Rural Counties Face Share Of Ike Budget In 1957
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce estimates Neosho County must pay 5 887 000 of a 65 900 000 000 federal budget. County compares to 1955 tax totals and other area counties Allen Wilson Woodson. Chamber president Finney hails balance in current and next year despite spending rebound concerns.
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Neosho County
Congress
Eisenhower
Kansas State
Allen
Wilson
Woodson
Allen County
Wilson County
Robert A. Finney
Humboldt
State Chamber
Soldiers Compensation and Board of Review
State General Fund
House
Dale Saffels
Garden City
Worden Howat
Wakeeney
Ways and Means
Attorney General
Attorney
Girl Found in Desert After Kidnaping Arrested Itinerant
In Mesa Arizona a 33 year old itinerant was arrested after 7 year old Carla Hix was kidnapped on her way home from school. She was found unconscious and battered eight miles northeast of the city. Wayne Vance Taylor admitted picking up the girl but said he could not remember events. Prosecutors aim to charge him with kidnapping aggravated assault and grand theft. A hospital exam found she had been sexually molested. Taylor said he had been living in a car.
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Mesa
Ariz
Carla Hixon
Atty
William P. Mahoney Jr
Phoenix
Wayne Vance Taylor
Here
Mahoney
Taylor
World News and Local Politics Snapshot
Reports from St Louis and Geneva note drought and stalled talks with U S and Red China on Formosa. Eden warns Middle East tinderbox risk while Topeka lawmakers push for pari mutuel wagering and bank control shifts in Lawrence Kansas.
Four Honored by FFA at 19th Annual Dinner
Four men received honorary Chapter Farmer degrees from the Future Farmers of America at the 19th annual Parent-Son dinner at Senior High School. Frank F. Young, Ralph Reinhardt, Ora Cheyney, and Eldon Penner were recognized for contributions to chapter activities and farm progress.
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Future Farmers of America
Parent-S
Frank F. Young
Ralph Reinhardt
Ora Cheyney
Eldon Penner
Chapter Farmer
Lee Litherland
Robert Riker
David Burdue
Pat Porter
Freddie Markham
George Morehead
Ronnie Poor
Richard Fairchild
Craig Thompson
Larry Watts
Kenneth Tebow
Bette Poor
Charles O.carter Jr
Keith Switzer
Betty Miller
Marion Bailey
Frank Young
Harold Stroud
Mississippi youth logs 304 bushels per acre corn yield
Lamar Ratliff, 16, on his Baldwyn Mississippi farm, raises a record 304.38 bushels of corn on one acre, far surpassing the previous 241 bushel mark. He credits trust and help from his mule Dolly. Ratliff and his father Paul attend a Chicago luncheon where he receives grants from Farm Journal and seed companies to fund his education and farm improvements.
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Chicago
Lamar Ratliff
Baldwyn
Miss
Mt. Everest
Lamar
Dolly
Paul
The
Farm Journal
Ratliff
Mississippi
A. J. Custer
Fort Wayne
Ind
Mrs Luckey Wins 1000 Holiday Prize in San Diego
Mrs Doyce D Luckey, a San Diego mother of three, won the first holiday shopper vacation award from downtown merchants. She received a $1000 check instead of a Hawaii trip and said the money would go to bills. She noted she and husband George, a truck driver, had not been lucky before.
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San Diego
Calif
Doyce D. Luckey
Luckey
Hawaii
George
Boy and Father Escape Fire After Bedroom Blaze
In Wichita a 38 year old father and his son Steven McKnight escaped injury when Steven woke his father Robert McKnight from a bedroom closet fire. They fled to a porch roof as a passerby alerted the firefighters who rescued them. Mrs. McKnight was at work and two other children were in school. The fire is believed to have started from an overheated flue.
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Wichita Fa
Steven McKnight
Robert McKnight
Fire Escapes Used Muskogee Building Fire Under Control
A mid level blaze in the 10 story Barnes Office Building in Muskogee Oklahoma was brought under control by firefighters. One man, Tom Gaddy, was overcome by smoke and hospitalized in not serious condition. Up to 20 people used outside fire escapes while others waved from top floor windows.
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Muskogee
Okla
Barnes
Tom Gaddy
Warming Trend Foretold Across Kansas States
A warming trend is indicated for Kansas after a cold night with overnight lows near zero in the northeast to around 15 in the southwest. Fair east, increasing clouds west, highs from near 30 in the northeast to about 50 in the southwest. Previous readings ranged from 6 below at Salina to 89 at Garden City with a trace of snow at Olathe.
