Neosho River Water Restrictions Eased After Flow Rise
Kansas lawmakers unveil right to know bills in the House as 35 measures surface before a Feb. 25 deadline. In Neosho area, city lifts car wash ban and water use limits as Barker dam and Owl Creek runoff boost supply, with recirculation halted and plant pumping resumed amid ongoing concerns over water quality.
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Topeka
Kansas House
Kansas
House
Lightfoot
Neosho
Barker Dam
East River
Owl Creek
Yates Center
Humboldt
Barker
Ash Grove
Ross Cooper
Labor Peace On Waterfront Ends East Coast Dock Tieup
New York waterfront employers and the International Longshoremen's Association reached a tentative pact to end a five day East Coast dock strike. The agreement includes a 32 cent hourly wage increase over three years and improved benefits. ratification will determine the actual return of 45,000 dockworkers and local port issues remain to be settled.
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New York
International Longshoremen’s Assn
Hampton Roads
Portland
Maine
ILA
Louis Waldman
Bradley
Polio Shot Drive Starts In City Schools
Dr J D Gough county health officer announced a polio vaccination program for 2400 pupils in city schools. Shots begin at 9 a m daily at listed schools Tuesday through Friday with cooperation from county physicians and a prior opening at Neosho Memorial Hospital for preschoolers and outside-district pupils.
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J. D. Gough
Hutton and
Alcott
Murray Hill
Lincoln
Roosevelt
St. Patrick's
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Chanute
Neosho County
Weather forecast for Kansas with mixed precipitation
A cold front moves across Kansas bringing lower temperatures and unsettled weather. Cloudy and colder through Tuesday with occasional light rain possibly mixed with snow before noon Tuesday. Highs 56 to 68 in different towns, lows from 15 to 44, winds gusty and blowing dust in the southwest and south central regions.
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Topeka
Kansas
Russell
Goodland
Chanute
Northeast Kansas Watershed Approved by Rural Voters
Rural voters approved creation of the Big Stranger Creek Watershed District 11 by 1 345 to 1 133. The district can levy taxes and start a water conservation program. Leavenworth County favored it 1 088 to 289, Atchison 583 to 129, Jefferson 261 to 128 against.
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Atchison
Big Stranger Creek
Leavenworth County
Atchison County
Jefferson County
Frantic Rescuers Free Trapped Man In Raleigh Plant
Frantic rescue workers freed semiconscious electrician Winfred Welborn after over four hours trapped in coal dust in a plant coal chute. Welborn was taken to Rex Hospital Raleigh with shock and chest injuries.
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Raleigh
N. C
Winfred Welborn
Rex Hospital
VFW Leader Visits Parsons Officials and Meeting
Cooper T Holt national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars spoke in Parsons urging the U S to stand up to Russia and backing President Eisenhower s Middle East policy. He planned to lunch with Gov Docking in Topeka and address another VFW meeting. Nine Parsons VFW and Auxiliary members honored Holt with local attendees including Howard Dobson and Paul Brennecke.
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Holt
Eisenhower
Middle East
Russia
George Docking
Topeka
VFW
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Parsons
Cooper T. Holt
Knoxville
Tenn
Chanute
Howard Dobson
Dobson
Paul Brennecke
Brennecke
Harry Johnson
Johnson
Earl Morgan
Morgan
Jack Owens
Post
W. Main
Water Shortage Shuts Camp Cauble Near Benedict
Camp Cauble near Benedict will not open in the 1957 season due to a water shortage. The Sedan Boy Scout Council decided at a Neodesha meeting that the spring source has nearly run dry and may not be reliable next summer even with rains. A substitute camp location will be announced in the coming weeks.
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Cauble
Benedict
Bill Young
Sedan
Boy Scout Council
Camp Cauble
Neodesha
Young
Horse Released After Drunkenness Charge in Farmington
A 65 year old man was fined $20 for drunkenness after magistrate read the charge that he was drunk on horseback after dark with no lamps lit. He was thrown from the horse into the center of a traffic lane where he slept. The horse was sober and released.
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Farmington, N. M
Zion Homeworkers Meet Wednesday With Mrs Endsley
Zion group of homeworkers will gather Wednesday afternoon at two oclock with Mrs Bert Endsley at 613 South.
Six Month Plan Of Active Duty Called Failure
Washington The top National Guard spokesman told Congress the Army six month reserve training program has failed and imposing it on the Guard would be the kiss of death. Maj. Gen. Ellard A. Walsh cited costs and lack of public accounting while noting mobilizations during the Korean War and continued Guard opposition to extended duty for recruits.
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Washington
National Guard
Congress
Ellard A. Walsh
The
National Guard Assn
House Armed Services Subcommittee
Walsh
Guard
Defense Wilson
Army Recruiting Service
Sheriff Seeks Pair After Erie Swindle
Erie deputies seek two men who posed as gas company representatives to check a stove line and gas connections for an elderly woman. They visited last Thursday and received a payment of 14.50 on an 18 bill before departing.
