UN Head Seeks Funds for Suez Canal Clearance
Dag Hammarskjold reported to the UN General Assembly that sufficient funds are expected by month end to start the Suez Canal clearance, with progress noted on wider Middle East issues while Hungary inquiry continues. In Virginia and Montgomery developments, court challenges to segregation face resistance as public bus services confront violence and disruption.
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Kansas
Virginia
Hammarskjold
Israel
Middle
Middle East
U. N
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Budapest Radio
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Ceylon
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Dewalt
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Tust Ladge
Walter Fo Mofigran
Sun
South
Atlanta
Montgomery
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Ala
Tallahassee
Fla
Leroy Colling
Topeka Woman Named As Docking's Secretary
A Topeka woman is named to serve as secretary to Governor Docking. Dawkins said he will not plan new appointments before his inauguration. He noted one top area of experience under consideration for a state severance director post.
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Topeka
Docking
Hareanaway
Geist
Choeehredy Dawkins
Consyderanen Fer
Woentiise Hun
Waite Og
Market News At A Glance Mixed Stocks And Grain Shifts
Market overview shows mixed stocks with early gains fading. Cattle hogs and sheep prices vary, with oats and soybeans steady to higher in Kansas City and Chicago quotes. Wall Street opened higher but drifted to a mixed close as traders awaited weekend cues and tech factors weighed on sentiment.
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K. Livestock
Kansas
Cary UN
USDA
Wall Street
New York
Parakeets and Fish Could Aid Cancer Research
An Ohio State University researcher reports various animals exhibit cancer resistance or incidence. Parakeets, fish and cows show striking differences in cancer presence, while humans and mice commonly develop breast cancer. Dr Hans G Schlumberger spoke at an Arizona Cancer Society seminar outlining these findings without theories.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Ohio State University
Canaries
Hans G. Schlumberger
Arizona
American Cancer Society
Schlumberger
Macmillan plans split critics clash in press debates
The piece surveys mixed editorials on Prime Minister Macmillan, with The Laborite Daily Herald deriding him as weak and urging action, The independent Times praising courage and persistence, The Liberal Manchester Guardian deeming him the best Conservative pick, and Cairo papers noting his Eden-era policy alignment and fears of continuation.
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Mac
Laborite Daily Herald
Macmillan
Butler
Independent Times
Manchester Guardian
Cairo
Earler
Eden
Nasser
Russell Teens Fined for Barricading Train Tracks
Russell teenagers were fined 25 and given suspended 90 day sentences for placing a barricade on the Union Pacific streamliner route near St. Louis. More than 200 passengers were delayed as five youths blocked the line with timber from a cattle crossing topped by a stop sign. Named defendants include James Ellis 36 and others aged 16 and 17.
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Russell i
Russell
Union Pacific
Odd Fellows Meeting Planned for Oskaloosa
The Oskaloosa Odd Fellows Lodge will host a Monday meeting led by L. 8. Bridges sovereign grand master of the Odd Fellows Lodge. Guests include Beulah Rogers of Lawrence and Geraldine Hellig of Wichita with roles in Rebekah Assemblies. The public may attend. the lodge and Rebekah hall are under renovation after purchasing a two stone building.
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Odd ‘Fellows Lodge
Bridges
Baton Rouge
Oskaloosa
Mra
Beulah Rogers
Lawrence
International Association
Rebekah
Kansas
Order
Geraldine Hellig
Wichita
Assembly
Statees’ Association
Odd Fellows Lodge
Rebekah Lodge
Mrs Margaret Post Dies in Dallas After Widowhood
Mrs Margaret Maggie Post former Lawrence resident and widow of Dr William L Post died Thursday at her Dallas Texas daughter home She had lived with her children since her husband died January 6 She was a Beauceant member Funeral services are incomplete Surviving are daughter Mrs George F Bryant Dallas and daughter Mrs Loreta Wil St Louis Mo two sons Post Kansas City Mo and Post Overland Park Kansas City Mo
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Margaret
Maggie) Post
Mary Margaret
Lawrence
William L. Post
Dallas
Tex
Beauceant
Wey
George F. Bryant
Loreta
Wil- St.Louis
Poat
Kansay
City
Post
Overland Park
Knife Slayer Executed Today in Oklahoma Pen
Lael Veveare, alias Ut Ones Austin Lael Veveare, known as a knife slayer from Compton, California, was executed at Oklahoma's electric chair shortly after midnight. He requested a cough drop before execution, and guards had none. He died at 12 07 p.m., nearly three years after killing Jeanne Henderson, 31, in an Oklahoma City motel.
