Soil enrichment program boosts yields in six counties
The sixth annual fertilizer meeting in Thayer, sponsored by the Thayer bank, drew 140 attendees. Dr. Floyd Smith from Kansas State College, Proctor Gull, Arlan Woltemath, and Mahlon Morley spoke on soil tests in six Southeast Kansas counties, showing 75 percent of land needing 4000 pounds of lime per acre and general shortages of nitrogen phosphorus and potash. Neosho County leads in fertilizer use, raising wheat beyond 30 bushels per acre and improving corn yields despite drought. Gull and Woltemath used a new flank panel to illustrate benefits, citing three dollars income per dollar of fertilizer. Verlin Peterson attended. refreshments followed.
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Thayer
Thayer Bank
Floyd Smith
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Proctor Gull
Arlan Woltemath
Kansas City Chemical Company
Jand Mahlon Morley
Neosho County
Morley
Kansas
Gull and Woltemath
Verlin Peterson
Thayer and Columbus
Thayer School
Rush for Anti-Polio Shots Sweeps County
Anti polio vaccination surged across the county with 1900 plus shots by noon. Neosho Memorial Hospital nearly ran dry before a supply flown from Topeka by airport manager Fred Montague arrived. Patients included 1032 at Chanute and 567 at St Paul Erie and South Mound with plans to extend to Senior High and Junior College pending stock.
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Neosho’ Memorial Hospital
Chanute
Topeka
Fred Montague
Margaret D. Wood
Neosho Memorial Hospital
St. Paul
Erie
South Mound
Royster Junior High
St. Patrick's School
U.S. Delgates Push UN Action Amid Middle East Deadlock
U S representatives at the United Nations press for a solution to the Israel Egypt dispute as a General Assembly showdown on sanctions against Israel is postponed to Thursday. The delay follows a move to allow Israel more time to reconsider pulling its troops from territories formerly controlled by I tn.
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United Nations
N.Y
General Assembly
Israel
U.S
U.N
Middle East
I Tn
One Car Crash Injures Driver Near Morehead
A motorist identified as Ed Parker of Coffeyville was injured when a 1955 Plymouth Belvidere left US 169, rolled over in a plowed field 250 feet from the highway, and was taken to Coffeyville hospital. Troopers Dane Houck and Richard White investigated the 4:55 p.m. crash, with aid from Trooper Burris Millican.
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Abba
Eban
Jerusalem
Morehead
Dane Houck
Richard White
Chanute
Coffeyville
Ed Parker
Burris Millican
Independence
Highway Patrol
Kansas Weather Draws Snow and Cold Front Across State
Forecasters predict light rain this evening turning to light snow tonight with colder conditions on Wednesday. Cold air from the north keeps temperatures in the 30s, with highs yesterday from 60 in Pittsburg to 44 in Goodland and overnight lows from 21 in Topeka to 34 in Garden City.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Garden City
Dodge City
Goodland
Pittsburg
Old Tag Arrests Begin March First
Motor vehicle owners who have not bought 1957 license plates must act by March 1. State Troopers will enforce the license law from that date with a five dollar fine and five dollars in court costs for driving without a proper tag.
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Clarence Shelton
Kansas Highway Patrol
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Topeka and Statewide
Kansas traffic fatalities reported by the State Accident Records Section show 54 deaths in the last 24 hours to date in 1957 and 70 deaths for the same period in 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
Dulles Sees Free Passage Through Gulf of Aqaba
Secretary of State Dulles said American ships will likely pass through the Gulf of Aqaba without Egyptian obstruction and Israel may send vessels through if engaged in innocent passage. Bonn reports James B. Conant to return home as James Bruce floated as potential successor. London notes Britain forms first guided weapons regiment trained in America. Budapest announces armed workers guard to quell strikes. Washington notes Ollenhauer rejects unification deals with Russia without Western ally consent. A Negro spokesman testifies Congress on civil rights patience amid provocation. Johnson urges Senate to back Eisenhower warning to Communist aggression in the Middle East.
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Dulles
Gulf of Aqaba
Israel
Gulf
London
Britain
War Office
America
U.S. Army
Tribune Delivery Help Line Call Instructions
If you do not receive your Tribune contact your carrier. If the carrier cannot be reached call 700 after 6 pm for assistance.
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Tribune
Rocket Designer Sees 2 Year Mars Return Possible
German born Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger, chief of Guidance Control Research at Redstone Arsenal, said an ionic rocket could reach Mars in 400 days and return in 320 at speeds up to 86400 mph. He noted a photon rocket remains a mathematical concept. The astronautics symposium, hosted by AFOSR and Convair, drew over 300 missile experts.
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Calif
Mars
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Convair Division
General Dynamics Corp
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Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
Dockworkers Idle As Contracts Stalemate Controls Ports
About forty five thousand longshoremen from Maine to Virginia remained idle as contract disputes kept a general return to work from spreading. Union leaders warned a nationwide resumption hinged on settlements in all ports, with Philadelphia reporting a local deal for 6000 workers but Baltimore and Norfolk still unsettled.
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New York
Maine
Virginia
Baltimore
Norfolk
William V. Bradley
International Longshoremen’s Assn
Portland
Hampton Roads
Bradley
Philadelphia
Free Coffee Treat In Harlingen After Rainy Weekend
Harlingen Texas dealers Finis Easterling and Gayle Van Tyne gave away free coffee citywide from 8 to 11 am to celebrate over two inches of rain in the Rio Grande Valley. Easterling estimated restaurant bills would total about 200 dollars.
