Humboldt Board Installs New Members and Elects Officers
Humboldt approves new school board members J W Morelan James R Hamm and Thomas B Wood replacing retiring members. Edword named president Long vice president Cannon treasurer and Reiter clerk. Budget discussed and walks to gym planned ahead of 1955 56 term with enrollment set for August 15 to size textbook needs.
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Humboldt
Humboldt Board of Education
J. W. Morelan
James Robert Hamm
Thomas B. Wood
W. R. Kent
Lloyd Schoonover
Charles Fussman
John McCoy
Board of Education
Edword
Kent
Edward E. Long
Wiliam H. Cannon
Marilyn Reiter
Lewis Haskin
McCoy
Local group elects officers and reports travels
The organization elected Phil Wolford as vice president, Marilyn Stinson as secretary, Kate Collison as treasurer, Darlene Carpenter for Christian Outreach, Gayla Jo Cress for Christian Witness, Raymond Durkin for Christian Fellowship, Phyllis Brown for Christian Citizenship, and Verna Lee Smith as recreation leader. Mr and Mrs James Hess returned from a vacation trip to Colorado visiting Colorado Springs, Waco Texas, and a tour of New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle.
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F Organization
Phil Wolford
Marilyn Stinson
Kate Collison
Darlene Carpenter
Gayla Jo Cress
Christian Witness
Raymond Durkin
Christian Fellowship
Phyllis Brown
Verna Lee Smith
James Hess
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Waco
Texas
James Brigham
New Mexico
Panhandle
Polio Vaccine Seen As First Step Toward Improvement
Public Health Service doctor Dr. Joseph Bell, chief epidemologist at NIH, says 1954 field trials show the Salk polio vaccine roughly matches whooping cough protection and trails smallpox and diphtheria vaccines. He notes 60 to 90 percent effectiveness against paralytic polio, adding improvements will come and duration beyond year is not yet known.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Joseph Bell
Bell
National Institutes of Health
Methodists Triumph Over Colfax in Church League Clash
The First Methodists defeated Colfax Baptists-Nazarenes 20 to 5 as J Anderson faced a three-inning barrage and England earned the win. Knights of Columbus beat EUB No 1 10 to 7 with McCoy on the mound, Sam Dixon homering for EUB in a losing effort.
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Methodists
Colfax Baptists-Nazarenes
Knights of Columbus
EUB
J. Anderson
Colfax-Nazarene
England
Knights
McCoy
Seger
Goff
Sam Dixon
Piqua Edges VFEFW 6 to 5 in Boy's Baseball Return
Piqua shaded the Chanute older boys VFW team 6-5 to split the series. Chanute won 12-9 at home earlier. Specht hit a homer for Piqua. Chanute led 3-0 in third then final two runs in seventh. Chanute had 12 hits to Piqua's eight. White struck out 10 for Chanute.
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PIQUA
Chanute
VFW
D. Specht
Mike Fletcher
David Fehr
Bill White
Doc Holliday Spotlight Brings Frontier Legend to Life
George Donaldson reviews a Chanute Public Library portrait of Doc Holliday, tracing his life from dentist to professional gambler. The piece canvasses his role in Tombstone, Dodge City, and Colorado railroad conflicts, and weighs fact against legend while noting the author’s aim to separate truth from myth.
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Chanute Public Library
George Donaldson
Library Board
Wyatt Earp
Bat Masterson
Doc Holliday
High Plains
Doc
Deadwood
Tombstone
Dodge City
Colorado
Santa Fe
Denver
Rio Grande
Earp Brothers
Corral
Holiday
Big Nose
Kate
Kansas Storage Defective Bins At Senate Inquiry
Testimony before a Senate panel said about 5100 storage bins built in Kansas last year were defective. Kansas agriculture official Wendell Becraft testified that grade 1 lumber was paid for but grade 3 and 4 lumber with knotholes was delivered. Navy inspectors blamed missing specifications and drawings, while Agri Department officials argued oversight failures.
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Washington
Senate
Kansas
Agriculture Department
Navy
Navy Department
Wendell Becraft
Kansas Agriculture
Black, Stralls and Bryson Co
Kansas City
C. G. Christiansen
British rocket program aims for 120 mile orbiting research
The Ministry of Supply plans within two years to develop rockets capable of carrying 100 pounds of scientific instruments to heights of 120 miles or more in a program intended for outer space observations around the earth.
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Space
Earth
Ministry of Supply
England and France To Study Outer Space
London announced plans to explore the earth's upper atmosphere with high altitude rockets, joining France in a joint program. The effort marks a shift from U S dominance in space research, as Britain describes its project as distinct from the small earth satellite program the United States recently announced.
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London
Britain
France
United States
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Humboldt National Bank
Wayne Brenner
Sandra
Pittsburg
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Colgate Produce
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