Top News Stories Of Current Year
A survey ranks major global events from bribery in sports to West Point dismissals, floods on the Kansas and Missouri rivers, and economic shifts postwar. It notes Iran British tensions, Egypt’s treaty cancellations, riots in the Nile region, and early hydrogen bomb development. NATO activity also features among top stories.
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West Point Military Academy
Army
Navy
Kansas
Missouri
Won
Kansas City
Kan
Tore
Middle East
Iran
Mohamed Mossadegh
Ranian Oi
Egypt
Britain
Suez Canal
Sudan
Farouk
Land of the Nile
Soree
Truman
Dwight Blaenshower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Steath
Stassen Declares Run As Eisenhower Questions Arise
Stassen announced his candidacy asserting he is in the race without commitments to others while refusing to confirm Eisenhower’s plans. He met with Eisenhower in Paris and termed the conference personal. Politicians debated whether the move aimed to aid Eisenhower or block Taft at the July convention.
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Stassen
Eisenhower
Paris
Philadelphia
Sabaut Eisenhower
Washington
Anthi
Strom
Local Names and Addresses Read in Lawrence Today
Fragmentary list of personal names and addresses read aloud in Lawrence. Mentions include Mamie Stemens Jules Shirk Dra Elnora and Mary Rice with various street and route references across multiple locales. Implied community notices or informal rosters appear without clear action or event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Stemens
Gareld St
Ronnie Shirk
Elnora Dra
Dragon
Robert Mitchell
Heldwin
Mary Rice
John Joa “Ton
Miss
St. Mark Roberts
Rockledge
San McCollum
Apcent Road
Larry Pals ‘Lisle
W. Garrett
Memorial Hospital notes on Kiren Times from Pu san
The Journal-World received a Dec 20 copy of the Kirren Times, an English language small paper from Pusan. Lt. Col. W. D. Rogers, once commanding officer at Sunflower Ordnance Works, coordinated its return while serving in Korea. The issue carries world news, mentions Korean civilian affairs, and a single Northwest Airlines ad. Local residents are urged to save Christmas trees for Epiphany services on Jan 6 at South Park. trees will be burned after a brief Lawrence Ministerial Alliance program. Larry Heeb, recreation director, announced details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World Today
Kirren Times
Pusan
W. D. Rogers
Sunflower Ordnance Works
the Times
China
Northwest Airlines
Korea
Tokyo
Okinawa
Taipeth
Manila
Hong Kong
South Park
Lawrence Ministerial Alliance
Larry Heeb
Huntsville Doctor Faces Federal Drug Charge Arraignment
A Huntsville physician faced arraignment on federal charges of unlawfully shipping narcotics through the mails. The case names Dr Ambrose T Grayson and involves about 140 hypodermic tablets with opiate content. A Wichita man pleaded guilty to receiving narcotics by mail and was sentenced to two years with a treatment recommendation.
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Huntsville
Ala
Ambrose T. Grayson
U. S
Clyde Pipes
U.S
H. B. Raley
Raley
Grayson
Jayeon
John H. Pike
Wichita
Kan
Dee
Pike
Alabama
Delmas C. Hill
Churchill Aims to Restore US Britain Ties Next Week
Winston Churchill told his cabinet he will press President Truman in Washington for renewed US Britain intimacy and trust from World War II era. He seeks formal Anglo American cooperation on atomic weapons and a possible veto right over US bomber bases in Britain as atom bases. Churchill, Eden and other leaders depart from Southampton aboard the Queen Mary for a January visit.
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London
Winston Churchill
Truman
Washington
Churchil
United States
Britain
Churchill
U. S
Anthony Eden
Southampton
Workers Fail to Show at Armour Plant in Kansas City
About 300 production workers at Armour & Co. packing plant in Kansas City failed to report for work today. Local No. 15 United Packing House Workers Union CIO had notified division chiefs they would not report. Similar stoppages reported at other Armour plants as wage talks stalled.
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Kansas City
Kan
Armour & Co
United Packing House Workers Union
CIO
Siton
Pitcher
Four Airmen Released From Red Hungary Border
The four airmen were released after crossing from Hungary into Austria with American officials in Vienna. They traveled with Lt. Col. William Alden Somerby and later passed to police at the Austrian side. Their release followed Soviet downing reports and a Hungarian military court verdict ordering fines or jail. The men appeared tired and were kept away from photographers during processing.
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Donnelly
Vienna
Tony
William Alden Somerby
U. S
Budapest
Somerby
Hiers
Col
John Guillett
U. S. Air Force
Tulln
Air Force
Nagy
Papa
Hungary
Munist
Tass
United States
Erding
Munich
Germany
Thhem
Austria
Churches press Truman to intervene in Florida cases
Appeals from the National Council of Churches urge President Truman to order an FBI investigation and convene a federal grand jury in the Harry T. Moore case and other Florida incidents. The telegram cites shootings of Black prisoners and bombings of housing projects and synagogues as examples of lawlessness.
