Supreme Soviet Begins Session To Okay Budget
The Soviet Parliament opened a special session to approve the 1956 budget and hear Premier Bulganin and Khrushchev report on their Asian tour. Finance Minister Arseny Zverev announced defense spending at 1024.4 billion rubles and a surplus, with plans for atomic power stations and cultural development.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Supreme Soviet
Arseny Zverev
Zverev
U.S
Maif
Kremlin
Ogee Sakier
Khrual v
Flood forces mass evacuation in Yuba City and Marysville
Associated Press correspondent John Mayer reports on the Yuba City and Marysville flood after the Feather River levee broke. Waves and a wall of water forced residents to flee as hundreds were rescued by boats, planes, and Army ducks. About two thirds of Yuba City was flooded while Marysville escaped major flooding. Water supply and sewage collapsed, delaying recovery.
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John Mayer
Associated Press
Maville
Yuba
Marysville
Yuba City
Feather River
Christ
Mas
Senate subcommittee to begin car dealer hearings January
A Senate Commerce subcommittee led by Sen. Monroney plans hearings starting January 19 into alleged factory mistreatment of car dealers. The panel has collected questionnaires from about 20 000 of roughly 42 000 dealers, citing pressures from manufacturers and the shifting of financial risk to dealers. In San Francisco, golfer Jack Fleck proposes a flood relief exhibition featuring Byron Nelson Harvie Ward and Ken Venturi with potential extra names and support from Bing Crosby and Bob Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
San Francisco
Jack Fleck
California
Fleck
George Tompkins
Ed E. Lowery
U.S. Golf Assn
Byron Nelson
Harvie Ward
Ken Venturi
Davenport
Iowa
Ben Hogan
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Missouri Governor Aide dies in hospital
Dance A. Pool 56 executive secretary to Governor Donnelly died in a Jefferson City hospital where he had been a patient since December 1. Pool held prior roles as publicity director, Democratic State Committee secretary, chief clerk in the attorney general’s office, editor of the Capital Daily News and editor of the Blue Book. Survivors include his widow a son two brothers and his mother.
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Jefferson City
Dance A. Pool
Phil M. Donnelly
Pool
Democratic State Committee
Attorney General's Office
Dismissed Names List From Memorial Hospital In Ottawa
A roster of individuals associated with Memorial Hospital Ray Lyman Ottawa appears with multiple names and addresses including Mrs Pear Wells 1201 R I St Mrs Marie Krentz Meriden Clarence Martin Meredith Hotel Eugene Williams Topeka Wilson Moore Topeka Mrs Dorothy Green 747 N J St Mrs Margaret Evers Kansan City Mrs Martha Hughes Tonganoxie Clement Welch Boone Iowa John Irving Swatt LaBelle Mo Louis Crady Lecompton Jerry Waugh 10 La St Mrs Mabel Core 1000 Ala St Floyd McAferty 22u6 No H Ste Dis
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Ray Lyman
Ottawa
Pear Wells
R. I. St
Marie Krentz
Meriden
Clarence Martin
Meredith Hotel
Eugene Williams
Topeka
Wilson Moore
Dorothy Green
N. J. St
Margaret Evers
Kansan City
Martha Hughes
Tonganoxie
Clement Welch
Boone
Iowa
John Irving Swatt
LaBelle
Louis Crady
Lecompton
Jerry Waugh
Mabel Core
Ala
Floyd McAferty
H. Ste
Boy’s empty hook yields Christmas supper tale
Meridian Mississippi记 Ed Lovington recalls his 80 year history of fish tales but the 7 year old grandson outdid them. Covington prepared a Christmas feast with a minnow baited hook used by Edward Evans as a duck swooped in and feasted on the rod to become the meal.
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Meridian
Miss
Ed Lovington
Covington
Edward Evans
Eddie
Break-Ins Reported At Local Business Places
Break-ins occurred at Fritzel Service and Soden's Garage on 1900 Mass. St during Christmas weekend. A battery, three tires, a case of oil and rifle ammunition were stolen. losses not totaled. Both adjoining shops were entered via broken windows after a bolted door between them failed. Police suspect Sunday night or early Monday.
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Fritzel Service
Soden
Mass
Saint Nick
Waugh Hospitalized After Kidney Ailment
Lawrence High School basketball coach Jerry Waugh was admitted to Lawrence Memorial Hospital with a kidney ailment after returning from a Christmas visit to Valley Falls. His condition was listed as satisfactory and he was expected to stay two or three more days.
