Military personnel notes on Sommer Koch Shrimplin and James
Marvin Sommer of Whidbey Island Washington has flown to North Island San Diego to join a Navy patrol squadron until June then return to Whidbey Island and proceed to Alaska. Pvt Robert Koch has arrived in Hawaii as a member of the 25th Infantry Division. Pvt Leslie Shrimplin recently completed Army food service schooling at Fort Hood after basic training at Fort Bliss. Allen J. James serves aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Shaner La arriving in San Diego after overseas duty. his wife Phyllis E. James resides in Seaside California.
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Marvin Sommer
Whidbey Island
Oak Harbor
Wash
Albert Sommer
North Island
San Diego
Navy
Whidbey Isand
Alaska
Apan Patrol Sq
UP-2
Navy Air Station
Calif
Pvt
Robert §. Koch
Hawaii
25Th
Ft. Bliss
Southeastern Stenar School
Camp Gordon
James Koch
Mass. St
Lawrence High School
Rustys Food Center
Leslie W. Shrimplin
E. F. Kingsley
Oskaloosa
Route 2
Armys Food Service School
Ft. Hood
Tex
Pvt Shrimplin
Allen J. James
Clarence W. James
W. 23Rd St
Shaneri- la
James
Phyllis E. James
Seaside
East German security czar Wollweber dominates frontier policing
In East Berlin five miles inside the frontier Ernst Wollweber 55 year old chief of security police surveys a tense zone. The former sailor and hard man battles unrest and spies, claiming thousands of Western agents jailed and directing covert actions across Berlin and West Germany. The profile notes his prominence, rigid public demeanor, and long career from WWI to postwar policing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
East Berlin
Ernst Wollweber
East Germany
West Berlin
West Germany
Wollweber
Otto John
East
Copenhagen
Union Merger Plans Tied by Name Issue
AFL and CIO plan a merged labor union but clash over the new name. Meany and Reuther said a constitution for the proposed organization is ready with the name left blank, awaiting council and board approval before conventions ratify the merger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AFL
CIO
American Congress of Labor
George Meany
Meany
Walter Reuther
AFL Executive Council
CIO Executive Board
Potter Seeks Long Term Loans Over Direct Aid Plan
Senator Potter says the Eisenhower administration is weighing his idea to replace much direct foreign aid with long term loans. He proposes waiving interest for up to five years and signing mutual benefit contracts with recipient nations. President Eisenhower earlier signaled a shift toward loans rather than grants in the next fiscal year without explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Potter
R-Mich
Eisenhower
U.S
Congress
Effingham Youth Chosen President of State FFA
Effingham youth Larry Figgs, 18, elected state president of the Future Farmers of America at the two day Manhattan convention attended by about 1,200 members and instructors. Dean Ebel was elected vice president and other officers named. Little River chapter won the safety award and several chapters earned emblem honors across gold silver and bronze levels.
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Manhattan
Kas
Atate
Future Farmers of America
Larry Figgs
Effingham
Atchison County
FFA House of Delegates
Dean Ebel
Wamego
Lou Reinhardt
Chanute
John McComb
Washburn Rural High
Manuel Bruch
Kingman
Ray Drumeigh
Harper, Sentinel
Little River
FFA
Weather Across the Nation Braces for Warmth and Storms
Early May brings a mixed weather picture as the Weather Bureau reports a heat wave from North Dakota to Texas. Readings reach 97 in Burwell Nebraska and 94 in Bismarck North Dakota while the eastern two thirds warm to above normal. Thunder squalls with damaging winds and hail trigger dust storms in the Central Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Central Plains
North Dakota
Texas
Fargo
N.D
Abilene
Tex
Miami
Bismarck
Burwell
Neb
Presidio
Provo trapper Jim Bee nets Guatemala specimens record
Jim Bee of Provo Utah collected 1600 specimens during a five month Guatemala expedition amid political upheaval and travel delays. He maintained an average 14 catches per field day, gathering 1200 skins 150 skeletons and 250 bird skeletons while studying animal ranges and habitats for a forthcoming comprehensive report. He faced mosquito rich conditions and transport obstacles including a landslide cleanup and customs delays.
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Jim Bee
Provo
Utah
Bee
Guatemala
Kansas University Museum of Natural History
Sanguin
North
Central America
Guatemala City
Puerto Barros
Gulf of Mexico
el Peten
Everyone Is a Fireman In This Texas Village
In Barnhart Texas villagers answer calls by jumping into a fire truck kept ready with the keys in it. After Big Lake sold an Army Air Force crash truck, residents pooled about 3250 to buy it. Gene Linthicum’s barn burned but volunteers saved most buildings. only a third burned.
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Barnhart
Tex
West Texas
Big Lake
Gene Linthicum
Testimony hearings set on reservoirs and river projects
The House Public Works Appropriations subcommittee will hear testimony on the Toronto Reservoir May 10 along with Emporia flood control, Kansas River projects, and Marais des Cygnes initiatives on May 12, with additional Kansas River witnesses May 17. The Senate Civil Functions panel will hear Toronto and Emporia witnesses May 11 and Kansas and Marais des Cygnes witnesses May 13, with possible further Kansas River testimony May 17. Jockey Hedley Woodhouse, a veteran in Hialeah's Widener Stakes, is noted for riding the favorite that has finished second four times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Public Works Appropriations
Toronto Reservoir
Emporia Flood Control
Kansas River
Marais Des Cygnes
Senate Civil Functions Appropriations
Toronto and
Emporia
Kansas and
Marias Des Cygnes
Hialeah
Hedley Woodhouse
Sick girl sees play mission in Kas driveway
An 18 year old senior high school girl Jacqueline Maye Phenicie underwent brain surgery last month and missed the senior class play. Her classmates staged a special repeat performance yesterday in the driveway of her home, bringing the show to her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mission, Kas
Jacqueline Maye Phenicie
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