Talbott Faces Senate Scrutiny Over Private Interests
The Senate Investigations subcommittee will study Harold F. E. Talbott's financial ties to a New York efficiency engineering firm. The probe concerns possible conflicts with his Air Force duties, though Talbott says no government contracts or profit arise from his involvement and welcomes the inquiry.
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Washington
W—A
Air Force
Harold FE. Talbott
New York
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Talbott
Paul B. Mulligan
Subcommittee
Chattanooga Times
New York Times
The
New York Mirror
Robert F. Kennedy
Pentagon
Kennedy
Washington Dispatch
the Times
Quantico
Scientist Wins Passport Case Over Allegations of Communism
Washington Department of State agreed to withdraw its claim that atomic scientist Martin D. Kamen sought to go abroad to promote communism. Kamen of Washington University in St. Louis filed suit to obtain a passport, and the suit ended with the department retracting the allegations and placing the stipulation in its records.
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Washington
Martin D. Kamen
State Department
Dr. Kamen
Washington University
St. Louis
Kamen
Peaceful atom power group formed in Topeka Kansas
Six Kansas power firms met in Topeka to form the Atomic Power Association of Kansas to study atomic developments and future power supply. Kansas Power and Light president Deane E. Akers chaired, stressing the association’s goal to track reactors and assess feasibility of atomic stations while noting disposal and uranium reprocessing challenges. Members include KP&L, Kansas Gas and Electric, Western Light and Telephone, Central Kansas Power, Kansas City Power and Light, and Empire District Electric.
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Kansas
Topeka
Atomic Power Association of Kansas
Deane E. Akers
Kansas Power and Light Co
Ackers
Atomic Power Association
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Shipping Port
Duquesne Light Co
Westinghouse Co
Chicago
New Kansas Organization
KP & L
Kansas Gas and Electric Co
Western Light and Telephone Co., Inc
Central Kansas Power Co
Kansas City Power and Light Co
Empire District Electric Co
Returns of Tax Workers Due for Lengthy Check
TOPERA The state income tax returns of all state employees are being checked after one employee failed to file his own return. William Perkins assistant director of revenue said a State Tax Commission employee who collected delinquent taxes did not file since 1948 and has resigned and paid the period owed. Perkins did not identify the employee.
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Topera
William Perkins
Revenue
State Tax Commission
Perkins
Life Insurance Marketing School At Kansas University
Approximately eighty five persons are expected for the ninth annual Life Insurance Marketing School at Kansas University. Pre enrollment stands at 70 with 15 more anticipated, attendance last year was 125. The workshop theme is how to discover the words and music for future sales. Case studies cover daily selling problems and include minor programs, businessmen, prosperous prospects, and men of means. The basic course reviews fundamentals such as prospecting and closing. The advance course covers current tax and management issues and explains the 1954 Internal Revenue Code. The conference fosters informal idea exchange among businessmen with evening sessions studying the facts of life insurance sales.
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Kansas University
Purdue life insurance school staff listed for sessions
Three members of the Life Insurance Marketing School of Purdue University are included on the staff. They are Hal L. Nutt, director, and Eugene B. Bingham and Ed Childs, assistant directors. The other member of the faculty will be Robert Girk, attorney from Indianapolis, Ind. The sessions of the institute are scheduled for the Memorial Union and housing will be in Carruth and O'Leary Halls.
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Life Insurance Marketing School
Purdue University
Hal L. Nutt
Eugene B. Bingham
Ed Childs
Robert Girk
Indianpaolis
Ind
Memorial Union
Carruth and
O'Leary
Kansas Traffic Deaths This Year and Last
Kansas traffic fatalities reported by the state accident records section show 287 deaths to date in 1955, up from 283 in the same period of 1954. Data covers the last 24 hours and year to date figures for Topeka and statewide totals.
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Topekaa
Kansas
Harsh West Critique From Soviet Papers Before Geneva Summit
Moscow papers attack Western disarmament ideas and Eden Germany plan ahead of the Geneva Big Four talks. Pravda mocks Harold Stassen as a distraction while criticizing German reunification by international supervision and warning of moves to militarize West Germany. Tzvestin accuses American circles of pressuring the summit with haste to build a West German army and a militaristic state.
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Moscow
Pravda
Harold Stassen
Eisenhower
Stassen
Eden
Germany
Russia
Tzvestin
Governor Hall Heads West to Inspect National Guard Units
Governor Fred Hall flew today to Fort Carson, Colorado, to review non divisional units of the Kansas National Guard in training. He will assess readiness and observe activities, returning soon to Kansas.
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PEKA
Fred Hall
Kansas National Guard
Fort Carson
Colo
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