Senate probes find gross carelessness in grain storage project
A Senate Investigations subcommittee report accuses the Agriculture and Navy departments of gross carelessness and lack of coordination in the 1954 grain storage bin program. It cites $4.9 million spent with Black, Sivalls & Bryson on 8,940 prefabricated steel bins, many defective with cracks and poor fits allowing moisture and vermin entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Department of Arial
Navy Department
Inspection Service
Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Commodiaty Credit Corp
Black, Sivalls & Bryson
Kansas City
Bailey Hall move expands space for Education and arts departments
Bailey Hall will house the School of Education and key departments including Music Education and Art Education while Fraser Hall and Strong Annex B receive temporary remodeling. A permanent space reorganization is not set until next fall with English Romance Languages and Literature Germanic and Slavic Languages moving to Fraser tall and Mathematics and Political Science filling Strong Annex B. Two more moves are planned through 1959 including the Music and Dramatic Arts Building in 1957 and the Business building in 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Education
Guidance Bureau
Child Research and Speech Correction Laboratory
Bureau of Visual Instruction
Bailey
Lawton
Fraser Hall
Strong Annex B
Fraser Tall
Bailey Hall
Music
School of Business
Yeats Collection Acquired by University Library
The Greater University Fund at Kansas University purchased a Yeats dominated collection for Watson Library. Curated by P S O Hegarty of Dublin, it includes Yeats works with material by Lady Gregory and J M Synge and spans Irish literary renaissance items such as Abbey Theatre programs and Dun Emer Cuala press items. Over 500 Yeats volumes plus related materials are included.
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William Butler Yeats
Greater University Fund
Kansas University
Watson Library
P.S. O'Hegarty
Dublin
Ireland
Yeats
Lady Gregory
J. M. Synge
Abbey Theatre
Ats
Dun
Emer
Cuala
O’hegarty
New Simplified Alphabet Aims To Teach Writing Faster
A columnist promotes a nine-letter simplified alphabet to speed up early literacy. He cites a test with two 3-year-olds who wrote “AR-JKKURZFK” after ten minutes, claiming it translates to a call for good men to come to the aid. The teacher dismisses the experiment as flawed.
Praise From Wife Costs Hunters Fail Of Oh
A garbled clump of OCR text yields no clear people, places, or events. The fragment hints at a court or legal context but lacks coherent names or actions to summarize reliably. No definite outcome or party can be identified from the readable lines.
Four Yank Passengers Injured in Belgian Train Crash
Reported in Louvain near Brussels a Belgian train collision injured ten to eleven American and other passengers. The Brussels to Cologne service derailed near Heveret Station with multiple injuries, many described as serious. Local rail line between London Ontario and Stratford also reported a head-on collision with injuries, adding to the day’s rail incidents.
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Bela Pr
Hrussels-Cologne
Ns. Poess
Hevert
London
iWne
Lanyon
Kellys Station
St Marys
Tonganoxie Man Admits False Report of Wreck
Lawrence County court arraigned 26 year old Tonganoxie man Stoneking on two counts after he admitted to deputies that he originated a false accident report on Saturday night. He obstructed a deputy and disturbed the peace by reporting a non existent crash near Reno on US 440 northeast of Lawrence. He was picked up Sunday morning at his home and admitted the false report.
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Lawrence Stoneking
Leavenworth
Leavenworth County
Stoneking
Grant Min Leavenworth Cin Court
Shaky Salesmen Confront Roadblock and Police Chase
Nolte and Grant, traveling in a flashbulb maker’s car, were stopped by police after a roadblock radioed to Miller's Corner. Officers learned the men matched a description but found no danger. The duo, relieved, continued with aspirin and coffee after the tense moment.
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Ing Nolte
Grant
Nolte
Brauer
Miller's Corner
Nalte
T Hal
Topeka
Ridit
Hospital Admissions and Births List at Memorial Hospital
Admission records show Melvin Miller and John Taylor among patients. Discharges include Earl Edmonds and Carolee Mehtinger with newborns. Births recorded for several mothers: Diana Worthington, Elsie Charbonneau, Beverly Nordmark, Florine Logan, Louvilla Townsend, Shirley Givers, Rosie King, Mary Garcia, William and Alten Meyer families, with multiple locations and street addresses. The list spans Sunflower, Baldwin, Overland Park, and other communities.
