City Dads Seek Bids for Chanute Third Storage Dam
Chanute city commission approved immediate bids for a new Neosho overflow water storage dam to be built north east of town between the two existing dams. A bid opening is set for 7 p.m. April 16 at a special meeting. Land and easement awards have been set after condemnation proceedings.
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Chanute
Neosho
Brown Wellsford
Arthur Schmahlfeldt
Kansas City
Robert L. Briley
Allan E
City Industrial Fund
Mid- America, Inc
Southeast Kansas Industrial Development Organization
Mid-Ameria
City Recreation Commission
R. J. Hayes
Department of the Interior
Washington, D. C
Hayes
Kansas Municipal Power Pool
John Lapham
John N. Sherman Jr
Grant
Elm
Newd
William T. Hunt
First Presbyterian Church
State Doesn’t Need Another University in Kansas
Clyde Reed of Parsons, head of the Kansas Board of Regents, told a Wooster scholarship dinner that Kansas has no need for another state university. He argued the state cannot support a new university without weakening existing resources and urged a reasonable approach to education expansion. Reed did not identify any locations, though southern Kansas has been proposed.
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Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
Reed
Anderson Delegate To Visit Japan
Kansas Governor John Anderson named to a nine member delegation of governors visiting Japan next month. The group will conduct a comparative study of Japanese and United States governments for the U S State Department.
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Harrisburg
Kansas
John Anderson
Japan
U. S. State Department
United States
Governor Recommends Wichita University Join State System
Gov. John Anderson said Wichita University should join the state system but not as a Kansas University type institution. He urged a four year college focus and non duplicative courses under the Board of Regents. He plans to push legislation to bring it into the system.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Wichita University
Kansas University
Board of Regents
Anderson
Clyde Reed
Parsons
Lawrence
Ihe
Prices Edge Higher As February Costs Rise
Prices for foods pushed living costs up three tenths of one per cent in February reaching 104.8 of the 1957-59 base. The rise ends a six month pause and comes with food costs up six tenths, driven by winter storms in the South. Officials expect stability but caution a possible March uptick.
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Washington
Myers
Florida
Texas
Mrs. Lowen Heads Home From Greece After Son's Death Sentence
Esther Lowen, mother of Roger Ranney, 28, who was sentenced to death for murdering two Greek seamen, left Athens for Chanute, Kansas. She earlier visited Ranney on Aegina Island Prison, then boarded a steamer to Piraeus. An anonymous donor provided her $1,000 for the trip.
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Greece
Chanute
Kan
Esther Lowen
Paul
Roger Ranney
Pireaus
Ministry of Justice
Ranney
Mrs. Lowen
Don Donaldson
S. Central
California
Donaldson
Traffic Fatalities Reported In Topeka Area
AP summary notes Kansas traffic data for a 24 hour period ending 9 am Tuesday for March 30, 1952. The report compares figures to the 1961 period with 107 fatalities recorded in that year.
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Topeka
Kansas
Beeney Family Holds Courthouse Vigil in Erie
Erie authorities keep Kenneth L Beeney Sr family in custody while the six other members, including Letha Faye and Verla Sue Beeney, stay in parked cars on the courthouse square awaiting delivery from their proclaimed leading deliverer. The two girls returned to Erie grade school while the parents remain under 30 day sentences for removing them due to a prophecy.
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Erie
Kenneth L. Beeney Sr
Letha Faye
Verla Sue
Eric
Garry Beeney
Sheriff
Jerry Sloan
Atchison
Sloan
Sloans
Injuries Fatal Woman Davenport IA and Scriptural Letters
Fragment from a Davenport Iowa item notes a fatal injury from a traffic accident and includes letters from residents in Wichita and Phenix City discussing faith, obedience to God, and biblical interpretations. It mentions a 77 year old man who died after a crash and other local correspondence.
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Raleigh
N. C
Sands
Albany
N. Y
Newton
Douds
Kansas
Davenport
Wichita
Harry G
Phenix City
Ala
Heaven
Shell
Geneva talks earn modest Berlin progress amid tensions
U S secretary of state Dean Rusk and Soviet foreign minister Andrei Gro myko say talks in Geneva found common ground and differences over Berlin. American sources note no policy changes and no side desires a war over Berlin, while Kennedy declares National Youth Fitness Week starting May 6.
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Geneva
U.S
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
Berlin
Ameri- Washington
Rusk
Washington
Bomb hoax shocks Chanute residents report
Two hoax telephone calls warned of bombs in Chanute homes. Police investigated one address and found the report false. A second resident also received a similar call and said his home has been hit by several nuisance calls daily, some using offensive language, with a suspected teenage caller.
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Chanute
Naff Heads Chanute Rotary Club 1962 63 Officers Named
Floyd Naff was elected president of the Chanute Rotary Club for 1962 63 by club directors yesterday. Cecil Brinkmeyer is vice president and Howard Jester is secretary treasurer. Installation is July 1 with retiring officers Charles Broadwell and Naff as vice president.
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Floyd Naff
Chanute Rotary Club
Cecil Brinkmeyer
Howard Jester
Charles Broadwell
Naff
Lenten Series Emphasizes Faith Love and Resurrection
An author and wheat farmer in Sumner County promotes faith as daily bread guiding life and community, linking Lenten themes to God’s greatness and the Resurrection. A Kansas AP brief notes warm, dry conditions and a high pressure system yielding clear, mild weather across the state through midweek.
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Sumner County
Kansas Wheat Growers Assn
Kansas Wheat Commission
Lour
God
Jesus Christ
Topeka
Kansas
Weather forecast predicts mild spell through Wednesday
The forecast calls for fair skies and mild temperatures through Wednesday. Tonight's low near zero, with daytime highs Wednesday reaching 75 to 80 degrees.
Music Clubs Meet in Pittsburg for State Convention
The Kansas Federation of Music Clubs holds its state convention in Pittsburg from April 25 to 28 with about 200 participants expected to attend.
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Pittsburg
The
Kansas Federation of Music Clubs
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