Truman sends $85.4 billion budget to Congress
President Truman unveils an $85,444,000,000 fiscal year budget with an $11 billion armed forces expansion and a five to six billion five year atomic energy program. He seeks to raise taxes to cover a projected $14.4 billion deficit, expands aid to security programs, civilian defense, and education while warning of potential war with the Kremlin.
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Washington
Truman
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Kremlin
Brannan
Brannanj
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Lee Billon
All Roads Near Reno Blocked by Snow Storm
Snowbound conditions cut U.S. 40 near Reno and interrupted rail service in Northern California. Winds and new snowfall hindered plowing efforts as the Donner Pass link reopened briefly only to close again while the City of San Francisco streamliner remained stalled with passengers and crew.
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Reno
U.S. 40
California
Southern Pacific
Donner
Francisco
Budget Message Cites Progress Of Rearming and Further Goals
President Tru outlines progress in the fiscal 1953 defense budget a Washington report notes the armed forces expansion adding Army divisions from 10 to 18 returning 160 combat ships from mothballs and adding 41 Air Force wings. He says the budget lays groundwork for further progress and targets peak production for major military items by year end with some aircraft and weapons not yet in production. He calls for more revenue to fund defense and urges closing loopholes and returning to a pays-as-you-go policy.
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Washington
Congress
Seven Survivors Describe Crash of Korean Airlift Plane
McChord Air Force Base reports seven of 43 aboard survived a crash off Sandspit, British Columbia, as fishermen reached the wreckage. Ten were killed. the others escaped to the wing before the plane sank. Survivors recount a frigid, brief struggle, including one officer baptizing a youth before vanishing.
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McChord Air Force Base
Wash
North Pacific
British Columbia
Sandspit
Queen Charlotte Islands
Japan
Sandspit Airport
Donald E. Baker
Glendal Calif
Baker
Ye Kuhn
Kenneth
Seattle
Zuckert Nominated for Atomic Energy Post by Truman
President Truman nominated Gay Eugene M. Zuckert to a four year term on the Atomic Energy Commission. Zuckert, assistant secretary of the Air Force, would succeed Sumner T. Pike and has an official home in Connecticut. Truman also named Henry S. Villard to be the first American ambassador to the United Kingdom of Libya.
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Washington
Gay Eugene M. Zuckert
Truman
Atomic Energy Commission
Sumner T. Pike
Zuckert
Connecticut
Air Force
Henry S. Villard
New York City
United Kingdom
Libya
Chairman Vinson Seeks Second Nuclear Submarine
Washington January 21 Chairman Vinson of the House Armed Services Committee introduced a bill to authorize construction of the Navy’s second nuclear powered submarine. The measure also funds a second aircraft carrier and related ships with an estimated cost of about 1.15 billion dollars. The bill outlines building two aircraft carriers four destroyers and other support vessels plus numerous support craft and landing craft.
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Washington
Vinson
D-Ga
House
Armed Services Committee
Navy
Fight Local Men Go For Induction Into Service
The Douglas County Draft Board sent eight men to Kansas City Missouri for induction into the armed services this morning. They are Robert Fugene Malone. Daniel Lee Hallmark. Orval Earl Edmonds. Joe Bermudez. Paul W. Reed. Kenneth William Bateman. Harvey Raymond Rew Jr.. William Stanley Inloes. The local board was notified to send 11 men to Kansas City for pre induction examinations on Feb. 7. Three others were due today but were transferred to other boards to go when those boards issue next calls. They are Dale Robert Kring. Marion William Petefish. Anthony Richter.
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Douglas County Draft Board
Kansas City
Robert Fugene Malone
Stes Taaniel Lee’ Hallmark
Orval Earl Edmonds
Joe Bermudez
Paul W. Reed
Baldwin
Kenneth William
Bateman
Emporia
Harvey Raymond Rew Jr
Wellsville
William Stanley Inloes
Dale Robert Kring
Dalkis
Marion William Petefish
Route 4
Denver
Alony Richter
Minneapolis, Minn
Stock Market Index Closes Higher on New York Session
New York stocks end the day with the closing average for 60 issues at 101.9, a new 1951-52 high, up 0.5 points. The update notes market activity through the evening hours and mentions Gales Food Center at 2nd and Lincoln.
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New York
Acheson and Dulles Urge Senate Japan Treaty Ratification
Secretary of State Acheson and John Foster Dulles urged Senate ratification of the Japanese Peace Treaty to prevent Japan from becoming captive to Communism. They warned the Soviet Union would exploit Japan and Germany's industrial power and stressed treaties with Japan, the Philippines, and Australia-New Zealand are essential for regional security. Republicans pressed for reservations, but leaders expected ratification.
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State Acheson
John Foster Dulles
Senate
Dulles
Japan
Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Philippines
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
Community of Free Nations
Stalin
Soviet Union
Germany
U. S
Postgraduate Surgery Course Opens at KU Medical Center
The seventh annual postgraduate medical course in surgery begins at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City and runs through Friday. The KU Medical School hosts an interim meeting of the Kansas chapter of the American College of Surgeons with 17 surgeons from 10 states aiding 18 KU faculty. Dr. Wayne C. Bartlett of Wichita is the only Kansas instructor among guest faculty. Each morning offers ward walks or operative clinics with color television.
