White House Holds Back on Antirecession Tax Cut Decision
Secretary Anderson announced the administration will not decide on any antirecession tax cut until the economy’s future course is clarified after talks with Eisenhower and congressional leaders. Defense spending will rise to about two billion dollars monthly for five months to boost the economy, amid debate on tax cuts versus spending. Labor forecasts February unemployment at 5,117,000 with a late May upturn expected, while Congress signals budget needs may be set aside to create jobs. Carolyn Ruth Hood named state Demolay sweetheart at the Demolay dinner in Topeka.
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Retary
Treasury
Anderson
Defense Department
Congress
Donald A. Quarles
Quarles
House Armed Services Committee
Chicago
Labor
Mitchell
GOP
Vanguard on ground after delays at Cape Canaveral
The Navy cancelled another Vanguard satellite rocket launch shortly before noon. Wind and visibility favored conditions, but technical problems halted attempts made within minutes of liftoff. Reporters watched from a rooftop a mile and a half away as delays echoed last Friday and Saturday.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Navy
Vanguard
Atom Bomb Misdrop Sparks Florence Fears Quelled Today
Florence residents faced no nuclear danger after a B47 dropped a bomb fragment and TNT detonator created a crater five miles east of the city. Air Force investigators, doubt a direct link between detonator and atomic charge, confirmed no explosion or radiation threat. Six injured, several homes and a church damaged, with bomb parts recovered and an inquiry into the incident ongoing.
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Florence
Air Force
Here
Diast
Hunter Air Force Base
Savannah
Strategic Air Command
Washington
Rep
Kilday
Dtex
House Armed Services Committee
Five Air Force officers begin stay in simulated satellite
Five Air Force officers launch a five day endurance test inside a sealed space cabin at Wright-Patterson AFB simulating an 18,000 mph orbit 140,000 miles above Earth. Maj. Russell Brewington leads with Capt. William Johnson Jr and Capt. James Kennedy aboard as mission crew.
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Dayton
Ohio
Air Force
Wright Air Development Center
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Russell D. Brewington
Houston
Tex
William D. Johnson Jr
Chatahooga
Tenn
James V. Kennedy
Chicago
Dan D. Fulgham
Pasadena
Lawrence J. McEachern
Millinocket
Maine
Brewington
Johnson
Kennedy
McEachern
Kkeoff
Governor Docking calls for soon special legislative session
Gov. George Docking said a special session of the Legislature is necessary after a deadlocked budget session. He will work with Budget Director James Bibb and Revenue Director John Kirchner to review state finances and revenue estimates. He may present a message with his own or others ideas but vows to veto higher sales or statewide property taxes. He favors delaying sales tax residue distribution to local governments to secure operating cash and notes severance tax estimates need revision after Supreme Court ruling.
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Topeka
George Docking
Docking
Sup Preme Court
Secretary Sees Gain for Labor This May
In Chicago Secretary of Labor Mitchell said unemployment, topping five million, has peaked and expects a late May upturn. He noted persistent joblessness despite wartime strain, favored a tax cut over long-range public works to reverse the trend. The administration had announced 5,173,000 unemployed nationwide.
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Chicago
Mitchell
Washington
Surprise City Library Fair Sunday in Lawrence
Lawrence residents can explore a local library publishing center during the Surprise City Library Fair Sunday from 1 to 8 p.m. at the Public Library marking National Library Week. Displays include KU Press Haskell Press Kansas Color Press Ren Press and more with a Lawrence Writers Workshop feature and a variety of library services and hands on demonstrations.
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Lawrence
Public Library
National Library
LeRoy Fox
Keelers
Lawrence Book Nook
Lawrence Writers Workshop
Kansas
Rural Library Service
Ruth Gagliardo
J. W. Murray
Journal-World
Winchester Star
Haskell
Brown Auto Agency Burns in Overbrook Fire
Fire destroyed the Ray Brown Chevrolet Co. of Overbrook Tuesday night causing about $60,000 in losses. Faulty wiring is blamed as the attic fire spread to the 130 by 40 foot building. No injuries. two new cars and seven used cars plus a wrecker and contents were lost. Overbrook, 26 miles southwest of Lawrence, aided by Elk Township and Topeka Forbes Air Base truck, kept the blaze from spreading to a lumber yard and an elevator nearby. The owner may rebuild.
