Cedar Point Funds By Senate Group
The Senate Appropriations Committee added planning funds and several construction outlays for Kansas flood control dams. Cedar Point reservoir planning gets 25000, with John Redmond 1130000, Council Grove 300000, and Marion 25000, all approved already by the House. The panel also boosts Elk City work by 400000 and outlines total outlays of 1 258 million for the fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Point Dam
Neosho- Cottonwood
Cedar Point
Senate Appropriations Committee
Cedar Creek
Cottonwood River
John Redmond
Council Grove Dam
Neosho
Ning
Marion
Cottonwood
John Redmond Idam
Burlington
Kansas
Senate
Elk City
Fall River
Toronto
House
Associated Press
Abilene
Council Grove
Manhattan
Ottawa
Pomona
Salina
Topeka
Turtle Creek
Kansas City
Wilson
Wilson Reservoir
Marysville
Milford
Perry
Frankfort
Uranium ore car catches fire near Lyndon Kansas
A railroad box car loaded with uranium ore in powder form caught fire near Lyndon Kansas early today. Fire crews from Forbes Air Force Base extinguished the blaze with no explosion risk. The car was set out for a hot bearing, and the drums reportedly remained undamaged. Authorities fenced the area awaiting radiation experts from St. Louis, with the shipment identified by consignment papers and Albuquerque Atomic Energy Commission officials. The ore travels from Grand Junction Colorado to Weldon Spring Missouri. Lyndon lies about 30 miles south of Topeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Lyndon
Kan
Joe Nickel
State Civil Defense
Forbes Air Force Base
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Nickel
Atomic Energy Commission Division
Albuquerque
N.M
Highway Patrol
St. Louis
Grand Junction
Colo
Weldon Spring
Here
Construction Of Cow Pool Near Erie Begins
Construction started on the Neosho Valley Dairy Association cow pool north of Erie at the east end of the Erie Golf Course. The $80,000 project will house 250 dairy cows, with barns, concrete floors and scientific feeding under Kansas State trained oversight. The pool, to be run by James Knox and the temporary board of directors, aims to cut sanitary costs and is the first cooperative dairy in the Middlewest under the Cooperative Marketing Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Neosno Valley Dairy Association
Erie Golf Course
W. C. Morgan
Neodesha
Charles Birdsing
Cherryvale
Dairy Association
James Knox
Mound Valley Experiment Station
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Middlewest
Hugh Means
Eric
Merle Lathrop
LaHarpe
G. C. Freeley
Merle Muller
Humboldt
Forrest Wilson
Lavenburg
Don Andrew
Girard
Walter Bradford
Altoona
Paul Hunter
Labette
Ed Dickerson
Parsons
Walter Loomis
Fredonia
Vennie Umbarger
Easton
Dean McCammen
Chase Wilson
Kansas City
House Group Studies Civil Rights Bill
The House Judiciary Committee opened discussion on a civil rights bill with Democratic leaders urging fast action. A closed-door session focused on provisions to counter mob resistance to school desegregation and civil rights orders by courts, with no votes taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Bills Signed Allocate Funds to Agriculture and President Office
President Eisenhower signed two appropriation bills totaling 3.971 billion dollars for the Agriculture Department and 13.464 million dollars for the President’s office for the new fiscal year beginning July 1. The action sets funding levels for agriculture and executive operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Agriculture Department
Fair cool area outlook with brief warm up Friday
Forecast calls for fair and cool tonight with a slight warm up Friday as highs retreat to the low 80s after a 97 degree Wichita high yesterday. Overnight lows range mid 40s to mid 60s, no rain expected today or Friday. rainfall totals varied across stations with Topeka recording .73 inch and Beaufort reporting 3.05 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Wichita
Weather Bureau
Beaumont
Muncie
Bethel
Howard
Gridley
Moran and Paola
Augusta
Leroy
Ft. Scott
Eureka
Rosalia
Atlanta
Grenola
Sedan
LaCygne
Osawatomie
Kansas City
Lawrence
Leavenworth
Goodland
Pittsburg
Steel Talks Recessed Amid Tight Steel Strike Deadline
New York AP reports steel negotiations lasted about an hour before recessing until Friday. A joint industry union statement cited prior commitments by negotiators and gave no further details. With five days left before a midnight strike deadline next Tuesday talks showed no progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Zoning Board Hearing on Kensett Optometrist Office
