Northeast Braces for Snow After Midwest Blizzard
A January storm swept from the Rockies through the Midwest toward the Northeast with near blizzard conditions in many towns. Temperatures plummeted to subzero as winds whipped snowdrifts and highways were crowded with stranded motorists across several states.
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Rockies
Midwest
Colorado
Neka
Towa
Wisconsin
Michigan
Missouri
Dinois
Indiana
Ohio
Walla
Ther Bureau
Mohawk Valley
Adirondacks
Catskills
New York State
Mid - Continent
Ohio Valley
Oklahoma
Clifford Hope Honored for 30 Years Service to Agriculture
At the 86th Kansas Agricultural Convention in Topeka, Clifford R. Hope was honored for three decades of contributions to farming. His son, State Sen. Clifford R. Hope Jr., accepted a plaque on his father’s behalf after weather delayed Hope’s flight from Gurnea City. The event featured the Kansas University Chorale and remarks from Gov elect George Jocking.
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Marela ‘Hall
eCuish
George Jocking
Kansas University
Jim Dunn
Garden City
Dunn
K. U
Tom Messplay
Kansas City
Jim Gann
K. U. Alurani Publications
Messplay
Local Lodge Plans Iron Lung Campaign
Lawrence 1.O.O.F. plans a drive to buy an iron lung for Lawrence Memorial Hospital costing about 2250 dollars. Donations from nearby towns may be sent via Box 554 Lawrence. committee members include Traul Hodson Howard Harrol Snow Steffen Johannsen Patehen and Ousdaht.
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Lawrence 1.O.C
Traul
Eudora
Tonganoxie
Lecompton
DeSoto
Valley Falls
Oskaloosa
IOOF
Lawrence
Trans
1OOF
Paul Hodson
Bob Howard
Andy Harrol
Wale Snow
Richard Steffen
Chrarles Johannsen
Tom Patehen
Leo Ousdaht
Eisenhower Voices Prosperity Plans and Civil Rights Push
President Eisenhower outlines economic priorities including a stabilized farm income outlook and expanded classroom construction. He reiterates support for a four point civil rights program and calls for bipartisan commissions and federal action to curb rights violations.
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Eisenhower
Eje
Congress
Justice Department
Eine
Fey
United States seeks vote on Hungary fact finding team
U S leaders push for a General Assembly vote on a resolution to authorize a fact finding committee to investigate Soviet intervention in Hungary and related information. The draft faces Soviet opposition and would mark a rare challenge to Dag Hammarskjold amid Cold War tensions.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
Hungary
General Assembly
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Right to Work Backers Seek Referendum Hint
Supporters of right to work legislation may seek a referendum, said Sen. Merl Lemert. The proposal would require a constitutional amendment and two-thirds legislative approval before being sent to voters. Gov-elect George Docking has indicated he would veto a ward bill, but constitutional amendments dodge the veto.
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Topeka
Merl Lemert
Sedan
Lemert
Fred Hall
George Docking
Hunger strike prompts tougher yard at Angola Prison
Warden May Rice Sigler at the Louisiana State Penitentiary ordered 20 inmates placed in bare cells after the hunger strike began. The prisoners ended their last meal at breakfast Saturday and demanded inclusion in a new prison incentive pay program that started January 1.
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Angola
Mayrice Sigler
State Penitentiary
Senate Leaders Predict Civil Rights Legislation Passage
Senate leaders say civil rights bills are likely to pass this session despite a Southern filibuster. An influential Democrat cites a program similar to President Eisenhower's as likely to be approved probably earlier than later.
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Washington
P-Senate
Congress
Senate
Eisenhower
Ex Local Resident George Brown Jr Becomes Colorado State Senator
George Brown Jr former Colorado House member and Denver Post staff writer is sworn in as Colorado state senator after a narrow 13 vote victory over Republican William Chenoweth in a race of nearly 188000 ballots. Brown born July 1 1926 in Lawrence Kansas.
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Colorado
George Brown Jr
George Brown
N. J. Sr
Colorado State Senate
Brown
Colorado House of Representatives
William ‘Chenoweth
Chenoweth
Denver Post
Lawrence
Liberty Memorial High
Kansas University
The
Post
Haskell Leader Entered In School Press Project
Haskell Institute pupils have entered The Indian Leader for the 1956 School Press Project. Miss Mae Manegs sponsors the paper as part of a Kansas Tuberculosis Health Association health education program funded by Christmas Seals. The project, in its 20th year, asks for student news features editorials and art on tuberculosis control.
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Haskell Institute
Indian Leader
Mae Manegs
Kansas
Kansas Tuberculosis & Health Association
National Tuberculosis Association
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Car Demolished After Freak Town Street Wreck
Shmuel J. Carpenter, 26, of 232 Sk. St., escaped injury when his 1950 model car slid on Iowa after hitting a slick spot, spun, and overturned in the 1800 block of Town Street. Police report two additional minor accidents with no injuries.
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Town Street
Shmuel J. Carpenter
Sk. St
Iowa
Lawrence stamp event and United Fund notes
Readable items include a Lawrence stamp first day cover notice for Alexander Dron on a jetty stamp in New York and a report on the Lawrence United Fund nearing a 46 424 goal. Also details on Westvaco employees supporting UF, 1956 safety record, and local public works and gasoline price moves.
