State, National News
Thursday, May 10, 1956. University Daily Kansan
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Charges Filed Today Against 42 K.C. Dope Users, Peddlers
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UP)—Charges against 42 users and peddlers of narcotics are to be filed today in federal, state, and city courts.
Detectives said the persons—arrested Wednesday in a raid which culminated three months of investigations by police and federal narcotics agents—accounted for "probably nearly one-half-million dollars in the done business annually."
Bernard C. Brannon, chief of police, said Kansas City actually has no narcotics syndicate but narcotics peddlers act as individuals have made a growing problem. He said the source of supply of the narcotic (heroin) has been Chicago.
Those nabbed were first taken to the Country Club police station instead of the downtown police division because police feared that byunning them first to the downtown station would arouse suspicion and tip off underworld characters that such a raid was in progress.
During the past three months police officers posing as narcotic users actually purchased dope from narcotics salesmen—in some cases in the presence of U. S. narcotics agents.
Brothers, 7,8 Take $1,200 From Cafe
TOPEKA (UP)—Two pint-sized brothers pulled a big job at a "burglar proof" cafe Wednesday. The burglars, 7 and 8 years old, escaped with about $1,200, making at least six trips up a stairway to an open safe in an office above the Coffee Cup Cafe.
Kansas Receives Salk Vaccine
City juvenile authorities recovered $582 of the loot Wednesday night after they were tipped that the young brothers were flashing "a lot of money." The boys told Lt. Don Laird, chief of the police youth bureau, that an older youth persuaded them to bury the rest of the money in the country. When the police found the spot, the money disappeared.
Bankers To Hear Malott
TOPEAK (UP)—The Kansas Board of Health today shipped 23,000 Saik anti-polio vaccine shots to 50 Kansas counties. Dr. Phillip Bearg, in charge of the program, said another 23,000 shots were expected to arrive in Kansas for redistribution in about 10 days.
TOPEKA (UP)—The Kansas Bankers Association met here today for the 69th annual convention of the organization. Two full days of activities were on the official program, including an address by Dean W. Malott, president of Cornell University and former chancellor of the University of Kansas.
Slot Machines Discussed
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (UP)—Kansas Attorney General John Anson told a group of Kansas county attorneys Wednesday that "each of you county attorneys should do more than merely pick up and destroy these slot machines." "It seems to me," Anderson said, "that you should also prosecute the persons, groups, or organizations who are responsible for violating anti-slot machine laws."
Pantv Raid At LSU Fails
BATON ROUGE, La. (UP)—POLice dispersed a throng of panny raiders on the Louisiana State University campus. Wednesday night while scantily coated covertors on dormitory balconies. The disgruntled men students retreated without a single souvenir.
Always Lose? Try This—
DETROIT (UP)—Two old-age pensioners yesterday confessed to a "sure fire" scheme to beat the ponies. Paul Carro, 82, and Paul A. Eifert, 70, said they made their bets with counterfeit $10 bills they made themselves.
Alabama Court Rules Down Bus Integration
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (UP)—A court order today forbade this city's transit system, boycotted for five months by the Negro population, to allow mixing of white and Negro passengers. Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones held that nothing in the U.S. Constitution prevents the city from enforcing bus segregation laws.
The company ordered the racial barriers removed April 24 after the Supreme Court left standing a South Carolina court order declaring segregation on intrastate buses unconstitutional.
Spring Storms Hit Michigan, California
Spring storms hit Detroit, Mich. and southern California with flooded rains and "baby tornadoes" today, Anthony Krohl, 65, of suburban Dearborn, Mich., was killed early today when his car went out of control on a road covered by four to five inches of water.
Freak tornadoes hit Alabama and San Luis Obispo at the height of a southern California storm late Wednesday. Trees went flying, roofs were ripped away and windows shattered in Alhambra.
Insurance Companies Reject Ike's Pool Plan
WASHINGTON (UP)—The nation's big insurance companies have rejected President Eisenhower's plan or creating a voluntary insurance pool to provide Americans with more health protection.
Administration sources insisted, however, that the pool idea is not dead. They said some small concerns are interested and that something may yet be worked out.
Hilton Likes KC Venture
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UP) - Conrad Hilton said Wednesday night that the proposed new 1,000-room hotel in Kansas City "would link Kansas City with the great cities of the world in this contemporary world of travel and communications."
Texan To Be Major Convention Figure
WASHINGTON (UP) — Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson views his Texas triumph as an invitation to northern Democrats to go part of the way to meet the South at a national convention keyed to compromise and moderation
This viewpoint was attributed to him by associates who are convinced that he will play a major role at the convention both in the drafting of a platform and the selection of a presidential nominee.
NEW YORK (UP)—A syndicate of more than 110 casualty insurance companies was organized Wednesday to underwrite radiation liability hazards on industry-operated nuclear reactors. The organization, The Nuclear Energy Liability Insurance Association, said its members will be able to assure 50 million dollars coverage for each reactor.
Radiation Insurance Offered
Tokyo Rose Beains To Fade
CHICAGO (UP)—Downhearted Tokyo Rose leaves tonight on what could become the first step towards making her a woman without a country. The Los Angeles-born Japanese propagandist *df* World War II, whose real name is Mrs. Iva Toguri D'Aquino, will make San Francisco the headquarters of her fight to escape deportation from the country she betrayed.
Air Base Looks For Rockets
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (UP) — Selfridge Air Force Base today started a search for 24 explosive rockets accidentally fired from a launching platform and warned residents in the area not to touch any of the missiles. The base said "three airmen were getting ready to unload the rocket pod when what appears to have been an electric malfunction appears to have released the rockets from the pod."
House Holds Secret Meeting
WASHINGTON (UP)—House investigators arranged a secret meeting today with Sidney Hatkin, suspended Air Force statistician, to discuss an alleged Russian attempt to get U.S. aircraft data from him.
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Dead Man Subject Of TV Program
CHICAGO (UP)—The late Richard J. Finnegan, consulting editor of the Chicago Sun-Times, became the first subject to be portrayed after death by the nationally televised "This Is Your Life" program Wednesday night.
The show was a feature of a fundraising dinner in honor of Mr. Finnegan, who devoted much of his last years towards improving the treatment of children stricken with rheumatic fever. Mr. Finnegan himself died May 6, 1955, of heart disease.
Ike Tops Kefauver In Illinois
INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — President Eisenhower out-polled Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.) by a 6-4 margin in Tuesday's Indiana presidential primary, near-final figures showed today.
Adlai Speaks In Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, Calif (UP)—Adalai E. Stevenson said Wednesday the nation is faced with the choice of an orderly growth along balanced harmonious lines or the present administration's "policy of drift." Mr. Stevenson appeared at the Los Angeles Press Club while his political opponent for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Estes Kefahran (D-Tenn.) campaigned on the other side of town.
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