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Jerry Waugh
Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Waugh
Valley Falls
Five Alarm Blaze Tears Through Brooklyn Lumber Yard
A five alarm fire tore through the Cross Island and Austin Co. lumber yard at Grand Street and Gardner Avenues in Brooklyn. The blaze burned for more than two hours before firefighters gained control, with extensive damage reported.
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New York
Brooklyn
Cross Island & Austin Co
Grand Street
Gardner Avenues
Danforth, Ralston Purina Founder, Dies at 85 on Christmas Eve
William H. Danforth, 85, founder and board chairman of Ralston Purina, died of a heart attack at his home on Christmas Eve. He led the National Christmas Carols Assn and funded chapels at colleges including Danforth Chapel at Kansas University. Survivors include his widow, son Donald Danforth, and daughter Mrs. Randolph P. Compton. The chapel, opened 1946, seats about 100 and serves as a multifaith meditation space.
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Ralston Purina
ST. Louis
William H. Danforth
Ralston Purina Co
Danforth
National Christmas Carols Assn
Donald Danforth
Randolph P. Compton
Scarsdale
N.Y
Danforth Chapel
Kansas University
Lawrence Memorial Hospital Sees No Christmas Births
In Lawrence the Stork has not visited Lawrence Memorial Hospital since Saturday marking the first Christmas without a birth at the facility in years.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Stork
Wreck Kills Ness City Driver on U S 283
An early today single vehicle crash on U S 283 near Ness City killed driver Ralph Gassman 23. He was pinned under the car. Passenger Thomas Rupp of Ness City was injured in the southbound mishap.
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Ness City
Kas
Here
Ralph Gassmen
Gassman
Thomas Rupp
U. S. 283
Obituaries and Funeral Notices From Lawrence Area
Multiple deaths include Edith M. Dyer 61 of 929 Pa St with services at Evangelical United Brethren Church and burial at Memorial Park. Hannah Williamson 94, Lilburn Jackson 77, Edwin Flory 69, George E. Ormond 64, Richard Martindale Stugard 20s, J D Bowersock 84. services in various churches and cemeteries, survivors listed with spouses children and siblings. Funeral details note church affiliations and burial sites in Oak Hill Maple Grove Floral Hills Mt Moriah and others.
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Firth M. Dyer
Edith M. Dyer
United Brethren Church
Leland H. Young
Memorial Park
Cemtery
Omaha
Nebr
Shirley Rhyne
McAllen
Tex
Lee A. Dyer
Robert L. Dyer
Kansas City
Richard E. Dyer
Neb
Eva Finch
Wichita
Hannah Williamson
Sioky Rest Home
Lawrence
England
Earl Williamson
Lloyd Williamson
Isaac Williamson
Rumsey Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
Lilburn Jackson
Maple St
First Baptist Church of
North Lawrence
A. L. Parker
Churwil
Maple Grove
Bowser Lee Mortuary
Edwin Flory
Valley Falls
Wellington
Coal Creek
Harold Flory
Valley Walls
Roy Flory
Lancaster
Calif
Edith Richard
Lving
Calafironia
Coal Creek Eub Church
Richard Martindale Stugard
Kansas University
New Rochelle
N.Y
Sigma Chi Fraternity
Erwin Stugard
Jessie Martindale Stugard
Chatham Rd
Gerrold von Wedel
Greenwich
Conn
Roberts
Seipel
J. D. Bowersock
Justin DeWitt Bowersock
Stine and McClure
Mt. Moriah
Red China and East Germany Sign Friendship Treaty
East Germany and Red China signed a treaty of friendship and cooperation in Peiping. Premier Otto Grotewohl and Chou En-lai also agreed on cultural and agricultural matters. Grotewohl said the accord aims at peace and German reunification, while Adenauer warned he would break relations with any state recognizing East Germany.
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Berlin
Red China
East Germany
Otto Grotewohl
Peiping
Grotewohl
Chou En-lai
Grotewohll
Konrad Adenauer
Lawrence Woman Held After Alleged Self Defense Stabbing
Mrs Mildred McCoy of 822 Walnut Street was jailed after telling officers she stabbed her husband in a family altercation in self defense. Bond set at 50 dollars. The husband was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and released.
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Lawrence
Mildred McCoy
Walnut St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Indian Brothers Save 33 From Violent Klamath River
In Eureka California two Indian brothers Bill and Greeley Frye are credited with rescuing 33 people from the raging Klamath River. They saved a 92 year old woman and pulled a man from a fence post while a family endured nine hours in the water. Ernest Whitney died after entering the river on an air mattress seeking help.
