Southeast Area Poultry Jamboree Thursday Set
About 300 people are expected at the Southeast Kansas Poultry Jamboree and barbecue at the National Guard Armory in Neosho County. Educational talks, an egg show with $50 prizes, door prize drawings, and vendor displays will accompany noon barbecue servings of half chickens.
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Broiler
Kansas
National Guard
Neosho County
Gale Mullen
Maury Johnson
Staley Milling Company
Forest Goetsch
Doane Agriculture Service
St. Louis
Tom Avery
Kansas State College Poultry Department
Jack Botz
Butler Manufacturing Company
Agriculture Committee
Chanute Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Building
Mahlon Morley
Ebur Schultz
Floyd Potter
Art Solomon
Bruce Burris
Aubrey Bostwick
John Gorton
Harry Turner
Bob Bri‘ley
Ross Cooper
Snow Removal Effort Detailed by City Department
The city street department logged 312 man hours for snow and ice removal last week at about $2 per hour. Superintendent Frank Tichenor cited 72 hours on Tuesday and 80 hours Wednesday through Friday with no overtime, paid as compensating time off. Salt and chat were applied to keep intersections safe, with about 8,000 pounds used and treated salt to protect cars. City Manager K J Hayes noted salt costs of 1.08 per hundred pounds. A Cessna piloted by Lawrence Manson landed in a meadow north of Thayer due to icing and low visibility. he planned to continue by car, leaving the plane for better weather.
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City
Frank Tichenor
Tichenor
K. J. Hayes
Lawrence Manson
Kansas City
Thayer
Highway Patrol
City Accepts Freight Depot Site for Osa and Johnson Museum
The City Commission agreed to accept the Santa Fe freight depot at South Grant for a free gift to the Chamber of Commerce to convert into a museum for the late wildlife photographers Osa and Martin Johnson. The chamber plans trophies and photos and discussed delinquent dues and fundraising at a board meeting led by Marlen Blackston.
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Santa Fe
South
Chamber of Commerce
Osa and Martin Johnson
Santa Fe Railroad
Chamber
Osa
Martin Johnson
Marlen Blackston
Hutchinson Boy Missing From Home
Twelve year old Randy Eller, son of Mr and Mrs James F Eller, has been missing from his Hutchinson home since yesterday. He was last seen at Sherman Junior High School during the noon hour where he attends seventh grade. His mother reports he was in good spirits and knows of nothing that might have prompted him to run away.
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Hutchinson
Kas
Randy Eller
James F. Eller
Sherman Junior High School
World Council Hopes for Unity From Catholic Ecumenical Council
The World Council of Churches urged that Pope John XXIII’s Ecumenical Council advance Christian unity while cautioning on the council’s universality in approach. General Secretary W A Visser't Hooft noted doubts about whether separation of Catholic and non-Catholic communities would hinder genuine unity. The Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo also questioned the odds of success due to deep doctrinal differences.
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Geneva
World Council of Churches
Ecumenical Council
John XXIII
W. A. Visser't Hooft
Holland
World Council
Wiser’t Hooft
Cairo
John
Mikhail Abdel Messih
Fire destroys Banks Construction Co. shops in El Dorado
A fire fueled by gasoline and tires gutted the Banks Construction Co. shops and offices in El Dorado, causing an estimated $50,000 in damage. Co owner Earl Banks assessed the loss.
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el Dorado
EL Dorado, Kas
Banks i Construction Co
Earl Banks
City Dads Rule on Zoning and Cherry B-3
City commission advances a Cherry B-3 business zone along West Cherry and highway K39 after scrapping two residential proposals. They set the new B-3 rules, extend Cherry zoning, and keep most existing ordinances, with hearings noting fears on property values traffic and home protection.
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West Cherry
K39
South
Lincoln
South Santa Fe
Santa Fe
Warming Trend In Forecast For Kansas Area
The forecast predicts a warming trend with highs near 40 degrees and lows around 20 by tomorrow. Yesterday saw a 1 to 3 inch snow blanket over northern Kansas and freezing drizzle creating slick highways in several regions.
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Mercury
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Topeka
Boys Play Catch With Death In Abandoned Car
Three Houston youths ages 16 and 17 discovered six nitroglycerin tubes in a 1937 automobile hidden in a pine forest. They carried the tubes home, playing catch, before authorities were notified. Police described the contents as vibrogel a detonating gel with nitroglycerin base capable of destroying a large house.
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Hall
Z. W. Rogers Jr
Steve Matthias
Lad Envy of Gang Fame Comes Quick
James Toler, six, described a police chase in which a reportedly stolen car reached speeds up to 115 mph. Neighbor Virgil Turley, 23, claimed he picked up the boy with his mother away and took him for a ride. Turley was charged with automobile theft.
