Five New Teachers Hired Expand Book Rental Plan
The board accepted four resignations and approved five new hires for next year including Mariam Mih and Lois Mee at Royster Junior High and Russell A. Kern at Senior High and Junior College, plus Charles F. Day at Sabetha and Lonnie Rhodes for elementary, with Mee and Rhodes former staff. The administrative setup shifts will place W H McMurray as assistant high school principal and Eldon C Penner as college dean with added duties. Jester leads programs with new teaching roles.
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Board of Education
Mariam Mih
Lois Mee
Royster Junior High School
Russell A. Kern
Charles F. Day
Sabetha
Lonnie Rhodes
Chanute
Don Goff
Melvin Potts
Verda Hanes
Margaret Knetzer
Murray Hill
Goff
Visalia
Calif
Potts
Pittsburg State College
Miss Knetzer
Miss Hanes
Kansas
W. H. McMurray
Eldon C. Penner
Howard A. Jester
Buford Fisher
Penner
McMurray
Jester
Richard C. Stowell
Harlie Wolgast
Wolgast
Fisher
Gragg Typewriter Co
Pittsburg
Boy Survives Fall From Car After Door Opens
A two year old, Danny Ostrander, escaped injury after tumbling from his father’s car on South Santa Fe yesterday when a door popped open during a turn. He was examined at Neosho Memorial Hospital and released with no serious injuries. Police reported April city traffic accidents show 27 cars and 4 trucks involved in city incidents, most during daylight, with 17 drivers male and 13 female. One arrest occurred for DUI and open bottle.
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Danny Ostrander
Homer Ostrander
South Santa Fe
Danny
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Quaker House Okays Wiretapping Ban
The Pennsylvania State Senate approved a wiretapping ban by 48 to 2 and sent the bill to the House. Senator Benjamin Donolow of Philadelphia criticized the surge of taps, noting a city official cannot even call home without his line being tapped.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania State Senate
House
Benjamin Donolow
Philadelphia
Election Returns Tonight at Tribune
Information on today's city general election will be available at The Tribune tonight after polling places close. No returns before 7:30 p.m. due to single boards counting ballots. election includes two city commissioners and three school board members plus re endorsement of the city industrial fund levy. The Tribune's office phone number is 17.
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the Tribune
City Industrial Fund
Tribune
Area Crops Look Fine in Neosho County
Neosho County agricultural agent Mahlon Morley reports wheat stands excellent and oats, sweet clover, and alfalfa showing good growth after rains. Ground moisture varies, with some fields soaked two feet deep, others about one foot, and corn planting ready to begin when dry weather returns.
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Erie
Neosho County
Mahlon Morley
Morley
Cars Damaged In Accidents In County
Two highway crashes in separate county areas caused vehicle damage but no serious injuries. A 1956 Ford station wagon driven by Mrs. Ruth Higgins collided with a 1949 Chevrolet sedan on US 169 near Thayer, injuring Higgins with a bruised leg. A 1956 International stock truck and a 1947 Dodge one ton truck on US 59 near Erie damaged fronts but reported no injuries.
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Sheriff's Office
Highway Patrol
Ruth Higgins
Fredonia
Harvey H. Klepinger
Thayer
Katy Files Petition In Federal Court
The Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad filed a federal petition to transfer a state injunction suit from Parsons to US District Court in Kansas City. Judge Mellett may hear motions Friday or, if delayed, April 12. The state sought a permanent injunction with a hearing set for April 30.
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Kansas City, Kas
Missouri - Kansas-Texas Railroad
U. S. District Court
Parsons
Arthur J. Mellett
Topeka
John Anderson Jr
Ktaty
Plane Delayed Two Hours Amid Bomb Threat at Midway
A Trans World Airlines Constellation en route from New York to San Francisco was delayed over two hours at Midway Airport after an anonymous call claimed the plane would not reach its destination. Forty-one passengers and five crew members deplaned while 100 bomb squad detectives searched the aircraft. no bomb was found.
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Chicago
Trans World Airlines
San Francisco
New York
Midway Airport
TWA
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Rise to 119 in Year
The Associated Press reports four more deaths in Kansas bring year to date traffic fatalities to 119, compared with 151 at the same point last year. Victims include Cornelius A. O Connor and wife of Hartford aged in 70s after a culvert crash on k130 south of Neosho Rapids, plus 51 year old Ralph Hines of Abilene. Eight year old Michael Anderson of Wichita died after a collision on U S 81 near Moundridge. his father Charles Anderson and four others were injured.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Cornelius A. O'Connor
Hartford
Kas
Neosho Rapids
Ralph Hines
Abilene
Michael Anderson
Wichita
U.S. 81
Moundridge
Charles Anderson
John Gorton Named Assistant Cashier
John M. Gorton, farm service representative for the Bank of Commerce, was appointed an assistant cashier by the bank directors yesterday. He began as farm representative on January 1, 1955, and will continue in that role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Gorton
Bank of Commerce
Family Remembered After Shelter Save During Blizzard
The Andy Browns of Jericho Texas sheltered 91 travelers from a blizzard last week at their seven room farm home in Wichita Falls. Brown drove a pickup through heavy snow to bring buses trucks and cars to safety and the travelers may not have survived if not for the refuge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Tex
Andy Browns
Jericho
Andy Brown
Severance Tax Bill Moves Toward House Floor
TOPEKA a two percent severance tax on oil and gas heads for the House floor with a looming deadline for action. lawmakers wrestle with budget gaps and tax proposals while a conference on sales tax shifts and revenue ideas unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
House
William Mitchell
R-Hutchinson
GOP
Tribune Delivery Help Line Notice
If you do not receive your Tribune contact your carrier. If the carrier cannot be reached call 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
Heavy Turnout Expected In City Election Despite Cool Weather
City voters showed strong turnout by noon with 1 217 ballots cast before 1 pm. Voters will choose two city commissioners three school board members and renew a city industrial fund levy. The noon ward totals were 70 in first ward 254 in second ward 80 in third ward and 338 plus 171 in fourth ward.
