Resources of State To Attract Industry Book
The Kansas Industrial Development Commission has completed a 44 page booklet promoting Kansas industrial resources. It targets national manufacturing executives and details population trends, labor, markets, transportation, minerals, power, water, agriculture, climate, government, and city specifics for 610 incorporated towns. The report notes Kansas manufacturing growth outpaced national averages over the last decade and credits university and city staff for research and publication.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Industrial Flopment Commission
John Sticher
KIDC
United States
Kangas
Kansas Cities
Kansas Industris Resources
John E. McCauley
D. Gene Steuart
Don Richards
Fred Parris
George F. Jenks
Department of Geography
Kansas University
Patrol Planning A Tougher Road Check
TOPEKA Kansas State Highway Patrol will set up road blocks over New Year weekend to catch drivers under the influence or too sleepy to drive. Col Tom Glasscock says offenders face full prosecution and that holiday festivities are no excuse. Gov Fred Hall orders extra patrols after Christmas fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tom Glasscock
Glasscock
Fred. Hall
Hall
National Guard
KP and L Mailing Refunds Today
Leavenworth area gas customers receive refunds totaling over 200000 as Kansas Power and Light Co completes reimbursements for temporary rate hikes from Oct 23 1954 to Apr 30 1956. A W Johnson notes Cities Service Gas Co wholesale cost increases prompted the higher charges later offset by refunds and record keeping costs.
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Johnson
Cities Service Gas Co
Federal Power
Cities Service
Ter Quest
K. P. and
Leavenworth
Leavenworth, Atchison and Emporia
Kansas Power& Light Co
Aa. W. Johnson
Kansas Corporation Commission
U.S. Jobs Income and Production Records Expected Next Year
Secretary of Commerce Weeks forecasts new employment income and production records for the United States next year barring a grave emergency. He warns inflation as the major future challenge and says government business labor and consumers share responsibility for healthy growth and avoiding inflationary excesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Notorious Hood To Be Released From Leavenworth
Notorious Barrow gang member Floyd Hamilton to be released from Leavenworth after 18 years of a 30 year sentence for bank robbery assault and Dyer Act violation. Federal term completed but faces parole and state custody moves. Texas authorities plan to seek return to Texas for additional confinement. Hamilton is brother of executed Ray Hamilton.
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Leavenworth
Floyd Hamilton
Barrow
Southwest
Texas
Raymond Hamilton
Hamilton
Fannie E. Zukowski
Alcatraz
Helen N. Fuller
Ala
Julius Hornberger
Minnie Schmalberg
Tlon
Ohio St
Clyde Kun
Duanne .McCartney
Brooks
Daisy Hemming
Summit St
William Zweifel
W. Hills Pkwy
Gladys A. Johns
N. H
Birth at Memorial Hospital for Grammer's a daughter
Mr and Mrs Frank Grammer of Eudora welcomed a daughter at Memorial Hospital today. The event increases the local family count with the newborn's arrival noted in the public records.
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Frank Grammer
Eudora
Five Burn to Death As Fire Levels Rural Home
Five persons burned to death in their beds as a rural home near ST Marys West Virginia burned. coroner names Layman Speece 55 Dolly Speece 47 Mabley Speece 15 Harry Speece 2 and Brady Lee Speece 1 among the deceased. kerosene caused the blaze after a wood stove exploded. one survivor with minor burns.
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St, Marys
W. Va
Ohio River
C. A. Ruttencutter
Layman H. Speece
Dolly Speece
Mabley Speece
Harry
Brady Lee Speece
Porter Lectureship to Feature Dr Lawrence S Kubie 1957
Yale psychiatry professor Dr Lawrence S Kubie will deliver the 1957 Porter Lectureship at Kansas University Medical School. He presents three talks January 14 in Kansas City on Neurotic and Creative Processes and January 15 in Lawrence on Scientific Creativity and Learning, with an additional Art and Literature discussion in Kansas City. The event honors the late Dr J L Porter of Paola and marks the 22nd year of the lectures.
