Maxwell Taylor Chosen as Army Chief of Staff
Gen Maxwell D Taylor named to succeed Gen Matthew B Ridgway as Army chief of staff. Ridgway plans retirement June 30 after 60th birthday, citing policy clashes over manpower cuts. Taylor, 54, led 8th Army in Korea and now heads Far East Command and UN Command. Lemnitzer will assume Ridgway’s Far East and 8th Army roles. Article notes budget timing and ongoing manpower debate.
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Maxwell Taylor
Army Chief of Staff
Gen. Ridgway
Stevens
Army
Maxwell D. Taylor
White House
James C. Hagerty
Ridgway
Taylor
8Th Army
Far East Command
United Nations Command
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Far East
Lemnitzer
Army Forces
Eisenhower
Showers Continue as May Rain Totals Rise in Lawrence
In Lawrence residents note near daily showers totaling 0.18 inches with a week of cool, cloudy weather. Dr J Posey reports another 0.18 inch on Thursday and Thursday night. A large tree fell near 21st and Tenn Streets from rain weight. May rainfall to date reaches 2.20 inches, under the normal 4.71. Douglas County reports higher totals, Worden 14 miles south west records 2.57 inches by Thursday morning.
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Lawrence
J. Posey
Everling
21St and
Tenn
Sts
Douglas County
Worden
Walter Schwarz
World's First All Electric Home Displayed Near Lawrence
The General Electric Won der Farm Home, world's first all electric residence, will open Sunday near Lawrence on Highway K32. The Miller family home features a remote control wiring system, built in kitchen, central heating and air conditioning, and light conditioning. Cost about 50000 dollars with three bedrooms and two baths. Open 4-9 p.m. weekdays and 2-9 p.m. weekends sponsored by Kansas Power and Light Co and Capper's Farmer.
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General Electric
Lawrence
Harry Miller
The
Kansas Power and Light Co
Capper’s Farmer
General Appliance Co. Inc
Miller Furniture Co
Weaver's Department Store
Norris Bros
Bonnie Jackson
H. W. Emick
Everley
Green Bros
Mt. Hope Nurseries
O. F. Stinson
Charles Marshall
Miller
White House at Cold War Odds with GOP Senators
Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson accuses leading Republican senators Knowland Bridges and McCarthy of waging a cold war of partisan politics with the Eisenhower White House. He cites doubts about a Big Four summit and talks with Communist China, while expressing confidence in the President.
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
White House
Eisenhower
Johnson
Congress
Knowland
California
Bridges
New Hampshire
GOP
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Britain
France
Russia
Red China
Dulles Arrives For Signing Ceremony On Austria Treaty
U S Secretary of State Dulles arrived in Vienna to sign the Austria independence treaty after a West East compromise on economic concessions. Austrian leaders praised American support and predicted full freedom within 17 years of occupation.
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Dulles
Austria
Vienna
U. S
Dulles Arived
United States
Llewellyn E. Thompson Jr
New York Stocks Close Higher With Mild Gain
New York closes with the Dow Jones average at 60 stocks 162.50 up 0.7 points as traders watch gains and mixed economic signals. The modest advance reflects cautious sentiment and interest in technology and financials amid evolving market data.
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New York
U N Protest Over Red Attack On Sabres
United Nations command protested to the Military Armistice Commission that Communist MIGs unprovoked attacked American Sabre jets in international waters near Sinuiju, claiming two or more MIGs destroyed with no Sabre losses, while China’s People’s Daily reported one Sabre shot down and two damaged and accused US pilots of intruding.
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Munsan
Korea
U.N. Command
Military Armistice Commission Today
Peiping
China
Reds
People’s Daily
U. N
Sinuiju
People's Daily
U. S
Armed Forces Week Set With Three KU Events in Lawrence
Three Kansas University ROTC detachments plan a week of activities in Lawrence for Armed Forces Week. A fuselage section of a B 29 bomber arrives for display at South Park Monday and Tuesday, with Wright Patterson USAF staff explaining the craft. The highlight is Wednesday’s ROTC Honors Day Review in Memorial Stadium for about 1000 cadets, followed by a Scabbard and Blade staged sham battle on Mt Oread.
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Kansas University
Lawrence
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio
USAF
Wright-Patterson
Air Force
Mt. Oread
No Threat Seen For Success Of Polio Vaccine
Washington officials report no threat to ultimate polio vaccine success as Parke Davis vaccine resume limited nationwide vaccinations. Surgeon General Scheele cites 67 polio cases in vaccine recipients, with most linked to Cutter lot. Lilly and Wyeth vaccines show fewer cases. He notes no higher ups overruled health service and plans stem from inspections of multiple plants.
