Travels and Visits Highlight Chanute Briefs
Eureka Calif visitors Mr and Mrs John W Anderson plan a Texas trip to Waxahachie and Grand Canyon route via Death Valley and Hoover Dam. Local police report include hub cap theft, intoxication arrest, and neighbors visiting from Birmingham and Kansas City. Seamona HD Unit to meet for a well groomed family lesson. Edington family returns from Salina while Potts moves to Chanute and will teach in junior college.
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John W. Anderson
Eureka
Calif
Earl J. Young
S. Edith
Waxahachie
Tex
Y. H. Anderson
Skip
California
Grand Canyon National Park
Death Valley
Hoover Dam
Anderson
Peggy Young
W. T. Ivey
Mazy Alice Penfield
Ivey
Mary Anne
John
Birmingham
Ala
Seamona HD
Dee Akers
Rt. 3
Melvin Potts
Chanute
Yates Center
Highland Potts
Memorial Hospital Admittances and Dismissals Listed
Monday and today admittances include Mrs. Herman Krone Humboldt surgical Mrs. Henry B. Woodruff Kin caid medical Mrs. Elmer E Strickler Lola medical Larry Oliverson Humboldt surgical. Dismissals list Mrs. Meraline Lieser 314 N Lincoln and Mrs. William J. Rensick Humboldt. Birth reports a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Pilcher Humboldt. District Court filed case in Chanute James F Cooper Frank Wickstrom vs James Jennings and others. Recent moves involve multiple address changes including Boyd Reece and Hildegard Williams. Highway Patrol hearings city court include Evelyn Byler Byler and others with fines for speeding and track violations.
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Parsons
Elmer Strickler
Tola
Richard C. Pilcher
Humboldt
Chanute
James
F. Cooper
Frank Wickstrom
James Jennings
Local financing study eyed by Kansas council
The Kansas Legislative Council heard proposals from a joint finance committee representing the League of Kansas Municipalities and county and school groups on funding shifts. They urged relief for counties from general fund pressures and discussed tax, bond, and revenue reforms including extending occupation taxes, simplifying licensing laws, consolidating funds, and exploring severance taxes as alternatives to property taxes.
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Topeka
Kansas Legislative Council
League of Kansas Municipalities
Kansas County Commissioner’s Assn
Kansas County Clerks' Assn
Kansas Assn
Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Council
Kansas
Strickland Award Given to Coffeyville Youth
Lawrence reports Don Cole Hendrix of Coffeyville has won the Agnes Wright Strickland Memorial Life Membership in the University of Kansas Alumni Association. The senior political science student received the honor from Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy at the senior class breakfast. The award was created three years ago by Charles E Strickland and others in memory of their mother.
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Lawrence
Don Cole Hendrix
Coffeyville
Agnes Wright Strickland
University of Kansas
Hendrix
Franklin D. Murphy
Charles E Strickland
Mason City
Iowa
H. W. Strickland
South Haven
Frances W. Strickland
Wichita
Humboldt man Wilmot Redfield dies of heart attack
Wilmot Redfield lifelong Humboldt resident dies at his home Saturday night at 8. Born August 13, 1880 he lived at the same address and is survived by sister Lunetta Redfield. A bookkeeper and accountant by trade he worked for Osborn Lumber Co and Humboldt National Bank and recently co owned Humboldt Insurance Co with E. N. Hill. Funeral 2:30 pm today at Presbyterian church with Rev. Paul Carpenter. burial Mount Hope cemetery with Masonic rites. Johnson Funeral Home in charge weather permitting.
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Wilmot Redfield
Humboldt
Wilmot
Lunetta Redfield
Osborn Lumber Co
Humboldt National Bank
E. N. Hill
Humboldt Insurance Co
Presbyterian Church
Masonic Order
Paul Carpenter
Mount Hope
Johnson Funeral Home
Showers Help Kansas Wheat Crop Development
Recent showers and cloudy weather aid late Kansas wheat development, with heads filling well in northern counties. Harvest began in a limited way last week, mainly trial runs to test moisture content. many southern and southeastern fields expected to be ready for combining this week.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
April Personal Income Rises to 317 Billion
Commerce Department reports April personal income up nearly 2 billion to a 317 billion annual rate. March and February show similar gains. Farm income climbs to 14.6 billion, highest monthly farm earnings since November, with four month total near 14.3 billion.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Lions Club Convention Closes With Eight District Governors Elected
Dodge City report states the state Lions Club convention drew over 1,000 attendees and elected eight district governors: James B. Copening Iola W L Duby Newton William J Larkin Wichita Ervin Winkler St John Harry Corliss Spring Hill R J Meuli Hope Robert Getz Hoxie and Clarence A Diers Sylvan Grove. Next year's meeting set for Manhattan June 2 3.
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Dodge City
Lions Club
James B. Copening
Iola
W. L. Duby
Newton
William J. Larkin
Wichita
Ervin Winkler
St. John
Harry Corliss
Spring Hill
R. J. Meuli
Hope
Robert Getz
Hoxie
Clarence A. Diers
Sylvan Grove
Manhattan
Leaders Discuss Foreign Aid Cut
President Eisenhower invited House leaders to a White House session to discuss the $1.109 billion reduction in foreign aid voted by the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He aims to rescind the cut, which would cripple the program, with Senate leaders planning a similar bipartisan meeting when the bill nears action.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
House Foreign Affairs Committee
GOP
Martin
Massachusetts
White House
Senate
House Committee
Senate Gop
Knowland
UN Gets Backing for Second Phase of Middle East Peace Effort
The United Nations Security Council unanimously supports Dag Hammarskjold in launching a second phase of his Middle East mission. He will assist Israel and neighboring Arab states to maintain momentum toward peace after reporting progress last month.
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United Nations
N.Y
Security Council
U.N
Dag W Hammarskjold
Israel
Middle East
Council
UN Tightens Role in Middle East Armistice Talks
The proposal originally open to broad peace negotiations was watered down to appease Arab and Soviet objections. It limits the secretary general to continuing his "good offices" with Israel and the Arabs to secure full compliance with the 1949 armistice agreements, with the method left to him.
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Israel
Washburn University Board picks Topeka physician
Dr. Orville Clark of Topeka is elected to the Washburn University Board of Regents effective July. He will replace Dr. J L Latimore, also of Topeka.
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Topeka
Orville Clark
Washburn University Board of Regents
J. L. Lattimore
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