Border towns live on time zone edge across states
The article notes towns like Blountstown Florida Lakin Kansas and Huntington Oregon sit on time zone borders where clock changes are routine. It highlights Bart Knight Florida prosecutors who can be in two places at once and describes trains and schedules shifting between Central Mountain and Times zones. Local voters in Lakin Kansas debated changing time zones and farmers favored current MST arrangements for daily routines.
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U.S
Blountstown
Fla
Lakin
Kan
Huntington
Ore
Gether
Bart Knight
Knight
Calhoun
Liberty Counties
Florida
Mountain
Syracuse
Johnson
Central
Monte Canfield
Lanny
Settlement Likely In ABC Fight Over Attorney Appointments
Topeka. Republican Atty. Gen. John Anderson says a resolution to the dispute over ABC office attorney appointments is near. Gov. Docking questions Foth suitability while Davis acts as governor’s special attorney, and conflict continues over funding and authority.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Alcohol Beverage Control Office
Anderson
Eugene Davis
ABC
Davis
U. S
George Docking
J. Richard Foth
Docking
Foth
Shawnee County
Murphy
Lewis Hasty
Wichita
Partly Cloudy and Cooler With Scattered Showers Forecast
A cold front dipped into western and northern Kansas but retreated. Expect sunshine and no major temperatures today with a second front bringing colder weather tonight and Saturday. Highs 70s to 60s, lows 30s to 45, scattered showers mainly eastern Kansas tonight, partly cloudy Saturday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Olathe
Abilene
Goodland
Pittsburg
Peace Officers Meet Liberal Kansas APR AP
About 250 to 300 people are expected for the spring meeting of the Kansas Peace Officers Association in Liberal Kansas. The event runs Sunday through Tuesday with attendees from law enforcement and related agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kas
Kansas Peace Officers Assn
Area Red Cross Meeting Highlights Home Service
An area Red Cross meeting on home services was held at the Tioga hotel with 18 executive secretaries and volunteer workers from Kansas chapters. Marjorie Bunker led the session, Reuben Eagleson spoke, and Pat Schluck participated as a field representative from Coffeyville. Towns represented included Chanute Iola Wichita Eureka Neodesha Parsons Coffeyville Independence Wellington and Cherryvale.
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Red Cross
Armed Forces
Tioga
Marjorie Bunker
St. Louis
Reuben Eagleson
Fort Leavenworth
Bell Adds 100 Phone Numbers to Cha nute Plant for Better Service
Southwestern Bell announces about 100 new numbers for Cha nute exchange as population growth strains capacity. A $5 200 investment upgrades cables with a compressor dehydrator that pumps dry air to keep moisture out, reducing moisture related outages by about 90 percent and enabling preemptive repairs.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Beverly Potter
W. 4Th
Anita Kimble
N. Highland
Ed Blair
S. Plummer
Chanute
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
A. E. Endres
C. F. Leavitt
Southwestern Bell
Chanu‘e
Endres
Leavitt
Waterworks Assn To Meet in Emporia
Emporia was chosen for the 1960 convention of the Kansas section of the American Waterworks Assn. The event will be held April 21 to 23. New officers elected include O K Brandon of Wichita as chairman R L Chandler of Mission as vice chairman Robert L Hess of Wichita as director L K Humphreys of Hiawatha as trustee for four years and Norbert J Thul of Ellinwood as trustee for one year to fill an expired term Henry Badley of Salina was reelected secretary treasurer.
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Pittsburg
Kas
Emporia Today
Kansas
American Waterworks Assn
Emporia
O.K. Brandon
Wichita
R.L. Chandler
Mission
Robert L. Hess
L. K. Humphreys
Hiawatha
Norbert J. Thul
Ellinwood
Henry Badley
Salina
Cub Scouts Found in Car Trunk in Utah Incident
Traffic officer Needham stopped a small foreign car in Salt Lake City and found four Cub Scouts dangling from the trunk, nine more inside, plus their den mother Mrs Car Bunnell driving. The officer chose not to issue a citation and arranged transport to take some home.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Thomas L. Needham
Car Bunnell
Needham
Kansas oil production limit unchanged for May
The Kansas Corporation Commission set the May crude oil production limit at 327000 barrels daily, keeping it unchanged for the seventh straight month. The figure reflects state policy administered by the agency in Wichita.
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Wichita
Kas
Kansas
Kansas Corporation Commission
Judy Jordan Joins Ottawa University Pacific Tour
Judy Jordan daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank B Jordan of 2178 Western a junior at Ottawa University is one of eight Ottawa University music students chosen for an Army sponsored entertainment tour of military bases in Pacific regions from July 2 to August 21. The group directed by Prof How ard White will perform about 75 light music programs in Hawaii Japan Korea Taiwan and the Philippine Islands with Mrs White accompanying. Travel is by air and auditions selected all band members. Jordan will sing and dance and previously toured the United States with other Ottawa students.
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Judy Jordan
Frank B. Jordan
Western
Ottawa University
Pacific
Howard White
Army
Iport
Hawaii
Japan
Korea
Taiwan
Philippine Islands
Cochise Buys 825 Acres of Davis Oil Properties
Cochise Oil Co of St Louis buys 825 acres of producing oil leases near Bronson in Allen and Bourbon Counties for waterflood development. F E Davis sells to Cochise. Jim Lindsay of Lindsay Drilling acts as broker and will supervise expansion from one to three rigs starting next month.
