Postal funds face big cut as House pressures service limits
An election year drive to trim 8 million dollars in Post Office Department funding faces House opposition with Postmaster General Summerfield warning of reduced service. The Appropriations Committee report prompts vows of partial restoration by the Senate, while conflicts over highway funding sources echo in the wider bill.
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Washington
House
Post Office Department
Appropriations Committee
Arthur E. Summerfield
J. Vaughan Gary
D-Va
Summerfield
Congress
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Commerce Department
Ond Eisenhower
Spessard L. Holland
Radiological training for Kansas highway patrol and guards
A two day radiological instrument training school at the National Guard Armory brings about 83 monitors to be trained across Kansas. Instructors from the Highway Patrol lead sessions with Cobalt 60 sources for practice readings.
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National
National Guard
Kansas
Earl Maudlin
Topeka
Ralph Collier
Stockton
Ray Simecka
Emporia
Carl
Gray
Tom Pironka
Paola
Highway Patrol
Coyote Drive Scheduled by Neosho Valley Assn
A coyote drive will take place Sunday starting at 10 a.m. at Hillcrest School four miles south of the South Santa Fe underpass and three miles east. The Willing Workers 4H club will serve hot lunches at noon and coffee and doughnuts before the drive.
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Hillcrest School
South Santa Fe
Neosho Valley
Coyote Assa
Princess Michiko Gives Birth To Heir In Tokyo
Crown Princess Michiko delivers a son in Tokyo weighing five pounds nine ounces. The child becomes second in line to the Japanese throne, as Crown Prince Akihito and Michiko’s first child. Both mother and baby are reported well.
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Tokyo
Michiko
Akihito
Hirohito
Nagako
City Dads ok five percent pay boost for125 workers
The city commission approved a five percent salary increase for the 125 city employees effective March 1. Some exclusions apply, including a few managers. The hike aligns with recent raises in other towns and follows a 1958 general increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Hayes
Hayes
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co
Buffalo Water Plant Contract Awarded to Carthage Firm
Buffalo in Buffalo voters approved an $87,000 bond issue last November and D G Construction Company of Carthage Missouri won the contract for the new water system. The bid totaled 73061 47 including the water tank and was scaled down by removing several water meters and fire hydrants to fit the budget.
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Neosho
Hayes
Earl Malcolm
Gas and Water Department
Malcolm
Chicago
Buffalo
D & G Construction Company
Carthage
E. E. Bowman
Bowman
Red Cross names chairmen for Neosho County drive
Fred L. Johnson announces city and township Red Cross chairmen for the annual membership and fund drive in Neosho County. Chanute quotas and ward leaders are listed with district totals, and the countywide drive will start March 1. Chanute’s quota is $6,690 and the county goal is $9,884.
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Red Cross
Neosho County
Fred L. Johnson
Chanute
Morris Pack
George Corkle
John Akers
Harold Bodley
Paul Haight
Charles Forsyth
Eric
A. W. Burton
Thayer
Frank Dick Jr
St. Paul
Tom Crawshaw
Galesburg
Joe Smith
Stark
A. R. Brant
Earlton
Luke Lasley
Grant
Explosion Causes National Airlines Crash Near Wilmington
The Civil Aeronautics Board reports a dynamite explosion started electrically by a dry cell battery caused the National Airlines crash near Wilmington North Carolina on January 6. The plane carried 34 persons. Julian Frank held over a million dollars in life and accident policies. Durfee says investigation is interim and not yet a probable-cause ruling.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
National Airlines
Wilmington
N.C
James R. Durfee
Julian Frank
Durfee
Senate Aviation Subcommittee
Brasilia Pact Pledges Hemispheric Aid and Peace
President Eisenhower and Brazil’s Juscelino Kubitschek pledge joint resolve to raise living standards across the Americas through economic development while defending democracy and freedom of thought. They emphasize peace, oppose racial discrimination, and plan further actions during Eisenhower’s South American tour.
