Penny drive fuels Erie Park improvements via student contest
Mrs. Helen Gould Scoville started a penny contest with a pupil's gift on a classroom penny. Pennies filled blackboards and banks, now funding Erie City Park upgrades. Fire extinguishers will be serviced weekly starting Tuesday under state underwriter rules, with about 160 units treated. The FFA pest eradication contest ends with Richard Fairchild leading at 5,430 points. awards go to top four finishers.
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Helen Gould Scoville
Eric
Erie City Park
Co. W. Brennan
State Board of Fire Underwriters
Brennan
Fairchild
Owens Hall Sold For 3050 By Juco Board
The Board of Education accepted a bid of 3050 for Owens Hall the Junior College barracks at 219 S Malcolm at a special meeting. Porter McCoy the bidder currently resides in the building. Other bidders were Leslie Thompson and Francis Orr. The postwar project housed Juco football players.
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Board of Education
Buford Fisher
Fisher
Owens Hall
S. Malcolm
Porter McCoy
Leslie Thompson
Francis Orr
Juco
Two Traffic Accidents Involve Local Drivers Over Weekend
Police investigated two motor vehicle collisions over the weekend with no injuries. Glen W. Uden of Buffalo and Kenneth H. Wood of Iola collided on South Plummer when Wood turned from a hospital parking lot. A second wreck on North Highland involved Corbitt Thompson backing a truck, striking R. J. Yeubank, causing minor damage to Yeubank’s car while the truck remained undamaged.
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Glen W. Uden
Buffalo
Kenneth H. Wood
Ashby
South Plummer
Wood
Plummer
Neosho Memorial Hospital
R. J. Yeubank
Cherryvale
North Highland
Corbitt Thompson
Iola
Valentine Spirit Brightens TV's Baker’s Dozen Bachelors
New York carries a Valentine mood as TV figures Robert Q. Lewis and Audrey Meadows discuss bachelor life. Lewis, 34, says he seeks an intelligent, career minded woman, while Meadows stresses patience before marriage and prefers friendships with men. Both reveal ongoing bachelor status and future hopes.
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New York
Robert Q. Lewis
Quipmaster
Lewis
Bill to Repeal Branding Iron Law Introduced in Kansas House
A bill to repeal the branding iron voting law in Kansas primaries was introduced by two Democratic representatives. The measure seeks to allow party-switching in primaries, arguing it would promote more democratic elections. The House also advanced or proposed related local and fiscal measures, including wind erosion control funding, audits for large school districts, and emergency relief provisions for several cities.
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PEKAP
Kansas
Karl Brueck
Paola
Kelso Deer
Augusta
Howard Barstow
Larned
Arkansas City
Emporia
Manhattan
Junction City
Newton
Nell Renn
Ernest Unruh
Sam Charlson
Ralph Upham
Elections Committee
John Madden
Wichita
Fr. Scott
Onaga
Humboldt Driver Posts $100 Bond After DUI Arrest
E. E. Starkey and R. J. Humboldt were taken into custody early Sunday on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence. They were released after posting a $100 bond following an arrest near the North Lincoln overpass when the car nearly collided with a patrol car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Starkey
R. J. Humboldt
North Lincoln Overpass
Tribune Delivery Window for iPhone 17 Intervals
The notice states delivery of the Tribune and iPhone 17 occurs between 5 30 and 6 30 p m on weekdays and Saturdays. It emphasizes a fixed daily window for subscribers to receive items.
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Tribune
Child Hurt In Dog Attack At Home Yard
Becky Sue LaPlaunt 3 daughter of Mr and Mrs C J LaPlaunt 419 W 6th received facial wounds when a large rust colored dog attacked in the family yard Sunday afternoon. Father drove the animal away as police said a physician treated the girl. Family chased the dog toward Plummer but it escaped. Police Chief Tom Morehead seek owner information.
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Becky Sue LaPlaunt
Plummer
Tom Morehead
Kansas City Chamber Dinner Topics Planned at Kay Hotel
A Kansas City Chamber of Commerce dinner at Kay Hotel 7 p.m. Tuesday will cover city planning and retail promotion. Four KC chamber representatives will assist, and a Kansas City delegation letter names C. G. Roush, Phillip Bramwell, Phillip Geissal, and Dwight Bedell as attendees.
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Chamber of Commerce
Kay Hotel
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City
C. G. Roush
Westinghouselectric Corp
Phillip Bramwell
First National Bank of Kansas
Dwight Bedell
Cherokee Pipe Line Aims to Complete Terminals by Spring
PONCA CITY Oklahoma Cherokee Pipe Line Co plans to complete petroleum products terminals by spring at Mount Vernon Missouri Wichita Kansas Wood River Illinois and Oklahoma City Oklahoma the project aims to expand pipeline capacity and storage across multiple states.
