Royster Junior High Demonstrates Physical Education Program
The sixth annual demonstration at Royster Junior High School drew about 1,000 spectators to the Senior High gym. Under instructors Verda Hanes Lyle Dean and A M Lockyear the 500 students showcased activities from kickball to tetherball along with dancing boxing wrestling and first aid in a full evening of performances. The girls drum and bugle corps opened the program and the event filled bleachers with standing room.
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Royster Junior High School
Verda Hanes
Lyle Dean
A. M. Lockyear
Dean
Bill to Change Neosho Court Terms Heads to Senate
A proposed bill from Rep. Robert N. Allen would add March and October terms for Chanute and Erie district courts. It passes House, clears Senate committee, sets jurors eligible across both courts, starts second Wednesday in March and second Tuesday in October in Chanute. Erie starts second Tuesday in March and second Wednesday in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Topeka
Robert N. Allen
Chanute
House
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Wilson County
Ways and Means
George Docking
Robert Anderson
Ottawa
Legislative Council
Milk Price War Hits Kansas City Area
Prices drop across the greater Kansas City region with a 10 cent cut in half gallon milk to 29 cents and home delivery from 44 to 34 cents. Some shops offer a gallon for 63 cents if customers bring their own containers. Officials say the cuts aim to match gallon prices and may last until raised. Platte County market advertises half gallon at 5 cents with a $2 grocery purchase.
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Kansas City
Dairies
Kas
Platte County
Emporia Rally Draws Chanute Dams Support
At least five Chanute carloads will attend a Tuesday Emporia meeting on river control and water conservation. Gov. George Docking will speak, with attendees including City Manager Ross Cooper and chamber officials. The event follows a 400-person anti-dam gathering and targets Neosho and nearby river valleys.
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Chanute
Emporia
Les Matthews
Chamber of Commerce
Ager
Chamber
Matthews
Memorial Building
Ross Cooper
Clarence Sievers
O. H. Cunningham
George Docking
Neosho
Cottonwood
Verdigris
Marias Des Cgnes
Walnut River
Kansas Turnpike Revenue Rises Last Month
Wichita report shows February toll receipts at 260 772 with tolls 225 964 from the turnpike. Revenue from restaurants stations and miscellaneous sources boosted totals. February daily toll average 8060 with early March average 9703. Passenger cars accounted for 89.6 percent of tolls in initial four months.
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Wichita
Kansas Turnpike
Gale Moss
Turnpike
Moss
Quite a Catch for Fisherman
El Dorado firefighter Alva Barr fished in Lake Bluestem and reeled in a 12 gauge Model T shotgun mistaken for a log. He cleaned the weapon and found it in good condition, with no explanation for how it ended up in the lake.
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EL Dorado
Alva Barr
Bluestem
Barr
Marion Beatty Slated for Kansas Corporation Commission
Topeka attorney Marion Beatty will be appointed to the Kansas Corporation Commission next week to replace Republican Harry Snyder Jr. whose term ends March 20. The move gives Democrats control of the KCC for the first time, with current members Democrat John Young and Republican Richard Byr. Governor Docking said Beatty will accept and hinted at possible reshuffles if Young moves to the bench.
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Topeka
Marion Beatty
Kansas Corporation Commission
Beatty
Harry Snyder Jr
George Docking
John Young
Richard Byr
Docking
Young
KCC
Egyptian Units Move Toward Gaza Strip to Reassert Control
Reliable informants say 600 to 700 Egyptian army troops entered El Arish to assume defense from UNEF. El Arish lies 125 miles from Gaza border, with Egypt planning to take over two Gaza strip points and station forces along the coast to restore pre war conditions.