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University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
K.U. Medical School
Kansas
American College of Surgeons
H. G. Ingham
Wayne C. Bartlett
Wichita i
Brighter Weather Picture For Southern California
The forecast for Southern California calls for a drying trend after recent showers and a cheerful outlook. Forecasters expect partly cloudy skies with scattered mountain showers and largely sunny conditions in the Los Angeles area. Most evacuees have returned home after last week’s floods.
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Los Angeles
California
Reaction to Truman budget prompts mixed reactions in Congress
Washington readers greeted President Truman's 85.444 billion budget request with statements accusing the President of pursuing "spending and more spending" as the only answer. Democrats, including George of Georgia, criticized the size, with one noting the budget is "too big—it's too great."
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Washington
P—House
Truman
Non. George
D-Ga
Flood control project budgets for Kansas outline
Army Engineers estimate budgets for Kansas flood control for the year starting July 1. Hutchinson 1,824,000. Kansas City area 3,750,000. Missouri River levees across Kan, Mo, Ia, Neb 500,000. Topeka 500,000. Wichita and Valley Center 2,500,000. Tuttle Creek reservoir 15,500,000.
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Kansas
Army Engineers
Hutchinson
Kansas City
Kan
Missouri River
Iowa
Neb
Topeka
Wichita and Valley Center
Tuttle
Creek Reservoir
Mossadegh followers hail closure of British consulates
Tehran crowds exceed twenty thousand rally to celebrate the closure of Britain's nine consulates in Iran. Mossadegh and speakers frame the action as patriotic victory while Ayatullah Kashani calls for November-like national holiday and voting over demonstrations. Iran's national election continues with extended balloting. Mossadegh's cabinet approves a 24 million dollar U.S. Point Four aid deal for technical assistance and development.
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Associates Press
Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Britain
Mossadegh
Ayatullah Kashani
U. S
Error in Attack on Korean Truce Convoy Claims
U N command says Allied forces may have attacked a Communist truce convoy on the Kaesong Pyongyang highway. Both sides accuse the other of violations as armistice subcommittees report no progress. Air operations were hampered by snow and low clouds with limited jets engaging over northwest Korea.
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Munsan
Korea
U. N
Kaesong-Pyongyang
James C. Murray
Charwon
Pyongyang
Fifth Air Force
Cold spell to hit Kansas Tuesday after mild January days
Topeka reports a rapid shift from unusually mild January weather to colder conditions. Forecaster Richard Garrett says a new wintry blast will pass north of Kansas with sub-freezing temps and strong winds statewide, with highs in the 30s and possible light snow flurries in the north.
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Kansas
Richard Garrett
Goodland
Garden City
Pan. Y Ga
Taday
Denver
Edmont
Fort Worth
Havre
Mon -In
Miami
Orleans
York
Oklahoma
Waashington
Weaver Heads LIDC Board Change at Chamber Meeting
Arthur B. Weaver was elected president of the Lawrence Industrial Development Co. board at the stockholders annual meeting held at the Chamber of Commerce building this afternoon. M. S. Winter was chosen vice president with E. R. Zook as secretary and Simon Hurwitz as treasurer. Other directors named include Richard Barber Dolphin Simons George Lawrence and M. N. Penny.
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Arthur B. Weaver
Lawrence Industrial Development Co., Inc
Chamber of Commerce
M. S. Winter
E. R. Zook
Simon Hurwitz
Richard Barber
Dolphin Simons
George Lawrence
M. N. Penny
FIND MISSING MEN
Port Angeles Washington January 21 three airmen bodies were found on Olympic Peninsula mountainside where five other crew members escaped. Lt Cmdr Gordon H MacLane Coast Guard helicopter pilot said bodies were last positions from catapulting plane after a 1300 foot drop. For volley ball players all men in Lawrence should report to Cordley school gym tomorrow at 7.
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Port Angeles
Wash
Olympic Peninsula
Cmdr
Gordon H. MacLane
Coast Guard
Lawrence
Cordley School
Larry Heeb
Vermont St
Dikes Restored to Pre Flood Shape Near Lawrence
Dikes along the Kaw River near Lawrence have been rebuilt by A G Sherwood Construction Co of Independence Kansas. About seven miles were regraded and the dikes restored to their pre flood height and condition at a cost of 864000 funded through the U S Corps of Engineers. Work began in October and was completed by December with two crews operating on opposite river banks. Local engineers and officials praised the project for efficiency and standard workmanship.
