Chanute items report health care aid and exams
Mrs. Powers swallowed a bone while eating chicken and was treated in Neodesha and Bartlesville before returning home. A new police desk board with a transparent cover prints names numbers and shift data, erasable as staff changes occur. Seniors take the Kansas High School Senior Comprehensive Examination this week, with test details and goals outlined by Emporia Teachers College. Miss Stephenson wins Shrove Tuesday pancake race in Liberal. Chanute High observes a walkout in celebration, with Fort Scott match deciding league standings. Shirley hosts a 8 pm community meeting with light refreshments.
Kansas Law Proposes Vehicle Inspections And Various Bills
The Kansas Legislature tackles a compulsory semi annual vehicle inspection bill by Rep Will Townsley and broad changes including a usury bill, county official pay raises, shifting Coadlander Orphans Home to city health oversight, and license fee adjustments for beer taverns auctions and merchandise auctions.
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Joseph Mikesic
Thomas van Cleave
Eldred Browne
Kansas City
Democrats
Third U S Judge Plan Moves in Congress Kansas
Washington D C The House Judiciary subcommittee will hold an early next month hearing on federal judgeship proposals and a bid for a third U S judge in Kansas Rep Hope Kas introduced the bill and will testify Kansas workload rising figures show 661 cases in the past year and 331 cases per judge compared with South Carolina 255 per judge Washington 232 per judge Oregon 179 per judge and West Virginia 106 per judge Sen Schoeppel Kas has a parallel bill in the Senate.
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Washington
House
U. S
Kansas
Rep
Hope
R-Kas
Sen. Schoeppel
Senate
South Carolina
Oregon
West Virginia
Kansan Faces Questioning In Lamb Case
Washington authorities pressed Lowell Watson on timing of his to date repudiation of earlier testimony against broadcaster Edward Lamb. Watson claimed a brief eight day consult for a Lamb lawyer last fall after prior Communist Party membership and a Justice Department role, with questions about when he decided to return to the stand and admit deceit.
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Washington
Lowell Watson
Kansas
Edward Lamb
Communications Commission
Edward J. Brown
Commission
Watson
Lamb
Brown
Communist Party
Justice Department
Jon Brown
Workers and Bosses Unite to Sell Hats in NY Area
AFL Hat Workers Union drops pension fund raise demand to fund a hat promotion drive in New York. CIO Electrical Workers and Otis Elevator reach cost-cutting pact in Yonkers and Harrison, aiming to keep pay steady while reducing nonproductive practices. Union President Alex Rose notes a promotion fund near one million dollars by contract end.
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New York
AFL
Yonkers
N.Y
CIO Electrical Workers
Otis Elevator Co
Yonkers and
Harrison
W.J
Midwest
Alex Rose
Rose
Five Rural Districts Vote March 3 on Merger Plan
Five rural districts Harmony Prairie Queen Leanna Big Creek and Cremona will vote March 3 on consolidation. Voters in each district will cast ballots at their own schoolhouse the same night. The proposal seeks to gauge merger support with details to be decided by districts that vote in favor and the Union district challenges action unless petitioned by 25 percent of voters.
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Erie
Nelle Stevens
Stevens
Harmony
Prairie Queen
Leanna
Big Creek
Cremona
Union District School Board
Winter storm weakens as Kansas expects lighter snow
A cold front moves through Kansas with light snow and sharply falling temperatures. The weather bureau warns zero to 5 below in the northwest and lows 25 to 30 in the southeast, with Thursday highs from the single digits to the 30s and widespread frost overnight.
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Sts
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Garden City
Salina Blast Victim Formerly Lived Here
Jerry Atkinson, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald E. Atkinson, died in an oil tank explosion on Marymount College campus in Salina. The family moved from Salina to Chanute in January 1951, then returned after the season. Mrs. Atkinson is a nurse. The couple were in Mexico when the accident occurred. funeral plans were incomplete.
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Salina
Marymount College
Chanute
Jerry Atkinson
Gerald E. Atkinson
Atkinson
Atkinsons
Cheryl Ann
Butch
Sissy
Mexico
Reds Downed In North Korea
The State Department said two Korean Communist jet fighters destroyed by American jets on February 5 were shot down over North Korean territory after attacking an American reconnaissance bomber. The pursuit continued into North Korean airspace under a hot pursuit theory as a warning against violations of the armistice.