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Mcalester
Okita
Austin
Compton
Calif
Lael
Oklahoma
Loel
Vahetii Jeanne Henderson
Oklahoma City
Brodrick to possibly serve as state highway director
Democratic national committeeman Lynn R. Brodrick is slated to become state highway director after Gov-elect George Docking’s inauguration. The Hatch Act issue is under review, with U S Attorney General Brownell to rule if he can hold both roles. Brodrick plans to keep the national post, while stating he will resign if required.
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Topeka
Lynn R. Brodrick
Frank Theis
Brodrick
George Docking
Theis
U. S
Brownell
UF Total Zooms Up
Mosser praised the High School assembly for UF and March of Dimes support. He thanked all contributors for the drive and noted the youth’s efforts pushed the total over the top, restoring faith in the community’s benevolence.
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Mosser
March of Dimes
Laley
Woman Gives Birth Painlessly Under Hypnotic Suggestion
A 3 year old woman at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Houston delivered a baby by Caesarean without pain under post hypnotic advice. About 150 doctors and students watched on closed circuit tv. The mother Mrs Wallace Coyington reported no pain saying she felt only pressure during the operation. Police court fined two men for drunkenness Pablo Mendoza and Lasurence Sisson with fines of 16 and 10 dollars respectively.
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Houston
Tex
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Wallace Coyington
Pablo Mendoza
Lasurence Sisson
Cold Wave Death Toll Rises Across Midwest and Northeast
The coldest weather of the season swept the Midwest and Northeast after a heavy snowstorm. At least 28 deaths were attributed to frigid conditions, with 9 in Michigan, 5 in Illinois, 4 in New Jersey, 6 in New York, and 3 in New England. Temperatures fell to -28 at Saranac Lake and -3 in Chicago amid cleared skies and arctic air over snowbound regions.
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Middle West
Michigan
Illinois
New Jersey
New York
New England
Canada
Saranac Lake
Albany
Glens Falls
Midwest
Rockies
Finais
New York State
Kansas county pay hikes eyed by Legislature
Douglas County would pay $4896 more annually under a Legislative Council proposal to raise salaries for eight county officers. Other counties face increases from $349 to $6310. The plan uses a base rate plus population-based boosts, altering current scales and giving specific raise figures including $949 for the county attorney and $930 for the county clerk.
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Legislative Council
Kansas
Douglas County
Hospital Admissions and Birth Announcements
At Memorial Hospital the following were admitted: Mrs May Luther Bonner Springs Walter Heck Route 4 Mrs Mary Hayden Route 5 Mrs Nellie Jackson 2232 Vt St Mrs MacAul 1515 Vt St Mrs Rosa Barnett 1224 Del St Mrs Louise Dorane 623 Mo St Mrs Mary Richards 202 N 5th St Mrs Carrie McAlexander Oskaloosa Mary K Smith 935 Highland Dr Mrs Minnis Harris 337 Funston St Mrs Opal Allison 1725 Ala St. DISMISSED: Mrs Judy Marsell and baby girl Vi La St Mrs Dixie Learned and baby boy 739 Ala St Mrs Shirley Dowd and baby girl 1626 Cadet Ave Mrs Dorothy Zimmerman Linwood Mrs Dora Van Neste T10 N 2nd St Connie Hase 08 N H St Brenda Higgins Route 2. BIRTHS: Mr and Mrs Richard Daigh MRs W 2ard St a daughter Thursday Mr and Mrs Wahler Gastaner Williamstown a daughter today.
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May Luther
Bonner Springs
Walter Heck
Mary Hayden
Nellie Jackson
Vt. St
MacAul
Rosa Barnett
del, St
Louise Dorane
Mary Richards
N. 5Th St
Carrie McAlexander
Oskaloosa
Mary K. Smith
Highland Dr
Minnis Harris
Funston St
Opal Allison
Ala. St
Judy Marsell
Dixie Learned
Ala
Shirley Dowd
Cadet Ave
Dorothy Zimmerli
Linwood
Dora Van+ Neste
Connie Hase
N. H
Brenda Higgins
New Reporter Joins Journal-World Staff
Mrs. Lee Ann Rohrer joined the Journal-World staff today as a general assignment reporter. Originating from Lincoln, she is a 1936 KU School of Journalism graduate who previously worked seven months at the Salina Journal. She and her husband Gary Rohrer reside at 933 Ky. St.
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Lee Ann Rohrer
Journal-World
Lincoln
Rohrer
Kansas University School of Journalism
Salina Journal
Gary Rohrer
K. U
Ky. St
Malik Arrives in Paris For Suez Settlement Talks
Paris arrival of Malik, the foreign minister, who said he would present Nasser’s terms for a Suez settlement to the French government. He declined to detail the terms to reporters.
