Eisenhower Seeks Slashes In Defense Funds Amid Strikes
New York reports Flight Engineers International plans a noon CST strike against Eastern Air Lines and Pan Am World Airways with a National Mediation Board offer to intervene. The union demands new contracts, citing unsatisfactory terms. Pan Am vows continued operation while Eastern warns of a shutdown. The dispute centers on reducing four-man jet cockpit crews to three.
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NEW York
Flight Engineers Internatonal Association
Afl-Cio
Eastern Air Lines
Pan American World Airways
National Mediation Board
Malcolm A. MacIntyre
Union
Eastern
Pan Am
Francis O’neil Jr
Robert O. Boyd
Washington
Boyd
Air Line Pilots Association
Eisenhower Urges Major Defense Budget Cuts At GOP Dinner
Former President Eisenhower stunned Republicans and Democrats by urging substantial reductions in the 51.6 billion defense budget. He called current spending fueled by unjustified fears and reluctance to abandon outmoded concepts. Republican leaders hesitated but welcomed his authority, while he also criticized Kennedy's domestic policy as the economy grows uncertain.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kennedy
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
House
Eisenhower
Halleck
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Ex KU Golf Coach Helps Raid Club
Hutchinson police Reno County sheriff and County Atty. Mike Chalfant raided the Labor Union Temple taking 12 slot machines and 300 punchboards. Donald R. Taylor, manager, was arrested for illegal possession and operation of gambling devices. Trial set Sept 24. Sheriff Sheppard reinserted coins to preserve evidence after a judge-reviewed recovery.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Reno County Sheriff's Department
Mike Chalfant
Labor Union Temple
Chalfant
Kansas University
Robert Mangels
Donald R. Taylor
Dist
John Fontron
Vincent
Calvin Sheppard
Sheppard
Boy Leaves Hospital in Kansas City Missing Deaf Boy
Eleven year old William Allen Thompson wandered away from Childrens Mercy Hospital in Kansas City and police assistance was sought. He is deaf with a speech defect, about 5 feet tall and 108 pounds, wearing a light brown short sleeve shirt, blue jeans and tennis shoes.
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Kansas City
William Allen Thompson
Childrens Mercy Hospital
Weather Summary for Northeast Kansas Weekend Outlook
Partly cloudy with a chance of thundershowers tonight. Sunday highs near 80 with mid 60s at night. Temperature readings show 68 at 4 pm and 82 at 10 pm. Rainfall 0.41 inches and records note 98 high in 1952.
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Kansas
Ford Strike Near End As Accord Reached at Walton Hills
Cleveland AP reports a 17 day Ford strike ending after negotiators from Ford and UAW Local 420 reached a settlement. About 3,200 union members must ratify, with production to resume by July 2 at Claycomo if approved.
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Cleveland
Ford Motor Co
Ford
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Walton Hills
Manton M
Mike) Cummins
Ken Bannon
Ford Department
Kansas City
Big Claycomo
Claycomo
Ozark Pilots Reach Agreement Preventing Strike
Ozark Airlines and 180 pilots represented by the Air Line Pilots Association reached a deal before midnight Friday, avoiding a scheduled strike. The agreement was announced early today, ending labor tension between the airline and its pilot workforce.
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Ozark
Experts Gather To Probe Crash Of French Craft
Aviation experts from France and the United States converge on Pointe-a-Pitre Guadeloupe to inspect the wreckage of Air France Flight 707 after a thunderstorm crash. All 113 aboard are dead as salvagers search the jungle hill site near Rai zet Airfield.
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Pointe-A- Pitre
Guadeloupe
Air France
U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board
Federal Aviation Agency
Paris
Pointe-A-Pitre
Raizet
Mule
Atlanta Art Association
Oldtimer Relives Early Education at Historic Hopewell School
Alvin Couch, 93 year old former teacher, recalls teaching at Old Hopewell in 1891. He visited the old one room school near Eudora on the Douglas Johnson line, noting it is now a grain storage building. He later moved to Kiowa County in 1908 and keeps a farm in conservation.
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Alvin Couch
Kiowa County
Eudora
Hopewell
Couch
Journal-World Photo
Douglas County
Verlin Couch
Douglas- Johnson County
Old Hopewell
Kansas University
Harmony
Vinland
Lecompton
Big Springs
Jefferson County
Lawrence
Violent Weather Strikes Lawrence Overnight
A sudden storm hit Lawrence at 11 40 p m causing high winds two power outages and tree damage. Lightning struck a utility pole and a line fell cutting power to areas on Oak Hill Connecticut Street and Grant Street. The storm dropped 41 hundredths of an inch of rain while winds gusted to 46 mph and temperatures fell from 75 to 63.
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Lawrence
Oak Hill
Connecticut Street
Grant Street
Massachusetts
Kelly Miller Circus Prepares Two Shows at 4-H Fairgrounds
The Kelly Miller Bros circus began preparation at the 4-H Fairgrounds for two shows today a 3 p.m. matinee and 8 p.m. night performance. Overnight rain reduced crowds but turnout was still solid as a 1 15 parade from Sixth to Eleventh on Massachusetts Street preceded the matinee.
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A. G. Kelly-Miller Bros. Circus
Fairgrounds
Massachusetts Street
KU Camp Draws Gifted Teens From Across Nation
Kansas University hosts its 25th Midwestern Music and Art Camp on Mt. Oread drawing about 800 students from 40 states Alaska Maine Texas and California. The six week program includes music art science math ballet theater speech and engineering directed by founder Prof. Russell Wiley with students such as Elinor Vosper from Los Angeles and others from Maine Alaska North Dakota and Texas sharing experiences and study.
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Mt. Oread
Alaska
Maine
Texas
California
Russell Wiley
Lawrence
Elinor Vosper
Los Angeles
Robert Vosper
Vosper
UCLA
Miss Vosper
Far North
Sanders
Schaaf
Sidney Emery Jr
Springvale
John Otis
Fargo
N. D
Laddie Woods
Dallas
Tex
Woods
U. S
Marsha Garwin
Oklahoma City
Burglary Attempt Targets KU Watson Library Safe
Kansas University Watson Library reports an overnight break in attempt on a second floor office safe. Handles broken, lock intact, doors locked. Associate director William Stuart Forth says the safe likely held under $100 and some papers awaiting transfer to Strong Hall.
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Watson Library
Kansas University
William Stuart Forth
Strong Hall
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Hisenhower
Boy
Journal-World
Ada
Pat Read
Oldtimer
Jesus Vascas
al G. Kelly-Miller Brothers Circus
Kelly-Miller Circus
U.S
Watson
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