Southeast Kansas Delegates Study Water Use at Forum
The Kansas Water Resources Board and state agencies hosted a public forum at the Memorial Building on water supply watershed treatment pollution abatement and irrigation. About 40 people attended with delegations from southeast Kansas and Miami Oklahoma. The session was led by C Y Thomas and was the first of six meetings in the state.
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Mission Hills
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State Board of Agriculture
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Allison Hornbaker
Pittsburg
R. C. Lind
Dwight F. Metzler
Metzler
Neosho
Chanute
Fall River
John Ferguson
Ferguson
W. E. Steps
W. H. Sunderland
Fred C Koch
Wichita
Robert L. Smith
Secretagy
John M. Dewey
John C. Dissly
Corps of Engineers
Tulsa
George Fox
Chetopa
Neosho-Cottonwood
First airplane ride ends with bright sky and caution
Left Hand recounts a 30 minute flight from Chanute in a Cessna ship with pilot Fred Montague and passenger Mrs. Wortman. He describes bumps and nerves yet credits Mrs. Wortman for calm control and notes the trip ended safely at Fredonia port.
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Fred Montague
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Ben Hudson
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Fredonia
Hudson
Chanute
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Lawrence Child Dies Under Truck Wheels
Barbara Ellen Metsker, 5, died when the door of her father John Phillip Metsker’s pickup opened and she fell from the vehicle near Lone Star Lake, 14 miles southwest of Lawrence. The wheels crushed her as she rode with her father on Saturday.
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Barbara Ellen Metsker
John Phillip Metsker
Lone Star Lake
Accident Near Erie Leaves Car Retired After Crash
Donald Moses of this town escaped injury when his motor car left US59 on a curve south of here last night. Undersheriff John Phelps and Lowell E. Baughn arrested Moses who admitted attempting to sleep at the wheel. He was charged with intoxication and later released on a $15 bond after the vehicle struck a telephone pole and was described as a total loss.
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Erie
Donald Moses
John Phelps
Lowell E. Baughn
Lola
Moses
Nine Die in Kansas Weekend Traffic Toll
Kansas traffic fatalities rose to 165 for the year as nine people, including three children, died in weekend accidents. A Norton area two car crash killed Lawrence Dupree, 23, and Mrs. Marilyn Wyatt, 20, and her eight month old son Stephen. Mrs. Wyatt's husband Clair injured. A Salina area one car crash killed Dora Gile, 39, and Air Force member Billy Agee, 3d, near Salina. Other fatalities included Virgil Ingram, 45, near Argonia. five year old Barbara Metsker near Lawrence. Cathy Giles, 2, of Hoxie. and Jack Tilson, 43, of Wichita.
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Kansas
Associated Press
Norton
Lawrence LeRoy Dupree
Phillipsburg
Marilyn Wyatt
Stephen
Almena
Wyatt
Clair
Salina
Dora Gile
Marquette
Billy G. Agee
Smoky Hill Air Force Base
Virgil Lee Ingram
Argonia
Barbara Ellen Metsker
Lone Star Lake
Lawrence
John Phillip Metsker
Rt. 5
Cathy Giles
Hoxie
Jack Tilson
Wichita
Driver Posts Bond After DUI Arrest Near Chanute
George Steele of Erie was arrested near Chanute Sunday by Trooper Dick Harbaugh on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and released on bond pending a hearing in justice court. His wife, a passenger, posted bond on an intoxication charge as reported by the county sheriff's office.
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Erie
George Steele
Chanute
Dick Harbaugh
Iola
Justice of Peace Court
Theft at D X station on Fourth and Lincoln
A report to police says a burglar entered the D X station run by C. I. Newton at Fourth and Lincoln Friday night and stole candy worth about six dollars. Entry appears to have been made through a window according to officers.
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C. I. Newton
Fourth
Lincoln
Sharp Senate Debate Over Eisenhower Veto Of Farm Bill
In Washington a heated Senate debate followed President Eisenhower's veto of the farm bill. Senators Ellender Knowland Schoeppel Carlson Johnson Aiken Morse weighed in with partisan and farming interests, reflecting sharp disagreement over the measure and its impact on farmers and the economy.
