Washington Overhauls Cost of Living Index
The U S government replaces the old 1935 39 base with a 1947 49 based index starting late February The new index will show lower figures at higher price levels and include data from 46 communities of all sizes It will remodel the market basket with more items and adjust food's share from 33 percent to about 30 percent Labor unions oppose automatic conversion to the new index and seek continued use of the old measure.
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Washington
America
Ewan Clague
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Senate Bill Would End Livestock Price Curbs
A group of senators introduced a bill to abolish price controls on livestock and the federal grading system. Co-sponsors include Sens Schoeppel and Carlson, with Sen Capehart noting hearings on controls and suggesting no action if controls expire April 30.
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Washington
Lel
Schoeppel and Carlson
Sen. Capehart
R-Ind
Senate Banking Committee
Committee Assignments For Kansas Congressmen
Washington reports that House committee assignments, subject to approval, name Kansas members and chairs. Hope leads Agriculture, George covers Banking and Public Works, Smith serves Armed Services and Education and Labor, Miller joins Education and Labor, Rees handles Post Office and Civil Service. All listed are Republicans except Mil CLs.
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Washington
House
Kansas
Agriculture
Hope
Banking
George
Armed Services
Smith
Smith and Miller
Postoffice
Civil Service
Rees
Opera Workshop at Fraser Theater Showcases Student Talent
K A Opera Workshop presented two operas scenes in Fraser Theater Thursday afternoon at 3. Dale Moore was to sing Silvio in Paptacci but Mary Lee Haur as Nedda opened with a solo. The Figaro scene in English featured Nathalie Sherwood as the Countess and James Wallace as Figaro with Jerald Stone on piano. The production, part of a new curriculum class, aimed to build poise and musical performance, earning praise for thoughtful planning and potential futures.
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Katherine Muley
K. A
Fraser Theater
Dale Moore
Silvio
Paptacci
Mary Lee Haur
Nedda
Mozart
Nathalie Sherwood
Suzanne Armentrout
Suzanna
Cherubino
Figaro
James Wallace
Linda Stormont
Jerald Stone
Opera
Pittsburg Man Killed in Coal Truck Train Collision
Claude Millard of Lamar Missouri was killed Friday when his coal truck was struck by a Missouri Pacific freight train northeast of Pittsburg after loading at a coal tipple. County attorney John Marshall Mc Millard was driving the truck at the time.
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Pittsburg
Claude Millard
Lamar
Missouri Pacific
John Marshall
Mc Millard
Purge Continues in Budapest Arrest of Jewish Leader
Hungarian police arrested Lajos Stoeckler, longtime head of Hungary's Jewish community. A police report said a large sum of dollars and Swiss francs were found at his home. The AJDC allegedly administered the community funds since 1930s, while Hungarian papers warned of threats from undermining activities tied to the Joint in Europe amid Soviet Murky plots.
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Budapest
Hungary
Lajos Stoeckler
Frances
Stoeckler
American Joint Distribution Committee
Jewish Welfare Agency
AJDC
Joint
Europe
Soviet Union
Moscow
Officer Seeks Lost Home Ties After Korea War
In New York a young army officer, back from Korea, laments lacking the ribbons and camaraderie he felt in combat. He travels toward another overseas tour, seeking belonging, loyalty, and that wartime bond he cannot find at home, wondering how to bridge peace and friendship.
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New York
America
Korea
States
Iear
Caribbean
Espen Sea
Area officer elected at Four States irrigation council
L Sweat from Smith Center Kansas was elected vice president of the Four States Irrigation Council on Friday in Fort Collins Colorado. The voting and meeting details reflect ongoing regional cooperation to manage water usage and irrigation projects across the area.
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FT. Collins
Colo
Perry" L. Sweat
Smith Center
Kas
Four- States ‘Irrigation Council
Eisenhower Reaffirms FBI Checks On White House Apps
New York Times reports two New York headquarters employees were barred from White House jobs due to FBI inquiries. Eisenhower’s team, including press secretary James Hagerty, refused comment. Eisenhower prepared to announce more appointments and will travel to Washington for inauguration plans. He spent Friday at Columbia University, resigning as university president effective Monday.
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New York
Eisenhower
White House
FBI
Manhattan
Washington
Statler
Columbia University
New York Times
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Times
James Hagerty
Hagerty
Grant to Lawrence firm aids architecture design study
Robert J. Green of B A Green Construction Co Lawrence has given K A Department of Architecture 350 to encourage creative interest in architectural design. Green graduated from the Architecture Department in June 1950. Prizes for the best solution of the first problem of the spring semester in the senior architectural design classes will be taken from the cash grant.
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K. L. Robert J. Green
B. A. Green Construction Co
Lawrence
K. A
British train 80 war dogs in Malaya for Korea duty
The British train 80 war dogs at a Malaya school for patrol work against Communists in Korea and Malaya. The dogs prove useful for scenting ambushes and locating non metallic mines that ordinary detectors miss, according to the British Information Service report.
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New York
Malaya
Korea
British Information Service
Plymouth Church Announces Sermon and Members
Plymouth Congregational Church lists Dale Emerson Turner as minister with Clayton Krehbiel as music minister and Marian Replexte as organist. A worship service is planned at 11:00 in the chapel with a Sermonet titled How Does One Learn to Be a Church Member followed by church school classes.
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Plymouth Congregational Church
Dale Emerson Turner
Clayton Krehbiel
Marian Replexte
Pre Messiah Handel Jane 30 Junior Nat Penlor Le
A fragment mentions Handells Pre Messiah event with Jane 30 and junior national age groups. Key names involve Penlor Le and Tiapsings. The readable text is incomplete but indicates an amateur or youth competition context.
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Messiah
Handel
Jane
Nat
Penlor le
Understanding the New Teste It Class Life and Teach
Fragmentary OCR text references a new teste It class and pedagogy approach. No clear event date or location appears. The readable portion hints at life and teaching concepts but lacks concrete details to confirm scope or outcome.
Marteney to Testify In Grain Fraud Trial
Garden City case centers on Marteney, head of Garden Grain and Sred Co., who faces state charges over a warehouse receipt used as collateral for a 50 000 loan. His attorney Emmet Blaes says he will admit issuing the receipt but claims he did not know of a grain shortage.
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Garden City
Wayne Marteney
Marteney
Garden Grain and Sred Co
First National Bank of Wichita
Emmet Blaes
Railroad Worker Shot Killed in Atchison Bank Car Incident
Emmet Smith 26 of Chattanooga Tennessee a Missouri Pacific railroad laborer was killed in Atchison during a bank car shooting Friday Walter Thomas 34 of Bennettsville F C was arrested Coroner Deforrest Walker reported Smith was shot in an argument over money in a railway yard local police said the investigation continued
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Atchison
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Emmet Smith
Chattanooga, Tenn
Walter Thomas
Bennettsville F. C
Walker
Smith
Imoney
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Rhoades
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Ino
Lawrence Sanitary Milk
Ie Cream
Grocerie
Turner
Jament
Linge O
Lie] Maes
Rankin Drug CO
Laurence
GE Gas
Ata Ekato
Rons
Ne-Sieleat Reigerator
Meist
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