Top General For Forces of Diem Killed in Action
In Saigon Gen Trinh Minh The Cao Dai commander and ally of the Nationalist forces was killed while directing battalions in an attack on Binh Xuyen rebels. His death follows Cao Dai defection from the bloc aligned with Binh Xuyen and Hoa Hao against Diem. Diem masses support for ousting Bao Dai, convening a states general to judge the committee’s recommendations.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Trinh Minh
Cao Dai
Free Viet Nam Revolutionary Committee
Ngo Dien Diem
Bing Xuyen
Hoa Hao
Diem
le van Vien
The
Vien
Binh Xuyen
Bao Dai
National Revolutionary Committee
National Army
States General
Army
French Riviera
Bao Dak
Nguyen
van Vy
Dalat
West Kansas recibe storms with scattered moisture
West Kansas saw scattered thunderstorms delivering moisture with Dodge City recording up to 1.40 inches and hail up to a half inch. Loretta reported hail as well though the moisture did not reach the southwestern drought area. Forecaster Tom Arnold expects mainly light showers in the near term with cooler nights in the northeast and warmer highs in the northwest.
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Topeka
Kansas
Dodge City
Hall
Light Hall
Loretta
Tom Arnold
Arnold
Spearville
Burdett
Larned
Kinsley
St. John
Russell
Ellinwood
Garden City
Great Bend
Hill City
Beaver
Hoisington
Ness City
Hutchinson
Salina
Concordia
Wichita
Goodland Traces
Olathe
Wamego
Goodland
Harris Improved After Heart Operation
S. F. Morris, publisher of the Ottawa Herald, was reported in satisfactory condition at Hahnemann Hospital today. Harris had undergone an operation last week to correct a heart condition.
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Philadelphia
S. F. Morris
Ottawa
Herald
Hahnemann Hospital
Harris
Eight Navy Workers Injured in Tex Secret Plant Blast
The Navy reported eight workers were injured in an explosion yesterday at a secret testing facility in Daingerfield Texas. Details about the incident or condition of the injured were not disclosed.
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Washington
the Navy
Daingerfield
Tex
Headmaster Boosts Hockey Aims
Headmaster F R Witty reports a survey finding that students with more time away from school read more. He notes stay-at-homes outperform regular attenders in English and reading, citing 275 secondary students aged 11 to 15 who read outside school 10 to 25 times more.
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London
F. R. Witty
Witty
Assat of
U S Decides All-Out Support for Viet Nam Leader Diem
State Department reportedly settled on full backing for South Viet Nam Premier Ngo Dinh Diem amid foreign opposition. France reportedly joins in backing Diem as Bao Dai considered by Paris and Washington pressing for unified support. Ambassador Collins instructed to pledge backing while en route to Saigon, with threats to cut aid if opposition persists. Diem’s crackdown on opponents and anti-Communist rallying boosted U S confidence. earlier plans for concessions were scrapped.
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Washington M
State Department
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Paris
France
United States
Diem
J. Lawton Collins
Collins
Saigon
Bao Dai
French Riviera
South
Ghostly Alarm Foils Burglars at Michigan Electronics Plant
In Chicago, burglars who struck Michigan Electronics Inc. were greeted by a male voice warning them of electronic guards and a final shout for help before alarm bells and sirens drowned out any further action. Engineers say the device was built largely as a gag and this was its first test.
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Chicago
Michigan Electronics, Inc
Paul Grossi
Farm price index edges lower in April report
Kansas farmers saw prices average one percent lower in the month ending April 15 per the U S Agricultural Marketing Service. The overall index stood at 252 percent of the base, down from 254 on March 15 and 261 a year ago, with declines across most commodities except hogs and alfalfa seed.
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Kansas
U. S. Agricultural Marketing Service
Forces in House Open New Battle Over Farm Props
In a fresh clash over farm price supports in Congress, the House debated a bill to end the administration flexible program and restore 90 percent parity for wheat, corn, cotton, rice and peanuts, echoing World War II levels. Senate resistance and a presidential veto loom, with votes tight and timing uncertain.
