Alaskan Delegates Seek Statehood Amid Harsh Trek
Alaska delegates led by Sen William Egan Rep Ralph Rivers and Ernest Gruening arrived in Seattle after a 2300 mile deep freeze journey to press for statehood under the Alaska Tennessee plan. The party reported favorable national reaction and optimism remains high for admission.
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Seattle
Alaska
William Egan
Ralph Rivers
Texas
Egan and
Rivers
Ernest Gruening
Congress
Tennessee
Kansas Corn Estimate Down
Kansas 1956 corn production is placed at 32,067,000 bushels, down from 35,432,000 a month earlier, with the year’s output the smallest since 1937. The federal and state agriculture departments also cut the 1956 Kansas wheat crop by 1,318,000 bushels to 143,282,000.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Elderly Topekan Robbed of $2,500 at Home
Topeka police report an elderly resident in his late sixties woke at 2 a m to find two armed men robbing him of 2500 dollars inside his home. Authorities described the suspects as two men and are investigating at the scene.
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Topeka
William Armstrong
Armed men seize cash then return some money in farm sale case
Police reported two armed men demanded Armstrong's money. He handed them 55 from his trousers but they returned it saying they wanted the hidden funds. Armstrong then surrendered 2500 from a hiding place at home. He said the suspects fled by car and the cash came from a farm sale in mixed denominations.
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Armstrong
GM To Expand Plant At KC
General Motors announced plans to expand its Chevrolet assembly plant in Kansas City to meet higher production needs. GM asked the city planning commission for space and proposed giving up a paralleling street. The expansion would grow assembly space from 501,670 to 978,480 square feet, a 95 percent increase.
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Kansas City
General Motors
Chevrolet
City Planning Commission
Marble Tops Protected by Paste Auto Polish
Marble tops on furniture can be safeguarded from marring stains by applying a coat of paste auto polish, providing a protective surface and easier maintenance.
Troop Pact Reached By Reds Poles In Poland Warsaw Pact
Poland and the Soviet Union reached a formal accord detailing how Russian troops operate in Poland. The pact affirms temporary Soviet presence, Polish sovereignty, and non interference in domestic affairs, with many provisions resembling a NATO ally agreement and many items to be finalized in three months. It cites four reasons for the Soviet garrison including German denial of Polish WWII borders and the general postwar security situation.
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Warsaw
Poland
Soviet Union
Moscow
Wladyslaw Gomulka
United States
NATO
East Germany
Haskell Students Aid Hungarian Refugees
Haskell Institute student council and student body at the Indian school in Lawrence left a 51.13 contribution at Governor Fred Hall’s office for Hungarian relief. Officials said the effort was voluntary and organized by students.
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Topekap
Fred Hall
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Preservation of Southern Cross Memorial in Brisbane
The historic Australian aircraft Southern Cross, used by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Charles Ulm James Warner and Harry Lyon for the first trans Pacific flight in 1928, is being preserved as a national memorial in a special Brisbane building.
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Southern Cross
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
Charles Ulm
James Warner
Harry Lyon
Brisbane
Co-Op Leader Praises Benson at Omaha Meeting
Marvin J. Briggs, president of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, told Omaha Bank for Cooperatives stockholders Ezra Benson is doing an excellent job and the farmer’s lot should improve in 1957. He cited stable material prices and better markets as reasons for optimism.
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Omaha
Marvin J. Briggs
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Ezra Benson
Briggs
Indianapolis
Omaha Bank For Cooperatives
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Egan
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Texaco
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Texaco Co
Ottawa, Kansas
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Benson
Ottawa
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