Dedication of Grace Episcopal Church Opens Sunday
The Grace Episcopal Church near Third and Lincoln will dedicate a new Gothic brick structure with 83 by 36 feet, seating about 200. Right Rev. Goodrich Fenner will officiate with Rev. Boyd Latimer, as the organ is installed. an open house awaits later completion.
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Grace Episcopal Church
Goodrich R. Fenner
Topeka
Episcopal Diocese of
Kansas
Boyd C. Latimer
Third and
Lincoln
Latimer
Sawyer Hall
Tribune
Squirrel in Chimney Sparks Rural Mystery and Grange Visit
Mrs. Linnie Gilmore found a soot covered dead squirrel in her Chanute farmhouse after failing to seal the chimney. The incident coincides with a large Grange gathering at Memorial building drawing 200 plus attendees with no prior room reservations. A&P neighbor dispute led to two arrests and two days in jail with a shared cell. A Chanute woman reported a night time noise at her home prompting police involvement.
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Linnie Gilmore
N. Evergreen
Chanute
Probe Yields Mouse Trap Find In Investigation
Police investigation produced a single item a recently sprung mouse trap containing a dead mouse. No other clues or evidence were uncovered.
Busy Court Session Delays in Humboldt Courthouse
City court hearings in Humboldt featured Willard L Crowl 24 facing driving while intoxicated and reckless driving charges after his car left US 169 near Village Creek bridge. Crowl’s 3 point BAC below legal limit but prosecution may pursue due to circumstances. Other cases: H H Clements cited for collision with parked truck and eyesight limits. bond returned. S. B. Yount found guilty for failing to yield and fined. Mrs. Ray Cheney fined for illegal parking.
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Willard Leon Crowl
Humboldt
Crowl
US 169
Village Creek Bridge
H. H. Clements
S. Malcolm
South Lincoln
South Santa Fe
S. B. Yount
Humboldt R. 2
S. Central
Ray K. Cheney
N. ‘Washington
Gasoline price war ends in Kansas City
Six weeks of reduced fuel costs ended as prices rose seven cents. Regular gasoline is now 29.9 cents a gallon and premium 33.9 cents, ending a price-cutting spree that began December 2 with highway stations entering Kansas City. Officials note the end of the price war amid a spike in rates.
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Kansas City
Navy reprimand erased from clerk Wasylkow record
New York report details Miss Anna Wasylkow a 39 year old civilian clerk stenographer at St. Albans Naval Hospital who answered a phone off duty near closing time July 31 1958. She fought the reprimand through legal channels. Navy reviewed the case and ordered the penalty removed from her file.
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New York
Anna Wasylkow
St. Albans Naval Hospital
Queens
Fang
Wasylkow
Samuel Resnicoff
Resnicoff
Secretary of the Navy
Gates
Navy
Not So Cold Area Forecast For Kansas Weekend Warmth Seen
Topeka reports easing cold as part of a warming trend arrives. Daytime highs yesterday ranged from 23 at Goodland and Concordia to 35 at Pittsburg with overnight lows from 2 at Lovewell Dam to 14 at Dodge City. Partly cloudy skies expected through Saturday, with low tonight near 2% and Saturday high in the upper ds.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Concordia
Pittsburg
Lovewell Dam
Dodge City
City Participates in Nationwide Civil Defense Test
Chanute joined a national Civil Defense communications drill. Parsons police relayed word at 3 14 p m to local businesses with two way radios. Civil Defense director Raymond Friederich was alerted by state radio operators at highway offices. Local evaluation will be sent to the state Civil Defense office in Topeka.
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Chanute
Parsons Police
Raymond Friederich
Chanute Civil Defense
Topeka
Halleck Opposes Johnson Priority Program in Congress
House Republican Leader Charles A. Halleck of Indiana says he will oppose the Democratic Senate program led by Lyndon B. Johnson. He fears the plan signals an orgy of wild eyed spending and would push the nation toward uncontrolled expenditures.
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Washington
House
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Halleck
Johnson
Dulles and Mikoyan Confer Two Hours on Berlin Talks
Anastas i I Mikoyan and Secretary of State Dulles met over two hours in Washington and planned a resumption at 4 p.m. They discussed East-West tensions including German unification and Berlin, with Mikoyan heading to a Capitol luncheon after the talks.
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Washington
Anastasi I. Mikoyan
Secretary of
State Dulles
State Department
Mikoyan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mikhail Menshikov
Dulles
Capitol
Berlin
Governor resigns bank post in Lawrence leadership shift
Lawrence bank announces Gov George Docking resigns as president and director of the First National Bank of Lawrence. He will be succeeded by Warren Rhodes, with Docking stepping down due to other business pressures. Docking also recently became board chairman of Union State Bank in Arkansas City, where his son Robert Docking serves as president.
