North Korean deserter cites Russians in Korea war notes
Lt. Lee Yong Yup, a Panmunjom security officer who defected in 1952, told Allied reporters in Seoul he saw about 20 Russians in Chinese Red uniforms at Sinuiju airfield across the Yalu in 1951. He claimed anti-aircraft guns were installed and described Soviet pilots flying jets. He also said Russians advised North Korean officers schools and ministries, and that Russian rockets and arms supplied much of North Korea and Chinese forces.
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Korea
Panmunjom
Sinuiju
Yalu River
Manchuria
Lee G Yup
U. S
Eighth Army
North Korea Army Officers School
North Korea
Mig Alley
Lee
Red
Soviet Union
Faces Deportation For Immigrant Bootlegger Lias
Wheeling millionaire and race track owner Big Bill Lias is free on $2000 bail after arrest on illegal entry charges. He faces deportation if convicted, amid ongoing disputes over back taxes claimed to total about two million dollars. Lias, born in Greece as Vassilios Liacakos, entered the U S in 1909 with his mother as an alien and was never naturalized.
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W. Va
Wil- Nam
Big Bill
Wheeling Downs Race Track
Sam
Sink
Lias
Greece
U. S
Vassilios Liacakos
Department of Immigration and Naturalization
Con‘tendarias
Kansas alumnus Evan Connell wins literary fellowship
Evan S. Connell Jr., once of Kansas City Mo, and KU alumnus, has received a Eugene F. Saxton Memorial Trust fellowship to complete a novel. He earned an AB from KU in 1947, studied English 1945 1947, won Stanford's $500 prize in 1948 and the Edith Mirhioless short story prize, and later published O Henry prize story I Me From Yonder Mountain. Connell lived in Paris and studied at KU with Ray West, then English associate professor.
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University of Kansas
Evan S. Connell, Jr
Kansas City
Eugene F. Saxton
Stanford
Edith Mirhioless
Yonder Mountain
Connell
K. U
Ray West
Weathermen Track Two Atlantic Hurricanes
Weather observers noted two systems in the Atlantic the first moving northeast far from the Carolinas and the second forming southeast of Miami. Hurricane Charlie the third of the season was advancing northwesterly at 25 mph likely to continue that path for about 12 hours. A fourth storm, nicknamed ge by Miami weather, was reported by San Juan to be about 450 miles east of Antigua in the British West Indies.
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Puerto Rico
Antigua
British West Indies
Stevenson Promises Bare Bone Economy In Indiana
Gov Adlai E Stevenson campaigned in Kentucky and Indiana pledging "bare bone economy" in government and defending an Illinois fund. He attacked Eisenhower Jenner and Taft, previewed a five point economy plan, and urged state led efficiency while avoiding federal overreach. Stevenson planned speeches in Paducah Louisville and Indianapolis.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
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William F. Jenner
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Robert A. Taft
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Memorial Auditorium
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Uncle Sam
Catbird Creek
Expansion Aims for KU Campuses in Upcoming Legislature
Chancellor Murphy outlined plans for a 244 million expansion at the Kansas City campus and a 500 000 remodeling of Bailey Laboratories at the Lawrence campus to convert space for the Education School. He asked the 1955 legislature for hundreds of thousands to acquire equipment, build an arts building, add dormitory capacity, and upgrade facilities at the Medical Center, with several projects awaiting later funding.
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Murphy
Lawrence
Bailey Chemical Laboratories
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School of Pharmacy
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IK. U. Science
Haworth Hall
Snow Hall
K. U
John Brown
Start Red War Games Berlin I Soviet Engineers Breach Elbe
Soviet engineers breach the Elbe with power driven landing craft as East Germany hosts a series of war games. The maneuver preludes a massive army scale operation by the forces.
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Berlin I
Elbe River
East Germany
Cantrell Fined for Driving Under the Influence
James F Cantrell of Ravytown Mo was charged in County Court with drunken driving. He was fined 10 dollars and ordered to pay 150 dollars costs on Friday.
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James F. Cantrell
Ravytown
Divorce suit filed in district court for Jean Marie Hatcher
The divorce case of Jean Marie Hatcher against Marion Hatcher was filed Friday in District Court.
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Jean Marie Hatcher
Harless Marion Hatcher
Reds Driven Off Seoul Front in Korean War Action
U S and Belgian infantry repel Chinese forces in a seven hour battle for a hill on the western Korean front near Chorwon. Allied reports say many Chinese died and Communist dead exceed seventy. In pre dawn clashes, U S Second Division troops killed or wounded thirty three Chinese. Air units hit a Red military HQ, munition stores west of Haeju, and targets near Sariwon Namchonjom Changymn and Yonan. F-84s struck ammunition storage Friday night west of Haeju. Six U S F 86s repelled twelve MIGs with no damage reported.
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U. S
Belgium
U.S. Eighth Army
Chorwon
U.S. Second Division
Eighth Army
Manchuria
Sariwon
Namchonjom
Haeju
Changymn
Yonan
Korea
North Korea
Eisenhower talks unity amid party labels
President Eisenhower urged respect for the nation’s leaders while noting the political labels. Senator Byrd was absent as Governor John Battle, a Stevenson supporter, cancelled a Williamsburg speech and remained at home in Berryville where his mother has been ill.
