Prosegregation group forms to unite forces in South
Memphis report says the Federation for Constitutional Government organized 45 delegates from 12 Southern states to coordinate pro segregation efforts. They backed Virginia’s interposition doctrine aiming to block racially separate public facilities and resist Supreme Court rulings if not ratified by enough states.
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Memphis
Tenn
Bath
James Eastland
Diss
Georgia
Eugene Cook
Federation
Virginia
Supreme Court
Adenauer Signals 1956 Policy Focus on Reunification
Bonn Chancellor Konrad Adenauer told the CDU yearend meeting that West German policy in 1956 will prioritize reunification, European unity, and fighting Communist infiltration. He warned neutralization would isolate Germany under Communist symbols and stressed that Western leaders push for victory by opposing Soviet influence.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Christian Democratic Party
CDU
Adenauer
Free Nations
Governors Urged to Boost Traffic Safety Measures
The National Safety Council urged governors to take emergency steps to cut a record traffic toll over the Christmas and New Year weekend. It warned 420 people could die Friday through Monday in holiday crashes and asked states to intensify enforcement using all available resources.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
White Youth, 18, Heroically Saves Three Negro Children
In Memphis Tennessee an 18 year old white youth named Johnny Roe sprinted into a blazing house to rescue Garvin Sanders six, Ger ard Sanders one, and Jimmy Sanders three. He saved the trio despite dangerous flames and a collapsing roof. all children escaped unharmed.
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Memphis
Tenn
Johnny Roe
Roe
Garvin Sanders
Gerard
Jimmy Sanders
Droodles Price and Plan for Ammunition Bundle
Dr Schwine, inventor of a device called Droodles, touts a major improvement over similar gadgets and plans to market it with a year’s ammo supply, colored bulletproof vests, and a Maxim Silencer. He hints the tool could help rid of neighbors while downplaying ricochet issues. The remarks come as he prepares for a convention.
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Schwine
Stars and Stripes Return at Little America Antarctic Site
At Little America in the Antarctic the Stars and Stripes were raised again marking the site of Byrd’s early camps. Snow and ice cover the 1928 structures, with only tower tops and poles visible. The USS Glacier crew searches for a permanent base area for the next IGY expedition, seeking crevasse free, cargo friendly ground near the Bay of Whales.
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Little America
Stars and Stripes
Antarctic
Richard Byrd
USS Glacier
United States Antarctic Expedition
International Geophysical Year
Bay Ice
Bay of Whales
Amusing Clippings From Early 20th Century Local Life
A roundup of small town incidents includes a man found dead drunk under a tree with a tattoo as identifying mark, a construction crew blocking Main Street for a sewer with a humorous sign, fire prevention week signs on trash cans leading to a small fire, vandals miscalling a police judge’s car, a boy’s fall down a laundry chute injuring his mother, an overdue library note joking about memory, a humorous want ad for a furnished apartment, and a Santa Claus phony alert corrected by a radio bulletin.
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Progress
Larned
City of
Newton
Joe Levy
Coffeyville
Salina
Tommy Ray
Thomas Jack Ray
Tommy
Inka
Pratt Library
Fort Scott Tribune
Skenticz
Topeka
Santa Claus
Lawrence High senior to demo soil sampling on WIBW TV
Lawrence sophomore Cronk, a Lawrence High senior and Marion Boosters 4-H member, will demonstrate soil sampling at noon next Thursday on WIBW Channel 13. The report also notes an atmospheric fireball sighting near Lawrence on Dec 17 and asks locals to assist the American Meteor Society with data collection. The KU Athletic Board voted to start home football games at 1 30 p.m. in 1956 to provide more daylight for travel, while some fans favored 2 p.m. kickoff. An icy wind prompted a resident to joke about Christmas gifts under the tree.
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Don Cronk
Lawrence High School
Wibw-Tv
Cronk
Marion Boosters
Douglas County
Lawrence
American Meteor Society
Walter Scott Houston
Osage St
Manhattan
Kansas University Athletic Board
Big Seven
Athletic Board
Local Firm Reports Theft at Morton Plant
Morton Building Materials Co. reported to police a burglary at its Morton plant on 1th and Ore Streets. A rear door was used to enter the building. Missing items include three cases of soft drinks gasoline a tool kit several hand tools and a power drill. The total loss was not estimated.
