Filibuster Scrap Sparks GOP Move Toward Quick End
Washington dispatch reports Senate Republicans, led by Sen Taft, ordering a quick end to filibuster tactics as the new Congress opens. Eisenhower and Nixon are officially named by the electoral count, with Truman’s state of the union and budget messages looming. Taft aims to curb procedural obstruction by liberal Northern senators challenging civil rights filibusters.
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Congress
Taft
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Eisenhower
New President and Cabinet Meet Next Week in DC
President-elect Eisenhower will hold two days of meetings with his Cabinet and the high command to address foreign and domestic issues. The sessions, at the general's headquarters, will include Harold E. Stassen as head of the Mutual Security Agency, Oveta Culp Hobby heading the Federal Security Agency, and Joseph M. Dodge as federal budget director.
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New York
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Harold E. Stassen
Mutual Security Agency
Oveta Culp Hobby
Federal Security Agency
Joseph M. Dodge
Federal
Wichita Commission Seeks HUD Housing Purchase Plan
Wichita city commissioners voted 3-2 to apply to the Public Housing Administration for purchase of the Beechwood and Planeview wartime housing projects. Mayor Jump and Floyd Amsden opposed, seeking more time to study costs prospects and legislative angles. Transfer would occur when Wichita is no longer a critical housing area, with land cost estimated at $100,000.
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Wichita
Wichita City
Public Housing Administration
Beechwood
Planeview
Russell Jump
Floyd T. Amsden
Martins $20,000 Damages Settled Against Santa Fe Railway
The damage suit of John M. Martin against the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. has been settled for $20,000. Martin, formerly employed as a signalman in the Santa Fe's Argentine yards at Kansas City, was injured there May 26, 198. A Sedgwick County District Court jury panel was dismissed with the settlement announced Tuesday.
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Wichita
John M. Martin
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co
Martin
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Sedgwick County
Ernest C Hazel Sr Dies in Atchison
Funeral services for Ernest C Hazel Sr 83 who died Sunday at his Waco Texas home will be held Wednesday in Atchison He headed Lockwood Hazel Printing Co here for 35 years before retiring Hazel urged to seek the Republican nomination for governor in 1935 but did not run.
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Atchison
Ernest C. Hazel Sr
Waco
Tex
Hazel
Lockwood-Hazel Printing Co
Louisville Times Calls Desertions Alarming in Korea Era
The Louisville Times said in a copyright article that U S desertions have grown to alarming proportions with a colonel calling it a national displace Many desertions are driven by youths seeking dishonorable discharges to avoid Korea service In Kentucky 3000 to 4000 deserters are tracked down annually and hundreds still roam the country
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Louisville
Louisville Times
U.S
Korea
Kentucky
Coun
Deserters and AWOL figures cited in wartime review
A Times report claims 25 000 to 30 000 able bodied men are permanently classified as deserters or AWOL with 5 000 deserters at large on average. It notes defense data are restricted and cites few prisoners at Ft Knox stockade. Churchill plans dinner with Dulles and Aldrich ahead of Baruch conference with Eisenhower on world issues.
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the Times
Ft.Knox Stockade
The
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Washington
Army
Indictment of Kansas City Star and executives for Sherman Act counts
A federal grand jury indicted the Kansas City Star Co. Roy A Roberts and Emil A Lees on two counts of monopolizing and attempting to restrain trade. The charges allege threats to refuse ads and to impose dual paper or broadcast requirements, with special discounts to drive use of WDAF and combining rates for Times Star and Sunday Star. Arraignment set for Friday.
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Roy A. Roberts
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Earl Potter Undergoes Operation in Colorado
Earl Potter of 1130 Emery Road underwent an operation at Memorial hospital in Colorado Springs yesterday. The patient’s condition was reported as good hours afterward. Potter, a newspaper man, has worked for the Kansas City Star and headed the public relations at a university. He and Mrs. Potter plan to return to Lawrence soon.
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Memorial Hospital
Colorado Springs
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Lawrence
Kansas City Star
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Journal World News
Colorful Inauguration Planned for Kansans
TOPEKA Kansans will see a colorful ceremony next Monday marking Gov Arn s second term as Kansas chief executive. The Topeka Chamber of Commerce plans a non partisan program culminating with the oath of office by W W Harvey chief justice. Other officials to be sworn in include Lt Gov Fred Hall and state officers. The day ends with a 19 gun salute by the Kansas National Guard and a formal reception at the statehouse.
