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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1950
Page
8
James Maflow outlines how Congress uses authorization and appropriation to fund agencies. He notes temporary bodies like the Economic Cooperation Administration could be continued year by year by successive acts, reflecting historic budget rules shaping government spending.
The school awarded a newspaper scholarship to Fred Van Bebber, a junior high home economics carrier with six months of route service. Principal Neal Wherry notes strong tradition of UPS and Journal-World carriers becoming student leaders. Fred plans to enroll at the University of Kansas in September majoring in business.
From Singapore to Indochina and Malaya, Westerners report bandit raids, few gains against insurgents, and rising anti US sentiment. British planners, American airmen, and local Chinese and Burmese communities describe a widening conflict that risks stalling allied efforts as bandits, communists, and postwar tensions collide across the region. Herbert Way and John Cool, two American miners, speak of danger in “bandit country” while RAF bombers hunt insurgents and natives await a resolve that seems elusive.
London sources report a dynamic French foreign policy centered on the Schuman plan and a broader Western unity drive. The aim is a powerful third force in Europe focusing on economic and social rebuilding, with cautious US alignment and sovereignty pooling for coal and steel.
Officials investigate a prison murder case involving Louis Smith and John Allen, who faced death sentences. A 22 year old San Quentin patient, John KR Heydenfeldt, admits inviting a fellow inmate and pleads guilty to wounding his cellmate Lloyd Ballard, seeking to confirm and absolve Allen, implying the death penalty outcome.
Western nations conclude peace requires arming to the teeth amid ten days of talks among the Big Three. The Atlantic pact faces limits as nations must sacrifice to support armed forces. France's Schuman pushes a bold Franco German merger of industry, risking government stability but deemed essential for peace and Western strength.
Yesterday afternoon in Strone auditorium, Kuama Elisabeth Strain closed the senior and graduate recital series with a poised performance. She studied under Alberta Stuhl and offered a program rooted in classicism and romanticism, opening with Mozart in D minor and concluding with Brahms works. The audience applauded warmly as her sunny first and third movements charmed, though the Adagio prompted mixed feelings, ending with a bittersweet Brahms bouquet that captured his noble pessimism.
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