Allen School Funds Claim Disallowed in Todd Allen Case
Kenneth D. Sharp of Elsmore signed an improper claim for 1787 state funds for South Fairview No. 73 in Allen County. Officials said the notarized document listed nine pupils on Sept 17, affecting eligibility. Sharp, a Kansas Rural Schools Association leader and lobbyist, preserves small one‑teacher schools and denies wrongdoing.
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Topeka
Kenneth D. Sharp
Elsmore
South Fairview
Allen County
Kansas
Sharp
Kansas Rural Schools Association
Fred J. Lassman
Lavonburg
W. W. Wright
State Department of Public Instruction
Carl Grady II
Wright
Chanute
Rural School Association
House passes 120 bills in two-hour session
The Kansas House approved 120 bills in a quick two-hour morning session, most of them minor or local. Bulk roll calls handled up to 25 bills at once, with 54 more individually voted on later. The Senate eyed around 40 measures for possible final action today.
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Topeka
House
Senate
Jess Taylor
R-Tribune
Science teachers scarce as city seeks two for senior and junior colleges
Superintendent Fisher reported a shortage of qualified chemistry and physics teachers for Senior High and Junior College as next fall approaches. He sent letters to Midwest universities and the University of Mississippi, seeking candidates for the new chemistry department and the growing physics program. A Kansas bureau official confirmed no registered new hires for college physics or chemistry at present.
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Midwest
University of Mississippi
Fisher
H. E. Chandler
Teachers Appointment Bureau
University of Kansas
Sin
Chandler
Not Guilty For Kennedy In Chanute Case
Erie district court acquits Lonnie Kennedy of grand larceny for allegedly stealing motor car tires from a Chanute store. Jury deliberated about 45 minutes to reach the verdict. The jury trial also involved Glen Merriman charged with selling alcohol to minors, with proceedings continuing this morning.
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Erie
Lonnie Kennedy
Cha‘nute
Chanute
State of
Eric
Lida C. Titus
St. Paul
Merle Gardner
John Sewart
Henry Beller
L. H. Johnson
Joe Rule
Ted Carrell
Floyd Greer
John Owen
Rural Parsons
Wilbur Hines
Fred Stoneking
$22 Billion Request for Transportation
Washington The administration asks Congress to appropriate $2 594 473 979 for transportation of people and goods in the next fiscal year. Traffic World reports the figure is 3.4 percent of the total budget. The Budget Bureau does not total requests by specific uses.
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Washington
Congress
Traffic World
Budget Bureau
Local Man Arrested on DWI Charge in City Court
Orville E. Van Winkle of 510 E 15th was arrested by highway patrol on a driving while intoxicated charge. He posted a $50 bond and his hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday in city court.
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Orville E. van Winkle
Jin City Court
Rain Forecast Touches Kansas With Slow Warmup
A weather forecast for Kansas shows a broad southwest rain area moving east and north. Expect occasional light showers tonight and Thursday with highs in the 50s and a warm trend overall.
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Topeka
United States
Kansas
Richard Garrett
Garrett
Goodland
Parsonian Kills Divorced Wife in Front Yard
James D. Parks, 53, shot his divorced wife Ezella Parks, 46, in the front yard of their home as she returned from work. Sheriff Morrow said Parks will be charged with first degree murder and is jailed. authorities cited past property disputes and a bathroom window firing as the sequence of the killings.
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Parsons
J. E. Morrow
Ezella Parks
William K. Ong
James D. Parks
Morrow
Parks
Queen Mary delayed amid strikes and railway threat
News wires report a 24 hour delay in the liner Queen Mary sailing to New York as labor strikes spread and a nationwide railway walkout looms. Officials warn disruption could expand to maritime and rail traffic nationwide.
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London
New York
Traffic Fatalities In Kansas Reported
Topeka reports state accident records show zero fatalities in the last 24 hours and 102 to date in 1957, compared with 133 in the same period in 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
Senate Advances Two Percent Severance Tax on Oil and Gas
TOPEKA The Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee outlined a two percent severance tax on oil and gas to be added to property taxes. It is likely to be introduced in the Senate and sent to the floor for debate without oil and gas committee referral.
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Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
Senate
Howard Immel
A- Lola
Oil and Gas Committee
Oil and Gas Group
San Francisco Fire Fatal to Two Persons
Flames swept a frame apartment building in San Francisco killing two residents and leaving another in critical condition. Six others were treated for smoke inhalation and reported in good condition by hospital spokesmen.
