Tough Days Ahead For Ike's Aid To Education Program
Washington report notes President Eisenhower’s proposed 71.0 billion budget faces strong opposition from business and Congress seeking cuts. The drive includes 1.3 billion in federal aid for new classrooms, with the Chamber of Commerce challenging the program as unnecessary and a step toward government control. The 1957 bill may again see a Powell amendment bar on segregation, while committee hearings continue.
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Powell
One Day Pancake Plan Aims to Cut Wheat Surplus
Washington proposes designating one day yearly for all to eat pancakes to reduce the wheat surplus, with Rep. Breeding of Kansas estimating the move could scoop about a million bushels from a roughly 950 million bushel surplus. Ottawa merchants join in shopping note.
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Beck Will Appear Before Committee
Seattle President Dave Beck of the Teamsters says he will appear before the Senate Rackets Investigating Committee on a date mutually satisfactory. He plans to testify before June 2 before Europe return. Beck criticized AFL CIO figures and called Carey’s charges political theater.
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Douglass Welch
Post - Intelligencer
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Geneva
James B. Carey
Aflcio
Labor Organization
Carey
Afl-Cio
American Labor Movement
Teamsters
Paperhangers Left Signatures Behind Old Wall Art
Old homes reveal wallpaper dated by unpealed signatures from paperhangers who signed walls over a century ago. The hidden marks show workers left their names as they installed and finished plaster and paper in historic rooms.
Ottawa Students Active In Life At Kansas University
Ottawa students at University of Kansas in Lawrence engage in campus life. Charles Henning, elected corresponding secretary of Delta Ohi for spring. Bob Luce named social chairman of Pearson Hall. Both are KU students with ties to Ottawa. Others, including John L. Hysom Jr and Joe E. Mahoney, appear on the Business School honor roll. Freshmen Susie Parker and Marilyn Henning visited the Kansas University Medical Center on March 2 and heard from nursing staff. J P Feighner aided with theatre props for The Doctor In Spite of Himself. he studies music education.
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F. E. Henning
Delta Ohi
Charles
Kansas University
Bob Luce
Robert W. Luce
Pearson Hall
Bob
K. U
Ottawa
John L. Hysom, Jr
J. L. Hysom
Joe E. Mahoney
E. E. Mahoney
Susie Parker
Henry A. Parker
Marilyn Henning
Kansas University Medical Center
Department of
J. P. Feighner
L. M. Chamberlain
Kansas UN
Inquire Into Old Documents Could Declassify Pentagon Records
Washington House investigators launch effort to learn plans to remove secret labels from aging documents. A subcommittee recalls a special advisory committee chaired by Charles A. Coolidge which urged a Pentagon declassification office. Testimony suggests billions of World War II and later documents may still be secret with proposals for time limits on future secrecy.
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Government Information
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Charles A. Coolidge
Congressional Subcommittee
Benson Works To Trim Budget
Washington officials report Secretary Benson is coordinating with the budget bureau to cut the Agriculture Department's record 5.3 billion dollar proposed budget for the coming fiscal year. The task faces resistance as most spending supports farm prices and incomes. Benson cites research and education as paths to greater efficiency and lower costs, while noting substantial funds already target soil, water, conservation, and subsidies to sugar and wool.
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White House
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Soil Bank
Depths of Pacific Ocean Reach 35,410 Feet Near Philippines
A record depth for the Pacific Ocean is reported at 35,410 feet, measured near the Philippines. The measurement highlights extreme ocean floor elevations and the ongoing effort to map deep-sea geography.
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