Solons Mark Time Until Election in New Congress
Members of the new Republican Congress focus on committee assignments while awaiting Tuesday’s joint session to formalize Eisenhower and Nixon as president and vice president. Key talks center on budget, tax plans, and Senate rules as Congress prepares to embark on shaping legislation.
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New Republican Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Truman
83Rd
Congress
Tuesay
Sea Bridges
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Senate House
Rep
Halleck
Indiana
GOP
COLDER WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS WITH LIGHT SNOW
A cold front from the northwest will bring colder air and a few snow flurries to Kansas Tuesday. Strong northerly winds accompany the front, with Monday night lows from 15 to 25 and Tuesday highs near 20 in the north and up to 34 in the southeast. Light precipitation was observed Saturday evening in northern Kansas with .03 inch at Hill City and traces of snow at Concordia Wamego Topeka and Kansas City.
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Topekap
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Kansas Stuinday
Hill City
Concordia
Wamego
Topeka
Kansas City
Inwest
Garden City
Southeas
Gus Otse
Minne
Ui. S
Chicago
Danver Sn
Edmonton
Aea
Fort Worth
Havre
Mont
Cwwsesenen
Trace
Los Angeles
Minneapolerostan
Oklahoma
Chi ST
Washington
Sex Offender Sentenced To Hard Labor for Life
LEAVENWORTH Harlan Lynn Noble aged 41 was sentenced to life in prison at hard labor after a three time sex offense conviction. District Judge Joseph Dawes denied a new trial motion and Noble plans to appeal to the Kansas Supreme Court. He was convicted of rape and third degree kidnapping of an eight year old girl in Leavenworth last May 3 and had prior sodomy convictions.
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Harlan Lynn Noble
Noble
Joseph Dawes
Kansas Supreme Court
Davenport
Iaman
Towa State Penitentiary
U. S. Motorists Set New Mark For New Year Deaths
American motorists set a grim four day record for New Year holiday fatalities with 391 deaths and total 569 for all accident deaths. National Safety Council chief calls this start to the year a disgrace while early estimates warned totals could rise toward 410. Kansas reported eight traffic deaths during the New Year weekend.
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Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Ree
Safety Council
Associated Press
Kansas
Door Opened For Rosenbergs Clemency Stay Request
A federal judge offered Julius and Ethel Rosenberg a conditional stay of execution if they apply to President Truman for clemency by Saturday. The appeals court reserved its decision on delaying the January 14 execution to allow a Supreme Court review. Pickets gathered before the White House to press for clemency, with about 1,000 participants and 22 states represented. The Rosenbergs were convicted of passing atomic secrets to Soviet agents and face the death penalty.
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Atom
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
President Truman
Irving R. Kauffman
Kaufman
Supreme Court
Washington
White House
Truman
Kenneth Fox
New York City
Etteur Eusicforifteos
Fox
Sheriff Foils Escape Plots At Bourbon County Jail
Sheriff under sheriff Mick Atha twice foiled escape attempts in three weeks as inmates anxious to flee faced thwarted plans. Warren Gregg, 31, of near Moran Kansas, was arrested for delivering two hacksaw blades to Earl Holbrook, 53, jailed since August 20. Holbrook was caught sawing bars last week, while earlier prisoners attempted to tunnel through a concrete floor in the washroom.
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Mick Atha
Warren Gregg
Moran
Kas
Earl Holbrook
Bourbon County
Atha
Holbrook
County Agent Quits Ft. Scott after 14 Years
Clarence A. Hollingsworth Bourbon County agent resigns effective Feb 1 to take a similar role in Greenwood County after a 14 year tenure.
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Clarence A. Hollingsworth
Bourbon County
Greenwood County
New York Bus Strike Paralyzes 3500 Private Lines
Full impact of a five day old strike hit New York City as 3500 privately owned buses were disrupted during the morning rush hour. Subways and city buslines bore the load with standing room only on remaining routes. City Hall mediation sessions were called for Monday.
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New York
New York City
U N Heads Here for Fifth Annual United Nations Conference
Three top U.N. officials from New York will speak at the KU fifth annual United Nations Conference January 26 27. Benjamin Cohen will open the event, Dr Fred L Soper WHO director regional office will speak on World Health and Peace, and Mary Tennison Woods will close with Women and World Affairs. Dr L D Wooster Frt Hays KS State College president emeritus will preside.