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Washington
State Department
Yellow Sea
U.S
North Korea
Senate blocks bid to halt Congress pay raise
The Senate rejected Sen. Bush's bid to kill a proposed 60 percent pay raise for all Congress members. The defeat signals approval of a raise from $15,000 to $22,500 annually, while Kefauver expects passage by a substantial majority.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Bush
Congress
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Chicago mayoral defeat reshapes party lineup
Mayor Martin H. Kennelly, challenging the regular Democratic machine, was defeated in yesterdays primary. County Clerk Richard J. Daley, 52, won by over 100000 votes and will face Alderman Robert E. Merriam, 36, in the April 5 election after Merriam ran as a Republican.
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Chicago
Martin H. Kennelly
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Robert E. Merriam
Traffic Fatalities In State Record Brief
Topeka report shows 0 traffic fatalities in last 24 hours. Year to date 1955 totals 72. For comparison, same period in 1954 logged 78 fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Found Guilty In Anti-Trust Suit At Kansas City
A Kansas City jury found The Kansas City Star and advertising director Emil Lees guilty of trying to monopolize news and advertising in the area. Sees was acquitted on one count. Sentencing to wait on a new trial ruling. Mayor terms include possible fines up to 5000 dollars per count and up to one year in jail. The newspaper plans to appeal. A parallel civil suit seeks to end alleged advertising and circulation rate practices and separate Star affiliates from the Times.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Star Today
Emil Lees
The
Star
Sees
Roy A. Roberts
the Star
Duncan
Earl A. Jinkinson
the Times
Carbon Monoxide Fatal To Child in a Car
Anthony Leland Null, 10 month old, died in the rear seat of his parents car from carbon monoxide poisoning. The family drove all night from Arkansas City Kansas to Norfolk Virginia, stopping at a gas station in Lebanon Kentucky where the death was found. His siblings Kenneth, Margery Ann and Milton Earl were in the back seat and unharmed.
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Lebanon
Anthony Leland Null
Arkansas City
Kas
Norfolk
Milton Nulls
Kenneth
Margery Ann
Milton Earl
Five Injured as Plaster Falls at Great Falls Theater
Five teenagers were injured when two inches of plaster fell in a Great Falls theater last night. A balcony facing detached and a larger section collapsed, one girl was pinned between seats, rescuers removed the seats to free her, four ambulances responding. The injured include Air Force recruit James Lank, 18, of Wichita, a deep scalp cut and a broken right arm.
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Great Falls
Mont.p
Great Falls Air Force Base
James Lank
Wichita
Kas
What Faith Means to Me Faith Is Everything
Editor notes the first in a Lenten series where Cha nute church members share faith. A teacher laments the need for deep faith to justify existence and finds purpose in guiding over 200 boys ages 11 to 16. He credits his mother and wife, trusts youth, and believes God helps shape a better world.
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Chanute Church
the Tribune
God J
Presidential Preference Vote Proposed for State
The Kansas Legislature considers an anti nudist bill introduced by Rep. John Sherman to curb nudist gatherings of three or more unclothed persons and ban publications advocating nudism. Convictions could incur a $1000 fine or 30 days in jail. Organized by Rev. Braxton R. Sawyer, the measure echoes failed efforts in Missouri and Oklahoma.
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Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
John Sherman
R-Chanute
Sherman
Braxton R. Sawyer
Arkansas
Dio
Ft. Smith
Community Council weighs summer play plan for Chanute
Chanute Community Council discussed organizing a city summer youth recreation program at the Memorial Building. Teen Canteen steps were reviewed with Floyd Bray approved as a Teen Canteen Board member awaiting board appointment. Plans for a lawn grass clinic were tabled for later, with Warren Fitch presiding.
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Chanute Community Council
Memorial Building
Floyd Bray
Chanute
Elizabeth Pieper
Warren Fitch
Glenn Shook
George Tier
Joe Sutcliffe
Sam Willis
William E. West
Glenn Watt
Miss Pieper
Jim Hutton
Merger of AFL and CIO Bolsters Kansas Labor
Kansas AFL head Floyd Black and CIO chief James Yount say a state union of the two groups would widen influence over state legislation and reduce jurisdictional disputes. They estimate 240,000 unionists in Kansas and foresee an 18 month timeline after national merger steps.
