Legislators Propose Big Savings From Efficiency Plan
The economy and efficiency committee in Topeka calls for consolidating agencies simplifying procedures and better interagency coordination to save the state millions annually. Key targets include the Highway Commission the Department of Administration civil service reform welfare consolidation and state vehicle operations with shifts in personnel budgeting and agency structures.
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Topeka
Howard Immel
R-Iola
State Highway Commission
Department of Administration
Highway Commission
Commission
Kansas
Entomological Commission and Horticulture Society
State Board of Agriculture
Brand Commission
Livestock Sanitary Commissioners
State Department of Revenue
Safety Responsibility
Motor Vehicle Department
Corporation Commission
Immel
Chamber invites 96 local firms to Education Day tour
Left Hand Pitch Letters were mailed to 96 local businesses inviting participation in the Chamber of Commerce Business Education Day tour for Chanute teachers March 18. Merchants are asked to attend a coffee briefing at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Tioga Hotel where Wendell Bowyer and Les Matthews outline tour plans and committee arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Chanute
Les Matthews
Tioga Hotel
Wendell Bowyer
Chamber
Four Linemen Die In Truck Train Collision At Haviland
Four telephone linemen from Medicine Lodge were killed when their Western Light and Telephone Co truck was struck by a Rock Island passenger train near Haviland Kansas. Foreman Ernie Moore was injured with pelvis fracture and other injuries.
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Haviland
Kan
Rock Island
Medicine Lodge
Western Light & Telephone Co
Robert Sanders
Jack Jacobs
Virgil Kinsey
Don Shelite
Ernie Moore
Pratt
Jaycee Week Observed by Chanute Club
The Chanute Junior Chamber of Commerce marks National Jaycee Week with a library bulletin board of creed and photos from the past year. A covered dish dinner for members and wives concludes the observance, highlighting 1958 projects and plans including a Teen Roadeo and Golden Gloves entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute Junior Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
Big Creek
Joplin
Hill Named Vice Chairman in House Committees
Speaker Jess Taylor appointed Republican chairmen and vice chairmen of House committees. A. R. Chambers of Iola was named vice chairman of the Building and Loan Committee, and Clyde Hill of Yates Center was named vice chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.
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Jess Taylor
Tribune
Associated Press
Topeka
A. R. Chambers
Brooklyn Woman Indicted in Baby Kidnapping Case
A Brooklyn grand jury indicted 43 year old Jean Tavarone on kidnapping charges for allegedly abducting newborn Lisa Rose Chionchio from a hospital on January 2.
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New York
Brooklyn
Jean Tavarone
Lisa Rose Chionchio
Neosho 4-H Leaders Honored at Annual Dinner
About 100 people attended the Neosho County 4-H recognition dinner at the Tioga Hotel hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. Awards honored community and project leaders across multiple year categories with remarks by Buford Fisher and Mahlon Morley and thanks from Marlin Blackston and Mrs. Hanson.
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Neosho County
4-H Club
Tioga Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Henry Watkins
Erie
Lucky 13 Club
Glenn Hanson
Chanute R. 2
Neosho Valley Busy Bees
Chanute R
Howard Woodworth
Stark
Jolly Jayhawkers
Giefer Jr
St. Paul
Prairie Schooners
Gale Mullen
Marjorie Price
Watkins
Buford Fisher
Chanute Schools
Chamber
Mahlon Morley
Marlin Blackston
Hanson
Ebur Schultz
Chanute
Hansons
Tribune
Seed Clinic Attendance Cut by Ice
A sparse crowd of about 30 persons attended the opening session of a district seed and soil science clinic at the National Guard Armory. Hazardous travel kept attendance low as topics covered included new crop varieties seed production and processing insect and disease control and fertilizers. The program featured Tom Roberts Dell Gates and Jeri Wise. The event was sponsored by the Kansas Seed Dealers Association the Crop Improvement Association the Extension Service the Chanute Chamber of Commerce and local seed dealers.
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National Guard
Tom Roberts
Kansas Crop Improvement Association
Dell Gates
Jeri Wise
Spencer Chemical Company
Kansas Seed Dealers Association
The
Crop Improvement Association
Extension Service
Chanute Chamber of Commerce
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka 1959 Update
Kansas traffic fatalities reported in Topeka over the last 24 hours show 4 deaths, bringing year to date total to 21. The record notes originate from student records and cover traffic accidents occurring during the period referenced.