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Arn
Fred Hall
Harvey
William A. Smith
Paul Spanenen
Rge Robb
Richard Fadely
Harold R. Fatzer
A. F. Throckmorton
Frank Sullivan
Ford Voiland Jr
M. W. Watson
Statehouse
154Th Field Artillery Battalion
Kansas National Guard
Marysville
David Fleagle Charged With Larceny and Burglary
Parolee David K. Fleagle of Hutchinson Reformatory faces grand larceny and second degree burglary charges in County Court after being arrested near a Sigma Nu fraternity house. Police said Fleagle tried to leave with a suitcase of items including a tape recorder cuff links an electric razor and clothing. Alexander McBurney a fraternity member witnessed the suspect and alerted authorities when Fleagle was seen downtown the next night. No court date set.
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David K. Fleagle
Hutchinson Reformatory
Fleagle
Sigma Nu
Alexander McBurney
Hej
Treasury reports 1953 deficit near 9 percent of outlays
The first financial statement of 1953 shows the U S government ran a deficit around 9 percent of expenditures for the fiscal year through January. Treasury cites heavy tax collection periods and delayed defense spending as factors expected to trim the deficit by June 30.
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Ment
Treasury
Washington M
McCarthy Reveals Truman Letter In Grunewald Case
Sen. McCarthy released a photocopy of a 1948 letter from President Truman praising Henry W. Grunewald for support in that year’s election. McCarthy said Grunewald’s alleged political contribution to Sen. Monroney prompted the Senate Rules inquiry. Grunewald, a Washington figure, was re indicted for contempt for refusing to answer House committee questions on tax scandals.
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New Winter Blast Hits Topeka Kansas
Weather bureau warns of bitter cold across Kansas with evolving cloudy skies and light snow flurries. Temperatures may dip near zero in the northwest tonight and reach the low 20s Wednesday as winds ease after a sharp cold front.
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Rodney Brodie Undergoes New Surgery Tolerably
CHICAGO reports Rodney Dee Brodie, the siamese twin, underwent a two hour plastic surgery Tuesday and tolerated the procedure fairly well. His brother Roger remained in a deep coma since the December 17 separation. The operation involved transferring skin from Rodney’s back to his forehead to cover 75 percent of the exposed brain.
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Rodney Dee Brodie
Siatese
Roger
University of Illinois Medical Center
Truman to deliver State of the Union message Wednesday
The State of the Union message will reach Congress around 11 a.m. CST Wednesday from President Truman. For the first time he will not read it in person, instead broadcasting nationwide. He has said Americans are better off than ever before.
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No Sabotage Found in Air Crashes
Washington officials told House investigators Tuesday that no evidence of ge was found in the series of military air disasters that killed 288 people in November and December. Eight military transports and one navy bomber crashed or vanished in the two months, including a Dec. 20 C-121 Globemaster crash near Seattle that killed eight servicemen. The House Armed Services Committee convened in the Pentagon for the briefing.
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KU gains instant access to vast library network via teletype
Watson Library at Kansas University connects to the Midwest Inter Library Center in Chicago and 14 Big Ten libraries plus the Library of Congress via a teletype circuit. The system enables rapid, written exchanges of reference material, potentially expanding KU's holdings beyond its shelves and speeding access to specific works.
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K.U
Midwest Inter-Library Center
Chicago
Library Fat Congress
Washingoon Yink
Robert Vosper
K. U
United States
K-U
Midwest Center
Wisconsin
Vosper
Library of Congress
Washington
County Bar Association To Hold Annual Election
The Douglas County Bar Association will meet at p m today in the Eldridge Hotel for the annual election of officers. Charles D. Stough leads discussion on legislation for the Kansas Legislature. Officers include Mil ton P. Allen and Wayne Aliphin with Lee Lowder injured in a car crash earlier. Police logged several minor traffic accidents.
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Eldridge
Charles D. Stough
Kansas
Stough
Milton P. Allen
Wayne Aliphin
State Traffic Deaths In 1953 Listing
In the last 24 hours statewide accident totals show 1953 figures and compare with 1952 for the same period. A fragment notes a Chevrolet vehicle and a Friday event among the sparse readable items from Topeka.
