Royster Racket Tops State Contest Again
Royster Junior High's Royster Racket wins first place for the fourth straight year in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association contest. Awards cover Kansas publications by enrollment class. Royster earned top in duplicated junior high papers under 1,500. Medalist honors went to Silver Lake Rural and Wilson High. Wichita East High also among first-place winners.
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Royster Junior High
Royster
Salina
Columbia Scholastic
Press Association
Kansas
Associated Press
New York
Silver Lake Rural High School
Wilson High School
Wichita East High
Wyandotte High
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Jim Roberts
B Gerken
Judy Chandler
Glenda Goff
Jane Wallingford
Betty Cam
Janice Smith
Tribune Photo
Unusual Hobo Dance Planned by Chanute Vet's Club
The Vet's Club of Chanute JC sponsors a beard themed dance for junior college students at the Little Theater 8 30 PM. All men must have beards with a kangaroo court fines for bare faces and a beard contest. The Jazz Tones provide music and a short variety show follows the court.
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Vet's Club
Chanute Jaco
Little Theater
David Parker
Jazz Tones
Kings Escape Injury In Rural Pickup Rollover
Mr and Mrs John H King of rural Erie escaped injury when their Chevrolet pickup rolled over on highway K 39 east of here about 4 20 p m yesterday. Sheriff Jerry Sloan said another pickup pulled onto the highway from a side road and that front wheel locked when brakes were applied. the other truck did not stop. Right side of the King truck was damaged. it carried 11 sheep and four calves not hurt. Chanute police and the highway patrol joined the investigation.
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John H. King
Erie
Here
Jerry Sloan
Kings
Sloan
Chanute Police
Highway Patrol
Burgess dies of injuries from switch engine collision
David Dean Burgess, 20, of Kansas City Kansas, died in a hospital early today from injuries after his car collided with a switch engine in Kansas City Kansas last night.
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Kansas City
Kas
David Dean Burgess
Tires Stolen From Farm Garage In South Mound
Five trailer wheels and tires were reportedly stolen from a garage at the Marvin Snider farm in South Mound. Sheriff Jerry Sloan said the theft occurred about two or three days ago. Local authorities are investigating the incident.
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Erie
Marvin Snider
South Mound
Jerry Sloan
March Weather Improves Then Clouds The Forecast
Topeka AP reports mild March weather continues in Kansas with a high near 75 in some areas and partly cloudy skies. Tonight and Saturday expect increasing clouds with scattered showers likely and a cool turn by night with a low around 40 and highs in the mid 60s.
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Topeka
Kansas
The
Weather Bureau
Garden City
Olathe
Lovewell
Chanute
Rush of Candidates At Filing Deadline
Three more city candidates filed for commissioner and school board. two new names R D Churchill and Lee Judy. A B Johnson announced but not filed. Walter Poor seeks re election to the board of education. Primary March 24 sets two commissioner and three school posts. run off in April for top six. Registration closes 10 p.m. tonight. eleven voters registered last night.
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Board of Education
Commission
R. D. Churchill
S. Rutter
Lee Judy
S. Central
A. B. Johnson
W. 5Th
Walter Poor
S. Lafayette
Freete Construction Co
Johnson
Dalice Rush
Henry K. Baker
Howard Carder
Dale A. Dahlgren
Floyd West Jr
Cole Leverenz
John Nation
Edwin H. Rideau Jr
Wendell Bowyer
E. C. Cathers
Ebar S. Schultz
School Board
Howard Parsons
Missouri Nudist Bill Sparks House Committee Scramble
Missouri lawmakers clash over which committee should hear a bill to outlaw nudism. Democrats Orville Woodard and Fred Stutler sponsor the measure as committees fight for a chance to weigh the issue and perhaps spark controversy in the 70th General Assembly.
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Jefferson City
Richard H. Ichord
Missouri House
Ichord
Missouri General Assembly
Appropriations Committee
State Parks, Forestry and Natural Resources Committee
House
Judiciary Committee
Orville Woodard
St. Francois County
Fred Stutler
Sullivan County
Woodard
Ste. Genevieve
Perry
Nasser Attacks Iraqi Communists at Damascus Funeral
President Gamal Abdel Nasser denounces Iraqi Communists and their push for a Syria Iraq union in a massive Damascus funeral rally. About 250000 people attended or watched the anti-Communist demonstration, signaling a major Arab world political clash with Iraqi Premier Kassem after a Mosul revolt report.
