Eisenhower asks bigger peacetime defense budget
President Eisenhower presented a budget plan seeking 89.779 billion dollars for the next fiscal year to strengthen defense with new dimensions including missiles and military satellites. He warned the tempo of change would rise, with ballistic missiles absorbing about half of missile outlays as air and space programs expand. The proposal also calls for manpower cuts across the Army Navy Marine Corps and Air Force totaling 151 000 personnel.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Russia
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Eudoran Named Assistant Vice President at New Laurel Raytown Bank
Harold Hadle of Eudora elected assistant vice president of the newly chartered Laurel Raytown Bank. R. J. Meuli of Hope named executive officer and cashier. Hadle will keep an Eudora apartment until his son Stephen graduates from Kansas University next June.
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Harold Hadle
Eudora
Laurel Raytown
Hadle
City National Bank and “Trust Co
Kansas City
Yas
Firance
U.S. 50
Gregory Road
R. J. Meuli
Hope
Kas
Reident
No- Bank of Hope
Hadley
Stephen
Kansas University
County choir formed in Oskaloosa for Messiah Easter
A county wide choir will be formed in Oskaloosa by Jefferson County high school music teachers. The first performance of the Messiah is planned for Easter. Singers are invited to attend with rehearsals on alternating Sundays through January and February and every Sunday in March.
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Oskaloosa
Jefferson County
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Bertha L Moore
Rosary will be recited at Rumsey Funeral Home for Mrs Bertha L Moore who died Sunday at a Lawrence convalescent home. Funeral services are at St Teresa's Church Perry with burial in Junction. She was born in Junction County and lived in Lecompton. Survived by three sisters Mrs Mayme Wright Mrs Margaret Yuma and Miss Edith Lawrenson. Also several nieces and nephews.
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Bertha L. Moore
Rumsey
Lawrence
St. Teresa's Catholic Church
Perry
John Quigley
Junction
Moore
Junction Cty
Lecompton
Mayme Wright
Okarehee, Okla
Margaret
Yuma
Ariz
Edith Lawrenson
San Francisco
Eisenhower Budget Figures per Person for 1959
President Eisenhower's 1959 spending plan totals 427.8 dollars per American. Missile programs cost 30.67 dollars per person. The national debt is estimated at 1,469.44 dollars per inhabitant based on a January 1 population of 172,800,000.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Eisenhower budget proposes 1958 59 plan with 72.8B current pace
The president outlines a 1958 59 budget including a 2% growth over current funds and a 500 million dollar reserve to speed field development. Foreign aid would rise to 3.868 billion, with a 19 million increase. He calls for manpower cuts and curtailments in nonmilitary programs while stressing space era security.
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Congress
Eisenhower
Hospital Lists Dismissals and Births in Local Area
Memorial Hospital releases names of patients dismissed including Marcia Goff Darlene Loney Hazel Cates and others. Birth announcements note a daughter for Larry and Donna Bell and a son for Dwayne Hall with addresses and family details.
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Marcia Goff
Mich
Darlene Loney
la. St
Hazel Cates
Eudora
John Watson
Route 5
Marilyn Headley
Ark. St
LaBane Cobb
Ohio St
Dorothy Reusch
Lincoln St
Billie Connett
Billy Cox
Linwood
Shirley Carter
N. Y. St
Vesta Filkins
Mo. St
Grace Markwith
N. H. St
Francis George
Carl Altenbernd
Donna Bell
Lawrence
Katherine ‘Lady
Elm St
Benny Coffelt
Maple St
Naomi ‘Brecheisen
Baldwin
Peggy Travers
Ky. St
Margaret Brown
W. 2Nd St
Audrey Bray
LaVanta Hall
Ousdahi Rd
Birt
Larry Bell
Dwayne Hall
Ousdahl Rd
Cherry Pie Champion Named in Bakeoff
A pie contest crowned a champion on Saturday as nine home economists joined the event. Miss Maoh prepared sixty five pies in the bakeoff, showcasing skill and creativity.
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Miss Maoh
Off-Duty Policeman Killed in Gun Duel With Chicago Thugs
John Quirk a 23 year old off duty Chicago patrolman was shot to death after two gunmen abducted him and his date Caroline Smith in his car on the near North Side He died from two back shots and a chest wound One suspect Nick LaPappa 23 was captured at Henrotin Hospital seeking treatment for a hand wound days after the ambush and shooting occurred
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Chicago
John Quirk
Quirk
Caroline Smith
Banks St
Haskell Ends Farming as Plan Converts Land Use
Douglasin America possessed about 999 acres that included the campus and farming land. Superintendent Ayers aims to retain 300 acres for campus use with 639 acres to private owners after grants to government agencies. Remaining land likely sold to private buyers as farming ends at Haskell. About 900 Indian students from 85 tribes attend the school.
