Joyous GOPs Set for Big Moment
Senatorial debate over Charles E. Wilson's defense secretary nomination continues as President-elect Eisenhower and White House staff pledge to ride out protests over his General Motors holdings. Senate committees approve Weeks, Humphrey, Brownell, and Hobby picks as cabinet confirmations loom. Carlson suggests Wilson place GM shares in trust during government tenure.
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Inaugural Schedule Washington States Events Plan
Inaugural events listed for Monday include a 1 PM entertainment festival at Uline Arena, a 9 PM repeat festival at Capital Theater, 8 AM electors meeting to form permanent organizations, 8:30 AM private services at National Presbyterian Church for President-elect Eisenhower and incoming cabinet, 10:45 AM oath and inaugural address at the Capitol, 12:30 PM parade to the White House, and 9 PM balls at National Guard Armory and Georgetown University auditorium.
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Final Round of Pre Inaugural Celebrations Precedes Swear-In
Joyous Republicans gathered in Washington for the pre-inaugural events as Dwight D. Eisenhower prepares to take the oath as the 34th U S president. A three-hour parade and massive crowds are planned with top dignitaries, entertainers, and state officials in attendance. Eisenhower travels by special train from New York amid champagne receptions and social functions that continue through Tuesday’s inaugural balls.
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Eisenhower
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Alrllene
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Fred Waring
Adolphe Men
Ethel Merman
Edgar Bergen
Hoagy Carmichael
Lily Pons
Dorothy Lamour
Edith Wiliams
Walter Winchell
Ed Sullivan
Irene Dunne
Eleanor Steber
John Wayne
New York City Center Ballet
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Thomas E. Dewey
Maj
John Eisenhower
Korea
Elivera Doud
Cloudiness to Hold Over Topeka Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy skies and fog are forecast across most of the state Monday night into Tuesday. Temperatures hold steady with lows in the 20s to near 30 and highs mainly in the 40s east to 30s west. Weekend highs ranged from 57 at Garden City and Goodland to 30s in the southeast. Salina reported 21 for a low Sunday night.
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Mercury
Garden City
Goodland
John Newcomer Named Patee Theater Manager
John Newcomer of Chillicothe Mo has been appointed manager of the Patee Theater replacing James R Gammon who is transferred to Clinton Mo Newcomer who has worked in the movie theater business since 1923 is married with 16 daughters and will reside at 2017 N H St He is a Lions Club Mason Shrine and Baptist Church member In Clinton he was active in Chamber of Commerce and Boy Scout work.
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Chillicothe
Patee
Commonwealth
J. D. King
Newcomer
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Clinton
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Alice Jo
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Masons, Shrine
The
Baptist Church
Chamber of Commerce
Tanks Rumble On Seoul U Front In Korean War Action
U S Patton tanks moved across frozen paddies on the Central Korean front for a fourth day blasting Red bunkers and trenches in the Iron Triangle. Allied aircraft reported 60 enemy killed or wounded and destruction of tanks gun positions caves and bunkers as fighting persisted near An chor Hill and along the eastern battle line.
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Iron Triangle
North Korea
Anchor Hill
U. S
U. S. Asks Reds to Come To Conference Jan. 30
The United States has invited Russia to a Big Four deputies conference on January 30 in London to discuss an Austrian peace settlement. Washington says Moscow has not replied yet after a prior note. The move follows a UN resolution urging a new effort among the United States Russia Britain and France to finish a pact and end occupation troops. Russia previously declined to attend a streamlined treaty discussion last summer.
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London
State Department
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Initiation for Legion Dorsey Liberty Post No 4
Initiation for 163 new members transfers and re instatements will be held at 8 Tuesday night in the Municipal Building auditorium at 8th and Vt Lts Commander Ross Wulfkuhle will administer the Legion pledge. A detail of Air Force ROTC hand at K U I Day directed by William McClelland.
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American Legion
Municipal Building
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Ross Wulfkuhle
Legion
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William McClelland
Flu Riddles City McPherson
All schools in the city were ordered closed Monday due to a flu outbreak. About 340 of 1,200 pupils were absent as classes opened. Superintendent R W Potwin, on D r R P Watterson’s advice, closed four grade schools one intermediate school and the high school for the rest of the week and barred children from movie houses.
Two Killed and 12 Missing After China Sea Plane Wreck
A U S Navy patrol plane with 13 aboard crashed off the South China coast after reporting anti aircraft fire. Eleven survivors were picked up by rescue ships with 12 still missing. The wreck occurred near Swatow and Hong Kong while search efforts continued.
