Accelerated Building Program and 20 Percent Pay Raise Urged
Dr. Robert J. Keller of the University of Minnesota urged Kansas to adopt an accelerated building program and a 20 percent salary increase for instructors. The 17 month survey of Kansas colleges, ordered by the 1958 legislature, says faculty turnover is high and private colleges face steeper shortages. It calls for broader board of regents authority, state aid for junior colleges, and state support for Wichita and Washburn Universities.
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Topeka
University of Minnesota
Kansas
Robert J. Keller
Board of Regents
Wichita University
Washburn University of Topeka
Keller
British dress firm lands Soviet order for summer frocks
London AP reports Wallace Austin, head of the firm, said Britain received its first Soviet order for women's clothing since 1917. The $280,000 shipment targets youthful casual wear in jersey, with light gray the favored color. The Soviet buyers showed interest in summer frocks and jersey fabrics.
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London
Soviet Union
Wallace Austin
Britain
Jersey
Sugar Quota Power Sought by Eisenhower
President Eisenhower plans to ask Congress for discretionary authority to adjust sugar import quotas and to seek immigration legislation that would roughly double the annual 164000 allowed immigrants. GOP leaders said the measures may be sent in special messages to Congress and would apply to all countries except the Philippines. The move concerns Cuba but officials stress it is not solely a response to the Cuban situation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Philippines
Cuba
Weather County Forecast Snow Warning Continues
Heavy snow expected this afternoon and tonight with additional accumulations around six inches. Temperatures steady with lows near 25 and highs Wednesday around 20 to 32.
Morse Endorsed By District Democrats
The District of Columbia Democratic Central Committee endorsed Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon for president in a 14 to 8 vote Monday night. A. L. Wheeler, chair, leads the District Morse for President Club.
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Morse
Heavy Snow Keeps Kansas City Area in Winter Spell
Snow and bitter cold continue across Kansas and neighboring states as the weather bureau reports a westward shift of heavy precipitation. By this noon 3 inches had fallen in Kansas, totaling 55.8 inches for the season, with up to 9 inches forecast in parts of Kansas and 4 to 12 inches in Missouri. Roads are slick and hazardous statewide, while forecasts extend from the Ozarks to the Dakotas with sleet and freezing drizzle downstream. Sleet and cold snaps persist, and the storm stretches from Alabama and Mississippi to the Plains and Rockies.
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Weather Bureau
Ottawa
Missouri
Ohio
Kansas
John P. Kelsey
Kelsey
Highway Patrol
Alabama
Mississippi
Mid- Mississippi Valley
Plains
Rocky Mountains
Central Plains
Tennessee
Dakotas
Kentucky
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Arkansas
West Virginia
New Jersey Board Allows Adoption of Alice Marie by Combs
The New Jersey Child Welfare Board announced it will permit Mr. and Mrs. Richard Combs to adopt Alice Marie, their state ward. It met today to revisit a case that drew worldwide interest and said its earlier ruling against adoption, based on concerns about Alice Marie’s intelligence and the couple’s ability to nurture her talents, may be reconsidered due to changes in the two years since.
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Trenton
N.J
N. J. Child Welfare Board
Richard Combs
Alice Marie
Combs
Soviets Reject Western Disarmament Plan At Geneva
In Geneva a 10 nation conference opened to end the world arms race. Valerian Zorin called the U S Britain France Italy and Canada plan impractical and urged discussion of Khrushchev’s four year total disarmament proposal. Frederick Eaton urged immediate action to curb the arms race and warned against overly ambitious initial steps. The talks, equal in numbers for East and West, may span months or years with study groups and expert committees.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Valerian Zorin
United States
Britain
France
Italy
Canada
U.S
Frederick M. Eaton
Eaton
London
Nikita S. Khrushchev
U.N
General Ast Assembly
Moscow
Poland
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Britaan
Three Eligible For Job At Great Bend
The Civil Service Commission lists Jack Morrison Jr Roy M Butler and James A Boyle as eligible for the Great Bend Kansas postmastership. President Eisenhower may nominate any one of the three, subject to Senate confirmation. Morrison is acting postmaster and nine applicants vied for the $7 080 a year position.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Jack Morrison Jr
Roy M. Butler
James A. Boyle
Great Bend
Kas
Eisenhower
Senate
Morrison
Jones Improvised Answer After Name Called On Bill
In Trenton New Jersey Senator Walter H. Jones was surprised when his name was called to discuss a bill. He claimed no memory of which bill it was but stated if he sponsored it, it must be a good bill.
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Trenton
N. J
Walter H. Jones
Jones
Moon landscape less rugged than once thought
Moon travelers will find a flatter surface than once depicted with fewer jagged mountains and deep craters. A Cambridge Air Force study using shadow measurements maps the lunar face and suggests horizons lacking pronounced landmarks, potentially complicating position fixes for astronauts.
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Bedford
Mass
Cambridge Research Center
Air Research and Development Command
Fear Men Fled To Other Parts Of Mine
Rescuers suspect 18 trapped miners in Logan West Virginia tried to escape through abandoned sections of the mine after a fire and rock slides cut power and ventilation. Officials say the old Elk Creek slope refuge rooms may hold the key, with bodies possibly unrecoverable if disturbed.
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Logan
W. Va
Elk Creek
Eisenhower Endorses Nixon at Gridiron Club Dinner
President Eisenhower publicly endorsed Richard M. Nixon as his successor at the Gridiron Club dinner in Washington. Doris Freeson reported Eisenhower’s remark suggesting a seating shuffle to ease future administration transitions, noting the president had not previously stated such a clear endorsement. The London Times corroborated the report of Eisenhower’s endorsement.
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New York
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Washington
Doris Freeson
Miss Freeson
John C. O’brien
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
O'Brien
London Times
Nixon
Employment rises in February with record hiring
Washington AP reports February employment at 64,520,000, a record for the month, with unemployment dropping 218,000 to 3,931,000. Secretary James P. Mitchell cites sustained improvement as 1.3 million more jobs than February 1957 and a 500,000 gain from January. Deputy Secretary Seymour Wolfbein predicts further seasonal job gains as warmer weather approaches.
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Washington
James P. Mitchell
Seymour Wolfbein
Wolfbein
Traffic Toll Topeka Log Shows Deaths Over 24 Hours
AP dispatch from Topeka notes Kansas traffic deaths tallied in the 24 hours ending 9 am Tuesday. The brief log contrasts figures from 1960 to 1974 with a comparable 1950 period, showing a higher toll in the later era.
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Esreas
Opvers A. m
Oeeree
A. m
Topeka
Kansas
Adenauer Eisenhower pledge unity for Germany and West Berlin
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and President Eisenhower met at the White House to discuss future deals on West Berlin. They reaffirmed reunification of Germany in peace and freedom and the preservation of West Berliners freedom and self determination under any new agreement.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Konrad Adenauer
West Berlin
White House
Germany
Adenauer
Heinrich von Brentano
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