Hall May Fight Arn Appointees In State Senate
Kansas governor-elect Fred Hall indicates he will challenge several late interim appointments by Gov. Edward F. Arn in the Kansas Board of Regents. Topeka hints of a major Senate clash when session begins January 11, with Lawrence watching closely as political aims rise over KU education governance.
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Kansas
Fred Hall
Edward F. Arn
Topeka
Ann
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Statehouse
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Huck
Boyd
Phillipsburg
Ray Evans
Fairway
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K.U
State Board of Administration
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Jonathan Davis
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Evans
Darby
Star Attacks
Kansas City Star
Budget Seen As Factor in 1956 Vote
Senator Dworshak and Representative Cannons urge trimming federal spending to balance the budget before the 1956 election. Humprey cites impossibility of balance in the next fiscal year with a projected deficit around 4 percent of spending. The note also records a holiday closure for local offices and lists two building and loan associations.
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Idaho
Eisenhower
Dworshak
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Senate Appropriations Committee
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Cannons
Dma
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
France Deputies Struggle Over Reich Arms Issue Vote
In Paris the French National Assembly faced a decisive session on rearmament of West Germany and NATO inclusion. Premier Mendes France risked resignation if defeated, with two key questions on WEU expansion and West German NATO entry to be decided amid heavy security and liberal debate.
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Ofense Alliance
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Andre Je Troquer
Mendes-France
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Britain
West Germany
France
Bonn
Italy
NATO
WEU
Leon Noel A de
Storm Batters Oklahoma Kansas Texas Paralyzing Roads
A severe wintry storm battered Oklahoma Kansas and Texas last night isolating major cities and stranding motorists on snow choked highways. Snow and bitter cold linger in several areas with Tulsa Kansas City and northeast Texas still receiving fresh snowfall. Officials closed Pougins Aircraft in Tulsa and Tinker AFB for the day as roads iced and bus service stalled.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Tulsa
Kansas City
Pougins Aircraft Co
Tinker Air Force Base
Camp Kickapoo
Eight Die in Flying Box Car Crash in Alabama
NEW HOPE Ala A United States Air Force Flying Box Car crashed on Shin Hook Ridge near New Hope killing eight and possibly nine aboard. Two survivors were reported. The aircraft was en route from Sewart Air Force Base Tennessee to Brookley Air Force Base Alabama. Names of the dead and survivors were withheld pending next of kin notification. The crash site was in rough wooded country south of New Hope and cause was under investigation.
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Sewart Air Force Base
Smyrna
Tenn
Brookley Air Force Base
Mobile
Will Mickle
Huntsville
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Here
Shin Hook Ridge
Conmand
Sewart
Bosses Night Jaycees Event Set For Jan. 19
The Lawrence Jaycees announce their Bosses Night dinner on January 19 in the Crystal Room of the Hotel Eldridge to honor employers and present the Distinguished Service Award to the outstanding community contributor. Glen Bertrand chairs, with a slate of assistants, as the group marks the National Junior Chamber of Commerce anniversary week.
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Lyman Wiley
Jaycee
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Crystal Room
Eldridge
Lawrence Jaycees
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Gene Doane
Don Miller
Fred Sutton
Lew Rankin
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Jaycees
Pope Pius Regains Strength With Daily Walks
Pope Pius the twelfth continues gradual improvement under his physician’s care. He took his daily automobile ride and a walk in the Vatican gardens as treatment to build strength, and hiccups have ceased for a week, with better rest reported.
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Pope Pius
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Student Seibel Seen on TV Twist in Missing Case
A Kansas City area sighting linked Norman Seibel, a 24 year old K U medical student missing since December 19, to the Dave Garroway show yesterday morning. Residents reported a man resembling Seibel holding a KU sign in the audience while cameras rolled. Police and campus officials checked the tip as his car was found at Union Station with a December 22 overparking ticket.
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Dave Garroway
New York
Norman Seibel
Hillsboro
Seibel
Kansas City Union Station
M. W. Golf
Ky. St
K. U
Wescoe
President plans U S pay boosts
President Eisenhower will send two special messages to Congress with plans to raise pay for civil service and postal workers and to offer increased pay and benefits for armed forces. The civil service increase is projected at about 202 million dollars yearly, about 5 percent of current classified payroll, while postal rate changes may fund postal worker hikes. No firm figures on armed forces pay were given and a one cent postal rate rise remains uncertain.
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Eisenhower
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Little White House
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James C. Hagerty
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Hagerty
Post Office Department
Armed Forces
Civil Service
Turnpike Groundbreaking Set for Friday Near Lawrence
A $160 million Kansas Turnpike groundbreaking is planned Friday at the Kaw River Bridge site north of Lawrence. Mossman Construction Co. of Kansas City, Mo. received a $621,601.10 contract for piers and abutments for the 1,800-foot four-lane bridge. Gov. Edward F. Arn and Kansas Turnpike Authority members will be invited to the informal ceremony, with timing to be announced.
