Opposition Voices Inactive Fund Interest Debate In Kansas
Kansas House State Affairs Committee heard opposition to bills proposing interest on inactive state funds held by banks. Bankers and bond dealers argued such charges would raise bond costs for cities hospitals and schools and hurt small banks. Gov Docking, a banker himself, doubted any bank would fail but avoided testifying.
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House Committee
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Atchison Apinker
Kansas
House
State Affairs Committee
Enta
Dick Delaney
Leona
Jils Bank
Drought Blamed for 453000 More Acres Damaged in Great Plains
Washington reports 453000 additional acres harmed by soil blowing in January, raising season total to 3193000 acres. About 80 percent of damage was cropland across Colorado Kansas New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas with dry surf ace conditions and residue.
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Agriculture Department
Great Plains
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Colorado
Kansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
House Agency Advances Supplemental Soil Bank Benefit Bill
The House Agriculture Committee advances a bill by Chairman Cooley and Rep Poage to provide 4 billion dollars in supplemental soil bank payments to corn and feed grain farmers and a separate 300 million dollar program for growers with per acre payments to reduce feed grain acreage, aiming to stabilize prices and production.
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Wotherhood Banquet Tickets On Sale At Library
Tickets for the Brotherhood Banquet at 6 15 p m Thursday are sold at the Lawrence Library The $135 tickets must be picked up before noon Wednesday Theodore Gill associate editor of Christian Century will be guest speaker at the annual banquet sponsored by the Lawrence Mission Alliance the Lawrence Lefoir the Practice of Democracy Douglas County Council for
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Lawrence
Theodore Gill
Christian Century
Ppacker
Lawrence Minist Alliance
Lawrence Lefoir
Douglas County Council
Deaths and Funerals for Emma Exel Holloway
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Exel Holloway who died Sunday at her home near Lecompton will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the rai Home. Rev. Wi will officiate and burial will be in Clinton Cemetery.
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Ratella Holloway
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Holloway
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Rai
Chaste
Clinton Cemetery
Move to Put Constitutional Convention Question to Voters
A Kansas House resolution proposes submitting the question of calling a constitutional convention to voters at the next general election. The measure needs two thirds approval in each legislative chamber to advance. Introduced by Representatives Thomas Van Cleave of Kansas City and John Vermillion of Independence.
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Karsis House
Thomas van Cleave Tbsi
Ansas
Slohn Vermillion
Benefit Film Showing At Granada Theater Wednesday
The benefit and premiere of Rattle Hymn will start at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Granada Theater with a 7:30 program kickoff. KU Chorale will open, Mayor Crown will welcome guests, Rabbi Marcus will speak, then the film will be shown. Proceeds aid the Lawrence Jewish Community Center at 1409 Tenn St for synagogue services and student fellowship.
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L. O. Ringler
Lawrence Jewish Community Center
Kansas University Chorale
Clayton Krebbiel
John Crown
Benjamin Marcus
Topeka
Rock Hudson
Dan Duryea
Martha Hyer
Don Defore
Korea
Ohio
Hopeful Facts On Heart Disease From 1957 Research
Lawrence Heart Fund chairman Eugene Haley outlined five hopeful facts from recent heart research. Prevention and cure are possible for some forms, early diagnosis improves outcomes, most conditions respond to treatment, patients can often continue work, and symptoms may not always indicate heart disease. The 1957 fund seeks $4,000 from Lawrence residents through Sunday canvassing by volunteers.
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Eugene Haley
Lawrence Heart Fund
Haley
Lawrence
16 Year Old Is Caught Before He Pulls Holdup
Dallas police arrested Tommy Mack Clifton Jr a Fort Worth teen after a late night hotel tip led detectives to his alleged plan to commit a stickup to aid his older brother Billy Ray Clifton 21 who faces charges in San Diego California for a jukebox machine concern case.
