Eisenhower tariff proposal heads to Senate debate
President Eisenhower's tariff bargaining proposal, approved by the House 295 to 110 after defeating a curbs amendment, moves to the Senate Finance Committee chaired by Byrd with hearings likely soon. The measure extends the reciprocal trade law for three years and expands presidential tariff powers amid caution from some Democrats.
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Eisenhower
House
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Rayburn Tex
U.S
Senate
George
D-Ga
Finance
Millikin
Heart Drive Sunday Volunteers To Call Doors
More than 200 women will join the 1955 Heart Fund campaign Sunday, calling on city residences from 2 to 4 p.m. to collect contributions for research treatment and prevention education. Mrs. A B Ewing leads the women’s division and several dozen volunteers will wear identification tags and hand envelopes to households. The event coincides with Washington’s Birthday closing banks in Lawrence. Continued on Page 2.
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A.B. Ewing
Eveh An Imer
Torkleson
Mra
Irs
Clyde
Bell
Carl Achning
Bittenbender
Truman
Harienstine
Mixs Sandrare
Arthur’ Winchell
Mbird
Cure
John Weathe Airs
H. Lavery
Clarence Dockery
Jones
Soviet Plea for Global Armament Freeze and Disarmament
The Soviet Union urged a world freeze on armaments and the destruction of all atomic and hydrogen weapons. It proposed international control for prohibiting atomic arms and reducing forces, with a conference this year to back a pledge not to increase armaments. The declaration, issued in Moscow, named Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and Jacob Malik to represent the USSR in London discussions.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
London
United Nations
Andrei Gromyko
Jacob Malik
Vains
Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Two Phone Workers Arrested in New York
Two telephone company employees, suspended previously, were arrested following an undercover wiretap investigation in Manhattan. Carl Ruh, 30, of the Bronx, and Walter As Mann, 29, of South Jamaica, Queens, face wiretapping charges after a local operation tapped about 15 numbers over five months. The Plaza exchange was involved, with the center reportedly capable of monitoring six exchanges serving Midtown Manhattan including the U.N. and business districts.
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New York
Discerot Alttorney
Manhattan
Frank S. Hogan
Carl E. Ruh
Bronx
Walter Asmann
Jamaica
Queens
Asmann
Hogan
Plaza Exchange
Francis W. H. Adams
U.N
Nationalists Claim More Red Junks As Air Blows Continue
Nationalist air and sea forces report sinking at least seven Communist landing ships and eight armed junks near the Taishan Islands. The drive included fighter-bombers from Formosa with casualties exceeding 1,000, as a second convoy faced a heavy assault and a high level of surface strikes.
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Taipei
Formosa
Taishan Islands
Taishans
Nanchishan Island
China
Tachen Islands
Wenchow Bay
Chiang
Lee Yu-hai
Keeling
Kansas Traffic Deaths to PERA UB
In the last 24 hours to date in 193566 and 1954 70. This record notes traffic fatalities listed by the state accident records section.
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Pera UB
Kansas
AF Honors Iwo Jima Marines With Simple Ceremony
Air Force personnel on Iwo Jima gathered atop Suribachi to honor Marines who fought ten years earlier. Lt Gen Thomas D White spoke as Protestant Chaplain Harold D Jester opened the service. Cpl Glenn Beeser laid a wreath. taps sounded by Airman Christopher Wise. Chaplain Ralph Aschoff gave the benediction.
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Joe Rosenthal
Jima
Air Force
Iwo Jima
Suribachi
Harold D. Jester
Philadelphia
Thomas ‘D. White
Pittsburg
Kan
Armed ” Services
Guam
Cpl
Glenn Beeser
Medford
Okla
Korea
Heartbreak ‘Ridge
Bunker—Hill
2.C
Christopher, Wise
Poughkeepsie
Blizzard Death Toll Rises Across Rockies to Five
A blizzard sweeping Colorado Wyoming and Montana caused at least five deaths with seventeen injured. Greyhound buses stalled near Rawlins and central Wyoming as motorists were marooned on highways and fresh snow piled up to nineteen inches in parts of Colorado and Wyoming. Snow extended into the Dakotas Minnesota Iowa and Texas with temperatures plunging to near zero in the north.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Greyhound
Continental Divide
U.S. 30
Dakotas
Texas
Minnesota
Iowa
Kansas
Glasgow
Mont
Rawlins
Wyo
Rock Springs
Craig
Colo
Rocky Mountain
Nebraska
Maine
New England
Caribou
New Hampshire
Vermont
Tllinois
Missouri
Winds Delay Nuclear Blast Test Launch in Las Vegas
High winds forced postponement of a dawn detonation planned for the nuclear test series near Yucca Flat. Weather briefings warned of dangerous conditions that could endanger Camp Mercury and Camp Desert Rock, delaying troop maneuvers and the 500-foot tower explosion set to open the series.
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Las Vegas
Camp Mercury
AEC
Camp Desert Rock
Army
News Nob
Yucca Flat
4925Th Test Group
Special Weapons Center
Kirtland Air Force Base
N.M
Fain H. Pool
Lawton
Okla
Eugene W. Cox
St. Louis
Shenk Files For District 60 School Board Term
Professor Henry Shenk of Kansas University, longtime Lawrence resident and former Kiwanis leader, filed Friday to run for a third four year term on the District 60 School Board. He has served since 1947 and led the board as president for three years. He and his wife Katherine Frick have two children. Deadline for candidates to file is March 11.