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U.N
New York
United Nations
University of Kansas
Benjamin Cohen
U.N. Department of Public Information
Cohen
Fred L. Soper
K.U
World Health Organization
World Health and Peace
Dr. Soper
K.A
Central
South America
Rockefeller Foundation
Pan American Union
K.U. Alumni Association
Mary Tennison Woods
State of Women
L. D. Wooster
Frt
Hays Kansas State College
Employees of Kress Co to Get Bonus Payments
From 15 to 20 Lawrence employees of the S H Kress variety store at 921 Mass St will share in a $500,000 bonus pool paid by the company to workers in 261 stores the New York office and a wholesale house. Local manager M D Hargrove said two payments will be made a Christmas bonus and a length of service bonus. About 15 to 20 local employees will get roughly $20 each for Christmas pay and around 10 will receive about $25 for length of service with the Feb. 6 payment date.
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Lawrence
S. H. Kress
Mass, St
U.S
New York
M. D. Hargrove
Hargrove
Fatzer Proposes Model Anti-Gambling Act for Kansas
Kansas Attorney General Harold R. Fatzer outlines a model anti gambling act to be proposed to the 1953 legislature. The plan would outlaw possession of gambling devices and treat possession of a federal tax stamp as prima facie evidence of gambling law violation. Fatzer argues better enforcement tools are needed and doubts a private club slot machine legalization would pass constitutional muster.
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Alty
Harold R. Fatzer
House
Judiciary Committee
Faizer
Kansas
Fatzer
Kansas City Blast Destroys Restaurant Shatters Area
A violent explosion at Broadway and Armour in Kansas City leveled a restaurant and damaged four nearby firms and many buildings. Fire chief estimated damage at 500000 dollars. Investigators searched rubble as residents fled in 28 degree cold after the blast.
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Kansas City
Harvey Baldwin
Broadway
Armour
Kansas City Life Insurance
Armour, Blvd
Four Million Dollar Gas Storage Project Planned for Leavenworth Area
J L Willard of Cities Service Gas Co announced in a Leavenworth Times letter a four billion cubic foot capacity storage project in the old McLouth Gas Field spanning Leavenworth and Jefferson Counties. The plan covers cleaning, plugging 122 wells and reconditioning 84 wells, plus a 315000 foot pipeline to connect to the Tonganozzi station to supply natural gas to 35000 homes in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska during winter 1954-55. The field will supplement winter deliveries to Leavenworth Atchison St Joseph and intervening towns and will extend access to Lawrence Topeka Kansas City Sedalia and Independence. The project aims to store about 1.34 trillion cubic feet and withdraw ~4 billion cubic feet yearly. The McLouth Field lies nine miles NW of Tonganoxie.
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Jefferson
J. L. Willard
Oklapopes City
Cities Service Gag Co
Willard
Leavenworth Times
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Nebraska
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Tongaroxir
Lawrence
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Tonganoxie i
Hawaii Statehood Likely Early After Eisenhower Meeting
Senator Knowland stated after a conference with President-elect Eisenhower that he believes Hawaii will gain statehood at a very early time. He noted he could not discuss Eisenhower’s remarks and said legislation to grant statehood would be introduced in the new Congress within days.
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William F. Knowland
Calif
Eisenhower
Hawaii
Knowland
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Congress
Mrs. B A Ewing Died After Long Kansas Life and Family Ties
Mrs. B A Ewing died Sunday at her son A B Ewings home 703 N ard St. She would have been 90 on Tuesday born Maggie Luella Moore in Fayetteville Allegheny County Pa she taught school and lived in Pittsburgh. She eloped with Byron A Ewing in 1884 and settled in Kansas in 1887 at 732 N 3rd St. Nine children born, only three survived. Survived by son A B Ewing sister Eva Torrence five grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 2 pm Rumsey Funeral Home Rev H Milton Sippel presiding Oak Hill Cemetery burial.
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A. B. Ewing
N. Ard St
Maggie Luella Moore
John and
Elizabeth Stewart Moore
Fayetteville
Allegheny County
Lawrence
N. 3Rd St
Ewing
Bowersock Mill
Eva Torrence
Beaver County
Order of the Eastern Star
Rumsey Funeral Home
H. ‘Milton Sippel
Oak Hill Cemetery
Births and Deaths Reach Douglas County All-Time High in 1952
Douglas County reports 935 births and 331 deaths in 1952, both rising from 1951 figures and setting new records. Marriage licenses totaled 357 for 1952, down from 371 in 1951, with a long-term decline since 1950. Servicemen returning from WWII contributed to peak figures.
