Bill to Redistrict Gives Senator to 4-County Area
A bill to reapportion the Kansas Senate by population was introduced in Topeka. The plan would assign Sedgwick County six senators Wyandotte four Shawnee and Johnson two each with multi county districts and nine districts outside the target range.
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Topeka
Kansas Senate
House
House Legislative
Senate
Tom van Cleave
Kansas City
Jack Graves
Wichita
Legislative Council Research Department
Sedgwick
Wyandotte
Montgomery
Reno
van Cleave
Atchison
Brown
Doniphan
Jackson
Jefferson
Leavenworth
Douglas
Franklin
Miami
Linn
Anderson
Coffey
Bourbon
Crawford
Cherokee
Labette
Allen
Neosho
Wilson
Woodson
Chautauqua
Cowley
Elk
Butler
Greenwood
Chase
Lyon
Morris
Osage
Marshall
Nemaha
Pottawatomie
Wabaunsee
Clay
Riley
Smith
Clark
Ford
Gray
Hodgeman
Meade
Ness
Finney
Grant
Hamilton
Haskell
Kearny
Morton
Seward
Stanton
Stephens
Cheyenne
Gove
Greeley
Lane Logan
Rawlins
Scott
Sheridan
Sherman
Thomas
Wallace
Grape Vine Gazette Profiles Hospital Patient Journal
Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital staff and patients publish the Grape Vine Gazette. A featured report describes a 64-year-old man with pneumothorax and broncho pleural fistula needing continuous suction during transport to Kansas City for thoracic surgery.
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Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kas
Southeast
Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
Two Children Overcome by Fumes in Home Incident
Phyllis Dillon aged 14 and Bonnie Dillon aged 11 or 14 were overcome by carbon monoxide from a gas stove last night while alone in their home at 207 South Central. They recovered after fresh air. no lasting effects. Grandmother Leta Moore notified, then Mrs Roy Kirkpatrick called the fire department. The fire crew used no resuscitation.
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Phyllis
Bonnie Dillow
Earl Dillow
Central
Bonnie
Wanias
Leta Moore
Lafayette
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas Reach 50 for 1959
AP report from Topeka shows Kansas traffic deaths in 1959 by the state accident records section. In the last 24 hours two fatalities were recorded, bringing the year-to-date total to 50, compared with 44 for the same period in 1958.
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Topeka
Kansas
Fleet units prepare joint Mediterranean training exercise
Washington reports ships and planes from two U.S. fleets will join forces late this month for a major training operation in the Mediterranean. Strong units from the Atlantic and Pacific fleets will participate in coordinated maneuvers to test joint air and naval capabilities.
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Washington
E AP
U.S
Mediterranean
Special Zoning Group Proposes Three Revisions
The special zoning committee at Memorial Building last night recommended three actions. The plan would reclassify blocks on 4th Street from B-2 to B-1 and B-2 to B-2, and allow one operator beauty shops as home occupations. Final disposition rests with the city commission.
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Special
Memorial Building
Lincoln
Santa Fe
Santae
Commission
Leroy Halsted
Leslie Cable
Robert Perry
James Boerwinkle
Raymond Friederich
Auto Liability Insurance Premiums Rising
New York AP reports higher auto liability insurance premiums across many states as insurers add fresh increases on top of recent boosts. In Kansas, mutual companies raised liability rates by about 14.6 percent as costs to settle claims grow. Rezoning petitions were filed for downtown blocks amid ongoing city zoning changes and hearings noted, with several petitions pending no action yet.
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New York
Kansas
Mutual Companies
Lincoln
7Th
8Th
Santa Fe
14Th
Lincoln and
Cherry
Grant
Forest
Dutch New Guinea to settle government form in 25 years
Dr. Victor de Bruyn told the Emporia Rotary Club that education and medical aid can raise one third of New Guinea's population from the stone age within a quarter century. He described the island as a frontier for western Christian culture and noted Indonesia’s claim to sovereignty and support for invasion volunteers. He spoke after traveling from Hollandia via motorcar with Charles Broadwell.
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Dutch New Guinea
Victor de Bruyn
Rotary Club
de Bruyn
Netherlands Office of Native Affairs
Hollandia
New Guinea
Texas
Netherlands
Australia
Indonesia
Emporia
Charles Broadwell
Springfield
B. M. Dunham
Changing a Tire Fatal to Motorist in Kansas City
A motorist was fatally injured while changing a tire near an intersection in Kansas City. Two other people were hospitalized. Willes L. Gass, 51, died at St. Margaret's Hospital four hours after the accident.
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Kansas City
Kan
Willes L. Gass
St. Margaret's Hospital
GOP Caucus Reviews Docking Budget Proposals In Topeka
In Topeka Republicans plan a joint caucus to study Gov. Docking's budget proposals including repeal of the sales tax hike, fund consolidation, and delaying the 12.5 million sales tax residue payment. They expect heavy criticism and doubt a repeal will pass. The Senate has already advanced bills raising unemployment benefits and restoring higher wage rates at KU and KSU.
