Five Premiers Plan Asian African Conference Meet
Five Asian premiers including Nehru and Sastroamidjojo met in Bogor Indonesia to sponsor a conference of Asian and African nations in late April. They announced no site yet but observers tag Bandung West Java as likely. The aim is peaceful collaboration and agenda planning for a broader gathering with invited nations.
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Bogor
Indonesia
India
Pakistan
Burma
Ceylon
Bandoeng
West Java
Nawaharlal Nehru
Mohammed Ali
U Nu
St John Kotelawela
Indones Ali Sastroamidjojo
Jakarta
Jana
Sastroamidjojo
Kotelawela
Singapore
Southeast Asia
45 Professors Are Fired By Peron Representative
Buenos Aires authorities announced the dismissal of 45 professors at the National University of Córdoba including five Catholic priests. The wholesale firings were ordered by a Peron representative amid a conflict with Catholic clergy over church influence in education.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
National University of
Cordoba
Juan D. Peron
Peron
Cordoba University
Freight collision injures seventeen near Dunkirk
Seventeen men were injured when a Nickel Plate freight train collided with a standing wrecking train near Dunkirk New York. Seven injured were hospitalized in good condition and ten others treated and released. The derailment damaged hundreds of yards of track and eight cars were wrecked. The freight was eastbound with perishables while the wrecking train had pulled onto a westbound track to let the freight pass.
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Dunkirk
N.Y. U
Buffalo
Metal Grinders Return After Orders by Union
Detroit union driven action ends as 42 grinders on the morning shift and 25 on the afternoon shift resume work at Chrysler Mack Ave plant after a wildcat strike idled 18,000 yesterday and 17,000 last night. Union spokesmen cite a dispute over new equipment as the cause of the stoppage.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Mack Ave
Plymouth
Man Held for Burglary in Stay at Supermarket
Washington police held Cor nelius Weeks Jr. on safecracking charges after he claimed to have spent Christmas weekend in a locked supermarket nibbling snacks and catnapping between attempts to blast a 3100 pound safe. Police doubt his solo claim and suspect three or four accomplices. The strongbox reportedly contained about $21000 in Christmas week receipts. Weeks, identified as a Negro, was arrested yesterday.
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Washington
Cornelius Weeks Jr
Weeks
Girl Dies in Wreck on Icy Bridge Near Englewood
Betty Alice Ervins, 12, of Englewood Colorado, died yesterday when a car skidded on an icy bridge and struck the railing near herve. Her mother Ollie Ervin, 2, injured, was driving.
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Alexander If
Betty Alice Ervins
Englewood
Colu
Herve
Ollie Ervin
Ecuador President Shuffles Military After Coup Attempt
President Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra reshuffled Ecuador's military after an abortive coup. Five ringleaders were arrested. Defense Minister Pedro Menendez Gilbert fired the chief of the general staff Col. Manuel Mejia Erazo and appointed Col. Leonidas Hidalgo as his replacement. Several zone commanders and Quito cavalry leaders were removed. Col. Jorge Echeverria, ex-undersecretary of defense, was arrested along with two other officers.
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Quito
Ecuador
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Velasco
Pedro Menendez Gilbert
Manuel Mejia Erazo
Leonidas Hidalgo
Rio de Janeiro
Menendez
Jorge Echeverria
Defense
Seacrest Named Reserve Bank Class C Director
Joseph W. Seacrest president of the Strate Journal Co. in Lincoln Nebraska is named to a five year term as Class C director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. He succeeds Lyle L. Hague who is retiring after more than eleven years. Seacrest previously served 1948 to 1953 as director and chairman of the Omaha branch.
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Kansas City
Joseph W. Seacrest
Strate Journal Co
Lincoln
Neb
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Lyle L. Hague
Cherokee
Ohls
Farmer and Stockman
Federal Reserve System
Seacrest
Omaha
Hague
Job openings and placements in Lawrence KS office
Eight job spots are open this week at the Lawrence office of the Kansas State Employment Service, six for women and two for men. They include positions for an accountant, office clerk, dishwasher, stenographers and, waitresses. The office reports 18 persons placed in jobs during the past week, including 12 women and eight men.
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Lawrence
Kansas State Employment Service
Italian composer dies in Aosta and Rosario Scalero
Italian composer and music teacher Rosario Scalero, age 84, died today at his home in Aosta Italy.
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Aosta
Italy
Rosario Scalero
Methodist Leader Dies While in K C Hospital
Dr Archie L Ryan aged 75 former Kansas City district superintendent of the Methodist Church Conference of Kansas died at Bethany hospital after a brain operation. He became ill on a holiday trip to the Southwest and was flown back from Phoenix on Saturday. He served as district superintendent from 1942 to 1948. Survivors include his widow two sons and a daughter.
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Kansas City, Kas
Archie L. Ryan
Kansas City
Methodist Church Conference of Kansas
Bethany Hospital
Kas
Phoenix
Ariz
Midway Chief Vows Strong Watchdog Duty in Far East
Norfolk crowd bid farewell to the aircraft carrier Midway as Capt. Reynold D. Hagle pledged quiet dignity and strength in guarding the Formosa Straits. The 45,000 ton ship heads to the Pacific for immediate duty with 7th Fleet vessels amid Cold War tensions with China.