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Kansas Turnpike
Kaw River
Lawrence
Mossman Construction Co
Kansas City
Gale. Moss
Edward F. Arn
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Disciplined Minority Outlined as Need By Danforth's Director
Prentiss Pemberton of the Danforth Foundation urged a disciplined minority capable of facing today’s technological patterns at Kansan University. He outlined four paths for Path students to handle the cultural crisis, stressing worship, social forces, firm positions, and teachability. Dr Edwin E Aubrey warned freedom-threats demand action and individual responsibility in academic freedom. Edith Serrigo and R H Epsy led YM YW co chairmen in planning future conferences. Chancellor Murphy spoke on The Meaning of Democratic Freedom.
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Danforth Foundation
St. Louis
National Student Assembly
YMCA
YWCA
Kansan University
Pemberton
Pathe
Edwin E. Aubrey
University of Pennsylvania
Edith Serrigo
R. H. Epsy
New York City
Franklin D. Murphy
Kansas Traffic Deaths In 1954 Record Summary
Traffic fatalities reported by the State Accident Records Section show 604 deaths to date in 1954, 574 for the same period in 1953, and 611 in 1951. In the last 24 hours, three deaths attributed to traffic accidents are noted, with one death from an earlier incident.
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Topekam
Kansas
Road Death After Snowfall in County
Kansas City reports a missing University of Kansas medical student Norman Seibel from Hillsboro ten days gone. Lou Richter of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation cites a strong possibility of foul play and states the agency will pursue background checks, but completion will take time.
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Lou Richter
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Norman Seibel
University of Kansas
KBY
Seibel
Hillsboro
Hesston Woman's Ninth Fatality Of Year in This Area
Snow and ice blanketed Eastern Kansas roads contributing to Douglas County's ninth traffic death of 1954. Mrs Eliza Ross, 31, died on arrival at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a southbound collision on U.S. 59 near Lawrence. Her husband Ira, 50, survived with injuries. Worden, 18, of Haviland, and four Haskell and KU students were uninjured. Road conditions worsened with up to two feet of snow in some areas and warnings to avoid travel. The accident prompted multiple skid-offs as drivers approached the scene and traffic hindered by the icy highway. Funeral arrangements pending with services in Iowa.
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Hesston
Baldwin Junction
U. S. Highway 59
Ira
Charles Terry Worden
Haviland
Ross
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Douglas County
Journal-World Photo
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Lawrence
Eliza Ross
State Highway Patrol
Ottawa
Olathe
Oklahoma
Sheriff's Office
U.S. 59
Mra. Ross
Worden
Funk-Cooper-Warren
Kalona
Iowa
Ira Mark
Leroy Guengerich
Ath.land
Snowdrift Halts Traffic Across Southeast Kansas
Fort Scott and surrounding counties faced a heavy snowfall nearing two feet with 23 inches in Fort Scott and up to a foot elsewhere. The storm disrupted travel, delayed trains, and closed factories. One traffic death occurred near Lawrence as Mrs. Eliza FE Ross, 50, of Hesston, died in a car crash. Fort Scott Mayor William Bardin mobilized the National Guard and awaited emergency direction from Gov. An n. The snow slowed transit and threatened lines, with Pittsburg reporting 12 inches and drifts to three feet as roads became one-lane at times.
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Kansas
Eliza FE. Ross
Hesston
Lawrence
William Bardin
National Guard
Ann
Algan
Rardin
Weather Bureau
Pittsburg
Firemen respond to five Lawrence blazes
Firefighters rushed to five Lawrence alarms over last night and this morning in the busiest period in weeks. Incidents include Derby Grain friction on drive pulleys and jammed conveyors at 3rd and Lo cust, a wood stove kindling fire at Route 4, soot in a chimney at Hudson Oil Co. 740 N 2nd St, oily rag incident at 4102 Miss. St, and a leaking fuel in a truck owned by L J Wiley at 7:34 a m today.
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Lawrence
Derby Grain Inc
Hudson Oil Co
L. J. Wiley
Weather summary for Kansas and surrounding region
Weather forecast notes fair conditions in western Kansas with clearing skies in the east this evening. Warmer temperatures expected tonight with partly cloudy skies and a chance of light flurries north and east. Low around ten degrees, high near 30s to low 40s, colder returns tomorrow with a mix of sun and clouds. Precipitation through noon today recorded at 0.8 inches.
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Kansas
Plenty
Joan Ang
Rature
Algae May Eliminate Soil Factor in Food Growth
Berkeley scientist reports blue green algae can fix nitrogen from the air to feed rice plants, potentially enabling crops to grow without soil. Anabaena cylindrica used with rice shows nitrogen supplied from air, offering a cheap fertilizer alternative, with big implications for the Hungry Orient. Dine-A-Mite reopens tomorrow at 0 a m.
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Berkeley, Calif
American Assny For the Advancement of Science
Daniel J. Arnon
Department of Plant Nutrition
University of California
Hungly Orient
Arnon
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