Rosenbergs Still Slated For Death in 1950s Case
New York reports the U S Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed the death penalty for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. The ruling upholds the punishment as the first peace time espionage death sentence in U S history. Marion Sobell’s 30 year sentence was also upheld, with Judge Frank dissenting on potential new trial. The Rosenbergs remain in Sing Sing awaiting appeal outcomes. Happy.
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U. S. Court of Appeals
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Ethel Rosenberg
Sing Sing
U. S
Sobell
Marion Sobell
Herome N. Frank
Rosenbergs
U. S. Supreme Court
Rosenberg
David Greenglass
Greenglass
Los Alamos
Morton Soebell
Irving R. Kaufman
Korea
Snow in West Kansas Shifts to Warmer Weather
Yopeka reports a major snowstorm across western Kansas delivering 2 to 5 inches in towns including Russell Dodge City and Garden City. Snow totals varied by region with northwest seeing sub zero lows while Topeka reached 37. A warming trend is forecast with highs 40s to mid 30s depending on area.
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Kansas
Russell
Dodge City
Liberal
Garden City
Goorland
Mill City
Salina
Hutchinson
Wichita
Goodland
Concordia
Aurohinson
Chamile
Lecompton
Topekany
Topeka
Truman plans Key West rest before heavy campaign schedule
Washington February 25 President Truman intends to travel to Key West Florida late next week to rest up for a campaign schedule likely to match the 31,500 mile tour that helped win him re election in 1948. Close associates say he plans to keep his plans private until after returning from Key West.
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Truman
Key West
Fla
Liberal Women Face Bad Track In Pancake Race
Liberal Women prepare for Shrove Tuesday race against Olney England as 415 yard S shaped course sits under two inches of snow and ice. Sponsors plan rock salt to dry the surface while contestants may run in hob nailed boots if weather persists. Olney rules object to dangerous skids but sanction shirt. Continued on page 6.
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Olney
England
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ronald W. Collins
Olney Church
Taft confident MacArthur will back GOP at Chicago
The Associated Press reports Sen. Taft of Ohio tells colleagues he is confident Gen. MacArthur will provide solid support for the Republican presidential nomination at the Chicago convention. Taft suggests MacArthur could be keynote speaker and notes he has not named any cabinet heads yet.
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Ohio
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MacArthur
Chicago
Eisenhower
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Maryland
Eisehower Terday
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Elis Arnal
Georgia
Fisenhower
Truman
Sen. Kefauver
New Hampshire
Kerr
Oklahoma
Munsan Deadlock Persists Over Neutral Commission
Truce negotiators in Munsan failed to break the stalemate over a neutral truce inspection body. Allies propose two neutral nations per side for inspections, while Reds demand different terms. Prisoner exchange talks made no progress and fighting remained scarce as weather grounded air operations.
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Korea
U. IN
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U.N
Switzerland
Sweden
Czechoslovakia
Poland
George W. Hickman
Panmunjom
Kose Island
Kansas Ordnance Workers Under New Wage Contract
Parsons, Feb. 25 Production and maintenance workers at the Kansas Ordnance Plant began work under a new contract. The pact calls for an 8 1/2 cents an hour raise plus benefits and was approved by the United Gas Cone and Chemical Workers Union CIO on Saturday. Negotiators for the union and National Gypsum Co operators of the plant approved the agreement last Thursday. Wage provisions await approval by the Wage Stabilization Board.
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Kansas Ordnance Plant
United Gas, Cone and Chemical Workers Union
CIO
National Gypsum Co
Wage Stabilization Board
Act to Keep War Goods From the Iron Curtain
Washington February 25 The United States and 10 European nations agreed on a plan to prevent war potential goods from slipping behind the Iron Curtain. Under the program a country importing strategic materials must certify they will be used where received. Trans shipment would be allowed only with official authorization Secretary of Commerce Sawyer announced the accord. The 10 other countries include Belgium Denmark France Luxembourg Norway Portugal Great Britain West Germany and the Netherlands.
