Disability Freeze Helps Workers With Social Security
Disabled employees should check the 1954 amendments for a disability freeze. If totally disabled for at least six months, workers with five of the last ten years under social security and 1 year of the prior three can have earnings gaps due to disability not counted in benefit calculations. Obtain details from Topeka Social Security Office.
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John H. Cooster
Topea
Social Security Office
Cooster
Social Security Administration
Topeka Social Security Office
Federal Building
Giles Shurtz Appointed To Kansas Law School Vacancies
John Warren Giles and Earl B. Shurtz named visiting professor and assistant professor for the 1955 56 KU Law School. They replace Quin tin Johnstone and Charles Oldfather who will teach at Wisconsin and Yale. Giles arrives from Catholic University after five years as visiting professor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Warren Giles
Earl B. Shurtz
Kansas University School of Law
Quintin Johnstone
Charles Oldfather
Wisconsin
Yale
Giles
K. U
Catholic University
Washington, D. C
Columbia University
Shurte
K. A
Emporia
Heck and Mellinger
Phi Beta Kappa
Order of the Coif
Kansas Traffic Deaths in 1955 Rise Over 1954 Totals
Kansas traffic fatalities reported by the State Accident Records Section show 255 deaths in the last 24 hours and year to date in 1955, compared with 250 for the same period in 1954, indicating a higher death toll this year.
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Topeka
Kansas
Highway Plan Criticized amid Federal Tax and Civil Defense Changes
The 25 member Commission on Intergovernmental Relations urged the President to shift federal control in taxation, fund highway construction on a pay as you build basis, and move civil defense to Washington. It pressed for greater state local responsibility and reduced centralization while proposing payments in lieu of taxes and targeted grant reforms. The report notes are from Kansas City and nearby communities, with many local notices about residents, travels, and obituaries interspersed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Eisenhower
Congress
Meyer Kestnbaum
Chicago
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Baldwin and Kansas City visits fill weekend notices
Baldwin residents traveled to Kansas City with relatives and guests while Alpha Chi Omega Omicron chapter hosted a luncheon and meeting. Attendees from several towns planned summer improvements to the chapter house. A trio of Baldwin visitors joined others in Topeka for a nursing alumnae dinner. Multiple local families attended weddings and bridal events in Kansas City, Topeka, and nearby towns as connections and travels continued through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jefferson
Kansas City
Thornton Jefferson
Omicron Chapter
Alpha Ch! Omega
Sam Haskin
Olathe
Howard Wiseman
Lawrence
Leroy Hood
Ottawa
Lester Payne
White City
Kenneth Schmutz
Topeka
Elizabeth Overson
Overbrook
American Association of University Women
Kenneth McFerren
Leslie Lawle
Bette Allen
Richard Brown
Christ's Hospital School of Nursing
Grace Cathedral Guild Hall
Elizabeth Pearson
Baldwin
Wayne Icenogle
Willis Warner
Lois
Janet Vaughn
Barbara Hanson
John Beeks
Otto Icenogle
Larry
Mike Rogers
Gsawatomie
John Tilghman
Robert Ridgway
Ralph Atherton
Mission
El Reno Fire Destroys Core of Business District
A six hour blaze devastated El Reno's business heart leaving two three story buildings leveled. Insurance estimated damages up to half a million dollars. A department store frontage burned, adjoining walls stood. Fire Chief Searcy cited a stairway spark as a probable cause. two firefighters overcome by smoke.
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EL Reno
Okla
Oklahoma City
Leroy Searcy
Korean Leader Sees 1958 Far East Fray
South Korea’s military chief General Lee Hyung Keun warned that Communists may launch a Far East war by 1958, likely targeting Korea. He cited seven air divisions and 40 bases built up since the armistice, contrasting with the war’s end when North Korea had no air force and two usable fields.
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Seoul
South Korea
Korea
Lee Hyung Keun
Joint Chiefs of Staff
38Th Parallel
Republic of Korea
Lee
North Korea
Back-to-Work Step Seen For Willow Run Strikers
Detroit report says Willow Run transmission plant faced a court order banning violence as 150 unauthorized picketers halted operations. CIO United Auto Workers urged return to work despite disorders and blocked entry, while officials assess the impact on about 000 workers.
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Willow Run Strikers
Detroit
Geneva
Motors
Willow Run
Toal
CIO
United Auto
Wichita oil worker dies in highway collision near Junction City
Harv ey Littell Jr. 26, a Wichita oil company employee, was killed when his car struck the rear of a grain combine being pulled across U S 40 east of Junction City. The combine was being moved by a tractor driven by Dan Boller of near Junction City. Littell’s parents live at Burden, Kansas.