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Douglas County
Harold Fisher
Dougla County
Palmyra
Willow Springs
Baldwin Citys
Fisher
Lawrence
Lorene Hollingsworth
Douglas County Probate Court
Frank R. Gray
Hollingsworth
Kanaan
Rubinstein Wins Delay On Deportation Order
Serge Rubinstein, a Russian-born financier, won a fresh court order delaying his arrest and detention at Ellis Island. The U S Court of Appeals kept the order in effect pending a district court ruling on his injunction against deportation. An earlier appellate order set to expire Monday was extended by the new decision.
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Serge Rubinstein
Ellis Island
U. S. Court of Appeals
U. S. District Court
Rubinstein
Court of Appeals
Air Reserve Survey Initiated Near Kansas City
An Associated Press report notes a statewide inventory of all air force reservists in 43 counties around Kansas City. Lt. Col. Norman W. Callow leads the interviewing team to update data and confirm each reservist's status with 3,780 names identified. Interviews will be held Saturdays and Wednesday nights to accommodate distant reservists across counties including Anderson, Atchison, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Osage, Shawnee, and Wyandotte.
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Air Force
Norman W. Callow
Callow
Kansas
Anderson
Atchison, Coffey
Doniphan
Douglas
Franklin
Jackson, Jefferson
Johnson
Leavenworth
Linn
Miami
Osage
Shawnee
Wyandotte
Students Return to KU and Lawrence Schools in 1933 Semester
Mount Oread and Lawrence campuses resumed classes after a holiday break. KU and Lawrence student bodies welcomed about 6500 students back with few absences due to illness. tragic news surfaced as KU freshman Jack King, 18, died from a self inflicted gunshot wound. Finals are set for January, parking permits being mailed to compliant drivers.
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Lawrence
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K.U
Jack King
St. Joseph
University
New York Curb Exchange Adopts American Stock Exchange
The New York Curb Exchange renamed itself American Stock Exchange on Monday. It marks the sixth name for the century old institution born from curbside securities trading in the financial district. The change reflects broader Western Hemisphere and foreign securities trading conducted by the market.
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New York Curb Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Financial District
Wichita air force officer joins University faculty
1st Lt. Alvin M. White of the Wichita Air Force Base training aids section will leave the service January 9 to become an instructor in engineering geometry and engineering drawing at the University of Wichita. A Southeastern State College graduate, Durant, White previously taught at North Texas State College in Denton before his 1951 recall to service. His home is Mead, Oklahoma. Clark death call moves Justice to Dallas.
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Oklahoma Air Force
University of Wichita
Alvin M. White
Wichita Air Force Base
Southeastern State College
Durant
Okla
White
North Texas State College
Denton
Tex
Mead
Traditional Tirades Vetoes Absent at Local United Nations Meet
A true United Nations session was held in Lawrence at an Eldridge Hotel Rotary Club luncheon for foreign KU students. Over 20 nations were represented as each guest introduced themselves in their language and translated to English. Elisabeth Schuler of Austria and Imtiaz Khan of Pakistan spoke brief talks about their countries.
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James BD
Journal-World City
United Nations
Lawrence
New York
Rotary Club
Kansas University
Eldridge Hotel
W. W Davis
International Affairs Committee
U.S.A
Kansas
Island of
Cypress
Venus
Washington
Bolivia
Lisabeth Schuler
Austria
Imtiaz Khan
Pakistan
Miss Schuler
U. S S
Britain
France
Russia
Mental Health lecture series to start at Liberty Memorial High
A five part series on Mental Health in Your Life begins Tuesday at Liberty Memorial High School. Sponsored by Lawrence Adult Education and Diversity Extension, lectures run 7 30 to 9 30 pm each Tuesday. Dr Edward H Hashinger of University of Kansas School of Medicine opens with Body Mind and Soul. Attendees may submit questions after each talk.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Lawrence Adult Education and Diversity Extension
Edward H. Hashinger
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Kansas City
Hashinger
University of Kansas
A .O. Washington University
T. Louis
K.U. School of Medicine
Franklin D. Murphy
Lawrence
Weekend Garage Fire Damages Truck and Building
A 12:05 a.m. garage fire at 1020 I St during the weekend caused heavy damage to the structure and a 1952 model truck inside. Fire Chief John Miller cited gasoline left in a bucket as the likely source. The building, owned by Ed Denny and rented to Robert Dyer, was insured. no loss estimate was given.
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Miller
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Ed Denny
Ve. St
Robert Dyer
Extension Meeting on Insect Control in Douglas County
Seventy five Douglas County farmers attended an all day extension meeting on insect control grass silage and dairy management. The session in the Chamber of Commerce offices featured experts from Kansas State College Manhattan and was arranged by county farm agent Del Six.
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Chamber of Commerce
Kansas State College
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