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Ponca City
Okla
Cherokee Pipe Line Co
Mount Vernon
Wichita
Kas
Wood River
Oklahoma City
Plane Vanishes Over Tyrrhenian Sea En Route to Congo
An Africa bound Sabena DC6 with 29 aboard disappeared near Viterbo after reporting over Rome. Among the passengers were four Americans, three Belgian children, and Miss Italy 1953 Marcella Mariani. Ground, sea, and air searches comb the foggy region north and west of Rome as officials fear no survivors.
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Rome
Marcella Mariani
Italy
Sabena Airlines
Viterbo
Ciampino
Sabena
Alfred Blum
Civitavecchia
Blum
Brussels
Belgian Congo
Woman Killed Near Ness City in Basketball Trip
Mrs. Ralph Hall, about 43, of Dighton, died Friday night near Ness City Kansas while en route to watch her son play in a basketball tournament. The incident occurred as she was injured fatally on the road.
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Ness City
Kas
Ralph Hall
Dighton
Here
Chiang Kai-shek vows to hold offshore islands with US aid
Chiang Kai-shek stated he will not abandon the offshore islands Kinmen and Matsu and urged United States support if the Chinese Communists attack. He underscored that defending Kinmen and Matsu is essential to Taiwan and Penghu, while denying plans to evacuate Nanchishan.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Taipei
Formosa
United States
Quemoy
Matsu
Chiang
Peiping
Tachen Islands
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Taiwan
China
Defense Ministry
Nanchishan
Quemcy and
Kinmen
Quemcy
Republic of China
Penghu
Tachens
Grant Avenue Baptist Church Celebrates 75th Anniversary
Crowds attend the Grant Avenue Baptist Church 75th founding anniversary events. Dr. Andrew B. Martin of Ottawa University delivered the afternoon message, with sermons by Rev. E M Pearson and former pastor Rev A B Colvin. A basket dinner followed the morning service.
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Grant Avenue Baptist Church
Th c Church
E. M. Pearson
Andrew B. Martin
Ottawa University
Pearson
Valentine mail down in Nebraska with fewer valentines
Postmaster Douglas Hammon of Valentine Nebraska reports about 5000 valentines received for remailing this year down from about 10000 to 18000 in earlier years. Many covers lack the decorative art and most sender origins are from New England as in years past.
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Valentine
Cupid
New England
Hammon
Traffic Fatalities Update From Topeka Records
State accident records show three new traffic fatalities in the last 48 hours. To date in 1955 59 one death from a January accident not previously recorded.
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Topeka
Ansas
Two Die in Missouri Train Pickup Collision
Leavenworth residents Van L. Vandruff aged 29 and Paul J. Bryan aged 32 were killed when their pickup collided with a passenger train east of Leavenworth, Kansas, late Saturday. Authorities reported the fatal wreck occurred on the Missouri side of the line during the collision near the crossing.
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Leavenworth, Kas.p
van L. Vandruff
Paul J. Bryan
Leavenworth
Here
Missouri
Boy Electrocuted Flying Kite in Wichita Falls
Don ney Dee Taylor, 12, was electrocuted yesterday in Wichita Falls Texas when a kite he flew with a long thin wire touched a high voltage line. The tragedy underscores dangers of kites near power conductors.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Donney Dee Taylor
Mrs Laymon Committed To State Hospital In Chanute
Mrs David Laymon was committed to the state hospital for the criminally insane by District Judge B M Dunham after three Chanute doctors found her mentally incompetent to stand trial for first degree murder in the December death of her four month old daughter. She was ordered moved to Larned and remains subject to future trial if deemed sane.
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Erie
David Laymon
State Hospital
B. M. Dunham
Laymon
Chanute
Dunham
Lee Montgomery
James A. Butin
A. M. Garton
Henry K. Baker
Clark M. Fleming
Eric
Richard Ashley
Weather Forecast Promises Mild February in Kansas
The forecast calls for generally fair skies and continued mild temperatures into Tuesday. Tonight’s lows around 25 to 30 with high 50s tomorrow, snow cover mainly in northeast and north central regions to be eliminated. Carden City reached 54, Salina 31, Wamego 18, Wichita 28 overnight lows.
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Topeka
Kansas
North Central
Carden City
Salina
Wamego
Wichita
Rural patrons to discuss school consolidation at Harmony
Three State Department of Education representatives will attend a Harmony schoolhouse meeting for rural patrons tomorrow night at 7:59. County superintendent Mrs Nelle Stevens says the session covers costs of buildings and equipment with slides. Attending consultants include Flossie Shepard Agnes Engstrand and George Reida.
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State Department of Education
Harmony
Nelle Stevens
Flossie Shepard
Agnes Engstrand
George Reida
Ares
Be Vitamin Sure Plenamins daily for health
A brief health ad notes Plenamins daily use from Casey Drug Co promising daily health support. It highlights Be Vitamin Sure as a tagline and directs readers to obtain this product through the local drug store.
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Casey Drug Co
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