Germans Weighing German Reinforcement for Defense Pact
Allied and German officials opened exploratory talks on German rearmament and joining a Western defense force under Eisenhower. Key figures include Gen. Hayes, Gen. Geneval, and Gen. Wansbrough-Jones, with West German leaders Speidel and Heusinger, plus aides Ward Berard and Blank. Final decisions await London Paris and Washington approval.
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Newt
Britain
United States
France
Germany
Petersberg
Western
Europe
Brussels
Dwight D.eisenhower
George B. Hayes
U.S
Jean Geneval
Wansbrough-Jones
Hans Speidel
Tide of Toys drive by Dorsey-Liberty Post
The Dorsey-Liberty Post of the American Legion launches the Tide of Toys in Lawrence to ship toys to European children and Puerto Rico and the Philippine Islands. Collect boxes at Fire Station No. 2 and city locations in the Community Building. Children must include a card with each donated toy and no broken or electrical toys are accepted.
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Dorsey-Liberty Post
The
American Legion
Lawrence
Post
Puerto Rico
Philippine Islands
Massachusetts Street
West Eleventh Street
Apd
Philadelphia
I the Legion
Europe
Missing Masser family search widens in eastern Oklahoma
Slim leads point to a key clue as an envelope marked Ronnie 1950 is found near dried blood four miles northeast of Henryetta. Ronald Dean Masser, one of four siblings missing from Atwood Illinois over a week, is linked to an alleged murder case tied to William E Cook. Over 100 officers and volunteers pursue leads across Blackjack country and southern Oklahoma.
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Okemah
Okla
Osage County
Warren Smith
Texas
Jim Geer
Ronnie
Ronald Dean Masser
Carl Masser
Atwood
Ill
William E. Cook
Missouri
Army
Chrig Mosser
Thelma
Smith
Geer
Henryetta
U.S. Highway 95
Mosser
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Blackjack
Emat
Truman Awards Medal of Honor to Korea War Heroes
President Truman presented the Medal of Honor to the families of five Army men killed or missing in Korea. He praised foot soldiers as the war’s backbone and spoke in the old State Department building. The honorees include Melvin L. Brown, William F. Dean, Travis E. Watkins, Frederick F. Henry, and Charles W. Turner. A related note announces a recreation lesson for Douglas county home demonstration leaders at the community building.
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Washington
Truman
Korea
State Department
White House
Christopher Henry
1St St
Frederick F. Henry
Henry
First Cavalry Division
24Th Infantry Division
WATS
Melvin L. Brown
Mahaffey
William F. Dean
Virginia Lee Green
Kansas State College Extension Service
Douglas
More Mild Weather Forecast for Kansas Five Day Outlook
Topeka Jan 3 forecaster Richard Garrett predicts warmer conditions across Kansas. The five day period should average 5 to 10 degrees above normal with mostly clear skies and little precipitation. Nights stay cold but days rise to the mid fifties in the east.
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Topeka
Richard Garrett
Kansan
Garrett
Goodland
Russell
Fatal Bazooka Blast Kills Soldier at Ft Riley
At Fort Riley Kansas a faulty bazooka rocket during range practice killed one soldier and injured six others. The seven men from Companies E and G of the 10th Division had names withheld as next of kin were notified. Lt Selby Jr suspended the drill and wounded were rushed to hospital with some in serious condition.
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Fort Riley
Kan
UPI
Alton FE. Selby, Jr
Budget Problems Major Headache in Kansas 1951 session
Topeka Kansas January 9 budget problems promise the main headache as the Kansas legislature opened its 1951 session. The 37th biennial convened with no major highway liquor state hospital or public welfare disputes planned. Lawmakers will weigh sharply cut budgets and decide who gets how much in a tight funds period. Governor Arn planned to present his budget and tax stance at a joint session, while the holdover senate swore in two new members Becker and Lamer. Oakes and Gard resigned after earlier service.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wilfrid Cavaness
Chanute
Edward F. Arn
Senate
House
Ita
Richard L. Becker
Coffeyville
Guy M. Lamer
Iola
Ment Bera
Becker
Clarence P. Oakes
Independence
Lamer
Spencer A. Gard
Oakes
Gard
Douglas county mortgage totals and missing items report
In 1950 Douglas county recorded 649 real estate mortgages and 5752 chattel mortgages. Mortgage taxes and fees totaled $7,502 and $8,437.20 respectively, with total mortgage indebtedness at $3,003,826.04. County portions of large utility mortgages included $3,829.14 from a $32.5 million Kansas Power and Light mortgage and $85.23 from a $1.4445 million Kansas City Power and Light mortgage, paid in Franklin county. Theft reports list missing items from Delta Gamma house and Corbin hall, plus a .22 pistol from Kirkpatrick's sport shop and personal items from Wickard’s residence.