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Brasilia
Brazil
Americas
Eisenhower
Juscelino Kubitschek
Puerto Rico
Amazon
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
Argentina
Chile
Uruguay
Christian A. Herter
Alcott Students Deliver Museum Fund Donations
Pupils from Alcott School turned over 28.11 dollars to the Osa and Martin Johnson Museum fund drive through the Chamber of Commerce yesterday. Four students Robert Chandler Timmy Reynolds Rex Babcock and Gene Mason led the handover with Alcott faculty member Mrs Sunshine Erickson. The drive total reached 2693.11 dollars of a 5000 dollar remodeling goal for the former Santa Fe freight offices at 16 S Grant to host the museum.
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Alcott School
Osa and
Martin Johnson Museum
Chamber of Commerce
Robert Chandler
Timmy Reynolds
Rex Babcock
Gene Mason
Santa Fe
S. Grant
Wichita Man Killed in Grade Crossing Collision
A 25-year-old Wichita man Carroll Wayne Alexander was killed when his car collided with a Santa Fe passenger train at a grade crossing in Wichita. The crash caused a one hour train delay and marked the citys second traffic fatality of the year.
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Wichita
Carroll Wayne Alexander
Santa Fe
Four Inch Snow Blankets Chanute Area
Winter storm delivers four inches of new snow across western and central Kansas with higher totals in Hill City and Ellis. Strong northeasterly winds and low temperatures follow as highways become slick and travel hazardous.
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Chanute
Highway Patrol
Topeka
Hill City
Kansas
Wichita
Ellis
Hunter
Marysville
Goodland
Garden City
Manhattan
Oakley
Concordia
Great Bend
Docking Seeks Third Term in Kansas Governor Bid
Governor George Docking announced on his 56th birthday that he will pursue a third term, challenging a 99 year tradition. The Lawrence banker and former Republican has drawn GOP support and speculation as a potential vice presidential candidate, while Democrats gain ground in the legislature.
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Topeka
George Docking
Kansas
Sion
Docking
Lawrence
John Pierce
St. John
George W. Glick
Warren Shaw
Clyde Reed Jr
Parsons
Senate
House
Neosho Red Cross reports reviewed at quarterly meeting
Neosho County Red Cross held a quarterly meeting in the Memorial building. Reports by Mrs. Lopeman, Mrs. Lee, and Howard Winans covered donor recruitment, water safety training, first aid certificates, Gray Ladies hours, home service for overseas service members, and plans for a united fund drive. New volunteers and leadership changes were announced along with a film presentation.
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Neosho County
The
Red Cross
Memorial
Robert Lopeman
Carl Lee
Howard Winans
First Aid
Home Service
Gray Ladies
Lopeman
Erie
Ranabargar
Kay Fieidline
Chanute
Ardmore
Okla
D. C
Diver
William T. Hunt
Joe Hummer
Harold Bodley
Keith Richey
Fred L. Johnson
Margaret Wood
Sam Senseney
Hunt
Architect Is Named By Board For School Additions
Pittsburg architect John Hankammer was chosen by the Board of Education to draw plans for additions to Alcott and Lincoln grade schools. Eight architects submitted proposals. Hankammer, who supervised the district building, will begin work immediately. The board hopes to have bond issues voted on for the project.
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John Hankammer
Pittsburg
Board of Education
Alcott
Lincoln
Buford Fisher
Hankammer
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Radiological School
Coyote Drive
Chanute Senior High
Coffeyville
Cathy Thompson
Wilbur Thompson
Nancy Pistotnik
Joe Pistotnik
N. Highland
Donna Moon
Boyd Moon
S. Central
Tribune
Darby Corp
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel
Des Moines
Graver Tank & Mfg. Co
East
Ind
Buffalo Water Plant
Bulletin
San Rachie
Occa
Gov
Wasser
Casey Drug Co
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