Grand Jury Returns True Bill Against Four in Oil Map Theft
A federal grand jury indicted four men for conspiring to transport Gulf Oil geological maps valued above five thousand dollars and potentially over a million. Defendants Irving Milner Emanuel Lester also Emanuel Liberman Edward Liberman face bench warrants. ex Gulf geologist Thomas W.B. Smith and John Marvin Leivia named as unindicted co conspirators. Milner arrested earlier. others located in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Gulf Oil
Odie Seagraves
Houston
Tex
New York
Irving Milner
Emanuel Lester
Emanuel Liberman
Edward Liberman
Bronx
U. S
Rabe F. Marsh
Thomas W. B. Smith
John Marvin Leivin
Orange
Texas
Smith
Leivia
Gulf Oil Corp
FBI
Nght
Milner
Kansas State Senior Wins National Song Prize
Kansas State College music senior from Atchison Marjorie Roark Vanderwelde wrote the prize winning song What Hast Thou in Thy Hand for a national Kappa Phi contest. She is the daughter of Basil and Mrs Roark of Atchison and is married to Joe H Vanderweide, a junior in architecture at K State.
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Manhattan
Kas
Kansas State College Music
Atchison
Kappa Phi
Methodist
Marjorie Roark Vanderwelde
Basil Roark
Joe H. Vanderweide
K-State
Deaths and Funerals in Kansas and Missouri
Obituary notices for Mrs Laura J Martin of Odessa Missouri and Dr W E Martin. Joyce C Scott of Lawrence, Kansas. Ernest D Ray of Overbrook. Mattie Hupp formerly of Overbrook. Maybelle Wagstaff Jeffries of Leawood, Kansas City area. Details include ages, places of death, burial and survivor lists.
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Laura
Martin
Laura J. Martin
Brackett
Lawrence
Lexington, Mo
Odessa
Maybelle Wagstaff
Jeffries
Eric
Leawood
Robert D. Wagstaff
Kansas City
Oak Hill Cemetery
Merritt Jeffries
Commerce Trust
Kansas University
Robert Jeffries
Ann Jeffries
K. U
Postmaster Urges Help to Reduce Winter Slips at Homes
Postmaster James Parsons appeals to Lawrence residents to curb winter slip hazards for letter carriers and delivery workers. He cites Washington and federal data showing most postal injuries arise from icy walks, steps and stairs, costing millions. Patrons should clear ice and spread sand or ashes promptly, repair broken steps, and maintain safe walkways to prevent injuries.
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Lawrence
James Parsons
Barsons
Ite
Washington Post
Maurice J. Stans
Stans
U.S. Department of Labor
Staus
Postminster
Jannuary
Parsons
Kansans Urged to Send In Inauguration Requests
Abilene editor Henry HB Jameson heads the Kansas National Inaugural Committee urging Kansans to submit applications now to qualify for a possible special train for the inauguration. A minimum of 25 attendees is needed. fewer than 25 applications have been received to date. Transportation, hotel rooms, and events are included. Contact Wilbur Leonard in Topeka as hotel spaces will fill after January 1.
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Wilbur Leonard
GOP Committee
Topeka
Dun
Jameson
Kansas
Fall Pig Crop This Year 11 Percent Below 1955
Topeka Kansas has a 1956 fall pig crop estimated at 580000 head, 11 percent below the 1955 farrowings. The 1956 spring crop was 865000 head, yielding an annual total of 1440000. This marks the fourth smallest yearly total since 1930 and about one fifth below the long term average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Velho
Hoover Accepts Inauguration Invite. Truman Declines
Washington report that former President Herbert Hoover has accepted the invitation to attend President Eisenhower’s inauguration on January 21. Former President Harry S Truman has declined. Senate Inaugural Committee chair Bridges said Hoover will attend at the Capitol. Truman sent regrets. Bridges also announced performers Marian Anderson and Brian Sullivan will sing, with Anderson to perform the Star Spangled Banner and Sullivan to sing America.
