Reserve Board Boss Backs Tax Cut Aimed at Business
Federal Reserve Chairman William McChesney Martin Jr urged Congress that a business oriented tax cut would better stimulate the economy. He argued modern plants and equipment are obsolete and incentives for investment fuel growth more than a large individual income tax cut. He noted both production and consumption matter, but favored measures aiding production in the current slowdown.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
William McChesney Martin Jr
Eisenhower
Martin
Senate
Houe Economic Committee
Sen
Fulbright
D-Ark
Haymes Rita Relieved Of Sentries At Hotel
New York singer Dick Haymes and actress Rita Hayworth escaped a 24 hour siege by sheriff deputies with a civil arrest order tied to settled claims from Joanne Dru. Dru seeks $33,323. terms of the compromise remain private.
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New York
Dick Haymes
Rita Hayworth
Sheriff's
Haymes
Joanne Dru
Miss Dru
John Ireland
Bartley Crum
Miss Hayworth
Cessna Hydraulic Unit Secures Four New Contracts
Cessna Aircraft Co. said its hydraulic division in Hutchinson received four new contracts for hydraulic units. Deliveries start in April for Mid Western Industries Wichita double acting cylinders, May for a John Deere eight foot pull behind attachment, May for a John Deere self leveling combine system, and a May start for an International Harvester combine cylinder. The 1954 first quarter hydraulic sale volume rose 889.37 percent from 1953.
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Wichita
Hutchinson
Cessna Aircraft Co
Mid-Western
International Harvester Co
East Moline
John Deere Harvester Co
John Deere
Cessna
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Lena Marshall 55 Baldwin
Mrs Lena Marshall 55 of Baldwin died this morning at Lawner Memorial Hospital after illness. Survived by two sisters Beulah Moore Baldwin Ethel Grubbs Iola. brother Clifford Practise Kansas City. nieces Rose Bradley Kansas City and Mary Staden Baldwin. Funeral 2 pm Saturday Lamb Funeral Home Baldwin with Poy Witham Camper at Lawrence office. Burial Oakwood Cemetery Baldwin.
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Lena Marshall
Baldwin
Law 1Ener Memorial Hospital
Ellness
Beulah Moore
Ethel Grubbs
Iola
Clifford
Kansas City
Rose Hradley
Mary Staden
Lamb Funeral Home
Poy Witham
Lawrence
Oakworl Cemetery
U S Coffee Controls Proposed by Senate Committee
Senate Aguicuntire Committee urged government regulation of coffee trading and speculation amid soaring prices that topped over a dollar per pound. The report calls for controls to curb volatility and stabilize retail costs.
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Washington
Senate
Aguicuntire
Gore to Speak at Kansas Democratic Day Rally In Topeka
Sen Albert Gore of Tennessee is slated as principal speaker at the Kansas Democratic Day rally in Topeka. The event includes Gore addressing the party dinner on Feb 20 after a two day program, with a kickoff reception and dance on Feb 19 and related women’s and veterans’ events. The article discusses Eisenhower’s nuclear position and expected public exhibitions.
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Wilson
Russia
United States
Eniwetok
America
Congress
Topeka
Albert A. ‘ Gores
Kansas
Clifford McDonald
Lawrence
Kansas Democratic Club
Gore
Senate
Kenneth DO. McKellar
Woodrow Wilson Club
Six Dairy Agencies Elect New Officers
Six Kansas dairy breed associations elected officers at their annual meeting in Manhattan. Ayrshire officers Reeves R. Lewis Furrey named president with Beryl Ross Ottawa as vice president and Dwight E. Hull El Dorado as secretary treasurer. Brown Swiss leaders Jim Hess Van Harpe president Lloyd Rempel Hillsboro vice president Curtis Unger Burden secretary treasurer. Guernsey Roy Beher Oswego president Howard Zook Rozel vice president Walter Warner Kinsley secretary treasurer. Holstein-Friesian Jack Carlin Smolan president Dale Hughes Waldron vice president T Hobart McVay Nickerson secretary treasurer. Jersey A L Miller Partridge president John Oswald Hutchinson vice president Mrs Claude Tucker Wichita secretary treasurer. Milking Shorthorn Howard Lucas Maxwell president Clarence Allers Hutchinson vice president C Heidebrecht Inman secretary treasurer.
