Honorary Sheriff promotion invites broad participation
An Ottawa Herald editorial warns that for ten dollars a year anyone can join as an honorary sheriff and receive a membership card decal plaque and magazine. It notes the Tallahassee imprint of the magazine and suggests the promotion mainly aims to boost subscriptions while raising concerns about potential abuse of the title.
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Kansas Sheriffs Association
Tallahassee
Fla
Sheriff's Magazine
Kansas
Today’s Bible Verse Shine Your Light Verse
A meditation on Matthew 5 16 urging believers to let their good works reflect God’s glory before others so they may honor the Father in heaven. This brief devotional emphasizes visible righteousness as a witness to faith.
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Matthew
First stop in Yugoslavia Belgrade visit shocks traveler
Job Belgrade describes the Belgrade arrival from Zagreb noting primitive airport facilities and a relaxed customs process. He observes ordinary city life, postwar buildings, parks, and orderly streetcars, then remarks on a surprising calm in a Communist setting and the tolling bells of a Greek Orthodox cathedral.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Berlin
Munich
Zagreb
Beograd
Tax receipts reach 772 percent of last fall's levy total
County treasurer Charles Nation reported receipts of about 400 000 for last fall’s levies while the total due remains 518 060 05. The report notes payments received by mail unopened and cites a high settlement rate amid ongoing collection efforts.
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Charles 8
Nation
Montgomery Ward & Co
Murphy
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Holc
Clips and Quips Sparks in Early Kansan Politics
An agitated Kansas editoralist criticizes docking as excessive while Rolla Clymer warns Republicans fear he could reach the U.S. Senate. The column mixes mockery of beauty parlors and a Wichita Democrat jab about noise in politics and atomic bomb quips amid regional discourse.
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Docking
Kansas
Rolla Clymer
U.S. Senate
Emporia Gazette
Wichita Democrat
Oil Lobbyists Win California Severance Tax Repeal Fight
In California, Superior Oil and Standard Oil of California led a plan to block Governor Pat Brown’s proposed 2 percent severance tax by chartering flights to bring four Republican Assembly members to Sacramento. The move aimed to cut pay raises for teachers and professors while drawing national attention to the Rockefeller family and Nelson Rockefeller’s candidacy. The lobbying effort succeeded, moving the bill from the revenue and tax committee to a successful outcome.
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Washington
Howard Keck
Superior Oil Company
Francis Case
South Dakota
California
Standard Oil
Superior
Sacramento
Pat Brown
Rockefeller
Nelson Rockefeller
Standard Oi! of
Rockefellers
Harold Ickes
Standard of California
Ralph Davies
War Petroleum Board
Ickes
Davies
Superior Oil and
Standard
Brown
Revenue and Tax Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Oil Lobby
Allen Pattee
Carmel
James Holmes
Santa Barbara
Harold Levering
Bruce Reagan
Quincy
Steel contract talks near deadline with stalled bargaining
James Marlow reports that since May 5 the United Steelworkers Union and 12 steel companies have offered vague demands, with a June 30 contract end and the threat of a nationwide shutdown. A wage rise faces inflation fears, while a wage freeze is urged by industry allies. The dispute risks a national economic impact and potential Taft-Hartley action.
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Washington
United Steelworkers Union
Steelworkers Union
Nationeg Assn
Afl-Cio
Executive Council
Stee
Deposit and Savings Insurance Becomes Finance Standard
In a two year growth of insured deposits and shares, the FDIC and FSLIC protect accounts up to 10 000 dollars each. The FDIC covers about 13 000 banks with near two billion dollars in resources and 436 cases costing roughly 29 million dollars. FSLIC insures 3900 savings accounts and funds, with members funding insurance via premiums.
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New York
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corp
FDIC
Television Log for Tuesday Evening Listings
TV schedule details for KOAM and partner stations listing programs by time slot from 6 30 p m to 10 45 p m including Mackenzies Raiders Name That Tune Father Knows Best Peter Gunn Wyatt Earp Desilu Playhouse Highway Patrol Movie and late night news and weather summaries on KOAM KOTV WDAF and KODE channels.
