Senate Approves School Aid Bill
The Senate passed a $1.834 billion school aid measure for classroom construction and teachers salaries by a 51 to 34 vote. House opponents and President Eisenhower were expected to veto or scale back salary provisions, with construction funds likely to remain. The plan links federal aid to school needs as a long standing education fight progresses.
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Washington (P
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Congress
National Education Assn
Everett M. Dirksen
R-N
Army Funds Held and General Charges on Modernization
General Lyman Lemnitzer told the Senate Preparedness sub committee that much of Congress approved modernization funds for the Army has been tied up by the Budget Bureau or used to aid allies. He noted 386.2 million appropriated, 175 million held in reserve for future contingencies, with Eisenhower proposing 14 billion for ongoing modernization.
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Washington
Congress
Budget Bureau
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Lemnitzer
Army
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Space Committee
Accidents Claim 91 500 Americans During Year
The National Safety Council reports 91 500 deaths from accidents in 1959 and 9.3 million injuries. Traffic fatalities led with 37 800. home, work, and public accidents followed. Population death rate dropped to a record low 1.9 per 100 000, with economic losses totaling billions.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Funeral services for Mrs Ella Crouse Lecompton
Funeral services for Mrs Ella Crouse of Lecompton will be at 2 30 p m Sunday in the Evangelical United Brethren Church with Rev Lybian Endsley in charge Burial will be in Lecompton cemetery Friends may call at Rumsey Funeral Home until noon Sunday Mrs Crouse a lifelong resident died Thursday morning at the home Also noted William Thornton 90 of Clin ton died Thursday in a Topeka hospital Surviving is a brother Joseph Thornton 515 Fla St Funeral arrangements are in complete The body is at Bowser Lee Mortuary Funeral services and burial were Thursday in Anthony for Marion Harbison 84 who died Monday at his home there He was the father of Lee Harbison 343 Ill St Surviving in addition to his son Lee are the wife of the home and another son Elmo Harbison of Anthony
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Ella Crouse
Lecompton
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Lybian Endsley
Rumsey
Crouse
William Thornton
Clinton
Topeka
Joseph Thornton
Fla
Bowser-Lee Mortuary
Anthony
Marion Harbison
Lee Harbison
Lee
Elmo Harbison
Funeral services for Mrs Carrie Davis
Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie Davis, 8, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Ninth Street Baptist Church with Rev. Frank J. Brown officiating. Burial follows at Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call today from 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Pallbearers include George Brown Walter Monroe Phillip Lopez Alonzo Howard Jr Wayman Lee and Arthur Pitcher.
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Carrie Davis
Ninth Street Baptist Church
Frank J. Brown
Oak Hill Cemetery
George Brown
Walter Monroe
Phillip Lopez
Alonzo Howard Jr
Wayman Lee
Arthur Pitcher
Funeral plans for Virginia Teter 79 in Bronaville NY son survives
Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Virginia Teter 79 who died Thursday at her home 1612 North H Street are incomplete. The body is at Cooper Warren Funeral Movie. Surviving is a son Francis Teter of Bronaville NY.
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Virginia Teter
N. H. St
Cooper-Warren
Francis Teter
Bronaville
N.Y
Deadly nerve gas kept above ground near Denver
Army leaders disclose nerve gas stored above ground in metal casks near Denver at Rocky Mountain Arsenal. Col. George Allen says a calculated risk exists but a long standing emergency plan is in place though details and proximity considerations remain undisclosed. Rep. Byron Johnson previously claimed arsenal holds enough gas to kill all people worldwide.
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Denver
Army
Colo
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
George Allen
Arsenal
Allen
Washington
Byron L. Johnson
Dcolo
Two Hits and a Fizzle For U S Rocket Teams
U S missile teams on both coasts reported a doubleheader success at Cape Canaveral and a delayed failure at Vandenberg Air Force Base. The IX satellite rocket lifted off well, but failed to reach orbit. At Cape Canaveral a Jupiter completed a 1500 mile test flight and a Polaris hit an Atlantic target 990 miles away.
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U.S
Cape Canaveral
Vandenberg Air Fore
Vandenberg
Air Force
California
Florida Cape
Polaris
Atlantic
Four Lawrence Students Named Fine Arts Honor Roll
Four Lawrence students at Kansas University are among 55 named to the Fine Arts School Honor Roll for the fall semester. Named are Judith L. Gorton Rozella Mae Glick Mary Ann Travis and William H. Wright. Three of the honorees earned straight A averages: Heather J. Johnson Norma A. Smith and Fred D. Wiemer.
