Farm Official Sees Sign of Low Mood in Agriculture
Oren Lee Staley, president of the National Farmers Organization, warned last night that the current farm situation signals a low mood similar to historical downturns. He urged emergency farm credit, an investigation into unfair trade practices, and intensified congressional action as prices fall and farmers face hardship. The Nodaway County talk drew about 800 people at Northwest Missouri State College.
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Maryville
Oren Lee Staley
National Farmers Organization
Staley
Hea
Nodaway ‘County
Northwest Missouri State College
NFC
Benson
Congress
Senate Probers Say Matusow Lied on Red Plots
The Senate subcommittee charged Harvey Matusow with lying when he recanted testimony against 244 alleged Communists and claimed he was paid to recant. It cited an apparent conspiracy to obstruct justice, urged prosecution, and noted Matusow appeals a three year contempt sentence tied to the Jencks perjury case. He remains free on bond.
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Washington
Senate
Harvey M. Matusow
Matusow
Clinton Jencks
Joey Saxon Fails to Appear at Fight Fodder for 55
Oddities across sports and wildlife in 1935 Kansas include a Leavenworth man driving 30 miles to Kansas City for a non existent boxing match featuring Joey Saxon, a fake prize fight on TV. Hunters mistook meadow larks for pheasants, and a rock of guinea was bagged.
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Joey Saxon
Kansas Sports and Wildlife Arena
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Ticketa
Great Bend
Delaware
Kansas
Early End Seen In Roads Contract Controversy
An official of the U S Bureau of Public Roads sees a chance for an early end to a dispute over Kansas highway contract qualifications. W Van Byck said a full information push by the Kansas Highway Department could clear the matter. Governor Hall indicated information would be supplied. Delays could trim bidders and freeze competition. No federal funds have been withheld.
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Kansas City
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Kansan
W. van Byck
Federal Bureau
Kansas Highway Department
Hall
Buck
Kansas
Highway Department
Churchill accuses Soviets of provoking Middle East arms race
Churchill, leader of the Primrose League, says Soviet leaders are trying to spark an arms race in the Middle East under the guise of peaceful coexistence. He delivers a New Year greeting to Primrose League members outlining difficult times but confidence in overcoming them. The item also notes Credit Bureau of Lawrence joining the American Collectors Association and a garage firm name change to Anderson Shaw Auto Service succeeding Hayden Motor Service.
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London
Winston Churchill
Soviet Union
Middle East
Primrose League
Curchill
Primerose League
Andy Anderson
Clff Shaw A
Bert Hayden
Hayden Motor Service
Ben Partners
Anderson-Shaw Auto Service
Deasineas
2Nd
New Year Resolutions Aboard The Droodles List
A quirky 1956 vignette lists humorous promises and refusals such as avoiding certain baths, not marrying Grace Kelly, skipping Life Magazine covers, and resisting odd wants. The jest centers on playful self control and pop culture nods of the era.
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Grace Kelly
Farouk
Life Magazine
Swim
Rocky Marciano
Pope Pius XI Defines Sacred Music Standards
The Vatican announces an encyclical from Pope Pius XI guiding church music toward holiness propriety of form and universality. Dated December 2, the document titled Musicare Sacra Disciplina states music holds pre eminent authority in Divine worship and disciplines sacred music accordingly.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Local Hospital Notices List Names and Newborns
Memorial Hospital Clarence Orth Tonganoxie plus multiple residents and addresses. Read: Elza Lady 701 Locust St Donna Colgrove 644 Mich St Lloyd Wampler Vin land Frank Colgrove 644 Mich St Earl Edmonds 644 Mich St Mrs Ethel Colgrove 644 Mich Mrs Lucille Graham Wichita Le Roy Durbin 1630 Cader St Russell Tucker Route 1 Mrs Alta Butter DeSoto Mrs Bonnie Smith Baldwin Route 3 Mrs Betty Cassity 1429 E 15th St Jonathan Cohen 17 B Sunnyside Mrs Nada Jensen and baby boy Sunflower Mr and Mrs Robert Kay 1510 Ky St a son Friday Mr and Mrs Ralph Guana Santa Fe Apts a son today.
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Clarence Orth
Bonnie Smith
Baldwin
Route 3
Betty Cassity
15Th St
Jonathan Cohen
Sunnyside
Nada Jensen
Baby Boy
Sunflower
Robert Kay
Ky. St
Ralph Guana
Santa Fe Apts
Race integration conflicts dominate nationwide discussion
In New York the NAACP urges a government probe of the pro segregation Federation for Constitutional Government. A Virginia former governor in Congress seeks the attorney general to reveal a DOJ official who questions using public funds for private schools to resist integration. North Carolina asks the Supreme Court to revisit separate but equal. Mississippi and Alabama debates appear, while Tuskegee Institute's Dr. L H Foster notes the South edges toward integration amid tensions and predicts progress through various avenues.