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Morton Building Materials Co
Morton
1Th
Ore. Sts
Wilson Skeptical About Russia's Spending Cuts
Defense Secretary Wilson doubted Soviet claims of a 10 percent cut in Russia's 1956 military budget while noting Washington had reduced defense spending from 42 billion dollars at the Korean War peak to 35 billion. He spoke as grand marshal for Pasadena's Rose Parade on January 2.
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Los Angeles
Wilson
Pasadena
United States
Hospital Admits and Births Noted at Memorial Hospital
At Memorial Hospital numerous admissions include Mrs. Marjorie Hutchinson and Mrs. Joyce Molena with addresses listed. Dismissals feature Ben Rowing and Mrs. Ma belle Corl among others. Newborns reported for Mr. and Mrs. Heckes, Stogshill, Needham, Theno, Hendricks, Meyer.
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Marjorie Hutchinson
Mich. St
Joyce Molena
Lawrence Anfred
Pleasant St
Grant Ingle
Dorothy Hopkins
McLouth
Eleanor Hooke
W. Hills Phway
Mary Lou Stang
Miss. St
Wilbur C. Turner
Albert Heckes
Sunnyside
Drexel Stogshill
Ind
Ray Needham
Perry
John Theno
Tonganoxie
Louie Hendricks
Eudora
Carroll Meyer
Prairie St
Talks End as Malay Red Chief Stalks to Jungle
Malayan Communist leader Chin Peng walked into the jungle ending talks on amnesty for his forces as Malaya marks a year of guerrilla warfare. A 76 year old teacher offered to end the fighting if an elected Malayan government controls its military, with Britain promising eventual independence and an elected legislature for federation of Malaya and Singapore under veto by the British high commissioner.
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Baling
Malaya
Chin Peng
Am Inesty
Britain
Federation of Malaya
Island
Singapore
Progress Expected Soon By Palestine Truce Body
The U N Palestine truce group blamed both Israel and Egypt for delays and said progress on Dag Hammarskjold frontier peace proposals may soon be made. It noted Egypt has not yet formed a final position and negotiations remain open.
BB Bandits Start Annual Warfare in City Limits
Oklahoma City's BB Bandits begin their yearly clash with police, filing over 40 complaints since Monday as youths fire air rifles Santa left. An ordinance forbids shooting BB guns inside city limits. Detective Ralph Richards laments praying for bad weather.
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Oklahoma City
Santa Claus
Ralph Richards
Existence of Man Compared to Short Stay on Apple Skin
Scientists warn human knowledge is limited to a thin veneer of Earth. For the IGY starting 1957, plans include man-made moons circling the globe and radioing back data. Dr. Lloyd V. Berkner cites need to understand solar energy, cosmic rays, clouds, weather, and communications effects.
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International Geophysical Year
American Assny For
Lloyd V. Berkner
Associated Universities, Inc
New York
Brookhaven National Laboratory
ICC Lets Railroads Set Rate Hike Plan
The Inter state Commerce Commission authorized railroads to pursue a short-cut plan to raise freight rates seven percent effective February 9. The move faces possible protests from shippers and public and may trigger ICC action. Railroads would file higher tariffs and hold later hearings on reasonableness, aiming for about 590 million dollars in annual additional revenue.
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Wallington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
J. Monroe Johnson
Deaths and Funerals for Hackett and Strayer
Thomas Hackett 77 of Oska loaga died Wednesday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Survived by wife Maude and brother Ambrose Hackett. Funeral Saturday at St Theresa Church Perry with burial in Perry Cemetery. Helen Strayer 67 of Biloxi Miss died Wednesday at sister Annah Miller's home. Burial and services in Biloxi. survived by sister Augusta Harris of Kansas City.
