Guatemalan Junta Pledges to Fight Future Red Moves
In San Salvador a peace pact ends Guatemala's civil war. A five man military junta including Col. Elfego Monzon will rule, with Castillo joining the ranks and 15 day transition to a permanent chief. The cease fire and elections plan follow U. S. mediation.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Carlos Castillo Armas
Elfego Monzon
Guatemala
Monzon
Castillo
Vatican
Honduras
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Arbenz
Enrique Oliva
De‘fense
Col
Mauricio Dubois
Jose Luis Cruz Salazar
Guatemala City
U. S
John Peurifoy
Peurifoy
Carlos Diaz
Communist Party
Diaz
Rhee Invited to Visit U.S. for Talks on Korea
President Eisenhower reportedly invited South Korean leader Syngman Rhee to come to the United States for consultations on Korea and related issues. Officials offered no formal comment as Rhee weighs the bid.
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Washington
Syngman Rhee
Eisenhower
Rhee
KU YMCA Volunteers Write Welcome Letters for New Foreign Students
Forty KU YMCA members volunteer to write personal summer letters to incoming foreign students. The letters will share helpful information about Lawrence and the University of Kansas, supplementing the school's foreign student orientation program.
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University of Kansas Ymca
K.U
Lawrence
K. U
Fire report cites machine belt caused minor Miller grain fire
Lawrence fire department reported a small blaze at a Miller grain facility caused by a V belt on a machine. The fire caused little damage and was quickly contained.
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Lawrence
Pen Grain Ne
Miller
Local Notices List Read for Readers
Linda Bower and several residents listed at various addresses. The fragment names Mrs. Mary Miller Mrs. Adele Yazza Mrs. Fan and Mrs. Margaret Hodges along with addresses Route 3 Route 4 and 204 Dr. C. Sunflower. The note appears to be a community contact or notice page with brief identifiers.
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Linda Bower
O. St
Mary Miller
Adele Yazza
Haskell Institute
Fan
Margaret Hodges
Willetta Allen
SS. T. Dpd. Harrington
Dr. C. Sunflower
Dismissals and Birth Announcements From Local Notices
A list of names and addresses appears with dismissals and birth notices. A son was born Wednesday to Mr and Mrs Patrick Green at 2033 Barker Ave. A daughter was born today to Mr and Mrs Dean Kirkman at 2000 Harvard St and to Mr and Mrs Francia Alexander at Elm St.
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Patrick Green
Barker Ave
Dean Kirkman
Harvard St
Francia Alexander
Elm St
Quantrill raid drama air and county tag sales update
Lawrence viewers watched KMBC TV present a staged Quantrill raid tale with a dawn raid reversal and government agents racing to warn Lawrence. Douglas County car and truck tag sales through June 1954 near last year’s totals. Centennial mail cancel marks die installed at KU postal station. American Legion horse show ticket pricing announced with general admission 75 cents and free entry for under 12 with a parent.
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Lawrence
Quantrill
Kmbc-Tv Channel 8
Missouri
Romanti
Douglas County
Minnie Eudaly
K.U
University
James H. Parsons
American Legion
Townsend Opposed to State Income Tax
Topeka attorney William Townsend, a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, vows to repeal Kansas income tax if elected. He would favor funding veterans bonuses and replace the levy with higher sales tax to avoid double administrative costs.
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Topeka
J. William Townsend
Townsend
Kansas
Docking appoints Davis district aide for governorship bid
Homer Davis of Leavenworth, a former United States district attorney, is named first district campaign manager for George Docking. The listing completes the district roster with Keith Martin Mission Second District Jack L Goodrich Parsons Third District Frank George Lebo Fourth District Carl L Huxman Sublette Fifth District and Leon N Roulier Coly Sixth District assisting.
