Benson Spotlighted Farm Profits Drop
Washington report shows farmers earned 41 percent of the consumer’s retail food dollar in 1955, down from a 53 percent peak in 1945. Rising handling and processing costs, higher wages, and freight charges are cited as causes. The study found no clear rise in marketing profits as a percentage, though some firms earned more in dollars due to higher sales.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Fisenhower
Services Here Wednesday For KU Student Killed During Holidays
Memorial services for Richard Martindale Stugard, a Kansas University junior, will be held Wednesday at 4 p.m. in Damforth Chapel on campus with Sigma Chi participation. Burial will be private at Oak Big Cemetery. Stugard died December 24 when his car skidded on ice near his New Rochelle, New York home, overturned, and he was killed instantly. He was born in Bronxville, son of Irwin and Jessie Stugard, KU alumni. He played football at New Rochelle High School, belonged to First Methodist Church and Larchmont Yacht Club. Surviving relatives include two sisters Jerrold von Wedel and Mrs. Robert Seipel. A memorial fund at KU will support an engineering student.
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Richard
Martindale Stugard
Kansas University “School of Ena
Damforth Chapel
Sigma Chi Fraternity
Oak Big
New Rochelle
N. Y
Bronxville
N.Y
Irwin
Jessie Martindale Stugard
Lawrence
Kansas University
New Rochelle High School
First Methodist Church
Larchmont
Emergency Loan Program Extended for Kansas Farmers
The Agriculture Department will continue emergency farm loan benefits in Kansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico due to drought. Some counties receive a one year extension through December 31, while others use the Great Plains credit program begun August 1. Eligible farmers may obtain loans from the Farmers Home Administration to sustain normal operations.
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Washington
Agri ‘Culture Department
Ftay
Ita
Kansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Great Plains
Department
Farmers Home Administration
Italy faces antigovernment walkouts across the country
A new strike closed provincial offices nationwide for three days over salary reclassification demands. Meanwhile about 80,000 secondary and high school teachers vowed not to grade first term exam papers before January as part of the antigovernment protest efforts.
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Rome
Italy
Dstry
Quadruplets Born Prematurely in Lancaster Hospital
In Lancaster Norman C Hohenwarter and his wife Mrs Norman C Hohenwarter welcomed quadruplet boys named Norman Charles Carl Conrad John Philip and Mark Anthony. All four babies in fair condition after birth about four weeks early at Lancaster General Hospital. In Olatha Kansas Fred A Hale Johnson County assessor died at home from a heart attack, viewed as the county's first permanent assessor who served about three years.
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Lancaster
Norman C. Hohenwarter
Lancaster General Hospital
Norman Charles
Carl Conrad
John Philip
Mark Anthony
Olathe
Kas
Fred A. Hale
Johnson
Hale
Baldwin Visitors Bring News to Local Community
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Everly of Kansas City spent Friday night with Edwin and visited their daughter and husband Mr and Mrs Cecil Williams in Baldwin. Also from Hays, Mr and Mrs Clyde W Brews arrived to see their daughter and husband Mr and Mrs Cecil Williams.
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Lawrence Everly
Kansas City
Edwin
Kenneth McFerren
Clyde W. Brews
Hays
Baldwin
Cecil “Williams
Blaine Crow
H. C. Stuart
Lawrence
Mrs. Wyatt
Wichi ‘Ita
Drinks Free for 10 Motorists During Police Seminar
Louisville reporters note a planned February pilot by Southern Police Institute offering ten motorists free alcohol in a controlled seminar on alcohol and road traffic. Participants will face eye and air jet tests, reaction checks, and driving trials under Director Robert Borkenstein and a panel of physicians.
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Louisville
Southern Police Institute
Right
Simuers Tenretter
Robert Fo Borkenstein
Indoste Police Laboratory
Sunflower Christmas Party Draws 600 Plus Children
Sunflower Civics Association sponsored a December 17 party with Santa arriving at 1 30 PM. Volunteers included Ransom Burke Nita Vestal Rex Owens Nileen Metje Bloomer L A Anderson and Don ald Morris. Tree decorators were Mrs Burke Mrs Rhodes Ransom’s family and Dale Carr. Anderson photographed the event while ill children were visited by Santa in the evening. Several families traveled for holidays including Mr and Mrs Willis Bea and son to Columbia Missouri and Bernie Klegg's family to Broken Bow Oklahoma for a relative's illness.
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Sunflower
Sunflower Civics Association
Santa
Ransom Qcburke
Nita Vestal
Rex Owens
Nileen Metje
Bloomer
L. A. Anderson
Donald Morris
Oburke
Rhodes
Ransoms ‘Oburke Tl
Dale Carr
Anderson
Sam Israel
Robert Rhodes
Israel
Sammy
Topeka
Win‘field
Willis Bea
Columbia
Bernie Klegg
Broken Bow
Okla
Christmas Family Gatherings and Local Visits Record
The text notes numerous personal visits and holiday gatherings from Christmas celebrations. It mentions Mrs Paul Morgan joining family for a "Birthday Cake for Jesus" event, Mr and Mrs George Miller Sr. visiting in Independence, plus various relatives traveling to Lawrence and Gallatin for family occasions. It also records a De Sale Chapter installation and multiple social occurrences among local residents and visiting kin, including dinners at Council Grove and a Kansas City trip.
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Niege
Jimmy Miller
Palms
Carl
George Miller
Frances Miller
Bob Chappel
Little Rock
Ark
Jesse Chappel
den West
Navy
Wellsville
San Diego
Calif
Sadie Morgan
Thelma Walton
Robert
C. C. Morgan
Kansas City
Paul Morgan
Naomi Walton
Bobbie
George Walton
Karen
Carla Morgan
Henry Morgan Jr
E. Calvin
Shreveport
Sam Israel
Don Israel
Carl Morgan
Date Israel
Jesus
Mroo
Tin Dt
Frank
Chuckie Hofer
Leroy Beac
Jemmy Cirperte
Lawrence
DeSale
Jo.Es
Myrthe Goodrum
Frank Staffman
James Menr
Coleen Trinkos
George Thinder
Belwar Fen
Joan
Allene
Christmas Week Gatherings Across Topeka and St Joseph
Family visits marked the Christmas week with priests Bob Drake and family from Fremont visiting Topeka relations. The Deke and Matykus clans hosted meals and gifts as relatives from King City Missouri and Bliss Texas shared Christmas Day. Clerks and soldiers, including PFC Clifford M Burks, gathered with kin in St Joseph and nearby towns.
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Israel
Lester Fler
JD Oh
Burks
King City
Imc
PFC
Clifford M. Burks
Fro Bliss
Texas
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