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Pars Tt — Jabanese
Charles Malik
Paris
Nasser
Suez
Malik
U S Urges Proof on B52 Flights Over Viadivostock
Washington asked Moscow to establish proof of charges that three U S B52s flew over Viadivostock on December 11. The State Department said the Defense Department found only authorized U S Air Force training flights in the Sea of Japan area. Moscow had denounced the incident as Soviet air space violations, claiming reconnaissance over Soviet territory.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Viadivostock
State Department
U.S
U. S. Defense Department
Sea of Japan
Moscow
Gorton to Conduct San Antonio Orchestra Premiere
Dean Thomas Gorton of Kansas University will visit San Antonio January 17 18 to conduct the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra in the Premiere performance of his Symphony No 1. The program also includes his work at a subscription concert January 18 and a Lackland Air Force Base concert January 19. He will address KU alumni in the area January 17.
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Thomas Gorton
Kansas University
San Antonio
Tex
San Antonio Symphony Orchestra
Victor Alessandro
Dean Gorton
Lackland Air Force Base
K.U
Alessandra
K.U. Litte Symphony Orchestra
Groundbreaking at Plymouth Congregational Church
Children and adults of the Plymouth Congregational Church will take part in a groundbreaking ceremony at 10 20 a m Sunday forming the outline of the new unit to be built north of the church. The addition will include a large dining room kitchen parlor ministers offices offices music room and student center.
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Plymouth’ Congregational Church
Hungarian Day Planned in Tonganoxie January 19
Hungarian Day in Tonganoxie will feature eight young persons canvassing downtown from 1 30 to 3 30 p m for the Hungarian Relief Program. Churches and schools join in the event with donation containers at several business places. Funds go to CARE.
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Tonganoxie
Five Slain as Hungarian Workers Revolt Rocks Budapest
At the Csepel Island steel mill and Ganz works in Budapest police fired on protesting workers, with at least five killed and others wounded. About 5,000 demonstrators gathered as Soviet and Hungarian forces sealed off the island. Russian troops reportedly did not take part. The unrest stemmed from Stalinist policies, potential layoffs, and wage cuts.
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Budapest
Hungary
Bur Csepe Islad
Ganz
Dues Committee Meeting Set at KU Alumni Assn Office
Lawrence plans for 2 30 p m Saturday gathering of KU Alumni Assn Dues Committee with Richard F Allen as chair and other officers from Lawrence Kansas City and Parsons attending Also noted is a light humorous exchange on weight and a new paved stretch on West Ninth Street set to open soon linking Sixth to Nineteenth Streets Project costs and contractors are listed for the paving work and future extensions to Town Street and Schwarz Acres
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Kansas University Alummni Assn
Fred Ellsworth
Richard F. Allen
Lawerence
Maurice Breidenthal, Jr
Kansas City
Charles B. Holmes
Lawrence
John Weatherwax
Clyde M. Reed Jr
Irvin Youngberg
K.U. Endowment Assn
Ninth Street
Town Street
Sixth
Nineteenth Streets
Kansas Construction Co
West Ninth
Iowa Street
Schwarz Acres
Union Construction Co. of
Kas
United Nations Seeks Unified Korea via Supervised Elections
The U N General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to attempt another path to Korean reunification through United Nations supervised elections. The move aims to create a framework for a peaceable union and lasting settlement on the Korean peninsula.
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United Nations
N, Y.B
U. N. General Assembly
Korea
U. N
Recount Confirms Carter Victory in Hamilton County
A Topeka recount by a special house committee finds Democrat F. M. Carter leads Republican O. C. Low by six votes in Hamilton County state representative race. Carter 704 and Low 698, both Syracuse residents, with 717 votes each in certified county totals.
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Topeka UF
House
Hamilton County
F. M. Carter
O. C. Low
Syracuse
Secretary of State
Overbrook Plans Third Bond Issue for School Addition
The Overbrook Grade School Board seeks a $22,000 bond to fund addition work including lots, sidewalks, remodeling, and equipment. Previous bonds of $150,000 and $128,000 failed. board members say funds are tight, but needs are immediate. Directors W E Topping, Clint Garst, and Don Tutcher note operating budgets absorb all yearly funds. A separate Kansas Day note: actor George Murphy to speak at Topeka GOP event, reflecting his California Republican leadership role.
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Overbrook
Jow
Iderp
E. Topping
Clint. Garst
Don Tutcher
Topeka
George Murphy
Kansas
GOP
Murphy
California
San Francisco
In Memoriam Harry E. Marshall
In memory of our beloved son and brother Harry E. Marshall who passed away one year ago today Jan. 11, 1956. So sadly missed by those who loved him best, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Stevens Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Stevens. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan T. Gibler.
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Harry E. Marshall
Bill Stevens
Wm. Stevens
Ivan T. Gibler
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