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Homer Davis
Leavenworth
United States
George Docking
Davis
Docking
Keith Martin
Mission
Jack’ L.’ Goodrich
Parsons
Frank George Lebo
Carl L
Huxman
Sublette
Leon N. Roulier
Coly
Rocket Laden Jet Plane Crashes in Utica Area Killing Four
An FSC Starfire jet from Griffiss Air Force Base plummeted to earth in Walesville near Utica, destroying two houses a store and an automobile and killing four people. The pilot and radar observer bailed out unharmed. three others were injured.
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Utica
FSC
Griffiss Air Force Base vi
Rome
Walesville
Funeral services set for David E. Palmer 91
David E. Palmer 91 former Ken ere attorney for Bell Telephone Co in Kansas Missouri dies in Topeka hospital. He was a noted authority on corporate law and is survived by his widow Bessie Gibson of Topeka.
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Topeka
David E. Palmer
Ken Ere
Bell Telephone Co
Kansas
Missouri
Palmer
Long Airey
Bessie Gibson
Pipeline runs fall near Wichita crude output
State Conservation Division reports Wichita area pipeline runs and crude air output dropped to 320 651 barrels daily in the week ending June 28. This is down 12 682 barrels per day from the prior week and 4 349 barrels below the June daily allowance set by the Kansas Corporation Commission.
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Wichita
Runa
Kansas
State Conservation Division
Kansas Corporation Commission
Indochina Conflict Edges Toward Possible Settlement
The piece weighs U.S. options in Indochina after Dien Bien Phu, noting initial calls for intervention by Dulles Radford Knowland Nixon and Eisenhower Churchill but eventual doubts about Congress funding. It mentions collective defense plans and Mendes France’s Paris government as a potential lever for a settlement and warns of a renewed intervention debate if fighting resumes.
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Indochina
Dulles
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
Senate
Knowland
Nixon
Defense
Wilson
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Dien Bien Phu
Eisenhower
Churchil
Pierre ‘Mendes-France
Paris
Mendes-France
Innocent Pleas Entered By Flour Mills Officials
Henry Cate former president Ted O Sullivan vice president and Flour Mills of America faced an indictment over grain fraud. They allegedly made false statements to obtain 120553 dollars in government subsidies for flour shipped to Ceylon using damaged Canadian wheat. Judge Ridge gave 90 days to file motions.
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Kansas City
Henry Cate
Flour Mills of America, Inc
Ted O'Sullivan
Commodity Credit Corp
Ceylon
United States
U.S
Albert A. Ridge
Martial Law Declared for Oklahoma Election
Gov Johnston Murray declared martial law in five eastern Oklahoma counties Pittsburg Sequoyah Adair Leflore Cherokkee for next Tuesday's primary election after an investigation into voting irregularities. An absentee ballot buying ring was cracked with six arrests for buying and selling votes in one county.
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Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Oklahoma
Pittsburg
Sequoyah
Adair
Leflore
Cherokrokee
Dog Uses Flags as Temporary Markers on Fresh Road Paint
Road crews placed flags to mark fresh stripes but they end up in gutters. A dog was seen carrying the flags on a block, mistaken for a juvenile prank by workers until the incident was observed.
Unseen Hands Brighten Minister’s Home in Cleanup Drive
In Creeks Michigan the blind Rev Harold D Haynes did not expect volunteers carpenters painters and landscapers to brighten his home free of charge The effort began after more than 100 neighbors suggested a start to a cleanup week and the project proceeded with charity and community support
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Battle
Creek
Mich
Harold D. Haynes
Roast Duck with Honey Glaze and Crisp Skin
Apply slow roast to duck for tender meat then brush skin with two tablespoons honey and a teaspoon soy or brown sauce for color. Broil until skin browns and crisps to preferred doneness.
Indiana University Alumni Lead Education Institutions
Bloomington Indiana United States reports that 104 University of Indiana alumni now head educational institutions as part of a boastful claim to the title Mother of College Presidents.
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Bloomington
Ind
u—Indiana University
Newmark Named to KU Biochemistry Faculty
Dr. Phillip Newmark of Berkeley California will join the University of Kansas as assistant professor of biochemistry in September. He fills the vacancy left by Harold J. Nicholas. Newmark, 34, has been a research fellow at the virus laboratory of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis at the University of California and earned a PhD at the University of Colorado in 1950. He is married with two children and his wife, Mrs. Newmark, is also a biochemist.