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North Malcolm
Alcott School
Murray Hill School
House approves aid resolution for southeast Kansas water
TOPEKA The Kansas House approved a resolution asking the Army Engineers the Bureau of Reclamation and the Soil Conservation Service to aid water shortages in southeast Kansas. The request targets dams and reservoirs for the Neosho Verdigris and Cottonwood river basins.
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Topeka
Kansas House
Kansas
Neosho
Verdigris
Cottonwood Rivers
Army Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Soil Conservation Service
Department of Agriculture
Dr Newlin to lead cattle disease control in Southeast Kansas
Dr T A Newlin, new area veterinarian for the U S Department of Agriculture, will direct tuberculosis and brucellosis eradication programs in Southeast Kansas and monitor interstate animal movements. He arrives April 8 with wife and two children, previously serving as New Jersey state veterinarian after 22 years private practice in Dover.
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T. A. Newlin
Animal Disease Research Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Bob
Kansas State College
Manhattan
D. Baker
Irvington
N. J
Dover
Newlin
New Jersey
Lenten devotion from Delbert Winder Junior College sophomore
Delbert Winder reflects on Lent as a sacred season and a chance to deepen faith. He argues teens often face pressures yet Lent centers on giving up and taking on sacrifices for spiritual growth, linking spring, Easter, and the resurrection to everyday life. He notes his parents are Mr and Mrs Ray Winder of R 3.
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Delbert Winder
Christ
Athare
Collins to headline C of C meeting April 29 in Kansas City
Collins public relations director for City National Bank & Trust Co. of Kansas City will speak at the annual Chamber of Commerce meeting April 29 at the Masonic Temple, dinner at 6 30 p.m. Tickets available soon. The event is at the Tioga Hotel luncheon concluded planning.
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Tom Collins
City National Bank & Trust Co
Kansas City
Collins
Bank of Commerce
First National Bank
Masonic Temple
Hulda Parker
CBS
Tioga Hotel
Marlin Blackstun
Blackstun
O. H. Cunningham
Kansas
Cunningham
Chamber
Neosho- Cottonwood
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Edward H. Rees
Emporia
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Ebur Schultz
Agricultural Committee
Memorial Building
Oklahoma
Brown County
Osa and
Martin Johnson Museum
James A. Boutin
Urban Development Committee
Main and
Highland
Les Matthews
Matthews
Severe weather hits western Kansas with blizzard impact
A new snowstorm moved into western Kansas threatening livestock and traffic as a two week blizzard killed about 20 percent of cattle across seven counties. Snow and rain affected Goodland and central regions with 1-2 inch accumulations expected. temperatures to drop as the storm advances. Local stations logged moisture, with Liberal reaching 4.91 inches in March, the wettest in over two decades.
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Kansas
Goodland
Alton
Kinsley
Lincoln
Dodge City
Garden City
Hill City
Russell
Salina
Liberal
Injuries Fatal to 8-Year-Old Boy in Collision
In Moundridge a Wichita boy died in a local hospital from injuries after a collision that also left four others injured. The boy was eight year old Michael Anderson, whose father Charles Anderson sustained severe head injuries and was hospitalized.
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Moundridge
Moundridge Hospital
Michael Anderson
Charles Anderson
Traffic Fatalities In 1957 Reported By State Records
Kansas traffic fatalities reported by the State Accident Records Section cover the past 24 hours. To date in 1957 totals 118, compared with 151 for the same period in 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
Hibbs Wins Spelling Bee at Neosho County
Robert Hibbs age 13 from South Mound School won the 1957 Neosho County spelling bee held in the Erie courthouse. Larry Seefeldt finished second and Junior Stipp third. Hibbs earns $5 to help with travel to Topeka for the State Spelling Bee on April 27 as county representative.
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Erie
Robert Hibbs
Sam Hibbs
R. J. Parsons
Neosho County
Hibbs
South Mound
Sue Jacquinot
Larry Seefeldt
Junior Stipp
Harmony
Urbana
Oak Grove
Bloomer
Riverview
Rural
Galesburg
Kenny Cooper
Alfre Craft
Donald Strack
Kay Waggoner
Clifford Sperry
Alfred Seefeldt
Bill Schupbach
Jimmy Baker
Janie Pontious
Peggy Trieber
Phyllis Spurling
Nancy Bartholomew
Charlene Lacy
Clarice Dorris
Nancy Neely
Lois Slater
Glynn Stirewalt
Sarah Dillinger
Peggy Pens
Betty Stemple
Nelle 1. Stevens
Stevens
Topeka
Chase Named Sixth District American Legion Commander
Harold Chase of Salina has been elected commander of the Sixth District American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hays Harold Chase
Salina
American Legion
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Katy
John Gorton
Mitchell
House Republicans
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Docking
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Osborne
Wunsch
Senate
Paul Wunsch
R-Kingman
Fourth Ward
Braman
Okla
Amos Switzer
Oklahoma-Kansas
Switzer
U. S. 177
Blackwell
Wellington
Kan
E. E. Zastrow
Dr. Newlin
U.S
Delbert Winder Is the Son
Mrs
Ray Winder
R. 3
Chamber of Commerce
Art Krone
Clarence Sievers
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