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Mackenzie's Raiders
Restless Gan
the Texan
Tales of Wells
Desilu Playhouse
Highway Patrol
Doug Edwards
Annie Oakley
Colt
U. S. Border
Steve Canyon
Jimmy Rodgers
The
Californians
Peck
Bob Cummings
Red Skelton
Gary Moore
David Niven
State Trooper
Markham Cba
Rough Riders
Jack Paar
Hollywood
Showtime
Subscription Rates in Neosho County and Nearby Counties
Rates listed for subscriptions by mail across Neosho Allen Wilson and Woodson counties. One year costs 15 dollars, six months 8 dollars, three months 4 dollars, and one month 1 dollar. Additional figures show 40 and 81.58 as other pricing or totals.
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Neosho
Allen Wilson
Woodson
FDIC reports quick insurance payouts for most bank failures
The FDIC says delays in insured deposits are usually only a few days, with a three month worst case in 1953 Chicago bank closures due to Illinois law. The U S Savings and Loan League notes shareholders faced no delay, while Home Loan Bank Board and National League of Insured Savings Assns report no waiting longer than a weekend.
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FDIC
Chicago
Illinois
U.S. Savings and Loan League
Home Loan Bank Board
FSLIC
National League of Insured Savings Assas
Kansas Eagles Elect New Lodge Officers at Hutchinson Convention
Kansas Eagle Lodge delegates elected officers at the closing session of their annual convention in Hutchinson. Bill B Abrams of Salina was named president, Claude Roberts of Hutchinson junior past president, Robert Schonberner of Junction City vice president, Bob Lathrop of Great Bend chaplain, James Blackwell of Clathe treasurer, and John Shelton of Prairie Village named for the post. Auxiliary officers also selected including Mrs Pearl Marsh of Fort Scott as president and several other officers across Kansas.
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Kansas City
Kas
May Hoover
Manhattan
Clara Eggleston
Topeka
Minnie Nichols
Oil tanker third mate in Port Arthur shipyard misfortune
Kelley aged 38, third mate aboard an oil tanker, learned of his mis fortune when the ship docked Sunday at Port Arthur Texas. His brief telephoned comment: We will just have to start over.
Five Years of Work Is Washed Away at Mercer Dam Project
Wayne Kelley, a merchant seaman, spent five years converting an abandoned railroad into a dam and lake near Mercer Missouri. He invested 35 000 dollars and planned stone cabins and a fishing resort. A dam burst threatening his acre lake and fish stock, ending his project. Governor Quinn was mentioned in connection with the event.
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Mercer, Mo
Wayne Kelley
Mercer
Ill
William Francis Quinn
el Hawaii
Law
Thyssen and Starr wed in Montauk ceremony
Greta Thyssen 27 and George R. Starr 26 tied the knot in Montauk New York on Sunday. It marked Thyssen’s third marriage and Starr’s second.
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Ym.c.a
Cherryvale
Shmola
Thani Cuan
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Lewis Strauss
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Cannon
Nevada
Benson
Strauss
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Ervin
North Carolina
Kenneth Royall
Army
Wall Street
Strauss Royall
White House
Ellis Slater
Seagrams
Slater
Eisenhower
Elizabeth Arden
Arizona
Pearson
By James Marlow
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David J. McDonald
By Sam Dawson
AP Business News
U.S. Treasury
Savings and Loan
Savings and Loan Association
Fpslic
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Agen and Loan Associations
Chanute Tribune
Koam-Tv
KOTV
Wdaf.tv
Kode-Tv
Sam Levenson
Miss Brooks
Melody Matinee
Court of Human Relations
Dr. Malone
General Electric
Ppliance CO
Highland
Chanute Publishing Company
Ernest W. Johnson
James Bb. Sheridan
Dwight Wallingford
Neilie Hollenshead
Fay Clopine
T. O Ward
Dorsey Osborn
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Kansas Eagles
Emil E. Lofgren
West Main
Hans Fowles
Roy
Pioneer
Philco-Bendix
Philco
Tyssen-Starr
Chanute Sales
Neal McCoy
Oming
Wee
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Ederal Deposit Insurance
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