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Washington
Parke-Davis Co
Geon
Leonard Scheele
Parke, Davis
Scheele
House Banking Committee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Welfare
National Foundation
Health Service
Parke-Davis
Detroit
Parke- Davis
Eli Lilly Co
Indianapolis
Wyeth Laboratories
Marietta
Pitman-Moore
Zionsville
Ind
Sharpe and Dohme
Glen Alden
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Wyeth
Kansas Traffic Deaths Topeka Record Snapshot 1955
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by state accident records show 3 in the last 24 hours and 187 to date for 1955, compared with 178 in the same period in 1954. An earlier fatality not previously reported is included.
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Topeka
Kansas
Journalism Fete Honors KU Students and Speakers
At the University Daily Kansan awards dinner in Memorial Union, top KU journalism students receive scholarships and prizes. Clyde M. Reed, Parsons Sun editor, will keynote, with Sigma Delta Chi honors and various department awards announced by faculty and board leaders.
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Kansan
Kansas University
Memorial Union
Clyde M. Reed
Parsons Sun
William Allen White Foundation
Henry Schott
K. U. School of Journalism
Elmer F. Beth
Calder M. Pickett
K. U
Sigma Delta Chi
Theodore Blankenship
Hamilton
Fimil L. Telfel
Stan Hamilton
Kansas City
James Dykes
Gene Bratton
Pickett
Frances Grinstead
James Bedford
Burton W. Marvin Wil
Agriculture secretary proposes 1956 wheat control plan
Secretary Benson proposes a rigid wheat crop program with a June 25 grower referendum. The plan would cap plantings at 55 million acres, the legal minimum, matching this year’s allotment and reducing from a postwar peak of 80 million acres. A two thirds voter approval among growers would activate the plan. 73.3 percent approved controls this year.
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Washington
Benson
Manpower Plan Faces Senate Fight After House Approval
Eisenhower administration wins House backing for a defense budget of 31.48 billion dollars for the new fiscal year. The plan trims 102,300 military personnel by June 30, 1956, with the Army down 87,000, Navy 8,300, Marines 12,000, and the Air Force up 5,000. Senate action is anticipated in coming weeks as critics speak out.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Ted Williams Returns to Red Sox for 1955 Season
Ted Williams signed to play for the Boston Red Sox for the remainder of the 1955 American League season after quitting last year. Mickey Mantle hit three home runs for the New York Yankees in a 5-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers, two as a lefty and one from the right side.
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Boston
Ted Williams
Red Sox
Amercan
New York
Mickey Mantle
New York Yankees
Detroit Tigers
U S Elbe Veterans Praise Soviet Hospitality in Moscow
Nine American veterans of the 1945 U S Soviet linkup left Moscow by plane after a four day visit. They carried souvenirs and photo albums and praised Soviet hospitality at a farewell banquet hosted by Marshal Sokolovsky. About 175 guests attended. Joseph Polowsky urged Russian veterans to visit Washington for a similar reception. The group heads home Sunday.
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Moscow
Elbe
Paris
United States
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Joseph Polowsky
Chicago
Elbe River
Washington
Bond Sale Date Set Soon for Lawrence Memorial Hospital Expansion
City Manager Jim Wigglesworth said plans for a $1 million addition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital will trigger a bond sale date once final plans are finished. The Hospital Board, Cooper Robinson Carlson architects, and city officials align on bids, federal aid, and final cost estimates with initial bonds of $300,000 plus $200,000 in Hill-Burton funds to cover about a year of work. Lawrence voters authorized up to $1 million in bonds last October, with state and federal aid to supplement.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
City
Jim Wigglesworth
Cooper, Robinson and Carlson
Kansas City
Wigglesworth
Harold Fisher
Hill-Burton
Commission
Lawrence
State Hospital Advisory Committee
Kansas
Number Magic for Her Fort Scott
Lenora Shadden of Fort Scott observes her 13th birthday on Friday the 13th. She was born May 13, 1942, on her parents Floyd and Mrs Shadden's 13th wedding anniversary.
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Fort Scott
Lenora Shadden
Floyd Shadden
Weather Five Day Forecast for Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma
Five day outlook covers Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma with below and near normal temperatures. Warmer southeast and cooler northwestern regions expected. Precipitation about .25 to .50 inches in western regions and .50 inches in eastern regions, with likely thundershowers Sunday or Monday. Temperatures mainly in 50s to 90s, with highs near 85 to 90 in western Oklahoma on Saturday.
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Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Normal
South Central
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