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Lawrence
A. G. Sherwood Construction Co
Independence
Kah
Lakeview
Kaw Valley Interburban River
Kansas City
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Grant Township
W. C. McNown
Douglas County
Corps of Engineers
Rites for Mrs Pike
Mrs John Pike sixty died Saturday night in General Hospital Natchez Miss from injuries in an automobile crash near Natchez Thursday Funeral services set for Freeman Mortuary Kansas City at 3 30 p m Burial in Mount Moriah Cemetery Kansas City Reverend Thomas B Mather and Dr E Allison will officiate Born in Bucklin Missouri she earned degrees from Missouri Columbia taught commerce eighteen years at Bouttinvese High School in Kansas City Came to Lawrence six years ago with her husband who runs a sign painting business at 17 W St St She led CW of P E C and Soroptimist Club and belonged to the Social Order of the Beauceant active member First Methodist Church Also longtime Central Methodist Church Kansas City survivors include husband sister Mrs Francis Cramer Homer A Dye and three sisters and a brother The group vacationed in the South when the accident occurred Mrs Pike driving the car it overturned while passing a truck Others injured not seriously Pike to return to Lawrence briefly this evening
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General Hospital
Natchez
Miss
Freeman Mortuary
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Broadway Sts
Kansas City
Mount Moriah
Thomas B. Mather
Central Methodist Church of
E. Allison
First Methodist Church
Lawrence
Pike
Bucklin
University of 3Ouri
Columbia
Bouttinvese High School
Kansasity
W. St. St
Chappter
Chinese Soloist Fades Away in Korean Frontline
With the U S Seventh Division in Korea on January 21 a Communist sentry near American trenches hurled insults but was silenced by a chorus of GIs. Company F of the 32nd Buccaneer Regiment after a rough exchange started singing in the bunker and the officers urged a unified performance. God Bless America finally quieted the foe as Felix Fratto Earl Humphrey and James Rutherford joined in.
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Korea
32Nd Buccaneer Regiment
Red
Felix Fratto
Salt Lake City
Earl Humphrey
Denver
James Rutherford
Invanhoe
Calif
The
Walter Kandelin
Fitchburg
Mass
William Glenn
Portland
Ore
America
Unclaimed 1950 income tax refunds listed for Lawrence area
Lynn Brodrick, Kansas collector of internal revenue, Wichita, releases names of 13 Lawrence area residents with undeliverable 1950 income tax refunds due to bad addresses. Instructions to inquire at Wichita office. refunds may be sent after processing up to six months. List includes Charley Anderson, Irene Collins, Frances Cranston, Donald Davenport, Albert Eshelman, Warner Cutz, Ivan Regnier, James Rhodes, Hilary Schneider, Kenneth Smith, Harold Snell, James Walker, Arthur Watkins among others with detailed addresses in Lawrence, Linwood, Baldwin, Oskaloosa and Eudora.
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Lawrence
Lynn
Brodrick
Kansas
Internal Revenue
Wichita
Collector of Internal Revenue Office
Federal Building
General Accounting Office
Washington D. C
Warner
E. J. Cutz
Baldwin
Ivan Regnier
James B. Rhodes
Tenn. St
Hilary A
J. Schneider
Oskaloosa
Kenneth E. Smith
DeSoto
Harold W. Snell
N. Y. St
James A
B. A. Walker
Eudora
Arthur Edward Watkins
Box 156
Linwood
GOP Central Committee fills two precinct posts
Douglas County Republican Central Committee named R A Haggart of 724 Ind St and George Marquardt of Baldwin to fill precinct committeemen vacancies. About 20 members met in the Courthouse, called by Don Hults. Haggart will serve Second Ward’s Precinct 2 while Marquardt serves South Baldwin. The session also discussed delegates, funds for fall campaign, and Kansas Day plans in Topeka.
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Ind.St
George Marquardt
Baldwin
Douglas County
Republican Central Committee
Don Hults
Haggart
Lawrence
Marquardt
South Baldwin
Topeka
Hults
Jayhawk
Kansas Day
Penney
Should Congress Be on TV Debates Split on Televising Congress
A 1950s debate on televising congressional sessions shows three positions. Rep Jaftvits argues for limited TV access to major debates to inform the public, Sen Gillette says Congress should remain a deliberative body and not a theater, while Sen Wiley calls Congress rich in TV material but favors limited televised joint sessions.
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Conion
Academy of Ences
Congressionleries
Television Arts
Congress
Rep
Jasfvits
R-Ny
Javits
Sen. Gillette
Iowa
Gillette
Sen
Wiley
R- Wis
Senate
House
Finals In Vogue Thru Out The City
City wide finals stretch across K U and rival campuses as 6500 students endure two hour exams this week. Orientation and registration for new students are set to begin, with a detailed schedule posted by university officials and the registrar.
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Lawrences Homes
University of Kansas
K. U
Moreday
Illinois Representative Heads Toward States Flight
Honolulu Jan 21 Rep Peter F Mack Jr pilot of a single engine plane begins the longest leg of his world flight covering 2395 overwater miles to San Francisco. He left Honolulu at 10 48 p m Sunday hoping to reach San Francisco Airport by 5 30 p m Monday with 269 gallons of fuel and survival gear onboard.
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Honolulu
Peter F. Mack Jr
DTH
San Francisco
Duntor High to Host Leavenworth JH Basketball Game
Lawrence Junior High faces Leavenworth Junior High in a 3 p.m. Wednesday game at the Community Building. The event highlights intercity high school rivalry activity and town sports engagement.
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Duntor High
Lawrence Junior High School
Leavenworth Junior High
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