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Washington
Herbert
Hoover
Eisenhower
Harry Sr. Truman
Sen
Bridges
R-Nh
Congressional
Capitol
Truman
Bridges Als
Marian Anderson
Brian Sullivan
Miss Anderson
Sullivan
America
Barbershop Reopens After State Inspection Approval
The Art Watkins barbershop at 407 N. and St. reopened after state inspector Al Knight had closed it earlier for sanitary noncompliance. Knight conducted another inspection today and approved all 25 points in the slate check.
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Art Watkins
N. and
al Knight
Knight
Texas Congressman Opposes More Refugees Proposal
U P Rep Burleson says he will oppose any plan by President Eisenhower to raise the number of Hungarian refugees admitted to America. Rep Burdick of North Dakota favors raising the current quota of 21,500. The clash signals potential difficulty for Eisenhower’s refugee proposal in Congress.
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Washington
Burleson
Eisenhower
America
Burdick
R-Nd
Judiciary Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
U. S
Divorce Suit Filed in District Court
Mary E Thompson files for divorce against Granvill R Thompson in district court. The suit names both spouses, outlining a legal action for dissolution of marriage.
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Mary E. Thompson
Granvill Robert Thompson
Planes Join Patrol To Cut Road Deaths
National Guard planes will join the State Highway Patrol over the New Year weekend to curb highway fatalities. Col. Tom Glasscock said the force will deploy like the Christmas weekend, with patrolmen monitoring licenses and traffic from the air. Twenty people died on Kansas highways during the Christmas fourth day.
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Topekap
National Guard
Tom Glasscock
Kansas
Glasscock
City weighs parking plan options as bonds near end
Efforts continue on parking projects with most owners' petition. study explores financing without bonds if needed. Metering eyed for edge of business district and city lots but lots may be exempt. Hospital off street lot anticipated. zoning rules widened to cover churches and individual occupancy hotels and boarding houses.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Prison Officials Relent Allow Trusty to Attend Mother’s Funeral
Jackson Michigan prison officials relented to let Donald F. Wolfe age 25 attend his mother Mrs Katherine Wolfe 58 funeral after his escape from a southern Michigan prison farm. Wolfe turned himself in to St Louis Missouri police after learning his mother died in Los Angeles. Funeral services are planned for Saturday in Battle Creek Michigan.
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Jackson
Mich
Donald F. Wolfe
Michigan
He i Wolfe
Katherine Wolfe
Los Anpeles
Wolfe
St. Louis
Battle Creek
Man is found guilty of DUI ties to parole confusion
Manuel Snavely of Route 3 was convicted of driving while intoxicated and sentenced to 30 days in jail and a $100 fine. He filed an appeal and posted a $400 appeal bond. County records clarify he was not on parole despite an earlier sheriff's office report.
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Manuel Snavely
Route 3
Hyuer
Snavely
New Tile Floor Installed in County Office
The sheriff's office begins a tile floor upgrade starting today with Rhodes Heating and Roofing Co. conducting removal of the old tile before the new flooring is laid. Sheriff Bill Hodson noted the work aims to modernize the office interior.
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Sheriff's Office
Rhodes Heating and Roofing Co
Vi St
Bill Hodson
Arkansas youth fined in police court for improper passing
Lawrence Sinks, 16, Eluins, Arkansas, fined ten dollars for improper passing. Half the fine suspended, due to a single appearance in traffic school.
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Arkansas
Lawrence Sinks
Eluins
Ark
Oklahoma oil output boost urged by state director
Oklahoma conservation director Massena B. Murray urged a 15 000 barrel per day increase in output, setting the January allowable at 620 000 barrels daily versus 605 000 for December. The hearing noted a brighter market from the Middle East crisis, but warned the rise should be temporary. Purchasers favored some increase but asked readiness to cut back when Suez and pipelines are repaired.
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Oklahoma
City
Massena B. Murray
Murary
Commission
Suez Canal
Middle East
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Murray
Two Sumner County Men Die In Separate Suicides
Wellington reports two Sumner County men died in separate self inflicted shootings today. David Edward Larson 31 a farmer from Argo nia was found dead at his brother Calberts home east of Caldwell. Donald Lee Turner 26 of Belle Plaine died in a house trailer at a drive in run by an uncle. Coroner Y E Parkhurst said both men shot themselves in the left temple with a .22 caliber pistol. Larson was said to be despondent over illness. Turner had been a patient at the Veterans Hospital in Topeka four years and had returned home for Christmas ahead of a planned hospital return.