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Philip Newmark
Berkeley
Calif
University of Kansas
Franklin D. Murphy
Harold J. Nicholas
Newmark
Virus Laboratory
National Foundation For
City College of New York
University of Colorado
U. S. Public Health Service
Sigma_Xi
Phi Sigma
Washington University
St. Louis
Rockefeller Foundation
Senator Butler Dies After Heart Attack in Nebraska
Nebraska figures suffer another Senate loss as Senator Butler dies at 60 after a heart attack. The 83rd Congress loss tally includes Hoey Hunt and last year Willis Smith Tobey Taft. Gov Crosby will appoint a Republican to fill until November election. Griswold had planned to run. Funeral services set in Grand Island and Omaha.
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Griswold
Clyde R. Hoey
Lester C. Hunt
Wye
Hoey
Hunt
Senate
Willis Smith
Charles W. Tobey
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Butler
Robert Crosby
Nebraska
Crosby
Omaha
GOP
Bowring
Omaha Grain Exchange
National Grain Dealers Assn
Gawler’s Funeral Home
First Central Congregational Church
Registration of Deeds Revenue Up for Quarter
The Douglas County register of deeds reports second quarter receipts totaling 8 093 30 a gain of 3 768 35 from the first quarter Mortgage registration tax accounted for 5 502 75 of the total with 2 590 55 for recording and filing fees Real estate mortgages recorded numbered 198 with 63 in April 52 in May and 83 in June The total indebtedness of these mortgages reached 2 202 133 21 with 1 383 781 78 in April 257 725 in May and 560 676 43 in June Harold Beck cites 1 072 000 of the quarter total from Cerophy alfalfa dehydrating plant sale at Midland and a Schwarz housing addition.
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Douglas
Harold Beck
Register of Deeds
State Traffic Deaths To Peka
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the state accident records section. In the last 24 hours one death. To date in 1954 two hundred fifty two. Same period 1953 two hundred eighty five.
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Peka
Kansas
Deaths and Funerals George M C Casebier 69
George M C Casebier 69 died yesterday at the Masonic Home in Wichita. A retired grain dealer he formerly lived in Lawrence at 1509 Stratford Rd and moved here four years ago. Born in McLouth he is survived by two daughters Shirley Miller and Marilyn Lee, three brothers C E Casebier John Casebier and Allen Casebier, and four grandchildren. His wife died in 1941. Funeral services 9:30 a m Saturday at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev Albert Parker. Burial at McLouth Cemetery.
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George M.casebier
George Marshall Casebier
Wichita
Lawerence
Stratford Rd
McLouth
Shirley Miller
Et. Scott
Marilyn Lee
Prairie Village
C. E. Casebier
John Casebier
Ft. Stockton
Tex
Allen Casebier
James Marshall Miller
Thomas Ayers Miller
James Adair Lee
Cynthia Ann Lee
Rumsey Funeral Home
Albert Parker
McLouth Comery
Local Market Prices and Farm Product Notes
Markets at a glance report wheat cash prices up and oats firm, with steers strong and mixed cattle grades. Kansas City eggs and butter listed with varying grades, poultry prices for hens fryers broilers turkeys and other fowl, plus miscellaneous dairy and meat items and weights.
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K. C
Kansas City
Ken Bairys
Beltsville
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Summary
USDA cattle numbers small with 100 head cattle and 50 calves not enough for market test. Hogs active with 1 200. barrows and gilts 24.75 to 25.40, 200 220 lb ranges. sows about 50 higher. Sheep under 100 head, market test not established.
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K. C. Livestock
Kansas City An
USDA
Grain and Futures Mixed as Markets Rally in New York
Kansas City wheat and corn prices move within narrow ranges while oats and milo show modest shifts. Futures rise in late trading as Du Pont leads a broad market rally with gains in steels rails motors and chemicals support.