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Topeka
Kansas
Mercury
Manhattan
Dodge City
Wamega
Salina
Emporia
Concordia
Garden City
Olathe
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Kansas Over Time
Topeka records show 1 fatality in the last 24 hours and 26 to date for 1956, compared with 33 for the same period in 1955.
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Topeka
Kansas
Manufacturing Plant Gain for Kansas in 55
Topeka Kansas recorded its largest new plant manufacturing gain in eight years in 1955 with 80 plants starting operation in the state. John B. Sutherland director of the Kansas Industrial Development Commission said the real gain was from plant expansions by existing industries. Forty-seven communities in 37 counties shared in expansions. towns under 10 000 population gained 40 percent of the new industries.
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Topekap
Kansas
John B. Sutherland
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Sutherland
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
General Fund
Marion Mathews
Winfield
Neil Renn
Arkansas City
Udall
Sedgwick
Shawnee
Wichita
Washburn
Boards of Regents
Robert Anderson
Ottawa
Ways and Means
Eisenhower Says No Objection to Primary Entries
President Eisenhower indicated he has no objection to his name entering the New Hampshire or other state presidential primaries while he has not decided on a second term. He promised to announce his decision as soon as it is firmly fixed, stressing the choice will be based on the good of the country.
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Washington
Eisenhower
New Hampshire
Illinois
Dulles
Life Magazine
Beisenhower
National Defense
Saturday Evening Post
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Army
Defense Department
Kansas GOP unity dim as rift sparks House clash
At Topeka a House Republican caucus featured a sharp exchange between state GOP chairman Lloyd H. Ruppenthal and three lawmakers over Governor Hall. Critics blamed fiscal policy on the 1955 legislature while urging budget cuts and debt reduction without new taxes. Senate leaders planned budget reviews as minor bills moved forward.
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Topeka
Kansas
Lloyd H. Ruppenthal
Jhairman
House
Ruppenthal
Fred Hall
Malone Sees No New Revenues To Redress Balance Gap
Malone told a joint House Senate session that Kansas faces a 14.3 million deficit in fiscal 1957 under Gov Hall plans unless new revenue is found. He noted a projected shortfall could reach 20 million, narrowing fund balances to about 10.8 million by June 1957.
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Topeka
Fred Hall
Malone
House
Senate
Council
Wallace Held On Burglary Charge In Sacramento
Wes ley G. Wallace, 44, was jailed after police found a medal depicting Lt. Dismas on a hotel roof near a window in his downtown Sacramento room. Clothing reported stolen from a nearby store was also found in the room. The entry was made via skylight. Wallace, a parolee, admitted the burglary per Det. Carl Blasofsel.
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Sacramento
Calif
Wesley G. Wallace
Dismas
Wallace
Carl Blasofsel
Feeder cattle sale boosts National Western Stock Show
Denver reports eighty loads of feeder cattle sold at auction as part of preparations for the 50th National Western Stock Show. Officials forecast strong bidding and a near million-dollar total for the 1955 show.
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Denver
James Heads Retail Group Selects Chanute Council Officers
Orval K. James named vice president of the Chamber of Commerce retail division will report 1956 plans for the Chanute Retail Council at a chamber directors luncheon Monday. The council elected officers this week with James as chairman Hoofnagle as vice chairman Wilson as treasurer and other members representing jewelry shoes appliances hardware and paint groceries apparel furniture home and auto department stores and motor vehicles.
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Orval K. James
Chamber of Commerce
Chanute Retail Council
Chamber
James
M. Hoofnagle
Howard Wilson
Hoofnagle
Wilson
Charles Ballou
Neal Munger
Robert Koch
Kent Grubbs
M. L. Morton
P. H. Taylor
Weather and Church Quilting Cancelled by Cold
Due to the cold Mrs. W BE Wil son s class will not do the usual quilting at the First Methodist church Friday.
$2 Billion for Bases Requested by Defense
The Defense Department asks Congress to approve a $2,012,283,000 worldwide military construction program for 1957. More than half funds go to the Air Force with projects at 292 U S installations and eight foreign sites. In Kansas, Ft. Leavenworth and Ft. Riley receive over a million dollars, Forbes and McConnell AFBs in Topeka and Wichita get several hundred thousand, and Smoky Hill AFB at Salina nearly $3.9 million.
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Washington
Defense Department
Congress
Air Force
West Virginia
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Canal Zone
Pacific Islands
Kansas
Army
Ft. Leavenworth
Ft. Riley
Forbes Afb
Topeka
McConnell Afb
Wichita
Smoky Hill Afb
Salina
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George Docking
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Bill Barker
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Jim Maloun
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David Masters
Neal Murrell
Ronald Tonkinson
Eileen Black
Iola
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