European Unity Dealt Hard Blow in French Cabinet Move
Robert Schuman, a chief architect of European unity, failed to win a place in the new French cabinet. Georges Bidault replaces him as foreign minister, prompting concern over delays to the European defense treaty and the plan for a Western European army. Gaullist opposition strengthens as Strasbourg debates a joint European executive structure. Bonn watches closely as West Germany seeks ratification amid political friction.
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Rene Mayer
Georges Idhault
Schuman
France
Germany
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Charles de Gaulle
Mayer
Tajs
Bonn
Schman
Bidault
Popular Republican Movement
MPR
Strasbourg
de Gaullists
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Schuman Coal Steel Pool
Michel Debre
Europe
Debre
Heinrich von Brentano
French National Assembly
Conc
Jeader
RPF
Bundestag
Congressmen Aim to Let Excess Profits Tax Expire
Several veterans on the House Ways and Means Committee predicted the excess profits tax, yielding about 245 billion dollars annually, will expire June 30. Some Democrats may seek to extend it, while Republicans Reed Kean Simpson Martin favor its removal.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Eberharter
D-Pa
Congress
Reed
R-Ny
Ways and Means Committee
Lovett Says World Tense As Korea Stalemate Continues
Secretary Lovett told the House Armed Services Committee that the world situation remains as tense as three years ago and warned this is no time to relax. He indicated we are in a stalemate in Korea and questioned the value of all out force to drive Communist forces from caves and dugouts while allied ties must be preserved.
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Lovett
House Armed Service Committee
Short
R-Mo
Korea
China
Pentagon
Army
Navy
Air Force
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
First Vote Test in Washington Sets Tone for Senate
The new Senate faced an anti filibuster clash as Republicans and Southern Democrats joined to defeat a reform bid. Senator Jenner of Indiana urged action on a rules change while Senator Neely of West Virginia pressed Eisenhower to push for civil rights. The 70 to 21 vote upset the bid, and the chamber adjourned to Friday to address committee assignments. The House planned a brief session to receive Truman's budget message.
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Sen
Jenner
R-Ind
Senate Rules Committee
Senate
Congress
Neely
D-Wva
Eisenhower
GOP
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
House
Truman
Onti
Six Killed as Students In Pakistan Go on Riot
In Karachi students protesting a 45 percent tuition fee hike clashed with police. Police fired on rioters, at least six killed and 50 injured. The crowd overturned and set ablaze Home Minister Mushtaq Hamad Gurmani's car as he tried to calm them. many arrests followed.
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Pakistan
Karachi
Mushtaq Hamad Gurmany
Video Boxer Del Flanagan Out Six Weeks
Del Flanagan of St. Paul withdraws from a Cleveland fight with Lester Felton due to elbow injuries. X rays show no fracture, but a swollen elbow sidelined the welterweight for about six weeks after a three round halt. Doctor M. H. Lambright confirmed the assessment. Flanagan said the injury had bothered him before the bout.
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Cleveland
del Flanagan
Lester Felton
St. Paul
M. H. Lambright
Flanagan
U N official quits amid loyalty probes in United Nations
David Zablodowsky a former American Red Underground worker and 49 year old U N documents and publications division director resigns after being named on a State Department list of American U N employees labeled Communist or under Communist discipline He denies disloyalty and cites motives for quitting while a new grand jury probes the cases alongside David Weintraub who also quit the previous day in New York City Additional details trace Zablodowskys career from Columbia to the OSS and U N service ending with his resignation and the continued scrutiny of others on the loyalty list
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U.N
Red Underground
U.S
U. N
David Zablodowsky
Trygve Lie
David Weintraub
Alger Hiss
Chambers
New York
Weintraub
Zablodowsky
Modern Age Book Publishers
U. S
OSS
Office ‘of Strategic Services
Nuernberg
State Department
Washington
World Organization
Henry S. Bloch
Department of Economic Affairs
Enviable record as judge Means to retire next Monday
Hugh Means, an underdog entrant into law who became a long serving judge of the Douglas County District Court, leaves office after 32 years. He recalls entering Kansas University in 1892 as an engineer student and switching to law at Jim Green’s suggestion. Means has eight terms as District Court Judge and three as Probate Judge, earning respect from lawyers statewide. The Douglas County Bar Association awarded him a gold wristwatch for long service, with colleagues noting his impartial, businesslike approach and occasional well timed humor that eased courtroom tension.
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Hugh Means
Douglas County District Court
Kansas University
Engineervee
Jim Green
Jim
Jimmy Green
K. U. Law School
Means
Douglas County Bar Association
Jana
Journal. World Photo
Desertions in Europe 232 in first 11 months of 1952
In Europe the U S Army reports 232 desertions during the first 11 months of 1952, below the armywide average. AWOL rates across Europe also run well under the overall army average, with a 30 percent decline in the last year.