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Douglas County
Harold Beck
Kansan Power and Light Company
Altho
Shawnee County
Kansas City Power and Light
Franklin County
E. D. Coeds
Delta Gamma Sorority
West Hills
Corbin Hall
Kirkpatrick
Wickard
Kentucky Street
Reds berate Yanks in Paris during anti Eisenhower protests
In Paris on January 3 demonstrators attacked two American soldiers from behind as they walked the Champ de Mars area. One sergeant and another private were struck and scratched by protesters before fleeing into nearby offices. Police confined the area as American MPs warned soldiers in uniform to avoid demonstrations. Most soldiers were on furlough from Germany and not part of Eisenhower's Atlantic pact command.
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United Nations
Wanju
Wonjx
Osan
Onan
Eighth
Vanfare
Red
Kam River
Taejon
Han River
Seoul
Eighth Army
Wonjo
Associated Press
Stan Swinton
Fifth Air Force
Pilota
U. N
Yorkes
Anechtes
Paria
Dwight D. H
Champaerlanes Y
Soren
Germany
Eisenhower
Civic session to back city manager government push
The Citizens Committee for the Support of Good Government will form at a public meeting on Wednesday January 17 at 3 p m in the Grill room of the Eldridge hotel. Perry Cookingham Kansas City Mo city manager will speak and discuss citizen roles in promoting honest efficient local government. The sponsoring committee will elect officers plan actions to promote adoption of city manager government in Lawrence.
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Citizens Committee For
Eldridge
Perry Cookingham
Kansas City
Kansas University
Olin K. Petefish
Lawrence
Roger Alen
Karl Kreider
Jack Miller
Mildred TeSner
E. G. Nelson
M. N. Penny
H. E. Fustace
Thomas Page
Petefish
iPetefish
Cookingham
T v
Clawson
Mich
Plymouth
Saginaw
Cockingham
Chicago
U. S. Army Technology School
Broh
Germany
Detebit Institute of Technology
International City Managers Association
American Society of Planning Committee
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Streets for 1951 resurfacing in Lawrence City plans
The 1951 resurfacing program, in its final year, outlines asphalt work on about 40 blocks at roughly $108,000. Voters approved a-year levy in 1947. two prior years resurfaced over 70 blocks at about $206,000. Readied streets include Hampshire to Yer, Massachusetts to Kelly, and others listed by route. The council also awarded a storm sewer contract to Constanter Construction for $25,944.50, with M. N. Penny bidding $26,642. A protest from Midwest oil firms attended the session concerning a city ordinance limiting their activities.
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Lawrence
Lew Henry
Henry
Hampshire
Tennessee
Vermont
Thorte Fand
Pennsylvania
North Lawrence
Constanternstruction Company
M. N. Penny Company
Ninth and
Maple Street
Kawa River
Bus Company Eliminates Two for 15 Cent Fares
The Rapid Transit bus line will raise city fares by ending the two for 15 cent token option while keeping a 10 cent single fare. Adult booklets will be $1 for 11 tokens and children’s books for ages 5 to 14 will be 60 cents. existing tokens expire February 3.
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Rapid Transit Bus Company
Arthur A. Seiwald
Seiwald
Water supply fail threatens city fire defense and urges repair
Cantor reports 15,000 regiments hoped for partial water supply resumption after a shortage jeopardized fire defenses and caused widespread inconvenience. A city water plant engines were disabled slowing the trickle and water seeped from Lake Canton intake into the cement, disabling pumps.
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Cantor
Canton
Wichita Regents Approve Dormitory Loan Plan
University of Wichita regents Monday night accepted a loan to finance two dormitories. Each building would house 100 to 120 students and support potential army or air force technical training. The project aims to use campus facilities for urgent wartime training needs.
