Alaska to Become 49th State After Historic Vote
With 113 of 297 precincts reporting, Alaska backed statehood by 19,860 to 3,814. Voter turnout prompted use of airplanes to deliver ballots as observers eyed a likely landslide for statehood. The referendum also approved boundary retention and transfer of 193 million acres of public lands, shaping the new state’s early political slate.
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Juneau
Alaska
Interior
Fred A. Seaton
Seaton
Temperatures Rise Across Western Kansas as Warmth Spreads
Western Kansas saw notable warmth with highs reaching up to 96 in Goodland and 82 in Olathe while lows ranged from 56 to 68. No rainfall was reported in the last 24 hours, and the five day outlook calls for near normal temperatures with only modest precipitation.
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Topeka
Kansas
Olathe
Goodland
Concordia
Russell
Warning to drivers near schools after August 28 posted
Police Department warns drivers to watch for school children crossing streets in school zones after August 28. fndy. 113-71)
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Police Department
Fndy
Neosho Paper Products Makes Millions in Gift Boxes Here
Neosho Paper Products and its partner News-Standard Printing Company form a division of Neosho Publishing. Located at 111-113 W. Main, the firm ships millions of gift boxes and folders to 16 Midwestern states every year.
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Neosho Paper Products
News-Standard Printing Company
Neosho Publishing Company Inc
W. Main
Midwestern
Minnesota Mining Company
Ranch Mart
95Th and
Mission Road
Kansas City
United States
Baum
Kenneth Brown
Quentin Nelson
Paul Nelson
Cleo Dalton
James Ellis
Heidelberg
Germany
Tribune
Mary Whitlock
Jet Skids Off Olathe Runway
A Navy F9F fighter piloted by Lt. A. B. Buhl of Columbia Missouri skidded off the runway at Olathe Naval Air Station during takeoff. Engine trouble forced a return to ground, the nose wheel collapsed, but Buhl escaped injury.
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Olathe
Olathe, Kan
Olathe Naval Air Station
A. B. Buhl
Columbia
Navy
Buhl
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Topeka Area
Kansas traffic fatalities tracked by the Accident Records Section show 0 in the last 24 hours and 332 for the year to date 1958, compared with 342 in the same period of 1957.
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Topeka
Kansas
Platform Talk Sparks Tax and Labor Debate in Kansas
In Topeka a GOP platform plank on a severance tax for oil and gas drew discussion amid Democratic labor opposition to a right to work amendment. Governor Docking backed union aims and opposed severance tax repeal while Clyde Reed defended tax plans and said the plank signals continued support.
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Topeka
Clyde Reed
GOP
George Docking
Kansas
Docking
Reed
State Supreme Court
Tribune Contact Instructions
If you cannot reach your Tribune phone contact your carrier. If he is unavailable, call 700 after 6 p.m.
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Tribune
Probe of TV Quiz Shows Expands Beyond Dotto
New York County district attorney announces that at least four quiz shows are under scrutiny for irregularities in addition to Dotto. Ten people have been questioned, and CBC network says it has been probing all quiz shows but found no improper procedures. The Dotto cancellation followed a whistleblower tip and a notebook of answers.
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Wabash
Ind
NEW York
New York County District Attorney's Office
Dotto
Davis S. Worgan
Edward Hilgemeier Jr
Butler
Harriet van Horne
New York World-Telegram & Sun
Sive
CBS
David S. Worgan
Dist
Atty
Frank S. Hogan
Dotio
NBC
Colgate-Palmolive Co
District Attorney's Office
Federal Communications Commission
Worgan’s
District l Attorney’s Office
Red Cross Quota Set for Neosho County at $9,894
Neosho County sets Red Cross fund drive quota for 1959 60 at 9894 dollars. Budget approved by chapter directors covers 5909 for local use and 3985 for national requirements. Blood bank participation continues with a 200 dollar national fee reduction. Blood collections arranged at Erie November 24 and Chanute November 25. Rev Ted Hurst named disaster chairman with Paul Parsons as vice chairman. Rev William T Hunt presided at the meeting. D C Diver delivered the invocation.
