Postwar Talks and Stalin Meet Prospects in 1950s Debate
The piece traces Truman and Eisenhower era views on a possible meeting with Stalin, noting Moscow’s reported openness to talks but U.S. insistence that Chinese and Korean conflicts, armistice terms, and military balance must guide any diplomacy. It discusses American fears of concessions, the push for peace, and the reliance on deeds over words in deterring Soviet expansion.
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Freon Setivelin
Esiers
Stalin
Potsdam
Tronan
Erictory
Farane
Moscow
Truman
MostRow
Usu Canyu
New York Times
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Ache
West As
Vishinsky
United States
Russia
Sey
U.S
Two Men Arrested After Break-in at Elm Street Cafe
Police arrested two men early Wednesday after a burglary at Opal's Cafe on North Third Street. Officers say entry was gained by breaking a jail window and the pair, claiming Leavenworth, were found with two cents. They were booked on burglary and breaking and entering and later transferred to the county jail without charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal
Elm and
Locust Streets
North Third Street
J Ntly
Leavenworth
Local Names and Addresses in Community Notices
Charles Woodward Tong andxie James Johnson 1001 R I St Sanders Mrs Woodward and baby girl 801 St Mrs Ruth Hotten and girl 2224 Barker Ave Rich Grime Kansas City Mo Mrs Transue and baby boy 640 I St Mrs Delores White and 7
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Johnson
R. I. St. Sanders
Woodward
Ruth Hotten
Barker Ave
Rich Grime
Kansas City
Transue
I St
Delores White
Hearing Promises on Election Law Reforms
Washington Senator Smathers said he has an early Senate Judiciary Committee briefing on presidential nomination methods. He will introduce resolutions proposing constitutional amendments for nationwide simultaneous elections, abolishing the electoral college, and making the vice presidency a temporary successor needing a new election after a president’s death within two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Smathers
Ud-Fla
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Congress
Polio Stricken Girl Receives Special Christmas Tub
In Champaign Illinois Pamela Hall a six year old polio patient with a paralyzed left arm received a special plastic therapeutic bathtub as a Christmas gift. The tub enables daily home treatments prescribed by doctors reducing the need for cross town trips to receive therapy from across the city. The gift came after her aunt in Washington wrote to a Birmingham Michigan firm and prompted the maker Carl Strand to donate the tub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champaign
Ill
Pamela Hall
Pam
W. R. Wilson
Edmonds, Wash
Birmingham
Mich
Carl A. Strand
President Grants Thomas Full Pardon From Charge
J Parnell Thomas, former New Jersey congressman jailed for padding payroll, received a full pardon from President Truman. He served eight and a half months in federal prison in 1950 and said he differed politically with Truman but thanked him for the action on Christmas Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Parnell Thomas
New Jersey
Truman
Christmas Dinner Planned for County Jail Prisoners
About 12 prisoners in the county jail will eat a Christmas dinner of turkey mashed potatoes gravy dressing cranberry sauce buttered corn rolls fruit cake and coffee. Earlier 15 were listed but some on bond by noon. Two Christmas babies arrived at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. first a son born at 3 40 a.m. to the Stevensons of Ton ganoxie, second a son born at 5 05 to the Tates of 634 Walnut St. Ice on Potter Lake at KU remains unsafe a inch today needing three inches to be safe.
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Lon Bond
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
William J. Stevenson
Tonganoxie
Bor
Alvie Tate
Walnut St
Potter Lake
University of Kansas
Henry Shenk
Department of Physical Education
Grandma Spends Holiday in Jail Robbery Bluff
Arcadia California reports 52 year old Ethel Arata of Monrovia arrested after attempting to rob two banks with a toy pistol. She admitted to staging the robberies and claimed she gave the money to friends and strangers. Total loot admitted: 1469 dollars. She denies a third holdup. She wore glasses and carried a silk scarf and red coat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcadia
Calif
Ethel Arata
Monrovia
Lawrence Centennial Corp Seeks Tax Year Subscriptions
E R Zook executive secretary of the Lawrence Centennial Corp urges individuals and firms to subscribe to the Lawrence centennial celebration fund in 1952 to gain income tax deductions. He notes possible tax changes and explains the nonprofit group will receive funds for promotion of the 1954 celebration.
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Lawrence Centennial Corp
E. R. Zook
Lawrence 100Th Anniversary Corporation
Zook
Memorial for Eva Peron Marble Ship Arrives in Italy
The Argen tine ship Rio Belan departed Leghorn with a 30 ton Carrara marble monolith to honor Eva Peron, the late wife of Argentina's president. The giant stone was transported to Leghorn by special train.
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Leghorn
Italy
Eva Peron
Christmas Baby Arrives During Texas Trip
A West Texas couple traveling to Lubbock welcomed a Christmas baby boy weighing 10 pounds 4 ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Hull Dallas, Texas, are the parents, and the birth occurred en route after the mother became ill. Dr. J. F. Hughes noted the mother was surprised and had been told she had a tumor.
