Eisenhower Admin Proposes Crop Price Support Guidelines
The administration plans to recommend a set of factors to determine future price support levels for crops like cotton wheat and corn. Guidelines include supply and demand relations, relative price levels, available funds, crop importance to agriculture and the economy, stock disposal ability, export market offsets, and producer willingness to align supplies with demand. Under a flexible system supports rise as supplies fall and fall as supplies rise.
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Washington
Eisenhower Administration
Holiday Mail Rush Sets Lawrence Post Office Records
Lawrence Post Office reports a record holiday mail flow with 3.9 million pieces incoming and outgoing from December 1. Postmaster Parsons credits trained distributors and staff for a smooth operation, noting no heavy overflow and normal service returning. Outgoing mail reached 1.9 million pieces, a record surpassing prior years.
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Lawrence
James Pees
Parsons
Leaflets and rice dropped over Red China by Formosa flights
About 10,000 flights were made over Red China last year to drop leaflets and rice, according to Formosa Nationalist Defense Ministry. The report did not mention photographic reconnaissance, which was presumably included on some flights.
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Taipei
Formosa
Kansas Libraries Offer 300 Scholarship Plan
Kansas libraries promote a 1958 59 academic year scholarship for Kansas students. Deadline March 15 for KLA award. winner receives 800 dollars. Applications and form details available from Robert L Quinsey assistant director at Watson Library KU.
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Patata Hoing
Kan: “Association
Kansas
KLA
Robert L. Quinsey
Kansas University Libraries
Watson
West Is Asked To Accept Plans
Pravda calls on the West to accept Soviet disarmament proposals including a ban on nuclear weapons, tests, and reduced forces in Europe. The State Department studies the bids while NATO talks face criticism and Moscow broadcasts urge that foreign ministers talks must not be used to attack the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
U.S. State Department
Europe
NATO
Moscow Radio
Washington
North America
U.S
City Authority on Traffic and Parking Regulations
The chief of police has authority from the City Commission to make and enforce traffic rules and emergency parking limits under special conditions. In practice, traffic regulations and permanent parking limits usually go before the Commission for approval, with state laws applying within the city.
Salk Vaccine Supply Surpasses Demand, Waste Looms
New York report from The Health News Institute says Salk polio vaccine stock is far ahead of need with potentially hundreds of thousands of doses to be destroyed again this year. A spokesman notes the tragic imbalance as about 4 million under 40 have never received polio vaccines.
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New York
Austria Press Tells Readers U S Is Nearing a Collapse
The Volkastimme, Austria’s Communist party newspaper, questions US prosperity with two column headlines about recession and steel cutbacks. It cites Bethlehem Steel’s Lackawanna plant shutdowns and notes US steel operates at about 65 percent capacity as part of propaganda framing.
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Austria Press
U.S
Volkastimme
Austria
Communist Party
Tassue
America
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Lackawanna, N.Y
Windwhipped Fire Ravages Springhill Nova Scotia Main Street
A major fire ripped through Springhill Nova Scotia destroying 15 businesses and five apartment buildings along main street. Mayor Ralph Gilroy warned most town shops may not be rebuilt, estimating losses at at least one million dollars as the 7 000 residents face another economic blow after a 1956 mine disaster. Government aid had previously helped avert layoffs.
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Springhill N.S. H
Nova Scotia
Ralph Gilroy
Springhill
Gilroy
Bid Opening Set Jan 17 for Baker U Dorm
Millard Buck architect in Oklahoma City sets January 17 as the bid opening date for a new Baker University men’s dormitory. Plans show a three story building housing 156 men, at Chapel and Hill, echoing the New Halls dorm design. About 28 contractors have requested plans and specs, with occupancy expected next fall and some exterior work possibly unfinished.
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New Baker U. Dorm
Baker University
Millard Buck
Oklahoma City
Worenen
Chapel
Hill Streets
Soviet Proposal Under Study for European Disarmament
Washington officials report intensive study of a Soviet plan to ban atomic weapons in Europe. Premier Bulganin sent the idea to President Eisenhower two weeks ago. The proposal is regarded as unacceptable in its present form and a U.S. reply is being drafted.
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Washington
Europe
U.S
Bulganin
Eisenhower
Eagles Plan Dinner at Hall on Eighth Street
The Eagles Lodge invites members and families to a Sunday dinner from 1 to 7 PM at Eagles Hall on Eighth Street. Menu includes ham hock corn bread coffee and dessert.
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Eagles Hall
S. E. 9Th St
The
Eagles Lodge
Year of the Big Switch reshapes California politics 1957
In California 1957 politics pivoted as William Knowland and Goodwin Knight altered their paths. Knight abandoned a bid for reelection and aligned with Nixon, while Knowland considered governor. party leaders feared a damaging GOP primary fight and several candidates withdrew. Debates over deal making and party support followed, with polls indicating voter preference shifts.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Wiliam F. Knowland
Senate
Goodwin J. Knight
U. S. Senate
Knight - Knowland
Knight
Knowland
Nixon
Brailypolls
Evolution Theory Recasts Life From Seaweed
Biologist Alton L Blakeslee reports Lawrence S Dillon of Texas A M College describing a unified plant based origin of life. All animals are said to be modified plant life derived from brown seaweed a billion years ago with blue green algae as the simplest living form. The internal cell structure guides classification and supports a plant first view of life on earth.
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Indianapolis
Lawrence S. Dillon
Texas A&m College
Dillon
American Assny For
Advancement of
Science
Earth
TB Contributors Thanked For Aid
C E Decker chairman of the Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health Association thanked volunteers and supporters for this year's Christmas Seal drive. He said TB affects everyone and praised the public’s efforts, noting seals can still be purchased to aid research and prevention.
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C. E. Decker
Douglas County
Decker
Bulgarians face death in Vienna theft case
Three officials of the Bulgarian state owned cooperative stores at Stara Zagora were reported to be sentenced to death for stealing surplus goods from the stores and selling them on the black market.
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Vienna
Stara Zagora
Workers and customers of Beacon Plastics take Europe trip
In Boston Beacon Plastics Corp Newton employees and select customers fly to Paris for a 9 day European vacation, a Christmas bonus for workers with five or more years service. The firm covers expenses with tiers from 50 to 100 percent based on tenure. The trip visits Rome London Ireland and Holland after earlier junkets to Atlantic City and Canada.
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Europe
Ployes
Beacon Plastics Corp
Newton
Paris
Boas
Joseph J. Sholkin
The
Grim
William S. Golden
Sholkin
Canada
Atlantic City No
Rome
London
Ireland
Holland
Consolidate Patch Is Trumans Advice
New York dispatch reports former President Harry S. Truman during a morning stroll admonished for patching up differences and consolidating forces against totalitarianism. He warned Americans are complacent until stirred, then they do the job. He criticized Russians and Thesiasians in candid remarks to reporters.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
Potsdam Beacon on Agreements and Education Promises
A Potsdam report reflects on 232 agreements kept and the belief that education resolves conflicts. It argues the path through Cold War tensions lies in schooling and civic learning, noting that solutions depend on informed, educated citizens.
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Potsdam
Reich official dies at 74 in Berlin during holidays
Deputy Premier Oto Nusehke of Communist East Germany died after a heart attack during Christmas holidays. West Berlin church authorities said he was 74.
Train Crash Near REUS Kills Three in Spain
The Madrid Barcelona Express derailed near Reus causing three deaths and thirty injuries, with twelve in serious condition. A broken rail blamed for the accident where a sleeping car and a passenger car plunged down a 30 foot embankment.
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Reus
Spain
Madrid
Barcelona
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