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Lawrence S. Kubie
Yale University
Porter
Kansas University Medical School
Battenfeld Memorial
K. U. Medical Center
Kansas City
Res
Bailey Auditorium
K. U. Camus
Airman Dupree Fined In Open Bottle Case At County Court
Ellis Ray Dupree of Farber Air Base Topeka was fined 50 dollars and costs on Thursday in County Court for possessing an open bottle.
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Ellis
Ray” Dupree
Farber
Air Base
Topeka
Costes
Jerry LeRoy
Lyons
Fingerprint Check Reveals Bus Killer's Name Leon Daily
Police announced a fingerprint match identified the gunman as Leon Daily, 24, a St. Louis man nicknamed Negra, who shot a Cleveland bus driver and four girl passengers before being fatally wounded after a four block chase. His record includes a Leavenworth term for insubordination and prior arrests for burglary and larceny.
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Cleveland
Leon Daily
St. Louis
Divorce suit filed between Hicks and Merle in district court
Patricia Marie Hicks files a divorce suit in district court against LaVerne Merle Vicks. The filing marks the start of dissolution proceedings with no further details on grounds or dates provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Marie Hicks
LaVerne Merle
Vicks
Alaska Crash Kills Eight Air Force Crew Members
Eight airmen died when a KB29 tanker plunged into Bald Mountain northwest of Anchorage during a routine training flight from Elmendorf. The aircraft, home based at Turner AFB Georgia, carried crew from across the United States and exploded on impact as investigators seek the cause.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Air Force
Here
Bald Mountain
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Turner Afb
Albany
Air Force At
Turner
Thomas H. Patton
Corvallis
Ore
James D. Dellinger
Charlotte
N.C
Limon E. Reid
Hicksville
N.Y
Luther G. Lamm
Lucama
Otto D. McAdams Jr
Braddock
Therman C. Rainer
Raville
John B. Pyland
Ozar
Ala
William P. Hodgson
Redwood City
Calif
Wilt to Lead Kansas in Big Seven Tourney Opener
Lawrence reports Wilt Chamberlain of Kansas University, averaging 32.1 points in seven games, held to 12 by Iowa State. He tops national scoring and rebounding lists with 135 boards. Kansas faces Oklahoma in tonight’s Big Seven semifinal in Kansas City. University offices close for New Year, with campus services adjusted.
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Wilt Chamberlain
Kansas University
Iowa State
Kansas
Wilt
Tom Wallace
South Carolina
Chet Forte
Columbia
Louisville
Chuck Tyra
Tyra
Donaye
Niagara
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Ike Pins DSM on Gruenther in Washington
President Eisenhower awarded General Alfred M. Gruenther the Distinguished Service Medal in Washington praising him as more deserving. The accolade honors his exceptionally meritorious service in high responsibility roles as chief of staff and later commander of North Atlantic Treaty Forces before his retirement after 38 years in the military.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Alfred M. Gruenther
Gruenther
Mars shows drought effect on color of planet landforms
New York reports astronomers from Yerkes and McDonald observatories say Mars appeared gray during a close 32 year apparation. Carl Sagan notes color shifts from greens and blues may be optical illusions or drought reducing plant signals. He cautions gray plants could absorb more sun but life on Mars may be tougher and more efficient.
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New York
Mars
Carl Sagan
Yerkes and
McDonald Observatories
University of Chicago
Sagan
G. P. Kuiper
American Assny For the Advancement of Science
Earth
Meany suspends officers of two local unions
AFL-CIO president George Meany orders the suspension of financial officers from two locals for maladministering welfare funds. Trustees take over funds as hearings are set in Washington on January 7. Suspended are Paul Dorfman of the Waste Material Handlers Federal Labor Union No 20467 in Chicago and Charles Naddeo of the Can Workers Federal Labor Union No 22, 623 in Philadelphia.