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Thomas Hackett
Oskalooga
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Jefferson County
Oskaloosa
Maude Hackett
Ambrose Hackett
Topeka
St. ‘Theresa's’ Church
Perry
Helen Strayer
Biloxi
Miss
Annah Miller
Vt. St
Miller
Augusta Farris
Kansas City
Fatalities Reported In An Ohio Airplane Crash
A four engine airplane crashed in the hills near Dover Ohio today. Early reports indicated one or two persons killed with fire trucks rushing to the scene. A man later reported seeing one or two bodies in the wreckage near a country store. the plane was thought to belong to Gulf Refining Co.
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Dover
Ohio
Gulf Refining Co
Two Men Die As Plane Crashes Near Londonderry Ohio
In Cambridge Ohio a private two engine plane exploded and burned in Guerte sey County Hills about a mile northwest of Londonderry. The Gulf Refining Co. plane, believed Tulsa to Pittsburgh, was reported to be owned by Gulf Refining. Fire crews and an ambulance rushed to the scene. Two bodies were recovered and the crash ignited a field.
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Cambridge
Ohio
Guertesey County
Londonderry
State Highway Patrol
Camebridge
Gulf Refining Co
Tulsa
Okla
Pittsburgh
KU worker injured on site at university building
Clifford Moore of Overbrook was hospitalized at Lawrence Memorial after an accident at the Kansas University Music and Dramatic Arts Building site. He suffered leg injuries. condition and details were not immediately clear. Moore, employed by Harmon Construction Co. of Oklahoma City, was the injured worker.
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Clifford Moore
Overbrook
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Kansas University
Moore
Harmon Construction Co
Oklahoma City
Markets at a Glance Brisk activity mixed in quiet session
Markets show higher tone in early trading with cotton and grains guiding the day. Wheat futures rise as export demand steadies while hogs and cattle show modest shifts. Wall Street opens mixed in a quiet, subdued session with steels and motors trading actively but not dramatically.
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Wall Street
New York
Compa
Clerk Held for Murder After Vatican Slashes Report
A San Francisco ship cler k was arrested on suspicion of murder after a one year old girl was raped and killed. Police linked him to two other slashings, one fatal. James Reese, 23, admitted the slaying of Elizabeth Simpson, saying Wine makes you crazy. Coroner says Elizabeth was raped.
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San Francisco i
James Reese
Reese
Frank Abren
All Nelder
Elizabeth Simpson
Henry W. ‘Turkel
Elizabeth
Georgia Ann Barrett
Betty Luke
Mary Elien
Kefauver Plans New Hampshire Tour in January
Sen Kefauver D Tennessee plans a three day tour of New Hampshire from January 14 to January 16 as the only declared candidate in the state first in the nation presidential primary. Supporters said the trip recalls his vigorous 1952 campaign where he beat Truman 19 800 to 15 927 in the primary and he hopes Stevenson will enter the race despite winter conditions.
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Laqonia
Kefauver
D-Town
New Hampshire
Truman
Adelai Stevenson
Stevenson
Three Men Arrested In Kansas City For Store Fire
Three men were arrested in Kansas City after a gyro and liquor store at 18th and Benton burned. Chief Eugene M. Pond called it a torch job and said a tip informed authorities of the impending fire. Arrested on arrival were Paul Varsona, 36, owner. Saint Legrotte, 40, manager. and Ralph Messina, with charges to be filed.
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Kansas City
Eugene M. Pond
Pond
18Th
Benton
Paul 1 Var
Smiles Tickets and Black Coffee Highlight Spokane Roadblocks
Spokane police plan New Year roadblocks offering smiles to safe drivers and tickets to drunk drivers. Officers will dispense black coffee from thermos jugs as a lighthearted incentive while stopping motorists, with captains noting the program targets those who have not been drinking.
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Spokane
Wash
O. KW
Sherar
Official Records Help In Buying Dairy Cattle
Dairy buyers should insist on official production records such as Dairy Herd Improvement Association and Advanced Registry. Records must be signed by an official tester and kept in lifetime rec graphs in the owner’s book. Sampler owner records are for information only and not official.
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Ralph Bonewitz
Extension
Kansas State College
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Advanced Registry
Bones
Bonewitz
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