An application by Dr. James W. Kensett seeks a ruling on permit to build an optometrist office at 1315 W. 3rd. The zoning board scheduled a public hearing for 7:30 p.m. next Wednesday at the Memorial building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Kensett
Zoning Board of Appeals
W. 3Rd
Memorial Building
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas Reach 272 for 1959
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic fatalities for the 24 hours ending 9 am today totaling 272 for the year 1959, compared with 248 for the same period in 1954. Data shown in the state accident records section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Record Check Reveals Shared Police Histories in York Case
FBI findings link Howard York and Caldwell Culton to prior arrests. York, held in Erie for first degree murder, shows past offenses in North Carolina and Michigan. Culton’s record includes larceny, robbery, burglary, assault, intoxication, and vagrancy with various dispositions noted. Culton’s funeral was held in Muskogee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chanute
Lige Matlock
Matlock
FBI
Howard York
Erie
Bureau of Identification
Raleigh
N. C
Provost Marshall General
Washington, D. C
Grand Rapids
Mich
Kansas City
Caldwell Culton
Muskogee
Okla
Sedgwick County
Wichita
Culton
Theft of $100 Bill Investigated at Hospital
Police were called to the South east Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital to investigate the theft of a $100 bill from a patient. Investigators narrowed the inquiry to one suspect, also a patient, who was given until Saturday to restitution. Both individuals are men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast
Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
Two New Service Stations Nearing Completion Here
Two new service stations in Chanute near completion. Newton's D-X at 319 is nearly finished with local contractors handling concrete and plumbing while Texaco at Cherry and North Santa Fe targets Aug. 1 opening. Lincoln already open. manager unnamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
Newton
Lincoln
Texaco
Cherry and
North Santa Fe
Davis Pipe and Supply
C. I. Newton
Harry Byers and Sons Fur
Lass ‘Man Electric and
White Plumbing
Erie
Harry Byers and Sons
Cherry
Tribune
Blacksmith Work Is Enjoyed by Determined Man in Kenney
Andrew Dever, 73, has pursued blacksmithing in Dewitt County since 1994 despite losing both legs. He says he enjoys his work, dresses himself, uses a wheelchair to reach the shop, and finds purpose in daily grit, jokes, and the Bible with support from wife Goldie and daughter Ethel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenney, Ill
Andrew Dever
Dewitt County
Dever
Goldie
Ethel
County Offices to Close Saturdays in Erie County
Erie County offices at the courthouse will close all day on Saturdays effective this Saturday. Officials named include Treasurer Don Harding Clerk Marion Showalter Superintendent Hazel Meeker Registrar Ava Jeffrey Probate Judge John Hemphill District Court Clerk Merle Estes and Sheriff Jerry Sloan. The policy will also extend to the district court office in Chanute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Don Harding
Marion Showalter
Hazel S. Meeker
Ava F. Jeffrey
Register of Deeds
John Hemphill
Merle Estes
Jerry Sloan
Miss Estes
Chanute
Schoeppel and Carlson Split on Foreign Aid Vote
In Washington, Missouri Senator Hennings and Senator Symington both backed the foreign aid bill as it passed the Senate. Kansas Republicans Schoeppel and Carlson split their votes with Carlson voting for the measure and Schoeppel opposing it. The note ends with a rider about Tribune delivery and a contact number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schoeppel
Carlson
Washington
Missouri
Thomas C. Hennings Jr
Stuart Symington
Senate
Kansas
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Frank Carlson
Kozlov Gets Boos at Chicago City Hall Visit
Soviet travel ing salesman Frol R Kozlov drew boos from about 100 pickets at City Hall while 240 police protected him. He spoke with Mayor Daley via interpreter about education for farm and industrial workers and urban housing. A 60 mile Illinois farm tour followed amid mixed public interest and a large onlookers crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frol R. Kozlov
Richard J. Daley
Kozlov
Daley
Soviet Union
Two U S Advisers Killed in Viet Nam Bombing
In Bien Hoa Viet Nam Communist terrorists attacked a U S billet during a movie killing two American military advisers and three South Vietnamese. One U S officer was wounded. The eight man U S Military Assistance Advisory Group trained the South Vietnamese army. The bomber died in the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bienhor