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Topeka
Kansas
Salvage Teams Find Radium in Debris After Crash
Salvage squads with Geiger counters hunted 12 hours through the wreckage of a British European Airways plane in Belfast before locating a box of highly dangerous radium seeds. Twenty seven people were killed, including two Kansas teachers Miss Delores Griffing of Smith Center and Miss Elda Duerkson of Inman. Seven others injured. Radon gas from radium salts is used in radiotherapy.
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Northern Ireland
Geiger
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British European Airways
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Smith Center
Elda Duerkson
Inman
Former Salina Teachers Die in Belfast Air Crash
Two Kansas school teachers from Salina were killed when their plane crashed in Belfast Northern Ireland Monday night. Delores Griffing from Smith Center and Elda Duerksen of Inman, both former Salina teachers, had been serving as exchange teachers to Holland. Griffing was en route to visit her brother Maj Warren Griffing with U S Army in Belfast.
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Elda Duerksen
Inman
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Plane crash at Belfast airport kills 34 with one survivor
A British European Airways twin engine flight from London crashed after clipping a beacon mast at Belfast airport. Only steward Jack Young, 26, survived, ejected into a muddy ditch. A crowd gathered as flames engulfed the main runway. rescuers and officials opened an inquiry into the disaster.
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London
President Elect Visits New Columbia U Head
NEW YORK The President elect of the United States paid a visit to Columbia University’s acting president Dr Grayson L Kirk to congratulate him on his elevation to the post They conferred for 15 minutes on university problems Kirk, 43, has served as acting president since 1950 when Eisenhower left to head NATO and was chosen president by the university trustees on Monday
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U. S
Columbia University
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia
Grayson L. Kirk
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Eisenhower
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Bolivia Revolution Nabbed Before Dawn Plot
Bolivia's government reported thwarting a dawn coup by military and right wing civilians. President Victor Paz Estenssoro, back in power since exile, announced plotters had seized officials including Rural Affairs Minister Nuflo Chavez and Army Chief of Staff Col Miguel Ayllon, with Col Armando Fortun targeted.
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Associated Press
LA Paz
Bolivia
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Nuflo Chavez
Miguel Ayllon
Miguel Ayllon, Chief of the Army General Staff
Armando Fortun
Defense
School bond debt totals and breakdown for Lawrence area
Bonded indebtedness for School District No. 60 stood at 2 039 000 on Jan 1 1953, with 2 146 625 a year earlier. Lawrence city bonds and Douglas County debt push total local bonded debt to 3 432 822, while city payments focus on streets sewers and parking lots.
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A. E. Waestemeyer
Lawrence
Douglas County
Woestemeyer
Dogulas
A New High School Seen By One Year From Now
The School Board is told steel for the new high school at 19th and La. Streets is mostly available except plate steel for a balcony girder. Delivery of other material is in about 10 days. Construction advances with partitions up, brickwork two-thirds done, and window work next. If no delays, occupancy is forecast in about a year. later, Liberty Memorial High School alterations would prepare for Junior High use by fall 1954. Darrel Charles Shuck is ordered to report for civilian work at Larned State Hospital as a conscientious objector per the draft board.
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la. Sts
Constant Construction Co
J. L. Constant
Constant
Liberty Memorial High School
Larned Darrel
Charles Shuck
Larned State Hospital
Douglas County Draft Board
Baltimore Youths Learn From TV School Amid Strike
Baltimore public schools on strike charted a TV and radio lesson plan for about 104 schools. With 90,000 pupils affected, lessons ran at 9 a.m. while some students stayed home. Homework was assigned and extra credit offered for those who tuned in and reported back.
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Baltimore
Billy Montgomery
Spanny Conklin
Danny
AFL Teamsters Union
State Sets New Mineral Record in Kansas 1952
Kansas 1952 raw mineral production reached 418,200,000 dollars a new record reported by the State Geological Survey of the University of Kansas. Oil and gas led with 342 million dollars while nonmetallics rose about 25 percent. Zinc and lead declined in the Tri-State area. Arthur Peine named director of endowment development at Kansas State College Manhattan.
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State Geological Survey
University of Kansas
Tri-State
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Sint
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Arthur Peine
Kansas State College
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