Pay raise proves cost effective for armed forces
Two months after a general pay raise and higher re-enlistment bonuses, enlistments rose as more service members chose to stay. In March 32 percent re-enlisted. by May 83 percent did not turn in unit forms, with Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps showing gains. Savings come from reduced training costs, strengthening long term defense with experienced professionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Defense Department
This and That The Most Popular Sunday Comics
A local survey lists Blondie Dick Tracy Nancy Smiling Jack Henry Matt and Jeff Dixie Dugan Little Jadine Sad Sack and Fritze Ritz as the ten most popular Sunday comics. The piece wittily notes various curiosities from miracle drug hype to a Kansas governor returning a high school commencement fee.
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Blondie
Dick Tracy
Nancy
Smiling Jack
Henry
Matt and Jeff
Dixie Dugan
Little Jadine
Sad Sack
Fritze Ritz
Those Decisions By Ely Reflect On Everyday Choices
Readers confront moral risk in a radio TV scenario where a man must choose between $32,000 or a chance at $64,000. The dilemma echoes widespread worries about financial gain versus security, as a second case offers $25,000 cash or an oil well yielding about $3,000 per year for 25 years. The piece explores public pressure and the question of what constitutes a wise decision.
Chinch bug barrier and new cafe spark town memories
Auld Lang Syne recalls M E Gentry in Princeton building a chinch bug barrier to protect corn. D M Dunseth and C T Elliott opened a cafe at Main and Wilson. Ground was broken for Fred Taylor's filling station south of town. Other notes mention a 100 degree day and a Fourth of July deficit, plus railroad signal work and local brick laying.
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M. E. Gentry
Princeton
D. M. Dunseth and
C. T. Elliott
Main and Wilson Streets
Fred Taylor
Real Inborn Talent Required To Be A Champion Hog Caller
HAL BOYLE profiles Clark, a 43 year old Alcoa blacksmith and hill farmer from Maryville Tennessee, champion hog caller who argues loud vocal talent is inborn. He notes hogs respond to a crystal cry like Piggy Piggy and he warns the art is vanishing as penned hogs replace open-hill herds. He emphasizes a strong natural voice and discipline, and reflects on his own background and lifestyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryville
Tenn
Clark
Robert Park
Iper
Alcoa
Two Killed In Johnson County
A two car collision in Johnson County Saturday night killed Leroy W. Walters 54 and Mary Hand 41 of Kansas City. Johnson County has had 19 traffic deaths this year. Safe buy. U. S. Sayings Bonds.
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Kansas City
Kas
Johnson County
Leroy W. Walters
Mary Hand
Older People Need Hearing Aids Promoted
A column urges families to help seniors like Carl, 63, obtain hearing aids and wear them daily. It stresses that unused ears atrophy, recommends trying different aid types including bone-conduction or amplified air sounds, and advises testing for about 10 days to fit the best device. Copyright notice and requests to contact Dr Crane via The Hopkins Syndicate follow.
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Carl
Crane
Hopkins Syndicate
Melott
Ind
Ing
Counted To Three Shot At Ellinwood Officer
In Ellinwood Kansas Fred Hugh Hall 58 disarmed and jailed after walking to a police officer on Main Street and firing a 12 gauge shotgun at Officer Les Loyd 30. Loyd said Hall advanced ordered him to drop his gun counted to three and fired but Hall had not drawn. Loyd disarmed him and Hall later said he did not intend to harm the officer no charges filed immediately.
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Ellinwood
Kas
Fred l Hugh Hall
Main Street
Hall
Les Loyd
Loyd
Watered at the Postatrice Ottawa Kans Ad Rates
The Ottawa Herald page shows masthead details for editors and managers and lists subscription rates by mail for various durations. The readable fragments mention Guy Snedaker, Don Shipman, and Howard Heading in roles, with rates to be set for different time frames.
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Ottawa Herald
Ottawa
Kas
Harris
Television grid lists programs on air and schedules
Channel listings show a dense July 1 broadcast slate across stations KFEQ TV WDAF TV KOMO WIBW KMBC etc with day parts from 1:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. including comedy variety news sports dramas game shows and local interest features. multiple anchors and show titles appear in a long, all-day lineup for Topeka Kansas and surrounding markets.
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Ding Dong Shhow
Arthur Goulrey
Sunny Ide
Arthur Godfrey
Tehn
Ernie S
Waillant
Tome
Yor
Kitchen Klub
Jack Paar
World Report
Welcome Trase
Baty
Kathleen Carter
Batly
Robert Q. Lew
Bob Crosby
Radio program schedule and lineups
Radio listings show a July 12 schedule across stations KMBC WDAF WRAJ KNBC and WUA with news shows, bands, talk and comedy programs. Highlights include KMBC News at 10 00 PM and WDAF People Are Funny with a mix of musical segments and talk shows.