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Henry Shenk
Kansas University
Shenk
Ray ‘Wright
Irun
Lawrence
K. U
Paola
Junction City
Lawrence’ Recreation ‘Commission
Kiwanis Club
Katherine Frick
John Henry
Robert Edward
Jack Harris
Harold Fisher
Bull Charged Guard at Boat Basin in Erie
Private Herman Rogala of the 81st Transportation Co. faced a white bull that charged his guard post at the boat basin. He escaped by jumping into the water, then punched the animal as it pursued him. Rogala, from 710 E Erie Pa, subdued the bull and it went down before getting up again.
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Rochefort
Frances
Herman.w
Rogata
81St Transportation Co
Rogala
Erie, Pa
Uniform Hours Are Sought for Bars
Springfield selectman Raymond Bagg calls for cities and towns to set uniform bar closing hours to reduce highway accidents. He argues patrons rush from one place to another to extend drinking time, urging regional coordination. The proposal aims to curb late night congestion and risk on roads.
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Springfield
Mass
Selectman
Raymond
Bagg
Airliner With 16 Aboard Missing Over New Mexico
TWA reported a Martin 404 with 16 aboard overdue on a Santa Fe flight from Albuquerque. The craft carried 13 passengers and 3 crew, departed at 7 a.m. MST and was due in Santa Fe at 7:30. Riordan said search teams were still looking as rugged San de Cristo mountains and snow flurries hindered sighting. New Mexico State Police and Weather Bureau officials coordinated the search.
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Albuquerque
H--Twa
Santa Fe
N.M
R. B. Riordan
Amarillo
Tex
Topeka
Kas
Riordan
U.S. Weather Bureau
Sangre de Cristos
Weather Bureau
New Mexico
Rush for Jap Air Force Tokyo Openings
Japan's fledgling air force offers 100 openings with 3,723 applicants. Officials said today volunteers will be screened next month.
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Tokyo
Japan
Temperature Dip Seen for Kansas
Sharply falling temperatures were forecast across Kansas as a winter storm spread rain in the east and sleet freezing rain and snow elsewhere. Forecaster Tom Arnold said the cold wave with strong northerly winds would reach all parts by nightfall with lows from 5 to 15 below in the southeast and zero to 5 below in the northwest. Sunday would be partly cloudy and very cold with highs from 10 to 15 in the northwest and around 20 in the southeast. Rainfall exceeded an inch in the eastern districts while northwest towns like Goodland and Hill City reported seven inches of snow with drifting. Russell, Garden City had an inch and Dodge City a trace.
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Topeka U
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Tom.Arnold
Goodland
Hill City
Russell
Garden’ City
Dodge City
Aid to Goodland Airport Gets $25,000 Federal Grant
Senator Carlson says the Civic Aeronautics Authority reported authorization of a $25,000 federal aid grant for extending and paving the northwest to southeast runway at the Goodland Kansas airport.
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Washington
Ser. Carlson
Civic Aeronautics Authority
Goodland, Kas
February Rainfall in Lawrence Reaches 44-Year High
Rain here reaches 2.60 inches for February, highest since 1917, with 1.49 inches measured by 7 a.m. by C J Posey. Heavy showers late morning boost total beyond 2.63 inches. freezing rain follows as temperatures drop. River levels rise to 11.52 feet at Dutton's Bridge. sewer cave-ins disrupt streets in new city additions.
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Lawrence
C. J. Posey
Posey
Worden
Walter Schwarz
Louie Holcom
Dutton's Bridge
Cadet
Hodges
Lakeview
Attendance Down Enthusiasm Up at Topeka Rally
Bad weather reduced attendance at the Kansas Democratic Washington Day rally in Topeka yet enthusiasm remained high as Gov. G Mennen Williams of Michigan spoke. Local officials expected about 1 000 attendees for tonight's dinner and a Williams appearance with other ex governors joining in social events as party leaders plan strategy for 1956 while Democrats claim strength in the Legislature.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kang
Democratic Club
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Williams
Senate
House
Larry Woodring
George Docking
Lawrence
Winder
William Salome
Wichita
Marvin Harder
No Extra Levies Needed to Build Hall for Eudora
Eudora plans a new city hall funded from existing city funds and utility revenues, avoiding any tax levy increase. Bids of 20 000 to 25 000 will be opened March 3 at 2 pm in the current city hall. The building will replace the old one on the northeast corner of 7th and Main Streets, aiming for completion by May 1 if weather allows.
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Eudora
Apri
Albert Colman
Journal-World Today
7Th and
Main Sts
Colman
Alma
Gerstenberger
Owen ‘ Millerence
Depa
Karusa
City debates funding shift away from general fund
Officials discuss reallocating existing revenues to support a broader range of programs. The proposal would move funds previously earmarked for the general fund into specific accounts, altering budget priorities and oversight mechanisms to ensure targeted spending across departments.
Weather update blankets Kansas with freezing rain and snow
A fragmentary weather note reports a southeast spread of freezing rain and blowing snow across the state this afternoon into Sunday. Strong northerly winds continue, with cloudy cold skies. Lows near zero to the 5 above range and highs around the mid teens are shown, plus a trace to 1.41 inches of precipitation in the forecast.
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Tarriff
N.Y
Marines
Edltor
Surt
Rosenthal
San Francisco
Chronicle
41Th Air Base
Ralph Aschoff
Wilkes-Barre
Dist. 60
TWA
JAP Air Force
Douglas County
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