Higher County Funds Targeted for High School Support
Kansas Senate considers boosting first class city school levies to 30 mills and allows Wichita and Kansas City to reach 40. The plan would add funds to county high school allocations on a per 100 pupil basis. Other measures include higher county official salaries and expanded absentee voting for disabled residents.
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Topeka
Kansas Senate
Wichita
Kansas City
Laurin Jones
Dodge City
Senate Education Committee
Garner Shriver
General County High School
Fred Hall
Senate
Montgomery
Reno
Saline
Crawford
Regents seek $670000 salary boost for state colleges
Gov Docking calls regents request a legislative matter and says he has no comment until meeting legislators. Regents seek a five percent increase for faculty and research staff to be merit distributed, citing critical teacher losses since budget plans. The five colleges would receive most of the proposed rise.
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Topeka
Board of Regents
George Docking
Senate
Ways and Means
Docking
Pittsburg Buildings Destroyed by Fire
Pittsburg Kansas reports two business buildings destroyed by an early morning fire of unknown origin. The Pittsburg Transfer Co. and General Machinery Co. structures burned with contents lost. No injuries. Fire Chief Elmer Fields says the blaze began in the transfer building with sparks reaching the machinery site. Loss estimates unavailable. Ed Payne says several firms stored goods in the transfer building and he carries $24,000 insured. The machinery structure housed iron and pipe supplies.
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Pittsburg, Kas
Pittsburg Transfer Co
General Machinery Co
Elmer Fields
Ed Payne
Queen Elizabeth II in Portugal for royal reunion visit
Queen Elizabeth II arrives in Lisbon to reunite with Prince Philip after four months apart. The Duke of Edinburgh, returning from a 35,000 mile empire tour, sails aboard Britannia and plans to join state engagements in Portugal amid rumors of a royal rift denied by Buckingham Palace.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Elizabeth II
Duke of Edinburgh
Empire
London
Britannia
Australia
South Pacific
South Atlantic
United States
Buckingham Palace
Mild Weekend Forecast Shifts Across Kansas
Topeka reports a mild weekend with a warming trend through Sunday. Highs yesterday ranged from 47 in Goodland to 55 in Dodge City and Pittsburg, with lows from 16 to 35. Precipitation was light in Chanute and Eureka, and none is expected over the weekend.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Dodge City
Pittsburg
Chanute
Eureka
Dr Settle Named Warden Of Federal Medical Center Springfield
Dr Russell O Settle chief medical officer at Leavenworth federal penitentiary has been appointed warden of the Federal Medical Center at Springfield Missouri in a federal personnel move.
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Washington
Russell O. Settle
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Federal Medical Center
Springfield, Mo
Fire damages 1953 Chevrolet in Petrolia blaze
A 1953 Chevrolet owned by Frank Mangan of Petrolia caught fire around 1 a m at Main and Lincoln. The fire department extinguished the blaze.
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Frank Mangan
Petrolia
Main
Lincoln
State Charter Issued To K U TV Group
Incorporation of Jay Watchers Inc a Lawrence nonprofit sponsor for telecasts of University of Kansas basketball games is reported Roy G Bergen of Lawrence is resident agent Dr Franklin Murphy says the group has no university affiliation and appears formed by alumni and students to televise two or three remaining road games
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Topeka
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Roy G. Bergen
Jay Watchers Inc
Franklin Murphy
57 Telephone Directory Distribution to Start
Approximately 5 050 telephone customers will receive the new Southwestern Bell directory. A E Endres manager said the number is about 300 more than last year. Directories will be mailed next week with subscriber names addresses and numbers plus a yellow pages section. Old directories may be discarded once the new book arrives. Endres urged checking for inserted papers or numbers before disposal.
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A. E. Endres
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Endres
City civil service chief approves leave for candidate Pulskamp
Mrs Kay Bogendorfer president of the Los Angeles civil service commission granted John J Pulskamp a leave of absence to run for city council. She is one of his opponents in the race and aims to be fair in the process.
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Los Angeles
Kay Bogendorfer
City Civil Service Commission
John J. Pulskamp
Bogendorfer
Eisenhower and aides press on Middle East Gaza talks
President Eisenhower and top foreign policy advisers meet in Thomasville to press Israel to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and Gulf of Aqaba. Dulles and Lodge report Israel rejects the U S withdrawal plan and seeks greater Egypt assurances before any pullout.
