Republic flag raised in Seoul as Korean forces take city
South Korean patrols and U S Eighth Army units report raising the republican flag over the old capitol in Seoul amid claims of reduced enemy resistance. Multiple dispatches note limited opposition and ongoing withdrawals by Communist forces along the front as U N patrols push north and east of the city.
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Tokyo
Pfiv
Seoul
Eighth
Eighth Army
ROK
A. P
Jim Becker
C.S.T
Nilding
Yudong
Fifth Air Force
Republic of Korea
Seksa
U. N
Han River
Hoengsong
U.S
Pyongyang
Candidate Sketches for City Elections Published on Page 6
An ethics sketch section lists candidates for five city commission seats and notes the primary on March 20 with the general election on April 3. It explains five commissioners will be chosen then and that three board of education seats will be filled at the April 3 vote.
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Ates
Board of Education
Air Force to Open B-47 Combat School in Wichita
The Air Force announced plans to establish a B-47 combat crew training school at Wichita Municipal Airport. The move includes reacquiring the airport, reallocating about 30 to 60 million dollars, and tying civilian facility use to military needs near the Boeing Wichita plant.
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Air Force
Wichita
Washington
Mar
Kan
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Tgrandinal
Wichita Representatives
Airforce
Senate Appropriations Committee
House Military Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee
Harold Stuart
Air
Kansas
Boeing Aircraft
Washington hears Johnston on wage board reform
A 20 man delegation from the National Association of Manufacturers the U S Chamber of Commerce and business advisory council met Eric Johnston to reject his plan to reshape the wage stabilization board into a dispute handling agency The group planned to relay its decision to labor leaders This signals a likely rejection as officials prepare to present new mobilization measures to Congress by April 12 including production price and wage controls and a rent program.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
Wage Stabilization Board
National Association of Manufacturers
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Business Advisory Council
Commerce Department
Johnston
C.S.T
Manufacturers
Evient
Tabor
Truman
Congress
Annual Barbershop Sing Fest at K U Thursday
The K U annual Barbershop Quartet contest will be held Thursday March 22 at 8 p.m. in Strong Auditorium. Sponsored by the Young Women’s Christian association. Donna McCosh of Salina chairs the event judged by The Cross Towners of Kansas City Missouri on originality and talent. Ten houses compete for the trophy Alpha Tau Omega Tau Kappa Epsilon Phi Gamma Delta Phi Delta Theta Acacia Alpha Kappa Psi Phi Kapps Sterling Oliver and Sigma No.
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K. U
Strong
Young Women’s Christian Association
Donna McCosh
Salina
Kansas City
Cross Towners
Alpha Tau Omega
Tau Kapa Epsilon
Phi Gamma Delta
Phi Delta Belts
Acacia
Alpha Kappa Psi
Phi Kapps
Sterling, Oliver
Sigma No
Stock Market Index and Odd Golf Note
The New York UP closing for 60 stocks stands at 91.9 with a drop of 8. An odd line mentions Canter and Line under a brief golf feed, with no clear event or outcome.
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New York
Rosenbergs Named in Atom Spy Case as Plotters
Ruth Greenglass testified that Ethel and Julius Rosenberg sought to feed atomic secrets to Russia in 1944. She described how she relayed the message to her husband David Greenglass, a Los Alamos worker who has confessed to handling the secrets.
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New York
Ruth Greenglass
Ethel
Julius Rosenberg
Russia
David
Rosenbergs
Morton Sobell
David Greenglass
Los Alamos
N.M
Los Alamos J
Ethel Rosenberg
Rosenberg
New Mexico
Greenglass
Irving R. Kaufman
Agent Will Speak To American Legion Here
I V Boardman special agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Kansas City Missouri will speak at an American Legion meeting tomorrow night at 8 oclock. The Dor sey Liberty post meeting will be the first in the veterans quarters of the new city building with post commander Vivian Wiley urging full attendance. The assembly hall sits at the West end of the second floor. Boardman is regarded as a top FBI official with a strong law enforcement reputation in the region and beyond.
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I. V. Boardman
Federal Bureau of Investigution
Kansas City
American Legion
New City
Dorsey Liberty Post
Yivian Wiley
Boardman
F. B
Start C of C Drive Nets 23 New Members
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce reports 23 members in its membership drive after a single day. Two teams named Sweet Peas and Skunks canvassed the city to maximize join numbers, with results running neck and neck at 23-all. Final tallies will wait for all cards returned.
