Ike Stays Silent On Ruckus Over Stassen
Panama City dispatch reports President Eisenhower meeting 12 presidents in Panama to mark Pan American relations. He pressed human welfare goals and proposed a hemispheric commission on economic, financial, social, and technical issues with Milton Eisenhower named to head it. A U S source says the body would form within weeks and advise on partnership plans.
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Stassen
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Milton
U. S
Lawrence sees 93 degree peak as mild spell ends
Lawrence's five day warm trend ends with a 63 degree 6 am low and 93 degree high by 2 pm. Last cooler spell reached the S-degree mark, ending a stretch since early June. Forecast calls for mild mid July with 60s tonight and 80s Wednesday, while showers retreat to Kansas southeast.
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Kansas
Asociated Press
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Chicago
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Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis
New Orleans
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New York
Washington
Living Costs Hit New All Time High in June
The Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics reports consumer prices in American cities rose seven tenths of 1 percent from May, pushing the June index to 116.2 percent of the 1947-49 average and 1.6 percent above a year earlier. An average 2 percent rise in food prices contributed to the overall increase while take home pay and purchasing power also rose, with factory workers earning 72.75 dollars with three dependents and 65.40 dollars with no dependents in June, up from May and last June.
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Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Herter Denies Candidacy for Vice President Amid Stassen Push
Massachusetts Governor Christian Herter said he is not a candidate for vice president despite Harold Stassen’s support. He offered to do anything the President asks and would seek second place only if Eisenhower requests it. He would not comment on reports he was asked to present Nixon’s name at the San Francisco convention. He said Stassen’s announcement came as a total surprise to him.
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Christian A. Herter
Massachusetts
Harold £. Stassen
Herter
Eisenhower
Nixon
San Francisco
Stassen
Met Opera, Union Sign Pact Restores 1956-57 Season
New York report says the Metropolitan Opera Association has reached a contract with a labor union, reviving the previously canceled 1956-57 season. The agreement with the American Guild of Musical Artists was approved yesterday.
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Metropolitan Opera Assn
Opera Company
Escape Attempts End in Capture at Alcatraz
Floyd Wilson, serving a life term, was recaptured behind a rock near the water’s edge on Alcatraz Island just hours after slipping away from the prison dock. FBI and Coast Guard searches enveloped San Francisco Bay as guards rushed him in for questioning. Across 22 years eleven inmates attempted escapes. two were shot, two disappeared at sea, the rest recaptured.
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Grim Alcatraz
Floyd Wilson
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FBI
San Francisco Bay
Alcatraz
Train Stops Short Of Denver Crackup
A Santa Fe freight train halted three feet from a mass of cement blocks and heavy timbers on a south Denver line. Debris stretched 50 feet. the engineer credited a protective signal and slow speed for preventing a derailment. Authorities opened an investigation. Engineer Edward Walleberg voiced relief at the near disaster.
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Santa Fe Railroad
Edward Walleberg
Eisenhower silent on Nixon rethink as Herter backer presses
President Eisenhower, arriving from Panama, offered Nixon a warm greeting while Harold Stassen backed Gov. Christian Herter as Nixon’s replacement. Stassen challenged GOP leaders to test if an Eisenhower Herter ticket would be stronger and whether any Republican would reduce ticket strength. Hall delayed meetings as Stassen pressed for public endorsement and possible resignation implications.
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Eisenhower
Nixon
Panama
Harold Stassen
Christian Herter
Massachusetts
Stassen
GOP
Leonard Hall
Hall
Herter
Columbine
Attorney General Urges Study of Trade Stamp Law in Kansas
Kansas Attorney General John Anderson Jr. urged the Legislative Council to study the trading stamps law. He said the law should be uniform either to ban trading stamps or to treat all users the same. Anderson sent recommendations for enforcing Kansas trade laws in a letter to committee chair John Morse.
