Bureaucrats Defy Khrushchev as Red Tape Battle Rises
In Moscow Pravda reports the Malenkov government wrestling with a resilient bureaucratic system. It highlights how officials inflate payrolls and create euphemistic titles to hide excess staff while promising to boost output in 1955. The piece notes inspectors uncover hidden personnel and lists odd job names like floor polishers and dust mobilization in the iron and steel ministry as examples of bureaucratic tricks.
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Volga
Necus
Char Jessary
Pravda
Russia
Siberian
Central Asia
Kubyshev Hydroelectric
Khrushchev
Moscow Pravda
Ministry of Iron and Steel
Rifle May Hold Murder Secret
Police investigate a murder linked to a .22 caliber rifle and a contracted cleaning crew. Report mentions 31 charwomen, dismissals, and tests as detectives pursue leads related to Jobn Calla’s death while noting an expensive contract cost and exchange rate details.
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Clathe
Kas
Jobn Callaab
Demos Spent Less To Win Control
The 1954 congressional campaign saw Republicans spend about 3.7 million dollars, roughly 28 percent more than Democratic groups that won control of the House and Senate. Labor organizations backed Democrats heavily, while GOP national groups failed to stop the shift in political power.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Million Pennies Pile Up At Pius XI High
Milwaukee students stack about 3 percent tons of copper in a gymnasium display as the Pius XI High School drive reaches a million pennies to fund an addition. The $10,000 in pennies came mostly from pupils who started last November with shoe shines and car polishing. Contributions arrived from around the world. about 95 percent were from students themselves. Nonpenny gifts were converted to pennies by a bank.
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Milwaukee
Pius XI High School
Schoeppel Backs Plan for Third Kansas Judge
Senator Schoeppel from Kansas backs a proposal to authorize a third district court judgeship in Kansas following Rep Hope action in the House. The plan aims to expand judicial capacity and follows prior legislative moves by Republican lawmakers.
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Washington
Schoepppel
R-Kan
Rep
Hope
Kansas
Bank Robber Gets 15-Year Sentence
LeRoy Adolph of Independence Kansas was given 15 years for the $9,000 Oswego bank robbery after pleading guilty to one armed robbery count. The second count was dismissed. The FBI also noted a missing convict alert for Norman Seibel, a 24 year old Kansas University medical student who vanished on December 19.
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Kansas City
Kas
LeRoy Adolph
Independence
American State Bank
Oswego
Adolph
U.S
Arthur J. Mellett
FBI
Norman Seibel
Kansas University
Kan
E. A.ash
Scorpion Mail Bill Moves Through Senate Post Office
A bill introduced by Senator Goldwater would allow live scorpions to be mailed for medical purposes. The postmaster general would decide safe packaging methods. The source mentions Mullinville, Kansas and a separate crash involving a gasoline truck and an auto near Safe-U Savings Bonds.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. Goldwater
R-Ariz
Mullinville
Kas
Clar- General
Kesterson
Missouri plans penal reform and prison tour
Gov Donnelly urges overhaul of the penal system as a legislative bill and a joint House Senate committee plan to tour federal prisons to study reforms. The report notes searches for an Oswego robbery suspect and references various prisons including Leavenworth Dwight and Menard.
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Dickeny
Jefferson City
Missouri Legislative Committee
Joliet
Phil M. Donnelly
Missouri
Joint
House Senate
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Malenkov
Moscow
Ray R.tipton
Mary Callahan
Tipton
Lester Haupt
George G. Swearingen
Here
Kesherson
Mullinville Cooper' Native Oil Co
Pete Sutton
Kamaaf
Red Cross
Red Cross Cabbies
Tweedies
Paine
N. Walnut
Bennett Creamery
Schoeppel
U. S
John G. Kaiser Drug Store
Rexall
Masonic
U S. Savings Bonds
Galil
THE
Otta Building&loan
Franklin County Institution
AST
Webb City
Leavenworth
Kani
Winds Women's
Dwight
Menard
Illinois
Eagle - Picher
Topeka
Ottawa
Ance Company
Evilgleiuepones
Albert J. Williams
Williams
Northwestern National Life
John M. Darling
C.L.A
Nwnl
Kiwanis
Skilton Music Club
Christian Church
Ife
West 10Th Street
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