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Dwight Eisenhower
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Inauguration on TV at West Side Market Ad
TV action at West Side Market located at 6th and Indiana highlights the inauguration viewing. Courtesy credit to Richard Pine Radio TV Sales and Service in Lawrence and Eudora. Event promotion notes availability through local shops.
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Richard Pine
Lawrence
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Inaugural Sunflower Wearers Flood Washington
Washington swelled with sunflowers as Ike’s inauguration neared with half a million visitors. Kansas sent over 1 000 travelers and a 60 member band, some ill with flu yet marching. Two special trains carried Kansas contingents and a brisk sight seeing rush overwhelmed buses.
Tragic Truck Crash Kills Mrs Overbaugh Near Tonganoxie
Mrs Mabel Irene Overbaugh of Route 1 Tonganoxie was killed when her truck crashed through a bridge guard rail on a county road three miles west and a quarter mile south of Tonganoxie. Her 12 year old daughter Marvel suffered minor facial scratches. Funeral services are set for 2 pm Wednesday at the Friends Church in Tonganoxie with burial in Hubbell Cemetery. Mrs Overbaugh who was born in Linwood had lived in Leavenworth County all her life. She is survived by her husband Rudy, Marvel and Robert, her parents, three sisters and two brothers. The accident occurred after the truck apparently skidded on a muddy road.
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Tonganoxie
Tonganoxle
Overbaugh
Leavenworth County
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Delbert Vaughn
Hubbell
Linwood
Rudy Overbaugh
Robert
J. W. Reed
Elm St
Flood strikes California coast as communities evacuate
A week of storms drenches the California Oregon coast with floods and evacuations. More than 1,000 people displaced over the weekend as Humboldt and Del Norte declare emergencies. U S Highway 101 submerged in places from Eureka to Crescent City, while Klamath and Coquille River areas report rapid rises and torn infrastructure. Civil defense sets up shelters as rescues meet 5 mile per hour winds and 5 foot waves.
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Civil Defense
Recession Predicted by Cornell Advisor in Farm Journal
W S Myers dean of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell warns in Farm Journal the United States may enter a recession by 1955. He notes postwar inflation may have peaked and predicts a mild downturn, with 1953 likely to be strong but prices leveling off for the next year or two unless housing and defense output drop sharply.
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Eisenhower
W. S. Myers
New York State College of Agriculture
Cornell University
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Commission On Agriculture
Ft Scott Considers Local-Type Parking Fines Break
Ft Scott City Council weighs a plan to allow first offenders in overtime parking to pay a reduced fine via small yellow boxes rather than appearing in police court. Some commissioners say the aim is traffic turnover, others claim it would boost revenue through more tickets.
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Music for Rotarians by KU students at Lawrence Rotary
Four KU Fine Arts students presented a noon program for the Lawrence Rotary Club. Soloists included flutist Gene Johnson of Kansas City and soprano Gretta Reetz of Linwood. Accompanists were Mrs. Jacqueline Stoops Beahm of Lawrence and Jim York of Osawatomie.
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Lawrence
Seventeen Traffic Accidents Reported in City Week End
Police logged thirteen traffic collisions in the city over the weekend as slick roads contributed to many wrecks. Two people were injured but not hospitalized. Cora Riggs suffered bruises in a collision with a truck driven by Willard Wallace at Third and Lincoln. she was treated and released. Minnie Taylor sustained bruises in a four-vehicle crash on North H St near 916. she was treated and released. The incidents caused about $400 damage to Riggs’s car. eight other crashes occurred Saturday, two more Sunday, and one Monday with no injuries.
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Willard Wallace
Kansas City
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Lincoln Sts
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
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Wallace
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Minnie Taylor
N. J. St
N. H. St
Wesley Ashby
Ky. St
Norman Hogue
la. St
C. E. Hollenbeck
Linwood
New Hampshire Street
Largest TV Network For Eisenhower Inauguration Telecasts
Four major networks assemble a record telecast for General Eisenhower's inauguration. Coverage spans 72 cities and 110 to 115 stations. About 21 million TV sets, 70 percent of the population, will receive the broadcast with live coverage from the inaugural hall to the parade.
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Eisenhower
NBC
ABC
CBS
DuMont
Soldier's Body Found on Ft. Riley Parade Ground
Pvt. Glen M. Schaich 2nd, trainee with the 10th Infantry Division, was found Sunday on the division parade ground with a bullet wound to the left temple. A .22 caliber revolver lay under his left hand. He entered the army on November 5 and completed basic training. Survivors include his parents Mr and Mrs Alva Schaich of Mortonville.
