State Senate Names Members of Committees
TOPEKA AP August Lauterbach of Colby and Laurin Jones of Dodge City were named chairmen of two key Senate committees. Lauterbach heads Ways and Means, Jones Education. Other top chairmen include Hults roads and highways and Ryan assessment and taxation. All 29 chairs went to Republicans in a 32 8 Senate margin.
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Topeka
August Lauterbach
Colby
Laurin Jones
Dodge City
Senate
Lauterbach
Ways and Means
Laurin
Don Hults
Lawrence
William B. Ryan
Norton
Fayette E. Rowe
Columbus
Joe McDowell
Kansas City
State Board of Health
Bid Accepted for New Police Car in City Purchase
City Manager R. J. Hayes announced Helard-Hill Ford Co. secured the contract with a bid of 1510 dollars including trade in for a four door Fairlane with V-8 engine. Other bids were Chevrolet 1670 Dodge Seneca 1897 and Pontiac 1980. The traded car is a 1959 Chevrolet six with about 65 000 miles.
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Helard-Hill Ford Co
R. J. Hayes
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Weather turns colder with strong north winds for Thursday
Topeka Kansas reports forecast from AP as seasonable conditions return with a weak low crossing the state. Highs today range from the upper 40s in the northwest to the 50s in the southwest with lows tonight from the teens to around 20. Snow flurries possible in the northeast with a warming trend by Friday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Eisenhower bids farewell and urges national resolve
President Eisenhower, in a sentimental night address, asks for home stability and urges endurance for freedom worldwide. He tells Americans that crises will continue and praises America's strength while warning of long-term arms needs and a permanent defense industry.
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Washington
Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
White House
Fire crews battle multiple incidents across city area
Fire Chief C W Brennan cited gas furnace fumes in a church meeting as the cause of illness but not incapacitating. Four fire department runs occurred yesterday and today including a sludge pit fire at Consolidated Oil Well Service Co station with no damage, a flash fire at Warwick wax plant with no major damage, and a Moore brothers farm tractor fire contained before arrival.
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Church of God In Christ
Washington
Eisenhower
C. W. Brennan
Consolidated Oil Well Service Co
14Th and
Henry
Brennan
Warwick
Moore Brothers
Merchants Plan Spring Open and Bazaar in Chanute
About 20 retailers met at the Tioga Hotel to set a March 1 spring opening display and sale and approve a spring or summer sidewalk bazaar. The group noted May 12-13 for the Spring Farm and Home Show and discussed potential hours reductions if a higher minimum wage passes.
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Chanute
Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee
Sara Wilson
John Gorton
Jay- Dees
Concensus
Tioga Hotel
Embezzlement at Sheldon Bank Shocks Northwest Iowa
Sheldon bank embezzlement of 2.13 million dollars by Burnice Geiger, director and assistant cashier, led to FDIC liquidation. Father W P Iverson, bank president for 45 years, declined to comment as deposits and assets near 2 million. U S district attorney confirms admission while FDIC audits deposits insured up to 10 thousand each.
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Sheldon, Iowa
Iowa
Sheldon National Bank
Burnice Geiger
U.S
FDIC
Elderly Woman Killed in Dodge City Traffic Crash
Mrs Per ky Haskell 71 was struck and killed by a car Tuesday night at a street intersection in the west part of Dodge City.
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Dodge City
Perky Haskell
Pay Telephone Part Turned in to Police
A pay telephone part stolen from a laundry at 113 N Allen was turned in yesterday by Wallace Johnson who found it along a road four miles northwest of here. Also at the police station was the door of a safe found recently under a bridge on North Plummer road. Police said the safe door did not appear to belong to a Chanute firm.
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N. Allen
Wallace Johnson
Here
North Plummer Road
Chanute
Purdue Chemist Named Kansas State Chemistry Chief
Dr. Warren W. Brandt, chair of the traffic analytical division in Purdue University’s chemistry department, is appointed head of Kansas State University’s chemistry department in Manhattan.
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Manhattan
Warren W. Brandt
Department of Chemistry
Purdue University
Kansas State University
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka 1961 Snapshot
Topeka KS traffic death log reports fatalities within a 24 hour period ending 9 am and covers data spanning 1961 to 27.15 hours. The note compares the 1961 figures with the prior year 1960 period for context and trend.
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Topeka
Kansas
Municipal Power Pool Meeting Here Sunday
Representatives from Chanute and five other cities meet to study an electric power interconnection. R J Hayes says engineers will present a feasibility report and legal officials will discuss organizational procedure. The 2 p.m. meeting takes place in the Memorial building with participants from Chanute Kansas City Coffeyville Iola Erie and Ottawa.
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Kansas Municipal Power Pool
Chanute
R. J. Hayes
Power Pool Group
Memorial Building
New Fire Truck Accepted by City
The city accepts its new fire truck after performance tests and engineering inspections and puts it in service. It will assist with residential alarms to train crews in driving and using equipment. Firemen transfer usable gear from the old ladder truck to the new unit.