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America
Ayers
Haskell
Lawrenced County tax assessors applications filed
Applications for county tax assessors are now filed in the County Clerk Delbert Mathia's office. Mathia aims to fill all assessing jobs. Assessor work begins March 1. Thomas Hart Benton to speak on Contemporary Art at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Memorial Union Ballroom with introduction by Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy. sponsored by the International Club. A cab driver comments on boys on bicycles, noting their erratic street behavior, contrasted with girls who stay to the sidewalk.
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Delbert Mathia
Mathia
Thomas Hart Benton
Memorial Union
Franklin D. Murphy
International’ Club
Truman Criticizes U S Policy and Praises Eisenhower Letter
Former President Harry S. Truman said the loss of friendship with European and South American allies is the gravest foreign policy error of the Eisenhower era. He praised Eisenhower’s letter to Soviet Premier Bulganin as an objective document and urged continued talks with the Russians.
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New York Wi
Harry. S. Truman
Joss
Eisenhower
Truman
Bulganin
James A. Farley
Europe
NATO
John Deere Day Set For Thursday At Deems Farm Equipment
John Deere Day is planned for Thursday at Deems Farm Equipment 1818 Mass. Lt. in Lloyd Deems, manager, announced. A trainload of 600 automatic hay-balers arrives in Kansas City and will be shown here, with balers destined for Eastern Kansas and Western Missouri. The event features a two reel film at the Varsity Theater, free shows at 9:30 and 1:30, a free lunch at 11:30, and invites farmers and families plus FIFA and 4-H members.
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John Deere
Deems
Mass
Lloyd Deems
Kansas City
Douglas County
Kansas
Missouri
John .Deere
Varsity Theater
Tom Gordon
Happy Hal's
FIFA
Butler
Itine
Vente
Lawrence plans two new election precincts and plats review
The Planning Commission reviewed minutes and approved University Field No. 4 final plat from Nineteenth to Twenty-Third Street west of Ousdahl Road while withholding Edgewood Park plat east of HasKell Avenue until park land is provided and street layout aligns with the city master plan. A lift station for Belle Haven South at 25th and La Sts is approved. Bids open January 28.
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Naismith Drive
Lawrence
Planning Commission
Planning Agency
University Field No. 4
Nineteenth
Twenty-Third Street
Ousdahi Road
Edgewood Park
Nineteenth Street
Haskell Avenue
Presley Argument Fatal to Girl in Redwood City
In Redwood City California Carol Taylor a 15 year old high school girl died after being beaten with a softball bat following an argument with her foster brother over Elvis Presley Police weighed charges against Cordie Lee Pendleton also 15 a court ward taken in by the Taylors Pendleton faced hours after the assault as district attorney Keith Sorensen said the beating grew from long friction between the two youths.
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Redwood City
Calif
Carol Taylor
Elvis Presley
Cordie Lee Pendleton
Francis Taylor
Keith Sorensen
San Mateo County
Lawrence High School Debaters Tie For Second Place
The Lawrence High School debate team tied for second at a weekend tourney at William Chrisman in Independence Missouri. Coach Capper plans to enter eight debaters in a Shawnee Mission tournament next weekend.
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Lawrence High School
William Chrisman
Independence
Courtner, King
Jerry’ Morton
Feliciany Sree
Two-Car Collision Causes $700 Damage No Injuries Reported
Police said a Sunday two-car crash at Main and St. resulted in about $700 damage. No injuries were reported. Drivers named were Richard E. Nance, 25, Sunnyside, and Lee Kompus, 19, 1805 Me St. Officers also investigated four additional weekend fender benders, all minor.
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Inh and
Ui. Sts
Richard E. Nance
Sunnyside
Lee Kompus
1805
Gunman fails in attempt to take receipts at Pebble Beach golf
Melvin Russell Blair a 42 year old retired Army colonel from Alexandria Virginia attempted to take receipts at gunpoint during a golf tournament near Del Monte Lodge Pebble Beach California. Sheriff deputy Tom Martin guarding safes grappled Blair as a weapon discharged in the scuffle Blair refused to identify his family saying he was just a transient. The 6th Army in San Francisco reported Blair holds a Distinguished Service Cross Silver Star two oak leaf clusters and the Purple Heart.
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Pebble Beach
Calif
Melvin Russell Blair
Alexandria
Goa
Tom Martin
del Monte Lodge
Martin
Blair
Smith
Virginia
Smit
6Th Army
San Francisco
Divorce suits filed in district court
District court records show new divorce suits filed across multiple cases. Plaintiffs and respondents are listed in petitions seeking dissolution of marriage, with no final judgments reported at this time.
Senate to Move School Aid Fund Transfer
Senate leaders plan to introduce a bill to shift funds from the general fund to the elementary school aid fund. The measure would transfer more than $435,000 to cover the balance needed to complete a $17.7 million elementary aid payment approved by the 1967 Legislature.
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Wunsch
Ringman
Senate
Toma General Fund
Talament
Hospital gratitude note from LeRoy Alexander posted
A brief message from LeRoy Alexander thanks relatives friends doctors and nurses for cards and care received while in the hospital.
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LeRoy Alexander
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