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Manhattan
Kansas
Ayrshire
Reeves R. Lewis
Furrey
Beryl Ross
Ottawa
Dwight E. Hull
el Dorado
Jim Hess
van Harpe
Lloyd Rempel
Hillsboro
Curtis Unger
Burden
Guernsey
Roy Beher
Oswego
Howard Zook
Hutchinson
C. ©. Heidebrecht
Inman
Lawrence Moves Closer To Water Plant Fix-up
Lawrence advances plans to curb overnight parking on Massachusetts Street to aid street cleaning. City Attorney to draft an ordinance restricting overnight parking to certain areas. Also approved second reading to rezone Block 5 West Lawrence from multi-family residence to heavy industry. Commission notes petition by 67 residents to halt use of 237 Ark Street for health and fire hazard concerns and will investigate.
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Massachusetts Stret
Charles D. Stough
Massaachusetts
West Lawrence
Tock 5
Alabama
Maine
Second
Ark St
H.C. Gauck
Sentenced in Kansas penitentiary case for statutory rape
Harry Garcia of Genna Minnesota pleaded guilty in district court on a statutory rape charge. He was sentenced to the Kansas State Penitentiary at Lansing for an undetermined term of one to two years. Garcia was arrested last summer for alleged statutory rape of a 14 year old Lawrence girl and is a former Lawrence resident.
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Harry Garcia
Genna
Minn
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing
Garcia
Lawrence Birl
Lawwrence
Morgan Store Burglary Hits Angola Town
Burglars broke into the Mapgeen granary store and post office on Tuesday night stealing 1215 in cash and a near new cash register valued at 300. Sheriff noting the money taken. Local raid underway with authorities following leads.
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Angola
Kas Op
Datin Burvis
Blue Mound Fire Dept Campaign Sells Extinguishers
Blue Mound Kansas volunteers led by Chief Joe Rei sell fire extinguishers to residents, business owners, and farmers to raise funds for equipment and gear for the department. The effort includes a crew of 10 and aims to ease firefighting duties locally.
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Blue Mound, Kas
Mermberg
Blue Mound
Joe Rei
Lucy Helps Catch Burglar at Studio
Hollywood police credit Lucille Ball with prompting the arrest of Kenneth Darling 31 who admitted stealing about 16000 a year by posing as a writer and burglarizing studio dressing rooms. Darling was found in a dressing room at General Service Studios and later identified by a studio electrician from Ball’s description.
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Hollywood
Lucille Ball
Kenneth Darling
General Service
Darling
Miss Ball
Desi
Ball
Farquhar Named to KU Geology Staff
Dr Oswald C Farquhar is appointed visiting assistant professor of geology at the University of Kansas. He will teach mineralogy and petrology this spring. A Oxford graduate and Scotland native, he comes from the University of Aberdeen where he served six years.
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Oswald C. Farquhar
University of Kansas
Franklin Durphy
Farquhar
Oxford University
England
Scotland
University of Aberdeen
Raymond C. Moore
UL Smith
Smith
Popone
Rnia Desert
Office of Naval Research
Fire alarms report no damage at two Lawrence incidents
Lawrence fire department answered two alarms from yesterday noon to today noon. No damage occurred. The first alarm at 3:19 p.m. yesterday was at Hamilton Dress Shop, 943 Mass St, where occupants smelled smoke but no fire was found. The second alarm at 10:35 a.m. today concerned a grass fire at 446 Me St.
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Lawrence
Westerday
Hamilton
Mass St
John Miller
Me. St
Pope Pius VII Health Improves Vatican Says
The Vatican newspaper L Osservatore Romano reports the Pope’s condition is improving with God’s help. It rejects unfounded Italian press claims of a serious setback and notes medical exams show a gasmic disturbance from neuro digestive issues, with negative results.
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Pope
Vatican
Confident Economic Setup Seen Stable Says Eisenhower
President Eisenhower expresses confidence in a stable economic setup and notes Dulles' strong performance with full support. He cautions on the Soviet agent case in Tokyo and mentions air technical units in IndoChina, stressing they are noncombat. He also calls for action on butter prices but offers no concrete solution.