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Klamath River
Eureka
Calif
Klamath
Clifford Whitney
Bill
Greeley Frye
Ome
Mrs. Whitney
Frye
Whitney
Ernest
Noeman Whitney
Ernest Whitney
Fry Brothers
Vehicle thefts reported over Christmas weekend
Two theft reports arose for the Sheriff’s Office during the holiday period. One juvenile escapee from the Boys Indoor School traveled in stolen cars across multiple towns and had a 1956-model car towed from Mo tor In Station. the vehicle was recovered and abandoned by Linwood. The second report involved a Kaw Motors pickup that had vanished after a DUI arrest, later found to be driven home by the driver's wife.
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Sheriff's Office
Boys’ Industrial School
Topeka
Alma
Kansas City
Lawrence
Mojtor
Station
Vt. St
A. B. Wallace
Ft. Riley
Linwood
Leavenworth
Kaw Motors
2Nd St
Ex-Newsboy Hosts Christmas Party for 300 Newsboys
In Corpus Christi, former newsboy Joe Simon who ran a furniture store since 1925 hosted over 300 newsboys at a Christmas party. The event featured a turkey dinner, Dixie land music, a stage show, a movie, and gifts for all.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
St. Joseph
Joe Simon
AF Truck Crash Kills Three in Seoul Home
A U.S. Air Force truck left the road in Seoul and crashed into a Korean residence last night killing three people and injuring four. The driver was hospitalized and not seriously hurt. identity was withheld.
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Seoul
U.S. Air Force
Witheld
Boy in Police Uniform Volunteers Help at Headquarters
Four year old David Kemper visited Cincinnati District 3 police headquarters in a policeman’s uniform and offered to help catch burglars. Lt Charles Price declined the boy’s offer, noting he could not accept assistance.
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Cincinnati
David Kemper
District 3
David
Charles Price
Irrigation Research Urged to Expand in Kaw Valley
Kansas State agronomist R V Olson calls for expanded irrigation research in Eastern Kansas and Kaw Valley with increased funding. He notes early 20th century Garden City experiments and warns of saline soils and marshy drainage under long term irrigation, stressing high yields to justify costly systems.
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Kansas
Kaw Valley
R. V. Olson
Kansas State College
Garden City Branch Experiment Station
Olson
Fame Casts Shadow on Life Of Gino Prato
A Bronx shoemaker who won 32000 on a national quiz show faces fame’s burdens. Gino Prato travels as a goodwill ambassador while keeping his shop running, paying bills and funding his daughter’s future in the arts. He notes praise masks the cost of celebrity.
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Gino Prato
NEW York
NEA
Bronx
Caroline
Italy
Boston
Massachusetts Senate
Ohio
Columbus
Plato
American Biltrite Rubber Co
America
Prato
Madison Avenue
Irrigation Research Talks Placed for Kaw Valley Next Year
A spokesperson noted plans to offer irrigation research opportunities in the Kaw Valley next year. The statement highlighted anticipated collaborations and funding prospects to advance water management studies in the region.
Tavern Shooting Aimed at Patrons Sparks Arrest in Lawrence
Police arrested 37 year old Louia Morris after three shots from a 22 caliber rifle at Town Tavern on Christmas Eve. A bystander disarmed Morris. he is jailed on drunkenness and vagrancy charges with bond set at 1000 dollars. No one injured.
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Lawrence
N. 2Nd St
Art Layton
N. H. St
Louia Morris
Paul Stowe
Perry St
Morris
Egg Producers May Get Better Prices in 1956
Kansas State College extension marketing specialist M. E. Jackson says 1956 could bring higher egg prices due to a spring shortage and increased Kansas demand. He notes more chicks may lift production little unless gains reach 10 to 15 percent, and emphasizes quality eggs command a wider price spread of eight to eighteen cents per dozen.
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M. E. Jackson
Kansas State College
Kansas
Jackson
Repellent Methods Protect Young Trees From Rabbits
Deal Six, Douglas County Extension Agent, recommends painting or spraying tree trunks with a rabbit repellent to prevent bark damage. Commercial preparations such as Black Leaf 40, Arasan, Arasan SF X, and Tersan 75 powders can be mixed with a carrying agent to act as repellents, and asphalt water emulsion is also sold for this use.
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Deal Six
Douglas County
Osceola Factory Whistle Triggers Fire Confusion
The Osceola Fire Department complains to the state attorney general that a new factory on the town outskirts uses a whistle that sounds exactly like the volunteer fire department muster.
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Little Rock
Ark
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Wilfred Moore
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George Eugene Ormond
Donald Ormond
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