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Eisenhower
Augusta
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D-La
Knowland
California
Schoeppel
Kansas
Carlson
Eisenhower vetoes farm bill major issue in campaign
President Eisenhower vetoed the farm price support bill claiming it would harm agricultural regions and consumers. He outlined three administration actions to aid farm income and urged prompt passage of a bank plan before next fall's seeding.
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House
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Congress
Kansas
Iowa
South Dakota
Benson
Albuquerque Chuck Hole Swallows Car on Stop
ALBUQUERQUE W I C Sprague Odessa Tex his wife and their 8 year old son Ronny stopped their car for a red light at a busy intersection in downtown Albuquerque A chuck hole collapsed the pavement eight feet dropping the car into the hole No one was injured A street department official cited a possible leaky sewer eroding the soil beneath the pavement
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Albuquerque
City Street Department
Restful Sunday for Margaret Truman before wedding
Margaret Truman rested on Sunday in Independence Missouri ahead of her Saturday wedding to Clifton Daniel New York newspaperman. Her parents attended a baseball game while she did not join her mother at Trinity Episcopal Church services. The Trumans later watched exhibition games between the Kansas City Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals as their daughter visited with friends.
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Margaret Truman
Miss Truman
Trinity Episcopal Church
Clifton Daniel
New York
Erie Tornado Warning Plan Considered for Neosho County Meeting
A meeting in Erie on April 25 at 7 30 p m will discuss establishing a tornado warning network for Neosho County. U S Weather Bureau officials will outline the program with Sheriff Lee Montgomery assisting. Similar sessions are planned for Fredonia and Yates Center on April 26 and 27 respectively.
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Neosho County
U. S. Weather Bureau
Lee Montgomery
Neosho
Victor V. Phillips
Wichita Weather Bureau
Fredonia
Yates Center
Kanopolis Lake swim and new airplane open house headline
Dr. Harry Briggs swam 1.3 miles in 53 minutes in 56 degree Kanopolis Lake as preparation for longer swims including Lake Erie and possibly the English Channel. A separate open house showcased streamlined 1956 Cessna planes at Chanute airport with models from $8295 to $54950, drawing attendees and media from across the region.
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Briggs
Lake Erie
English Channel
Kanopolis
Fred W. Montague
Dickerhoof Flying Service
Cessna
Wichita
Frost Warning Area Forecast Local Frost Advisory Issued
The weather service cautions frost tonight across the region with partly cloudy east and colder west conditions. Lows tonight expected 25 to 35, with warmer Tuesday and higher afternoon highs in the 50s to 70s range.
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Goodland
Pittsburg
Olathe
Emporia
Garden City
North Valley Ladies Aid Meeting With Covered Dish Lunch
North Valley Ladies Aid will meet all day Thursday with Mrs. Rolla Rush of R. 3. A noon covered dish dinner is planned and attendees are asked to bring embroidery hoops.
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Rolla Rush
Ware
Ground Observer Corps Meeting Here Tuesday
Civil defense organizers plan to form a local Ground Observer Corps at a Memorial Building meeting at 7 30 p m led by Sgt William Orr of Coffeyville Civic leaders and interested residents are invited The group will train members to spot and report all aircraft in the Chanute area to a defense filtering center.
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Civil Defense Ground Observer Corps
Memorial Building
William Orr
Coffeyville
Chanute
Water use cut urged for 24 hour city conservation
City officials requested all homes and businesses curb water use for 24 hours from 7 am Wednesday to 7 am Thursday. No car washing or lawn watering as crews connect filters to a new clear well, which will add 157000 gallons of storage.
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John W. Lofthouse
Plane Missing Over Lake Erie Nearshore
A search was ordered for a plane missing over Lake Erie about two miles from shore. Two aboard, radio contact lost at 700 feet. Pilot identified as G Pollock, a Broadway producer linked to the show Wake Up Darling. Pollock's NY address checked. no reply.
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Lake Erie
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G. Pollock
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Detroit
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City
Gordon W. Pollock
Darling
New Haven
Conn
Pollock
Bill Doll
Doll
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