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Thomasville
Eisenhower
Egypt
Dulles
Lodge
Washington
Israel
United States
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
Abu Eban
State Department
U.S
Aqaba
U. S
Strait of Tiran
U. N
Cold Weather in Midwest Reports Light Snow and Low Temperatures
The Associated Press notes most precipitation in the eastern third with light snow in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. Michigan sees 1 to 3 inches in the south and 2 to 6 inches in the north. Dakota and Minnesota report snow flurries. California gets light drizzle. temperatures drop near zero along the Minnesota border as a cold front sweeps from Wisconsin to Washington and into Colorado and northern Texas.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast States
Appalachians
Lower
Michigan
Upper
California
Dakotas
Minnesota
Plains
Wisconsin
Washington
Colorado
Texas
Canadian
Faith Shaken in New Mexico Legislature
Rep. Fred Cole of Eddy County claimed more men in New Mexico had been killed over water than women. Rep. Lawrence Godell of Chaves County responded that such a claim would shatter his faith in the manhood of New Mexico men.
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Santa Fe, N.M
Fred Cole
Eddy County
New Mexico
Lawrence Godell
Chaves County
Airman Killed in B47 Fire at Walker AFB Roswell
Airman First Class Jerry B. Pomeroy 25 of Weaverville California was killed today and nine other airmen injured when fire engulfed a B47 bomber on a ramp at Walker Air Force Base near Roswell New Mexico.
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Roswell, N. M
Jerry B. Pomeroy
Weaverville
Calif
Walker Air Force
Here
Fear of natural gas shortage prompts calls for faster supply search
Washington hearing on Phillips Petroleum price request hears that new gas supplies must be found at least 50 percent faster. C E Turner notes reserves to production ratio has declined while known reserves cover only a few years of demand. Jack Tunner explains shift since 1945 from dry gas wells to deeper sources including casing head and condensate gas.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
C. E. Turner
Phillips Petroleum Co
Turner
Jack Tunner
Phillips’ Production Department
Tunner
Haile Selassie accuses Egypt of subversion in Ethiopia
Emperor Haile Selassie, in an Addis Ababa palace interview with Homer Bigart of The New York Times, charged Egypt with fomenting subversion in Ethiopia and urged greatly increased US military aid to preserve Ethiopia’s independence.
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New York
The
New York Times
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Egypt
Ethiopia
Homer Bigart
Times
Traffic Fatalities Reported In 1957 To Date
Kansas traffic fatalities from the State Accident Records Section show 51 deaths to date in 1957, with 62 deaths in the same period of 1956. No fatalities were listed in the last 24 hours.
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Topeka
Kansas
Youth wounded in accidental gunshot near Neosho
Kenneth Naughton 17 of R 3 was treated at Neosho Memorial Hospital for an accidental gunshot wound to the pelvis after a pistol fired prematurely during a shooting excursion with two friends Ronald Rains 17 of 307 S Western and Mike Gillihan 18 of 1420 S Highland. The bullet lodged in a muscle and was not removed. surgery aimed to locate it. The youths were on a Forget Me Not HD Unit shoot about two miles south of the air station when the mishap occurred yesterday afternoon.
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Kenneth Naughton
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Naughton
Ronald Rains
S. Western
Mike Gillihan
S. Highland
Ruth
Rains
Miss Francis Crowned Queen of Comet Quintet
Susan Francis of rural Chanute was crowned queen of basketball at Senior High School last night during halftime of the Chanute Parsons game. Four senior candidates stood as princesses with escorts from the basketball team. Coronation followed by a pep club dance at the Junior College Little Theater.
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Susan Francis
Don Puckett
Tribune
Lee Francis
Chanute
Miss Francis
Marion Stevens
Alice McCune
David McCune
Carol Knox
Wayne Knox
Sheila Bray
Floyd Bray
Helen Anderson
Nancy Harris
Fred M. Harris
David Fehr
Dick Lind
Howard Schooley
Little Theater
Open City Status for Los Alamos Birthplace Begins Monday
Los Alamos New Mexico, birthplace of the atomic bomb, will become an open city at noon Monday. The Atomic Energy Commission says entry and exit will be easier while security at the Los Alamos laboratory remains unchanged. The site has been a closed community since January 1943 during bomb development.
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Los Alamos
N. M
Atomic Energy Commission
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Vandals Damage Car of Larry Myers Near School
Larry Myers found his parked car damaged after a basketball game at Senior High School. Police said the left door glass was broken the interior upholstery slashed and the back glass cracked. Two mounted rear view mirrors were broken. The incident occurred at 424 West Seventh.