Dag Hammarskjold Arrives in Jordan for Middle East Talks
U N secretary general Dag Hammarskjold lands in Amman to begin talks aimed at stabilizing the region so U S and British troops can withdraw. He is met by Premier Samir Rifai and proceeds to the hilltop palace with three aides, declining to discuss mission with reporters.
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Amman
Jordan
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
U. S
U. N
Samir Rifai
King Husseins Hilltop Palace
Hammarskjold
Beirut
Kansans and Oklahomans urge Ottawa South interstate route
A 275 member delegation from Kansas and Oklahoma urged the Kansas Highway Commission to designate an Ottawa to Tulsa Dallas Houston interstate south of Ottawa. They argued the route would serve more people than any other Kansas City to Tulsa link, highlighting support from 14 Kansas towns and 4 Oklahoma towns. Officials noted southeast Kansas needs growth and industry, and the group pressed for a south route paralleling US 169 59 with Ottawa to Oklahoma through eastern Kansas.
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Topeka
Ottawa
Tulsa
Dallas
Houston
Kansas Highway Commission
Kansas
Oklahoma
Kansas City
George Docking
Docking
Parsons
Jack Goodrich
Emporia
W. E. Harlan
Iola
Commission
Ottawa-Emporia
Harlan
Frank Liebert
Coffeyville
Ottawa South
Ira Barber
Chanute
U. S. 169
Garnett
Richmond
Humboldt
Neodesha
Cherryvale
Thayer
Independence
Edna
Erie
Altamont
Bartlesville
Nowata
Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa-South Assn
State Highway Commission
FBI Joins Hunt For Bank Bandit
Federal agents joined the two state manhunt for Jeff Davis Duree a 65 year old ex convict from Bartlesville Oklahoma charged with the armed holdup of the State Bank of Peru Kansas. The heist caused about 4000 dollars in losses and a federal warrant cites unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. Authorities focused the search along the Kansas Oklahoma border near Caney with a wrecked getaway car and a wooded area southwest of town. Duree reportedly has a long criminal record dating back to 1920.
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Caney, Kas
Jeff Davis Duree
Bartlesville
Okla
State Bank of Peru
Kas
Wichita
Duree
FBI
Chautauqua
Kansas-Oklahoma
Caney
Oklahoma
Lawmakers Back Faubus Desegregation Bill Package
The Arkansas House and Senate approved Gov. Orval Faubus plan to close schools rather than integrate. The House vote was 94 to 1 and the Senate 33 to 0 as lawmakers rushed the six-bill package ahead of the Supreme Court ruling.
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Little Rock, Ark
Arkansas House
Senate
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
U.S. Supreme Court
Faubus
Little Rock
House
State Motor Fuel Tax Revenue Improves In FY Ends June 30
Topeka reports gross motor fuel tax receipts of 45,540,417 for the fiscal year ended June 30, up from 42,917,525 a year earlier. Refunds on non-highway use fuel reached 9,861,623, versus 9,253,755 in the 1957 fiscal year.
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Topeka
Ottawa Laborer Dies In County Road Crash
Ewing G. Dryden, 60, of Ottawa was killed when his car left a county road nine miles southeast of Ottawa, rolled over and buried him after bouncing about 300 feet. Sheriff Jay Brown said the vehicle drifted onto the shoulder and into a ditch.
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Ottawa
Ewing G. Dryden
Jay Brown
Lee Wasser
Ady
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E. L. Bartlett
Ernest Cruening
R. E. Robertson
Mike Stepovich
Fairbanks
John Butrovich Jr
Henry Benson
William Egan
Valdez
J. Gerald Williams
Victor Rivers
Anchorage
Territorial Senate
Ralph Rivers
Raymond Plummer
S.rercorveess
Ussgay
Panicked TV
Empire
Hilgemeier
Columbia Broadcasting System
Red Cross
Neosho County
Howard Winans
Dag
Gloria Noakes
Jerry Stierwalt
Hillcrest
Ottawa-South Road
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