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Damascus
Syria
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Nasser
Abdel Karim Kassem
Mosul
Iraq
Kassem
God
Mohammed Said Shehab
Communist Party
Umayed
Bill to Boost School Mergers Killed by House
The Kansas House rejected a plan to push rural school consolidation by cutting county and state funds for eight month districts. The measure failed 53 to 50 after Rep. Alvan Bauman argued it infringed on local choice. The vote comes amid broader legislative moves including tax deduction proposals and business aid bills.
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Topeka
Fap
William Edwards
R-Bigelow
Alvan Bauman
D-Sabetha
Bauman
House
Senate
Pharmacy Board
Eisenhower Presidential Library Commission
Employment Security Division
State Labor Department
Congress
President
Kansans vote on Hawaii statehood in Congress
AP reports Kansas and Missouri representatives split on the Hawaii statehood bill. Democrats Bolling Brown Carnahan Jones Karsten Moulder Randall Sullivan voted for. Hull and Smith voted against. Curtis Cannon Hargis were absent or not voting.
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Washington
Kansas
Missouri
Hawaii
Bolling
Brown
Carnahan
Jones
Karsten
Moulder
Randall and Sullivan
Breeding
George
Avery
Rees
Hull
Smith
Curtis
Rmo
Cannon
D-Mo
Hargis
D-Kan
Equalization Tax Rework Tests Kansas Amendment
The Kansas Senate committee rewrites a constitutional amendment on utility property taxation to include clarifications and exemptions for household goods, while aim remains to equalize assessments. Debate delays and possible floor changes cloud its fate as lawmakers inch toward adjournment.
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Topeka
Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
Senate
Kansas
Fifth of Whisky Is Fatal to Youth
A 17 year old Kansas City boy died after wagering he could drink a fifth of whisky in under five minutes. Jess C. Lea Jr. was found dead in another youth’s car. Two older youths, Harold L. Barber and James H. Yates, are in custody as investigators.
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Kansas City
Jess C. Lea Jr
Marion Beeler
Baytown
Harold
L. Barber
James H. Yates
Beeler
Yates
Barber
Lea
Raytown
Seven Die In Snowbound Easton Cottage Fire
In Easton Maine seven people including five children died when their five room cottage burned. Victims were John Hersey 41 and his five children plus Carl Lundy 50 an overnight guest. Christina Hersey 40 survived with injuries. Deanna 13 escaped. Snow and impassable roads delayed emergency response.
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Easton
Maine
John Hersey
Carl Lundy
John
Victoria
James
Elizabeth
Cindy
Hersey
Christina
Deanna
Presque Isle
Mars Hill
Loring Air Force Base
Limestone
Lundy
Presque iIsle
Industrial Workshop Set for April 14 here
Reservation forms are out for an April 14 workshop at the Tioga Hotel. Led by the Kansas Industrial Development Commission with the Chamber of Commerce, the program covers aid to existing industry, locating industry, financing, prospects handling, and community promotion. It begins at 9 a.m. with no attendance fee.
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Les Matthews
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Chamber
Tioga Hotel
Dodge City
Hays
Beloit
Newton
Topeka
Zoning Board Grants Two Building Permits
The Zoning Board of Appeals approved two non conforming construction permits after public hearings at the Memorial building. Ashley Clinic site lies north of the Plummer access road between Neosho Memorial Hospital and the county home for the aged, while Don Mallory's 1005 West 3rd project received a occupancy based OK from 1957. All votes were unanimous.
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Zoning Board of Appeals
Memorial Building
Ashley Medical Clinic
S. Plummer
Don Mallory
W. 3Rd
Neithler
Richard L. Ashley
Ashley Clinic
Plummer
Neosho Memorial Hospital
New County Home For
Appeals Board
Mallory
Paul T. Brennecke
Leslie Cable
R. D. Churchill
C. H. Reynolds
Fred Harris
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka Report 1959 Record
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section. In last 24 hours 0. To date in 1959 86. Same period 1958 77.
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Topeka
Kansas
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Pickup
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St. Francois
Missouri Ozarks
Franklin County
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Norbert Jasper
Jasper
Arkansas
To‘peka
Kan
Midwest
Hawaii Statehood
Tribune
Howard Immel
A-lola
Paul Wunsch
R-Kingman
Immel
George Docking
Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Wasser
Zoning Board
Oks
Lincoln School
Velma Beasley
Jimmy McGrath
Jim McGrath
S. Tennessee
Sherry Caldwell
Ralph Caldwell
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