White House to Build Deeper Bombproof Shelter for Eisenhower
A former bombproof shelter beneath the White House, once expanded for Truman, is to be replaced with an even deeper, more resistant complex to withstand hydrogen blasts. The piece reflects on humanity retreating into caves of safety as science advances and raises a speculative question about future digs on Mars and Earth.
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Hiroishima
White House
Truman
Eisenhower
Mars
Earth
Iris K
Brunet
Toledo
Ohio
Chicago
Kansas Mental Hospitals Prove Worth of Aid
Kansas shows strong return on mental health spending as 1955 hospital days drop despite rising patients. The state employs one full time staff for 2.11 patients, far better than the national ratio, keeping costs per taxpayer lower while improving care. Evidence suggests treatment quality and potential cures justify continued investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Oly
Royal musician Duke of Edinburgh plays five instruments
The piece notes that the Duke of Edinburgh can play five instruments, calling him a one man band consort, and comments on a chaotic start to the year with unlucky dates and calendar shifts. It criticizes February 20th calendar changes and mentions a gasoline boycott tied to a sponsor of the first network news broadcaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Edinburgh
Best Dressed Contest Bias Brings Fresh Debate
In a long running list the annual best dressed women is criticized for favoritism toward wealth and public figures. The writer mocks repeated winners and likens the controversy to a televised race where option A rarely wins, urging a poorer entrant to break the pattern for publicity.
Local extracts reflect past events and people
Auld Lang Syne era notes place Wheat at 75 cents locally and mentions Lucy Lanz as home demonstration agent. Undersheriff C E Wright suffered a heart attack. Other items recall a 25 year wolf hunt plan for Norwood, Mrs W F Streeter of Princeton visiting, Edith Glasscock visiting Kansas City, William Martin ex county commissioner from Princeton, N S Franklin preaching in Centropolis, and Al Smith with Val Whitney from Hickory Creek bringing 19 skunk pelts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Smith
Val Whitney
Hickory Creek
Scientific Date Bureau Gets Results
Dr Crane discusses a proposed Scientific Dating Bureau to match couples nationwide. He outlines a system with questionnaires, fees, local field agents, references, medical reports, and certified eligibles within 300 miles, aiming to create 100000 marriages annually. He notes ethical limits and envisions clergy to introduce matches at churches.
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America
O. K
Hopkins Syndicate, Inc
Television Programs and Schedule Fragments
A fragment lists 8:00 8430 Of, 0:45, 10:00, 1a:30 Story Theatre, Academy Mov, Bandstand, Mickey Mouse as a televised lineup. More readable items point to an evening schedule with animated shows and stage programs.
Radio Schedule Snapshot from Local Stations
A midweek North American radio grid shows KMBC WDAF KTJO and others listing six to eight programs per hour for Wednesday Jan 11 and Thursday Jan 12. It includes news, music, talk, quizzes, classics, and arena for listeners across stations.
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KMBC
WDAF
Morgan Beatty
Ktso—Newa
Truth Or Conseq
Krtjo—Layman's Hour
Ktjo—Frontier
Sound Mirror
Ktjo— Playhouse
Social Roundup From Stanton This Week
Tuesday afternoon guests of Mr and Mrs George Brassfield and Ollie were Mrs Mary Haight and Mrs Kattie Lambden of Ottawa. Dee Spencer and family moved from Grace Kershner house at Spring Ridge to Mannen brothers house in Rantoul. Raymond Bryan helped move them. People visited Ottawa and Louisburg residents throughout the week.
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George ‘Brassfield
Ollie
Mary Haight
Kattie Lambden
Ottawa
Dorothy Everette
Antioch
Fred Bell
Wellsville
Jess. Myers
Dee Spencer
Grace Kershner
Spring Ridge
Mannen Brothers
Rantoul
Raymond Bryan
Willis Smith
Bill Foster
Tommie
Vinton Foster
Earl Croan
Treva McWilson
Virgil Beebe
Ralph Coram
Louisburg
Mark Anderson
Zeb McKeon
Febby Davis
Clarence Miller
Osawatomie
Eldon McKoon
Albert McKoon
Ray Redick
Jerry
Sandra
Rozella Hubbard
Donald Hughes
Fred Hughes
Claton
Butler Home Scene Sees Wife Taken To Kansas City Hospital
A wife named Tene was taken to a Kansas City hospital Friday morning from her Butler Missouri home. The report notes the medical event and location details, with no further condition updates provided.
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Tene
Kansas City Hospital
Butler
More Quail In Western Kansas
Thane S. Robinson of the State Biological Survey at the University of Kansas reports a rise in quail wing submissions from western Kansas. About 120 wing tips came in 1955 from 12 hunters west of Phillipsburg to Coldwater, more than in prior years with twice as many hunters contributing. Weather correlates with the hatch, and the 1955 tabulations hint at a good quail season in both western and eastern Kansas, though complete totals await a special report following the annual forecast.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Thane S. Robinson
State Biological Survey
University of Kansas
Phillipsburg
Coldwater
Robinson
Upper Room prayer and biblical verse fragment
A fragmented devotional passage references Luke 15 4 about seeking the lost sheep and offers a brief prayer praising God's love. It reads as a religious reflection urging obedience and spiritual sonship within the heavenly household of faith.
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God
Heavenly
Jesus
Robins PhD study on Bobwhite quail in Kansas
Cooperating hunters sent quail wings for study. Professor Robinson finds six months of mild weather from April to September favors a strong hatch, with June the peak. His Kansas University PhD project covers bobwhite life history and habitat. He lives in Lawrence, Kansas, and hails from Kansas City, Kansas.
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Robinson
K. U
Kansas
Vermont Street
Lawrence
Kansas City
H. E. Robinson
Park Dr
University of Kansas
Duke University
Durham
N. C
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C. E. Wright
Strickn
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William Martin
N. S. Franklin
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Centropolis
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Ottawa Herald
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Bisdaker
Don Hula
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Howard Hoadley
Phatattion
Kaa
Ee Voovs
Story Theatre Academy
Mov
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Sky King
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CBS
ABC
Fox
Fox Show
People of Note
Playhouse Wanted
Garry Moore
Arthur Godfrey
Ernie Kovaca
Guiding Light Wonderland
Korla Pandit
Robert Q. Lewis
Preston Lone Ranger
Dineh Shore
Preston
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Margie
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Billy
Patti Page
News Caravan
Pinky Lee
Howdy Doody
RADIO
Rabe
KTSO
Capitol
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KTJO
WRAF
ER Coe
Kmcgee
KMEC
Newa
Dilson
Stanton
Ollie Brassfield
Harry Says
Harry Smith
S. Main
Dennis
Algeria
France
Dykstra
Saunders
American Motors
Hornet
Abc-Tv
Hudson
Mock Motors
N. Main
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