Demos Weigh 1 Percent Hike to Fund Social Security
Washington House Democrats reportedly consider a 1 percent rise in Social Security tax to finance proposed benefits for older women and disabled workers. The move would raise the total payroll tax to 9 percent by 1975, with the extra half percent borne by workers and half by employers, and could take effect as early as 1957 if funding falters.
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Washington
House
Socal Security Fund
Fven
SY Ork
Co Up ii
Wheat crop in Kansas shows high test weight and protein
Federal and state agriculture departments report 554 carload shipments tested with average test weight 61.3 pounds per bushel and protein 12.4 percent. The 1955 harvest is described as very high quality and above average overall.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Western Big Three Meet Belgrade Amid Soviet Visit Fallout
Yugoslavia hosts talks with the Western Big Three as ambassadors from the United States Britain and France meet to discuss the Bulganin Khrushchev visit and deepen postwar conference channels.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
First-Place Safety Awards Go To Eight Cities And Five Counties
The Kansas statewide safety program awarded top honors to eight cities and five counties. Topeka, Emporia, Newton, Pratt, Roeland Park, Herington, Ellis, and Chase led cities, while Johnson, Riley, Finney, Morris, and Clark topped counties. Gov. Hall announced the results citing traffic enforcement, safety education, and accident reports among criteria.
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Topeka
Emporia
Newton
Pratt
Roeland Park
Herington
Ellis and Chase
Johnson, Riley, Finney, Morris and Clark
Gov. Hall
Kansas
City
Wichita
Great Bend
Chanute
Garden City
Hutchinson
Manhattan
Pittsburg
el Dorado
Independence
Lawrence
Leavenworth
Ottawa
Prairie Village
Winfield
McPherson
Liberal
Wellington
Russell
Abilene
Iola
Augusta
Citis
Hering
Ton and Ellis
Hoisington
Columbus
Goodland
Osawatomie
Mission
Eureka
Kingman
Ellinwood
Lyons
Cherryvale
St. Francis
Plainville
Mulvane
Hiawatha
Girard
Baxter Springs
Chase
Belle Plaine
Kenningston
McCune
Clifton
Douglass
Cawker City
Natoma
White City
Peabody
Bucklin
la Crosse
Greensburg
Cimarron
Summerrfield
Johnson
Shawnee
Riley
Montgomery
Barton
Finney
Marion
Marion; Third, Filis ;Honorable Mention, Franklin and Geary
Morris
Stafford
Pawhee
Jewell
Smith
Osborne
Anderson
Wilson
Jefferson
Clark
Sherman
Kiowa
Lane
Amon Carter Dies at 75 Texas Newsman and Publisher
Amon G. Carter, self made publisher of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and early radio pioneer, died at 75. He rose from poverty as a dishwasher and waiter to build a major Texas newspaper empire, formed the Star in 1906, acquired the Telegram, and helped launch WBAP stations. He supported Eisenhower, was a friend of Roosevelt, and left a lasting press legacy.
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Amon Carter
Texas
Fort Worth
Tex
Amon G. Carter
Eisenhower
Franklin DB. Roosevelt
Carter
Fort Worth Star
D. C. McCaleb
A. G. Dawson
Paul Waples
Telegram
Star-Telegram
The
Record
William Randolph Hearst
WBAP
Wbap-Ty
Eudora Baptist Church Calls a New Minister
Rev. Richard Dayringer of Liberty Missouri has accepted the call to lead the Eudora Baptist Church. The congregation announced plans for a pastor selection, noting Dayringer’s studies in Scandinavian influences at Southwest Baptist College in Bolin Nebraska.
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Dayringer
Stephen
David
Eudora
Richard Dayringer
Liberty
Eudora Baptist Church
Southwest Baptist College
Boli
Nebraska
Iron Horse helps harvest season traffic in Santa Fe system
Old steam locomotives are pressed into temporary use by the Santa Fe Railway to handle harvest traffic between Clovis New Mexico and Wellington Kansas. They will return to mothballs once the rush ends.
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Topekano
Iron Horse
Santa Fe Railway Company
Clovis
NM. 6
Wellington
Kas
Five Crewmen Die as Two Air Force Bombers Crash Near San Antonio
Five airmen were killed when two B29 bombers based at Randolph Air Force Base crashed within six miles of the base near San Antonio on a Thursday. One crash occurred after a takeoff on a student training mission, with reports describing a takeoff mishap followed by a forced landing. The other crash damaged a second aircraft involved in the same incident.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Russia
AEC
Ralph E. Lapp
Lapp
Life Magazine
United States
Kailing
William P. Brown
Randolph
San Antonio Amor
Bobbie Gene Wykert
Troy
Kas
Walter Kreuger
Air Force
San Antonio
Tex
Randolph Air Force
Tors
Health Service Backs Use of Polio Vaccine
The Public Health Service endorses the manufacture and use of the Salk polio vaccine as researchers voice strong support during Commerce Committee hearings. No date given for when additional vaccine supplies will be available.
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Health Service
Washington
Public Veal Service
House Commerce Committee
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Ind
Blue Heron
Santa Fe
Humane Society
Soldier Creek
Robin Hood
Playland
Olson Plumbing
Owen Sneccas
Mgr
Forther
Car-Financ
Ing
Lawrence National Bank
Vth
Massachusetts
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