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Lawrence
Kansas University
Fine Arts
Judith L. Gorton
Ill. St
Rozella Mae Glick
W. 23Rd St
Mary Ann Travis
Ohio St
William H. Wright
Miss, St
Heather J. Johnson
Kansas City
Norma A. Smith
Topeka
Fred D. Wiemer
Drumright
Okla
Sign on used car Jot prices are born here
In Westerville Ohio an Associated Press item notes how used car prices appear to rise after purchase in another location, reflecting pricing trends and market dynamics.
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Westerville, Ohio
Jersey Joe Aids Damsel In Distress In Camden
Jersey Joe Walcott stopped a disturbance in Camden after hearing a gunshot and spotting a car fleeing a supposed woman. The caseload leader, a male undercover officer Vincent Wall, fired a warning shot and with Walcott helped arrest Hal Spigel, 25, on disorderly conduct.
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Camden
N.J
Jersey
Joe Walcott
Walcott
Joe
Vincent Wall
Wall
Hal Spigel
House Body Rejects Commerce Department Job Requests
The House Appropriations Committee began trimming the federal payroll for the next year. It declined 809 of 1,070 requested new Commerce Department jobs and cut 39.1 million dollars from 799.6 million dollars in new funds sought by President Eisenhower. Chairman Cannon and Rep. Taber argued many new jobs were unnecessary and pressed for multi billion dollar reductions.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Commerce Department
Eisenhower
Department
Congress
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
John Taber
R-Ny
Taber
Cannon
Rogers Sees Referees As Realistic Approach
Atty Gen Rogers says the administration proposal for court appointed voting referees offers the most substantial and realistic hope to end racial discrimination in voting. He says it is superior to the Civil Rights Commission plan for federal registrars to protect Negro voting rights.
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Washington
William P. Rogers
Civil Rights Commission
League suggests grid system for Leavenworth house numbers
A 10 month study of inconsistencies in Leavenworth house numbering leads the local League of Women Voters to urge a major engineering project. The plan would require city financing and a survey followed by technical engineering decisions.
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Leavenworth
League of Women Voters
Jones Store Sues Over Use of Name in Lawrenc e Mall
The Jones Store Co of Kansas City filed in U S District Court in Kansas City asking an injunction to stop Jones Store Inc from using the name Jones Store at the new Malls Shopping Center in Lawrence The suit claims name similarity misleads customers The Lawrence store opened last Nov 19 and sells dry goods The Lawrence manager is Harry Starks Stan ley W Boxer of Springfield Mo owns four Jones Stores including in Springfield and Waynesville and the Lawrence suit lists Boxer to appear at the court hearing
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Jones Store Co
Kansas City
Jones Store
Jones Store, Inc
New Malls
Lawrence
U. S. District Court
Jones
Stanley W. Boxer
Springfield
Boxer
Waynesville
Harry Starks
Gate to overflow flume left unsecured at plant
The missing key left a gate at the head of an overflow flume unsecured after 6. Brown reports the gate open Thursday night and early this morning. The 18 foot drop into the river and near freezing, muddy water hinder a search at the plant site with the river two feet above normal and carrying ice.
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Paulson
Brown
Navy destroyer tragedy as 1 killed and 5 missing after swells
A Navy destroyer Daly rolled in heavy Atlantic swells 200 miles off Cape Henry. One sailor died and five others were missing after waves swept overboard ten crewmen. two rescued survived and were taken to Portsmouth Naval Hospital. Rescue efforts continued overnight.
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Norfolk, Va
Daly
David Formichella
van Dyke Place
Summit
N. J
Formichella
John Buzzi
Barrington
R. I
Alabama
U. S. Coast Guard
Marion
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Atlantic
Virginia
Cape Henry
David Allen Dale
Viggo L. Dale
Keller Ave
Kenmore
N.Y
Nicholas A. Cataluca
Wesley Ave
Beacon
Robert A. Carlson
Holcomb St
West Haven
Conn
Charles E. Ellis
Montclair St
North Madison Station
Madison
Ind
Paul J. Harvey
McKinley Ave
Lodi
N.J
Gerral J. Nebert
Broadway
Crystal Lake
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Local names listed in Memorial Hospital notices
A roster of residents and addresses appears, naming patients and family members connected to Memorial Hospital. The list includes Maud Green, Ella Davidson, Margaret Fendberg, Eugenia Edelheit, Ralph Clare, Lona Baker, Judith Powell, Carol Whitney, Janice Shaffer, Alex Branson, Nancy Clark, Marguerite Deihl, Marion Shutt, Elsie Wager, Eva Marshall, Emily Poff, Connie O Oley, Dorean Bouska, Retta Woods, Eva Hess, Barbara Hunn, Barbara Evilsizer, Marilyn Bundy, Jane Barnes, Wanda McCartney and others with listed street addresses in Kansas cities and towns.