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Wall Street
New York
du Pont
Traffic Lights Out At With and Mass Streets
The intersection at With and Mass Streets is without traffic signals while a replacement unit is awaited. A southwest corner light was damaged by a backing truck this week. Police considered using the portable light bought last year but judged summer traffic mild enough to not require it.
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With and
Mass. Sts
Reunion Planned for Ex Lone Star Residents at Church
Former Lone Star residents are invited to the Old Residents Reunion Sunday July 11 at the Lone Star Church of the Brethren. A basket dinner at noon, an information program in the afternoon, and morning Sunday School and church services are planned. Fred Flory chairs the arrangements and attendees should bring historical information for a Lone Star history compiled by Bertha Ulrich.
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Lone Star
Lone Star Church of the Brethren
Walcome
Fred @ Flory
Bertha Ulrich
Sketching Party Planned for Midwestern Art Camp
Sixty one high school students enrolled in the Midwestern Art Camp at the University of Kansas will hold a sketching party on Saturday at Lake Shawnee near Topeka. The group will ride by bus and car and have lunch on the beach. Pat Dunlap of Atchison was elected president. other officers include Tom Locker of Washington, D. C., vice president. Merry June Greenway of Cleveland, secretary-treasurer. and Jean Drury of Atchison, exhibition chairman.
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University of Kansas
Lake Shawnee
Topeka
Pat Dunlap
Atchison
Tom Locker
Washington, D. C
Merry June Greenway
Cleveland
Jean Drury
Divorce Suit Filed in District Court
Dolphus L. Hackler sues Marie E. Hackler in a district court divorce action. The case seeks dissolution of the marriage with potential related relief.
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Dolphus L.hackler
Marie E. Hackler
District Court
Oil-Gas Sale Sets Record in Panhandle History
A 118 million dollar oil and gas sale in the Panhandle closes with 218 gas wells, two gasoline extraction plants, and 133 788 net acres in Amarillo, Hooker Oklahoma and White Deer. Don Harrington Stanley Marsh Jr Isabel Marsh Mccormick and T J Wagner Jr. sold Panama Corp holdings to Dorchester Corp of Dallas. The stockholders dissolved Panama Corp and sold interests individually after more than a year of negotiations. The Calgary plant in Texas is part of the deal.
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Amarillo
Tex
Panhandle
Panama Corp
Dorchester Corp
Dallas
Oilee “Property” “Management
Dorchester
Don Harrington
Stanley Marsh Jr
Isabel Marsh McCormick
T. J. Wagner Jr
Hugoton Field
Hooker
Okla
White Deer
Texas
Calgary
Tangible Valuation Sets Track For County Real Estate Assessment
The article explains that real estate valuations occur every four years with this year’s total exceeding 1950 by 3 621 910 dollars. Tangible valuations reflect budget needs while intangible assets dogs and grain are fixed by law. Grain tax rate is fifty cents per thousand bushels with 1 960 580 bushels handled in Douglas County in 1953 54. Dog tax is 1 dollar for males and 2 dollars for females listing 3 446 dogs in the county.
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Douglas County
Tax rolls adjust as Douglas County values fall in drought
Tax officials note personal property valuations dropped from 13 328 990 last year to 11 814 435 in 1954 due to lower cattle and automobile assessments and fewer cattle in rural areas. Lawrence shows a 698 822 rise in tangible value to 25 061 643 thanks to building and annexations. After Aug 25 state abstracts go to counties for budget preparation with budgets due for publication by Aug 5. Taxes are due Nov 1.
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Douglas County
Davis
State Board
Kansas Girl Strangled by Venetian Blind Cord
Beth Ann Freeman, nine, of El Dorado Kansas, died when a Venetian blind cord wrapped around her neck and she fell from a divan about 14 miles south of El Dorado. She was found by her mother, with Warren and Mrs Freeman as her parents and a sister Linda Ann nine months old.
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EL Dorado WI
Beth Ann Freeman
Here
Warren Freeman
Linda Ann
Vacation mail subscription ad for Journal World
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