Denial by Russell Man On Income Tax Evasion
Harvey N. Mighell of Russell, Kansas, a farmer and night club owner, pleaded innocent yesterday at arraignment on a charge of evading nearly 50 000 dollars in federal income taxes. Indicted last April 3, the taxes cover 1947 through 1950. U S District Judge Delmas C Hill set trial for January 24.
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Wichita
Harvey N. Mighell
Russel
Kas
Mighell
U. S
Delmas C. Hill
Byrd Likely to Lose Chair Of Byrd Committee Under New Plan
The Democratic Steering Committee proposed ending dual chairmanships, signaling Sen. Byrd of Virginia may be removed from leading the Byrd committee, the Special Group House Reduction on Nonessential Federal Expenditures. Byrd would become Finance Committee chair, leaving the watchdog post. A senior senator said the move targets harmony, not Byrd specifically, under Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson.
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Washington
Democratic Senate
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Senate House Committee
Capitol
Byrd Committee
Democratic
Senate
Rep. Cannon
Missouri
House
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Sorrowing Sam Sheppard Remains Under Watch After Mother's Funeral
In Cleveland the 31 year old osteopath Sam Sheppard is under constant watch in the county jail observation cell after his mother Ethel Noles Sheppard 64 died by suicide last Friday. He wept at his mother's funeral yesterday and again at the casket. His father reports no emotional breakdown despite the strain of his murder conviction and three weeks imprisonment for the July 4 killing of his wife Marilyn. A crowd of about 2000 gathered outside the funeral home in Lakewood as Sheppard arrived handcuffed to jailer Michael A. Lucello.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Sheppard
Ethel Noles Sheppard
Marilyn
Lakeword
Michael A. Ucceilo
Wet Weather Across Regions Foretells Snow and Rain
The forecast notes widespread wet weather with rain in the eastern Carolinas Virginia and heavy rains in Atlanta Savannah and Birmingham. A midweek storm centers a snow blanket from west central Texas to the Ohio Valley with 1 to 6 inches in places and lighter snow across the northern regions from North Dakota to Maine.
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Utah
Nevada
Arizona
North Dakota
Minnesota
Great Lakes
Rockies
Maine
Moon Crater Named For Ex Professor From KU
A crater on the moon has been named for former Kansas University professor Dinmore Alter, director of Griffith Park Observatory in Los Angeles. He taught at KU from 1917 to 1936 and later became a park observatory head. The crater nine miles in diameter was previously Albategnius G. The name change was proposed by the British Astronomical Association and approved by the International Astronomical Union. Alter’s KU work helped establish the astronomy department in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He conducted Guggenheim fellowship work in England.
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Kansas Univerity
Dinmore Alter
Griffith Park Obervatory
Los Angeles
K.U
Albategnius
England
Star Motions Overruled in Kansas City Antitrust Case
U S District Judge Richard M Duncan overruled four motions by the Kansas City Star in the government antitrust action. Separate-trial bids for Roy A Roberts and Emil A Lees were denied as was a request for documents and a trial continuance.
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Kansas City
U.S
Richard M. Duncan
Kansas City Star
Roy—A. Roberts
Emil A. Lees
Lawrence Post Office History and Early Postmasters
An 1855 plan placed the post office at Mr Lykens's house on the levee with a weekly mail run to Kansas City. Postmaster James Parsons notes routes used before railways included two horse back and four horse coach deliveries. A list of Lawrence postmasters, led by Carmi W. Babcock, 1855 to 1857, details service through 1953 with office moves from Liberty Hall to the present building, its status as first class after 1907, and major expansions following 1914.
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Rence
Herald of Freedom
Marehy
Wham H.R
Lykens
James Parsons
Lawrence
Kansas City
Parsons
Robert Taft
University of
Fort Scott
Charles B. Norris
Kansas
Carmi W. Babcock
Paul R. Brooks
Massachusetts Street
Babcock
Free State
Grant
State Capitol
James Garvin
Garvin
Samuel K. Huson
Josiah Miller
John H. Shimmons
John. Rankin
Topeka
Wichita
Congress
Weaver Store
Mass
Record Volumes Hit Milestones in 1953 and 1954
The report notes an all time high of 692000 in 1953 and records a December 1954 milestone with more than one million cancellations in a single month. The figures indicate rising activity and demand reflected in these sharp annual totals.
Aiken Forecasts Shrinking Farm Commodity Stock
Senator Aiken, retiring chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said the government's seven billion dollar stock of farm commodities should begin to shrink after a spring peak. He cited Eisenhower's farm program with lower price supports and acreage restrictions, plus the success of a new plan to dispose of the surplus abroad as the main factors.
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Washington
Aik
Tr-Vii
Aiken
Senate Agriculture Committee
Eisenhower
Nine Oklahoma road deaths in snow and fog
Nine Oklahomans died in two days as snow rain and fog made highways deadly. Authorities report multiple fatal crashes across the state with fatalities scattered in urban and rural counties.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Swarthmore Student Kills Classmate After Prank Rage
Robert Bechtel, 22, a Swarthmore College student planning to enter the ministry, fired five shots into a dormitory room early today killing Holmes Strozier, 18, of Akron. Bechtel surrendered at Swarthmore Police Station after walking in with two other students. Police said Strozier’s roommate, Robert Witt, 19, was uninjured. Bechtel cited rage over pranks by fellow students.
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Swarthmore
Swarthmore College
Delaware County
Robert Bechtel
Pottstown
Holmes
Strozier
Akron
Ohio
Totephe
Rober L. Witt
Fanwood
N.J
Bechtel
Witt
Dean Everett L. Hunt
Hunt
Surgeon William B. Cheeseman Killed in Auto Crash
Kansas City physician Dr William B Cheeseman a noted chest surgeon died early today when his car collided with a streetcar safety island. The accident occurred in Kansas City with local authorities investigating the fatal crash.
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Kansas City
William B. Cheeseman
Infernal Gate Named Avernus Near Naples
Ancient belief holds that Avernus a volcanic crater lake near Naples Italy served as the entrance to the underworld.
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Avernus
Naples
Italy
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