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Topeka
John Anderson Jr
Legislative Council
Kansas
Anderson
John Morse
Marine says he saw McKeon lift bottle before fatal march
A Marine testified that Matthew C. McKeon raised a bottle to his lips before leading 74 recruits into a marsh last April where six drowned. Pvt. David H. McPherson said he could not say McKeon actually drank. McKeon faces a general court martial for the deadly march at Parris Island.
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David H. McPherson
Chatham
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Wage boost offered in steel industry contract talks
CHICAGO Daily News reports the steel industry proposes an average 10 cent an hour raise as a contract sweetener to end the steel strike. The plan also adds time and half for Sunday work, raises classifications, jury duty pay, a layoff wage plan, an extra paid holiday, and improved insurance and pension costs, totaling modest hourly increases. A 2% estimate and a 1 cent holiday are among the cuts and additions, with a stock market note showing a slight uptick in New York.
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Chicago Daily News
News
Robert M. Lewin
United Steelworkers
Patrol says Hall added 855 state employees in first year
DODGE CITY A Flying Truth Patrol member and veteran Republican Rep. Marvin Cox assailed Gov. Fred Hall alleging 855 state employees were added in Hall’s first year in office. Cox cited a letter from Martin Kiger showing 855 gross new hires, with 758 full time and 97 part time, despite Hall's claim the rise was mainly part time. The group argued the December 1955 totals rose from 20,536 to 21,391, and included Cox, Sen. Burton Lohmuller, Rep. Clyde Littler, Rep. P. Everett Sperry, William Rich, and Rep. Ralph Jenaeon.
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Dodge City
Fred Hall
Hall
Cox
Burton Lohmuller
Centralia
Clyde Littler
Cottonwood Falls
Everett Sperry
Lawrence
William Rich- John
Ralph Jenaneon l
Junction City
Senate approves 4.11 billion in foreign aid bill
The Senate voted 57 to 33 to approve 4,110,920,000 in foreign aid, including 2,300,000,000 for military assistance, rejecting a 126,600,000 cut. Amendments by Sen. Eilender to trim defense and development aid failed 54 to 36. Final passage awaited other amendments. The bill follows committee recommendations and last week’s military funds approval. An opposing amendment sought to bar more jet sales to Yugoslavia and curb future aid.
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Senate
Administration
Sen. Eilender
D-La
Eisenhower
Senate Appropriations Committee
Effender
Yugoslavia
Slay Aid to Be Stopped By Senate Vote
The Senate approved 4.11 billion dollars in foreign aid but barred spending on military aid to Yugoslavia. The vote defeated efforts to cut Eisenhower defense requests while leaving Tito’s access limited to presidential discretion. Senate foes urged a broader ban on jet fighters and new arms to Yugoslavia amid administration pleas.
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Senate
Ebiender
Eisenhower
Johnson
Texas
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Knowland
Calif
Sen. Bridges
GOP
Herbert Hoover Jr
H. Alexander Smith
R-Nj
Wilton B. Persons
Jack Martin
Knowland and Bridges
Demos to Discuss Ike's Health As Befits Office
Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler says Democrats will not discuss President Eisenhower's health in a manner unfit for the office yet citizens have the right and duty to consider the president's physical capacity. He spoke on NBC radio Capital By-line amid 1956 campaign talk and noted Ike remains a popular figure though the glamour of 1952 may be fading. Vote now for Governor.
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Washington
Paul Butler
Eisenhower
KU Music Building construction faces only minor steel strike impact
Kansas University project updates show the $24 million Music and Dramatic Arts Building on the Hill largely progresses with steelwork in place. State inspector Russell Sehon says the strike will cause negligible delay, mainly risking heating and air conditioning pipe delivery and some rework for revolving stage steel, with other tasks advancing swiftly.