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Cochise
Davis Oil Properties
Allen
Bourbon Counties
Bronson
Chanute Firms
Cochise Oil Co
St. Louis
F. E. Davis
Davis Pipe and Supply Co
Jim Lindsay
Lindsay Drilling Co
Lindsay Drilling
Lindsay
Harold Lindsay
Thayer
Havana
Kas
Green County
Kentucky
S. Highland
Centennial Service Marks Episcopalians in Kansas Diocese
A service celebrating the diocese centennial will be held at Grace church at 11 a.m. with delegations from 14 southeast Kansas towns including Baxter Springs and Chanute. The Rt. Rev. Goodrich Fenner will preach. Bishop Turner will celebrate. luncheon follows at the Masonic Temple with remarks after.
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Episcopal Diocese of
Columbus
Fredonia
Galena
Fort Scott
Independence
Iola
Neodesha
Parsons
Pittsburg
Yates Center
Chanute
Goodrich R. Fenner
Topeka
Kansas
Edward C. Turner
Masonic Temple
Turner
Woman Rescues Boy From Well
Prescott Kansas reports a housewife climbed into a well to rescue 22 year old Dennis Wood who fell into water. He was revived with artificial respiration and taken to a hospital for observation.
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Prescott
Kan
Dennis Wood
Ames Wood
Pleasanton
Crandall Holmes
Dennis
Two Workmen Die as Crane Boom Collapses Near Ponca City
A crane boom collapsed on a construction site near Ponca City Oklahoma killing two carpenters Mel Phillips aged 72 and Ray Stevens aged 57. They were installing forms for a disposal pit near a carbon black plant when the accident occurred.
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Ponca City
Okla
Mel Phillips
Ray Stevens
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Topeka Area
Kansas state accident records show 129 traffic fatalities to date in 1959 as of 9 a.m. today, with the comparable year-ago figure at 131. The brief bulletin lists totals for the Topeka region and notes period coverage.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wasser
Violence Quiet During Days At Henderson Cotton Mills
In Henderson North Carolina first shift workers entered Harriet Henderson Cotton Mills without incident after a third straight night of violence. A few strikers jeered as rifle fire peppered the plants during the night with no serious injuries reported among workers. Governor Hodges had warned the mill president about risks of bloodshed when reopening the second shift.
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Henderson
N. C
Harriet-Henderson
North
South Henderson
Luther Hodges
Raleigh
Gov. Hodges
John D. Cooper Jr
Osmo the ocelot kills chickens then is slain in pursuit
In a quirky tale set around University of California poultry research, Osmo the ocelot escapes care, infiltrates a lab, and fatally disrupts a band of club toed white Leghorn chickens. The culprit is killed by plant supervisor Noburo Inouye, leaving 14 club-toed birds surviving.
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Osmo
Lewis W. Taylor
University of California
Prof. Taylor
Noburo Inouye
Miss Forseth
Smo
Out-of-World Sound Project Promises Earth-Shaking Noise
Los Angeles firm James B Lansing Sound Inc unveils a high intensity sound simulator named HISS designed to create vibrations surpassing earthquakes. President William Thomas says the device could destroy tissue and homogenize a person at extreme frequencies, though it cannot serve as a death ray as sound dissipates quickly in air.
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Los Angeles
William Thomas
James B. Lansing Sound Inc
Thomas
Outer
Space
Slight Boost In Land Value In Hill Land Condemnation Case
District court jury awarded Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hill 1869.40 for 7.83 acres of K-6 highway right of way and damages to the remainder, about half for land value and half for damages. The case was part of five condemnation appeals with the Page suit trial ongoing and a stock pond crossing cited in damages. Jury members listed include residents from Galesburg Parsons St Paul Thayer Walnut Chanute Erie and nearby towns.
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District Court
John W. Hill
Milford J. Page
Page
Ernest Foster
Galesburg
Charles L. Kramer
Rural Parsons
Wayne Gibson
Ed McMains
St. Paul
John H. Mitchell
Thayer
Ira Williamson
South Mound
Lloyd Audiss
Walnut
L. R. Rathbun
John Drummond
Vernice Parker
Chanute
Warren Knox
Harley Johnson
Erie
Two Non Injury Crashes Investigated by Police
Police investigated two non injury traffic collisions yesterday. The first occurred at 12th and Highland at about 3 18 p m between a 1956 Ford driven by Lois Jean Billbe and a 1950 Ford driven by La Dorna Burghart with damage to the front of Billbe and right side of Burghart. The second incident happened about 4 10 p m as Sara Clifford and Ella Mae Frederik pulled from a service lot at 1716 S Santa Fe with damage to Clifford s rear bumper.
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12Th and
Highland
Lois Jean Billbe
S. Washington
la Dorna Burghart
S. Highland
Billbe
Burghart
Sara Clifford
S. Central
Ella Mae Frederick
S. Forest
S. Santa Fe
Clifford
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Ray Moser
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