Disprove of Highway Plan
Washington The Commission on Intergovernmental Relations challenged President Eisenhower's highway funding plan and urged the administration to assume full civil defense control. The 25 member panel proposed moving some taxes to states and cities, reducing federal grants, and funding highway construction on a pay as you build basis while transferring civil defense to Washington. The report argues for minimal centralization and maximal state local responsibility.
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Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Eisenhower
Congress
Meyer Kestnbaum
Chicago
Hart Schaffner Marx Clothing Concern
Flying Boat Returns to Matsu to Retrieve Officer
A Catalina PBY flying boat, hit by two Communist MiGs near Matsu Island yesterday, returned today to fetch Lt. Col. Lachlan M. Field of Burlington Vermont, an MAAG member, for hospitalization. The flight proceeded without incident and the officer’s illness was not disclosed.
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Taipei
Formosa
Matsu Island
Lachlan M. Field
Burlington
U.S
Matsu
Quemoy
Kansas 1955 Retail Sales Rise 12 Percent Over Year
Kansas April retail trade nearly matched March as sales tax receipts totaled 5 861 106, just 7 dollars short of the previous month. University of Kansas Bureau analysis notes a 13.3 percent rise over April 1954, with national gains at 8.4 percent. For 12 months to May, Kansas hits a new high of 43 514 910 in sales. Only 15 counties lagged year ago figures, mainly in western dust-affected areas and southeastern regions. Automotive, general merchandise and other major groups led gains, while farm and garden products declined.
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Kansas
University of Kansas Baureau of Business Research
Cheyenne
Sherman
Comanche
Will Resume Pike Study In Kansas Feasibility Review
The Wichita Hays turnpike feasibility study is likely to resume by mid July. Gale Moss of the Kansas Turnpike Authority says field checks and traffic counts by the highway department will restart, and data will be handed to traffic engineers for the feasibility report.
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Topeka UA
Wichita-Hays
Gale Moss
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Fred Hall
KTA
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Moss
Carlson To Speak At Old Fort Hays Opening
Carlson Len Carlson will speak on July 4 at ceremonies opening old Fort Hays as a tourist attraction. The site preserves a blockhouse and guardhouse among the remaining fort buildings.
Lose Confidence In Polio Serum
Idaho officials announced a loss of confidence in the Salk polio vaccine delaying mass vaccination, with Health Director L. J. Peterson saying Idaho will not sponsor another mass inoculation. The polio outbreak has killed seven Idahoans and hospitalized 79 since April.
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Boise
Idaho
L. J. Peterson
U S Drops Case Against Lattimore
The government today dropped its 24 year effort to indict Owen Lattimore for perjury. Attorney General Brownell said courts had struck out key counts and five remaining perjury charges could not proceed. Lattimore, a Johns Hopkins lecturer on Far Eastern affairs, was accused of lying about being a Communist follower.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore
Brownell
U.S. District and Appeals
Lattimore
State Internal Security Subcommittee
Johns Hopkins
Reynolds Named Judge in 138th District by Gov Hall
George S Reynolds, 37, chief enforcement officer for the State Liquor Control Office, is appointed judge of the first division of the 138th Judicial District by Gov Fred Hall. He succeeds the late Judge Clay C Carper in Butler Greenwood Elk and Chautauqua counties. Reynolds previously served as Greenwood County attorney and as city attorney of Eureka.
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Topeka
George S. Reynolds
State Liquor Control Office
138Th Judicial District
Fred Hall
Reynolds
Clay C. Carper
Butler
Greenwood
Elk
Chautauqua
Greenwood County
Eureka
World Wide News Briefs: Chase retires. Smythe takes lead
Maj. Gen William C Chase retires after directing the U S buildup of Nationalist Chinese armed forces for four years. Maj. Gen George W Smythe succeeds him as head of the U S Military Assistance and advisory Group. Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh return from Norway after a state visit. Royal yacht Britannia greeted by crowds on the River Tay. Peiping radio warns of a possible flood in Red China’s Yangtze provinces. Royal Air Force Canberra bomber sets a jet distance record between Ottawa and London.
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Taipei
Formosa
William C. Chase
George W. Smythe
U.S
Dundee
Scotland
Elizabeth II
Duke of Edinburgh
Britain
Norway
Tay
Britannia
Tokyo
Peiping Radio Today
Red China
Yangtze River
London
Royal Air Force
Ottawa
West Malling
Molotov Arrives in New York After U N Anniversary Trip
Soviet Foreign Minister V M Molotov arrives by train from San Francisco with a big smile and calls the trip fine He sails tomorrow on the Queen Elizabeth returning from the U N tenth anniversary celebration in San Francisco He is to confer with U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold on arrangements for the Big Four meeting in Geneva starting July 18
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New York
V. M. Molotov
San Francisco
Molotov
U.N
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Geneva
Wichita Man Dies In Crash
Wichita oil company employee Harley Littell Jr., 26, was killed near Junction City Kansas when his car collided with a grain combine being pulled across U S 40 by a tractor operated by Dan Boller. Littell's parents live at Burden Kansas.
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Junction City
Kas
Harley Littell Jr
Wichita Oil Company
U. S. 40
Ernest Kroeplin
Dan Boller
Littell
Burden
House action on 3.285 billion foreign aid bill
Washington debate centers on a $3,285,800,000 annual foreign aid authorization. House Foreign Affairs Chairman Richards urges minimal cuts, noting Senate already trimmed by 139 million. Eisenhower seeks start of beekeeping year funding, while Republican critics label the program a "blank check" and demand a full reassessment.
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Washington
Richards
D-Sc
Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Richards’ Committee
Church
Illinois
Bentley
Michigan
Adair
Indiana
Lawrence Smith
Wisconsin
Fire Destroys Gambling Clubs in Ely Nevada
A Thursday night blaze destroyed two gambling clubs and three cafes in Ely Nevada. Fire spread rapidly hindering operators from grabbing table currency. Mayor Broadbent pegged loss of building and equipment at 500000 to 750000, with additional cash losses at Capitol and Alpine clubs. The Ely Theater wall halted the fire from advancing west through the business district of the copper mining town.
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Ely
Nev
N. E. Broadbent
Capitol
Alpine Clubs
Ely Theater
Seouls Military Chief Predicts New Far East War
South Korea's military chief warned of a new Far Eastern war by 1958, likely in Korea, saying it would be worse than the initial June 25, 1950 outbreak. He stressed the need for readiness as tensions rise in the region.
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Seoul
South Korea
Korea
North Korean Tanks Cross 38th Parallel But Korea Holds
Gen Lee Hyung Keun, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, led a warning as North Korean tanks rumbled across the 38th parallel in a bid to smash the Republic of Korea in a swift assault.
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Lee Hyung Keun
Joint Chiefs of Staff
38Th Parallel
Republic of Korea
End Strike At General Motors
A court order halted violence on picket lines as 150 tool sharpeners walked out at GM Willow Run. The unauthorized strike idled 8,000 workers, prompting the CIO United Auto Workers to urge a return to work and ignore unauthorised action.
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Detroit
General Motors
Willow Run
CIO
United Auto
Picket Lines Roil Plant After Disorders Break Out
Workers hesitated to enter the plant as disorders erupted around the site. Safe-U. S. Savings Bonds mentioned amidst the unrest.
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U. S. Savings Bonds
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