Compromise Plan Sets School Entrance Age Milestones
Topeka House Education Committee backs a three year plan to raise kindergarten and first grade entrance ages by gradual steps. The bill requires kindergartners to be five by Dec 1 next fall and first graders six by Jan 1 1956, with yearly shifts to Sept 1 1958 and Oct 1 deadlines finalizing eligibility. Rep Charles McGinness cites kindergarten teachers seeking changes to curb “glorified babysitting.”
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Topeka
House Education Committee
Arkansas City
Charles McGinness
Rcherryvale
Radar Network In South Africa
CAPETOWN South Africa Wi South Africa will build a huge radar network over the next five years to guard against the threat of nuclear attack. The project to cost about 15 400 000 was announced yesterday by Defense Minister F C Erasmus.
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Capetown
South Africa
F. C. Erasmus
U S marriage rate 1954 stands at 9.1 per thousand
The 1954 U S marriage rate is reported at 9.1 marriages per 1000 people. This statistic reflects nationwide marriage frequency during the mid 1950s period.
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U. S
Good Year For Farm Loan Assn
The National Farm Loan Association of Ottawa reported 86 loans totaling 603600 last year in Franklin, Anderson and Miami counties at its annual stockholders meeting. 270 stockholders attended the luncheon at the Methodist church. Total loans now 478 with unmatured balance 2393359. George H Feuerborn of Richmond is president and Steven P Russell of Paola was elected a director for three years. R L Smay of Ottawa was elected investigator. other officers re-elected: Russell vice president, Smay secretary treasurer, Wanda Pederson assistant secretary treasurer.
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National Farm Loan Association of Ottawa
Franklin
Anderson
Miami
Association
Methodist Church
George H. Feuerborn
Richmond
Steven P. Russell
Paola
R. L. Smay
Ottawa
Board of Directors
Feuerborn
Russell
Smay
Wanda Pederson
Service Station Attendant Slain in East End Robbery
Columbus police report a 24 year old service station attendant named Don Keyes was shot through the left temple during an East End robbery. Opened school books lay on a desk in a back room where the body was found. He worked as the night attendant at the Checker Oil Station and was pursuing college.
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Columbus
Ohio
Don Keyes
Checker Oil Station
Eisenhower Cancels Morning Engagements Due to Illness
President Eisenhower canceled his morning engagements today because of slight cold symptoms. His wife was confined to bed with the flu, adding to the family health concerns in Washington.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Lens name traced to lentil shape in Latin origin
The term lens for magnifying glass derives from the Latin word for lentil due to the similarity between a lentil seed and early lens shapes. This linguistic note links a common optical device to its ancient name origin.
Interim appointments approved by Senate in Topeka
In Topeka the Kansas Senate unanimously confirmed interim appointments proposed by Gov. Fred Hall, mirroring Gov. Arn's prior list. The grain advisory appointment of Russell Sites was rejected as void due to legislative status. Vern Barrow's confirmation was not voted on after a withdrawal request, with the term continuing until Senate adjournment.
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Topeka 4
Edward F. Arn
Senate
Fred Hall
Hall
Board of Regents
Forestry, Fishland Game Commission
Arn
Russell Sites
Grinnell
Grain Advisory Commission
Paul Wunsch
R-Kingman
Sites
Vern Barrow
Highland
Board of Penal Institutions
Barrow
New Signals For Air Raids
Battle Creek Michigan reports a new civil defense warning system for enemy air attack. The United States and Canada adopt simplified signals using sirens horns and other devices. There are two signals alert and take cover the all clear was eliminated due to radioactive fallout danger.
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Battle Creek
Mich
United States
Canada
Spring Time Flower Arrangements Props Tips
Lois Smith of the Herald News offers guidance on sourcing outdoor props for indoor flower arrangements. She suggests using dead limbs stones moss dried seed pods and grasses from picnics and outdoor jaunts and details methods for finishing and securing pieces. She notes whitewashed branches soft clay water bottles for blossoms and long lasting plant varieties like kalanche kalanchoe.
Taylor Has No Nicknames
Gen Maxwell D. Taylor, promoted to commander of U S forces in the Far East, never adopted nicknames though “Brains and Guts” would suit him. A polyglot and philosophy student, he endured risks noted by Eisenhower for missions behind enemy lines and a dramatic Bastogne parachute return to his 101st Airborne Division.
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Tokyo
Maxwell D.taylor
Korea
U. S
Far East
Taylor
Italy
Marshal Badoglio
101St Airborne
Bastogne
Washington
Europe
Prison Inmates Fly Over Volcano In Hawaii
A Hawaii prison group including 40 Kulani Prison inmates chartered a plane to fly over erupting volcanoes near Hilo. Supt. Charles C. Smith and guards accompanied them. A prison official called it part of the institution s educational activities.
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Hilo
Hawaii
Kulani
Charles C. Smith
Three TV Networks Share in Awards For Best Programs
Hollywood reports ABC NBC and CBS dominated the seventh annual Emmy awards. Walt Disney and Danny Thomas led with two Emmys each, Loretta Young became the first to hold both Oscar and Emmy, while George Gobel John Daly Art Carney and Audree Meadows won key prizes in acting and reporting. NBC televised the gala.
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Hollywood
Walt Disney
Danny Thomas
ABC
NBC
George Gobel
Loretta Young
Art Carney
Audrey Meadows
CBS
Jackie Gleason
Television Academy
Nbc-Tv
Disney
Thomas
Daddy
John Daly
Carney
Miss Meadows
Shifting Cargo Cited in Mormackite Sinking
The Coast Guard found improper cargo loading caused the freighter Mor Mackite to capsize and sink in an Oct. storm off the Virginia Capes. Master Capt Patrick J McMahon was found negligent for allowing shifting cargo. Moore-McCormack Lines faces crew lawsuits as 37 of 48 perish with 11 survivors rescued after 48 hours.
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Norfolk
Coast Guard
Patrick J. McMahon
Coast Guard Board of Investigation
Moore- McCormack Lines, Inc
New York City
Union leaders urge wage hike to 1.25 dollars
Washington report says AFL and CIO leaders urged President Eisenhower to back raising the minimum wage from 75 cents an hour to 1.25 dollars, countering his proposed 90-cent figure. The delegation pressed for action to lift low pay and improve living standards.
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Washington
AFL
CIO
Eisenhower
Threatened Over Church Sign in Rome Row
Brownfield Texas preacher M Cline R Paden says an Italian official threatened expulsion over a church sign in Rome. Paden reported being summoned to the Justice Building by Dep Prosecutor Giuseppe Vellotti to remove a makeshift sign reading Chiese di Cristo Church of Christ that members had put up after a brass nameplate was confiscated by police Thursday.
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Rome
Cline R. Paden
Brownfield
Tex
Church of Christ
Paden
Dep
Giuseppe Vellotti
Chiese di Cristo
Burned to death in apartment in Washington
Mrs. Eleanor S. Dixon, 53, former wife of newspaper columnist George Dix on, was burned to death in her apartment in Washington. Deputy Coroner Ricard Rosenberg and Police Homicide Captain Richard Felber agreed she likely died in a mattress fire started by a cigarette.
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Washington
Eleanor S. Dixon
George Dixon
Ricard Rosenberg
Richard Felber
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Justin McCarty
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Dean Berlin
Scrip Day Wead
Waigemery
U. S. Savings Bonds
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Christian Science Lecture
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John D. Pickett
C. S
Chicago
Illinois
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
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