Change of Mission In Two State Area Reserve Units
The Army virtually completed a plan to change mission for 25 reserve divisions, including units in Kansas and Missouri, to meet atomic age needs. Twenty five divisions will be restructured into combat, training, and maneuver area command units with aims to mobilize quickly, train replacements, and scale up strength from about 3,300 to roughly 14,000. Wilber Brucker said only essential reserves remain in the new list.
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Washington
Kansas
Missouri
Army
102D
Illinois
18Th
Colorado
Nebraska
95Th
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Wilber Brucker
Mamie Signs Over Eleven Thousand Thank You Notes
Denver report: Mamie Eisenhower has signed more than 11 000 thank you notes to well wishers part of the tens of thousands of messages to her husband. Press secretary James Hagerty says she intends to continue signing and to ensure every message gets a reply. He confirms the figure after checking with Mrs Eisenhower. The notes are largely prepared for her signature by a secretarial staff.
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Denver
White House
Mamie Eisenhower
Petwell
Eisenhower
James Co. Hagerty
Hagerty
U S Attorneys Questioned Over Secret Jury Room Microphones
The Senate subcommittee will ask current and former U S attorneys in Kansas if they authorized secret microphones in Wichita's federal jury room. Targeted are William C. Farmer, George Templar, and Robert Cowger. Templar recalls no permission was granted. The inquiry stems from a University of Chicago study noting jury deliberations were recorded secretly in five civil cases.
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Washington
U. S
Kansas
Wichita
Senate Internal Security
William C. Farmer
U. 5
George Templar
Arkansas City
Robert Cowger
Templar
University of Chicago
New York Policewoman Holds Off Husky Mugger
Transit officer Dorothy Uhnak, 25, tailed a mugger in a deserted Financial District subway station. She escaped a strangling hold, knocked the gun loose, and felon John Thomas Bishop, 21, of Brooklyn, was booked on felonious assault attempted robbery and weapons violations.
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New York
Financial District
Dorothy Uhnak
John Thomas Bishop
Brooklyn
Observers Doubt Nixon Middle East Africa Trip Will Happen
Washington observers doubt Vice President Nixon will undertake the postponed trip to the Middle East and Africa. They cite Eisenhower illness a tense regional diplomacy and Nixon's potential role ahead of the 1960 election. Hagerty announced the postponement and Nixon will stay in the United States to chair Cabinet and NSC meetings during the President's recuperation.
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Washington
Nixon
Middle East
Africa
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Cabinet
National Security Council
Trotsky Killers Promise Parole Date Unfixed
Mexico City reports Jacques Mornard, who killed Leon Trotsky, says he has been promised release on parole after serving 16 years of a 20 year sentence. No parole date has been set.
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Mexico City
Leon Trotsky
Jacques Mornard
Flood Protection Work Approved Near Barnard
Washington reports Army engineers approved a Salt Creek flood protection project at Barnard Kansas. Estimated cost 170,000 dollars with 130,000 federal share and local funds to cover the rest. Construction to start after Congress appropriations.
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Washington
Army
Wint Smith
Kas
Salt Creek
Barnard
Congress
Army Engineers urged to start Barnard project work
For over a year Smith has pressed the Army Engineers to approve and begin the Barnard project. Salt Creek is a tributary of the Saline River.
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Smith
Army Engineers
Barnard
Salt Creek
Saline River
Move Planned On Milk Regulations In Kansas
TOPEKA move to end a long standing controversy over adopting new milk standards in Kansas. State boards of health and agriculture discussed bringing minimum milk standards to levels recommended by the U S Public Health Service. Attorneys for the two boards will review proposed regulations aiming to satisfy the health agency and then seek an opinion from Attorney General Harold R Fatzer on legality.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Boards of Health and Agriculture
Roy Freeland
The
Agriculture Board
U. S. Public Health Service
Board of Health
Agricultural Agency
Freeland
Board of Agriculture
Health Agency
Atty
Harold R. Fatzer
Women attend governor highway safety conference in Topeka
Mrs. Pearl Hildebrand, safety drive chairwoman of the Business and Professional Women's Club, and Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley attended the governor's annual Highway Safety Conference in Topeka today.
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Pearl Hildebrand
Business and Professional Women's Club
Elizabeth Stanley
Topeka
Woodstock Wellman Rally Day and dinner program
Woodstock Wellman Chapel holds its annual Rally Day Sunday October 16 with events beginning at 10 All friends and neighbors are invited to attend the all day meeting The Rev James Ulig will deliver the sermon at 11 a m Albert Wilkins visiting sister Mrs Jennie Means of McLouth died Thursday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital He is survived by wife Leona a son J Orville one grandson John Wilkins and sister Mrs Jennie Means Funeral services were at McLouth United Brethren Church then transported to Colton California for further services The Neighborhood Circle met Thursday at Mrs Nene Sparks with many members and guests including Mrs Mick Ford and baby daughter Mrs LeRoy Sparks and Mrs Sylvia Pat Nitcher
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Wellman Chapel
James Ulig
Albert Wilkins
Jennie Means
McLouth
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Leona
J. Orville
John
Lawrence Women Host Busy Afternoon Meeting
Residents of Lawrence attended a local gathering with Mrs. Sparks serving as president. After a prayers, songs, and a Bible verse, gifts were awarded to Beulah Hehn Mia Pearl Long and Opal Wellman. Next meeting led by Mrs. Glenn Shafstal will be an all day event. The Patten family recently moved from Wellman to Lawrence, with Kesinger family visiting relatives in Tonganoxie.
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Jana
Virginia Mooreland
Jerolyn
Julia
Joyce
Lawrence
Anna Reid
Sparks
Beulah Hehn
Mia
Pearl Long
Opal Wellman
Glenn Shafstal
Charley Patten
Wellman
Bud Kesinger
Vernon Kesinger
Tonganoxie
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Phene
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