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Glen M. Schaich
10Th Infantry
Morrowville
Alva Schaich
Mortonville
Polio Workers Plan Three Day Drive In Lawrence District
The March of Dimes campaign in Lawrence launches next Wednesday with a three day canvass of downtown firms. Captains Bob Harrison and E E Whitchurch supervise workers across blocks from 600 to 1100 Massachusetts Street, with a curbside collection at the First National Bank for absent contributors. The local goal is $9,000, funding polio care and research, with a Mothers' March set for January 2 to collect at homes showing a lit porch light.
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Dusty) Rhodes
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Gene Doane
Park Hetzel II
Otto Sitz
George Nolan
Merle McKinney
W. L. Reusch
James Schubert
Fred Cooper
Bob Beguelin
Roger Quakenbush
Wayne Love
Ernest Pulliam
Deblert Mathia
James Moore
March of Dimes
George Dunkley
First National Bank
National Funds
No Injuries in Accident Involving Denny and Kelly Jr
The sheriff's office reported a wreck at 12:25 a m Sunday about 242 miles north of Lawrence on U S Highway 2459. No injuries were reported. Cars driven by Edgar Denny and Earl V. Kelly Jr. collided after Denny stopped to avoid a parked car. Investigating officers noted Kelley could not stop in time. No damage estimates were given.
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U. S
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Vt. Sr
Earl V. Kelly Jr
Blue Cross Blue Shield Plan For Topeka Office Building
Officials announce a new Blue Cross and Blue Shield office building planned for Topeka to house hospital insurance plans. A site has not been chosen and construction details are incomplete. the building is expected to match the three-story office space used currently.
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Kansas Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Lucy's Baby Born It's a Boy Desiderio Arnaz IV
Hollywood reports newborn Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV for Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Jr as cesarean birth yields a healthy boy. Desi Arnaz Sr. announced in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital that mother and infant are in excellent condition.
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Douglas County Welfare Expenditures Rise In 1952
The Douglas County Welfare Department spent 371 938 82 in 1952, 32055 28 more than 1951, with federal and state reimbursements totaling 260 822 20 and the county share of state sales tax at 9371 65. The 1952 budget was 430 364, and spending stayed within limits.
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Watson
Regents seek 400000 for K U and K State TV stations
The Kansas State Board of Regents voted to ask the 1953 Legislature for 400000 to establish joint educational television stations at the University of Kansas and Kansas State College. The plan envisions six hours of daily broadcasting as part of a national educational network with transmitter sites at each campus and operating funds for both schools.
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Topeka
K.U
Kansas State College
K. State
Federal Communications Commission
K-State
Hubert Brighton
Journal- World
Ford Foundation
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Pecgents
Girl Returns to Classes After Murder Charge
Sixteen year old Maxine Johnson returned to Horton High School after being charged with first degree murder in the death of her grandmother Mrs. Jane Tobson. Bond of 5000 was posted by local Horton businessmen A. C. Schultz and Paul Schillig. Preliminary hearing was waived and the case bound over to District Court for trial February 2.
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Hiawatha
Kanum
Maxine Johnson
Horton
Miss Johnson
A. C. Shultz
Paul ¥. Schillig
Jane Tobson
Six Schools Ordered Closed Over Influenza Epidemic
Parson's district shuts four elementary schools and two junior high schools due to an influenza outbreak. Labette County health officer Dr. Evert C. Beaty issued the order, effective Tuesday.
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Evert C. Beaty
Labette County
House Committee Jobs Filled By Stough At Session Today
Kansas House session fills committee assignments as Speaker Charles S announces the slate. New rules increase committee sizes, with education and judiciary panels growing, while local bills dominate the initial measures. Wichita Republicans push city growth and bond limits. several lawmakers introduce bills on city school sites and flood control funding. Continuous discussion set as legislative work begins amid absence of Gov Eisenhower aides.
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Stough
Kansas House of Representatives
Charles S
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Gov. Amn
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Westmoreland
John Madden
Phil H. Manning
Vernon L. Williams
Wichita
Boone
Wyandotte County
Thomas H. Finigan
Myles C. Stevens
Joseph M. Mikeaic
GI Trusty Missing at Fort Leavenworth
Jack D. Hart, 25, a trusty at the post guardhouse, is reported missing from Fort Leavenworth after last seen Sunday night while on duty as a janitor at the post theater. Hart had been convicted of desertion and was awaiting a six month review and dishonorable discharge.
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Jack D. Hart
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