Two airliner collision kills 15 near Cincinnati
A midair collision southwest of Cincinnati, near Burlington Kentucky, killed 15 people. The TWA Skyliner en route to Dayton and Cleveland, with six aboard killed, and a second DC3 each with nine aboard perished. Rescue crews recovered six bodies. the fate of others remained in wreckage. Arthur Werkhaven and Edward Auner piloted the DC3. Frederick and Frances Van Lennep owned the DC3.
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TWA
Dayton
Cleveland
Ohio
Arthur
Slim) Werkhaven
Sturgis
Mich
R. K. Childress
Patricia Ann Stermer
Detroit
Childress
Ann Arbor
Misa Stermer
Ypsilanti
Migh
As Gully
Betty Dallwick
Tre
Paul D. Strahm
Columbus
Aerial Mishaps mar paratroop exercise at Sewart AFB
At Sewart AFB Tenn two C119 Flying Boxcars caught fire during a ferry flight to Alaska for Operation Snowbird. One plane crashed killing the pilot Capt John Rasper Jr and co pilot Lt Ross W Richards. Thirty five airborne infantry and three crewmen parachuted to safety from the other craft. A second incident near Miles City Mont involved 33 paratroopers as a separate engine fire forced a landing.
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Sewart
Jacksonville
Fla
Miles City
Mont
T.G. Johnson
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Wheat Storage Increases But Falls Short of Ten Year Average
A government survey shows Kansas farms hold 51,000,000 bushels of wheat in storage as of January 1, up slightly from a year ago but 14 percent below the 10 year average. Corn stocks total 20,716,000 bushels, about 19 percent under a year ago and just over 30 percent of the 10 year average.
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Topeka
Kansas
No Ike Judgement On Ladejinsky Decision
President Eisenhower said he has made no personal judgment in the Wolf Ladejinsky case and that Harold Stassen must take responsibility for the outcome. He upheld Stassen’s decision to hire Ladejinsky despite the Agriculture Department ousting him on security and technical grounds. Ladejinsky, a 55-year-old Russian-born naturalized American, had been cleared twice before, and Eisenhower noted he did not know the other side of the story including any anti-Communist book authoring by Ladejinsky.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Wolf Ladejinsky
Harold E. Stassen
Badejinsky
Benson
Ladejinsky
Stassen
Agriculture Department
Tokyo
State Department
Vietam
Berson
Nixon
Plane Shot Down Over Costa Rica During Raid on San Jose
In San Jose a Venezuelan‑piloted WWII era plane strafed downtown and near the Costa Rican White House before being shot down by Civil Guard anti aircraft fire. The incident occurred as government troops attacked rebels in Villa Quesada, about midway to the frontier. no casualties reported.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Niéerkgua
Civil Guard
Villa Quesada
White House
Jose Figueres
Lacsa Airlines
Los Ahogados
Souped-Up Robins Run Wild In Anna Maria
Robins in Anna Maria Florida go on a bizarre rampage for days. Hundreds teeter on telephone lines crash to the ground and fill streets. Police are baffled while Harry Varley editor of The Islander suspects fermented berry intoxication.
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Anna Maria
Fla
Harry Varley
the Islander
Naval Official Escapes Injury in Plane Mishap
The undersecretary of the navy Thomas Gates Jr and high naval officers survived a crash landing at Chase Field Beeville Texas with eight passengers and a six person crew. The nose wheel collapsed but no one was hurt, and the officials proceeded to another plane to continue their inspection tour.
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Naval
Beeville
Tex
Navy
Chase Field
Thomas Gates,Jr
Calvin Burgin
C D. Glover
Naval Advanced Air Training Command
Corpus Christi
Gates
City Commissioners Approve Naismith Paving Resolution
The Lawrence City Commission approved a resolution to pave Naismith Road from Crescent Road to University Drive amid public comment. About 15 spoke for and against. a prior protest by property owners was voided by a majority anti-approval rule. The measure aims to relieve a traffic bottleneck near Chi Omega Circle and may involve limited access on campus.
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Lawrence City
Naismith Road
Crescent Road
University Drive
Clifton Calvin
Crescent Rd
Joseph Wilkifs
University
Keith Lawton
K. U
Sis
Mitchell Road
Southwest
Addition
C. A. McIntyre
U. S. ‘Public Health
Kansas Traffic Deaths Topeka Report 1955 Update
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the state accident records section show three deaths in the last 24 hours. The report covers the year to date figures for 1955 and notes the same period in 1943 as a comparison.