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Washington
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Philadelphia
Chicago
Paul Dorfman
Federeal Labor Union
Charles Naddeo
Can Workers Federal Labor Union
Open House Held By Cooper Warren Mortuary in Lawrence
Cooper-Warren Mortuary at 1020 N H St held an open house and will repeat 2 to 10 pm Saturday and Sunday. The new gray Fr Scott stone addition fronts the former Schubert Funeral Home, bought July 1 1954, with a 130-seat chapel and overflow for 100. Fred L Cooper and William C Warren own the mortuary.
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Cooper-Warren Mortuary
N. H. St
Cooper-Warren
Schubert Funeral Home
T.D. Funk
Funk-Cooper-Warren Mortuary
Schubert
Kenneth Jennings
Orville Edmonds Construction Co
Fred. L. Cooper
William C. Warren
Warren
Funk
Lawrence
Eudora
Cooper
University High School
Kansas City
Wichita
Broadway
Nortonville
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Hattie Pearce
Mrs Hattie Pearce died Thursday at her daughter Grace Norris home in Lawrence born October 13, 1873 in Miller Missouri. Funeral Sunday 9:30 at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev C J Knox officiating. Burial Belton Missouri. Survived by two daughters, Grace Norris and Evelyn Booth. sister Mrs Mamie Ginn. brothers Una Neece. 11 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren.
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Hattie Pearce
Grace M. Norris
Ohio St
Miller
Lawrence
Paola
Rumsey Funeral Home
C. J. Knox
Belton, Mo
Norris
Evelyn Booth
Mami¢ Ginn
Houston
Tex
Una Neece
Pomona
Calif
Vice President Sees No Bottleneck At Kilmer Refugees
Vice President Richard M. Nixon toured Camp Kilmer New Jersey as part of a Hungarian refugee airlift inspection. He said no bottleneck would develop if processing goals are expanded. He observed lines outside mess halls and orderly processing in medical exams fingerprinting interviews and clothing issuance for arriving refugees.
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Camp Kilmer
N.J
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Army Center
Freedom
City to Inspect Fire Safety in Lawrence Homes
City officials plan a rolling fire safety inspection in Lawrence with one fire truck and crew per street. Firefighters will check rubbish, dirty chimneys, unsafe heating, and open flames, starting with churches and rest homes and continuing citywide. James Kelly of Lecompton received a 30 day suspended jail sentence for assault and battery.
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Kansas
Miller
Lawrence
James Kelly
Lecompton
Benson Seeks Okay On Surpluses for Reds
Secretary of Agriculture Benson said after a White House meeting that President Eisenhower will urge Congress to lift the ban on exporting U.S. surplus farm goods to Iron Curtain nations. Benson met with Eisenhower to discuss farm legislation set for a December 31 White House conference. He noted Public Law 430 must be extended as it expires June 40 and said the president will push ending the law's restriction on selling surplus commodities to Communist countries at the usual low rates. Benson cited higher current market prices and a trend toward greater farming freedom, declaring the flexible support battle is won and farmers favor flexibility.
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Washington
Benson
White House
Eisenhower
Congress
U.S
Iron Curtain
Poland
Moscow
Six Industries Lose ODM Tax Aid for Mobilization
The Office of Defense Mobilization halted federal tax aid for six defense-supporting industries including commercial airlines and aviation fuel producers. Airlines lose approvals for about 1.4 billion dollars in new transport planes funding. Other cut offs include heavy steel plate makers, taconite ore, and titanium processing industries. ODM says expansion goals are filled or can be met from pending applications.
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Washington
of Defense Mobilization
ODM
Elections Planned Soon For Watershed Districts
Elections are planned for the Delaware and Big Stranger Watersheds. Delaware Watershed election set for January 12, with polling at McLeod Sale Barn Valley Falls and IOOF Hall Ozawkie from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jefferson County board members listed. Big Stranger directors meet in Easton to set a late January or February date.