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Wichita
UPA
University of Wichita Regents
Army Wy
Air Force
Euodora Store Robbed by Youths in Kansas City
Police report a 15 year old Kansas City resident admitted robbing the Lee Colman and Son Hardware store last night. Six rifles and shotguns, 20 pocket knives, two pocket watches, $81, and 12 gauge shotgun ammo were taken. A second youth, 21, implicated by the 15 year old, is also named. Local deputies checked cars after reports of Cook sightings in multiple areas amid a spate of recent robberies. Unemployment insurance payments in Kansas rose to 287,059 to 3,299 workers in January, down from December 1949 totals.
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Kansas City
Travis Glass
Eudora
Glass
Lee Colman and Son Hardware
Lawrence
DeSoto
Cinar
Manhattan-Marysville
Oklahoma
William E. Cook
pPlin
Oregon
Cherryvale
Kans
Cook
Topeka
Jah
Kansas
John Morrison
Censorship Bans Korea News Details in Tokyo Report
Tokyo reports that United Nations forces in Korea suffered a major pullback but field censors delete key paragraphs. Correspondents are barred from using terms like retreat and all dispatches pass through Eighth Army headquarters for review, creating airtight control over military news.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Korea
Associated Press
A. P
Tom Lambert
Lambert’s
Eighth Army
Lawrence city boards approves new stoker furnace for Woodlawn
Lawrence city boards vote to buy a new stoker furnace for Woodlawn School at 1425 installed price after a breakdown and heat shortages. Scott Temperature Co. of Lawrence bid low. Budget includes 824,412.82 from general and building funds with Cordley School unit purchase and various Cordley project costs.
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Board of Education
Lawrence City
Woodlawn School
Scott Temperature Company
Lawrence
Kansas Public Service Company
Cordley School
Greist
Eckdahl
Lawrenc
Constant Construction Company
Cordley
George Walters
Liberty Memorial High School
Wag
Mary Lu Hill
Misa Vesta White
Board’ of Education
Henry Shenk
Corlet
Cotton
Deal Six
FE. Russell Carster
Ralph Pine
Richard Wagistaff
W. D. Wolfe
A. E. Werstemeyer
C. C. Stewart
Taft Urges Congress Shake on U S Foreign Policy
Senator Taft told the National Press Club that the Truman administration offers the public only a yes or no on foreign policy. He argued Congress has few real alternatives and criticized plans like the United Nations charter, the Marshall Plan, and the North Atlantic pact. Taft warned a middle course would require sacrifices and could risk war, urging policy to be submitted to and approved by Congress.
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Washington
Taft
R.chig
Truman
National Press Club
Europe
Trumenia
America
Congress
Beex
United States
Senate
Qator Wh
Nebraska
U.S
Press Club
Malott Offered Cornell Presidency Report
Chancellor Malott of the University of Kansas has been offered the presidency of Cornell University in Ithaca New York in unconfirmed reports. The position is among the country’s top educational posts and discussions have been ongoing with Cornell emissaries visiting Malott in recent weeks. Malott has refused similar offers before and remains in the East for speeches with his family.
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Deane W. Malott
University of Kansas
Cornell University
Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell
Malott
Kansas
K. U
Trix
Cayuga River
the State University
Gage Challenges KP and L Injunction Over Power Line
In district court Judge Hugh Meansey heard arguments from Kansas Power and Light and John B. Gage regarding an injunction to stop interference with a Sunflower line project across the Gage ranch near Fadora. Gage, a lawyer and former Kansas City mayor, represented himself while Raymon Rice acted for the power company.
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Hugh Meansey
Kansas Power and Light Company
John B. Gage
Gage Ranch
Fadora
Gage
Kansas City
K.P
Raymon Rice
Weather forecast for January eight to four across four states
The forecast predicts five days of above normal temperatures, mostly fair with little precipitation. Nights will be cold, days mild, and temperatures vary from upper 30s to mid 40s across Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, with specifics by region and date.
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Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Avera
Biel
Fort Worth
Havre
Lon Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
Klahoma Cisam
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Reds
South Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
Pusan
Beachhead
Bonn
Oni
American Legion Post
Fonk
Slim
Ft. Riley
Acme Dry Cleaners
Mass
aAdy
SOUTH
North Korea
Wonju
U. N. Reachuards
Suwon
Rada
Tarsta
West Coset
Inchon
Bodin
Paris
Midwest
Bus Company
Ind & Line
Lad
Colman
Woodlawn
Cloyd B. “Ferrell
Ways and Means
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
U. S
See
K. UL
Kansan University
Cincinnati
Buffalo University
Buffalo
Aplain
Harvard
Robert
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