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Topeka
House
Senate
George Docking
Docking
Kansas University
Kansas State College
Finance Council
Legislative Efficiency and Economy Committee
State Motor Vehicle Department
U S accuses Soviets of shooting down unarmed transport
The United States presented a graphic tape of radio exchanges between Soviet pilots as evidence that two Soviet fighters shot down a U S C 130 transport last September. The loss killed six to seventeen Americans. a dozen bodies were not recovered.
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Washington
United States
Russia
U. S
State Department
City eyes Santa Fe gift for Johnson Museum plan
No city funds would be used if the Santa Fe railroad freight office at South Grant is donated for a Les Johnson museum. The Chamber of Commerce led by Les Matthews says the project is voluntary and that the chamber would run the museum with profits aiding civic projects, not tax dollars.
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Santa Fe Railroad
South Grant
Osa
Martin Johnson
Les Matthews
Chamber of Commerce
Matthews
The
Santa Fe
Chicago
Johnson
Chamber
Greensburg
Communists Free Five Americans in East Germany
U S Army pilot Richard Mackin along with four other soldiers were released by East Germany after parachuting into the Soviet bloc nation and being held since late last year. The men crossed into West Germany near the border post after noon, with Mackin reporting he felt fine in faded fatigues. The release followed Red Cross negotiations amid U S State Department resistance to negotiating with East Germany.
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Herleshausen
Germany
East Germany
Richard Mackin
Mackin
Washington, D.C
Elwyn Bell
Hill City
Kan
Kenneth G. Carlson
San Leandro
Calif
James W. Hayes
Baltimore
Melvyn Hampton
Berlin
American Red Cross
Red Cross
U.S. State Department
West Germany
Marienborn
Freeby Heads Dairy Group In Kansas Institute Formation
C. C. Freeby of Erie is named first president of the Dairy Institute of Kansas at its organization yesterday in Wichita. Vincent DeCoursey of Kansas City becomes vice president Howard Hurwitz of Lawrence treasurer and Ivan Van Nortwick of Lawrence executive secretary. The joint conventions continue through today.
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Wichita
C. C. Freeby
Erie
New Dairy Institute of Kansas
Kansas Ice Cream and Milk Institute
Kansas Butter and Cheese Institute
Vincent DeCoursey
Kansas City
Howard Hurwitz
Lawrence
Ivan van Nortwick
Merchants Plan Future Promotions
Chanute merchants discussed ideas at a Silver Grill breakfast. Proposals included a George Washington Day, a Spring Opening tied to cleanup week and beautification, and another Sidewalk Bazaar like last fall. They will meet monthly at 7:30 a.m. on the second Tuesday.
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Chanute
Silver Grill
Kansan Drowns in Gulf Boat Mishap Near Corpus Christi
Thomas Moore 64 of Ness City Kansas drowned when his boat capsized off Corpus Christi Texas while four vacationers fished. Three others survived, treated for shock, after witnesses saw Moore slip from a gasoline tank and disappear beneath the waves.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Thomas Moore
Ness City
Kas
Gulf of Mexico
Here
Bob Stauffer
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Carl Schimelpfenig
Grand Island
Neb
George Rita
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Moore
Million in Gems Hidden in Fire Ruins at Canal Street
Fire roared through the two story House of Diamonds jewelry exchange at Canal Street and the Bowery in New York. A police guard battled the blaze as an estimated 1 million dollars in gems and up to 10 million dollars of diamonds were reported to be in the debris.
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New York
House of Diamonds’ Jewelry Exchange
Canal St
Bowery
One Car Crash Kills 26 Year Old William L Jordan
Galva Kansas police report a fatal single vehicle crash on U S Highway 56 west of Galva. William L Jordan 26 was killed in the collision and his home address is listed as Route 1 Galva Kansas.
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Galva, Kas
William L. Jordan
U.S. Highway 56
Galva
Jordan
State Highway Patrol
RI. Rt. 1
Missing Plane Search Underway for Twelve Aboard
A US B 50 Hurricane Hunter with a crew of twelve is missing after a mid Atlantic flight from Bermuda. A Japanese freighter reported seeing a burning plane crash in rough seas about 300 miles northwest of Bermuda. Coast Guard and Navy vessels search despite 40 mph winds and low visibility.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
mid-Atlantic
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Navy
59Th
Kindley Air Base
North Atlantic
Mackinac
Tarawa
Kansas Area Forecast Sees Cloud, Snow Likely Across State
Forecasters expect mostly cloudy and colder conditions with a chance of snow along the southern border late today. Tonight and Friday remain cold with a low near 15 to 20 and highs in the 30s. In western Kansas a mix of rain and snow fell yesterday with Liberal reporting six inches on the ground.
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Topeka
Kansas
Liberal
Two women use confidence game to rob Joplin woman
Police say two fast talking women used a common confidence scheme on Dora Green to take 2000 dollars. They fled, leaving a purse with 3000 dollars but no trace of the swindlers. The plot involved claiming an employer would reward the sum if they could show enough for cover.
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Joplin
Dora Green
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