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Weeuurme
New York
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Federation For Constitutional Government
NAACP
Virginia
Congress
U. S
Justice Department
North Carolina
U. S. Supreme Court
American Assn. For the Advancement of Science
Tuskegee Institute
L. H. Foster
Bandit Bandits Loot Linden Supermarket After Mocking Hospitality
Five bandits herded ten employees into a vegetable cooler at a Linden Missouri supermarket and waited about 30 minutes for a co owner. They forced him to open a safe and fled with an undetermined amount of cash. One bandit later tossed in a bottle of whiskey saying here you guys have a drink. Walter H. Van Meter, a Linden employee, recalled the incident. Linden lies in Clay County near Kansas City.
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Linden
Walter H. van Meter
Kansas City
Clay County
Daughter of Ex Mayor Held for Slaying Guide
In Brockville Ontario Virginia Ricks 42 daughter of former Syracuse mayor Charles Hanna was held without bail on murder charges for shooting George Franklin Knapp 45 at her icebound island cottage on Newboro Lake after a party Police said two men were present at the gathering and arraignment occurred before Justice of the Peace Wallace Johnson with a preliminary hearing set for January 6.
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Brockville
Ont
Syracuse
N.Y
Virginia Ricks
Isle
Charles Hanna
Justice of the Peace
Wallace Johnson
George Franklin
Tom) Knapp
Knapp
Ricks
Newboro Lake
Johnson
School Board Meeting Set for January 9 in Lawrence
The Board of Education of the Lawrence City Schools will meet at 7 30 p m Monday evening January 9 in the board offices at the Junior High School. The date shifts one week due to the New Year holiday.
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Board of Educatin
Jbawrence City Schools
Wedding Trip Fatal To Three In Family
Three people traveling to a wedding in Nebraska died in a collision on U S 36 near Seneca Kansas. Victims include Joyous M Zoch 31 Sedalia Mo and her in law Alvina Zoch 63 and Arthur J Zoch 7. Driver Raymond Zoch 30 of Sedalia injured with fractured nose and knee. Truck driver Kenneth Scoby 34 Sabetha Kas reported turning left onto a county road. The fatality total on the Nemaha County 14 mile stretch stands at 13 this year.
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Seneca
Nebraska
Joyous M. Zoch
Kansas
Alvina Zoch
Arthur J. Zoch
Sedalia
Raymond Zoch
Deshler
Neb
Zoch
Seneca Hospital
Kenneth R. Scoby
Sabetha
Kas
U. S.36
Joyous Zach
William Lueshen
Henry Kres
Deaths and Funerals: Mrs Ethel Atchison 71 longtime Osage resident
Mrs Ethel Atchison aged 71 longtime Osage County resident died early this morning at her son Harold Atchison's home east of Overbrook. Born July 20 1884 near Overbrook she leaves five sons Kieth W Atchison Texhoma Texas Joe H Atchison Kansas City Harold Atchison Overbrook Robert H Atchison Minneapolis Minnesota and Donald T Atchison Santa Monica California two sisters Mrs L H Featherston Overbrook and Miss Mabel Weimer Kanawha Iowa three brothers Guy D Weimer Richland Earl R Weimer Kansas City Ma and Floyd A Atchison Sausalito California and 10 grandchildren Funeral services will be 2 pm Monday at the Overbrook Methodist Church with burial in Overbrook Cemetery.
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Ethel Atchison
Osage County
Harold Atchison
Overbrook
Kieth W. Atchison
Texhoma
Tex
Joe H. Atchison
Kansas City
Robert H. Atchison
Minneapolis
L. H. Featherston
Mabel Weimer
Kanawha
Iowa
Guy D. Weimer
Richland
Earl R. Weimer
Floyd A. Atchison
Sausalito
Calif
Methodist
Overbrook Cemetery
Big Seven Sets Fair Share for Bowls Worth 2.5 Million
The four major bowls will take in about 2.5 million from tickets TV rights and programs with most money going to conferences and players. Oklahoma gets extra bowl aid and a band allowance while Kansas and others expect about 31 thousand or more.
