Senate Agriculture Committee OKs rigid farm supports
The Senate Agriculture Committee backed an election year farm bill pairing President Eisenhower's soil bank plan with rigid price supports at 90 percent parity for major crops. It added provisions to aid dairymen and barley and tobacco growers and chose the higher parity formula, while warning of a fight expected in the Senate around February 20.
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Soil Bank
Ellender
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Eisenhower
Benson
Senate
Sen. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Coed Seeks Readmission After Birmingham Riots
Autherine Lucy returns to federal court in a bid to enter the University of Alabama. She charges officials could have halted campus riots and seeks readmission, dormitory, and dining hall rights, plus damages and contempt against board members. Hearings set for February 29 before Judge Hobart Grooms.
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Ala
Negro Reed
University of Alabama
Autherine Lucy
U. S. Dist
Hobart Grooms
Miss Lucy
Grooms
Board of Trustees
William F.adams
Lucy
Sarah Healy
O. C. Carmichael
Adams
Eisenhower Opposes Rigid Farm Price Supports
The administration maintains its position against rigid price supports while discussing a soil bank, flexible levels, and farm price stabilization. Congress approves a soil bank, conservation reserve, and higher minimum parity for dairy though corn acreage limits face continued debate.
Eighteenth body recovered at Jap snow slide site
In Mazuki Japan six rescue teams battled a blizzard to recover the 18th body from the wreckage of Kansai Electric Power workers dining hall after a morning snow slide. One dozen workers were rescued two seriously injured and three remain missing.
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Mazuki
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Kansai Electric Power Co
Tokyo
Six Ohio Red Chiefs Convicted of Plot to Overthrow U.S.
Six Ohio Communist leaders were convicted of conspiring to teach violent overthrow of the government after a week of deliberation. Four co defendants were acquitted, and one was edged out by directed verdict. The case centered on the Cleveland area with defendants including Joseph Bradt and Lucille Bethercourt.
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Ohio
David Katz
Frieda Katz
Joseph Bradt
Lucille Bethercourt
Lorain
George Kwatt
Martin Chancey
Pittsburgh
Anthony Krchmarek
Franz Hashmall
Akron
Columbus
Cincinnati
Robert A. Campbell
FBI
Communist Party
Joseph M. Dougher
Steubenville
Joe Walsh
Elyador C. Greenfield
Frieda Zucker Katz
Cuyahoga County
Former Sheriff David Wilson Dies at 76 in Leavenworth
David Russ Wilson, 76, former Leavenworth County sheriff, died at his farm home near Leavenworth. He served as sheriff from 1919 to 1923 and grew up in Doniphan County.
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Kas
David
Russ) Wilson
Leavenworth County
Here
Wilson
Doniphan County
Weather glare fuels late commutes amid spring tease
Larry Lawrence notes citizens endure sun glare during evening drives as spring nears. People head home westward using visors instead of headlights, brightening concerns about safer travel.
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No Snow Forecast For Saturday In Kansas
Weather forecast predicts temperatures in the 40s for Saturday with no snow on the horizon. The Weather Bureau expects colder air to arrive Saturday night and for readings to run below normal early next week. Only small heaps of snow remain in areas like Lawrence, the lightest in almost a month.
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Weather Bureau
Kansas
Lawrence
State files suit on probe agency challenge
Attorney General Harold F. Fatzer sues to block a seven member bipartisan legislative committee from using powers granted to investigate state government. He seeks to bar spending of funds under the investigation and asks the State Supreme Court to rule the resolution unconstitutional. Governor Fred Hall requested the action to test its constitutionality.
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Toperar
Harold F. Fatzer
State Supreme Court
Richard T. Fadely
Roy Shapiro
Fatzer
Fred Hall
Senator Case Rejects Campaign Gift Over Gas Bill Fear
Sen. Case testified at a Senate inquiry he rejected a $2,500 campaign contribution from Nebraska lawyer John M. Neff, saying it seemed to seek influence on his vote on a natural gas bill. Neff, a lobbyist for Superior Oil, denied any strings. Case described receiving the offer on Jan. 25 from Ernest Kahler of Argus Leader and said there was no bribe, only concern over possible influence. The committee must decide if the gift aimed to sway his decision as the gas bill moves toward potential presidential approval.
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R-Sd
Tod
Senate
Nebraska
John M. Neff
Neff
Bill Neff
Lexington
Neb
Superior Oil Co
Austin
Tex
Eisenhower
Ernest J. Kahler
Sioux Falls
Argus-Leader
Kahler
McCuish Announces Run for Second Term as Lt. Governor
Independence reports Lt. Gov. John McCuish announced his candidacy for a second term. The 19 year old Newton publisher and independent oil operator won the Republican nomination in 1954 in a five man race and previously chaired the State Tax Commission. He led Eisenhower for President operations in Kansas in 1952 and is the sole announced candidate.