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Sawyer
Jare Belghum
Denma
France
Luxembourg
Norwi ‘Ay
Pores
Great Britain
Netherlands
Two Pleasanton Women Killed in Highway 69 Crash
Two Pleasanton women, Florence Cook aged 48 and Charlotte Stockwell 27, were killed when their car skidded on Highway 69 near Overland Park and hit a loaded truck. Beverly Stockwell, 10, was severely injured and taken to the University of Kansas Medical Center. The truck driver, Jack Carter of Kansas City, suffered head and knee injuries. The family was en route to visit Beverly’s father at St Luke’s Hospital. Mrs Cook’s husband Glenn operates a car dealership in Arkansas City. Morgan and Tommy Stockwell, both KU students, survive. The Stockwell family lives at 1603 Mass Street.
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Florence Louise Cook
Charlotte Louise Stockwell
Kansas Ci
Overland Park
Johnson County
Stockwell
Beverly Ann Stockwell
Nas
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Beverly
Johnny Stockwell
St. Luke's ‘ Hospital
Jack R. Carter
University of Kansas City
Morgan Stockwell
University of Kansas
Detailed flood loss tally elevates Kansas City total
Kansas City Kansas reported a refined analysis of July flood damages, increasing the total loss to 209 million dollars. The updated figure was announced by Harrish Green Jr, executive manager of the Chamber of Commerce, after the detailed study’s completion on Saturday.
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Kansas City
Kan
Hsworth Green Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Eclipse Darkens Sudan as Scientists Confirm Astral Research
In Khartoum 70 scientists from 10 nations observed a three minute total eclipse amid careful measurements to test relativity and map corrections. The event drew teams from Britain Netherlands France Italy Greece Austria Canada Egypt Switzerland, halting rail and road traffic nearby. Superstition lingered as Hindu women and others sought ritual acts, while Bombay mourners avoided the spectacle and a Danish family perished driving to view it.
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U. S
Britain
McDonald elected Kansas Democratic Club vice president
Clifford McDonald of Wren Building won election as vice-president of the Kansas Democratic Club on Saturday in Topeka. He leads toward the presidency next year and is a member of McGrew Investment Co. of Lawrence, a former Liberty Memorial High School and KU football standout, part of the KU Orange Bowl team in 1948. His mother, Mrs Frank W. McDonald, was elected vice-president of the second district for the Kansas Women’s Woodrow Wilson Club.
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Kansas Democratic Club
Topeka
Max Robison
Clifford McDonald
Lawrence
Karl A. Brueck
Paola
WREN
Kansas
Itag McDonald
Frank W. McDonald
Emery Road
Woodrow Wilson Club
Agnes Stabb
Ellinwood
Brueck
Rayburn bans telecasts of House committee sessions
Speaker Rayburn announced today that telecasts of House committee hearings are banned while he remains in office and the rules stay the same. He instructed Chairman Wood and other chairmen not to permit filming or future telecasts of hearings, including those held in Detroit. Coronation date for Queen Elizabeth II slated for 1953 as consultations with Commonwealth governments continue.
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Washington
Rayburn
Texas
Wood
House
Detroit
London
Carthage Mayor Seeks Leave Amid Morals Charge
Carthage Mo February 2 Mayor H T Teters said he would seek a leave of absence until cleared of a morals charge. He declared his innocence and wanted leave to avoid discredit to the city. Council likely to grant at tonight’s meeting. Teters, 39, was arrested over the weekend. Also in custody were Morris Shaffer, 48, a Carthage beauty shop operator, and Max Potter, 31, a Joplin powder plant employee.
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Feo
H. Tiffin Teters
Teters
Associated Press
Eli Scott
Morris Shaffer
Max Potter
Joplin
Data on private incomes prompts push for immunity powers
Washington reports that Newbold Morris plans a nationwide survey of federal officials private income sources while Senate Judiciary Committee delays action on granting immunity and subpoena power for Morris in the Truman administration corruption probe. McCarran backs study of the request as Republicans urge restraint and full committee assessment.
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Truman
Immuni
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N.Y
New York
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Harold F. Stassen
Goners Himsel
McGrathatement
Stassen
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Ncame
McCarran
D-Nev
Mor
McCarin
Sen. Ferguson
Michigan
Wiley
Wisconsin
Watkins
Utah
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
NATO Ends Lisbon Meeting With Plan For Western Defense
In Lisbon on February 25 the 14 nation North Atlantic Council adjourned after inviting Sir Oliver Franks to become NATO secretary general. The ministers approved a master plan for defending Western Europe against Communism and a reorganization to place permanent headquarters in Paris. They left behind a draft communique and hailed the meeting as the alliance’s most successful to date.