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Harlingen
Tex
Finis Easterling
Gayle van Tyne
Rio Grande Valley
Easterling
Fire Death Toll Mounts to 11 in Nursing Home Disaster
Warrenton Mo George Sitterley reports on the Katie Jane Memorial Home fire the worst nursing home disaster in U S history with 72 deaths confirmed as rescue continues. Officials cite origin near a linen closet on the first floor and consider causes from wiring to arson while Governor Blair seeks swift legislative action to tighten nursing home laws.
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George Sitterley
Warrenton
Seargh‘ers
Katie Jane
Edward Clayton Richards
Troy
Missouri Highway Patrol
National Fire Protection Assn
Largo
Fla
C. R. Oliver
State Highway Patrol
Oliver
James T. Blair
Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee
Missouri
Community Dinner At Rural School Hosts Meeting
All Grangers and friends are invited to a 6 30 covered dish dinner at Rural School Thursday evening An open meeting will follow Those attending are to bring table service
Severance tax on oil and gas faces rocky road in Senate
In Topeka the plan for a five percent severance tax on oil and gas faces likely committee referrals. Sponsors estimate seven to nine million dollars yearly, with a provision to refund local property taxes to ease opposition. Gov Docking remains undecided. Other bills include wheat promotion taxes and county law library funding.
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Topeka
Oil and Gas
Ralph Davison
Washington
Frank Hodge
Hutchinson
Kansas Orders Probe of Rest Homes
Kansas City officials order a careful investigation of rest homes and similar facilities to prevent large scale fire deaths after a Warrenton Missouri incident. Chief Building Inspector John McDermott is to survey all such buildings in the city.
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Kansas City
Kan
Warrenton
John McDermott
Water funds appeal moves for reservoirs in Southeast Kansas
A Kansas House resolution urges the federal government to use available funds to build new reservoirs in Kansas to ease critical water shortages in the Neosho Cottonwood Marais des Cygnes and Verdigris river basins. The measure, introduced by Rep. Blair and with multiple sponsors, asks agencies to prioritize storage projects amid drought risks.
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Kansas House of Representatives
the Tribune Today
Robert N. Allen
R-Chanute
W. A. Blair
R-Oswego
Blair
House Water Resources Committee
Congress
Soil Conservation Service
Soil Conservation and Watershed Acts
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Cottonwood
Mar‘ais Des Cygnes
Verdigris
Reps
Chambers
R-Iola
Hill
R-Yates Center
Bendure
Dparsons
Fribley
R-Crestline
Ingwersen
Vermillion
Oursler
Record February Rains Clobber Texas Panhandle and West
Snow fell in the Panhandle while widespread rain drenched other Texas regions as the state marked its fourth day of rain. Marfa received half an inch, lifting February totals to 22 inches, a record for the month, with more rain forecast statewide.
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Dallas
Panhandle
Texas
Marfa
Water Supply Effort Urged By Cha nute Chamber
O H Cunningham urged continued effort to secure adequate water for Chanute with a review of the chamber water resources committee. Reports covered a Varndell farm pumping test and petitions for federal dam construction on the Neosho and Cottonwood rivers. The Varndell test showed promise but further checks needed.
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Chanute
O. H. Cunningham
Chamber of Commerce
Cunningham
Chamber
Water Resources Committee
E. A. Varndell
Neosho-Cottonwood
Varndell
Water Supply Dim in Chanute After Neosho River Inspect
May J D Lightfoot reported Chanute faces a dim water outlook after inspecting the Neosho River at Humboldt and Iola and its tributaries. Water from Humboldt dam and Owl Creek is minimal with four foot dam spill about two inches deep. Barker dam holds, but pool behind the east river dam rose only a tenth of a foot. City Manager Ross Cooper accompanied the inspection as officials consider easing restrictions.
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Chanute
J. D. Lightfoot
Neosho
Humboldt
Iola
Lightfoot
Humboldt Dam
Owl Creek
Barker Dam
East River
Courthouse Closed Friday for Washington Birthday
Erie offices in the courthouse will be closed Friday in observance of Washington's birth date anniversary. County Clerk Marion Showalter announced today.
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ERIE
Washington
Marion Showalter
City Water Usage Summary Report
Water usage figures show weekly and daily totals with prior periods. The data lists yesterday and week figures: 1,176,000 gallons yesterday and 1,395,000 gallons the previous day, alongside seven day totals of 8,403,000 gallons and 8,261,000 gallons respectively.
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Wethontan
Eisenhower Cuts Georgia Vacation for Mideast Talks
President Eisenhower flies from the Thomasville area to Washington to press a new round of conferences on Middle East stalemate. He will meet Dulles and congressional leaders to map U.S. aims as the U.N. debate moves to consider Israeli troop withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and Gulf of Aqaba.
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Georgia
Washington
U. S
Israel
United States
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
Thomasville
South Georgia
White House
Treasury
Humphrey
Spence Airfield
Moultrie
State Dulles
Mideast
Middle East
Dulles
James C. Hagerty
United Nations
U.N
Hagerty
Travel Business Conference Here On Promo of Tourist Trade
A travel business conference for promoting tourist trade will be held tomorrow from 7 to 9 p m at the Chamber of Commerce office in the Memorial Building. Open to retailers professionals wholesalers and service trades such as filling stations restaurants hotels and motels. Dave King of Colby will supervise for the state Chamber of Commerce and the event is sponsored by the State Chamber the State Board of Vocational Education and Emporia State College with the local chamber underwriting costs.
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Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Building
Dave King
Colby
State Chamber of Commerce
State
State Board of Vocational Education
Emporia State College
Restaurant Closes After Racial Service rulings
H. A. Smart closed his restaurant in the Buchanan County Courthouse yesterday after the County Court ruled he must serve all races. Members of the court indicated several Negroes complained they had been refused service.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
H. A. Smart
Buchanan County
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