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Overbrook
Ray Brown Chevrolet Co
Journal-World Photo
Lawrence
Max Friesen
Friesen
Earl Frye
Brown
Bob Stayton
Stayton
Clinton
Overbrook Fire Department
Elk Township
Glen Littrel
Topeka Forbes Air Base
Chevrolet
Ike to Speak for Reciprocal Trade March 27 Rally
President Eisenhower will address a bipartisan rally here on March 27 in support of the reciprocal trade program. The event is organized by the Committee for National Trade Policy, a coalition advocating a five year extension of the 24 year old reciprocal program.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Committee For National Trade Policy
Three Boys Use Fourth As a Human Dart Board
Three boys aged 11 to 13 were convicted in London for using a younger peer as a human dart board. They urged him to run, then chased him throwing darts, one striking the 13-year-old in the left eye. A lawyer said they imitation television shows inspired the act. One offender was sent to reform school while the others remained on probation.
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London
Snow Forecast Slim But Present For Northeastern Kansas
Weather notes warn of possible snow tonight and early Thursday across northeastern Kansas. Light snowfall persisted in western and central Kansas, with six to fifteen inches expected west of Concordia and Elsworth toward Colorado. River overflow on the Marais des Cygnes slowly receding, while field moisture improves for fall seeded wheat. wheat greening and generally good prospects cited by crop reporters.
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Northeist
Kansas
Concordia
Elsworth
Colorado
Marais Des Cygnes
la Cygne
State-Federal
Lawrence
Old Age Security The Easy Way
An elderly woman in Los Angeles embraced S J Jelalian claiming him as her long lost son. Police noted a folded packet marked S22. Jelalian remained calm saying he would shake hands with her and critiqued reliance on government aid in old age.
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Los Angeles
S.J. Jelailian
Jelalian
Water Sewer Costs Fall Below Projections In City Projects
City water-sewer expansions funded by 31 million in revenue bonds should cost well under that amount if current bids hold. A major contract awarded totals 388 217 for the big Northwest Lawrence relief sewer system with Kansas Construction Co as low bidder on two sections and Aruma Construction Co of Kansas City on a pumping station. Completion slated for about a year. The city also bids March 25 for paving and sewers in Belle Haven South No 2 and Edgeworth Park Add., with Edgewood Park sewer plans due next month.
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Toeth
Town Sts
R. Aruma Construction Co
Kansas City
Kas
Kp&i
Kentucky Street
Kaw River
City Commission
Douglas County Christian Temperance Council
John Crown
General Improvement Fund
Belle Haven South No. 2
Edgeworth Park Addition
Moore Associates
Edgewood Park
Nest
Long time Lawrence resident remains active in later years
Minnie Lucas, a longtime Lawrence resident and former teacher and music instructor, continues active work preparing income tax returns at an age when arthritis slows her fingers. She has taught in Oklahoma and Kansas, once worked as a haircutter, plays a vintage violin once owned by her father, and still plays the Emerson piano bought almost 80 years ago.
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Ruth Lewis
Minnie Lucas
Lawrence
Emerson
Oklahoma
Kansas University
Lincoln School
Carl Williams
Paralee Lucas
City Commission Rejects Pi Phi Rezoning Near KU Campus
The City Commission failed to approve a four fifths vote for rezoning a Pi Beta Phi site on Fifteenth Street near the KU campus. Mayor Weatherwax vetoed, citing need for a comprehensive student housing study and concerns about alternative sites. Opposition argued the action should be based on broader planning, while supporters said the site was similar in distance to existing housing and would fit university plans.
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Pi Beta Phi
Kansas University
Fifteenth Street
Hussell Mosser
Zemin
Jack Thirtis
John Crown
O A. Kennedy
John Weatherwax
Phare Gomission
Wierthen
Alnikir
Oosimhir Tescomg
Ted
Trond University Offircals
Fittiee
Mridowimern Association
19Th
Tere Sts
Tanehelvaert
University Ciifeiats
Elissroom
Mount Oread
North College
Pi Phi
Grandyview-Clarkson — Addilion
Odd
Skipper Williams
Weather forecast and readings pass through cold snap
The forecast shows cloudy and cold with possible snow beginning this afternoon and ending Thursday morning. Highs near 60s, lows around the mid 20s to low 30s, with continued below normal temperatures through Monday. Regional station readings list highs from the 30s to 40s and subfreezing lows, with nationwide observations from Minneapolis to Oklahoma City and New York noted.
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Arkansas
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Ike
Stover
Raney Hillcrest Drug
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Andy Hess
Sunere Mogic
KU Sorority
Gene Wroune
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