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Senate
Dulles
Molotov
Eisenhower
Tokyo
Yuri Alexandrovich Rostovorov
United States
Indochina
Boy Scout Chief Addresses Sertoma Club Dinner
Don Baldwin, chief executive of the Kaw Council of the Boy Scouts, spoke to about 90 at the Sertoma Club father and son banquet at the Country Club. He urged that today’s youths shape future national leaders and warned against rushing to praise, sharing a story of a former Scout guiding Marines in the South Pacific to illustrate learned signaling and the lasting impact of Scout training.
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Don Baldwin
Kansas City
Kaw Council
Boy Scouts
Father Son
Sertoma Club
Country Club
Baldwin
South Pacific
Personal notices from Memorial Hospital and local addresses
A collection of names and addresses linked to hospital and resident notices appears. Mentions include Mrs Almira Olmsted at Memorial Hospital and numerous individuals such as Mrs Altice Dunham in Eudora, Mrs Dertha Harrington in Sunflower, Mrs Orpha Stark in Sunflower, Mrs Elda Rigdon in DeSeta, Mrs Grace Wiles in Basehor, and others in Sunnyside, Kim Hunn, Mex, and Oskaheen. Also referenced are Phyllis Lewis, Dorothy Cross, Hattie Whiteside, China Johnson, Baraca Yar, Marjorie Hatton, and a baby acknowledgments plus street listings and a Tuesday tag.
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Almira Olmsted
Baldwins
Altice Dunham
Eudora
Dertha Harrington
Orpha Stark
Elda Rigdon
Grace Wiles
Clyde Manning
Jayhawk Motel
Phyllis Lewis
Dorothy Cross
Sunnyside
Bernice Castep
Kansas St
Kim Hunn
Sunnysite
Hattie Whiteside
Maple St
Eudoray
Jessim Leseher
Jien
China Johnson
Oskaheen
Baraca Yarrough
Marjorie Hatton
Tui Mass
State Women's Leader Helen Cress Dies in Kansas
State women’s leader Mrs Helen N Cress aged 86 of Council Grove Kansas died Tuesday. She was active in the Kansas Federation of Women's Clubs and served as treasurer and held several offices in state and district organizations. Her husband B F Cress a newspaperman died earlier. Funeral service will be held Wednesday at the Baptist Church here.
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Council Grove
Kasip
Helen N Cress
Kansas Federation of Women's Clubs
State Federation
B. F. Cress
Baptist
Child Story Drawings From Hans Christian Andersen Exhibit at KU
Memorial Union at the University of Kansas hosts a February exhibition of 100 bright illustrations by schoolchildren from 45 countries. The drawings reinterpret famed tales like The Little Match Girl and The Emperor’s New Clothes, selected from 200,000 Italian, 80,000 Japanese, and other submissions for an international competition run by the International Union for Child Welfare.
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Hans Christian Andersen
Memorial Union
Wee University of Kansas
School of Education
Japan
Finland
International Union For Child Welfare
Italy
Copenhagen
Amira
Israel
Spanking Debate Highlights Parental Love Blocked by Fear
In Lawrence a debate over child discipline surfaces as an advocate warns spanking may cause neuroses and hatred. A father defends spanking as loving and asks his son why he is good, the reply being that he is good to avoid being spanked. The piece also notes IRS Post Office office hours Saturday for filing returns and reports springlike temperatures with highs near 60 and lows around 30 to 35.
Olathe Plans Water Haul From Kansas City by Rail
Olathe Kansas moves to haul water from Kansas City by rail to refill Olathe Lake as a one week supply remaining. Water Commissioner Fred Miller said the city will seek emergency freight rates half the normal cost for about 40 tank cars carrying 490000 gallons each, with potential higher charges due to rentals and freight.
