Fish and Game Chief Reports Unusual Resignation Move
Pratt AP Dave Leahy director of the Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission says he has heard nothing from officials about a meeting to discuss his resignation. He says the move reflects unusual procedure and notes he intended to resign to aid a department reorganization effective March 1.
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PRATT
Dave Leahy
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Leahy
Pratt Tribune
Ed Madden
Hays
John Anderson
Commission
Kaup
Steel led vigorous Wall Street rally on steady turnover
Wall Street rose as steel shares led a broad market advance with trading around 3 million shares. Industrials including rails aircraft and chemicals gained while corporate bonds fell, and the Laos crisis and Cuba tensions provided a cautious backdrop.
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New York
Laos
Cuba
Edna Elliott Visits Sister in Texas and Local Christmas Gatherings
Mrs. Edna Elliott visits her sister in Texas while local families attend a Kansas City funeral. A Christmas dinner gathers the Hinkleys, Starlipers, Mixes, Nevilles, and others. Esther Larson returns home after holidays in Kansas City. Weekend guests include Olson of Laverne and Langhan family of Cheyenne with Michael and Michael of Stark at Mix home.
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Maurice Neville
Maude Neville
Olive Hinkley
Ernest Mix
Bronson
Wayne Cheatwood
Oklahoma
Cora Haworth
Esther Larson
Kansas City
George A. Olson
Lavonburg
Stanley Langhan
Michael
Gene
Arthur Carl
Luanna
Cheyenne
Wyo
Edd Michael
Stark
V. E. Mix
Chata Michael
Last Day's Tour of Mexico a Beautiful Exciting Travel Note
Editor Esther Watkins files a lively account of the Kansas UNESCO bus tour through Old Mexico. The group stays at Hotel Taninul in Valles, tours Choy river country, notes sulfur springs and orange groves, meets bus drivers Humberto and Jesse, and returns via Monterrey crossing the Rio Grande.
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Mexico
Kansas
Unesco
Old Mexico
Esther Watkins
Taninul
Valles
Choy
Laredo
Myrna
Watkins
Jesse
Humberto
Monterrey
Webster's Cafe
Rio Grande River
United States
Culdes
Victoria
Elderly Couple Crushed By Giant Earthmover
A car backed into a 30 ton earthmover on a Kansas bypass near Ellsworth killing Theodore B. Grubb, 74, and his wife Josephine, 64. The earthmover operator was James Kruse, 24, of Lyons, for List and Clark Construction Co. The Grubbs operated Ellsworth Funeral Home and were en route to a dinner along the roadwork area.
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Ellsworth
Kan
Theodore B. Grubb
Josephine
Kansas
James Kruse
Lyons
List and Clark Construction Co
Kansas City
Toledo
Nuclear Reactor Explosion Kills Three in Idaho
An experimental Army Air Force reactor at the National Reactor Testing Station in Idaho Falls exploded killing three men. The AEC sealed the site, blamed a probable chemical explosion, and said radiation levels pose no broader danger.
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Idaho
Idaho Falls
America
The
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Air Force
National
Here
Washington
Army
Midwives Deliver 16 Percent of SC Births in 1957
South Carolina records show 16 percent of 62,942 births in 1957 were assisted by midwives. The article notes this as the latest complete figure. It also mentions early spectacles evidence from 1352, highlighting an Italian cardinal portrait with two lens attachments on a forklike handle.
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Columbia, S. C
South Carolina
Anderson May Change Sides In Court Case
In Topeka AP report Gov elect Anderson may switch sides in a suit challenging parole powers. The case, upheld by Shawnee District Court, was appealed by Gov Docking as Anderson becomes attorney general.
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Anderson
Topeka
Atty
John Anderson
Board of Probation and Parole
Kansas Supreme Court
George Docking
Docking
Dale Spiegel
Shawnee
Aubrey Brooks Leigh
Community Notes of Visits and Gatherings
Kimball and nearby residents recall a busy weekend with visits and social events. Families from Kimball EUB church shared a Sunday religious service for Erie Rest Haven residents. Mr and Mrs. Alfred Ludlum hosted a farewell party for their son Alfred on leave. New Year greetings came from Topeka visitors and Harpers visitors joined local families for long weekend visits.
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Kimball Eub Church
Erie Rest Haven
Willa Adell
Harold Sample
Danny
Mary Cook
Francis Lee
Verna
Kay
Gary
Don Mundell
Suzanne
Laura
Allen Coover
Julie
Merriel Hibbs
Verne Peak
Topeka
Kenneth Sexton
Gerald Sexton
Eric
Willard Allen
Stella Laver
Ray
Eddie Laver
Moran
Clarence Honn
Harper
Lyle Horn
Bell Elder
Stark
L. FE. Haviland
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Befto
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Peabody Coal
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Savonburg
Eva Lindberg
Leon Cupper Jr
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First National Bank
Thayer, Kansas
Melvin
New Bank-By
Harry E. Rash
Melvin W. Morley
Kenneth Rash
A. W. Burton
Ass't. Cashier
Vera Harms
Ass’t. Cashier
Mrs. Eunice Rash
Ruth J. Rash
Mrs
Lila Rash
Federal Reserve Bank
C.C.C
U. S
Harry E. Rush
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Kimball
General Electric
Home Appliance CO
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Iola
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Stark State Bank
Stark, Kansas
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U. S. Treasury
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