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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1953
Page
1
Congressmen approve action code named Operation Smack and authorize a tactical raid, aiming to take pressure off military leadership amid mounting tensions. The vote aligns lawmakers with military planners to execute the operation.
Congressional leaders defended Operation Smack as a carefully planned combat action. General Van Fleet and the Eighth Army disputed claims it was a show, noting the raid damaged enemy positions, collected terrain data, and aimed to identify prisoners while acknowledging things went wrong.
First degree robbery charges filed in Leavenworth against two men arrested Tuesday in Manhattan after they robbed the Oaks Cafe near Tonganoxie. Defendants include Benjamin Virgil Stanford Shearer 16 Johannesburg Cali and George DeWitt Clinton 22 Kansas City. They allegedly fled with $80 and gave false names Davis. Clinton also faces a concealed weapon charge in Westmoreland tied to a separate filling station robbery.
Wyandotte County Young Republicans elected A V Wheat to head the Kansas Day Club, ending a 25 year custom of dual nominations. The surprise move unseated expected candidate Douglas Gleason as the club met to nominate leaders for the birthday celebration. Wheat and Tim Lin Hey were selected after Gleason’s supporters were outnumbered. The result marks a break from long standing procedure.
Senate debate centers on a bill by Sen. John Anderson Jr. to prohibit allocating traffic fines or court costs to arresting officers citing racketeering concerns. The session also featured proposals for municipal bus bonds, funding shifts in license tag investigations, and several local fiscal measures in Melvern, Labette, and Hackberry Township.
The Mothers March in Douglas County raises 3250 bringing county total to 6315 toward a 9000 goal. Reports from Baldwin Eudora rural areas pending. Funds include police benefit dance and late givers. India School reports 230.78. rural school enrollment 54 pupils. Checks may be sent to George Dunkley at the First National Bank.
Four airmen were killed when a B 30 bomber attached to the 48th Bomb Squadron of the Second Bomb Wing crashed after a brief takeoff at Hunter Air Force Base in Savannah Georgia. Three others were injured, one critically, as investigators began the post crash process while next of kin were being notified.
TOPEKA The death of Roland Golder a 48 year old restaurant operator in the flaming ruins of a feeder house on his farm near Granville was termed death by own action Friday by Coroner Harry L Hampton. Golder's body was found Thursday morning in the broder house ruins. Hampton said an investigation indicated the man tied one end of a wire around a rafter and the other end around his neck set fire to the building and hanged himself.
The weather forecast predicts clouds will cover most of Kansas Friday night with scattered showers likely in the far east Saturday. Temperatures will hold steady through Friday night then fall Saturday afternoon and night. Lows Saturday morning range from the 20s northwest to the 40s southeast, with daytime highs from the 40s north to near 60 in the south. Thursday's highs reached the 50s statewide, peaking at 63 in Dodge City, Garden City, and Wichita, with overnight records noted in Goodland Salina and Fort Leavenworth.
A mixup over identical gray fedora hats occurred after Kansas Day dinner when Sen Schoeppel, visiting singer Jemmes Melton, left with Melton's hat by mistake. Melton discovered the error Friday morning and plans to write to the senator. No word yet from Schoeppel.
Noah Hill a 78 year old former Lawrence resident who had escaped from Topeka State Hospital was struck by the Rock Island Rocket two miles west of Topeka. The body was identified by striped bib overalls denim shirt and bedroom slippers. Engineer C F Kraus of Kansas City reported seeing him on the track too late to stop. The accident paused the train about an hour while authorities cleared the scene. Three of Hill’s children live in Lawrence. Charles Hill Thomas Hill and Mrs Dorothy Howard.
The Interstate Commerce Commission on Friday redrew the split of joint freight revenues, moving an estimated 37 to 42 million dollars annually from Southern and Southwestern railroads to Eastern carriers. Effective April 1, the division of traffic will use a straight mileage basis, ending a 12 year bonus system.
President Eisenhower conferred with his Cabinet in Washington for a second time. Attendees again refused to discuss the meeting. The session lasted just under three hours.
El Dorado high School biology instructor Howard Baker keeps a tarantula named Sibyl Adelph in a one gallon syrup can, claiming darkness aids survival. He notes Sibyl is a nocturnal hunter and part of a long line of unusual pets including lizards turtles and an alligator.
James L. Postma Lawrence attorney was elected Thursday night as president of the Citizens' Committee for the Support of Good Government. Other officers include John Weatherwax first VP A B Weaver second VP Frieda Cowles secretary and Mrs Karl Kreider treasurer. Most attendees favored continuing the group to recruit qualified candidates for city and school board posts in the March 2 primary, with debate over how many candidates to endorse.
First National Bank of Amarillo loses an $82,040 claim against Garden Grain and Seed Co while Fidelity State Bank of Garden City and First National Bank of Wichita win $45,000 and $50,000 claims. Sloan classifies the awarded banks as common creditors and voids the Amarillo note for lack of consideration. Warehouse receipts tied to Garden City grain are invalid as no grain existed and receipts were improperly issued.
Mooney Aircraft Inc announced Friday it will shift private plane production from Wichita to Kerrville Texas. The firm builds the single seat Mooney Mite and is developing a four place Model 20. The move aims to meet rising demand for the Model 18 and the new four-place aircraft, requiring larger facilities and more workers not available in Wichita.
El Dorado reports Sid Scribner possesses an old land grant and deed signed by Abraham Lincoln. The 1861 dated document grants 160 acres near Junction City to Samuel Venable, a private in Captain Allen's Vermont Militia unit from the War of 1812. It was issued under the 1855 bounty land act for officers and soldiers.
Government sources say Eisenhower weighs ordering the Seventh Fleet withdrawn from Formosa to free Nationalists for raids on the mainland. The plan, possibly in the state of the union, would rescind Truman’s 1950 directive and deny a blockade claim while keeping Chiang’s forces from a large-scale assault.
Washington reports a further one percent fall in farm prices for the month ending January 15, about 11 percent below a year earlier. The decline marks a fifth straight month of reductions pressuring farmers amid calls in Congress for market stabilization. Commodities down include dairy, cotton, eggs, grains, with higher prices for hogs and potatoes noted.
John Albert Wilfong aged 26 of Pueblo Colorado received a life term after pleading guilty to a second degree murder charge in the fatal beating of John Gossman a 60 year old retired Finney County farmer last Halloween. The plea followed a county attorney agreement to drop first degree murder. Also charged in Gossman slaying is Stanley Uhock 32 of Seymour Connecticut who along with two other prisoners escaped from Finney County Jail December 13.
Grana fire crews responded to a grass fire at 1706 Learmard Ave around 10 40 a m. Fire Chief John Miller reported no damage and the alarm was contained.
Lawrence dairy meeting voiced alarm over a nationwide Grade A milk surplus. Fred Flory of the Pure Milk Producers Association noted production runs well above demand with February prices possibly dropping 13 to 20 cents per hundredweight. Despite rising consumer sales, supply remains ample as winter production and new farmers push output higher.
A. H. Pop Werner resigns as Kansas University line coach effective March 1 1953 to enter the insurance business in Harrisburg Pa. Don Fambrough, Jayhawker assistant for five seasons, is named his successor under Head Coach Jules Sikes. Lonborg seeks a new aide to fill the vacancy. Werner notes strong ties to KU and says he will follow the teams with interest.
Weather data covers Kansas Oklahoma and Nebraska with mixed precipitation chances. Eastern Nebraska and Oklahoma expect rain or snow around Saturday and Monday with cloudy to partly cloudy conditions across states. Temperatures range from near 30s to upper 50s in various regions with notable swings between day and night.
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