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Lawrence
George Docking
First National Bank of
Warren Rhodes
Docking
Union State Bank
Arkansas City
Robert Docking
Extortion Attempt Foiled On MGM Studio Chief
EBI agents arrested 34 year old Herbert Strauch in Culver City after he planned to collect 100000 from Sol Siegel MGM production chief. Siegel reported threats against himself and his wife Ruth if the money was not paid in new bills.
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Los Angeles
EBI
MGM Studio
Herbert Strauch
Culver City
Sol Siegel
Siegel
Ruth
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Topeka Kansas
The Topeka traffic fatality report shows 0 deaths in the last 24 hours. For the year to date 1959 the total is 12 fatalities, compared with 19 in the same period in 1958.
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Topeka
Kansas
Jarvis Construction Wins Water Intake Contract
Jarvis Construction Co. of Salina received the $55,600 bid to build the Neo sho River water intake for the city. The project, the first of $850,000 in water system upgrades, includes a 4,000,000 gallon daily capacity intake located near the K39 bridge and will be inspected by Wilson & Co. Plans for the treatment plant are expected next month.
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Jarvis Construction Co
Salina
Neosho River
Jarvis
Wilson& Co
Carruthers Construction Co
Willson & Co
Robert E. Crawford
Wilson
Docking Pushes One New Tax Plan For Kansas
Gov. George Docking outlined in a news conference that the only new tax he plans to propose is a truck ton mile tax. He favors repealing the 1958 sales tax hike, merging sales tax with general funds, and would target mainly large out of state trucks without cutting gas taxes. He expects possible surplus if the sales tax hike is not repealed and notes civil service upgrades but no broad salary raises.
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Topeka
George Docking
Docking
Board of Regents
Budget Funds For Dam Work In Eisenhower Budget
Senator Schoeppel says the new budget will provide more money for flood control projects under construction in Kansas but none for starting new dams. Existing works include Pomona John Redmond and Turtle Creek, with plans for Elk River dam Council Grove reservoir. Additional planning funds are expected for Milford Perry and Wilson reservoirs.
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Washington
Andrew F. Schoeppel
R-Kas
Eisenhower
Kansas
Schoeppel
Senate Appropriations Committee
Elk River
Council Grove
Pomona
John Redmond
Strawn
Turtle Creek
Manhattan
Abilene
Ottawa
Salina
Topeka
Kansas City
Milford
Perry
Wilson
Congress
Clothing Fire Kills 79-Year-Old Woman in Kansas City
A trash fire in a backyard apparently ignited the clothing of 79-year-old Margaret Conaty. Her burned body was found by a 12-year-old boy. Robert Thomas Davis alerted a neighbor. Conaty lived alone.
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Kansas City
Kan
Margaret Conaty
Robert Thomas Davis
Three Indian Children Die in Phoenix Fire Tragedy
On the Coicopah Indian Reservation three children Sherrill 5 Frederick 3 and Alfred Jr 19 months perished in a house fire as their mother Elaine Jim 23 lay gravely ill in a Phoenix hospital. The grandparents Pedro and Mrs Jim escaped.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Coicopah
Elaine Jim
Sherrill
Frederick
Alfred Jr
Pedro Jim
Sinclair Offer Alters Plans For Oil Strike
Sinclair Oil Co offers 5 percent wage rise, altering union plans for a 105,000 refinery walkout. C A Knight, Houston Chronicle quote, says the move is a hopeful sign and that a strike will not start this weekend if bargaining remains in good faith. Union seeks 25 cents hourly rise. current average is $2.71.
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Houston, Tex
Houston Chronicle
C. A. Knight
Oil,Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Kansas City
Sinclair Oil Co
Knight
Sinclair
Continental Oil Co
Houston
B. J. Schafer
Schafer
UCAW
Second Son Killed In Traffic Crash
Westons mourn as Richard West 37 dies in a truck crash in Weston Missouri. He is the second son of Mrs. J. K. West to die in an accident and follows the death of her youngest son Leon in a milk truck wreck near Springfield two years ago. Her husband died of a heart attack last summer and she is confined to a wheelchair after a fall.
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Weston, Mo
Weston
Richard West
J. K. West
Leon West
Springfield
Pie mistaken for payroll ends in dessert arrest
Two would be robbers grab a cardboard box they think holds a 3000 payroll but find a custard pie. Mechanic Gaston Martens and James Rayster were approaching the Fifth Avenue Coach Co. garage when attacked. Police on Henry Hudson Parkway chase and arrest Francis Romano and John Romano of the Bronx.
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New York
Gaston Martens
Fort Lee
N. J
James Rayster
Manhattan
Fifth Avenue Coach Co
Rayster
Henry Hudson Parkway
Francis Romano
John
Bronx
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Grange
Les Matthews
Matthews
Robert Pennington
Soviet Union
Lawrence Bank
Ola
Purtzer and Dutton
Norton
Freeto Construction Co
Irvinbilt Co
Chillicothe
Gov. Docking
KSTA
Reba Anderson
Kansas State Teachers Association
Hutchinson
David Parker
Jean Leis
Juco
Wasser
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