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Junction City
Kas
Harvey Littell Jr
Wichita Oil Company
U. S. 40
Ernest Kroeplin
Dan Boller
Littell
Burden
Molotov Trip Reported Ahead of Biz Four Meeting
A Soviet former minister Molotov travels by train from San Francisco to New York with a cheerful demeanor. Reported on his 18th anniversary voyage from St Francisco, he sails tomorrow aboard the Queen Elizabeth. He is to confer with UN Secretary General Hammarskjold on arrangements for the Big Four meeting in Geneva beginning July 18.
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New York
Molotov Aipesy el
San Francisco
Molen
St Francisco
U.N
Carr
Hammarskind
Geneva
Idaho Leaders Doubtful About More Polio Shots
Idaho health officials say the mass polio vaccination program is postponed indefinitely and will not sponsor another campaign. State Health Director L. J. Peterson cited doubts about the Salk vaccine's effectiveness and safety, noting a polio outbreak has killed seven residents and sent 79 others to hospitals since April.
Butler Sees Adlai Obama Style Declare Plans Soon
Butler, DNC chairman, expects Adlai Stevenson to declare whether he seeks the presidential nomination this year. He maintains no personal choice and predicts Eisenhower will not run again. In a radio interview he criticizes the Eisenhower administration as serving the selfish few over the American people.
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Washington U
Paul M. Butler
Democratic National Committee
Adlai B. Stevenson
Butler
Eisenhower
MBS
Liquor Control Chief Reappointed as 13th District Judge
Toppa Or Coors S Reyne olds named as chief enforcement officer for the state liquor control. The governor reappointed Walter Hunter as chairman of the State Board of Penal Institutions. New 13th district judge is from Greenwood County and serves areas including Butler, Greenwood, Elk, and Chautauqua. Additional reappointments include Forrest J. Henney to the state savings and loan commission and Dr. R. G. Anderson and Dr. William F. Roth Jr. to the institutional management advisory panel.
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Toppa
Coors S
Reyneolds
Fhe Steas
Wils
County Callowney
Greenwood
Crty
Eureka
Walter Hunter
Leavensforth
State Board of Penal Institutions
Hunter
Hall
Phil Hawkins
Olathe
Forrest J. Henney
Horton
William Fo Roth Jr
Kansas City
Grandson Bailey Promoted to Sergeant in Korea
Mr and Mrs W A Drake of Route 4 announce their grandson Glen W Bailey has been promoted to sergeant. He is stationed at Inchon Korea and formerly lived in Lawrence where he attended school. He will report next.
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Virginia Holter
Nancy Jo Holter
Lucille Jenkins
Kansas City
Lynell Gordon
Washington, D.C
Claude B. Beeks
Baldwin
Frank C. Leimaker
Germany
Chester Wright
Ruth Heath
India
Phoebe Emery
Green Castle
Ind
W.S.C.S
William M. Balch
W. A. Drake
Route 4
Glen W. Bailey
Inchon
Korea
Set. Bailey
Lawrence
Military promotions and assignments of local youths abroad
James A. Sommer, son of Mr and Mrs A Sommer of 16 E 13th, advanced to Electronics Technician 3c aboard USS Tingey after Navy exams. Jimmy Duncan, Radioman Third Class, serves on USS Raton with Pacific Fleet. Donald R. Dirk, Route 5, heads to Europe from Ft. Riley with Gyroscope rotation, with 10th Infantry Division. Carl E Silvers, son of Mrs Lorene Rothwell and Henry Silvers of Lawrence, promoted to corporal in Japan.
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James A. Sommer
Vict
A. Sommer
U.S.S. Tingey
Jimmy 3 Duncan
Donald R. Dirk
Henry Dirk
Europe
Ft. Riley
10Th
Pvt
Dirk
43Rd
Army
Carl FE. Silvers
Lorene Rothwell
Henry Silvvers
Lawrence
Japan
Carl E. Silvers
U.S
Sve Co
Th Cavalry
APO
Care
San Francisco
Calif
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Tucson
Ariz
A. W. Reinhart
Independence
Thelma Morreale
Baker
H. K. Ebright
Charline Callahan
Oak
Farmers
Nsurance Exchange
District Balen & Cénie Ludercon
W. Othuly” Anderson Rea
Olson Plumbing
Owen Saceges
Mes
Phene
Kaw
George Melvin
Melvin
Colorado
Journal-World
Robin
Word
Charley Sanders
Locust St
Ita
Far East
Wichita Oil
N. Y
Idaho
Adlai
Capitol Federal Savers
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Liquor Control
Dally
Melton
Wil
Elmer Beatty
Eugene Cobb
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