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Earl Edmonds
Mich. St
Nic
Carolee Mehtinger
Baby Boy
Chin $T
Diana Worthington
Larry Sledge
Booth St
Shirley Kennedy
Maple St
Dixie Robertsoll
Mes
Elsie Chardenneau
Beverly Nordmark
Sunnyside
Charles Butrum
Florine Logan
Baby Jing
Senate Farm Group Reaches General Soil Bank Agreement
The Senate Agriculture Committee announced a general accord on a soil bank plan to cut crop planting to reduce surpluses and raise farm income. Details and costs remain unresolved after a two hour closed session, with Eisenhower and Benson backing a soil bank in broad terms.
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Washington
Senate Acneuliue
Fl Jontley PeLat
Nione
Indea
Sot Bank
Eisenhower
Benson
Sol Bank
Congress
de Waals
Kansas Legislature Cuts General Fund for State Agencies
House and Senate debate over budget cuts trims the Kansas Industrial Development Commission funds and lowers administration salaries. The KIDC loses industrial research and tourist promotion money, leaving $100000 from a $192408 request. Other reductions hit Administration, State Architect, and Lt. Governor offices while promoting legislative audits of state agencies and fee funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
KIDC
Bentley
State Chamber of Commerce
Department of Administration
State Architect
Lt. Governors Office
John McCuish
Associated Press
Senate
Ways and Means
Department
Mack Nations
Kinsley
Fred Hall
Clyde Wilson
R-Emporia
Hall
Wilson
State Liquor Control Office
State Cosmetology Board
State Embalming Board
House
State Board of Medical Registration and Examination
Attorney General
Blake Williamson
Kansas City
State Highway Department
Legislative Council Roads and Highways Committee
Adjutant General’s Department
State Branch
League of Kansas
Board of Regents
Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Veterans Organizations
Hic Kansas National Livestock Assn
Lawrence's Santa Fe oil Trend station wall yaintance first time Thursday
Lawrence officials announced the new Santa Fe oil Trend station will open its offices at the southeast corner of the stone and bark building on Thursday. The passenger station and ticket office in the northwest section will begin use after the eastbound Chedpodan departs just before noon.
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Lawrence
Santa Fe
Addy
Apt
Reward to Be Withdrawn By Friends of Stull Man
Friends of Rolland Kampfschroeder withdraw a $603 reward after February 28 for tips about the September 24 Topeka beating that left him unconscious and robbed him of about $800. Kampfschroeder, 23, co owner of a Topeka service station, can talk and move but cannot remember the night, and police have no solid leads.
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Stull
Rolland
Kampschroeder
Topeka
Estes seeks probe of defense setup over Ridgway charges
Senator Kefauver called for a thorough review of the defense establishment after Gen. Matthew Ridgway, in a Saturday Evening Post piece, warned of civilian secretaries making military decisions for political expediency. Ridgway had previously said he opposed manpower cuts and faced pressure to align with a politico military line.
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Washington v.Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Saturday Evening Post
Army Chief of Staff
Deaths and Funerals for Mrs. Prosser and Rev Howell
Funeral services for Mrs. Frank Prosser 79 of 1111 West Street were held at Rumsey Funeral Home at 2 p.m. today. Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery. News arrives of the death on January 20 of Rev William Jasper Howell about 85 in Toledo Ohio. He is survived by his wife Juliet Carpenter two daughters Car Huff and Lawrence Estes two sons William J. Howell Jr and Rev Warren L Howell and six grandchildren.
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Prosser
Frank Prosser
Rumsey Funeral Home
Dale Fr. Turner
Memorial Park Cemetery
W. d. Howell Ward
William Jasper Howell
Toledo
Ohio
Juliet Carpenter
W. T., Carpenter
Lawrence
Car Huff
Canada
Calif
Lawrence Estes
van Nuys
William J
November Retail Sales Rise 3 Percent in State
Kansas retail sales for November totaled 3 714 563 dollars, up 3 percent from November 1954. Douglas County rose 1 percent, recording a monthly total of 63 825 dollars, a county record. For the 12 months ending in November, statewide sales increased 8.3 percent to a record 45 119 926 dollars.
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Kansas
Bureau of Business Research
Kansas University
Douglas County
Two Year Old Frozen Child Recovers After Cold Incident
A two year old from Masarukee Wisconsin was found immersed in a cold tub and showed almost no pulse. Medical staff cooled her body then warmed her gradually and reported rapid recovery with a renewed pulse and improving condition. The incident led to police inquiry and notes from hospital authorities.
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Marshall
Wallace Davis
Masarukee
Wis
Paagy Crockett
Ceayen
Stirautent
Phen Pie
Rom
Local pupils win scholarships and awards at Watkins event
The Watkins awards honor 12 local pupils including Joanne Beal a sophomore now an WAL on the Wade kin award. The LHS faculty committee awarded Summerfield and Watkins scholarships with Helen Chewning leading. Sally Montgomery earned top score in the Bey Crocker Talent Search and the Homemaker of Tomorrow honor. A national contest saw 256 834 girls from 107722 high schools participate.