Viet Nam
U.S
Saigon
Chester M. Oonard
Dongnai River
Oonard
Copperas Cove
Tex
Dale R. Buis
Imperial Beach
Clark Field
Manila
Ngo Dinh Diem
Bender Denies Bribe Implications In 1954 Case
Former Senator George H. Bender rejects as a damnable lie any suggestion he took a bribe or favors as House committee chair leading to dropped charges against Ohio Teamsters officials in 1954. He accuses Kennedy of crafting questions and notes affidavits denying cash support while defending his role and asserting no strings were pulled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George H. Bender
House
Ohio Teamsters
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Committee
Bender
McClellan
Robert F. Kennedy
Congress
Kennedy
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Sen
Ohio Teamsters Union
James Luken
Cincinnati
Senate
William Presser
Ohio Conference of Teamsters
Thomas Burke
Burke
Robert A. Taft
Presser
House Government Operations Committee
Crash Near Joplin Fatal to Texan
Lloyd Lee Watson 37 of Lubbock Texas died when a car hit the Turkey Creek bridge on U S 166 about a mile east of Joplin early today Investigators said the car apparently went out of control swerved across the highway and struck a bridge abutment Watson was thrown from the car found under the bridge lying face down in about two feet of water The Jasper County coroner Dr W W Hurst said Watson death apparently was due to drowning Maurice Cohn of Carthage Mo was injured but not seriously
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Joplin
Lloyd Lee Watson
Lubbock
Tex
Turkey Creek
U. S. 166
Maurice Cohn
Carthage
Watson
Jasper County
W W. Hurst
Witson
Two Jet Airmen Parachute to Safety in Alaska Crash
Two airmen parachuted safely after their T33 jet trainer crashed about 250 miles west of Fairbanks Alaska on a Wednesday. The pilots were Capt. Jimmy L. Brand 37 of Kingman Kansas and 1st Lt. W T Johnson 26 from De Rio Texas.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Jimmy L. Brand
Claude Brand
Kingman, Kas
W. T. Johnson
de Rio
Tex
See Wasser for Insurance
A short notice directs readers to contact Wasser for insurance services, with a phone reference and a partial name. The fragment provides no date or location and lacks additional details about policy types or the firm’s address.
Reformatory Terms Given to 2 Erie Defendants in Burglary Case
Charles Baker 16 of Parsons and Alex Greenfeather 21 of Parsons and Miami Okla were sentenced in district court for two Neosho County break ins. Each received a term not less than five nor more than 10 years for burglary and up to five years for larceny with terms to run concurrently. Baker’s parole was denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Neosho County
Charles Edgar Baker
Parsons
Alex James Greenfeather
Miami
Okla
Hutchinson
Baker
Greenfeather
Henry Smith
Here
Owens General
South Mound
Smith
Rescue Attempt Fatal For St. Louis Angler
Eugene Reed a 28 year old St. Louis man died during a rescue on the Mississippi River after diving for a log caught in an undercurrent near a rock levee. Two boys 11 and 12 were pulled from the water by bystander Hugh Sutton and a rescue team recovered Reed downstream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aston
Ill
Eugene Reed
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Reed
Hugh Sutton
East Alton
Andrew Aveleno
Edward Marske
Riverview
St. Louis County
Polio Cases in Kansas Rise to Nineteen
AP reports three new polio cases in Kansas City bring the year total to 19. The non paralyic cases involve a 3 year old boy a 4 year old girl and a 7 week old boy all unvaccinated with Salk shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas City
Two More Die In Kansas Highway Accidents
Two more lives were lost in Kansas highway crashes according to the State Accident Records. Eugene C. Durnil 18 of Almena was killed in a truck crash near Monument and Molly Engerman 4 of Scio Oregon died from injuries in a one car crash east of Belleville on U S 36 earlier today.
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Topeka
Kansas
Eugene C. Durnil
Almena
Kas
Monument
Molly Engerman
Scio
Ore
Belleville
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Senate Group
Record Check of
York
Nished
Skinney Electric
Durham and
Jordan
S. Lincoln
Moscow
U.S.R
South Shore Country Club
Edward Logelin
United States Steel Corp
Film Chronicle
Richard
J. Daley
Inland Steel Co
Ind
Hie
Wasser
Iady
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