Editorial Comment on Lt. Gen. Pick and the Pick Sloan plan
The death of Lt. Gen. Lewis A. Pick at Walter Reed Army Hospital is marked as a loss for the Marais des Cygnes flood control and water conservation program. His collaboration with W. Glen Sloan on the Pick Sloan plan for the Missouri Basin aimed to impound water for flood control and irrigation, shaping a decades long dream that would sustain streams during droughts and spur regional development.
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Lewis A. Pick
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington, D. C
Marais Des Cygnes
Gen. Pick
W. Glen Sloan
Department of the Interior
Pick-Sloan
Missouri Basin
Great Ten-State
Sloan
China
Corps of Engineers
U. S. Army
Pick
Ottawa
Ottawa Municipal
State Board of Health
Kaw Valley
Washington
L.P
State speed limit debated by Kansas newspapers
Reasonable And Prudent Surveys show strong support for a daytime speed limit of 60 or 65 mph and 55 mph at night with a minimum of 35 or 40 mph on highways. Editors argue speed limits oversimplify safety, urging consideration of road, weather, traffic, and vehicle conditions and retention of reasonable prudent driving rules.
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The
Herald
Kansas
Wellsville Community and business notes mix items
Auld Lang Syne visit to Wellsville grade schools by county superintendent Mrs. Fern Streebin. Crotatem club hosts at Jones home with a long list of attendees. Local permits issued for a garage, sales of business interests, school events, births, and travel for various residents including W. A. Caleb, J. Davenport, Nell Hubbard, Anna Wightman, and W. A. Anderson.
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Fern Streebin
Wellsville
H. A. Wharton
L. C. Jones
Crotatem Club
Jones
A. B. Sears
E. W. Cannon
E. Norval
D. S. Harrison
M A Welty
R. S. Collins
G Piersol
Topeka
J.C. Fagan
Kansas City
A. W. Hilding
Anna Wightman
Rantoul
Tulloss
W. A. Anderson
Rodgers, Ark
A. P. Elder
John Sowers
Williamsburg
Crisis Closes King David Hotel in Jerusalem
This and That notes the King David Hotel, Jerusalem, shutting doors due to lack of business, calling it the only good hotel in the city and recalling a stay with two papermen. The column jokes about diplomacy, turkey carving, and political figures while pondering government scholarships.
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King David Hotel
Jerusalem
King David
Holiday Fragments From Elm Short Stuff Column
Notes from Elm Short Stuff feature light holiday jabs and local vignettes. Christmas thistles become decorations, Santa lanes appear in cities, Elvis jokes mix with Thanksgiving quirks, and home town quirks offer a humorous snapshot of seasonal life.
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Santa Claus Lane
Reindeer Avenue
Dogs Use Deceit To Hide Guilt
Dr. George W. Crane notes dogs show deceit to cover misdeeds. Sandy, a fox terrier aged ten, acts woke then a faux yawn while peeking from a den, revealing clever ruses to avoid punishment. The piece also cites dog intelligence and human-animal bonds with brief aside on pet roles and empathy.
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Sandy
Harold K. Fink
New York City
Crane
Hopkins Syndicate
Melott
Ind
The
Hopkins Syndicate, Inc
Woman Held In Infant's Death
Delores Hining was charged with murder after a newborn girl’s body was found suffocated in a cardboard box at the Pharr City dump. District Attorney Jim Bates said she signed a statement admitting birth at her home on Friday and placing the baby in the box, believing she was dead at birth.
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Edinburg
Tex
Delores Hining
Pharr City
Dist
Jim Bates
Hining
Bates
Ottawa Kay Post Office Shows Days and Holidays Listing
Entered as second class matter at Ottawa Oklahoma with names of staff including editor publisher and advertising manager. Subscription rates show by mail one month three months six months and one year within and outside trade area with figures listed.
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Dany Excey
Ottawa
Kay
Guy Snedeker
Don Huls
Don Shipman
Howard Headli
Mai
Television Listings Late Changes Confuse Schedule Timetable
An assorted night of programs is listed with last minute changes and incomplete details. Stations include WDAF KCMO KTJO FM and KTJO entries with News, Sports, and comedies amid a shuffled lineup for Tuesday December 4.
Radio schedule snippets from KTJO and WDAF listings
A compact list of radio program slots and times across KTJO and WDAF KCMO stations. Entries include News Nite Life Top of Evening World Tonight Melody Date Recollections Layman's Hour Minus 1 Oven House Sleep No Note Music Philo Vance and Poets with times around 6 to 10 in the evening on December 5. The list reads as a local broadcast grid with program names and short time markers.
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WDAF
KCMO
Morgan Beatty
Robt, Q. Lewis
KTJO
Amoa
Andy
Fredrikson
Ted Heath
Bob and
Ray
Ktjo- Nay
Bold Venture
Ktjo-Fm
World Tonight
Robi, Q. Lewis
People Are
Aimos
Philo Vance
Seek Missing K. U. Student
Kansas City parents of 20 year old University of Kansas junior Ronald Edwin Butler report he has been missing since Monday after Thanksgiving. Butler, a journalism student, was last seen in Lawrence leaving his rooming house and is described as 6 feet tall with dark brown hair and brown eyes. He may have joined the armed forces or is seeking newspaper work.
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Elvis Presley
Kansas City
Kas
University of Kansas
Edwin V. Butler
Ronald Edwin
Ron) Butler
Lawrence
Butler
Four Applicants For Fauret's Job
At Missouri the athletic director Faurot began interviews with four candidates for the Tiger head coaching post. The group includes Clay Cooper Missouri freshman coach, Kenneth Knox Southeast Missouri State coach, Volney Ashford Missouri Valley College coach, and Robert Devaney Michigan State end coach. They met with Faurot Dr Elmer Ellis and the intercollegiate athletics committee, with more candidates to visit later in the week.
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Columbia, Mo
Don Fauret
University of Missouri
Tiger
Fauret
Missouri
Clay Cooper
Kenneth Knox
Southeast Missouri State
Volney Ashford
Missouri Valley College
Robert Devaney
Michigan State
Faurot
Elmer Ellis
Committee On Intercollegiate Athletics
Social Security questions answered for widows and retirees
A series of reader questions covered: widows starting benefits at 62 versus 65, name changes on records after remarriage, company pension estimates for early retirement, government and private pension earnings with Social Security, eligibility for old age assistance in Washington DC, and the effect of selling a vacant lot on Social Security payments. Answers clarify rules on earnings limits, record changes, and program availability.
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District of Columbia
Mre. 8.B
New York
N. Y
Ray Henry
AP Newsfeatures
Elder Washington man asks about Social Security help
A 68 year old resident of Washington DC asks if he can restart Social Security after never working under it. He is currently cared for by his daughter who is struggling to make ends meet and seeks guidance on available options.
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D.P
Washington, D.C
Par isons Kas city manager named Oak Park official
To Detroit area Knowles, 45, city manager of Par isons Kas, was named city manager of Oak Park, a Detroit suburb, last night. The position pays more than $11,000 annually. Knowles formerly served as city manager at Holton Kas and Sidney Neb.
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Detroit
Vergel C. Knowles
Parisons
Kas
Oak Park
Knowles
Holton
Sidney
Neb
Zhukov Receives Highest Soviet Honors for Birthday
Marshal Georgi K. Zhukov, wartime ally of Eisenhower, marked his 60th birthday with the Order of Lenin and a fourth Gold Star Medal, the most ever awarded to a Russian. The honors were given as recognition of his status as a Hero of the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Georgi K. Zhukov
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
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