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The
Wall Street Journal
Pasadena
Calif
Gillette Co
National Broadcasting Co
Gillette
Miami
General Motors
Buick Division
CBS
Gulf Oil Corp
ABC
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Maryland
Kansas
Pittsburgh
Georgia Tech
George Cross
Hall Cousin Named Regent and Other State Appointments
Gov. Fred Hall announced Clement H. Hall of Coffeyville will serve a four year term on Kansas State Board of Regents as a Democrat succeeding Willis Kelly. Harry Valentine of Clay Center was named to the State Board of Education for three years. Hall plans a second education board appointment next week and also named Harold Lobaugh and Richard Garrett to the State Civil Defense Committee.
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Topeka
Clement H. Hall
Coffeyville
State Board of Regents
Fred Hall
Willis Kelly
Hutchinson
Harry Valentine
Clay Center Republican
State Board of Education
Valentine
Clay Center Dispatch
John McNalley
Iola Republican
Hall
Board of Education
Horace Rich
Coldwater Democrat
Harold Lobaugh
Kansas Council of Churches
Columbia to Rent 104 Classic Films to TV
Columbia announces it will rent 104 of its old feature films to television via Screen Gems, a Columbia subsidiary. The plan allows TV use while preserving film titles though no list or financial terms are disclosed. The move marks a major shift by the studio in releasing long films to television.
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Tures
New York
Columbia
Angler uses pitchfork to land blue marlin at Windy Hill Beach
Danny Peddycord of Winston-Salem North Carolina claims a record blue marlin catch near Windy Hill Beach. The teenager stood on a barnacle encrusted piling and speared the four-foot fish with a four pronged pitchfork before wrestling the prize onto the beach.
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Windy Hill Beach
Danny Peddycord
Winston-Salem
N. C
Peddycord
Wrong Number Confusion Puzzles Arizona Woman
Mrs. Donia Sturgis of Douglas recalls a late night call in which the caller asked for a different number after she identified herself. The caller admitted the line was wrong and hung up, leaving her puzzled about the mix up.
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Douglas, Ariz
Donia Sturgis
Cake honoring J Murray marks 41 years at Journal World
A two by eighteen inch decorated cake was presented to retiring Journal-World managing editor J Murray. Gifted by Drakes on behalf of Dr and Mrs Robert Polson and Mr and Mrs J D King of Great Bend, the cake bears the message of 41 years of service to Lawrence news.
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J. Murray
Journal-World
Drakes
Robert Polson
J. D. King
Great Bend
Special Tax Benefits To End Tonight
Washington officials announce midnight cutoff for rapid write off tax benefits used by railroads airlines and electric utilities for new equipment. The move aims to limit tax aid to defense related plants and critical facilities, shrinking expansion since 1951 and leaving only a small remainder of defense production goals unfilled.
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Washington
Office of Defense Mobilization
Market News from Kansas City Livestock Weekly
Market data show cattle prices unevenly steady to 50 lower for slaughter steers and heifers, strong calf and bull markets, hogs mostly higher, and sheep lambs at higher levels. Reports include various weights and classes, with poultry and dairy prices and local grain figures also listed.
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K. C
Kansas City
USDA
Bulis
Kansas State Book On Statute Changes To Be Issued
The state announces a 975 page reference compiling Kansas statutes since 1949 and set to appear next Tuesday. Officials say the volume will incorporate all changes into a single updated edition for public use.
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Kansas
Grass Fire Reported on East 19th Street
Firemen responded to eight grass fires sparked by burning trash at 928 East 19th Street. No injuries or serious damage reported as crews worked to contain the blazes.
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E. 19Th St
Bitter Campaign Ends As France Votes In Algeria Row
France faces a tight National Assembly contest as premier Edouard Faure condemns a gendarme for shooting an unarmed Algerian prisoner last August. He says the incident was not officially disclosed and will be pursued after Monday elections. An American newsreel camera crew is accused of bribe involvement.
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Politier
Algeria
National Assembly
Edpor Faure
Faure
Lewel
Dole
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Ly Heran
Roy J. McMullen
Hays
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Joe Kunha
Woodston Rural High School
Fort Scott
Phil Frick
Churchill
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Credit Bureau of
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American Collectors Association, Inc
William H. McCauley
United States
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Pius
Memorial Hospital
Bandit
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Ramblin’ Wrecks
Kansas University
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Bill
Heitholt
K.U
Anna Marie Coffelt
Richard Coffelt
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Houston
Dyer
Mess
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Young Guineas
Farmers Insurance Group
Fire — Life
Fred A. Gremer
Ralph Burnett
Steve Henderson
Andy” Anderson
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Arminta Street
Panorama City
Cail
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Frank D. Bradley
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Gilbert R. Holle
Maas
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