Rally backs dams across eastern Kansas to speed projects
About 100 residents from Chanute and nearby towns plus delegations from Erie Humboldt and others attended a flood control rally in Emporia. Speakers included Gov. Docking and Clyde Reed Jr. A four point resolution urged Congress to fund reservoirs on the Neosho and Cottonwood rivers and begin surveys for Marion Cedar Point and Council Grove projects.
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Chanute
Erie
Humboldt
Emporia
Kansas
Neosho-Cottonwood
Verdigris
Marmaton
Walnut
Marais Des Cygnes
Strawn
Burlington
Congress
Burling,ton
Council Grove
Neosho River
Marion
Cottonwood
Cedar Point
Cedar Creek
Corps of Engineers
Ross Cooper
Randall Diver
Clarence Sievers
Chamber of Commerce
O. H. Cunningham
Chamber
Gordon Barker
The
City Fines Total 80.65 in Iola Water Flusher Case
City of Iola faces fines and court costs totaling 80.65 after a street flusher used to haul drinking water was cited March 5. City Manager Ross Cooper appeared for the city March 8 in Allen County Court, pleaded guilty to two counts, and the hearing was continued.
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Highway Patrol
Iola
Ross Cooper
Allen County Court
Cooper
Howard T. Upshaw
Robert Talkington
Allen County
Bill Slane Injured In Traffic Accident
Bill Slane of 218 N. Grant was injured when his car went out of control and flipped at the USS59 curve at the Y north of Chanute around 2 AM. He sustained facial and possible internal injuries and was taken to Neosho Memorial Hospital.
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Bill Splane
N. Grant
Chanute
Splane
L. R. Spencer
Howard Carder
Duane Houck
Highway Patrol
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Voters Turn Out By Noon In City Primary Election
Early city primary voting shows higher turnout than 1951 and 1953, but not heavy. By noon 742 ballots had been cast, with 565 in 1951 and 250 in 1953. Six commissioner candidates seek two seats. five school board candidates face no contest unless a write-in emerges. Ward totals listed for noon hour at four sites.
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North Malcolm
Alcott
Murray Hill
Roosevelt School
Zion Homeworkers Meet With Browning Crew
Zion group will gather Thursday afternoon at 509 West Third with Mrs Lola Browning and Beryl Browning. Quilting sessions will proceed and Mrs Mabel Hutchinson will host.
Lenten Series by Virginia Jenkins Emphasizes true observance
Virginia Jenkins speaks on Lent as a period of fasting prayer and consecration leading to spiritual strength. She describes Jesus as prophet priest and king and urges consistent Christian living and daily devotion. Jenkins is the daughter of Carl and Mrs. Jenkins of 704 N Garfield.
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Virginia Jenkins Junior College
Miss Jenkins
Virginia Jenkins Is the Daughter
Mr. and
Mrs
Carl Jenkins
704
N. Garfield
High School Science Fair at Junior College this weekend
The Senior High School Science Fair organized by Mrs. Agnes Crockatt's science classes will be staged at the Little Theater Friday and held at the Junior College Saturday.
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Agnes Crockatt
Weather forecast notes warm trend and readings
Forecast indicates a warm trend with a high around 78 degrees and a low near 35. Rel humidity 58 percent at 1 30 p.m barometer 29 00 inches and light precipitation of 0 04 inch observed Monday. historical marks show record high 78 in 1938 and low 4 in 1923.
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Ceecesee
Neodesha Fair Exhibits Ready for Judging Weekend
About 40 exhibits are planned for the fair opening. Neodesha Senior High students will compete with entries from Royster Junior High and local elementary schools. Judging is set for Friday morning with public hours Friday 1 to 8 pm and Saturday 9 am to 4 pm. Martha Stoltz Keith Maring and Robert Williams named as judges, with a fourth from Neodesha.
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Martha Stoltz
Keith Maring
Robert Williams
Kansas State Board of Health
Neodesha
Jury Studies Kennedy Case Deliberations In Erie Court
Jurors in Erie hear State vs Lonnie Kennedy of Chanute with Judge Dunham presiding. Kennedy faces grand larceny charges over tires from a Chanute store after a hung jury in a prior Chanute district court hearing. Other cases moved to May term. jurors listed include Mull Madill Carrell James Sandberg Wiles Hines Cassady Sewart Beller Carlson Owens.
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Erie
B. M. Dunham
State
Lonnie
John A. Mull
Geroge Madill
Ted Carrell
Ray R. James
Rudolph Sandberg
Chanute
R. H. Wiles
Wilbur Hines
Paul Cassady
Eric
John Sewart
Henry Beller
St. Paul
Arthur Carlson
Stark
John Owens
Rural Parsons
Munger's Complete Remodeling Program Grand Opening
Munger's Ladies Ready to Wear at 110 FE Main announces a three day grand opening starting Wednesday to celebrate its building remodeling. The store adds extended floor space and a modern storefront with new spring women’s apparel and accessories. Visitors may register for prizes during the observance.
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Munger’s
Main
Weather Outlook Across Kansas Brightens
Clearing skies move eastward across Kansas bringing sunshine and warmer trend. Temperatures expected in the 50s in the west and 40s in the east with warmest day tomorrow. Yesterday statewide lows ranged 18 to 36 with highs from 41 at Hill City and Concordia to 51 at Garden City and Dodge City.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Hill City
Concordia
Garden City
Dodge City
Pittsburg
Suez Canal Clears For Vessels Up To 1000 Tons
The Suez Canal Authority says ships up to 1000 tons may pass today after earlier openings for smaller ships. The canal, closed during last fall’s invasion, is being fully cleared by April 10 according to U N salvage teams.