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C. W. Brennan
Brennan
Governor proposes 356 million budget for Kansas
Gov. John Anderson unveiled a 356,038,782 budget for Kansas with 5 million in new or expanded programs. He said existing revenues cover seven additional items and warned costs may rise, outlining programs like retirement, textbook aid, junior college funding, university support, a new penal facility, and a centennial fair. Receipts are projected at 136.2 million with estimated demands at 141.6 million for fiscal 1962.
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Topeka
Kansas
John Anderson
Anderson
Ween Pew
Tuttle Creek
Anderson Budget Flexibly Tweaked by New Governor
Gov. John Anderson signals a flexible budget with leeway for the Legislature. He urges combining the sales tax and general funds and delaying residue distribution, arguing the balance remains intact without new measures. He warns such steps could be needed in 1962 if programs proceed, names several expansions and capital projects under consideration.
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Adren Cooper
General Revenue
Anderson
George Docking
Docking
State Board of Regents
Employment Security Department
Atchison, Hays
Ottawa
Emporia
Garden City
Manhattan
Lawrence
Pittsburg
Cars Damaged In Accidents At Local Intersections
Police investigated several minor crashes. James E. Orth and Merritt J. Criss collided when Criss stopped, damaging both 1955 and 1960 Chevrolets. Other reports include Janice Smith and Leo Mack’s backing collision on Main, Nathan Hole’s parked 1958 Chevrolet hit by Donald Hancock, and Robert Banta’s 1960 Chevrolet fender damage at Senior High.
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Main
Highlands
James E. Orth
Piqua
Merritt J. Criss
Ill ‘Denman
Orth
Criss
Chevrolet
Janice D. Smith
S. Western
Leo F. Mack
N. Grant
E. Main
Mack
Nathan Hole
Edith Hole
Donald Hancock
Edith
Robert Banta
N. Larson
Senior High
South Highland
Three Killed In Two Car Crash Near Girard Kansas
At Kansas 57, about 12 miles west of Girard, a two car collision killed three men: Donald Gilbert Wolfe 27 of Kansas City John C Miller 75 of Parsons and Fred A Hess 74 of Parsons. Miller reportedly ran a stop sign onto the highway. Miller and Hess were partners in a land leasing firm.
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Girard
Kan
Kansas
Donald Gilbert Wolfe
Kansas City
John C. Miller
Fred A. Hess
Parsons
Don McLeod
Kansas Highway Patrol
Miller
Peace Is Top Goal of Eisenhower Says He Preserved Peace
President Eisenhower, speaking at his final news conference before 286 reporters in the State Department building, said preserving peace was his greatest achievement. He cited the hydrogen bomb era and Korea while noting his deepest disappointment was not achieving peace with justice. He also touched on the 1960 election and avoided detailing what went wrong in the campaign.
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Eisenhower
America
Washington
State Department
Republican Party
White ‘House
Area Legislators Get Committee Assignments
State senators and representatives from the area were assigned to committees. Charles Forsyth, Erie, Neosho and Wilson counties, was named chairman of Labor and Industry and serves on Assessment and Taxation, Corporation, Education, Judiciary, Military Affairs, and Revision of Calendar and Rules. Carl Weiner II, Chanute, joins Assessment and Taxation, Oil and Gas, Public Health and Water Resources. John Graves, Yates Center, is vice chairman of Fees and Salaries and sits on Agriculture, Oil and Gas, Claims and Accounts, Ways and Means, Insurance, and Roads and Highways. Robert Finney, Humboldt, serves on Education, Labor, Industrial Development, and Public Utilities. House committees began work, some continuing from Senate groups.
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E. W. Strahan
Salina
Harlin L. Schram
Hiawatha
Ralph L. Davison
Washington
Fayette E. Rowe
Columbus
Howard W. Harper
Junction City
John H. Murray
Leavenworth
Steadman Ball
Atchison
Theodore A. Sanborn
Belleville
William C
Ways and Means
Lauterbach
Smith
Farmer
Harper
Hults
Sanborn
Ward
F. C. Doty
D-Pittsburg
John V. Glades
Yates Center
Tom van Sickle
R-Fort Scott
Joe Warren
Maple City
Ryan
Strahan
Ball
Bowers
Davison
Forsyth
Warden
Howat
D-Wakeeney
Reid
Rinker
Taggart
Jones
Joseph C. Harder
R - Moundridge
Alvin Bauman
Dsabetha
Wade A. Myers
D-Emporia
Hope
Wunsch
Charles Forsyth
Erie
Neosho
Wilson Counties
Labor and Industry
Carl Weiner II
Chanute
Neosho County
John Graves
Allen and
Woodson
Agriculture
Oil and Gas
Ways and
Robert Finney Humboldt
Allen County
Senate
Fire Fatality in Coffeyville House Trailer
Osly Harris a 46 year old man died Tuesday night from a fire in his house trailer in Coffeyville Kansas. The Montgomery County coroner said the blaze was likely started by a cigarette and Harris suffocated. He was a native of Poteau Oklahoma and employed by the Coffeyville Packing Co.
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Coffeyville
Kas
Osly Harris
Montgomery County
M. K. Berklund
Ralph Miller
Harris
Borklund
Poteau, Okla
Coffeyville Packing Co
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