Halt Work On Air Academy
The House Appropriations Committee ordered an abrupt halt to all construction on the 125 million dollar Air Force Academy project in Colorado Springs. It urged the design be firmed up before more money is spent and rejected 79 million dollars in new funds. The panel called for consultation with the Fine Arts Commission on a revised design prior to any further construction.
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Washington i
House
Appropriations Committee
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Denver
Full House
Companion
Senate Committee
Full Senate
Fuse
Academy
Congress
Air Force
Harold E. Talbott
Fine Arts Commission
Praise For CGS College At Ft Leavenworth
Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens told a House Appropriations subcommittee that academic activities at Command and General Staff College have profoundly influenced Army leadership. He sought 5.4 million dollars for Ft Leavenworth facilities as he prepares to leave the Army position.
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Washington
Ft. Leavenworth
Kas
Command and General Staff College
Robert T. Stevens
House
Stevens
Army
Ft. Leaventworth
Lichens Deteriorate Stone Through Powerful Acids
A study notes lichens can colonize solid stone surfaces and secrete acids that dissolve rock substrates. The process undermines masonry by chemically weathering the stone, contributing to gradual structural decay in historic buildings and monuments.
Kansas and Missouri military construction funds approved
The House Appropriations Committee recommended 30,984,000 for Kansas and 15,013,000 for Missouri in a 2,471,745,000 military construction program for Army Navy and Air Force sites nationwide. It denied funds for a Ft. Riley theater and a Ft. Leavenworth academic building, while endorsing several Kansas projects including Ft. Leavenworth and Ft. Riley line items, Hutchinson Air Station, McConnell AFB, Forbes AFB and Smoky Hill AFB allocations.
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Washington
Kansas
Missouri
House Appropriations Committee
Army
Navy
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Air Force
Congress
Ft. Riley
Kas
Ft. Leavenworth
Command and General Staff College
Kangas
Hutchinson Air Station
McConnell Afb
Wichita
Forbes Afb
Topeka
Smoky Hill Afb
Salina
Boys Die In Banff Avalanche On Mt Temple
Four Philadelphia boys and one from St. Louis died in a snow avalanche on Mt Temple near Banff Alberta yesterday. Two other boys remain missing while two survived with injuries, as the Wilderness Club party of eleven from Philadelphia faced tragedy during a return from a higher ascent.
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Banff
Alta
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Mt. Temple
Banff Hospital
Richard
James Balls
William Wise
William Watts
Luther Seddon
Miles Marble
David Chapin
Frederick Ballard
Jerry Clattenburg
Peter Smith
Tony Woodfield
Wilderness Club of
C. D. Dickenson
W. H. Oeser
Banff National Park
Canadian Rockies
Canada
Morraine Lake
Oeser
Three New Polio Cases Reported in Kansas
Three new polio onsets in the last week raise Xaneas total to 43 for the year, compared with 67 at the same time in 1954. The State Board of Health cites Great Bend Kirwin and Coffeyville as the affected towns, involving boys aged 5 9 and 10. It is probable none had received Salk vaccine, though not yet definite.
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Topeka
Xaneas
State Board of Health
Great Bend
Kirwin
Coffeyville
Shrine band entertains crowd during store fire alarm
About 2,000 shoppers evacuated the Carson, Pirie Scott Department Store in Chicago after a faulty transformer caused smoke on the lower floors. A 12 piece Dixieland band from Mirza Temple in Pittsburg entertained the crowd on State Street with Smoke Gets in Your Eyes as firemen handled the incident.
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Chicago
Ieland iShriner
Pittsburg
Kas
Carson, Pirie Scott
Mirza Temple
State Street
Husband Discovers Shoes Missing After Bird In Sack
In Fort Scott Kansas a Bourbon County woman entered a shoe store with a sack. She handed it to Glenn Maupin the shop owner and found a dead chicken inside. She realized her husband had thrown out her shoes. The discarded footwear was later found beside a country road.
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Fort Scott
Kas
Bourbon County
Glenn R. Maupin
Maupin
Segregation Ban on Teachers In Georgia Votes Passed
The Georgia Board of Education voted to revoke for life the license of any teacher who instructs both Negro and white pupils in the same classroom. The resolution strengthens segregation policy and stipulates that teachers ordered to teach nonsegregated classes who refuse will receive salary for the full term of their contract.
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Atlanta
Georgia Board of Education
New Woes For 3 Turncoats
Washington reports three American turncoats who remained with Communist forces in Korea have sailed from Hong Kong and will face consequences. The piece notes possible legal grounds to challenge Army dishonorable discharges, as the military code requires court martial convictions for such sentences and proper legal defense. The three include William A. Cowart among others, with broader context on Defense Secretary Wilson’s order.
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Washington
China
U.S
Korea
Hong Kong
Army
Reds
Secretary of Defense
Wilson
Secretary of the Army
William A. Cowart
Dalton Ga. and Three Men Named in Case
Of Dalton Ga., Otho G. Bell of Hillsboro Miss., and Lewis W. Griggs of Jacksonville Tex. appear in connection with the matter under examination.
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Dalton, Ga
Otho G. Bell
Hillsboro, Miss
Lewis W. Griggs
Jacksonville, Tex
Two Bendena youths win Kansas Bank reward
The Kansas Bankers Association awarded $300 to John Michael Bender, 11, and Milton Saltzman, 17, for tipping off authorities about the Bendena State Bank robbery on April 20. The tip aided FBI in capturing the bandits Herbert Chester Griffith and Alice Evelyn Green in Ohio, with most of the $1,800 loot recovered. The pair are serving federal sentences.
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Topeka
Kansas Bankers Assn
Bendena, Kas
Bendena State Bank
John Michael Bender
Milton Saltzman
Bankers Organization
FBI
Herbert Chester Griffith
Alice Evelyn Green
Ohio
Youth killed as tractor overturns near Fredonia
Harold Bell, 17, of Wichita died when a farm tractor overturned at a field near Fredonia Kansas. Son of Leonard Bell of Dorado and Mrs. William Joy of Wichita, the accident occurred during farm work at night.
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Fredonia
Kas
Harold Bell
Wichita
Here
Leonard Bell
Dorado
William Joy
New Professor For Radio TV At University Of Kansas
Lawrence Kan Dr Bruce Linton of Omaha University was named associate professor of radio and television at the University of Kansas. Dr George B Smith dean said the teaching program in those fields is being enlarged due to growing student interest in radio and television.
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Lawrence
Kas
Bruce Linton
Omaha University
University of Kansas
George B. Smith
Smith
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