Big Four Chiefs Optimistic Over Geneva Prospect
Presidents Eisenhower and Bulganin leading the Big Four toward Geneva for talks seen as likely to focus on procedure and methods to ease Cold War frictions. Eden and Faure join as optimism grows for goodwill groundwork, with plans for subsequent meetings on disarmament European security and German unification.
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Big Four Chiefs
Geneva
Eden
Eisenhower
Bulganin
Faure
Congress
Kremlin
Germany
Rainfall Fails To Materialize In Lawrence Weekend Forecast
No rain relief in the Lawrence area as heat persists through the weekend. The Journal-World notes 89 degrees at 11 am and a 19th straight day with highs of 90 or more. Topeka reports fair warm weather with 90s highs and 70s lows, rain total July about 3.35 inches, well below monthly normal near five inches.
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Lawrence
Journal- World Office
Topeka
Three Turncoats Declare They Are Ready to Face Charges
Three former U S soldiers who once chose Red China and then rejected it say they learned a bitter lesson and will return home to face charges. William Cowart of Georgia Lewis Griggs of Texas and Otho Bell of Mississippi spoke aboard the American President liner Cleve land after docking Yokohama. They were captured in the Korean War and stayed with the Communists until repatriation efforts in late 1953.
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Yokohama
Japan
U. S
Red China
William Cowart
Dalton
Lewis Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
Otho Bell
Hillsboro
Miss
Cleveland
Hong Kong
Ex Russian Premier Khrushchev Visits Geneva for Big Four Summit
Ex Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev travels to Geneva for the Big Four talks. He may study Swiss plumbing while touring near the Palace of Nations, and observers note his interest in Soviet city rebuilding. The trip marks his first outside a Communist country and far west of home.
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Geneva
Nikita
Khrushchev
Russia
Communist Party
Moscow
Cointrin
Palace of Nations
Soviet Union
Ted
Siberia
Switzerland
Europe
NATO Endorses Big Three Geneva Summit Plans
NATO ministers unanimously approved the Western Big Three plans for the Geneva summit. Dulles Macmillan and Pinay reported to the alliance council and said there were no points at issue. A German bid for unification was cited as key to European security and NATO unity.
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Paris
North Atlantic Alliance
Geneva
Dulles
Harold Macmillan
Antoine Pinay
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council
Germany
Paul-Henri Spaak
Europe
NATO
Guide on Pronouncing Names of Summit Leaders
A pronunciation guide lists how to say leading figures at the summit. French names Antoine Pinay Edgar Faure are shown with phonetic spellings, along with Nikola Bulganin Nikita Khrushchev Vyacheslav Molotov Andrei Gromyko and George Khukov with approximate sounds for each.
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Geneva
Antoine Pinay
Ahnt-Wahn' Pee-Nay
Edgar Faure
Fohr
Nikola Bulganin
Nee’ -Koh-Ly Bull-Gahn’-Yin
Nikita Khrushchev
Nee’-Keetah
Vyacheslav Molotov
Vee
Ah'shees
Lahy
Mo’-Loh-Tohy
Andrei Gromyko—sha
Dray
Grohm’-Ee
Koh
George Khukov—gay-ohrg
Ee Too
Kohy
U S Military Heads Hear Sobering Talk On Soviet Air Force
At Quantico defense chiefs heard from three top commanders about Soviet air power. Twining warned of Moscow's long range bomber progress while Radford noted expanding unknowns in space and missiles. LeMay affirmed U S qualitative superiority but urged vigilance in research and production.
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U.S
Quantico
Defense Secretaries
United States
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
Russia
Moscow
Adm
Arthur Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Radfords
Soviet Union
Curtis E. LeMay
Strategic Air Command
LeMay
Jack Benny's Daughter Has First Child Today
New York report states Mrs. Seth Baker, the adopted daughter of Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone, gave birth to a son named Michael at Mt. Sinai Hospital. The mother Joan Benny is 20, father a 27 year old New York stock broker. they wed in 1954. It is the Bennys' first grandchild.
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New York
Seth Baker
Jack Benny
Mary Livingstone
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Michael
Joan Benny
Bennys
California
Weather to Stay Fair on Sunday
Weekend Kansas forecast shows little temperature change with scattered thundershowers possible along the south border and in the southwest tonight and tomorrow afternoon. Lows tonight 60s north to 70s south. highs around 90 tomorrow. Recent rainfall reports include Sedan 1.29, Conway Springs 1.26, Wichita .92, Dodge City .91, with other towns noting lighter amounts.