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Larry Myers
Myers
K U Grid Coaches Get Pay Increases
The State Board of Regents approved pay raises for six University of Kansas assistant football coaches. Five aides gain 300 dollars annually, one gains 400 dollars. New wages: Schafer 7000, Pulis 6500, Wartiainen 6500, Replogle 6500, Trippett 6500, Piskoty 6200. Head Coach Mather's 11000 remains with a 500 dollar rise for a one year term.
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Topeka
University of Kansas
State Board of Regents
Paul Schafer
Dave Pulis
Lauri Wartiainen
Wayne Replogle
Thomas Triplett
Richard Piskoty
Chuck Mather
Army mules resist civilian life after discharge
In Colorado Springs 136 Army mules discharged this week resisted civilian life. Four of the equines escaped from the stables and were captured near Ft. Carson after the Army disbanded its last mule outfit. Two more remained at large headed back to the fort. One more mule captured nearby embarrassed a veterinary sergeant during roundups.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Ft. Carson
Army
Albert Rodee
Rodee
Kansan Will Wed Dr Edward Litchfield
The engagement of Mary Carolyn Morrill 32 of Hiawatha Kansas to Dr Edward H Litchfield 42 was announced by her parents Mr and Mrs Frank N Morrill. Litchfield is chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh and a leader in various civic roles. The wedding is planned for March at the Morrill home.
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Hiawatha
Kas
Mary Carolyn Morrill
Kansas
Edward H. Litchfield
Frank N. Morrill
Litchfield
University of Pittsburgh
Smith-Corona Corp
Governmental Affairs Institute
Washington
Miss Morrill
Kansas University
Columbia University
Edmund N. Morrill
Congress
Morrill
Emmy Nominations Telecast Set By Academy Tonight
Television’s tribute to top talents features the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy nominations telecast on NBC from 9 to 10 30 p m EST in color and black and white. The ceremony originates from Hollywood and New York with emphasis on entertainment over voting technicalities.
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Hollywood
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
NBC
New York
Ring Rash Leads To Lost Wedding Band
Mrs Albert M Dashiell avoided further irritation by removing her wedding ring and pinning it to her bed mattress. Hours later a renovation crew collecting the mattress unknowingly removed the ring bearing a $500 value, leaving her with no ring and an unresolved loss.
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Houston
Tex
Albert M. Dashiell
Israel Rejects Plan in U.N. Debate Over Gaza and Aqaba
At the United Nations General Assembly Israel rejected the American plan to settle Gaza and Aqaba disputes as inadequate. The session resumed pending Egypt Israel accord on final troop withdrawal from Gaza. Dulles and Lodge met Eisenhower for 45 minutes as Eban deemed Israel's reply constructive in spirit and content.
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United Nations
N. Y
U.N. General Assembly
Middle East
Israel
U.S
Gaza
Aqaba
Egypt
State Dulles
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Thomasville
Eisenhower
Montgomery Advises President on TV
White House television adviser Robert Montgomery told about 300 guests at the Congressional Club that he has never told President Eisenhower how to perform on TV. A TV producer and actor, he said his role is to keep obstacles from blocking the President’s communication with the people.
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Washington
Robert Montgomery
White House
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Congressional Club
Regents OK loan for K State dorm
The Kansas Board of Regents approved a $1,200,000 federal loan for a Kansas State College men’s residence hall to be repaid from dorm revenue, with a total project cost just over $2,000,000 funded partly by state dormitory tax levy. It also approved a $150,000 federal loan for Emporia State Teachers College dormitory construction. Kansas University seeks a $25,000 increase in general fee fund spending from the State Finance Council.
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Topeka
Kansas Board of Regents
Federal Housing and Home Finance Administration
Kansas State College
Emporia State Teachers College
University of Kansas
State Finance Council
Injuries Fatal For Ft. Riley Soldier in Salina Crash
John T. Swan of Junction City died in a Salina hospital after a U S 40 crash near town. Three other Ft. Riley men Andrew Bueschel Bobby Clark and John Friel were injured and cared for at Asbury Hospital in Salina.
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Salina
John T. Swan
Junction City
Ft. Riley
State Highway Patrol
U. S. 40
Andrew H. Bueschel
Bobby J. Clark
John J. Friel
Asbury Hospital
City Water Usage Report Confused By OCR Artifacts
Water usage figures appear garbled with stray phrases about yesterday and week comparisons. The fragment references Tribune delivery and a carrier contact number, but no clear totals, dates, or locations are discernible.
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Duimier
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Edward Litchfield
Academy of TV Arts
Tonight
U.N
Sharm el Sheikh
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