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Fort Worth
Billy Ray Clifton
Billy Ray
San Diego
Calif
McKellar In Serious Condition After Surgery
Memphis U S Senator and former dean McKellar 88 remained in serious condition at Methodist Hospital following surgery to remove duodenal ulcers.
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Tenn
K. D. McKellar
U.S. Senate
Methodist Hospital
West German Socialist Leader Renews Russia Unification Pledge
West German Socialist leader Erich Ollen haver pledged that his party would never consent to any deal with Russia to unify Germany without full agreement from Western allies.
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Washington
Erich Ollenhaver
Russia
Germany
Missile designer touts ionic rocket to Mars reach and return
In San Diego Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger, a German born missile designer at Redstone Arsenal, spoke at a space flight symposium about an ionic rocket delivering thrust by expelling energized ions. He estimated speeds up to 36 400 miles an hour and discussed a photon rocket concept as a theoretical goal. The event drew more than 30 military and industry experts and was hosted by the Air Force Office of Space Research and General Dynamics Convair division. Meanwhile Kansas student John Beeca, winner of a district oratorical contest, moved toward national finals with a regional victory in Ottawa. Beeca, from Lawrence High School, is among top debaters and student leaders. The state finals in Newton will determine finalists who compete for a Kansas Legion scholarship prizes. The national finals will be in Maine.
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Topeka
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Pittsburg
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Kansas
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Earp Guns Ready for Shipment to Wichita Marshal
A progress note to Wichita’s 10-year-old special deputy marshal Kenneth Yardley from Kent England reports Wyatt Earp style gun belt and holster finished by Harry Shepler. Mayor A E Howse confirms items modeled on a photo of Wichita’s famous marshal and will mail them Tuesday.
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Kenneth Yardley
Kent
England
A. E. Howse
Harry Shepler
Severance Tax Faces Rough Legislative Path
A proposed severance tax on oil and gas faces a difficult route in the Kansas legislature. Senator Paul Wunsch indicates initial referral to the assessment and taxation committee, then to the oil and gas committee, which have blocked severance taxes in past sessions. Sponsors Ralph Davison and Frank Hodge estimate seven to nine million dollars in annual revenue and include a property tax refund to ease local opposition. Neither party stance is official, and Governor Docking has not stated his position.
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Paul Wunsch
Kingman
Senate
Oil and Gas Committee
Ralph Davison
Washington
Frank Hodge
Rex Hutchinson
George Docking
Federal Frugality Put To Test In Post Office Cut
House members face a major test of restraint as they consider Appropriations Committee recommendations to trim 58 million dollars from the Post Office budget for the year starting July 1. The measure is part of a 4.88 billion dollar package covering Treasury and Post Office needs for the fiscal year, the first in a series of money bills totaling over 73 billion dollars in new spending. The Treasury would also be cut by 22 million dollars.
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Washington
House
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Post Office Department
Treasury
Post Office
Appropriations Committee
Dockworkers Idle as Two Pacts Fight Delays Spread
About 45,000 striking dockworkers from Maine to Virginia remained idle as disputes over contracts in Baltimore and Norfolk blocked a broader return to work. Union leaders could not forecast an end to the costly tieup now in its seventh day. William V. Bradley, president of the IL A, insisted on nationwide agreement before resuming full operations.
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Maine
Virginia
Baltimore
Norfolk
William V. Bradley
International Longshoremen’s Assn
Portland
Hampton Roads
Memorial Hospital Admits and Dismissals List
Hospital records show admissions including Louis Griffith Marilyn Broyles Eleanor Schneck Charlie Brown George Musick Jean Williams Phyllis Houk Ella Alpers Earl Shook and Earl Kimberlin John Inverarity Dorothy Miller and baby girl Herman Stahel Barbara Dow dell baby boy Jakie Stark Diane Davis and baby girl births to Homer Broyles Rev Carl Williams a son and a son born today at Memorial Hospital.