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Suez
Egypt
Suez Canal Authority
U. N
Election Returns At Tribune Tonight
Results of the city primary election will be available at The Tribune office tonight after polls close at 6. Ballot counting begins then with one election board per ward. Four candidates for two city commission posts will be named from six. Tribune contact number is 17.
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the Tribune
City Commission
Tribune
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Report 1957 Toll
Kansas Accident Records lists 1 traffic death in the last 24 hours and 102 for the year to date 1957, compared with 133 in the same period of 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
State acts to curb Missouri Kansas Texas Railway actions
Gov George Docking announced Kansas will use state power to back a legal move against the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Co. A temporary court order bars moving records from Parsons offices. Katy must justify permanence of the injunction by April 30 over a 1923 personnel agreement as hundreds of workers in Parsons were fired with little notice.
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Topeka
George Docking
State of Kansas
Missouri-Kansas - Texas Railroad Co
Parsons
Katy
Docking
Perview
State Corporation Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas
Atty
John Anderson
Schools Plan Voting Date for Consolidation
Rural districts east of Chanute plan a consolidation vote with a meeting at Union School at 8 p.m. next Monday in Marion Stevens report. Eight districts Pratt Big Creek Cremona North Valley Leanna Prairie Queen Union Harmony were represented and a Q A session was held. A new school could be built and operated on about five mills tax with consolidation. Buford Fisher Chanute superintendent spoke on advantages.
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Chanute
Union School
Marion Stevens
North Valley
Pratt
Big Creek
Cremona
Leanna
Prairie Queen
Union
Harmony
Stevens
Buford Fisher
Escaped Convict McCullough Freed After Missouri Parole
Herman R. McCullough, 47, an escapee from the Missouri penitentiary, is a free man after Governor James T. Blair commuted his life sentence. The papers arrived yesterday and McCullough was released immediately.
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Denver
Herman R. McCullough
Missouri Penitentiary
James T. Blair
Missouri
McCullough
Gov Docking Vetoes 3 Percent Sales Tax Increase
Kansas Governor Docking pledged to veto any bill raising the state sales tax from two to three percent. He announced after the House Assessment and Taxation Committee, led by Republicans, voted 10-6 to raise the rate. He also warned he would veto a half percent rise and urged lawmakers to consider alternative tax sources.
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Topeka
George Docking
Docking
House Assessment and Taxation Committee
House
Kansas
H. M. Christensen
R-Con
Cordia
Nebraska
Marion Mathews
Winfield
F. O. Doty
Pittsburg
W. M. Ferguson
Parsons
Bids Opened for Kansas Highway Improvements Across Fourteen Projects
Apparent low bids totaling more than 1.295 million dollars were submitted to the Kansas Highway Commission for fourteen projects in the Fourth district. Roberts Construction Co of Lincoln Nebraska led with 485 070 25 for a 5 5 mile concrete cutoff from dead man’s corner toward Cherryvale. Other notable lows include Standard Industries Inc Tulsa for 23 039 32 on US 169 resurfacing to Coffeyville, Freete Construction Co Chanute Pittsburg for K57 grading and widening near Girard, and Independent Construction Co Overland Park for 10 mile US 166 resurfacing in Labette and Montgomery counties. Contracts to be awarded later at Topeka headquarters.
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Dead Man’s
Morehead
Hihway
Cherryvale
Roberts Construction, Co
Lincoln
Neb
Oklahoma-Kansas Line
Coffeyville
Standard Industries Inc
Tulsa
Montgomery County
Freete Construction Co
Chanute
Pittsburg
Girard
Joe O'Brien
St. Paul
Labette
Montgomery Counties
Independent Construction Co
Overland Park
Kans
Anderson County
Franklin County
Wellington named editor of Ottawa Herald
Robert B. Wellington will become editor of the Ottawa Herald on April 1 succeeding Don Hull who left to start a newspaper business. Wellington has spent nine years at the Hutchinson News-Herald nine as night managing editor and previously served as Sunday editor. He is a Kansas City native and Navy veteran. Wellington and his wife have three sons.
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Ottawa
Kas
Robert B. Wellington
Ottawa Herald
Don Hull
Wellington
Hutchinson News-Herald
Hutchinson
Chanute Tribune
C. G. Wellington
The
Kansas City Star
Navy
Pacific
Bob Wellington
Tribune News
Chanute
Bermuda Prepares for Historic Bermuda Meeting
Tuckerstown reports Bermuda ready for a high level meeting as President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Macmillan arrive to address rebuilding the strained British American partnership.
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Tuckerstown
Bermuda
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Minister Kills Bank Robber As Officer Dies
In Jeffersonville Indiana a bank robber slain a state police sergeant at a roadblock before dying in a gun duel with the officer’s friend, Reverend Robert Gingery, who also shot Hassett from a rear car window. Police recovered nearly all of the $1655 loot and identified Hassett by two bank tellers.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Marvin E. Watts
William Hassett
Louisville
Watts
Sellersburg
Here
Gingery
Jother
Hassett
Marvin
Choir Practice at Mexican Baptist Church
The Humboldt choir will gather at the Mexican Baptist Church Wednesday evening at 7 o clock for practice directed by Delores Perez. A prayer meeting with leader Joe Mendes follows at 7 30.
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The
Mexican Baptist Church
Delores Perez
Humboldt
Joe Mendes
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Tribune
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Lola
Bill Slane
Jesus
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Son
Man
Kennedy Case
Munger
Suez Canal
Kansas Highway Division
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Highway Commission
Freeto Construction Co
Sedan
Chautauqua County
Freeto Company
Coyville
Wilson County
Zimmerman Brothers
He Is
Kansas City, MO
Clayton Alvis
C. H. Pankratz
Mary Bates
Robert Gingery
Trinity Methodist Church
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