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America
Eisenhower
Byrd
John §. Battle
Adlai Stevenson
Williamsburg
Berryville
Social Security Credits Extended by Law Change
A law change extends Social Security credits to include military service from Sept 16 1940 to Dec 31 1953 toward benefits. It benefits minor children of men who died in military service after Sept 16 1947, widows over 65, widows under 65 with minor children, and dependent parents if no widow or child survives. Survivors should inquire at Topeka Social Security Office in the Federal Building.
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Topeka
Social Security Office
Federal Building
Lawrence teachers attend music art clinic at Cordley School
Lawrence elementary teachers from six schools attended a two day music and art clinic at Cordley School. University of Kansas leaders Miss Maud Ellsworth and Dr Elin Jorgensen directed art and music instruction assisted by KU staff Alice Schwartz Elden Tefft Sheldeen Carey Arvid Jacobson Jean Allén. City supervisors Jack Stephenson Madelyn Clingenpeel Lorita Higginbottom Harold Tarpley and Helen E Shaw supported the sessions.
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Lawrence
Cordley School
Maud Ellsworth
University of Kansas
Elin Jorgensen
K.U
Alice Schwartz
Elden Tefft
Sheldeen Carey
Arvid Jacobson
Jean Allén
Jack Stephenson
Madelyn Clingenpeel
Lorita Higginbottom
Harold Tarpley
Helen E. Shaw
Red chemist Mendeleyev foresaw atomic changes, says Moscow
Moscow radio reported that Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleyev predicted developments in atomic physics later confirmed by scientists. It highlighted unknown manuscripts found in archives illuminating his forecasts on changes in atomic weights and the release of atomic energy. The USSR Academy of Sciences planned publication of the new documents. Mendeleyev, 1834 to 1907, is praised as a chemist pioneer whose prophecies about missing elements and weights were vindicated.
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London
Moscow Radio
Dmitri Ivanovich Fendeleyev
Mendelevev
Moscow
Ussr Academy of Sciences
Menreleyev
Work Starts Monday on City Parking Lot Behind Station
City work begins Monday on the proposed parking lot behind the Cities Service Co station at 7th and Vt Streets. City Manager Intern Paul White said the lot was fenced off as crews clear the area, with Constant Construction Co of Lawrence hired to dismantle a corner building and dig footings while city employees handle most remaining tasks. The lot, leased from Cities Service for $1 annually over 10 years, will hold about 50 cars.
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Cities Service Co
7Th and
Vt. Sts
Paul White
Lawrence
Rooney Keeps to Story About 10000 Gift
EMPORIA Kansas Democratic candidate for governor Charles Rooney cites a claim that four men gave Governor Edward Arn ten thousand dollars before his 1950 election. Arn calls the charge an absolute falsehood. Rooney, at a Friday rally, named a Republican industrialist from eastern Kansas and an oil man who recalls a Caribbean cruise as part of the alleged group.
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Emporia
Charles Rooney
Kansas
Edward Arn
Arn
Rooney
Ane
Rita Hayworth and Aly Khan Postpone Divorce Indefinitely
Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan said they have postponed their divorce with no plans to press preliminary papers. They spoke at Aly’s mansion in Paris. Hayworth plans to travel for work while Aly runs his business, and both denies any breakup. The couple then left a suburban restaurant in Aly’s Cadillac after a tense exchange with reporters.
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Rita Hayworth
Prince’ Aly Khan
Rita
Aly
Market News Local Prices and Livestock Quotes
Kansas City market report lists wheat at 2.14, corn at 1.50, soybeans 2,698, with animal and dairy items across weights and categories. Hens under 443 lbs 12 and over 443 lbs 16. butterfat 61 to 67. eggs 35. hogs 19.75. Poultry and egg subcategories show varied quotes for hens, fryers, broilers, and turkeys by weight class and product type.
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Kansas City
Cohn to receive Air Force lieutenant commission at Waco base
Donald Rodney Cohn of Mission will be commissioned as a lieutenant in the U S Air Force at James Connally Air Force Base in Waco Texas on Saturday morning September 27 He works in radar and is the son of the late Marcel t Babe Conn of Lawrence famed in Kansas City theater Mrs Marcel Cohn now resides in Mission Also Airman 1- C Donald C Kay and Airman 2- C Robert A Kay have returned to duty after leaves at home with their parents Mr and Mrs Adam Kay and friends They are stationed at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio Texas.
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Donald Rodney Cohn
Mission
U. S. Air Force
James Connally Airs Force Base
Waco
Tex
Marcel T Babe Conn
Lawrence
Kansas City
Marcel Cohn
Donald C. Kay
Robert A. Kay
Adam Kay
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Wholesale Farm Prices In Fifth Weekly Decrease
Washington reports a fifth weekly decline in wholesale farm prices for steers lambs corn oats eggs and select fruits and vegetables for the period ending Sept 23. Despite higher hog and cow prices the overall index fell two tenths of a percent to 111.1 percent of the 1947-49 average.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Clarence Bentley Fined for Drunk on Public Highway
Clarence V. Bentley was fined $15 and costs in County Court this morning for being drunk on a public highway.
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Clarence V. Bentley
Kansas City Weekly Livestock Report Summary
Cattle market mixed with lower steer and heifer prices while cows rise. Heavy demand for high choice and prime stock keeps some lots firm. stockers and feeders show gains. Hogs advance on most weights, lambs and goats mixed with price declines for slaughter lambs and ewes, while sheep supplies and regional consignments vary.
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