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Cairo
el Arish
United Nations Emergency Force
el’ Arish
Gaza Strip
al Gumbhurriya
Strip
UNEF
Sinai Peninsula
Egypt
Gaza
U.N
al Gumburriya
Beck Records Deadline Set By Probers
Senate rackets probes set a 24 hour deadline for Dave Beck to hand over 1949 55 personal financial records. Hearings paused until Tuesday amid subpoenas while Beck weighs attorney advised rights and possible voluntary disclosure. Checks totaling over 14000 were traced to Beck and Frank Brewster to Schefferman the Sears consultant formerly hired to address Teamsters groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Beck
Teamsters
Portland
Ore
Nathan W. Shefferman
Chicago
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Frank Brewster
E State Western Conference
Brewster
Schefferman
Principal resigns at Sparks High School in Sparks Nevada
Edwin Whitehead resigned as principal of Sparks High School but will stay on as history teacher. He cited the job as too burdensome and will take a pay cut from 7600 to 6400 dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparks, Nev
Edwin Whitehead
Sparks High School
Whitehead
Right to Know bills advance in Kansas Legislature
In Topeka the House State Affairs committee approved one of four right to know measures. The approved bill would require state and local records to be open with exceptions. Other bills, including open meetings and lobbyist fees, were killed. A separate resolution urged Congress to probe the Amateur Athletic Union of America.
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House
State Affairs Committee
Congress
Amateur Athletic Union of America
Wes Santee
Arkansas River
Water Resources Committee
Paul Wunsch
Kingman
Senate
Docking
Murray Hodges
Clathe
Lou M. Bryant
Arkansas City
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
James W. Lowry
Atchison
Vona Crist
Garden City
State Civil Service Commission
Boston Hosts Dublin Lord Mayor Without Red Carpet
Boston rolls out welcomes Monday for Lord Mayor Robert Briscoe of Dublin with a green emerald carpet at the railroad station. City greeter Jack Brown borrowed a 30 foot plush carpet from a local hotel for the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Robert Briscoe
Dublin
Jack Brown
Lenten Series Emphasizes Prayer Fasting and Penitence
The article outlines Lent as a season of grace inviting self denial and mortification. It urges daily small sacrifices to imitate Christ and resolve to break with sin, strengthening will and peace of mind. It notes Joe Ponce and Mrs Ralph Ponce as readers’ points of reference and references a residence at 1318 S Forest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church
Joe Ponce
Christ
Ralph Ponce
S. Forest
Kansas House Works Through Saturday Session Backlog
The Kansas House held its first Saturday session to tackle a large bill backlog and met three times yesterday as it raced to clear bills before next Wednesday’s deadline. The Senate approved 28 bills and added 26 new measures while awaiting final action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas’ House
Senate
TV to Hand Out Emmy Awards Mr. Ara Set On 14-Hour Program Tonight
Hollywood hosts the Emmy ceremony with a 90 minute color telecast. Desi Arnaz hosts in Hollywood with New York presenting duties by Phil Silvers. Nominations include coverage of the Andrea Doria sinking and political conventions. Rod Serling and Steve Allen figure among top contenders.
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Mr. Ara
Hollywood
New York
Desi Arnaz
I Love Lucy
Phil Silvers
Sgt. Bilko
Academy of Television Arts
Sciences
Ernie Kovacs
Jimmy Durante
Danny Thomas
Nat King Cole
Peggy Lee
Julie London
CBS
Andrea Doria
ABC
NBC
Edward R. Murrow
Rod Serling
Playhouse 90
Steve Allen
Kovacs
United States
Ceasor
Ed Sullivan
Omnibus
Perry Como
Silvers
Father Knows Best
Jack Benny
Navy blimp proves long patrol reach with 11 day flight
The ZPG-2 landed at Boca Chica Naval Air Station after 11 days and 12 minutes aloft, having flown from South Weymouth across the Atlantic to Portugal and North Africa before returning to Florida. Officials say the mission demonstrates airships as offshore patrol platforms able to warn of bombers and submarines and to operate with low fuel use and resilience to weather. Rear Adm. Rivette called it astonishing. Cmdr. Hung received the Distinguished Flying Cross and commendations from Adm. Burke.
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Key West
Fla
Boca Chica
Atlantic
Portugal
North Africa
Florida
Navy
Frederick N. Rivette
Naval Operations
Air
Jack R. Hung
Adm
Arleigh Burke
Escapee McCullough to gain freedom after 10 years
Herman Rex McCullough, known in Denver as Chester Alan French, faces final release after Missouri officials and a Colorado governor commuted his sentences for assault on a sheriff and burglary charges. He escaped in 1934, was captured in Denver in 1946, and now awaits final documents.
