Pay Scale Change Sought for State Office Building Workers
A bill in the Kansas House would end the prevailing wage system for 148 Office Building Commission employees and place them under civil service pay scales. Gov. George Docking backs the measure, noting potential equality with state schools and possible voluntary conversion by the commission. The move aims to end pay discrimination and align office staff wages with civil service norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
State Office Building Commission
George Docking
Docking
University of Kansas
Kansas State College
K-State
K.U
John D. Casebeer
McPherson
Ways and Means Committee
Robert Anderson
Ottawa
Anderson
Office Building Commission
Ways and
John Casebeer
D-Mcpherson
Atty
John Anderson
City swaps karakul sheep for deer to diversify park herd
Three Karakul sheep added to the Highland Park animal display after a Wednesday swap with four deer. The 11 deer remaining in the herd now share the enclosure with the sheep, sourced from Chautauqua County. The trade aimed to diversify the herd while leveraging a deer surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Park
R. J. Hayes
Hayes
Chautauqua County
GOP Confident Of Future Wins
Senator Norris Cotton told the Lincoln Day dinner in Independence Kansas that Republicans will march to victory if they stand firm. He said the country needs Republicans for peace strong defense and fiscal solvency and criticized Democrats for mismanaging defense funds and the missile race. Kansas GOP leaders urged evangelistic campaigning as they discussed 1960 election plans and party organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Kas
Norris Cotton
Eisenhower
Army
Truman
Cotton
Abraham Lincoln
Glenn Cogswell
Topeka
Lincoln
Kansas
Sam Mellinger
Andrew Schoeppel
Congress
Myron George
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Tallied in State Records
The State Accident Records Section reports fatalities from the last 48 hours and year totals for 1959, with 57 deaths to date. The figures for the same period in 1958 show 51 deaths, reflecting the current period’s toll.
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Topeka
Kansas
Sherman Heads Lincoln Day Club in Independence
John Sherman, Chanute attorney, elected president of the Lincoln Day Club at Independence during the Third District celebration. He succeeds William K. Ong of Parsons. Mrs. Louis Baker of Oswego named vice president. Viola Gimm and Dave Scott of Independence re elected secretary and treasurer.
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John Sherman
Chanute
Independence
William K. Ong
Parsons
Louis Baker
Oswego
Viola Gimm
Dave Scott
Driver Sentenced After Driving While Intoxicated Crash
Charles M. Peterson, 25, of Iola R 3, was sentenced to 35 days in county jail and fined 25 dollars after pleading guilty in police court yesterday to driving while intoxicated leaving the scene of an accident and not having a driver’s license. He was arrested last Saturday night after his car collided with a parked vehicle belonging to Frank Baughn at the Baughn home 1101 N Steuben.
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Charles M. Peterson
Iola R
Frank Baughn
Baughn
N. Steuben
Help Is Needed To Fight Mobs For Jukeboxes
The Senate Labor Management Committee heard from Albert S. Denver president of Music Operators of New York Inc stating 160 members operate 8 000 of 11 000 jukeboxes in New York and earn over 11 million dollars annually. He warned gangsters see jukeboxes as a ripe field and the association fights them. The committee described Apalachin connections and cited 10 alleged crime convention delegates in coin machine business including Gerard Catena Carmine Lombardozzi Mike Miranda John DeMarco John Scalish Joseph Falcone Michael Genovese Gabriel Mannarino John Larocca and Frank Zito. The probe also noted 1 000 Gary Indiana area pinball machines removed from bars amid the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York City
Senate Labor Management Committee
Apalachin
Robert F. Kennedy
Gerard Catena
Carmine Lombardozzi
Mike Miranda
New York
Brooklyn
John A. DeMarco
John Scalish
Cleveland
Joseph Falcone
Utica
N.Y
Michael Genovese
Gabriel Mannarino
John Larocca
Pittsburgh
Frank Zito
Springfield
Ill
Lombardozzi
Kennedy
Gary
Ind
Cary
Albert S. Denver
The
Music Operators of New York, Inc
Denver
Lex Cohen
Cohen
Rainy and Cold Outlook With Thunderstorms Likely
Topeka AP reports showers possibly heavy thunderstorms this evening and tonight, with Saturday partly cloudy and colder. Tonight low around 30s, Saturday high near 40. Drizzle evolving to snow across Kansas, temperatures dipping to the 20s in the east, western Kansas remaining dry. High yesterday 68 in Garden City. lows ranged from 20 at Hoxie to 46 at Pittsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Garden City
Goodland
Pittsburg
Dulles Undergoes Successful Hernia Operation
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles had a successful hernia operation in Washington. State Department press chief Lincoln White said the procedure went well and his immediate postoperative condition was satisfactory. Tissue and fluid were removed for microscopical examination.
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Washington (Ap
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Lincoln White
Dulles
White
High School Talk Highlights Safety Than Fate
Harry A. Biltz, 32, of Colwich Kansas, speaks at Washington High School about traffic safety. He shows the injuries from a 1957 wreck and urges careful driving, sharing his plan to devote the rest of his life to founding SAFE, the Safety Assn for Education. He notes his family lives on relief and warns pupils about blind spots and red lights.