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Erie
Lee Montgomery
Montgomery
Hope to Be Speaker At Soil and Water Rally
Emporia will host a soil and water management rally on February 26 with former 5th District congressman Clifford Hope as principal speaker. The event is sponsored by Marais des Cygnes and the Cottonwood and Neosho Watershed associations, highlighting Hope's watershed development work.
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Emporia
Clifford Hope
Marais Des Cygnes
Cottonwood
Neosho
Hope
Congress
U.S. Drops Efforts in Push for Israeli Withdrawals
President Eisenhower announced the United States is withdrawing outside UN efforts to press Israel on disputed Middle East territories. He urged Israel to cooperate with the United Nations while recalling Ambassador Abba Eban for new reports, with talks not officially ended and no date fixed for further meetings.
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Washington
United States
United Nations
Middle East
White House
Eisenhower
Israel
Thomasville
Abba Eban
Dulles
Eban
Eisenhower keeps in close touch on Middle East crisis
President Eisenhower suspended vacation plans to stay in very close touch with Washington on the Middle East crisis. He spoke by phone with Secretary Dulles and studied written reports from the capital, signaling readiness to return to Washington if needed.
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Thomasville
Eisenhower
Washington
Middle East
Dulles
Mideast
Royal Visit Denied by Foreign Office
London reports that the Foreign Office rejected speculation of a forthcoming royal visit by Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh to America this year. Officials dismissed talks as unfounded and insisted no plans were made.
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London
Foreign Office
Queen Elizabeth
the Duke of Edinburgh
America
City Water Usage Snapshot
Readings show daily water use with figures for yesterday and prior days. The data includes 1,163,000 and 1,066,000 units for yesterday and the same day a year ago, plus 1,223,000 for yesterday’s last week and 8,329,000 for the previous seven days.
Democratic push for civil rights bill on West Coast meeting
National Democratic leaders in San Francisco adopted civil rights resolutions urging quick passage of a civil rights bill in the 85th Congress. Adlai Stevenson and Gov. Averell Harriman backed foreign policy criticisms, urging a resolute stand in the Middle East and calling for Hawaii and Alaska statehood.
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San Francisco
Congress
Hawaii
Alaska
Democratic Party
Democratic National
Paul Butler
National Committee
New Advisory Council
Advisory Council
Adlai Stevenson
Council
Stevenson
Butler
Averell Harriman
New York
Middle East
Israel
Suez Canal
Western Europe
Great Western Alliance
Israel at crossroads under Gaza and Aqaba dispute
Israel faces a pivotal moment as negotiations with the United States hinge on withdrawal from Gaza and Aqaba approaches. President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles demand Israeli forces leave while U N forces may be deployed. Abba Eban recalls talks as Israel weighs conditions.
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Associated Press
Israel
Eisenhower
United States
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
Eilat
Egypt
Aqaba
Suez Canal
Open House Draws 1200 to 1500 Tourists at Lakeside Addition
Curtis C. Taylor reports that about 1200 to 1500 visitors attended the open house for a new residence in the Lakeside addition. The event ran from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday and located just south of the Santa Fe Park main entrance.
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Lakeside
Curtis C. Taylor
Santa Fe Park
1st Infantry Division Adopts Faster Pentomic Structure
Ft. Riley reports the 1st Infantry Division is reorganizing from a three-regiment to a five-combat-unit pentomic formation to enable faster movement and combat efficiency for both atomic and conventional warfare.
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FT. Riley
Traffic Fatalities Reported In Kansas Traffic Record
Kansas state accident records show 3 fatalities in the last 48 hours and 54 to date in 1957, compared with 65 for the same period in 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
Missouri nursing home fire kills dozens in Warrenton tragedy
Grim searchers found 16 bodies amid ruins of the two story old folks home as 70 inmates missing after a rapid blaze. Officials called the fire the worst in Missouri history and urged tighter nursing home safety rules while investigators probed explosive ignition and rapid spread.
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Nursing Home
Katie Jane Old Folks Home
Warrenton
Allan Merritt
George
Warrenton, Mo
Missouri
James R. Amos
State Health Division
Susan Kay Pfister
Alice Watts
Lynn
Ark
James T. Blair
Jefferson City
Blair
Boston
National Fire Protection Assn
NFPA
Largo
Fla
F. H. Knigge
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Roy Franklin
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Texas
Panhandle
Gulf
Weather Bureau
Truman
State Department
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Greece
Cyprus
U.N
Britain
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Gaza
U.N. Assembly
Group of Nations
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Walter H. Schwanie
Jesus
Schwanie
Woodrow O'Sullivan
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