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Norfolk
Pacific
Far East
Reynold D. Hagle
Midway
7Th Fleet
Formosa Straits
Turner Turnpike Traffic Record Set Near OKC
The Turner Turnpike announced a one day traffic record of 12,165 vehicles on Sunday, surpassing the previous 10,483 on the 88 mile road between Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
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Oklahoma City
Turner Turnpike
State Turnpike Authority
Here
Tulsa
Wichita man dies from burns in Riverdale fuel tank fire
Kenneth Finch 40 of Wichita died yesterday from burns suffered in a fuel tank fire at Riverdale on December 14. He is identified by officials as the victim of the blaze that caused extensive property damage and disrupted Riverdale’s fuel operations.
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Wichita
Ralston Kenneth Finch
Riverdale
Okinawa Penitentiary clash wounds inmates in Naha
Okinawa siege ends with guards quelling a 35 inmate disturbance at Okinawa National Penitentiary in Naha. Seven convicts were wounded, including a suspected Communist organizer, during the breakout attempt yesterday.
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Naha
Okinawa
Okinawa National Penitentiary
American Heritage launches with focus on being interesting
New history magazine American Heritage, edited by Bruce Catton, debuts in hard covers with no ads and a goal to educate and unite scholars. It features a Civil War piece by T Harry Williams, profiles on Fall River Line and Plains painters, and a color and monochrome photo spread.
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New York
Bruce Catton
History Magazine
Catton
Eisenhower
Association For State and Local History
Society of American Historians
Allen W. Dulles
Claude G. Bowers
Gen
William J. Donovan
Henry Luce
Henry Seide
Canby
Henry Steele Commager
Macmillan, Morrow and
Scribner
Dr. Nevins
Appomattox
Ray
T. Harry Williams
Fall River
Plains Painters
Old Country Store
Henry Ford
Emily Dickinson
Paul Horgan
Great River
the Rio Grande
Commuter buses woo riders with hostesses in Cincinnati
The Cincinnati Transit Co introduced a curbside day plan from Mt Lookout to downtown using airline hostesses to lure bankers and lawyers aboard. Three hostesses on loan from an airline rode the buses to sell the idea while seven miles take about 25 minutes. Fares: 19 dollars monthly plus 10 cents per ride. If 50 or 60 sign up the route may become profitable.
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Cincinnati Ufi
Cincinnati Transit Co
Mt. Lookout
Company
John Raul Jones
Jones
K U graduate named secretary for Avery in Congress
Wakefield announces Robert Buehler as executive secretary to Congressman elect William H. Avery. Buehler, 31, KU graduate and war veteran, led Avery’s campaign in both primary and general elections. Also named as assistants are Miss Mary Ann Paramore of Topeka and Miss Arlene Fehlman of Wakefield.
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Wakefield
William H. Avery
Wakefield Farmer
Congress
Robert Buehler
Atchison
Buehler
Avery
University of Kansas
Mary Ann Paramore
Topeka
Senate Post Office Committee
Washington
Arlene Fehlman
George Washington University
Kansas State Callege
Wind Lashes Flames Threaten California Mountain Town
Wind lashed flames scorched 2000 acres of timber and damaged roofs in Devore near San Bernardino. About 500 residents in 120 homes faced possible evacuation as 66 corridor through Verde Monte sparked a fight to curb spreading fires. Firefighters halted the blaze at the doorstep after several roofs and fences burned.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Cajon Pass
California
Devore
Verdemont
Fire destroys 8800 chicks in farm blaze near Coffeyville
A fire destroyed a brooder house and 4,400 two week old chicks on a farm near Coffeyville. Owner Andrew Johnson estimated losses at 51,500, with the 48 by 90 foot brooder house valued at 4,000. Johnson attributed the fire to an overheated stove.
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Coffeyville
Here
Andrew’ Johnson
Johnson
Oil Production Rises In Week Ended Dec 25
Oil and Gas Journal reports crude oil and lease condensate output rose by 17 300 barrels from the prior week. Daily average for the week ended December 25 was 6 365 900 barrels. Oklahoma increased to 511 200 barrels and Kansas to 323 700 barrels.
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Tulsa
Okla
Santa’s sons grow in twin set for Berger family
Old Santa, no piker, possibly tried Christmas trick similar to Thanksgiving. Mr and Mrs Clebert Berger now have a second set of twins. Eldest sons Clebert Jr and Gilbert were born on Thanksgiving Day 1941. He RE.
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Los Angeles
Santa
Clebert Bergeron
Clebert Jr
Gilbert
Mansfield Sees Pay Hike As Lure to Armed Forces
Senator Mansfield proposes a 25 percent boost in military pay to sustain a three million man force with limited air usage. He opposes universal service without a new excess profits tax on war production and backs a modified draft system the Eisenhower administration plans to seek next year. He would amend the manpower bill in the Senate to include the excess profits tax.
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Washington
Sen
Hhansfield
D-Mont
Mansfield
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
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