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Sedan
Conway Springs
Wichita
Dodge City
Kansas
SMT
Ike Hopes For Peace In Summit Talks
President Eisenhower travels toward Geneva for the Big Four conference with a plea for peace. He urges genuine Soviet conciliation and tolerance, signaling hope that a tranquil world may emerge from talks, as he flies with Mrs Eisenhower and Maj. John Eisenhower.
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Ike
Ident Eisenhower
Geneva
Eisenhower
Asgeir Asgeirsson
Iceland
John Muccio
U. S
Columbine TJ
Mrs. Eisenhower
Maj
John Eisenhower
Voters Urged to Vote as They Wish in RI Election
Rhode Island election board disqualified one ballot from a recent special election. The ballot bore a crude remark across its face saying Fooney bunch of bums. Officials deemed the marking ineligible due to its terrible spelling.
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Providence
R. I
Rhode Island Election Board
Kansas City Firm Wins School Bond Bid in City
The Lawrence Board of Education accepted Stern Brothers and Co. of Kansas City Mo. as low bidder for 277 000 in school bonds. Their net interest cost at 2 3498 percent yields 66 500 over 20 years. This bond issue completes the 1953 917 000 school building program with 66 500 total interest saved versus the next bid.
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Lawrence Board of Education
Stern Brothers and Co
Kansas City
Stern
District 60
Ernst and Son
Chain
Tornado Warning Signals Pinpointed for KU Haskell Lawrence
A Kansas University Haskell Institute and Lawrence Paper Co. warning system uses four 10 second blasts to signal an imminent tornado. If heard, move to a safe spot. one long blast signals all clear. Local disaster chief Howard Lindley oversees the plan coordinating with KU police, the weather service and plant officials.
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Kansas University
Haskell Institutes
Lawrence Paper Co
Howard Lindley
Douglas County Disaster and Civil Defense
Lindley
K. U
Haskell
K.U
United States Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Previews of Centennial Seen At 9th Oskaloosa Horse Show
The ninth annual Oskaloosa Horse Show opened the Jefferson County 100th birthday celebrations with about 1,000 spectators at the ball park. The event featured Leavenworth and Lawrence Saddle Clubs, juvenile trick riders from Lawrence, and a pulling contest with top prizes. Winners included Virgil Crofts, Don O'Dell, LeRoy Little, and Howard Harshberger, with Jefferson County youths leading in the children's class and several harness entrants.
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LI Aorn
Saralee Pottorf
Marlin Pottorf
Oskaloosa
Saralee
Jefferson County
Journal-World Photo
Leavenworth
Lawrence
Homer Trapp
Dale Pugh
Industrial City
Dean Weckman
Homer Metzger
Joe Metzger
Eva Jean McNish
Clyde Husted
Weckman
Punch Collins
Virgil Crofts
Leroy
Don O'Dell
Independence
LeRoy Little
Howard Harshberger
Topper
Jimmy Metzger
Valley Falls
Daisy
Billy Wingate
Nude youth roams near Lawrence seeking clothes, offices seek lead
A young man about 16 or 17 roamed the northwest Lawrence area Thursday night asking for old trousers, claiming friends left him nude as a joke. He visited Earl Farris and James Schmitz, took clothing, then left eastward. Residents and law enforcement remain alert for the exhibitionist seeking garments.
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Lawrence
America
Earl Farris
Lawrence Country Club
James
Bud) Schmitz
Lakeview
Journal-World
Farris
Drunken driver freed. hacksaw found in package
A motorist released from El Dorado city jail for drunken driving received a package from the desk sergeant that had been kept for days by friends. Inside the parcel a hacksaw was discovered, shocking those present.
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EL Dorado, Kas
Arcade Plan Cleared by Planning Group in Lawrence
Lawrence Planning Commission gave approval for a burned Patee Theater site arcade at 828 Mass. St. The plan calls for a full width 25 foot passage and city cost share of 10 percent funded from the parking meter fund. The project is spearheaded by 800 block merchants and the Chamber of Commerce as part of a benefit district. Next steps include city ordinance creating the district, petitions from property owners, possible condemnation, and city purchase of the building from Elmer Rhoden Enterprises Co. of Kansas City, with an estimated total cost of 30 000 to 35 000. The fire February 28 caused about 50 000 in damages to the theater.
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Weather Bureau
Patee Theater
Mass. St
Lawrence Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Massachusetts Street
Chamber of Commerce
New Hampshire Street
Raaing
Elmer Rhoden Enterprises Co
Kansas City
Gty
Jack Harris
Rhoden
Harris
Horris
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