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Watkins Will
Clark Coan
Wherry
Countey Dagk
Five Family Members Die in Milford Fire
A Milford blaze killed five members of a family early today. An 11 year old son survived by jumping from a second story window, while his 6 year old brother Peter did not escape. The victims include Mr and Mrs Julian Junseh and Mrs Junseh's parents, Mr and Mrs AL Georges, all believed asleep when the fire started shortly after midnight.
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Milford
Conn
Richard Dunsed
Peter
Julian Junseh
Knowland Delegates Named for New Hampshire Primary
State Rep. Rita Collyer said Lisbon favors a full slate of Knowland delegates for the March 13 New Hampshire presidential primary. The slate aims to back Senate minority leader Knowland and his campaign.
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Lisbon
N.H. P
Senate
Knowland
Califf
New Hampshire
Rita Collyer
Marriage Licenses Issued From Probate Court
Licenses granted to Allan Long Kauffman and Elizabeth Ellen Moran. John Strong and Joan Beth Shay. Thomas F P Jonas and Barbara P Anderson. Phillip Roger Parker and Dorothy May Battle. Readings include ages and hometowns such as Arlington VA Danbury CT Kansas City KS St Louis MO Dayton OH and Medicine Lodge Leavenworth.
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Allan Long Kauffman
Arlington
Elizabeth Ellen Moran
Danbut
Conn
John Strong
Kansas City
Kas
Joan Beth Shay
Manitou
Thomas FP. Jonas
St. Louis
Barbara P. Anderson
Dayton
Ohio
Phillip Roger Parker
Medicine Lodge
Dorothy May Battle
Leavenworth
Market News and Price Report From Kansas City and Wall Street
The report covers livestock grain and bond activity with KC grain prices and futures, cattle and hogs steady to higher, and futures showing slight gains. In New York Wall Street rallies on Eisenhower business outlook with broad gains and strong buying momentum across major indices.
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Wall Street
New York
Eisenhower
Congress
Market Gainers Lift Stocks Amid Mixed Trading
Shares closed firmer as several blue chip names led gains after a modest market dip. Bethlehem Steel United States Steel Montgomery Ward Boeing Anaconda Kennecott Copper DuPont Schering New York Central and Union Pacific posted solid advances.
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N.Y
Chrysler
Gen Motors
Shoearty
Sones Kan
P&l
Martin
Monsan
van Mont Ward
Ohio Oil
Pennes
Sinclair
Sacony Ga
Stoke van
US Steel
Westy el
Woolworth
Brthlehem Steel
U. S. Steel
Montgomery Ward Boeiny
United Aircraft
Anaconda Co
Kennecott Copper
Duo Pont
Schering
New York Central
Union Pacific
Snow Returns as Kansas Sees Light Intermittent Snow
Kansas reports a third straight day of light intermittent snow with heavier totals forecast in the southeast 3 to 5 inches. Chanute records up to four inches, much of the state sees over three inches, while the southwest gets light freezing drizzle and freezing night snow. Wires down between Oklahoma City and Liberal due to freezing drizzle.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tomor- Toy
Chanute
Oxxige City
Liberal
County Workmen Begin Jail Plumbing Renovation
County workers began removing concrete floors at the jail on Monday to install new plumbing toilets and laboratories in the cells. The elderly plumbing, not replaced in 50 years, will be replaced throughout the rail portion of the building as contractors prepare to start work.
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University
Droodles
Tonganoxie
Memorial Hospital
Melvin Miller
N. Sf
John Taylor
Anna Shimmons
la. Sr
RL Carlson
Melissa Yozzie
Douglas Si
Sunfrow
Martha Williamson
Tenn. Sr
Marie Ammal
Tongaroxie
Shirley Morris
N. 7Th St
William E. Meyer
del. St
Alten Richards
Senate Farm Group
Spooner Hall
Keith Lawton
Museum of Arm
Maui
Mall
Mulward Maser
Estes
N.H
Markrin
K. C. Cash Grain
K. C. Livestock
U.S
Kansas Association
K. C
Powltry
Schubert
Funeral Home Ambulance
Agency, Sea
Automobile Insurance Compart Ac
Herken
Farmers Insurance Group Auto — Truck
Life
Fred A. Bremer
Ralph Burnett
Steve Henderson
Andy" Anderson
W. St. Dial
Trust Service
Lawrence National Bank
Massachusetts
F.D.I.C. W
Tombstone Roads
Mass. St
TravLgfus Calvin
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