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Topeka
Kansas
Plane crash injures pilot near Pittsburg Kansas
Shirley Evans Zivney of Minoak Illinois ran out of gas while piloting a two seat light plane nine miles southwest of Pittsburg. He was cut from the wreckage and taken to Mt. Carmel Hospital in critical condition with multiple fractures. FAA radar guided the craft through heavy clouds and freezing rain before collapse of the flight.
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Pittsburg
Kans
Shirley Evans Zivney
Minoak
Ill
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Federal Aviation Administration
Joplin
FAA
Fayetteville
Zivney
Sex as Big Business on CBS Program Draws Officials Critique
Viewpoints on CBS radio claim sex is a major tool in corporate deals with call girls paid by firms as part of public relations. Police officials and the mayor's office vow investigation if the reports prove true, while CBS will cooperate to protect participants' identities. Estimates of prostitutes in the city range from 3,000 to 30,000 with broader use in other cities.
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New York
Edward R. Murrow
First
James R. Kennedy
Murrow
William R. Peer
Robert F. Wagner
CBS
Chicago
St. Louis
Cleveland
Area Iced Down Snow Due Tonight
Freezing temperatures and freezing rain created dangerous travel conditions across Kansas. The Weather Bureau warned of heavy snow, glaze ice, and icing on highways from Chanute to Wichita with a warmup unlikely and several inches of snow forecast for eastern and southern areas.
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The
Highway Patrol
Chanute
Kansas
Wichita
Garnett
Cherryvale
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Topeka
Russell
Goodland
Emporia
Lawrence
Kansas City
Central Plains
New Mexico
Panhandle
Missouri
Oklahoma
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Spring Election Info for City Dads and School Board
Voters face city commission and school board contests with two commission seats and three education seats up for grabs. A two year industrial fund levy proposal appears on the ballot, with petitions due ten days before the primary. Primary date March 24. general April 7.
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Commission
Board of Education
Dale A. Dahlgren
Randall Diver
Dahlgren
Diver
Harold R. Williams
Walter M. Poor
Ebur S. Schultz
E. C. Cathers
Poor
Paul T. Brennecke
Floyd Naff
Floyd Potter
AeroDuct
Burlington
Burdett Youth Killed In Hunting Accident
Burdett Kansas investigation reports 15 year old Robert Leon Warner died in a hunting accident near his home when he apparently stumbled and the rifle fired striking him in the head. His body was found by his father Glenn R Warner.
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Burdett
Kas
Robert Leon Warner
Glenn R. Warner
Alaska's Governor Egan in Critical Condition
Governor William A. Egan of Alaska, age 44, is described as extremely critical after an emergency operation to relieve a bowel obstruction and paralysis following gall bladder surgery. Surgeons say his chances of recovery are somewhat less than 50 50 as he is flown to Seattle for treatment at Virginia Mason Hospital.
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Seattle
Alaska
William A. Egan
Egan
Juneau
Joel W. Baker
Virginia Mason Hospital
Baker
Plane crash claims two brothers in Kansas tragedy
In Topeka a hospital reported the death of 28 year old William Huyler Brudick Kansas from injuries suffered in a plane crash that killed his 26 year old brother Robert Burns Huyler Wichita. The notice mentions Wasser for insurance and a telephone contact.
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Topeka
William Huyler
Brudick
Kas
Robert Burns Huyler
Wichita
Snowy state roads cause slick travel across Kansas
The State Highway Department reported widespread slick conditions from a snow that began last night. Northeast Kansas saw light snow with slick roads, Atwood area two inches, and Boise City none. Maintenance crews worked to sand hills curves and bridges as all highways remained open.
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Topeka
State Highway Department
Department
Kansas
Olathe-Kansas City
North Central
Marion Strong City
Atwood
South Central
Navy Polaris test rocket misses target area
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP reports the latest Navy Polaris rocket launched well but failed to reach the predetermined impact zone in the Atlantic.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic
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Walter Enstrom
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Jolly Go-Getters
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Wayne Berthot
Don Mundell
Wayne C. Johnson
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Hillcrest
Wilbur ‘Thompson
Neosho Valley
Edd Bussman
Byge Miller
Charles L. Tyler
Lloyd Rensing
Willard Carlson
John Harris
Orville Umbarger
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William G. Neely
George Raple
Phyllis Hasty
Kenneth Ran
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CBS Network
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Wasser
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