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Dames
Barer
Lawrerce
Tts
Alexander Marie Dron
New York
Lawrence United Fund
Lawrence
Westvaco Chemical
United Fund
Westvaco
Westwaco
Question on Choice By George Docking Highway Men Raise
A discussion concerns a political question and its timing before George Docking's administration. Controversy centers on public funding and personnel actions linked to Broderick and other officials. Officials consider resolving the issue promptly to avoid recurring debates after the new administration takes office.
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George Docking
Two New Directors Named at First National Stockholders Meeting
At the annual First National Bank stockholders meeting in Lawrence two new directors were named Warren Rhodes a bank vice president and Woodrow W Miller president of Spanedset Lite Assuesion. Rhodes was also named cashier while George Dunksey became assistant trust officer.
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First National Bank
Warren Rhodes
Woodrow W. Miller
Spanedset Lite Assuesion
Don Foderstun Tanet Ar Lern
Commerce ‘Trust Co
Kansas
City
Kinesas University
Genestun
George Docking
Robert Docking
Kelvin Hoover
E. B. Martin
H. C. Brinkman
George A. Kirchhoff
Chris Kraft
R. C. Milleer
C. C. Stewart
M.S. Winter
Rhodes
George Dunksey
Irish Author Will Lecture Jan 16 at KU Art Museum
Irish author and professor Dr Walter Starkie from Ireland will lecture on The Wandering of Don Quixote and Sancho at 8 p.m. January 16 in the University of Kansas Museum of Art lecture hall with slides. He holds a Dublin University Doctor of Literature and has ties to the Abbey Theater. A prelecture dinner at the Faculty Club is announced with reservations via Dr Shoemaker.
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Walter Starkie
Ireland
Kansas University
Don Quixote
Sancho
Museum of Art
Starkie
Dublin University
Abbey Theater
W. B. Yeats
Otheers
Italy
Shoemaker
Hospital Admits and Dismisses List with Births Reported
Memorial Hospital admits Dr. H L Chambers and several patients including Lewis Lisher and Mrs Maggie Markley while Lon Contey and Barbara Oakson are discharged. Births reported: Dean Kirkman and Marlin Markley families welcome a daughter and a son respectively.
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H. L. Chambers
Mass. St
Lewis Lisher
8Th St
Maggie Markley
Ballwin
Lon Buzick
Sylvan Grove
Kas
Marjorie Daigh
Lon Contey
N. J. St
Barbara Oakson
Tonganonie
Zona Lana
Laura Aye
Lymm Miller
Eudora
Phyllis. Grumm
Dean Kirkman
Linwood
Marlin Markley
Baldwin
Property 58 Rented at Mass Street by Brown's Toggery Owner
N. N. Brown owner of Brown's Toggery reports renting 731 Mass Street to Bill Snavely for a pool hall use. The office space remains vacant and the former Pendry Furniture area is now part of the property.
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N.N. Brown
Brown
Mass. St
Bill Snavely
Pendry
Market Reports Shift as Wheat Tops Grain News
Kansas City markets show cattle and hog price moves with 21.00 to 24.00 good cattle, hogs up to 50 cents, wheat steady to slight gains. New York stock activity quiet after Eisenhower’s state of the union. Chrysler, Gulf Oil, Amerada Motors rise while overall volume sits near 2.2 million shares.
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Ussher
Indusivak
Tisher
Steadeg
K. C. Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
U. S
New York
Misenhower
State of the Union
Stock Market Unite
Jale
Eisenhower
America
Chrysler
Gulf Oil
Amerada
Motors
Racial Tensions Rise After Bombings Hit Alabama Cities
Bomb blasts strike four Negro churches and two ministers homes in Montgomery, and an explosive targets a Black resident’s home in Mobile. No injuries reported. Georgia National Guard placed on alert as racial tensions flare amid integration protests in Atlanta and looming mob threats.
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Fred
Atlanta
Negra
Marvin Kiffin
Georgia National Guard
Montgomery
Bell St. Baptist Church
Yemen in Arms Deal with Soviet Bloc
An official Yemenite source said Little Yemen joined Arab nations in arming from the Soviet bloc after Western governments refused to supply weapons. The Yemenites say they need arms to oppose British influence and for internal security. exact weapon types were not disclosed.
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Cairo
Yemen
Britain
Aden Protectorate
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Ike
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6Th and Fila, Sts
Emerson Norton
Norton
Journal-World
Ted Harris
Philadelphia
Jim Schultz
Salina
Harris
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Bredrick
First National Stockholders’ Meeting
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Slaughter Ewes
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Wansas City
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Shorts
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Beltsville
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Kan P&l
M & ML
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Mont Ward
Ohio Oil
U ' Lin
Pouhods Coal
Pommes JC Rave Attai Pat UK
Pinitips
Proc & Gant AB
RCA
Rayoniey
Ao Reyn
St Joseph
Aly St. Reg
Sears Roeb
al Sinclair O
Sun
Lawrence Memorial Co
Alabama
Farmers Insurance Group Auto — Truck — Fire
Cife
Gerald R, Owens
Fred A, Bremer
Forter Hunt, Balewin
Andy" Anderson
District Sales & Claims Office
Cooper-Warren Mortuary
N.H
KAW Valley State Bank
Eudora, Kansas
Total Capital
W. C. Mercier
Henrietta Fuller
Amaretta W. Wright
W. C. Mercier Benjamin Neil Oscar Lothholz
C.C. Stewart
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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