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Europe
Heidelberg
Germany
U. S
Plane search for missing C-46 near Idaho Utah Wyoming
News wires report a joint search by private and air force planes for a missing C-46 troop transport with 40 aboard. The hunt centered near Bear Lake where a farmer saw flares, with jeep and horseback parties planned if no trace is found. Snow blankets the region as crews scan a broad Bear Lake area and beyond. A separate crash near Seattle killed seven aboard a four engine Tiger Airliner.
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Montpelier
Idaho
Utah
Wyoming
Jeep
Heat Lake
Gilbert Arnall
Arnall
Jesse
Schidegger
Paris
Bear Lake
Utah-Idaho
Seattle
Wash
Fort Jackson
S. C
Slot
Air ‘Force
Civil Air Patrol
Aeronautics di
Record Total For Polio In 1952 Sets High Mark
A Health Service report shows 56 626 infantile paralysis cases in 1952, surpassing 1949’s 42 033 and 1951’s 28 795. The incidence rate was 37 per 100 000, below 1916’s level. Polio deaths stood at about 4.9 per 100 cases in 1952, lower than 1949 and far below 1916 figures.
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Hawaiia
Public Health Service
District of Columbia
the Health Service
Low Tonight With Little Kansas Weather Change Expected
Weather forecaster Tom Arnold reports little change in Kansas weather through Friday with partly cloudy skies in the west and mostly cloudy in the east. Lows Thursday night are expected in the 25 to 30 degree range, with Friday highs from the upper 40s to 50s depending on location, and no immediate precipitation anticipated.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Tom Arnold
Emporia
Chanute
Ami
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Dodge City
Hill City
Wichita
Leavenworth
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Edmonton
Fort Worth
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U S Signs Agreement To Tap Aussie Uranium
Washington said on Thursday the United States Australia and the United Kingdom signed an agreement to tap uranium from Australia’s rum jungle region. The Australians view the area as among the richest and easiest to mine and crucial to atomic development.
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U. S
Washington
Australia
United Kingdom
Rum Jungle
Douglas County Wheat Loans Surpass Expected Harvest Levels
Douglas County farmers hold government loans on 289,587 bushels of 1952 wheat valued at 671,661 dollars, a record share of the crop. Officials say loans on such a volume have not occurred in wartime, with nearly half the county's wheat stored on farms and shipped later to Kansas City under loan terms. Farmers face repayment or surrender on April 30, with loan terms set at 2.32 dollars per bushel minus storage costs.
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Douglas County
County Production and Marketing Administration
Sf Las
Kansas City
PMA
Mass. St
Lawrence
More Baltimore Schools Reopen Despite Strike
Fourteen additional Baltimore public schools resumed classes on Thursday despite a municipal workers strike. The Department of Education counted 83 schools open and 393 still closed due to missing janitors and furnace tenders. The strike, now in its second week, has resulted in about a thousand tons of garbage piling up daily.
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Baltimore 4
Department of Education
Churchill Stops at White House in Rain
Winston Churchill arrived in Washington for a meeting with President Truman after talks with President-elect Eisenhower. He flew from New York aboard the Independence plane sent by the White House, with rain and freezing temperatures dampening the welcome as Secretary of State Acheson and officials greeted him.
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the Associates Press
Washington
Winston Churchill
Truman
Eisenhower
New York
White’ House
Churchill
Acherson
NCAA TV limits urged for 1953 football season
The NCAA television committee recommended strict controls on football telecasts for 1953 while proposing consideration of regional games. Last year featured one nationwide game weekly with a few substitutions, and the panel emphasized continued supervision of college football telecasts as it presented its report at the convention.
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Washington
National Collegiate Athletics Association
Robert A. Hall
Yale University
Hall
Maryland Lawmakers Struggle to Elect Senate President
In Annapolis Md the Democratic led General Assembly failing to convene as 18 Senate Democrats dispute who should be their president The House of Delegates is also stalled in the process and a session is delayed due to the leadership impasse.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Senate
House of Delegates
Journal World survey finds near balance in election coverage
The Journal-World measured front page space from last October to Election Day showing 535 column inches for Republicans and 464 for Democrats, with 65 Republican stories and 54 Democrat. Editor Dolph Simons defended impartial reporting and rejected claims of a one party press, citing bipartisan coverage despite Kansas’ GOP dominance.
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Harry Truman
Adlai Stevenson
America
Journal-World News
Journal-World
Douglas County
Cal
Journal- World
Kansas
Journal World
Dwight Eisenhower
Free Press of America
Dolph Simons
Journal- World Today
Citywide election to fill six public posts planned
Six city offices are up for election on April 7 with three on the City Commission and three on School District No. 60. The March 24 primary sets terms for four and two year seats, with top votegetters earning four year terms. Candidates must file petitions by March 13. no filing fee. Voters registered in November retain eligibility, others must register, and address changes must be updated at City Hall.
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Board of
School Dist. No
Harold Fisher
Fisher
Corelett J. Cotton
Deal Six
R. H. Wagstaff
John Crown
G. W. Bradshaw
J. R. Cole
U. S
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Wagstaff
Crown
Bradshaw
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