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New York
Truman
National Council St Yenarches of Christ
Florida
Sonik Fine
Harry T. Moore
Equal Rights
FBI
Samuel M. Cavert
Addi Myagogues
Miami
Coral Gables
Lawrence Policeman's Ball Ticket Sale Brisk
Advance ticket sales for the Lawrence Policeman's Ball are strong for the New Year’s Eve event at the Community Building from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Proceeds benefit the local uniform fund. A dance band is secured. Single tickets cost $1 and are sold by officers or at the police station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Bunhing
Sti and Vesareene
Curlatmas Lights Stolen in Wichita Report
Police report a theft involving three outdoor Christmas tree lights in a yard in Wichita Kansas. The incident is tied to a December 28 notice and mentions crude strings and production details with 310,000 barrels daily by a state commission, unclear in this fragment.
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L. Tucker
Isay Conn
Wichita
Kan
Uf—ican
Corporation Commission
Phantom Sniper Strikes In Los Angeles Area
Authorities hunted today for an old two door sedan tied to the Phantom Sniper who wounded Mrs Audrey Murdock and left a trail of shootings across the southeastern Los Angeles area. The attack left the bullet lodged in her liver and marked the sixth target in five months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garvey
Calif
Audrey Murdock
Los Angeles
Murdock
Alma A. Meg- Tdie
Patricia Bryant
Lois Kruezer
Nina Marie Rice
Lloyd M. Walter
Market News Wraps End Year Trading
New York stocks slow year end rally as bonds rise and cotton declines. Wheat weak while corn prices slide. cattle remain steady to lower. KC futures report mixed grains with Kansas City Livestock and Wheat markets noting light trading. greetings from Walter Vit over Christmas given.
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New York
Chicago
Mid-Wes
Christmas Guests and Church Events In Lawrence Me
A crowded holiday report lists Mr. and Mrs. Drexel Stogsdill and children visiting the Tuggles, extended families gathering in Lawrence, Me for Christmas Day meals and gift exchanges. It notes church services at St Paul with officers installed and a New Year’s Watch party planned by the Builders class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drexel Stogsdill
Lawrence
Kenneth Tuggle
Millmed Mure ‘Ray
Tomy
Reynard Bellew
Debra Sue
Kenneth Tugele
and Mire
Field Holmes
Agnes Hinlinra
Thene Papas
Atte
Ash Me
Arthur Hinyivek
Jehattren
Lessa
Karl Teles
Dene 200
Cola
Iwa
Uly
Gerald Greer
Ning Mtr van
Barba
Arthur Grosdidier
Ft. Worth
Texas
Bernard Grosditier
Seneca
Horton
Strosdidier
Kanrman Combest
Ninher
Clare Freese
Chicago
Ray Steward
Maude Ott
Marin Howard
Esther Freese
Lal Combest
fieSoto
Jay Ott
Karen
St. Paul's
Women's Guild
Brotherhood
Builders
Owen Kelley
Lin Iwood
iMr
Lester Massey
Mra
Irwin Votaw
Ralph Votaw
Paul Frazier
Ralph Votan
Paul Fraizer
Van
Moreland Baldwin
Harold Morley
Sang
Vernon | Veta
Everpeeeig ' Nolge
Mary Emily Booth to Compete in Pie Contest at Manhattan
Mary Smith Booth 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Booth of Baldwin, won the Douglas County 4-H Cherry Pie contest at Liberty Memorial High School's home economics lab and will compete for state honors at Kansas State College in Manhattan on February 4. Caroline Wilbur, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Wilbur, Route 6, placed second with a Four Leaf Clover club pie.
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Douglas County
Liberty Memorial High School
Mary Smith Booth
Harvey Booth
Baldwin
Palmyra
Jas Booth
Manhattan
Kansas State College
Caroline Wilbur
George Wilbur
Route 6
Four Leaf Clover Club
Donna Kempton
Jefferson County
Miss South
Fire in West Frankfort mine blamed on methane and coal dust
The Bureau of Mines reported preliminary findings on the Orient Mine No 2 blast that killed 119 coal miners. It says methane gas ignition likely sparked coal dust clouds that propagated the explosion, noting large coal dust accumulations and insufficient rock dust to stop spread.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
West Frankfort
Orient Mine No. 2
DPA certifies six defense housing areas for rent control
The defense production administration today certified six critical defense housing areas for rent control and expanded three areas where controls already exist. Certification does not itself invoke controls but typically leads to action. Salina and Saline County in Kansas are noted as scarce rental housing and high rates, with Smoky Hill Air Force Base expansion worsening conditions.
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Washington
Ne [Fense Production Administration
Salina
Kan
Saline County
DPA
Smoky Hill Air Force Base
Prisoner Death Toll and Korea Armistice Talks Stall
American prisoners unnamed on a Red roster, and about 50,000 captured troops not listed per the U N. Negociations at Panmunjom accuse the Reds of insincerity and stall tactics. China radio quotes a Communist delegate and pressures continue as the twilight war persists with no decision. General Van Fleet warns against sacrificing more men for uncertain gains.
