Pressure Builds as Ike Likely to Run Again
Denver dispatch reports Vice President Nixon saying Eisenhower looks in excellent health and ready to decide on a 1956 bid. GOP leaders from 48 states plan a strategy session to pressure Ike amid party tensions with Senator McCarthy cited as a divisive force.
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Eisenhower
Esenhower
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McCarthy
Rewis
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Oas
Nine American civilians freed to return home in China talks
Red China announced that nine U S civilians held in China were free to come home, including six women. Two more Americans could depart immediately with exit permits, and a third in one to three months, as U S and Chinese ambassadors continue talks that began August first seeking release or exit for 41 detainees.
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Wang Ping-nan
U. S
A Alexis Johnson
China
Wang
Seven Die In Holiday Weekend Accidents In Kansas
State troopers counted seven deaths over Labor Day weekend from automobile and related accidents in Kansas. Only three car deaths and one fatal shooting were officially listed for the period from Friday evening to Monday night. Names include Patrick Wesley Schoenberger, Robert Peterson Jr, and Paul T. Henderson, with other fatal injuries reported in Great Bend, Lawrence, and Wichita areas.
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Atrotates
Kansas
P.m
Monight
Patrick Wesley Schoenberger
Chapman
Ahlene
Robert Peterson Jr
Kansas City
Kas
Lawrence
Paul T. Henderson
Wichita
Mike Grimes
Johnny Grimes
Great Bend
Leroy
Huddieston
Marper
Huddleston
Wellington
Donald M. Wedman
Danville
Lansing
Hershel O. Kell
Harry Francis Mailetti
Augusta
Highways Patrol
No Decision By Choices of Hall TOPEKA Editors Await Civil Service Posts
The Kansas governor Fred Hall offered two civil service editor posts to Rolla Wo Clymier of the El Dorado Times and Fred W. Brinkerhoff of the Pittsburg Sun but provided no noon announcement. The two positions were already vacant after firing James D. Gilmore and Harold P. Trusier for neglect of duty amid alleged political coercion of state employees. Margaret's Cafe at W. 231 is now open.
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Topeka
Kansas
Gay
Fred Hall
Rolla Wo Clymier
el Dorado Times
Fred W. Brinkerhoff
Pittsburg Sun
Headlight
Tld
Hall
James D. Gilmore
Independence
Harold P. Trusier
Emporia
Search Started For Newton Implement Man Missing Since Monday
Kansas officials launched a search for Marcus A. Marlow an implement dealer from Newton missing in southeast Kansas. He was last seen near his ranch north east of Sedan after traveling from Newton on Saturday a saddled horse was found riderless at a neighbor's home this morning and the area around Bee Creek Lake will be searched. Mrs Marlow currently in Amarillo Texas has been notified and is expected to return to Kansas.
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Sedan
Kasit
Marcus A. Marlow
Newton
Kansas
Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office
Marlow
Bee Creek Lake
Amarillo
Tex
Americans to be freed by China as first step toward release
Washington state department hails Beijing offer to free nine detained Americans as possible opening for liberating all 29 mentioned on Wang’s list. U.S. and Chinese officials discuss details by phone from Geneva with Ambassador Johnson. Partial identifications were found for some names and several detainees were not imprisoned. A departure list lists Emma Angelina Barry, Ralph Sharples Boyd, Juanita Byrd Huang, Robert Howard Parker, and Howard Lischke Ricks among others flagged for immediate departure.
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Weo
State Department
Red China
China
Department
Johnson
Mil Wang
Byi Wang
Emma Angelina Barry
Shanghai
Ralph Sharples. Boyd
Noth American Syndicate
Washington, D
Juanita Byrd Huang
Southern Baptist
Mar
Mount
Olive
Robert Howard Parker
Philadelphia
Labor Day holiday traffic toll tops 400 deaths
A three day Labor Day period saw 438 traffic deaths and 80 drownings plus 90 other accident fatalities totaling 608. The toll lagged the 1951 record highs of 461 and 658, with the National Safety Council predicting 400 deaths.
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National Safety Council
Ned Dearborn
Council
Associated Press
Pravda Attacks Nixon as Peace Deterrent Tone
Pravda denounces Vice President Nixon as a deterrent to peace and a Voice for American reactionaries. The article accuses him of intolerance and attacks on the USSR and communist allies, contrasting with the Geneva summit’s more moderate tone.
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Nixon
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Geneva
Boston
U.S.S.R
Stock Market Close Report From New York Pivot
New York closing averages show volatile activity with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.3 points to 177.7 as investors react to 1955 market highs and shifting WP indices.
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New York
Dean Replies to Frat Criticism at Kansas University
Dean of women at Kansas University responds to the Hutchinson News-Herald editorial on fraternities. Miss Peterson notes several implications seem out of line and defends housing costs and the role of fraternities in funding student housing. She cites Alpha Phi house costs and praise for alumnae efforts in furnishing dormitory facilities.
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Hutchinson News-Herald
Journal-World
News- Herald
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K. U
University of Kansas
Hutchinson
K.C
Atate
News-Herald
Dean Peterson
Kansas
Lawrence
Alpha Phi
Postmaster General defends Robert E. Lee stamp plan
Assistant Postmaster Albert J. Robertson says using the twelve apostles as stamp subjects invites objections while Lee stamp draws overall favorable reaction. He notes criticism over inscription and cites a large list of applications as basis for subject selection and confirms a 30 cent Lee stamp as part of a presidents series with a Patrick Henry dollar planned for October.
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Albert J. Robertson
Robert E. Lee
Robertson
God We
Lee
Kansas
Hall of Fame
Patrick Henry
Warm holiday ends as Lawrence records heat and crashes
Lawrence residents faced a sharp cooldown after a holiday heat spike with readings near 60 morning and 97 by noon. The weekend saw multiple traffic accidents around Douglas County producing several injuries, plus a track crash fatality in Mayetta earlier years and several fire alarms with no major property damage.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Robert Eugene Peterson Jr
Kansas City
George John
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
John
James Rayburn
Eudora
Rayburn
U.S. Highway 4
Nathaniel H. Payton
Payton
Josephine
Paytton
10Th
de. Sts
Erina F. Arthur
Lake St
Inez Gallogly
Route 4
Douglas County
Charles W. Sinks
Mayetta
Sunset Hill
Ninth Street
Schwarz Road
Enrollment Up In Lawrence City Schools For 1955 56
First day counts show about 4 216 pupils in Lawrence public schools an increase of 298 from last year. County totals also rise with 1 900 elementary and 400 high school students. Vinland Grade School delays opening due to new building construction.
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Emma Berg
Lawrence High School
Neal Wherry
Wherry
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Centennial
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Hillecrest
McAllaster
New York
Pinckney
Sunger Hill
Woodlawn-Lincoln
Vinland
Centenniel
Kansas Traffic Deaths Reported The Last 72 Hours
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section covering the last 72 hours up to date in 1955. The period shows figures 367 for the recent window and 378 for the same period in 1954.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather forecast for Nebraska Kansas and Oklahoma five day outlook
Five day forecast shows temperatures near or slightly above normals in western Nebraska and western Kansas while eastern areas remain cooler. Expect a cooler start to the period with warmer Friday and Saturday then a cool down by Sunday. Precipitation ranges from scattered thundershowers in the southeast to little elsewhere with generally fair conditions in Kansas today through Wednesday.
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