St Louis Photographer Tops AP News Photo Contest
Ed Meyer of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat won the sweepstakes prize in the 1954 AP members news photo contest held in Kansas and Missouri. A record 575 entries contested five classes News Sports Features Portrait and Sequence with two divisions.
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Kansas City
Ed Meyer
St. Louis Globe-Democrat Today
Associated Press
Kansas
Missouri
C. G. Wellington
Kansas City Star
Meyer
The
Globe-Democrat
Stuart Awbrey
Garden City
Kas. Telegram
Chester Krause
Jefferson City
Post-Tribune
Capital News
Rich Clarkson
Lawrence
Kan
Journal - World
Ned Chew
St. Louis
Merrill
Chilcote
St. Joseph
Newsgress and Gazette
Earl Hense
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Bob Briges
Sol Studna
Howard Voight
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Roy Cook
Bob Briggs
Bruce Bacon
Jack Zehrt
Leonard Bacon
Topeka Daily Capital
the King
Brooks Crummett
Carl Sandberg
Lawrence Journal-World
Paul Murphy
Hutchinson News-Herald
Harold Lusk
Jefferson City News-Tribune
Larry Graebner
Columbia Tribune
Lawrence Journal- World
Duane Bradford
Joe Cannon
Liberal Southwest Daily Times
Bill Hugging
Salina Journal
Frank Kelley
Fred Wulfekuhler
Kent Cunningham
Parsons Sun
Bill Huggins
Bob Blosser
Jefferson City News- Tribune
Dorothy Daniel
Toftenville Journal
Phil Evans Receives National Farm TV Radio Award
Phil Evans of KMBC Kansas City was among four men honored with gold plaques by the National Association of Television and Radio Farm Directors for 25 years of service to agriculture. Ed Mason of KXXX and KMMJ Colby Kansas received a 10 year certificate. other stations KFEQ KFEQ-TV St Joseph Missouri and KMMO Marshall Missouri earned honors for farm safety programming and contests.
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Chicago
Phil Evans
KMBC
Kansas City
National Association of Television and Radio Farm Directors
Ed Mason
KXXX
KMMJ
Colby
Kan
National Safety Council
KFEQ
Kfeq-Tv
St. Joseph
KMMO
Marshall
Escapee Thompson Captured In Kansas City
An escaped Kansas prison farm convict, Kenneth R. Thompson, 29, was arrested Saturday night in Kansas City. He had walked away from the prison farm on August 24 after serving seven years of a 10 to 21 year robbery sentence.
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Kansas City of
Kansas
Kenneth R. Thompson
Russ Europe Parley Opens Communist Family Affair
Moscow hosted a strictly Communist family affair as M. Molotov opened the European collective security conference. Western powers boycotted, while seven East European states and Soviet republics plus Chinese Communist observers attended. The aim was to reassure security and set the stage for East Germany’s inclusion in the bloc as Paris rearmament of West Germany moves forward.
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Moscow
M. Molotov
Russia
Spiridonovka Palace
Soviet Union
Foreign Ministry
Molotov
Britain
France
United States
Kremlin
Yugoslavia
East Germany
West Germany
New Administration Set to Take Office Next March 1
The nine member government Council, 31 seat Senate, 99 seat Chamber of Deputies and numerous provincial and municipal offices transition to the new administration on March 1. The changeover marks a shift in leadership across national and regional bodies.
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Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Sir George Robey Dies at 85 in Saltdean England
Sir George Robey, famed as the Prime Minister of Mirth, died at his home in Saltdean England at age 85. The legendary music hall figure, knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1954, left a lasting mark on British entertainment.
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Saltdean
England
George Robey
Robey
Elizabeth I
General Gruenther Receives Legion of Honor Grand Cross
Gen Alfred Gruenther commander in chief Allied Powers in Europe awarded Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor. In another note, a camel kept on dry feed for 17 days drank nearly 20 gallons of water afterward.
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Paris
Alfred M. Gruenther
Europe
Legion of Honor
Napoleon
Baby Dies as Vaporizer Ignites Sheets on Crib
A six month old baby, Marcia Schick, died after a vaporizer set fire to sheets arranged as a tent over her crib in Philipsburg. Her parents, Lee and Mrs. Schick, were in another part of the building when an older daughter discovered the blaze.
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Phillipsburgh
Marcia Schick
Lee Schick
Laundry firm mishap linked to commercial launch house
A fragment notes a mishap connected to a commercial laundry launch house. Details are sparse, but the reference ties the incident to facilities handling textile services and the associated business site. No further names, places, or dates are provided in the readable text.
Armory Dedication by Truman in Independence
Former President Harry S. Truman dedicated a new 160000 dollar National Guard armory in Independence Missouri. He recalled Battery D of the 129th Field Artillery from World War I and noted the armed forces serve for defense and community order, not conquest. Twenty four war time battery mates attended the ceremony.
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Independence
Harry S. Truman
National Guard
129Th Field Artillery
Truman
Scott Free
President's Faction Leads Uruguay Vote in Partial Results
Unofficial counts from 1,300 of 3,863 precincts show ex president Luis Batlle Berres' Liberal Colorado faction ahead in Uruguay's general election ballots cast yesterday without disturbances.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Luis BatHe Berres
Liberal Colorado Party
Duck hunter drowns on Cedar Bluff Lake in Kansas
Raymond Dumler aged 38 drowned when his boat capsized during a Saturday duck hunt on Cedar Bluff Lake near Hays Kansas. Two companions swam to shore. Local authorities investigated the drowning incident and noted that weather conditions may have contributed to the accident.
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Hays
Russell
Kas
Mani
Raymond Dumler
Cedar Bluff Lake
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