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Maud Green
W. 20Th
Leonard Jella
Ella Davidson
Alfred J. Base
Tenn
Margaret Fendberg
Eugenia Edelheit
Ralph Clare
Brook
Lona Baker
Judith Powell
Skyline Trailer Court
Carol Sue Whitney
Stouffer Place
Janice Shaffer
Alex Branson
Overbrook
Nancy Clark
Tonganoxie
Marguerite Deihl
N. 7Th
Marion Shutt
Elsie Wager
Ind
Eva Marshall
Ohio
Harvey Sellers
Emily Poff
Connie O’oley
W. 4Th
Dorean Bouska
Overland Park
Charles Filbert
Local Births Reported for Nichols and Whitney Families
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Nichols Jr of 702 Me announce a daughter born today. Mr and Mrs David A Whitney of Stouffer Place announce a son born today.
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Lloyd Nichols Jr
David A. Whitney
Stouffer Place
Auto Accident Here Causes Minor Injury
Two Kansas University students incurred minor injuries in a one car crash about 5 p m Thursday in the 1100 block on Indiana Street. Driver Robert W Jones 20 Overland Park junior had a mild concussion and scalp and knee cuts and was admitted to Watkins Memorial Hospital. Passenger John Sauer 20 of 1329 W 8th St. had cuts and bruises but was not hospitalized. Major damage to the car. Police also investigated four other minor crashes Thursday with no injuries reported.
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Kansas University
Indiana Street
Robert W. Jones
Overland Park
Watkins Memorial Hospital
John Sauer
8Th St
Lawrence West Junior High to Exhibit at Atlantic City Convention
Lawrence's West Junior High in Schwartz Acres will be shown at the American Association of School Administrators convention in Atlantic City New Jersey February 13 to 17. Architect Charles L. Marshall of Topeka presents 40 by 40 inch mounts with site and floor plans plus interior and exterior photos. The school, opening this fall, will serve about 600 students at an estimated cost of 1.2 million dollars.
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Lawrence
New West
Schwartz Acres
American Association of School Administrators
Atlantic City
N.J
Charles L. Marshall
Topeka
Central Junior
14Th and
Mass. Sts. West
Constant Construction Co
Brune Plumbing and Heating
Norris Brothers
Rushconjunction Opens Spring Enrollment Saturday
Spring semester enrollment runs Thursday to Saturday noon with Saturday morning groups by surname. McG–Mim at 7 45 a.m Min–Mz at 8 15 a.m Na–Om at 8 45 a.m On–Pe at 9 15 a.m Pi–Qz at 9 45 a.m Ra–Roc at 10 15 a.m Rod–Rz at 10 45 a.m. Classes begin Monday at 8 a.m.
Rep Breeding seeks funds for bird control research
Rep J Floyd Breeding says millions of blackbirds starlings and other pests invade feed lots in his district. He cites interference with cattle feeding and damage to the grain sorghum crop and asks Congress for more research funds.
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Washington
J. Floyd Breeding
D-Ras
Congressional
Breeding
Finch Doctor Faces Murder Trial Amid Family Strife
Los Angeles AP report details Dr. R Bernard Finch testifying in his life case over his wife Barbara Jean Finch’s July death. He claims the gun was self-inflicted by Barbara during a struggle while denying hired murder. defense argues death was an accident amid a ruined marriage. He adds he pursued another lover and feared divorce would hurt his hospital plans and finances.
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Los Angeles
R. Bernard Finch
Barbara Jean Finch
Persian cat Jerry dies in Quinther Kansas at nearly eighteen
Heard in Lawrence reports Jerry a hand shaking Persian cat beloved by residents died recently at his new home in Quinter Kansas. The large yellow cat trained to perform many tricks died a few months before his 18th birthday. County assessors report good cooperation from residents as they begin personal property assessments earlier than past years.
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Jerry
Lawrence
Quinter
Kan
Sanders Rolli
913
Tenn. St
Delbert Mathia
Mathia
Card of Thanks from the Wray Family
The Wray family expresses gratitude to relatives friends and neighbors for cards food and kindness during their recent bereavement. Mr D A Wray and Mr and Mrs Ernest Wray and daughters extend thanks.
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D. A. Wray
Ernest Wray
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