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San Francisco
If you don’t get your Tribune call your carrier
A short notice advises readers missing delivery to contact their carrier. If the carrier is unreachable after hours, readers are instructed to call 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance and to address delivery issues promptly.
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Tribune
Heavy Primary Vote Here For City Commission Jobs
U S officials cautious on Egypt canal plan as Dag Hammarskjold travels to Cairo to seek a workable interim arrangement. The State Department reserved judgment while Congress members call for thorough exploration of the Egyptian proposal and tolls plan.
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Washington
United States
Egypt
Suez Canal
Dag Hammarskjold
Cairo
State Department
Lincoln White
U. S
White
Hammarskjold
Egyptaan
Nasser
Federal Fund Thinking Must Change to Save
A Kansas congressman urges a shift in public mindset to reduce the federal budget. Republican Rep Avery argues people resist cutting aid to their own communities while accepting cuts elsewhere and says only a change in thinking will achieve this.
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Washington
Kansas
Avery
Lenten Series True Self Denia by Kathleen Crabtree
High School Senior Kathleen Crabtree discusses Lent and self denial in a thoughtful Catholic youth column. She contrasts superficial fasts with true self denial and cites a pastor and the biblical reference to Jesus in carrying one’s cross. Crabtree notes her parents are Mr and Mrs Vernal Crabtree of 25 S Gretchéh.
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Kathleen Crabtree Is the Daughter
Mrs. Vernal Crabtree
S. Gretchéh
Rally for Big Dams Declares Great Success at Emporia
About 1 200 people from eastern Kansas attended a flood control rally in Emporia urging swift federal funding for five dams in the Neosho Cottonwood and Marais des Cygnes valleys. The meeting called Congress to authorize construction and planning, with Chanute official E W Johnson presenting the resolution and estimates seeking several million dollars for Burlington and other dam projects.
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Chanute
Kansas
Emporia
Ross Cooper
Eisenhower
Congress
Neosho
Cottonwood
Marins Des Cygnes
E. W. Johnson
Kansas Cities
U. S. Engineers
Burlington
Council Grove
Marion
Cedar Point
Marias de Cygnes
George A. Fox
Chetopa
Parsons
Ottawa
Three Die in Merck Plant Vitamin Lab Blast
A Merck and Co vitamin plant explosion on the first floor of a three story building killed three workers Walter Green Ed Gentrowski and Edward L Muisch and left Leo Bitsch seriously injured. Eleven others were treated for minor injuries as the fire was controlled. The blast damaged the lab area and one worker nearby escaped unharmed. This was the plant's first fatal incident since 1947.
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Walter Green
Ed Gentrowski
Edward L. Muisch
Leo Bitsch
Rahway Hospital
Three Men Arrested For Iola Breakins
Three Kansas City area men were arrested in Bourbon County and returned to face breaking and entering charges. Robert Kendig 17 Francis Gant 28 and Lester Ellifrits 24 were taken after a car stop on U S 54 east of Iola. Police found eight revolvers three rifles and 500 rounds of .22 ammunition in the vehicle. Gant and Ellifrits are on parole with past Missouri robbery and Dyver Act sentences.
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Iola
Kas
Kansas City Area
Bourbon County
Robert L. Kendig
Francis L. Gant
Kansas City
Lester J. Ellifrits
U. S. 54
Here
Western Auto Associates
Gant
Ellifrits
Missouri
Wind Damage Fallout Hits Kansas Wheat Crop
Federal and state agriculture departments call last week’s wind erosion in Kansas wheat severe. The damage centers in a north central to southwest diagonal swath across several counties.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
North Central
Williams Leads City Primary for Commissioners In Strong Showing
Harold R. Williams tops Dahlgren, Rush, and Lightfoot in a heated five way primary for two city commissioner posts. Dahlgren second with 1,257 votes, Rush 659, Lightfoot 483. total 2,469. School board race shows Floyd Naff, Floyd Potter, and Paul Brennecke leading. Voters decide on industrial levy. registration open for April 2 election.
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Harold R. Williams
Dale A. Dahlgren
Dalice Rush
J. D. Lightfoot
C. C. Reid
Charles W. Rice
Rice
Lightfoot
Williams
Dahlgren
Rush
Reid
Floyd W. Naff
Floyd R. Potter
Paul T. Brennecke
Naff
Potter
Brennecke
Carter Brookhart
William M. Gray Jr
The
Tribune
Brookhart
Gray
Fourth Ward
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