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Denver
Colo
Herman Rex McCullough
Missouri
Rex McCullough
Chester Alan French
McCullough
Cass County
Harrisonville
Glenn Weaver
Leslie A. Bruce
Bruce
Weaver
Missouri Parole Board
James T. Blair
Colorado
First Aid Course to Begin This Week at Roosevelt School
A Red Cross First Aid course opens Thursday and runs twice weekly for five weeks. Classes meet Monday and Thursday afternoons from 1:30 to 3:30 in Roosevelt School basement. Mrs. Kenneth Tebow, the course chair, will teach.
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Red Cross
Kenneth Tebow
Red Cross First Aid
Roosevelt School
Tebow
Traffic Fatalities Report From State Records
The State Accident Records Section lists fatalities in the last 24 hours and year totals for 1957 and 1956. In the last 24 hours there were 11 deaths, bringing 1957 to 93. for the same period in 1956, fatalities were 125.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Chanute Primary Voters Set For City, School Board Ballots
Official tally shows 4,813 registered for Tuesday's city primary in Chanute. Two city commission seats and five school board posts appear on the ballot with no eliminations expected for school board candidates. Polls open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at five wards. results tabulated after closing.
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Chanute
J. D. Lightfoot
Charles W. Rice
Harold R. Williams
Dale A. Dahlgren
Dalice Rush
C. C. Reid
Paul T. Brennecke
Carter Brookhart
Floyd W.naff
Floyd R. Potter
William M. Gray Jr
Naff
Potter
Howard Parsons
Legislator Proposes Advertising Tax in Kansas
Rep. Tony Schartz proposes a two percent tax on all Kansas advertising to raise five to six million dollars. He urged the House Assessment and Taxation Committee to adopt an advertising tax amendment to a sales tax bill extending to motels hotels laundries and dry cleaning. The committee took no action.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tony Schartz
Great Bend
House Assessment and Taxation Committee
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Mild Weather Area Forecast for Kansas Falls in Warm Weekend
Forecasters expect fair and warmer conditions today through Sunday with increasing clouds. Chance of thunder showers this weekend in Kansas region. Temperatures upper 60s to low 70s today and tomorrow, nights in 40s. dust may blow in south central areas.
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Weather Bureau
Kansas
Topeka
Concordia
Garden City
Russell
Goodland
Grass dye test paints Northwest Side hotel lawn green
A Chicago hotel lawn on the far Northwest Side was sprayed with a new dye to make a dormant lawn appear green and growing. The demonstration by a chemical company used the St Patrick's Day timing as a promotional angle.
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Chicago
St. Patrick's Day
Fractured Skull For Little Girl In Trailer Court Incident
A two year old girl named Dinah Rae VanSchuyver was run over at a trailer court yesterday in Medicine Lodge Kansas. She suffered a fractured skull and is in critical condition. Sheriff Homer Burkhart said the driver did not see the child.
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Medicine Lodge
Kas
Dinah Rae VanSchuyver
Aud VanSchuyver
Homer Burkhart
State DAR Conference Held By Beloit Chapter
The Missouri lifelong DAR meeting convened in Beloit with about 150 members from 55 chapters in attendance. The article notes Tribune editions and an invitation to call 700 after 6 pm for communications.
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Beloit
Kas
Daughters of the American Revolution
Tribune
Ters
Giant Meteor Crosses Sky Over Southland
A bright meteor lit southwestern and southeastern regions, with fragments reportedly found in Texas, Louisiana, and Alabama though unconfirmed. Observers from Texas to Florida and Missouri saw the event around 10 p.m. CST, some noting a long flaming trail. Fort Worth amateur astronomer Oscar Monnig suggested a Gulf landing southwest of New Orleans, while Tulane’s J F Thomson called it an unusually bright, large meteor.
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New Orleans
Texas
Louisiana
Alabama
Florida
Missouri
Oscar Monnig
Fort Worth
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
J. F. Thomson
Tulane University
Accident Fatal Near Lebo
Glen E Harris, 50, of Lebo was killed when his car left a highway eight miles east of Lebo, overturned, and plunged into a ditch. Sheriff Delbert Helmer said Harris was alone in the vehicle.
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Lebo, Kas
Glen E. Harris
Lebo
Delbert Helmer
Burlington
Harris
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Masonic Temple
al Goodwin
Randall Diver
Dick Stowell
Neosho Court
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Probers
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Judiciary Committee
DAR
Southland
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