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Spur
Tex
West Texas
Leon Hull
Dallas
Lubbock
J. F.hughes
WASTE PAPER FOR SALE AT SUNFLOWER ORDNANCE PLANT
Sealed bids in triplicate will be received until 10 a.m. Monday January 12 1953 for baled waste paper offered by Sunflower Ordnance Works. Plant commander Col Don M Hoffman announced bids opened publicly in Building No. 264 salvage office. Paper is described in bid forms and subject to inspection 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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Sunflower Ordnance
Don M. Hoffman
Advertising on Clouds Might Reach Singapore Skies
Singapore considers projecting ads onto low clouds using high powered cinema projectors. The idea would display large light visuals as a novel outdoor advertising method. Officials note feasibility and public reaction will guide next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Reds Replace Grafters Hong Kong
The Sing Tao Jih-Pao Canton dispatch reports sixty percent of Kwangtung customs bureau officials are accused of corruption. Replacements are northern government workers, seen as reducing graft since they know no one in the South.
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Hong Kong
Sing Tao Jih-Pao
Canton
Kwangtung Customs Bureau
Nho
Christmas Day in Lawrence Skips Busy Pace
The fire department had no calls as residents kept away from holidays and decorations. Downtown Lawrence was quiet with shops briefly opening to avoid complete service gaps while police and sheriff staff maintained full schedules. Weather was cold and gloomy as revelers enjoyed Christmas, and a note recalls Galileo improving the telescope first invented in Holland.
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Lawrence
Sheriff's Office
Christmas Eve Static War Report From Changdan Front
A tense Christmas Eve scene unfolds near Changdan as U.N. patrols maneuver through minefields and wire while artillery and rockets illuminate the frozen night. Regimental Commander Col Loren Haffner voices uncertainty as plans call for a heavy Allied bombardment and a potential “Christmas shoot.” The report blends frontline combat imagery with county political notes on extending 4-H club staffing and Extension Council budgets in Kansas.
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No-Man's-Land
U. N
Changdan
Loren Haffner
Spokane
iHigtimer
Haffner
Stalin In Favor Of Talk Noted In The Times
The Times reports Stalin favors talks and that a possible meeting place was discussed. U S policy requires proof of Soviet good faith on specific issues before any broad settlement with Russia. The Times says Eisenhower’s high command outlined a strategic plan to pressure the Communists toward an armistice.
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Dean Acheson
Russia
Eisenhower High Command
Times
Soviet Union
the Times
Stalin
Reston
Eisenhower
U. S
The
Radio Moscow
Washington
Berlin News 1813 copy asks Berlin to rise against Napoleon
Hans Renner possesses a March 23 1813 Berlin News bearing a king Frederick Wilhelm IV message urging Berliners to revolt. The piece notes historical Nile to Red Sea connections forming an ancient Suez Canal during multiple periods.
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Edmonton
Canada
Hans Renner
Berlin News
Frederick Wilhelm IV
Berlin
Napoleon
Nile
Red Sea
Suez Canal
Stalin backs diplomacy to end Korea war broadcast in USSR
Generalissimo Stalin announced cooperation in diplomatic measures to end the Korean conflict. The statement, released late, will likely front pages tomorrow. Russians, amid ordinary workday and Orthodox Christmas on Jan 7, welcome any sign of peace and expect strong public attention.
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Moscow
Stalin
Soviet Union
Deaths and Funerals Henry J. Blechel
Henry J. Blechel 35 farmer from near Eudora died Wednesday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Survived by wife Alice two daughters Maurine Katzfey and Delores Beers two sisters Mrs Alfred Winters and Mrs Frank Greiner a brother J Blechel and two grandchildren. Funeral 10 15 Saturday Holy Family Catholic Church Eudora rosary 8 Friday at home.
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Henry J. Bileenet
Eudora
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Alice Blechel
Maurine Katzfey
Delores Beers
Lawrence
Alfred Winters
Frank Greiner
J Blechel
Holy Family Catholic Church
Man runs one man Christmas gift program for convicts’ children
Dan Vinson, an Oklahoma City contractor, runs a yearly freight of one million gifts to the children of convicts in North and South America. He collects scrap for toys, personal visits penitentiaries, coordinates volunteers, and directs the vast operation during November and December, never taking money.
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Oklahoma City
NEA
Dan Vinson
North
South America
Vinson
Western Hemisphere
America
Catastrophe drills mobilize 150 Madison radio hams
In Madison Wisconsin about 150 amateur radio operators organize for a weekly disaster drill. Led by Jerry L Dame the group runs a city wide communications breakdown scenario. Mobile units relay from a Red Cross facility while civil defense and Red Cross roles are practiced. Operators supply their own gear with a central police transmitter.
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Madison
Wis
Jerry L. Dame
Civil Defense Department
Red Cross
Four Lakes
Die Ub
Red Cross Chapter
Police Department
Piggy Bank Thefts Hit Miami Area
A third piggy bank theft in as many weeks in Miami reveals large sums inside. A desk drawer loss totaled 27 dollars while a prior break in carried off a well-fed piggy bank containing 1000 dollars belonging to a prominent contractor.
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Miami
Flah
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Rich Clarkson
Sen. Smathers
Thomas
Texas
REDS
ST. Nick's Visit
Holland
Galileo
Kored
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Pomta
Extension Council
Kansas
Douglas County
Board of Commissioners
Istalin
Korea
Henry J. Blechel
Hixon Studio
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