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Portugal
North Atlantic Council
Oliver Franks
Washington
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Paris
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Turkey
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Austria
U.S
Acheson
Robert Schuman
Anthony Eden
Eisenhower
Rotary Chub Takes Fling At School Days Again
Members of the Lawrence Rotary Club returned to Libby Memorial High School for a regular noon meeting. Each Rotarian was paired with a student for lunch before guiding the student to fifth hour classes for about twenty minutes. Coach Phog Allen received a cake bearing the numeral 700 for his 42 years of coaching. Miss Mary Lu Hill and staff were honored with corsages for the meal.
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Lawrence Rota Club
Ry Vinto High
Caiitel
Libby Memorial High School
Neal Wherry
F.C
Phog) Allen
Kk.u
Brams
Peppy Wilson
Walter J. Keeler
Mary Lu Hill
Truman Nominates General as Deputy Ambassador in Europe
President Truman nominated L. Anderson a retired major general to be deputy special representative in Europe with the rank of ambassador. Anderson, a Californian, would serve as deputy to Ambassador William H. Draper Jr.
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Washington
Truman
Tk L. Anderson
Europe
Anderson
William H. Draper Jr
Age 105 Birthday Revealed For Mrs Louise Kuhn
Cleveland reports Louise Kuhn who once forbade telling her age now confirms Saturday as her 105th birthday. Five years ago she blocked family announcements but now acknowledges the milestone. Her family notes she drinks a glass of wine daily. She married Joseph Kuhn in 1866. he died in 1911.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Louise Kuhn
Seven to Ottawa Winners Named at Douglas County Festival
Winners in the annual Douglas County 4-11 Club Spring Festival at Liberty Memorial High School were announced. First place in each of seven city divisions earned trips to Ottawa on March 15 for the regional festival. Nearly 250 members from 16 clubs competed, with multiple individuals and clubs listed among winners, placings, and promotional activities.
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Douglas County
Liberty Memorial High School
Nen
Ottawa
Fair Leaf Clover
Bobby Sax
Ch Freita Luckan
Evelyn Gifith
Dean Had
Margery, Skinner
J Jimmy Disque
Bill Hagerman
iClar
Rainbow Clubs
Jayhawk Club
Jayhawk Chth
Clinton Busy
Sunflower
Lonr Star
Jolly Juniors
Kansas high school seniors to take March 10 tests for KU scholarships
Six testing centers across Kansas will host preliminary exams on March 10 for Summerfield scholarships at the University of Kansas. About 300 nominations are expected from high school principals. Exams run 8:45 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. at Lawrence Military Building and five other centers Chanute Junior College Diller City High School Washington High School Salina Wakeeney High School Wichita East High School Liberty Memorial High School candidates include Richard Butler Karl Heider and Don Park from Liberty Memorial.
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Summerfield
University of Kansas
James K. Hilt
Hitt
Abo
Bny Lawrence
University
Chanute Junior College
Daler City High School
Washington High School
Saline
Wakeoney H High School
Wichita East High School
Liberty Memorial High School
Richard Butler
Karl Heider
Don Park
One Dead In Collision With Three Injured In Area
A Wichita truck driver, Harry M. Newell, about 38, was killed when his semi-trailer struck a culvert and plunged 20 feet into a creek bed on Highway 50 west of Baldwin. Three others, including a KU student Madison Murray, 30, were seriously injured in separate wrecks near Tonganoxie and Pleasant Grove. A third accident near Baldwin involved a pickup driven by William Powell, 18, with injuries not serious.
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Wichita
Kare ‘Sas’ University
Harry M. Newell
Baldwin
Madison Murray
K.U. College of Liberal, Arts and Sciences
Kansas City
Tonganoxie
Ann Perry
Mar'i
Prain Grays
Kan- Mo
Perry
Grays
Travis Glass
Newell
Jine
Glass
Highway 50
McCleery
McCain Visits President Washington on Courtesy Call
Dr. Eames A. McCain president of Was State College Manhattan met President Truman at the White House on February 25. McCain said the visit was a courtesy call. He was accompanied by Mrs. McCain and Kenny L. Ford, college alumni secretary.
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Eames A. "McCain
Was State College
Manhattan
White House
Truman
McCain
Kenny L. Ford
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