New AP President McKelway Profile and Corn Premiums
Douglas County notes detail Benjamin M. McKelway as the new Associated Press president and longtime Washington Star editor. The column then outlines 1957 agricultural price-support premiums for high quality corn, including moisture, cracked corn, and foreign material conditions, with payment methods for stored and loaned corn and a minimum county support rate of 1.40 dollars per bushel for Douglas County.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Benjamin M. McKelway
The
Washington Star
Associated Press
McKelway
Atl Heart
Ben McKelway
Star
Department of Agriculture
David W. Noe
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Douglas County
Editor McKelway’s Career and Roots Highlight Legacy
The obituary notes editor McKelway, born in Fayetteville North Carolina sixty two years ago, who produced about one editorial daily. It highlights his relish for good news stories written in crisp, precise factual prose and mentions his father the late Rev Alexander Jeffrey McKelway, a Presbyterian clergyman.
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McKelway
Fayetteville
N.C
Alexander Jeffrey McKelway
Kansas Leads State For Wheat Under Price Props
Washington reports Kansas led all states in wheat under government price supports with 24,127,000 bushels. Texas was second with 10,646,000, Nebraska third with 9,001,000, and Oklahoma fourth with 7,990,000. The Agriculture Department noted farmers are placing the smallest quantity under price supports since 1948 due to favorable market prices.
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Washington
Kansas
Agriculture Department
Texas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Britain Tests Balloon Launched Atomic Bomb at Maralinga
Britain exploded a balloon suspended atomic bomb about 1000 feet over the Semiarid Maralinga Wastes today. It was the first balloon test of an atomic weapon for Britain and the 15th atomic explosion in its program. The test completed a three test series begun five weeks ago and was one of the mightiest blasts by the British.
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Maralinga
Australia
Britain
Nobody Seems to Want Bison Even When They Cost Nothing
LAWTON OKLA W The great American bison went begging here today as zoos and parks took only for transportation costs. From 225 buffaloes in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge herd only six were reserved for zoos and eighty nine sold to individuals or organizations leaving 130 to be disposed. Refuge manager Julian Howard notes slow demand despite past rapid sales and meat orders coming from across the United States. Live buffalo under two years old cost $18 at the refuge corral with extra dressing charges. he adds buffaloes are not pets but tasty.
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Lawton
Okla
Wichita, Mountains “Wildlife Refuge
Julian Howard
Refuge
Buf
Faloes
Howard
United States
U S Pushes Quick Talks on Soviet Space Missile Proposal
The United States seeks rapid consultations with Britain France and Canada on a new Soviet proposal for international control of space missiles. Russia rejected the idea. Dulles after a talk with President Eisenhower and Harold Stassen signaled a shift to seek a more favorable political position while maintaining no bilateral negotiations with Russia on issues involving other nations. A State Department note ties the policy to UN disarmament subcommittee agreements with Britain France Canada and the U N as partners.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Canada
Russia
Dulles
Eisenhower
Harold Stassen
Dulles Stuckt
State Department
United Nations Subcommittee On
Britain opposes US Soviet talks on space missile pact
London declared opposition to negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union on a pact for international control of satellites and space missiles. A Foreign Office spokesman defined Britain's position, saying control should not be separated from a wider disarmament framework, while favoring an international working party to study required controls.
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London
Britain
United States
Soviet Union
Foreign Office
Dean Marvin attends Methodist Commission meeting in New Orleans
Dean Burton W. Marvin of the Kansas University Journalism School attends the annual meeting of the Methodist Church Commission on Public Relations and Methodist Information in New Orleans. It is his first meeting since replacing the late Grove Patterson of the Toledo Blade, though Marvin previously appeared two years ago as a special lecturer on press relations.
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Burton W. Marvin
Kansas University Journalism School
The
Methodist Church
Commission On Public Relations
Methodist Information
New Orleans
Dean Marvin
Commission
Grove Patterson
Toledo Blade
Bank Teller Nabbed In Embezzling Case
JUNCTION CITY Kasim T Allen Barrows 26 an assistant cashier and teller at First National Bank was arrested yesterday by the FBI on embezzlement charges involving 125. The case follows a prior embezzlement arrest at the same bank. Barrows waived a preliminary hearing and was freed on 1000 bond. He is a father of two from Kahoka Missouri who had worked at the bank since moving 214 years ago.
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Junction City
Kasim
T. Allen Barrows
First National Bank
FBI
Eugene Vincent Brosseau
Nat
Barrows
Charles D. Green
U.S
Manhattan
Barrow
Kahoka
ASCD appoints member to national research committee
A member has been named to the national research committee of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. The term is for three years.
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The
Association For Supervision and Curriculum Development
School-Recommended In a Written Report Occupied State Dept
A written report recalls 1911 actions when a school and the State Department of Public Instruction were involved. The fragment notes early occupancy and a recommended path, reflecting historical administrative steps.
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Ineading
Ts State Department of Public
Dr Ridgway Elected Education Professor at Kansas University
Dr Robert W Ridgway associate professor of education at Kansas University has been elected to a new position. The announcement notes his election and role within the university.
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Robert W. Ridgway
Kansas University
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