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Parkhurst
Larson
Turner
Veterans Hospital
Topeka
Heavy Damage From Two Auto Wrecks
Two Lawrence traffic accidents caused heavy damage estimated at 1135 dollars with three cars involved in the first crash on North Second Street. Drivers include Lawrence Irland, Lawrence Sinks, and Claude Grand. A separate collision near Locust Street damaged another vehicle owned by Mrs Fischer. No injuries reported. police ticketed Sinks for improper passing.
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Lawrence
North Second Street
Lawrence Irland
Del
Lawrence Sinks
Elkins
Ark
Claude M. Grandstaff
Locust St. Sinks
Goetz F. Berthold
R. J. St
Frank J. Fischer
Barker Ave
Fischer
Mem Hospital Admits List of Births and Patients
Memorial Hospital reports admissions including Mrs Rowent Curl Mrs Edna Dolan Mrs Carrie Kern and others from multiple towns. Also listed are newborns including a daughter for Mr and Mrs Joe Lewis and a daughter for Mr and Mrs John Dickinson with dates marked today.
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Rowent Curl
Edna Dolan
Ohio St
Carrie Kern
Mass
St.j
Charles Baecker
Eudora
Elizabeth Martin
DeSoto
Sylvia Nitcher
Williamstown
Selma Peine
Tonganoxie
Hazel Roe
Betty Lewis
Rita Dickinson
Duane McCartney
Brook St
Elsie Spaulding
Belpre
Birtius
Joe Lewis
John Dickinson
Route 3
TV Commentator Dwight Cook to Speak at KU Convocation
CBS commentator and news analyst Dwight Cook will address KU students at 3 p.m. January 8 in Flint Hall room 205. He also meets Journalism School classes at 10 a.m., attends a faculty luncheon, and plans an informal session with KUOK staff. Cook, Harvard and Princeton graduate, joined CBS after World War II and wrote There is No Asia.
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Dwight Cook
CBS
Flint Hall
Kansas University
Radio-Tv
KUOK
Cook
Harvard
Princeton
Time Magazine
Asia
Far East
K C Woman Back From Abduction by Two Men
Kansas City woman Jean Franklin 29, blonde, returned home in distress after telling police she had been abducted by two young men who drove her nearly to St. Louis and back. She disappeared at noon Christmas Day. Police obtained only a fragmentary account before she was placed under medical care. Her husband Walter phaitans, formerly a renowned billiard player, now promotes uranium claims.
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Kansas City
Jean Franklin
St. Louis
Alice
Kiwanis Leaders Preview Year In Lawrence
Forrest E. Brown announces retirement and reviews Kiwanis year highlights at Eldridge gathering. George Anderson to be installed as the new Kiwanis president next week. The Lawrence scene also features theatre marquee notes for The Naked Hills and No Place to Hide.
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Jayhawker Theater
Naked Hills
Forrest E. Brown
Kiwanis Club
Eldridge
George Anderson
Klwanis
Meteoric Visitors Bombard Earth At 2300 Per Second
New calculations show 200 million shooting stars enter Earth's atmosphere daily. Meteors range from dust specks to larger shards, weighing at least 10 tons total, traveling 30 000 to 180 000 mph and mostly burning up on entry. Researchers Millman and Burland presented the estimate to major science societies.
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New York
Space
Earth
Mars
American Astronomical Society
American Asia
Peter M. Millman
Miriam
Burland
National Research Council
Dominion Observatory
Canada
Markets At a Glance Stocks Higher and Bond Mixed
Markets at a glance show stocks higher with mixed bond directions. Cotton steady as mills buy. wheat old crop easy and new steady. corn slightly easier with small price shifts. soy beans easy and trading slow. Hogs down 25 to 50 cents with top $18.10. cattle steers steady to 25 cents lower, top $2300.
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C. Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
U.S
New York Stocks Mixed as Markets Edge Higher on News
Wall Street saw a small advance with select gains in Gulf Oil and Texas Co as Suez Canal clearance progress prompted trading. Turnover ran around 2.2 million shares, below yesterday’s 2.44 million, with many issues showing modest price moves and several losers in the list.