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Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
C. of C
Sweet Peas
Skunks
Chamber
Wren
Truman Democrats Back RFC Reorganization Vote
In Washington the Truman camp won a roll call 200 to 196 against a Republican bid to block RFC reorganization. The plan would replace the five man RFC board with a single administrator and faced a 218 vote threshold to kill it. House Speaker Rayburn defended the RFC’s record while coalition Republicans and Southern Democrats moved to defeat the proposal.
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Washington
Mar
Truman
House
R.F.C
Reetey
Jelding
Sda
Rayburn
D.tex
White House
RFC
Senator Vandenberg in Grave Condition Amid Illness
Grand Rapids reports Senator Arthur Vandenberg weakening rapidly as he battles life. Doctors say his condition is increasingly serious after relapse on February 26. The 66 year old Republican leader underwent lung and spinal tumor surgeries in the past and hopes to return to Washington for foreign policy debates.
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Associated Press
Grand
Vandenberg
Washington
Red Cross drive in Lawrence may miss local quota
Red Cross fund leaders fear Lawrence and Douglas county may fail to reach the local quota of 13935. As of noon only 6803.70 has been reported, with many blocks uncharted. Clifford Dean urged canvassing to finish by Saturday, noting 51 percent stays for local work and national funds for disaster relief.
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Red Cross
Lawrence
Douglas County
Clifford Dean
George Noland
Frank Page
Raymond Anderson
Phil Ernst
Frank Pippert
Frank Blick
Arley Clark
Costello reveals strongbox cache before Senate probe
New York March 14 Frank Costello told crime probers he has about four to five ten thousand dollars in a strongbox at home and about ninety to one hundred thousand in two bank accounts He hesitated under pressure from Sen Herbert O Conor and Sen Charles Tobey who urged a probe of his finances The hearing covered his lawful and unlawful businesses assets and political activities with wiretap evidence from 1943 and possible tax inquiry.
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New York
Mar
Frank Costello
Senate
Herbert R. O'Conor
D.md
Costello
Charles Tobey
Tobey
Costelo
Rudolph Hattley
Senate O
U. S. Treasury Department
Lathrop B. Read, Jr
City Vom
Late high school basketball scores from state tournaments
Ottawa beat Garden City 51 to 38 in the Class AA state tournament in Emporia. Augusta defeated Turner 54 to 44 in Class A at Salina. Cedar Vale won 40 to 38 over Arma in Class B at Hutchinson. NAIA small college tourney in Kansas City saw Aegis of Denver 82, Southwest Texas State 85, Memphis State 61, Hastings 79 in overtime.
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Ottawa
Garden City
Emporia
Augusta
Turner
Salina
Cedar Vale
Hutchinson
Arma
Kansas City
Aegis of
Denver
Southwest Texas
Nebr
College
Wichita East
Altamont
Silvia
Norton
Kingman
Potato planting to begin as weather warms in Kaw Valley
Clearing skies and rising temperatures set the stage for potato planting across Kaw Valley. Emil Heck notes ground moisture and thaw will produce an excellent seed bed though acreage may be down from last year due to low prices and labor shortages. Oats planting is delayed by a cold snap with mixed views on seed sprout viability.
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Emil Heck
Route 3
Kaw Valley
Heck
Douglas County
Deal Six
Campaign at End Council committee halts promotion of city candidates
The Citizens Committee for Support of Good Government adopts a resolution to stop promoting city commission candidates in upcoming elections. The executive committee says its objective of obtaining qualified candidates is met and will now focus on encouraging registered voters to turn out. Roger Allen notes 25 cent memberships fund turnout efforts. The panel urges citizens to join as members at large and emphasizes voting for candidates of choice.
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Citizens Committee For
Supeport of Good Government
City Commission
Sis Good Citizens
Roger Allen
Huas
Bolls
Fire damages Harley Yoder home from furnace blaze
Light smoke damage reported at 2030 Ohio Street after a floor furnace fire. Fire Chief Paul Ingels said foreign material fell through a grate and ignited, causing the damage yesterday.