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Kansas University
K.U
Music and Dramatic Arts
Russell W. Sehon
Allen Fieldhouse
KU Fine Arts
Sehon
Weekly News Meeting Canceled by President
President Eisenhower will not hold his usual news conference this week. Press secretary James Hagerty said he will instead meet with Republican legislative leaders tomorrow. The president has not held a press conference since abdominal surgery on June 9.
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Washington
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Bids Open For Hillcrest Center In Lawrence
After a year of planning the Hillcrest Shopping Center project in Lawrence will move to action with bid openings for the $400,000 center. The two-acre site at Ninth and Iowa will host a supermarket drugstore and a medical dental center, with expansion plans and a 800-foot frontage facing Town Street. The project is led by the Hillcrest corporation including R. M. Raney and other local professionals.
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Lawrence
IR Acres
9Th and
Iowa
Osborne Drug Chsin
R. M. Raney
Richard H. Raney
Raney Drustore
Guy Cox
Aim
Raney Organization
L. K. Zimmer
B. W. Walters
Margaret Clark
Forrest Brown
Hillcrest Group
Robert Harrison
Soute Town Street
Massachusetts Street
Richard HH. Raney
James Cole
W. S
Rusty) Springer
Lessops
Ralph R. Reed
Medical-Dental Center
Raney
Mock Raid Problems Reported Manageable Today in Alert
Washington civil defense updates say last Friday's mock bombing problems are now in manageable form. Emergency press headquarters closed after 126 announcements in four days as 100,000 officials and workers evacuate to over 30 relocation sites. Val Peterson praised the exercise as the best yet and urged more realism for future drills.
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Washington
United States
Civil Defense
Defense
Arthurs. Flemming Jr
Val
Peterson
Officials Lower Kansas Turnpike Toll for Trucks
Tentative truck tolls on the 236 mile Kansas Turnpike were lowered as the Turnpike Authority approved a new rate schedule. Passenger car rates largely held from last year with $0.35 from Lawrence to Topeka and $0.43 to Kansas City for one way travel, with round trips double. Construction progress reached 72 percent complete by July 1, 10 percent monthly gains continued, though the project remains 18 percent behind schedule. General manager Gale Moss cited a October 15 opening target barring unforeseen difficulties.
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West Lawrence
Olympic Commissary Co
Chicago
Journal-World O
Kansas
Gale Moss
Joger Sorkin
Topeka
Kansas City
Turnpike travel seen cheaper overall despite tolls
KTA officials say shorter turnpike mileages offset toll costs on typical trips. For example, a Lawrence to Kansas City car saves 19 cents. tolls 45 cents plus 27 cents to Topeka, 35 cents, 55 cents to Emporia, and 1.95 to Wichita with fare 2.80. Net cost of turnpike travel appears lower than expected in most cases.
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Lawrence
Kansas City
Kas
Topeka
Emporia
Wichetta
Toll rates set for turnpike trucks in Kansas to match lowest state
The Kansas Turnpike Authority adopts truck tolls at the lowest rate in the nation, aligning with George Burpee’s advice from Cloverdale and Colpitts. Final action on Aug. 14 will confirm the schedule, with one way rates listed from Kansas City to the Oklahoma border and calculated from the eastern interchange.
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United States
KTA
George Burpee
New York
Cloverdale and Colpitts
Kansas City
Kas
South Haven
Oklahoma
Lawrence
Ex-British Diplomat Burgess Vacationing With Mother in Sochi
Moscow dispatch says former British diplomat Guy Burgess is vacationing with his mother at a government seafront sanatorium in Sochi on the Black Sea. They arrived about two weeks ago for a reunion with Burgess, who deserted his Foreign Office post five years ago and fled behind the Iron Curtain with Donald Maclean and Charles Edmondson.
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Guy Burgess
Sochi
Black Sea
Burgess
J. R. Basesett
Foreign Office
Donald Maclean
Weather note on Andy Hess Real Estate VI 33007
A brief weather update linked to Andy Hess Real Estate in VI 33007. The record notes local conditions expected for the area and provides no additional data on prices or listings.
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