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U. N
UU. N
Panmunjom
Red China
Peiping Radio
WW. ON
Praamunjom
William C. Barnard
Con. James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Wichita woman favors life as cafe waitress over Algeria
A letter from Mr and Mrs 8 I Nahon of Oran Algeria asks Wichita officials to verify if their daughter Yolande Mills can live a good life in the United States. Yolande, separated from Readie Mills, says she prefers work as a waitress in Wichita to life in Oran and seeks custody and stability for their 18 month old son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
I. Nahon
Oran
Algeria
Monty Jones
Nahons
Yolande Mills
Readie H. Mills
Army Signel Corps
Frankfurt
Germany
Oklahoma City
Europe
Mis
Mills
Four Americans Freed After Crossing Border in Hungary
Spokesman for the Fliers Twin reports Captain David Henderson of Shawnee Oklahoma says the release is the happiest day of his life. He told newsmen at Tulin airbase that crossing the border and shaking hands with American officials marked the moment, and he will not speak further until reporting to his commanding officer at Erding air base.
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Twin
Austria
David Henderson
Shawnee
Oklaesman
Xmunnst
Hungary
Henderson
Tulin
Erding Alr
Nepotism in House Offices Spurs Scrutiny
A report finds nepotism in at least 70 House offices with relatives hired as staff. Some work diligently, others appear to drop in briefly. Noted example includes Wint Smith of Kansas listing Blanche Smith with a $402.72 monthly gross salary, raising questions about qualified employment.
Capper Foundation Bequests Reveal Estate Share Allocation
The estate distributes 4000 shares to Blake and 500 to Clif Stratton with 2000 and 1000 shares to Philh and others. Edith Eustice, Topeka relatives and various staff receive smaller bequests while Topeka charities gain 1000 each. Directors may use the Capper Foundation bequest to fund a hospital, annex, or crippled children school if needed in Topeka.
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Blake
Clif Stratton
Washington
Cape Per Publications
Philh
New York
Topeka
Capper Foundation
Criti
Maid Dishes Pay Set for Doctor in Detroit Case
In Detroit a Common Pleas judge ruled Dr. John F. Franklin may receive $1 per hour for washing dishes, equal to his wife’s maid’s wage, rejecting higher rates claimed by Franklin. The suit against Crowell and Smith stemmed from a collision, with Mrs. Franklin awarded $75 and the insurer $3411.27. The note also mentions Philadelphia's 1792 mint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Common Pleas
David C. Vokes
John F. Franklin
Jand
Franklin
Kaye
Service members on leave and upcoming assignments
In The Armed Service 2nd Lt. Dolph Simons is home on leave and will return to the Marine base at Quantico Virginia next Wednesday. Second Lt. E. K. Maxwell of the Marine Corps is spending leave with his parents at 1024 KY Lt He completed training at Marine Corps Basic School at Quantico on December 15 and will report to Camp Pendleton Riverside California January 10 for overseas duty. Maxwell is a Liberty Memorial High School graduate and a February 1951 graduate of Kansas University, where he majored in geology.
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Dolph Simons
Marine Base
Quantico
E. K. Maxwell
Marine Corps
Edward W. Maxwell
Marine Corps Basic School
Camp Pendleton
Riverside
Calif
Maxwell
Liberty Memorial High School
Kansas Unipen
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Claire Mary Young
Milan
Italy
Memorial Hospital
Fear Old Doctor
Mall
Adjutant General's Office
Department of the Army
Don Newcombe
Dodgers
Douglas County Probate Sra Ant
Red
Dallas
Tommie Yates
Vernon
Tex
Robert Dale Simpson
Wilbarger County
Ed Tarttrell
Baylor Hospital
Tor Davis
Crode
Mia
Hodix
Ails
Aleady
Los Ink
Steele
Hixber
Southern Pacific
Eastern Alp Lines
donis-Manville
Amare
Ean Telephone
American Cyanamid
the Hant
General Electric
Studebaker
Bears-Roebuck
United Aircraft
Bethlehem Steal
Douglas Aircraft
Air Reduction
American Smelting
Joeiines Sten
Tutterrada
Powltry
Teria
Rantner Tal Fryera
White
Yuri Teat
Kankas City
Walia
Riley Wiendy
Bee
LL Tagwell
Walter Vit
Kennecmlon
Philips
Twi
Y& Tr Sk
Wall Street
Eudora
Mary Emily Booth
Kansas County
Air Force Base
Far East
Alath Air Division
Earlyne Brooks
Dodge City
8St
Duane J. Wall
Lodi
ML. Beasley
Odessa
Cats
21St Troop Cortier Group
U.s.ir Force
Scott
Ae, Keene
Gardenia
the Flower Box
East Sth
LeRoy Fleming
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