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Harley Yoder
Ohio Street
Paul Ingels
Five Percenters in Rc C Inquiry Frees Major
Washington March 14 General services administrator Jeza Larson told senators he would review a report that a GSA employee Joseph Major sought to influence a loan application before the Bace Finance corporation The Senate investigation committee opened a new inquiry into influence peddling and five percenter activities Major linked to James W Hunt a central figure in the 1949 five percenter probe Major previously helped Hunt obtain surplus property for buyers on at least three occasions.
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Washington
Jeza Larson
General Services Administrator
GSA
Bace Finance Corporation
Senate Investigation Committee
Joseph Major
Major
Larson
Nixon
Calif
War Assets Administration
Truman
James W. Hunt
Hunt
Indians Dance Program at Tecumseh Hall Highlighted
TO PRESENT SHOW Haskell institute's annual Indian club program featuring 1f students from 18 tribes and 11 states will be presented Saturday night in Tecumseh hall starting at 7 30. The show includes Plains and Southwest dances with acts by Hugh Wooth a Comanche and Rutherford Loneman an Arapahoe with cosponsors Mrs Arline Wheeler and George E Washington. Admission 25 cents for students 35 cents for others. Afterward an all school dance opens to visitors.
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Haskell Institute
Tecumseh Hall
Lawrence
Haskell
Hugh Wooth
Elgin
Okia
Rutherford Loneman
Geary
Arline Wheeler
George E. Washington
No Immediate Change Weather Outlook for Kansas
Weather bureau sees little hope for change in Kansas chilly, gloomy conditions. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and little temperature change tonight and Thursday with lows 20 to 25 and highs 40 to 60. Snow remained on ground at Concordia and Russell. bridges across the state struggle to rise above freezing.
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Topeka
Mar
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Concordia
Russell
St Liberal
Phillipsburg
Chanute
Emporia
Leavenworth
Hutchinson
Olathe
Foreign Students to Attend Messiah at Bethany Sunday
Twenty nine Americans will accompany 23 foreign students from 13 nations to Lindsborg for the 192nd presentation of Handel's Messiah. Charles Satterfield, organizer, aims to expose foreign students to American life through the Bethany college performance and a Kansas geography tour.
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University of Kansas
Lindsborg
K.ul
Charles Satterfield
Ness City
Kansas Commission For
U.N.E.S.C
Bethany College
Satterfield
Bethany
Arsa
Kansas
State Geological Survey
K. U
State Highway Department
Secret weapon drives Lawrence Jaycee Get Out The Vote
The Lawrence Junior Chamber of Commerce plans a get out the vote drive for the city primary and general election. A "secret weapon" will be unveiled after Monday night canvassing, with porch light checks and interviews of nonvoters to address reasons for not voting. Transportation and babysitting services will aid voters, and the initiative ties to Lawrence civil defense efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Jaycee
Chamber of Commerce
Fato
Crown
Journal-World Today
Lawrence Civil Defense
KU Graduate Abner Hill Dies at 96 in Colorado
Abner W. Hill, an early University of Kansas graduate from the class of 1882 and longtime Douglas County teacher, died March 5 in Fort Morgan Colorado. He held two Douglas County teaching certificates dated February 3, 1886, and August 2, 188d, and was a retired mining engineer.
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K. U. Grad
University of Kansas
Douglas County
Colorado
University Alumni Association
Abner W. Hill
Fort Morgan
Colo
Weather forecast March 14 for four states with varied temperatures
The forecast shows near normal temperatures for Nebraska and Kansas and Oklahoma with 2 to 4 degrees below normal in Missouri. Highs range from the 40s to mid 60s across regions, with warmer conditions Wednesday followed by cooling Thursday. Precipitation is likely in western Kansas and Oklahoma and Missouri with light to moderate amounts.
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Mignouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Oraska
Nebraska
Missouri
Aoart
Maine
Oklhoma
Cahormina
Law
West Perature ReAbinas iGas Office
Pam
U. S
Jay Bree
Roeteegene
Denver
Edmonton
Fort Worth
Havre
Mont
Kaneas
Los Angeles
York
Oklahoma City
Washington
Sparuary Ril Ae
Tansy N Siasieabagay Ae
Mati Io
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M. U
Jesnette Scott
Bruce Normile
de Lovellette
Rigts
Jerry Wang Rangy
KE. U
Gaysa Wthe
Steve Debater
Caitter
Citizens Committee
Haskell Indian Club
Messiah
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