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Topeka
Kansas
Icy Roads Trigger Six Accidents Near Lawrence Suburbs
Six crashes in under five hours as freezing drizzle left icy highways around Lawrence. Four people were seriously hurt in the first two wrecks on U S 40 west of Lawrence, with others sustaining injuries in two county road incidents and one on U S 59 bypass. By nightfall most ice had melted, and one minor city accident was reported.
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Lawrence
Jean Weekly
Topeka
US 40
Journal-World
Douglas County
U. S. Highway 40
Lawrence Memorial Hopital
Bruce Short
Short
Thomas Norton
Norton
Cheeseman
Midland
Laurence G. Gunselman
Oskaloosa
H. Correa
Route 3
Gunselman
U. S. Highway 59
Eisenhower Deflects Duty Talk on 1956 Run
President Eisenhower said he will not be swayed by pressure to seek a second term. He asked who defines a man’s sense of duty and noted a North African invasion remark from 1943 as an example. He emphasized individuals must decide their own duty in critical times.
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Eisenhower
Republican National Committee
Congress
Special Commission
Washingtorn
White House
Colder Weather to Move Into Kansas Statewide
Colder weather is expected to reach Kansas late today, lowering temperatures to near or below freezing in the northeast by tomorrow morning. Lows will range from 5-10 above zero in the north to 15-20 in the south, with high daytime readings 25-35 in the east and around 40 in the west. Skies clear to partly cloudy with little or no precipitation as the change to colder weather arrives. Previously, a brief period of freezing rain caused a traffic hazard, with light rainfall totals reported statewide.
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Topeka
Kansas
Chanute
Wichita
Russell
Garden City
Olathe
Goodland
Pittsburg
Rugan Approved For Highway Director Post
Walter A Rugan of Ellinwood was unanimously approved by the State Highway Commission for the 9500 year highway director post. The commission also authorized hiring an assistant director if desired. Gov Hall named Rugan for the key position in the new state administration and suggested a secretary or assistant, with Joe Crawford as a possible aide.
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Topeka i Walter
A. Rugan
Ellinwood
State Highway Commission
Rugan
Asf
Hall
the Commission
Joe Crawford
Dodge City
Mendes France presses talks on West European arms pool
French Premier Pierre Mendes France kept a rapid schedule of calls with Italian officials to drum up backing for his West European arms pool plan. Both sides said progress was encouraging but no major decisions were expected today. Bodin ad touts largest used car sale in a decade.
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Rome
Pierre Mendes-France
Senate panel questions Formosa defense treaty memo
Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee say they received a confidential memorandum weeks ago about the mutual defense treaty with Formosa. Senators Humphrey and Mansfield denied Democratic National Committee authorship while noting the memo’s circulation to several senators. The pact would bind the U S to aid if Formosa or nearby islands are attacked and require Chiang Kai-shek’s government to defend U S possessions in the West Pacific.
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Democrats
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Republic of China
Formosa
Humphrey
P-Minn
Senate
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Democratic National Committee
New York: Times
Democratic Committee
Pescadores Islands
Chiang Kai-shek
U.S
West Pacific
Pay raises on federal workers drive Congress action
Congress moves to grant a 5 percent pay rise for about 1.3 million federal and postal employees, offset by postal rate increases. Eisenhower urged the higher salaries while vetoing last year's pay bill without offsetting revenue. Leaders expect an early vote amid debate over raising lawmakers’ own pay. Senator Kigore plans to introduce a bill aligning pay with the Commission on Judicial and Congressional Salaries recommendations.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Capitol
Senate
House
Eiseinhower
White House
Sen
Kigore D-Wvai
Senate Judiciary Committee
Commission On Juridicial
Congressional
No Decision For Bill on tra
Local officials postponed consideration of a proposed county wide tax levy to support Lawrence Memorial Hospital. A tentative draft favored a one mill levy to augment the city hospital levy, with agreement to push the matter to the 1955 Kansas Legislature but not before the city bond issue is resolved.
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Lawrence Memorial ‘Hospital
Lawrence-Douglas County
John Crown
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Elmer Ousdahl
County Commission
Kansas
Jim Wigglesworth
Costa “Rica
U.N
San Jose
Weather summary for Kansas cold wave and temperatures
A fragmented weather note for Kansas describes a cold wave with northeast regions fair to the west and conditions clearing this afternoon and tonight. It forecasts colder temperatures by Thursday with readings around 10 to 15 degrees in the north and 25 to 40 degrees statewide, and high temperatures in the 25 to 35 range east to around 40 in the west.
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Kansas
Pieready
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