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Washington
House
Republians
Holdling City
Rep
Harrison
GOP
Senate Agriculture Committee
Congress
Eisenhower
Ryther Elected Phi Beta Kappa at KU
Thirty five seniors in KU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, including Thomas Ryther of Lawrence, were elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Ryther is son of Mr and Mrs Thomas C Ryther. The group will be initiated May 17 and the KU chapter, founded in 1890, is west of the Mississippi. The election brings total new members this year to 40 with another round before Commencement.
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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Kansas University
Lawrence
Thomas Ryther
Thomas C. Ryther
N. H. St. Young Ryther
Journal-World Carrier
Phi Beta Kappa
Mississippi River
K.U
Arrien¢ Moss Ball
el Dorado
Barbara Becker
Coffeyville
Raymond Beery
Colby
Hubert Bell
Atchison
Nancy Canary Wichita
James L. Connally
Leavenworth
Cynthia Creel
Parsons
Henry Curry
Kansas City
Donald Endacott Bartlesville
Humane Society Keeps Be Kind to Animals Week Year-Round
Douglas County Humane Society operates year round to aid mistreated animals. Since 1950 it relies on volunteers and contributions to care for sick or homeless animals, place healthy ones in homes, and sometimes humanely euthanize those beyond help. The group sponsors an essay contest for Be Kind to Animals Week with prizes, and works with the city pound on dog intakes and veterinary care as it seeks sustained shelter funding.
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Pepper
Christopher Saricks
Alison
Douglas County Humane Society
Ambrose Saricks
Tenn. St
Journal-World Photo
Rover
The
Humane Society
Lawrence
Mra
Frank Stockton
Measures for Vaccine Control Introduced in Congress
Congressional action seeks federal oversight of Salk polio vaccine distribution amid rising demand and black market concerns.Senator Ives joins 10 senators supporting a Senate bill. Rep Fogarty and Rep Boland back a House resolution for temporary federal controls. Administration officials voice cautious stance, while a government advisory panel urges voluntary measures to address supply, distribution, and priorities.
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Washington
Congress
Sen
Ives
R-Ny
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Welfare
Hobby
White House
Senate House Conferees OK 8.8 Percent Pay Rise
Washington bulletin today reports conferees agreed on an 8.8 percent average pay raise for 500000 postal workers. The retroactive increase to March 1 follows a House 3.3 percent and Senate 10 percent compromise. President Eisenhower had said the higher figure would be unacceptable.
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Washington
Senate House
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Tragic Finish as Air Force Man Hears Wife Die
Call from Sgt Herbert Smead to his wife Norma ended with the phone receiver dropping. He alerted a neighbor and learned his wife Norma Smead, 22, had died of acute meningitis while awaiting his Army pay check.
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Pittsburgh
Herbert Smead
Air Force
Norma
E Staters elect Knox president of Em poria State Teachers College alumni
Russell resident P W Knox was elected president of the alumni association of Emporia State Teachers College in Kansas. The vote elevated Knox to lead the alumni group representing former students of the college.
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Emporia, Kas
P-W. S. Knox of
Russell
Emporia State Teachers College
Kennedy Backing Ire Financing Set Up For Road Plans
Governors split on salvaging the big highway program as Kennon plans to lobby House members to revive the administration plan. Senate subcommittee favored a pay as you go formula with endorsements from Harriman and Leader. Eisenhower urged a longer ten year, 54 billion dollar expansion as Treasury and highway officials presented.
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Washington i
Robert F. Kennon
Louisiana
Governors’ Conference
House of Representatives
Senate Public Roads Subcommittee
Sen
Gore
D-Tenn
Averell Harriman
New York
George M. Leader
Pennsylvania
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Lucius D. Clay
Eisenhower
Francis V. du Pont
Secretary of Commerce
Senate
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
New York Aid
Faubus
Harriman
Pancake Feed A Lawrence Tradition Draws 2000 Plus
More than 2,000 people are expected at the American Legion pancake feed in the Community Building. Proceeds help finance the Legion Junior diamondeers, who opened practices this week. The all day event runs Saturday from dawn to 7 PM with pancakes sausage bacon and coffee on the menu at 50 cents.