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Independence
John McCuish
Newton
State Tax Commission
Kansas
McCuish
Indiana Officers Headed Coast to Return Killer to Indiana
San Francisco officers are en route to return Leste Irvin a 31 year old condemned killer known as the Velvet voiced slayer who was captured in a Market Street pawnshop after being identified by officers. Irvin escaped from Gibson County Jail Jan 18 and has been linked to the killings of six people in Indiana and Kentucky. He will be transferred to Michigan City for execution June 12.
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Induana
San
John O'Kerde
Len Ferraggiate
Third Street
O'Keefe
Irvin
Victor Davis
Los Ancolor Opinmst
Tex Williams Wester Orcho
Govbel Duncan
Jenderson
Michigan City, Ltd
Springfield
Covad
Nebraska
Schoeppel Stands Against New Immigration Rules
Washington senator claims he has not changed his stance after backing the McCasgran Waller Dimination Act of 1982 and will not back efforts to emigailate. He says his position is not an attack on President Kasenhousers and speaks to broader immigration limits.
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Setepei Ur-Kani
McCascran Waller
Schoeppel
Kasenhousers Wall
Independence Rally Highlights Kansas GOP Splits and Key Races
At Independence Lincoln Day events candidates and party figures discuss Governor Hall bid, attorney general race, and potential legislative majority. Fred Seaton will speak at the Lincoln Day Club dinner as Warren Shaw Myron V George Oren Gray and others file for seats.
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Independence
Kansas
Ald
Fred Seaton
Kansan
U. S
Nebraska
Warren Shaw
Topekas
Fred Hall
Myron V. George
Altamont
Brinkerhoff Wins Journalism Award Amid Pastoral Praise
The Pattsburg Headlight and Sun honors Brinkerhoff with a journalism award for steadfast reporting and historical insight. Editor Rolla A. Clymer of El Derado Tages Pays tribute as Brinkerhoff’s career is lauded for integrity and public service. A note recalls Brinkerhoff’s lasting influence in Kansas journalism and history while announcing the award presentation.
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el Derado Tages
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Nis
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Janaut Sterling
Shakime O
Spheres
Chyainyer
Kansas
Brinkerhalf
Clymer
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Death by own action verdict in Roger Beth case
Coroners jury grants a death by own action verdict in the case of Roger T Beth of Lawrence a Kansas University graduate and Summerfield Scholar who was found dead in a suburban University City boarding house with cyanide in his bedside patient. Beth studied at Wash welon University and Lawrence Then School and served in the Army after graduation. Funeral services are set for Monday at Plymouth Congregational Church.
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Beth
Jan.e
Bower
Lawrence
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Pg Summerfield
Beth Will
Plymouthy Congregations
Dale Rimerson ‘Torner
Clymer Elected to Head W A White Foundation
Reda A Chenier of the Florida Times, an odin of the Dorado Times, was elected president of the Willa Sten White Foundation. The biography mentions Payton Overbrook and Lars Crnee Jon a as officers and notes various positions, with details about treasurer Karl Kroloe.
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Odin
Dorado
Willa Sten
Tedax
Coleboien
Waltner
Dantatit Payton
Overbrook
Lars Crnee
Jona
Whiths
Upeata
Karl Krlooe I
Bubs
UP Asks to Halt Runs Between KC and Salina
The article notes Union Pacific requests halting passenger train runs between Kansas City and Salina. It references trains serving several stops including Lopeha Lawmen Matsbacteny and Ft Riley. It mentions Saline and other local operations and an advertising matter for materials sale.
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Salina
Ruistenat Sae
Wenta Operitins
Tn Adition
Kansan
Lopeha
Lawmen
Matsbacteny
Ins'trat City
Riley
Abilis
Roberts Defends Press Freedom On Merit Basis
Kansas City Star president Roy A. Roberts argued in the William Allen White Lecture that press freedom endures when newspapers deserve it. He urged editors to stress responsibility and dispel the idea of a privileged class while noting economic pressures favor single ownership and noting improved quality in one-newspaper cities.
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The
Kansas City Star
William Allen White
Kansas University
Spetraeh
Emperia
Depide
Stoberts
Roberts
Jin
Hercely
Weather Five Day Forecast for Nebraska Kansas and Oklahoma
Five day outlook covers Nebraska Kansas and Oklahoma with temperatures about 4 to 6 degrees below normal. Weekend cold snaps give way to milder readings by Tuesday and Wednesday with mostly light snow and moisture limited. Kansas details show mainly partly cloudy skies west and north with stronger northwesterly winds and surges of colder air Friday night into Saturday.
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