Record New Year traffic toll feared as holiday ends
Traffic deaths at the start of the New Year holiday run behind last year but safety experts warn of a possible record toll for the four day period. Eisenhower urges caution after a Christmas toll of 106 with early counts showing 26 more fatalities since yesterday. A Pittsburgh area crash killed five, including four teens, as snowy roads worsened danger. Predictions by the National Safety Council warn the season could reach 430 deaths, a New Year record, with a combined Christmas New Year toll also breaking records at 973 last year.
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Whitney to Need Money And Energy In New Job as Ambassador
John Hay Whitney, age 52, named the United States ambassador to Great Britain, will lead efforts to rebuild Anglo American goodwill after the Suez crisis. He may spend up to $50,000 yearly for diplomatic entertaining beyond his $25,000 salary, using his considerable wealth estimated at 50 to 60 million dollars. Whitney cofounded Pioneer Pictures and led Selznick International Pictures, with a career spanning film, diplomacy, and wartime service, including a World War II escape from captivity.
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President to Visit Kansas During Tour of Drought Regions
President Eisenhower to survey drought hit areas in six states including Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Arizona Colorado and Kansas from January 13 to 15 He will depart Washington New San Angelo Texas West Woodward Oklahoma Clovis New Mexico Tucson Arizona Pueblo Colorado Garden City and Wichita Kansas before returning He will meet farmers ranchers and industry representatives in Wichita and Kansas University basketball game details follow with regional broadcasts listed Kansas Jayhawkers ranked No 1 face Colorado in Big Seven hoop action during visit to drought marked region
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State Chamber Aims to Generate 12000 Jobs Annually
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce leaders urged creation of 12,000 jobs each year for a decade to match population growth. Managers from 23 city chambers heard the advisory council outline intensive measures to boost employment. Kilker cited goals to foster a climate favorable to ongoing Kansas economy development.
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India and Canada Sign Pact for Kundani Hydro Project
India and Canada signed an agreement today to build the 75 million dollar Kundani hydroelectric project in southern India. The pact signals cross border cooperation in energy development and infrastructure. The project aims to boost regional power supply and foster bilateral ties between the two countries.
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Plan to warn Reds over Middle East actions
Eisenhower aides test public and congressional reaction to a dual plan for Middle East peace through military pressure and large economic aid. Dulles prepared to unveil with Eisenhower at a New Year White House briefing. The idea aims to deter Soviet moves, with standby authority and up to a half billion dollars in aid to Israel and Arab states, contingent on regional cooperation.
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Skeleton in New Mexico may be former Kansan
Albuquerque officials search for identity of a man found in an arroyo east of the city. The skeleton is estimated dead 3 to 6 years, wearing a tan suit with 70 dollars in one pocket and a 1950 series bank wrapper from Valley Bank of Phoenix. Investigators contact Brown family in Hutchinson Kansas as possible relatives. March of Dimes month proclaimed in Topeka with polio victm tally rising to 16,000 in 1956.
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New York Bomber Hunt Intensifies After 36 Bomb Scares
Police press on in New York City's manhunt for the Mad Bomber amid 36 bomb scares in 24 hours. Chief Leggett limits bomb squad to only verified hazards as a Times Square, Madison Square Garden, Macy's, and Grand Central scare wave produces fake devices and two confirmed bombs at the public library and Paramount Theater.
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Ike Aims For More Golf At Holiday Spot
President Eisenhower, on a weekend vacation at Augusta, plans another round of golf before Congress returns. He arrived from Washington on Columbine II, then headed to Bush Airport and the links within minutes. He may have his last vacation for a while as he prepares to fly back Sunday night for meetings with congressional leaders and with Republican leaders on Monday regarding the 1957 legislative program.
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Fire Breaks Erupt Along California Coast After Wind Shift
A new Palos Verdes Estates fire burned about 200 acres before being controlled within hours as a change in winds offered hope for Santa Monica Mountains fires. Three fires scorched 27 000 acres and 65 homes, with Lake Sherwood, Zuma Beach, and Malibu areas affected as officials pressed for containment amid shifting conditions.
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Opera Association backs subsidies for U.S. opera
The National Opera Assn voted in favor of government subsidies for opera in the United States. The meeting last night elected officers with Daniel Harris of Oberlin Ohio named president and Harold A. Decker of Wichita named vice president for conventions. Gene Doane advertises insurance.
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Humble K U Project In Valuable Find
A Kansas University research effort in 1910 began to polish resinous furniture but led to Redmanol, the amber plastic base that helped spark the plastics industry. Led by Robert K. Duncan, Lawrence V. Redman, and Edward R. Weidlein, the project evolved into a venture that spawned early industrial chemistry breakthroughs and eventually the Bakelite Corporation in 1922 through a partnership between Redman and Bakeland.
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Clear roads for New Year weekend travelers
Weather prospects promise good highway conditions for the long weekend with mild temperatures and little chance of storms. After a morning drop to near freezing, noon reached 40 degrees with highs in the 50s by Sunday, while skies stay partly cloudy through the period.
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Work Starts On Canal Clearance
United Nations salvage teams began clearing obstructions from the southern entrance of the blocked Suez Canal. Dutch diver Flip Gwoud worked on debris from the 1,200-ton warship Abukir as Danish salvage tug Protector assisted. Ships Hercules and Castor blocked the canal while Zamalek guards the harbor entrance. Egyptian crews had started salvage on the Zamalek.
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Deep South racial violence reports widen in bus attack and assault
A Negro woman, Rosa Jordan, 22, was shot in both legs on a Montgomery Alabama city bus amid bus segregation tensions. High school band director Guy Hutchins, 52, was beaten by hooded men near Camden, South Carolina after remarks on integration. White passengers faced selective seating in Tallahassee transit. A House subcommittee urged restoring racial segregation in Washington public schools.
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Indiana Youth Freed After Lie Detector Tests
Evansville youth LOUISVILLE II 19 year old Bee was freed after lie detector tests proved negative in the fatal shooting of Marine Private Larry M. Kirk 21 Winslow Indiana. Sheriff Harry W. Sproat said Bee had no connection with the slaying and he remained in jail by his own choice until cleared. Bee said he traveled solo by train from Camp Elliott California and had never seen the victim before. Kirk was shot at close range and apparently dragged to the roadside.
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Meeting Planned On Bond Issue By Lawrence Board Of Education
The Lawrence Board of Education will hold a January meeting with community leaders to discuss a proposed 320,000 bond issue for school expansion. About 100 residents are invited to the 8 p.m. session at the Junior High School library to learn plans, weigh problems, and offer suggestions.
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Weather outlook and holiday bank closure notice
A Kansas forecast calls for mostly fair with patchy clouds this afternoon and tonight, then partly cloudy Sunday with little temperature change. Lows near 28 to 32, highs in the 50s. Also notes banks in Lawrence will be closed on New Year’s Day January 1st as a legal holiday.
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