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Olathe
Kas
Johnsson
Kansas City
Olathe Lake
Fred Miller
Miller
Returned Missionary Laura Mauk to Speak at EUR Church
Laura Mauk, longtime Evangelical United Brethren missionary to Japan, will speak at EUR Church at 7 o clock tomorrow evening. She was interned in a Japanese concentration camp during World War II and has since been honored by the Japanese emperor. Mrs. O. H Garber will preside. a young people octet will sing led by Betty Redford Norma Sharp Mary Deckwa Margie Cleveland Raymond Pippert Goetz Berthold L A Hollinger Blaine Hollinger.
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Laura Mauk
Japan
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Miss Mauk
Tate Dae
Bo RL Nanning
Lawrence
H Garber
Betty Redford
Norma Sharp
Mary Deckwa
Margie Cleveland
Raymond Pippert
Goetz Berthold
L.A. Hollinger
Blaine Hollinger
Postal Service Exams For Supervisory Posts Held
An examination will be held at 9 15 a m Saturday Feb 13 at the Lawrence Post Office to establish a register of employes eligible for promotion to supervisory jobs in the postal field service. Fourteen employes have filed applications to take the examination.
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Lawrence Post Office
Markets At Glance: Stocks Lead. Rails Steady
The Day in Wall Street notes railroads giving strength to the market with a two point ceiling for gainers. Early losses gave way to gains as volume hit about 1.6 million shares, versus 1.42 million the previous day, while losses remained fractional for most issues.
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Wall Street
New York
Garmers
Kansas City Grain and Livestock Market Report
Kansas City markets show wheat mixed in price ranges with No 2 hard and dark hard around 2.33 to 2.44 a bushel, corn varied from 1.69 to 1.75 for No 2 white, oats at 0.85 to 0.92, and soybeans near 3.04 to 3.08. Futures activity highlights March at 2.23, May around 2.19, and July near 2.08 to 2.07, with assorted produce and poultry pricing listed for local market receipts.
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I. OC
Cash Grain
Kansas City
Public Relations Event To Have Bernays as Keynote Speaker
Edward L. Bernays, New York public relations counselor, will headline the third annual Public Relations Directors Institute at the University of Kansas February 26 27. He helped transform the field from press agentry to strategic planning and has authored seven books including Crystallizing Public Opinion Propaganda and Speak Up for Democracy. Bernays has lectured at New York University and other schools.
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Edward L. Bernays
New York
University of Kansas
Bernays
Prinye
Bornays
George II Brooks
Austria
Cornell University
Caruso
Government
Cochairman
New York University
Two Airmen From Topeka Held for Burglary Here
Two Forbes Air Force Base airmen from Topeka were arrested in Lawrence for burglary at Standard Service Station. Carl J. Ramsey, 18, signed a statement admitting the break in. Eugene L. Kissell, 24, is held for further inquiry. The entry occurred about 2:45 am. $2.50 was taken from a cigarette machine.
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Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
Lawrence
Standard
6Th
Mass
John Ingalls
Carl J. Ramsey
Eugene L. Kissell
Union Pacific
Ingalls
Ramsey
Time to Sow Grass for Centennial in February
Dr Horr from Kansas University urges lawn care ahead of the Centennial. Use nitrate fertilizer and manure for moisture, plant blue grass mixed seeds, avoid cutting short, and sow seed now to be green if rains come. Lime not needed for soil and white clover may grow.
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Lawrence
K. U
Dr. Horr
Duroc Breeders Elect Kansas Group President
Herman Popp of Haven was elected president of the Kansas Duroc Breeders Association at a Wednesday meeting held with the group’s spring show and sale in Salina.
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Salina
Herman Popp
Haven
Kansas Duroc Breeders Association
Thank You Cards Acknowledging Sympathy and Support
A collection of grateful notes expresses thanks for sympathy, visits, cards, flowers, and gifts during illnesses and deaths and for 25th wedding anniversary wishes. Names include Mrs. Joseph Goode, Dr. Margaret Goode Clark, Mr. Wolfe, Mrs. Annie Johnson, Mr. Booker Williams, Bernice Peterson, and Mr. and Mrs. John F. Metsker.
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Joseph Goode
Margaret Goode Clark
Annie Johnson
Booker Wiliams
Bernice Peterson
John F. Metsker
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Renaday
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Jayhawk Motors
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