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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1949
Page
3
Foreign officers representing several nations report to Fort Leavenworth Kansas on July 6 for a two month course. They will study U S command and general staff operations and receive military orientation while also learning basic English. The program centers at Fort Leavenworth and nearby facilities as part of the foreign military exchange.
Henry Guldbrandsen sen, 34, a former merchant seaman and ex convict, surrendered after admitting in a signed statement to killing Lt. Peter J. Flint and Peter Jensen in a Sonoma County cabin. He corroborated Mrs. Eve Paget’s account of the assault though denied attacking Paget. Paget remains hospitalized in critical condition.
Guldbrandsen was freed after two years on a San Mateo assault charge for stabbing a man 13 times in a dispute over a woman. The surrender excited cub reporter Neumeier, a Humboldt Times hire who covered Arcata’s local items. A school flag policy urged display during weekdays. A vacation subscription pitch offered 80 cents monthly.
Washington outlines a federal program letting cities seek loans to survey and raze slums for new low rent housing. The government will cover two thirds of losses up to 150 million, with cities bearing the remaining third, contingent on state authorization and public hearings.
A proposed program would provide 1.5 billion dollars to cities split as 1 billion in loans at 2.13 to 8 percent and 500 million in grants. Loans must be repaid. grants are gifts. Cities would relocate slum dwellers to low rent housing if displaced, with public housing aid possible. the Public Housing Administration would oversee allocations and decisions.
About 4 900 grain elevator and flour mill workers in Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma will vote on Friday if a 10 cent an hour wage increase is not agreed. AFEL international vice president J A Leveridge said the vote could affect workers in Denver and Omaha. Negotiations have run two and a half months with renewal contracts expired in June. Affected cities include Kansas City St Louis Clinton St Joseph Higginsville Slater Springfield Topeka Lindsborg McPherson Russell Hutchinson Fort Scott Wichita Abilene and Blackwell.
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