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Houston
Tex
James Toler
James
Danny Brock
Virgil Lewis Turley
William H. Hubbell
Hubbell
H. Turley
Lewis
Turley
Roads Slick But Open
State Highway Department reports many highways slick from ice and packed snow but all roads were open. Northeast 0.5 to 3 inches of snow. North central up to 2 inches. US 40 area slick. Strong City area with 0.5 inch ice. Southeast 0.5 to 1 inch snow on ice. Sumner and Sedgwick counties slick.
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Mercury
Highway Patrol
Kansas
Topeka
State Highway Department
North Central
South Part
Division Northwest
US 40
Normal
Wakeeney East
South Central
Sumner
Sedgwick
U S Plans Moonshot Targeting February Launch
NASA and the Army hope to launch an Army Juno rocket from Cape Canaveral between Feb 26 and early March to send a payload past the moon into solar orbit. Final decision awaited about a week before liftoff.
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Washington
U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Army
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Arcadia Declares Status as Debt Free In 1922 Bond Paid
Arcadia Kansas population 490 moved into debt free status this month after final payment of a 1922 water system bond issue was retired. City clerk Minerva Garrett noted the $2,042 payment, mailed to the state treasurer, completed the bond repayment due February 1.
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Arcadia
Kas
Crawford County
490
Minerva Garrett
State
Fire damages two story Nevada building
A two story brick building housing Merco Industries in Nevada Missouri was gutted by fire last night. Estimated damage is $30,000 with portions covered by insurance according to owner L T Merrick.
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Nevada
Nevada, Mo
L. T. Merrick
Merco Industries
Pension plan hurdles loom in Kansas legislature
In Topeka AP reports mixed support for a public employee retirement plan in Kansas. Gov. Docking backs a reasonable program but warns about prior service credit and universal coverage. Opposition cites cost and tax raise risks while regents favor faculty plans and improving teacher retention.
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Topeka
Kansas
George Docking
Legislative Council
Docking
Docking seeks health chief resignation and salary cut
Gov. George Docking demands Dr. Geoffrey Martin resign as state health officer and plans to slash his $15,000 annual salary to make the post unattractive. The health board will meet to discuss the director and pay amid Republican complaints and concerns about his enforcement of pollution laws. Martin says he will resign only if forced by the board or salary reduction. the board is Docking-appointed. Atty. Gen. Anderson defends legality but urges firing only for cause. Also brief items on a refinery issue and a local 4-H club meeting notices.
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League of Kansas Municipalities
Docking
Sam Mellinger
Board of Regents
Topeka
George Docking
Geoffrey Martin
Health Board
Martin
Vickers Petroleum Co
Potwin
John Anderson
Anderson
Four Auto Crashes on Icy Streets Reported in City
Slippery roads caused four traffic accidents yesterday afternoon and last night. At 3rd and Forest, a series of collisions involved drivers Igar y Myers and Robert Dail Jeffers with additional impacts amid braking and swerving. A later alley collision near 212 Main involved Grogan and Smith. In a north side scene, Frischmeyer hit a parked 1957 Ford, causing minor damage to both vehicles.
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3Rd and
Forest
Igarry F. Myers
S. Evergreen
Robert Dail Jeffers
N. Steuben
Buick
Dwight G. Abbott
N.santa Fe
Kenneth Cole
W. 7Th
Cole
Mercury
E. W. Johnson
S. Highland
Myers
Abbott
Ford
Jeffers
Donald E.chevrolet
Myers Grogan
Leslie
R. Smith
S. Kansas
Main
Durham & Jordan
Garland A. Frischenmeyer
N. Highland
Gerald A. Otter
Lincoln
Seven Senate Posts Each For Sens Mong Immel
State Senators C. R. Mong of Neosho and Howard M. Immel of Iola sit on seven committees in the current Legislature. Mong mentors banks and banking and chairs ways and means while serving on elections labor and industry livestock oil and gas and public utilities. Immel heads assessment and taxation and is vice chair of public health with roles in federal state affairs insurance judiciary military affairs and public utilities.
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C. R. Mong
Neodesha
Howard M. Immel
Iola
Mong
Neosho
Wilson
Ways and Means
Immel
Allen and Woodson
Traffic Fatalities In State Report
Topeka outages record shows 1 death in last 24 hours and 31 for the year 1959, with 30 fatalities in the same period in 1958. Officials release daily state accident totals.
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Topeka
Kansas
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Don Freeland
Speedway
Sharon Waggoner
Homer Waggoner
Janet Ahif
Glen Ahif
W. Main
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Bill Barker
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Harlie Wolgast
Tom Blancett
James C. Taylor
Russell Davidson
A. K. Lewis
Charles Irwin
Sam Waltermire
Grace Boman
Gene Bilyeu
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Lincoln-Santa Fe
Davidson
Special
Cherry
R. D
Jack Churchill
Roy Ensminger
East Main
Martin Tractor Co
Kensinger
McMillen
City Industrial Fund
Dale A. Dahlgren
Fred Harris
Leslie Cable
Zoning Board of Appeals
Clifford Melton
Trinity Baptist Church
District Court Room
Chanute
Wasser
Moonshot
Tribune
State Highway Patrol
Board of Health
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