Rains Delay Wheat Harvest With Local Variations
Rains hold up harvesting as ground stays wet in Wilson and Neosho counties while Fredonia farmers expect a resume by tomorrow. Woodson County reports minor wheat damage but widespread losses to soybeans and corn from hail and winds. Harvest prospects vary by area with replanting planned and insect damage noted. wheat quotas referendum set for tomorrow among eligible growers.
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Wilson County
Lester Griffith
Neosho County
Woodson County
Jerry Hope
Virgil
Yates Center
Piqua
Meeting Opens For FHA Officers In Eastern Kansas
County supervisors and clerks of the Farmers Home Administration in eastern Kansas gather at the Tioga Hotel for a two day meeting starting at 10 am. Thomas M. Potter Kansas FHA director opened with notes from a Salt Lake City national meeting. The program covers farm management aid relations with banks Farm Credit Administration and extension services and includes speakers from Topeka Lola Ottawa Paola and Independence among others.
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Farmers Home Administration
Kansas
Tioga Hotel
Thomas M. Potter
FHA
Salt Lake City
Potter
Farm Credit Administration
Extension Service
George J. Cunningham
Topeka
Loris E. Parrish
J. Milton Raven
Ralph E. Johnson
Joseph J. Rosacker
Lola
Samuel Huber
Beverly Combs
Burlington
Ray Cottrell
Mildred Norris
Lawrence
Ralph Kilgore
Dorothy Cravens
Lyndon
Gustav Krehbiel
Anna Marie Buelli
Clathe
Robert O'Shea
Shirley Nesbitt
Oskaloosa
Paul Archer
Claire Cooke
Ottawa
Stanley Morris
Jean Attebery
Paola
John Edwards
Verna Burns
Altamont
Hanserd House
Maxine Shaver
Erie
Frank Lewis
Adda Bauer
Fort Scott
Dorothy Nichols
Fredonia
Thomas Reagan
Thelma Scroggins
Girard
Forrest Sutherland
Virginia Sack
Independence
Robert Smith
Elva Bowman
Iola
John R. Linn
Euphie Allen
Yates Center
Ronald Musser
Loretto Nicholas
Lorene Masterson
Ivone Denner
Anellen Reiter
Rosacker
Clifford L. Harding
Open House Marks CAA 20th Birthday at Chanute
The Civil Aeronautics Administration observes its 20th anniversary with an open house at the Chanute station and municipal airport. Mayor Dahlgren proclaims Civil Aviation Day and Civil Aviation Week. CAA chief Burl O Connor notes growth from 1936 to 202xe facilities and staff, detailing air traffic control expansion, costs, and multi facility interconnections.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Burl O'Connor
Dickerhoof
CAA
O'Connor
Chanute Station
Dale A. Dahlgren
The
Tribune
U. S
Newark
Cleveland
Chicago
Newark Center
New York
Fussman Named Superintendent
Charles L. Fussman is named to succeed the late Harris V. Fegely as superintendent of Monarch Cement Co. Walter H. Wulf announced. Fussman, a Humboldt native and veteran, rose from laborer in 1948 to chemical engineer in 1949 and assistant superintendent in 1950. He earned a BS in chemical engineering from the University of Kansas after service in the Army and now serves on the Humboldt Chamber of Commerce and local boards. He and wife Dorothy Slaughter Fussman have three children: Phil, Steve, and Kay.
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Humboldt
Charles L. Fussman
Harris V. Fegely
Monarch Cement Co
Walter H. Wulf
Fussman
Monarch
Humboldt High School
Fort Bragg
Europe
University of Oklahoma
University of Kansas
Tau Beta Pi
Humboldt Chamber of Commerce
Lions and
Rotary Clubs
Dorothy Slaughter
Phil
Steve
Kay
Repeal Rejected in Senate Tax Proposals
Washington reports the Senate rejected a plan to repeal the 10 percent excise tax on passenger cars and to cut the same levy on trucks and buses in half.
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Washington
Senate Today
Erie Bypass Expected Open By Mid 1959
The Erie highway bypass six miles long near Erie is to be finished for traffic by mid 1959 with paving to begin next spring. Construction delays stem from heavy rains and swampy land. 40 men work on site using ten 15-foot scoops. A Neosho River bridge about 830 feet long will span west of Erie. Total cost exceeds one million dollars with 726000 for grading and 360000 for paving.
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Erie
Erie Highway
Highway Commission
H. E. Wallace
Wallace
Neosho River
Death of Jack Reynolds Reported in Lubbock Texas
Mrs. G. E. Barker of 1413 S Central learns of the death of her brother Jack Reynolds aged 66 from Lubbock Texas.
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G. E. Barker
S. Central
Jack Reynolds
Lubbock, Tex
Reeves and Davis Paroled for Forgery Convictions
Two 16 year olds Richard Reeves and Flay Davis pleaded guilty in Erie district court to three counts each of second degree forgery. They were paroled to the county sheriff for five years after concurrent 10 year sentences in the state industrial school. They admitted writing and passing three forged checks totaling 60 dollars at Chanute grocery stores last month. Part of the money funded a trip to Memphis Tennessee.