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Topeka
AFL
CIO
Kansas
Floyd Black
James Yount
School Board Teachers Dinner Set At Galesburg High
Neosho County Teachers Assn schedules annual school board teacher dinner meeting at 7 p m Monday in Galesburg High School. County superintendent Mrs Nelle Stevens says Wyandotte County Superintendent George D Bell will speak. Music by Galesburg schools. Rev Wright Horton to give the invocation. Dinner prep and service led by Mrs Gladys Rice with home economics students assisting.
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Erie
Neosho County
Gladys Rice
Galesburg
Four Nominations For Service Schools
Four nominations to West Point and Annapolis were announced by Sen Schoeppel. For the Military Academy the nominees are John Stewart Wilson of Pittsburg and Martin Alan Kaplan of Mission. For the Naval Academy the nominees are Earl Robert Snodgrass of Leavenworth and George Russell Lehmberg Jr. of McPherson.
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Washington
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
U. S. Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Sen. Schoeppel
Fixas
Military Academy
John Stewart Wilson
Pittsburg
Martin Alan Kaplan
Mission
Naval Academy
Earl Robert Snodgrass
Leavenworth
George Russell Lehmberg Jr
McPherson
Plumes Plucked at Dallas Peacock Pen
Dilmar Thomas D Humphrey reported to police that intruders entered the estate peacock pen and plucked plumes from the birds.
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Dallas
Dilmar
Thomas D. Humphrey
Bray Heads Retail Group in Chanute Chamber Council
Bray Floyd Bray was elected chair man of the Chanute Retail Council of the Chamber of Commerce at a council meeting yesterday. Ralph Heaton is vice-chairman and Orville James comptroller. other members include Mrs. Sara Wilson Floyd Naff Robert Koch Robert Fisher Jack Durham and Jeff Coots. Dave Evans presided until officers were chosen. Plans note future wholesale and service councils within the chamber. Members to attend next Monday's luncheon.
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Floyd Bray
Chanute Retail Council
Chamber of Commerce
Ralph Heaton
Orville James
Sara Wilson
Floyd Naff
Robert Koch
Robert Fisher
Jack Durham
Jeff Coots
Dave Evans
Chamber
Injuries Prove Fatal After Snowbound Car Crash
Frank Shields, 50, of Painesville Ohio, trapped 17 hours after his car hit a tree in a Feb 10 snowstorm, died of pneumonia and internal injuries. A farmer found him and transported him to a hospital in Wayne County Pennsylvania.
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Waynesburg
Frank Shields
Painesville
Ohio
Shields
Senate bills include gambling clamp and park authority plan
In Topeka, senators drop bills on a presidential primary state park authority and labor relations board. Alfred Harkness seeks to make gambling device possession a misdemeanor while Anderson proposes a presidential primary process and party delegates bound by until 10 percent support.
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Topeka
State Park Resources Authority
State Labor Relations Board
Senate
Joseph McDowell
Kansas City
Legislative Council
Kansas
Labor Relations Board
Labor and Industry Committee
Carl Becker
Coffeyville
Lauria Jones
Dodge City
Sen. Dillard Croxton
R-La Cygne
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Olney
England
Miss Stephenson
J. B. Stephenson
W. 4Th
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Kansas State Highway Commission
Blue Comets
Comets
Fort Scott
Shirley
Kansas City Star
Will Townsley
State Trade Commission
Glenn Strickler
Ramona
Reno County
William Mitchell
Hutchinson
H. L Brownlee
Sylvia
Ancel Dalton
Allen County
Howard Immel
R-Tola
Sumner County
W. M. Ferguson
Wellington
Chester Heizer
Caldwell
Woodson County
Clyde ‘Hill
Yates
Max Dice
R-Johnson
Paul Nitsch
LaCrosse
James Pratt
Colby
Clyde Wilson
Emporia
Kansan
Casey Drug Co
Reds
Kennelly
Richard M. Duncan
Lyle E. Dean
Bill
Labor Power
Bray Heads Retail Group
Alfred Harkness
R-Hays
Fred Hall
John Anderson
R-Clathe
John McCuish
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