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Wraj—Mcgee
KMBC
Tenn
WDAF
Carleton Haven
WDAK
KNBC
Suspence
People Are Funny
Draenet
Bidl
Dick Derby
Sound
Amoz
Andy Wua
Sound Brun
Ernie
McGeegin
Orchestra
TBA
Melodies
Rews
Floating Radar Station To Guard Atlantic Coast
The world’s first floating radar station, dubbed the Texas Tower, will be towed tomorrow to an anchorage 110 miles off Cape Cod. The 200 foot high, 6,000 ton structure will be anchored by concrete-filled stilts, forming the first of a ring of outer warning stations to protect 1,500 miles from Newfoundland to Norfolk against enemy planes.
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Boston
Cape Cod
Atlantic Ocean
Newfoundland
Norfolk
Racing Driver Jerry Hoyt Dies In Crash
Oklahoma City racing driver Jerry Hoyt died from brain injuries after his car crashed on the first lap of a $5,000 race. Hoyt, 26, married two weeks earlier, succumbed at 6 a.m. at Wesley Hospital. He was rounding a turn when a wheel touched the fence, sending the racer into a retaining wall and overturning it. A separate line notes a 1954 U.S. mink skin sale total of 2,700,000.
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Oklahoma City
Jerry Hoyt
Wesley Hospital
Hoyt
Indianapolis
Platform 87 Feet Above Water Level Planned Undersea Base
The project proposes an undersea platform rising 87 feet above the water, extending below the ocean floor. This architectural concept aims to support research and operations with a stable base beneath the waves, integrating with marine environments and offering elevated access for maintenance and study.
Won't Spread Army Posts Widely, Army Says No Plan
Washington reports that the Army told congress it has no plans to scatter posts across the nation as a precaution against atomic warfare. Secretary Stevens testified that while dispersal tactics are used, no major changes in installations are planned despite calls for broader distribution and concerns about concentration in one area.
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Washington
Riley
D-Sc
House Appropriations
Robert T. Stevens
Subcommitte
Mahon
D-Tex
Stevens
Rep
Sikes
D-Fla
Gol. W. R. Shuler
TV Guide preview signals fall lineup across networks
TV Guide reports Dr. Benjamin Spock will host a fall NBC show on baby care and marriage counseling. Bert Parks will host Miss America from Atlantic City with ABC airing. Notables include Sir Cedric Hardwicke Michael Rennie Mary Sinclair in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde on Climax July 28.
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Ralf Hardester
TV Guide
Benjamin Spock
Baby Authority
NBC
Bert Parks
Atlantic City
ABC
Cedric Hardwicke
Michael Rennie
Mary Sin Tclair
Dr. Jekyll
Hyde
Jekyll
Boy ‘Scouts National Court of Honor
Paul Gregory
Noel Coward
Bing Crosby
Mary ‘Martin
Maria Alberghetti
Battle Stations
Bill Bendix
Milton Berle
Miltie
Gore Vidal
Tallulah Bankhead
Octopus Roy Cohen
Hume Cronyn
Jessica Tandy
Naval Fleet For Chinese Reds
An official Nationalist Chinese news agency reported the Chinese Communists massing a naval fleet off the Chushan Islands near Shanghai. The Tatao Agency claimed Soviet Russia sent 30 MIG-15 jets to North Korea in June, bringing total to 350. Reds also planned an invasion of Thailand via Free Thai forces in Yunnan Province.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chushan Islands
Shanghai
Tatao
Soviet Russia
Famous Texas Ranger Frank Hamer Dies at 71
AUSTIN Texas Ranger captain Frank Hamer longtime lawman who helped end Bonnie and Clyde era died last night of a heart attack at 71 He was described as blunt stubborn fearless and stood 6 feet 4 inches tall He served about 35 years and had lived in Austin since retiring about a decade ago.
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Austin
Frank Hamer
Texas
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Louisiana
Blunt
Hamer
Reds Build Atom Power Station
Tokyo reports Soviet scientists are building a second more efficient atomic power station using an uranium water reactor. The broadcast followed a Japanese correspondent’s Moscow report noting the first Russian plant near Moscow and claiming it to be the world’s first and largest synchro Cyclotron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
W—Peiping Radio
Moscow
Police Chief shoots man after resisting arrest in Cheto pa
Police Chief Claude Fosdick shot Jim Haraughty, 29, in the leg after he allegedly resisted arrest while Fosdick attempted to serve a warrant for disturbing the peace in Chetopa Kas. Haraughty escaped once and tried to flee a second time, according to the chief. No risk.
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Chetopa
Kas
Claude Fosdick
Jim Haraughty
Fosdick
Haraughty
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