Verdict awards 29000 to airman in Topeka court
Robert Uhiman, Forbes AFB airman, receives a $29,000 jury verdict in federal court in Topeka after a collision on October 3, 1953. Defendants Elva Mae Roberts, now Topeka, who drove, and James F. Rednour, now in military service, faced the suit for the Lawrence area crash on Highway K-10 leaving Uhiman concussed with a broken femur and shoulder.
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Topeka
Robert Uhiman
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Uhiman
James F. Rednour
Foot Patrols Improve Crime Rate, Says Adams
A critic argues foot patrolmen are essential to curb crime, citing New York Police Commissioner Francis Adams who reports a 40 percent crime drop in three months with increased foot patrols. The piece contrasts old beat cops with modern radio patrols and laments the loss of neighborhood regulation.
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Francis Adams
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Sammy
State Labor Federation Re Names Most Officers
The Kansas State Federation of Labor reelected nearly all officers with W. W. Malcolm of Wichita elected fifth vice president on Saturday, succeeding A. J. McCalla. Reelected were George Townsend of Leavenworth as president, George Harrison of Kansas City as first vice president, John Irvin of Pittsburg as second vice president, R. A. Willis of Manhattan as third vice president, and E. C. Stewart of Hutchinson as fourth vice president.
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Kas
Kansas State Federation of Labor
W. W. Malcolm
Wichita
A. J. McCalla
George Townsend
Leavenworth
George Harrison
Kansas City
John Irvin
Pittsburg
R. A. Willis
Manhattan
E. C. Stewart
Hutchinson
West German Delegation Heads to Yugoslavia
A Bundestag delegation led by president Eugen Gerstenmaier and 10 deputies left Bonn for a week long goodwill visit to Yugoslavia.
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Germany
Yugoslavia
Bundestag
Eugen Gerstenmaier
Adenauer Victory Boosts German Armament Plans
In Mainz Rhineland Palatinate Adolf Adenauer and the Christian Democrats won a decisive victory, strengthening control of the state parliament and boosting support for arming 500,000 Germans as part of the Atlantic Alliance. The result gives the CDU leverage in the Bundesrat with 26 of 38 votes, while the SPD and FDP trail.
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20 Year Old Heir Killed In Junction City Wreck
A 20 year old heir to half of a 6.8 million estate died in a one car crash fifteen miles west of Junction City Kansas. John W Baughman II of Liberal perished when his car struck a bridge. He and his grandmother Mrs Ella Baughman were to share in lands in Kansas Oklahoma and Colorado.
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John W. Baughman II
Liberal
Ella Baughman
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
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