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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1955
Page
1
Soviet farm delegate Aleksander Yezhevisky dismissed Scotch and soda as not a sixty drink. He said the liquor could not down a man during a cocktail party in Des Moines. He plans to visit American farm machinery plants.
In Geneva Premier Bulganin said the Soviet Union will contribute fissionable materials to an international pool. He stated the government has decided to join the IAEA pool once an agreement on the agency is reached, echoing Eisenhower’s call and U S earmarking of 220 pounds of fissionable material.
Sen George heads the Foreign Relations Committee and says Eisenhower's six point program, focusing on German unification, is realistic and could ease tension. Sen Clements Day and Sen Ives praise the proposals while Sparkman foresees lower level talks following Geneva.
Kansas to remain hot with readings in the 90s across most of the state and only light rainfall likely. Showers noted in the east central to southwest zones yielded minimal moisture, with Garnett at .96 and Ripley at .17 inches. Saran City reached 97 and Goodland 62. Vacation subscription offers appear in the notice.
Premier Bulganin calls for immediate freeze on foreign troops in Europe and a new all Europe security system to replace NATO, while stressing removal of German rearmament and a strong Western disarmament push. Eisenhower Faure Eden outline parallel proposals as Big Four open summit talks.
Eisenhower met Soviet defense minister Georgi Zhukov at the Geneva summit as Khrushchev joined the talk. Hagerty described the exchange as very enthusiastic, with greetings to Bulganin Molotov and a quick update on Maj. John Eisenhower.
Bryant Bowles resigns as president of the National Association for the Advancement of White People citing lack of interest in the presegregation cause. He told a crowd at Harrington Airport that he will no longer help people who do not try to help themselves after his organization drew national attention last fall for efforts to block school integration.
Peiping radio urges the Big Four conference to address the Far Eastern situation. The broadcast, quoting People’s Daily, says the Orient issue has special significance for Chinese and Asian peoples and notes US reluctance to discuss the matter, accusing Washington of seeking tension and war.
Passengers testifying at an inquest described a fire in the left engine of a Braniff Convair during a stop in Wichita Kansas before the airliner crashed near Midway Airport. Twenty two people died including three from Kansas. four Kansans were among the injured as survivors gave accounts of the flight and responses from crew.
Reports from Chicago crash raised concern who piloted the Braniff plane. Capt W Elza Stone, Braniff flyer and brother of Clayton Stone of 514 Utah St, was long associated with the Dallas Kansas City Chicago route. Later accounts named Allen Tobin of Dallas as the pilot. Stone was on a two week vacation in Colorado when the crash occurred.
Coroner details pilot in danger during attempted landing as passengers Bruce Danner and others recall steering and wing drops. Braniff declines comment while Civil Aeronautics Board investigates. Victims include Louis Gilley and Gerald Startzman with injuries to Kenneth McAdoo Harold Denner and Allen Hood.
Geneva reports that about 1,260 newsmen cover the Big Four summit with secret diplomacy resuming. Journalists will be barred from summit sessions, while press officers plan to release speeches after each session unless stated otherwise.
Soviet Premier Bulganin may present a world economic conference to chart a multibillion dollar trade and development program during talks with US UK and French leaders in Geneva. Western diplomats note plans to boost nonstrategic gas trade and wider global development with Red China invited to participate.
House leaders push a July 30 adjournment target with rapid action this week on social security highway minimum wage and housing bills. The plan also includes votes on airport and atomic ship construction bills mineral rights and Communications Act amendments as the Senate keeps a brisk pace.
New Delhi informed sources say India contemplates a special conference to discuss Far Eastern issues after the Geneva meeting. The plan does not appear in Nehru’s talks with British officials or his meetings with ambassador John Sherman Cooper since returning from Russia.
Major General Karl Truesdell, former commander of Fort Leavenworth during World War I and until his 1946 retirement, died yesterday at age 73. He suffered a heart attack at his summer home in Silver Lake, New York.
A columnist notes how language brightens on the golf course when Indy joins a foursome for several holes and observes the air turning blue when the woman leaves the round, with casual humor about the scene.
Local farm observers say favorable rains and continued warm weather could push corn to a top yield matching this year’s strong wheat crop. Wheat harvest nears the million bushel mark, aided by storage and Derby Grain Co. support, while corn faces uncertain days with moisture needs and heat risks.
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