It warned of imperialist intelligence aimed at the USSR and allied democracies, reflecting rising warnings from Soviet media.
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Vladivostok
U.S.S.R
People's Democracies
Russia
Japan
College basketball results spread across many teams and venues
A garbled OCR list shows numerous college and city names with scattered scores and matchups. Entities include Boston College, Dartmouth, San Francisco, Michigan, Wake Forest, and many others, with varied numbers and locations such as New York NY, Dodge City KS, and Kansas sites. The fragmentary text hints at a national college basketball roundup with multiple games and results but is largely unreadable.
Battle for top steel post in United Steelworkers race
Pittsburgh president David J. McDonald faces Donald C. Rarick in a February 12 bid for re election as head of the United Steelworkers union. Rarick leads the Dues Protest Committee opposing a $2 monthly dues rise. This marks the first contest for the $50 000 a year post in 20 years amid union wide nominations. Nominations show 1 405 McDonald vs 91 Rarick locals. The ballot also includes secretary treasurer and district director positions.
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Pittsburgh
David J. McDonald
Unites Steelworkers
Donald C. Rarick
McKeesport
McDonald
Rarick
Eas
United States
Canada
VSW
Church Notices and Obituary Snippets From Local Ledger
First Christian Church notices list ministers choir leaders and weekly services with youth groups and troop meetings. A heartfelt message thanks friends for sympathy and memorials cites W T Lemon and A R Oatman family members. Obituary-type verses recall parents and loved ones with reflective verse and signatures.
Kansas Traffic Deaths Reported for 1956 Totals
State Accident Records Section lists traffic fatalities in the last 24 hours to date in 1956 at 649, compared with 570 in the same period of 1955. Data covers Topeka and statewide figures.
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Topeka
Kansas
Market News Cattle Hogs Sheep Mixed, Kansas City
Kansas City market report shows cattle steady to sharply higher in places with steers and slaughter steers up to 50, cows and bulls stronger, feeders weaker. Hogs mostly down, sows up, midrange barrows and gilts around 16.75 to 17.00, lambs mixed with wooled slaughter lambs up to 19.25 and shorn lambs trading around 18 to 19.
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Kansas
Texas
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