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Delaware
Here
Big Stranger
Jefferson County
McLeod Sale Barn
Valley Falls
Ioof Hall
Ozawkie
Claude Brey
Ozawkile
Roy Dick
Perry
Gene Cooley
Oskaloosa
Casey Dick
Easton
Leavenworth County
Centennial for Bank in Leavenworth Bank Open House
The First National Bank of Leavenworth Kansas marks centennial with an open house tomorrow. Established in 1856 it predates statehood by five years and the city's founding by two. Mesa Verde Colorado features the United States most perfectly preserved cliff dwellings.
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Leavenworth
First National Bank of
Jeavenworth
Kansas
Mesa Verde
Colorado
United States
Youngster Tells Scientists About Sunspot Puzzles
A 16 year old Robert Strom of Bronx New York spoke at a major science congress describing sunspot puzzles to illustrate youth engagement in science. His brother Stephen 14 explained planet observation and reporting details while Saul Adelman 12 of Washington built a telescope.
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Youngster
New York
Robert Strom
Bronx, N.Y
Stephen
Saul Adelman
Washington, D.C
Ant
American Assny For the Advancement of Science
Hayden Planetarium
The
Astronomical League
Aaas. J
Market at Glance and Kansas City Grain Prices
Market notes mixed commodities with hogs up to 18.25 while cattle tops are 21.00. KC grain lists wheat around 2.30 to 2.35, corn 1.60 to 1.68, soybeans near 2.47 to 2.50, plus oats and barley. Wall Street shows uneven gains with Lukens Steel and Gulf Oil moving, aircrafts down. County Court fines Jerry House $50 for drunkenness on a public highway.
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New York
K.og
Kansas City
A. GC
USDA
U. S
Wall Street
Thirnover
Lukens Steel
Gulf Oil
du Pont
Boeing
Douglas
United
N.Y
Admiral Allied
At&t
Prio O
Avco
Reech Aire
Beth Steel
Boeing Air
Chrysler
Ford
Gen Motors
Goodyear Ra Gulf OU
Minn
Monsan
NY Central
Ohio
Ohio Oi A244 | Olin Mathaga
Pet
RCA
Rayonier
Reyn
Oil Ind Ltd
Stoke van C
Trans Air
Ty Woolworth
Card of Thanks for SOTISUMAS Kind Thoughts
I thank my kind friends and relatives who remembered me with cards and gifts on this lonely SOTISUMAS.
Museum Show Of Schroeder Paintings At KU
Sally Schroeder displays oil paintings and drawings created in Mexico at the Kansas University Museum of Art from February 17 to March 31. Edward Maser, the museum director, notes the works reflect a modern yet nonabstract classic style. Schroeder, KU graduate 1955, studied at Instituto Allende in San Miguel and is the daughter of George and Mrs. Schroeder of Lawrence.
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Mexico
Sally Schroeder
Ohio St
Kansas University Museum of Art
Edward Maser
Miss Schroeder
K. U
Instituto Allende
San Miguel
George B
Maser
Lawrence
China Reds Back Tito Clash With Yugoslavia
Communist China sided with the Kremlin in the Tito Moscow dispute over national Communist independence. Peiping said Tito’s policies could only destroy the Communist movement and aligned with Moscow’s criticism of Yugoslavia’s stance.
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Hong Kong
China
Kremlin
Tito
Moscow
Peiping
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Airman
Fred Hall
K. U. Memorial Union
Ike
Bud Adams
Meany
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Minnie B. Lee
Norfolk
T. D. Lee
North Lawrence First Baptist Church
Kilmer
Reds
K. C
Beltsville
Sotisumas
Oscar Powell
Ior
Securities Investment CO
Lawrence Mills
Karl Kreider
Dial
Schroeder
Ree
Agency VE
Tm Teeeetry Atreve
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