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Kansas City
Kan
Harry A. Biltz
Washington High School
Biltz
Kansas City’ Athletics
Harry Biltz
Safety Assn
Special Valentine Girl's Own Heart
Charmaine Augustine a seven year old from Jackson Michigan underwent heart surgery at the Cleveland Clinic for a structural defect. Surgeons also wired her heart to a portable pacemaker during the operation delivering 80 impulses a minute until her own pacemaker strengthened enough to take over.
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Cleveland
Charmaine Augustine
Valentine
Charmaine
Jackson
Mich
Cleveland Clinic
Arraignment Set For Two In Murder Charge
Kansas City Kansas two young men Robert Joseph Spencer twenty and Gaither Eugene Crist twenty one were to be arraigned on a murder charge in the slaying of landlady Mrs Rubie E Blanton fifty nine arson arrested in New Orleans for prior days. The victim was beaten and throat cut with body found February fifth in her basement after being held five days. Spencer allegedly admitted the killing to avoid police learning they had taken her .32 revolver.
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Kansas City
Kan
Robert Joseph Spencer
Gaither Eugene Crist
New Orleans
Rubie E. Blanton
Spencer
Crist
Crash Fatal KANSAS CITY Driver Dies in Claycomo Crash
An automobile struck the rear of a truck in Claycomo suburbs last night killing the car driver Ben H. Nevins age 62 of North Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Claycomo
Ben H. Nevins
Enrolled Student Fritz Fredericks Delays at Northeast State
Fritz Hans Fredericks Jr enrolled as a general business student at Northeast State College in Monror Louisiana. His registration forms, admission fee, and high school diploma certificate were missing and he was dropped from a class for excessive absences after being reported as the campus mascot who swims Bayou Dessard.
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Monror
Fritz Hans Fredericks Jr
Northeast State College
Louisiana
Northeast Student Center
Feline Chasers of America
Dog Lovers Society
Annie Lee West Stahl
Fritz
Bayou Dessard
Wilbur Lee Perkins
Commerce Department
Willie Taft Smith
Equipment Moves In Topeka Water System Plan
TOPEKA AP Allen Engler of Jarvis Construction moves in to prepare for a new east river water intake project in Topeka as City Manager R. J. Hayes says equipment arrival signals start of an $850,000 improvement program. School officials have not solved the mystery of enrollment at the campus cafeteria.
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Topeka
Allen Engler
Jarvis Construction Co
Salina 49
Shawnee
Prepara
Fritz
East
R. J. Hayes
Pete Williams
Tribune
Lee Wasser
O. N. McNeil
Repeal Vote Faces House Hurdle In Oklahoma
Oklahoma lawmakers debate a Senate approved plan for state ownership of liquor stores if Prohibition repeal passes. Governor Edmondson backs privately owned package stores with a joint committee review planned. Rep. Metcalf says amendment votes exist but floor action unlikely before midweek.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
House
Senate
J. Howard Edmondson
Edmondson
William Metcalf
Hobart
Metcalf
Mine Accident Is Fatal to Two in Missouri Shaft
Four men were aloft in a lead mine bucket when a wire cable splice failed. The bucket dropped about 100 to 175 feet, killing Junior Gillam and Don Hall. Two survivors, severely injured, were pulled from the shaft in critical condition. Coroner Jonas noted no prior survivor of such a fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wibernum, Mo
Junior Gillam
Potosi
Don Hall
Fredericktown
Gillam
Hall
Bennett
St. Joseph
Woman Killed Kindling a Fire in Basement Store
In Maryville Missouri Mrs Mildred Murphy 48 burned to death while trying to light a fire in a basement store. Her husband Ralph 45 suffering facial and hand burns was saved by their two sons Billy Rex 24 and Bobby Lee 19 who rescued him after using gasoline due to running out of kerosene. The farm home 92 miles northeast of Stanberry was damaged.
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Maryville
Mildred Lucille Murphy
Ralph
Murphy
Billy Rex
Bobby Lee
Stanberry
Neosho County Sets 1959 Red Cross Goal of 9894
Neosho County aims for 9894 dollars in the 1959 Red Cross drive led by general chairman William G. Bodley. The goal splits 5909 to the county chapter and 3985 to the national. Residential canvassing starts March 1 with meetings in Erie and Chanute featuring Bodley and speakers Pat Schluck and Jack Newkirk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neosho County
Red Cross
William G. Bodley
National Red Cross Organization
Erie
Jack Newkirk
Independence
Volunteer
Chanute
Bodley
Merle Willis
Stark
Nels Olson
Earlton
A. R. Brant
Big Creek
Luke Lasley
Danville
Raymond Fickel
Centerville
Walter Meeker
Chetopa
Kenneth George Erie
Vyrl Fogel
Grant
Raymond Gatewood
Lahore
Marion Showalter
Lincoln
Mission
Henry Siemer
Shiloh
Tioga
Ernest Kepley
Walnut Grove
Joe Pillot
Memorial Building
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Central Asia
Chamber of Commerce
Les Matthews
Chamber
Howard A. Jester
Matthews
Mid-America
Police
GOP
Sherman Heads Club
Vecwaaul Oe
DeVeLy. Biltz
Colwich
Wichita
Oectober
Tommy Goff
Glenn Goff
W. Main
Tommy
Valentine Girl
Fritz Raffles
Clint Hanna
Topekan
Lou Bennett
Lloyd Francis
Dillard
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