Kansas Legislature Preview Signals Political Battles Ahead
The 55th Kansas Legislature opens January 13 amid forecasts of limited major laws as campaigns loom in 1954. Republicans hold control but face intra party rifts. Lt. Gov Hall backs by a strong election showing, while House race for speaker between Stough and Lunt could tilt committees. The session may shape future gubernatorial and congressional aspirations amid ongoing building and policy disputes.
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James £. Lawson
Topeka
Kansas
Associated Press
U.S
Senate
House
Gov. Ann
Fred Hall
Dodge City
Republian
Eee
Hall
Statehouse
House of Representatives
Charles Stough
Lawrence
Donald Lunt
Iuka
House Republicans
Stough
Arn
Lunt
Ann - Mayberry
Truman Uses Loyalty Board To Review John Vincent
President Truman ordered a five member panel to test the loyalty of John Carter Vincent amid Communist charges. The board found reasonable doubt and recommended dismissal. Vincent, 33, helped shape U S Far Eastern policy and was suspended after the finding. He denied Communist ties.
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Washington
Truman
John Carter Vincent
Sen. McCarthy
Rwis
Acheson
Vincent
Chiang Kaishek
U. S
State Department
Tangier
Truck Train Collision injures driver near Kansas City
Kansas City area reports a truck driver named Kasue-Francis J. Matzeder, about 30, injured when his truck was struck by a train at a crossing 11 miles west of here. The train pushed the truck 20 to 40 feet along the track before stopping.
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Kansas City
Kasue
Francis J. Matzeder
Here
New Pat Collins Trial Ordered in Kansas City
A new trial for Pat Collins former major league baseball player was ordered after a Dec. 2 conviction for failing to pay 4037 in federal income taxes. Judge Arthur J. Mellett cited new evidence a Collins friend deposited 48300 in a safe deposit for him in 1948 and called the sum of money of transcendent importance to the case. Collins runs a tavern in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Kas
Pat Collins
Arthur J. Mellett
Collins
Ferguson to lead Senate Communist hunt task force
Washington sources say Senator Ferguson will command a Senate investigations subcommittee task force to pursue Communists in government. Senator Williams may head another task force targeting the Internal Revenue Bureau with Ferguson shifting the Red hunt from the internal security panel. Ferguson to leave the Judiciary Committee and join Foreign Relations and Government Operations.
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Washington
Sen
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate Investigations
Williams
R-Del
Internal Revenue Bureau
Senate
Internal Security Committee
Michigan
McCarthy
R-Wis
Judiciary Committee
Internal Security Group
Senate Foreign Relations and
Government Operations Committee
Pastors Meet At Lawrence Alliance Breakfast
Sixteen members attended the Lawrence Ministerial Alliance monthly breakfast at Lawrence Christian Church led by Rev Dale E Turner. Rev Harry L Smith reported on Douglas County UNESCO and Brotherhood Week plans with a committee to work with the Lawrence League for the Practice of Democracy for its annual dinner. The group aims to invite foreign University of Kansas students to church programs. Rev Robert Swift will serve on a committee shaping a philosophy of education for Lawrence public schools. G E Linguist reported on a National Council of Churches meeting in Denver. Holy Week plans were assigned to the union services committee chaired by Rev H Milton Sippel. A drunken disturbance case in County Court resulted in a $25 fine and jail time for Hubert Lenox. Also noted is a claim that the Anna McKim, built in 1832, was the first real clipper ship.
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Lawrence Ministerial Alliance
Lawrence Christian Church
Dale E. Turner
Harry L. Smith
Ninth Street
Union Services Committee
The
Alliance
H. Milton Sippel
Anna
Drugk
Hubert Lenox
14Th St
Ann McKim
Baltimore
Prof Earl Hay Dies At Ames After Long KU Career
Prof Earl Hay head of KU mechanical engineering from 1928 to 1946 died in Ames Indiana at age 66 from a heart attack. He previously taught at Iowa State College Drake University and the University of Wisconsin, served as dean of engineering at Wyoming, and promoted aeronautical engineering at KU. Survived by wife and three daughters and a son.
