Soil Bank Extended By House Vote In 1958 Plan
The House voted to extend the soil bank for one year, approving a Senate House compromise authorizing 12 billion dollars for next year’s acreage reserve payments. The measure caps benefits at 3 thousand dollars per farmer and limits sign ups to crops planted by July 1 next year, with payments ending by September 15.
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House
Farm Soil Bank
Senate House
Senate
Agriculture Department
Harrison
Harold Snider Named to Turnpike Post in Kansas
Harold Snider of Lawrence, longtime Kansas State Highway Commission member, is appointed as a right of way agent for the Kansas Turnpike Authority by Galen Moss. Snider served 16 years on the Highway Commission and helped drive major Northeast Kansas highway projects.
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Harold Snider
Lawrence
Kansas State Highway Commission
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Galen Moss
KTA
Highway Commission
Snider
Payne Ratner
Ratner
Fred Hall
Highway Agency
Kansas
Andis
Frank McDonald
Wheelsaler
George Docking
Khrushchev and Bulganin Arrive in Prague
Khrushchev and Bulganin arrived in Czechoslovakia to receive pledges of loyalty amid Kremlin changes. Antonin Novotny hailed Soviet policy and pledged tighter economic cooperation as 15,000 cheered at Derna frontier station. The leaders stressed unity with the Soviet Union in facing western threats. Prague radio reported the crowd’s enthusiasm breaking reporters’ wires.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Nikita Khrushchev
Bulganin
Kremlin
Communist Party
Antonin Novotny
Derna
Novotny
Joseph
Soviet Union
United States
NEWSPAPER BACKS SOVIET SHAKEUP
The Daily Worker, New York, voices editorial approval of the recent Moscow leadership shakeup. It praises adherence to peaceful coexistence and tension relaxation, lauds Central Committee debate, but notes issues might have been resolved with public discussion.
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New York
The
Daily Worker
Moscow
Worker
Communist Party
Central Committee
Kansas Allen Fieldhouse Named Western Regional Site
The NCAA has tentatively selected Kansas University's Allen Fieldhouse for the Western Regional basketball tournament next March with finals in Louisville. Western Regionals may also be held in San Francisco and Lawrence, while Charlotte and Lexington host Eastern Regionals. Kansas and Kansas State expected to contend for the Big Eight title as Lawrence remains a likely regional entry.
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NCAA
Kansas University
Allen Fieldhouse
Louisville
San Francisco
Lawrence
Charlotte
N.C
Lexington
Allen
Williams
Minnesota
Southern Methodist
Kansas State
Oklahoma City
Houston
Kansas
Dallas
St. Louis
North Carolina
C of C Directors Endorse Present Governing Plan
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce directors approved the present commission-manager city government by unanimous vote. They pledged to oppose any move to abandon the form if a petition drives a vote, citing slower postwar tax rate increases and the plan’s suitability for growth and future prosperity.
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Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Rights Debating May Be Lengthy Eisenhower Told
Senate debate on civil rights may run four to eight weeks or longer. Senator Knowland said action on other administration bills could be delayed, and that Republicans anticipate long sessions if Southern opposition stiffens. Meetings at the White House set groundwork for potential around the clock sessions.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Eisenhower
Senate
Congress
GOP
White House
House
Truman requests McCarthy career sketch for library
The Milwau kee Journal reports former President Harry S. Truman asked that a May 3 issue sketching Senator Joseph R. McCarthy be preserved in the Truman Memorial Library cornerstone at Independence Missouri. It was not placed in the box as directed. Gene Doane advertises insurance services.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Journal
Joseph R. McCarthy
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Independence
American League Wins Star Clash After Scare
The American League held off a ninth inning surge by the National League to win the 24th All Star game 6 to 3. Detroit’s Al Kaline drove in two runs and scored another to boost the AL to a 6-2 lead before Brooklyn’s Gil Hodges ended the rally by grounding out with the tying run on second. This marked the AL’s first victory since 1954 and Casey Stengel’s second win in seven All Star appearances.