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Lawrence
American Legion
11Th and
Vt. Sts
Legion
Gery
Trade Bill Vote Set Wednesday
The Senate moved to begin voting on President Eisenhower’s foreign trade bill with a possible final passage by tomorrow night. Majority Leader Johnson and Minority Leader Knowland led a near-unanimous move to curtail debate, while Malone was absent. Byrd noted opposition had largely faded as the Finance Committee rewrote the bill, preserving key features and extending the reciprocal trade program three years with a 15 percent tariff-cut authority.
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Washington M
Senate
Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Knowland
Calif
Sen
Malone
R-New
Johnson
Finance Committee
Byrd D
House
Jury Foreman Questions Bias as Murder Trial Opens
Defense attorney Isaac Mellman asked prospect Edward Sachs if marriage affects impartiality. Sachs replied he had been married a short time, prompting concerns about potential bias as the murder trial began yesterday.
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Denver
Isaac Mellman
Edward Sachs
Sachs
Lawrence Board Okays Purchase Of 7200 In New Instruments
Lawrence Board of Education approved spending 37200 on music and instruments for city schools, installed a 3529 budgetary machine for payroll and budgeting, and hired five teachers. They also changed the Junior High day schedule and accepted several resignations and custodian hires. The music purchase includes eight Wurlitzer pianos for new and existing schools, with half funded from this year’s budget and the rest earmarked for next year. A Burroughs Sensimatic device was bought to streamline budget control for each school and its employees.
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Lawrence Board of Education
Bell Music Co
Woodlawn School
R. Wayne Nelson
Burroughs
A. E. Woestemeyer
Woestemeyer
Clark Coan
Gwendolyn Woolfenden
J.mary. Demeritt
Barbara Hyden
Eldeen Church
Doan
Wellington
Woolfenden
Helen Cornwell
Miss Demeritt
Lawrence
Les Demeritt
Route 1
Lawrence High School
K.A
Hyden
Burlington High School
Emporia Teachers College
Coffey County
Madison
Herington
Church
Independence
Dixie
Scott
Margery Bates
Cordley
Marian Klinesiiver
Betty Spencer
James R. Williams Jr
Lawrence High
McAllaster School
Morris Ewing
Postman Heroism Earns Dog Rescue Certificate
Chicago postman Raymond Collins saved a dog from a burning house and received a heroism certificate from the Anti Cruelty Society. Collins, who has been bitten three times by dogs, stated that all dogs do not hate postmen and all postmen do not hate dogs.
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Chicago
Raymond Collins
The
Anti-Cruelty Society
Collins
Faulkner Wins Pulitzer Prize for WWI Novel A Fable
New York reports William Faulkner, 57, receives the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for A Fable a WWI mutiny allegory. Tennessee Williams wins drama prize for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Gian Carlo Menotti cited for The Saint of Bleecker Street opera. Columbus Ledger and Sunday Ledger-Enquirer win public service award. Local reporting prizes go to Caro Brown and Roland Towery.
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New York
Wlnam
Faulkner
Tennessee Williams
Williams
Gian-Carlo Menotti
Joseph Pulitzer
Columbia University Board of Trustees
Columbus
Texas
Caro Brown
Alice
Tex
Daily Echo
Roland K. Towery
Cuero
Daily Record
Weather During Last Month Here Sets High Mark
Lawrence weather observer C. J. Posey confirms last month was the warmest April in 87 years of records. Mean temperature 62.57 degrees vs normal 55.13. Spring warmth appeared early with air conditioners active and furnaces off.
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Lawrence
C. J. Posey
Douglas County
Sprinkles in City Amid Warm April Heat
Lawrence saw the third straight day of 80s with readings near 86 on April 18. Rain and thunder clouds cooled the afternoon after 1 p.m. April’s average highs are rising, with a long pattern of unusually warm days. rainfall remains well below normal, and a record high of 94 and low of 11 are noted for the month.
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Lawrence
Weather forecast summary for Nebraska Kansas and Oklahoma
Readings show five day outlook with Nebraska about ten degrees above normal and Oklahoma warmer then cooler later in the week. Kansas partly cloudy with showers late today, fair Wednesday, and warmer northwest. Temperatures range from around 36 to 70 with precipitation mainly in Nebraska and eastern Oklahoma.
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Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Oklahoa
Saturn
Ste
Miami
New Orleans
Delanomes
Washington
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