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Earl D. Hay
Department of Mechanal Engineering
K.U
Ames
Iowa State College
Hay
Indiana
Rose Palys
Technic Institute
Terre Hatue
Ind
Wiscon
University of Minois
Urbana
University of Wyoming
Drake University
Des Moines
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Kansas Asme
Charles
Flavia) Hazen
Helen Louise Hay
Charie Ann Hay
David Earl Hay
One-Time Senate Council Charged With Taking Cash
Former Senate Small Business Committee general counsel Charles E. Shaver pleaded guilty to accepting $500 on three occasions from loan-seeking firms for Reconstruction Finance Corp. loans. Miami businessman Leonard M. Cooper also pleaded guilty for inducing the payments. sentencing date not set. Weinile and Lopate were dismissed.
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Washington,m
Charles E. Shaver
Senate Small Business Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Shaver
U. S
Charles S. McLaughlin
Leonard M. Cooper
Miami, Fla
Cooper
Jerome FH. Weinile
Miami
Raymond W. Lopate
Chicago
Funeral services for Mrs Cora Alice Johnson in Wamego
Funeral services will be held Tuesday for Mrs Cora Alice Johnson who died Saturday in Wamego at age 79. She was wife of 3 L. Johnson, retired merchant, longtime resident of this town for 59 years. They would have observed their 60th wedding anniversary this year. Survivors include two daughters Mrs F R Cole of Lansing and Mrs C J Glotzbach of Wamego.
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Wamego
Kas
Cora Alice Johnson
Republicans Reject Socialized Medicine Push in Congress
A Washington dispute over health care policy shows Republicans in Congress opposing any compulsory government insurance. The AMA condemned a Federal Security Agency report as biased while Hal Leck of Indiana warned against socialized medicine, framing the issue as a partisan battle.
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Truman
FSA
Congress
AMA
House
Halleck
Indiana
Johnson Family Details in Chanute Tribune Obituary Note
The notice names a son, E. W. Johnson, editor and publisher of the Chanute Tribune, detailing family and local ties as part of the obituary or biographical item published in Chanute, Kansas.
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E. W. Johnson
the Chanute
Kas
Tribune
Garbage piles grow in Baltimore as city strike halts trash pickup
The 3,300 striking city workers have crippled garbage collection in Baltimore, forcing nearly two thirds of the 160 public schools to close. With no heat in many buildings, janitors and firemen are among those affected as the school board plans 37 hours of televised lessons. About 1,000 tons of trash accumulate daily.
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Baltimore
Leap Year Flop in Butler County Clinics See Fewer Marriages
EL DORADO Leap Year proved a flop in Butler County as 1952 issued 935 marriage licenses, 21 fewer than 1951. Miss Dorothy Lewis, clerk of the Probate Court, notes the decline and quips that perhaps leap year has lost its meaning.
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EL Dorado
Butler County
Dorothy Lewis
Kansas Traffic Toll Rising in State Records
Kansas traffic fatalities rose in the latest state accident records update. Over the last 48 hours there were four deaths, bringing the year to date total to ten, compared with eight in the same period of 1952.
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Topeka
Kansas
Yankee Know How An Inflation Bar
The article outlines 1952 American economic strength with record Gross National Product at 344 billion dollars, National Income at 287 billion, and Personal Income high, plus civilian employment at 62.2 million in November, unemployment at 2.2 percent. Industrial production neared a postwar high with October index around 227, 127 percent above 1935 1939 averages.
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Census Bureau
Federal Reserve Board
Dividend Payouts Rise Across U S Corporations
The Commerce Department reports U S corporations paid out 6 286 billion dollars in dividends in the first ten months, up three percent from the same period last year. The data references peak production figures and October milestones in Works wa Ho production.
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Corpo
Commerce Department
U.S
Using Vitamin C Rich Foods in Daily Diet
Mrs. Paul Glover, Douglas County Home Demonstration Agent, notes tips for boosting Vitamin C intake. Drink double tomato juice versus orange juice for the same Vitamin C. store canned fruits and vegetables cool to retain C. crisp cold cabbage salad preserves more. shred cabbage with a sharp knife and avoid braising. Citrus can be a snack or salad enhancer, and chilled orange segments with coconut appeal.
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Paul Glover
Douglas County
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