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Wall Street
New York
Witty
Gulf Oil
Texas Co
Suez Canal
KU and Kansas State Fans Dominate Tournament Ticket Buys
KU and Kansas State followers are the main buyers at the tournament. KU officials push for better ticket allotment as the Jayhawks are viewed as the big drawing card. Coaches agree the Wednesday night game was a thriller and a Feb. 2 clash with Iowa State at KU could sell out.
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Kansas State
K.U
Jayhawkers
Patent Attorney Speaks For Optimists Meeting
Earl Movey a patent attorney from Kansas City spoke at the Lawrence Optimist Club gathering. The newly formed civic club usually meets Tuesday but holidays moved sessions to Thursday for two weeks. Jack Starkey, the club president, said the charter banquet is tentatively set for February 9 with International Club officials and Lawrence area members attending.
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Earl Movey
Kansas City
Italy Tax Records Show Gina Highest Paid Star
Rome Gina Lollobrigida out earned Sofia Loren in 1956 per tax returns. Both stars earned more than Anna Magnani whose The Rose Tattoo Oscar win last March is noted. Reported earnings show Gina about 30 million lire, nearly $50,000, Sofia about 16,000, Magnani under 15,000. Italian tax records are not considered fully reliable.
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Rome
Gina Lollobrigida
Sofia Loren
Anna Magnani
Gina
Sofia
Anna
Christmas Scene and Local News From Oskaloosa
Miss Ann Bentley of Denver visits her parents in Oskaloosa during Christmas. The Methodist church hosted The Messiah sung by united church choirs with organist William Leech and director Mary Weinberg. Out of town guests included Dale Stark Knapp of Perry and others. A Dec 13 wedding at Judge Farrig's home in Winchester joined Miss Jesse Kerr and Jerald Tenpenny. 1957 chamber officers elected with Elmag Roth as president. Water works program update and night staff at the plant. Visitors for the holidays include Agnes Nincehelser and others from Wellington Topeka and Manhattan. Stitch and Chatter club held a Christmas party with a carry-in lunch and gift tree. Wilma Glasco left for Clay Center for holidays.
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Ann Bentley
Denver
Ralph Bentley
United Church Choirs
William Leech
Mary Weinberg
Don Rhodes
Charles Sutton
Dale Stark
Knapp
Perry
Warren ‘Trodes
Lawsrence
Bessia
Taylor
Hort
Kenneth Gramse
Agnes Nincehelser
Wellington
Turner ‘Bogers
Wilma Glasco
Clay Center
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W. E. Martin
Joyce C. Scott
Carl Scott
North Lawrence
Kansas Cy
Maple Grove
Zuella Hines
8Th St
Minnie Williams
Ash St
Vern Hultz
Jessie Scott
Ernest D. Ray
Clinton
Burlingame
Ray
Fred Harvey Co
el Paso
Albuquerque
Chicago Athletic Association
Meriden
James Sullivan
Overbrook
L. E. Ray
Chanute
Baker Funeral Home
Overbrook Cemetery
Mattie. Hupp
Mattie Hupp
Mississippi
Ridgeway Cemetery
Charles Bethel
Little Rock
Gladys Howard
Michigan Valley
Alwilda Poe
Portland, Ore
Lawrence Hupp
Scranton
Harry Truman
Herbert Hoover
ODD Jobs Dept
Museum of ‘Natural History
Clear Trusty
Trip
Sumner County
Memorial Hospital
Diana Elgin
Elmwod St
Karen Venry
Dist
Connie Smith
Ark, St
Marie Freidline
Baby Boy
Inrl. St
Joan Sobacinski
Babyirl
Aja
St. James Wood
Tenn
St. Allen Thompson
Robert Einstein
Miss. St
K.C
N. Y
K. c. Cash and Grain
Che Adams
Admiral
Allied
Boeing Air
Chrysler
du Pont
Fagle
Ford
Eleo
Gen Motors
Goodyear
King&e
Monson
Ohio Oil
Penney J. C
Phillips Pet
St Jos
Sears Rock Bay
Sinclair Oil
Wi Socony
Italy
Oskaloosa
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