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Chanute
Richard Reeves
Flay Davis
Sheriff's Office
Erie
State Industrial School
Memphis
Tenn
Tribune Phone Lines Hit by Carrier Issue
Readers urged to contact their Tribune service if phone access fails. If the needed person cannot be reached, call 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
Anderson Files For Jnd Term as Incumbent Seeks Renomination
Atty. Gen. John Anderson Jr. filed for Republican renomination to a second full term. With noon tomorrow the deadline for declaring candidacies for the Aug. 5 primary, most incumbents have filed. Wint Smith is unopposed in the Sixth District, with Keith Sebelius and Joe Gunnels entering the race. Democratic Gov. George Docking said Democrats would complete their ticket, with no current candidates for several top posts. Twelve Democrats filed for congressional seats. Anderson, appointed attorney general in 1956, seeks to continue in office amid a shifting party slate.
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Topeka
John Anderson Jr
GOP
Wint Smith
Keith Sebelius
Norton
Smith
Joe Gunnels
Colby
George Docking
State Supreme Court
Docking
John Stice
Wichita
Anderson
Dale Spiegel
Emporia
Lyon County
Spiegel
Elmo Mahoney
Dorrance
Congress
John Montgomery
Junction City
Olathe
Johnson County
Sebelius
House of Representatives
House
Pastor Jones Hosts Rotary Farewell and Oral Will
The Rev Judd H Jones addressed Rotarians and wives last night in a farewell speech detailing an oral will. He left gestures to Dr E C Cathers Glen Dormois and Robert N Allen and gave two kittens to Dormois and S D Propst. The Jones family will move to Kansas City Kansas where he will pastor Washington Avenue Methodist church. Music by Larry Harris Evelyn Dormois and Mrs Robert Shirley highlighted the program. Carl Pate was inducted as club president and presented a past president’s button to Lee Judy.
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Judd H. Jones
E. C. Cathers
Glen Dormois
Robert N. Allen
Jones
House OKs Dam Funds for John Redmond Dam
Rep. Myron V. George notes the House passed a public works bill with a 400000 appropriation to start John Redmond dam construction. The funds cover an access road, land for services, and an administration building. The project totals about 28.4 million and sits 242 miles northwest of Burlington on the Neosho river.
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Myron V. George
Kan
The
Tribune
House Public Works
John Redmond Dam
House of Representatives
George
Army
John Redmonds
Neosho River
Burlington
Burt Truster Sentenced In Intoxication Charge
Burt Truster Sr. of 1216 S Central was arrested for intoxication and soliciting a minor. He pleaded guilty to intoxication and received 10 days in county jail. A second charge hearing is set for 3 30 p m July 1 in city court with $500 bond.
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Burt Truster Sr
S. Central
Truster
Unsettled Weather Brings More Rain Across Kansas
Forecast warns of showers and thunderstorms through Friday as Topeka reports unsettled conditions. Yesterday heavy rains pounded Macksville Atwood Pratt and nearby towns with several inches followed by other moisture readings across the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
Macksville
Atwood
Pratt
Stafford
St. John
Oberlin
Phillipsburg
Blue Rapids
Belleville
Salina
Lawrence
Manhattan
Abilene
Emporia
Wichita
el Dorado
Florence
Kingman
Hudson
Coffeyville
Chanute
Lyndon
Pittsburg
Tribune
Mule sale hawked after crosscountry Jaycee trip
A Tennessee man arrives in Los Angeles for the national Jaycee convention with his mule Kate, a 12 year old with 2300 miles on her. Bradley plans to sell the loyal animal and fly home, joking about his posterior.
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Los Angeles
Tennessee
Kate
Bob Bradley
Memphis
St. Patrick's Lday
Gov. Clement
Wasser
Macmillan Proposes Seven Year Cyprus Partnership Plan
London. Prime Minister Macmillan unveils a seven year Cyprus plan sharing island administration between Greece and Turkey. He calls it an adventure in partnership and says violence cessation would ease emergency rules and allow Cypriots back, including Makarios. Both Greece and Turkey reportedly reject the proposal as fighting persists.
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London
Macmillan
Cyprus
House of Commons
Makarios
Greece
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Council
Britain
Turkey
Kansas unemployment rate slips to 2.9 percent
Kansas unemployment fell to 2.9 percent for the week ending June 14, down from 3 percent the prior week and well below 1 year ago at 1.1 percent. Unemployment claims totaled 11,257, compared with 11,587 the prior week and 7,927 a year earlier.
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Topeka
Kansas
Preacher Arrested Over Elder Captivity in Oregon
In Stayton Oregon police arrested 60 year old Daniel George Cole after witnesses saw him kicking and holding his 88 year old father Eugene W Cole inside a triangular fenced enclosure with electric wires. Deputies described the elder Coles condition as fair and the abuse as alleged discipline.
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Stayton
Ore
Charles Thornton
Daniel George Cole
Cole
Eugene W Cole
Thornton
Taeson
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Griffith
Hope
E. Kansas
Anchorage
Alaska
Honolulu
Hawaii
G. A. Defebaugh
L. H. Embry
E. T. Gerhardt
J. R. Gormley
F. A. Prosser
T. C. Stearns
M. D. White
Roy W. Still
Reeves
Davis
Steve Gardner
N. Lafayette
Mike Smith
Senate
Burt Truster
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