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Ican League
National Leaguers
Detroit
al Kaline
Gil Hodges
Brooklyn
Casey Stengel
New York Yankees
Bunning
Lees
Wynn
Passengers Cheer Weather as Reina del Pacifico Stuck Off Bermuda
The Reina del Pacifico, a British liner with 556 passengers and 300 crew, remains grounded on a Bermuda reef. A barge unloads cargo to aid flotation while Coast Guard Castle Rock and local tugs monitor the scene. weather improved but ships avoid the vessel marked with warning beacons. The ship, owned by Pacific Navigation Co of Liverpool, was en route from Bermuda to Liverpool three miles north of Spanish Point in the North Ship Channel.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Reina del Pacifico
J. S. Coast Guard
Castle Rock
The
Pacific Navigation Co. of
Liverpool
Spanish Point
Justice
Foreign Trials Needed For a New World Ike
President Eisenhower warned that a House move to end foreign trials of American soldiers would threaten the United States and the free world. House Republican Leader Martin of Massachusetts said discussions at the weekly White House conference included a Bow resolution to revise the trial system.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
United States
Martin
Massachusetts
White House
Hep. Bow
Ohio
Construction Blasting Stirs Lawrence Neighborhood
Explosions heard around 2 30 pm today in Lawrence were linked to dynamiting for water mains at the Moore Associates housing project on East Fifteenth Street. Police officer Elmer Martin investigated after numerous calls, initial theories suggesting a jet collision.
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G Moore Associates
East Fifteenth Street
Lawrence
Elmer Martin
School Tax Rate Is Confirmed by Board at Meeting
The School Board confirmed the 1958 budget and a $6.60 per $1,000 property valuation school tax rate. Publication is July 22 and a public hearing is August 5 at 7 p.m. in the Junior High. The board sold a $320,000 bond issue at 3.56% for school improvements, with total interest over 20 years of about $116,805. The city may raise other taxes. the two mills city rate and bond terms influence costs.
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Lawrence
Sue Eisen & Waeckerle
Kansas
Davidson-Vink- Sadler
Wichita
W. J. Wolfe
Weather and death mystery in Kansas area notes
The weather bureau forecasts scattered showers this afternoon and evening as harvesters face continued field delays from rain. Reports show varied rainfall across the Kaw Valley, with Topeka at 1.46 inches and Lawrence area rainfall lighter. Amid harvest impact, a cool front dropped temperatures and relief for some, while a university graduate student, Robert Muni Hedrick, 27, was found dead under mysterious circumstances attributed to a possible bite from an insect or reptile near the town of Tawrence, with a search party assembling and investigators weighing causes.
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Weather Bureau
Kansas
Kaw Valley
Topeka
Baldwin
Lecompton
Worden
Lawrence
Shyam Bhatia
K. U
Digital University
Robert Muni Hedrick
David
Gon Mebayoon
An. Acre
Kou
Tawrence
Hedrick
Uoe
Henry S. Sitch
Bitel Sas
Fredrick
Tor Fitch
Dro i Raymond Hall
Neduaral Viedery Mipesati
Sheriffs Oltive
KK. OU
Dus
Nedher
Peaseniers
Parun Wolfers
Ty Corunes
Saltoon
di Walters
High Energy Fuel Could Power Long Range Planes
Niagara Falls New York and the Olin Mathieson Chemical Co announced a new high energy fuel named FF-2. The fuel broadens jet engine range by 40 percent enabling world wide bomber flight without refueling. Base compound is parasabline sodium used as a cleansing agent or disinfectant. The United States holds large borax reserves.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
Olin Mathieson Chemical Co
BSA
United States
Kansas Traffic Deaths Reported In Past 24 Hours
State Accident Records Section lists fatalities in Topeka Kansas over the last 24 hours and year to date. The bulletin notes one additional fatality occurred earlier but wasn’t reported then. Brands like Cigar Stover's Candy Stowles Rexall Adv appear in the fragment.
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Topeka
Kansas
Cigar
Bid Opening Is Scheduled Today On Dorm at KU
Bids were to be opened this afternoon in Topeka for the construction of the Joseph R Pearson Dormitory at Kansas University. The project, funded by state and federal sources, honors Mrs Pearson and will feature a six story design with dining halls in each wing. Other KU projects include the Music and Dramatic Arts Building nearing completion and plans for landscaping bids.
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K.U
State Purchasing Directer
Topeka
Joseph R. Pearson
Carruth Leary
Federal Hall
Agens
Pearson
Cor«sietna, Tey
Carruth+ O Leary
Music and Dramatic Arts
Eth Taarton
Nandca Philparined
State Architect
Stonifer Place
Town Sts
Earch
FHHPA
Blake Hall
University
Blake
School of Business
Weather outlook for northeast Kansas amid scattered showers
The forecast calls for scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon with drier conditions tonight. Wednesday looks fair and warmer with highs near 90 to 95 degrees and a low around tonight.
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Kansas
Topeka
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