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Mass
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Conn
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Ohio St
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Mosser-Welt Manager Drops City Commission Bid
Lawrence reports Russ Stephenson of Mosser-Welt Inc. has withdrawn his candidacy for the City Commission citing time constraints and plans to run later. If two more candidates enter, a March 19 primary will be held.
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Mosser-Welt Inc
City Commission
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Commission
Eisenhower to Broadcast Worldwide on VOA Anniversary
The White House announces President Eisenhower will deliver a worldwide address next Monday over Voice of America. The speech marks VOA’s 15th anniversary.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Voice of America
Voice
Sanctions defined in diplomacy and history
The article explains how sanctions differ in ordinary use and legal terms, noting sanctions as restrictions aimed at pressuring governments. It traces the term to League of Nations era in the 1930s and describes Article 16’s coercive measures, including financial and economic boycotts.
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Israel
League of Nations
Wilkins Warns Negroes Impatient Over Rights
Roy Wilkins executive secretary of the NAACP told a Senate subcommittee that blacks have been patient despite provocation but could lose temper if civil rights legislation is blocked. The subcommittee voted 4-2 to end public hearings March 5, marking a setback for Southern opponents delaying action.
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Congress
Roy Wilkins
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National Assn, For the Advancement of Colored
Senate Judiciary
Eisenhower
State seeks bids for 1957 center line striping paint
State Purchasing Division schedules bid opening February 25 for 106 320 gallons of white and yellow center line striping paint for state highways at an estimated cost of 150 000 dollars. Last year the Highway Commission failed to buy paint meeting specifications.
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Topeka
State Purchasing Division
State Highway Commission
Kansas Traffic Deaths to Date in 1957 Report
State Accident Records Section lists traffic fatalities in Topeka and across Kansas. In the last 24 hours zero deaths. year to date in 1957 are 54. for the same period in 1956 there were 70 fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansa
Market news and quotes from Kansas City and New York
Stock market trading was quiet with mixed tones across commodities. Wheat futures held around 2.28 to 2.29 while Kansas City livestock and grain markets showed steady to higher prices for hogs and cattle amid steady to firm grain and produce quotes.
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Bulganin warns Middle East on U S plans
Soviet Premier Bulganin told Arabs in a Kremlin speech that U S plans for world domination threaten the Middle East and warn against the Eisenhower Doctrine calling it a colonial trap by oil interests. He urged vigilance against a new form of enslavement.
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French Claim Forceful Strikes in Eastern Algeria
French authorities say in two mop up operations in the eastern Algerian mountains over the past 24 hours they killed or captured National Liberation rebels and wounded others. Four Europeans died and one more was wounded by rebels yesterday, including two truck drivers killed in an ambush near Oran.
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John Brown to Speak at Lawrence Legion Meeting
Lawrence High School senior John Brown will headline the Lawrence American Legion Dorsey-Liberty Post 14 program at 8 p.m. in the Municipal Building. He recently won the 2nd District American Legion oration contest in Baldwin and will receive membership awards as part of the evening. Refreshments follow the program.
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New Armed Workers Guard Formed in Budapest
Hungary's communist government announced an armed workers guard to quell rebellious labor and deter strikes. The size was not disclosed but the union paper Nepakarat said weapons would be placed in the hands of hundreds of workers to defend the fatherland's calm.
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Nepakarat
Hennings Opposes South Civil Rights Hearings Move
Senator Hennings of Missouri today opposed any effort by Southern opponents to force more public hearings by the Senate Judiciary Committee on a civil rights bill. He said his Civil Rights subcommittee agreed to end hearings by March 5, calling the progress a victory for supporters of the legislation.
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Sen
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Senate
Rest Home Probe Planned in Kansas City
City board orders chief inspector John McDermott to survey all rest homes in Kansas City to prevent a repeat of Warrenton fire deaths. The move follows a deadly fire in Warrenton, Missouri, on Sunday.
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Warrenton
Tohn McDermott
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