Snow clearing crew praised for vast Western Kansas blizzard work
Fourth division highway crew from Chanute rested after clearing snow blocked routes aided by two bulldozers and seven plows. Joe Hummer and Ed Butler led tasks toward Greensburg and Dodge City, with radio trucks aiding emergency messages and strong resident cooperation noted. Elmer Alexander recalled extreme winds and drifts burying towns like Montezuma and Copeland and a five mile stretch near Dodge City.
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Kansas
Chanute
Elmer Alexander
Pratt
Joe Hummer
Ed Butler
Greensburg
Dodge City
Alexander
Son Aids Parents To Escape Fire In Oswego Kansas
In Oswego Kansas early today a blaze destroyed a home and its contents. The family escaped with help from their son Herbert Overman who woke to smoke, called the fire department, and aided his parents from a second story window using a barn ladder.
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Oswego, Kas
Clifford Overman
Herbert Overman
Phone Your Tribune Carrier After 6 P.M.
If you don’t get your Tribune, call your carrier. If he can’t be reached, dial 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
City to Open Paying Bids for Paving and Sewer
City commissioners set April 25 for opening bids on paving 19 blocks and sewer work equivalent to 27 blocks. A renegotiated lease with Fred Montague transfers title to the south airport hangar to the city while retaining Montague’s 25 year lease. The hangar 140 by 120 feet was privately funded.
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Fred Montague
Municipal Airport
City Commission
South Airport
Montague
Franklin
Edith
Rutter
Plummer
Lafayette
Garfield
Pine
Washington
Larson
Tennessee
Porterfield Addition
Porterfield
Gov Docking names Goodrich highway post for Fourth District
Gov George Docking will appoint Jack Goodrich of Parsons as highway commissioner for the Fourth District effective April 1, succeeding J R Cheney whose term ends March 31. Goodrich will remain executive secretary at least until the Legislature adjourns. Docking has not chosen Goodrich's successor as executive secretary.
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Topeka
George Docking
Jack Goodrich
Parsons
J. R. Cheney
Ottawa
Weather Forecast Warm Up Across State Through Saturday
A warm front near the Kansas Oklahoma border shifts across the state bringing warmer weather. Today highs are expected 60 to 65 with lows 35 to 45. skies partly cloudy and a chance of showers in the south. Highs yesterday ranged 44 to 64 and lows 28 to 40 as a cold front caused light showers.
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Topeka
Kansas-Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Dodge City
Goodland
Chanute
Pittsburg
Concordia
Mindszenty Celebrates 65th Birthday in Budapest Refuge
Cardinal Mindszenty marked his 65th birthday at the U.S. Legation in Budapest where he has lived as a refugee for nearly five months. The event underscores his continuing exile from Communist Hungary and his ongoing asylum status at the legation.
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Budapest
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
U.S
Lent Renewed Life Message From Rexford Junior College
Rexford Junior College sophomore delivers a Lent sermon urging renewed life through spring growth. He emphasizes love over hate, daily goodwill, and living to reflect Christian values amid world conflict. Rex Ford is named as the speaker, daughter of Mrs Marie Ford.
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Rexford Junior College
Rex Ford
Marie Ford
W. 6Th
Goff Resigns As Senior High Coach to Move to Visalia
Donald W. Goff longtime Buford Consolidated Senior High basketball coach resigns after six years to take head basketball coach role at Redwood High School Visalia California. He will also coordinate basketball programs across the city. Goff's teams previously won regional and league titles and he plans to complete a master’s degree this summer.
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Donald W. Goff
Visalia
Calif
Board of Education
Buford Fisher
Goff
S. Kansas
Redwood
California
Sedan
Wichita University
Blue Comet
Rosedale High
Kansas City
University of Wichita
Wristwatch Found By Fredonia Farmers After Dumping Incident
Fred Adler and neighbors report nuisance dumping along roadsides. Two men stopped near the Adler farm and discarded trash into a ditch, dropping a wristwatch in the process. Adler offers to return the watch to its owner if claimed with the trash.
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Fredonia
Kas
Fred Adler
Adler Farm
Adler
Neocha Drive-In Opens for Season Tonight
The Neocha drive-in theater opens tonight with owner Ray Walsh stating two features will be shown. Treats will be given to youngsters attending.
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Ray Walsh
House to Vote On Senate Bills Rehabilitate Inmates and Tax Reforms
The Kansas House approved three Senate bills to rehabilitate inmates including a prison goods use law, higher prisoner pay, and discharge allowances. It also sent to the governor a State Wheat Commission bill funded by a two mill tax and a reorganization of the Revenue and Taxation Department with a tax appeals board. Proponents argue efficiency gains. past attempts stalled in the Senate. A separate measure would require motorists to show paid personal property taxes to obtain a license.
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Topeka
Senate
House
George Docking
Legislative Council
State Wheat Commission
State Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Wheat Commission
Kansas
Board of Tax Appeals
Department of Revenue
Department of Property Valuation
Tax Commission
Commission
Tax Appeals Board
Zoning Board Upholds Car Lot Occupancy Appeal
Edward C. Ranz won a certificate of occupancy for a Main Street car lot after the zoning board ruled his lease showed pre ordinance approval. Tom Morehead noted Gibbs faces a building permit appeal for a warehouse furniture store at 1203 Santa Fe, with a hearing set for 7:30 p.m. April 9 at the Memorial Building.
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Edward C. Ranz
Main Street
Plummer
Tom Morehead
Ranz
Laurence R. Gibbs
Bank Call Seeks Condition of National Banks
Washington cites a comptroller request for a statement of the condition of all national banks as of the close of business Thursday March 14. The Federal Reserve System also issued a bank call for state banks that are members of the system.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Reserve System
Kansas Blamed By Katy Head For Silent Shift
St Louis report flags drastic Katy Railroad cuts under President Deramus claiming the moves aim to keep the line afloat. He defends layoffs as painful but necessary while Kansas seeks injunctions over transfers and a 1923 employment pact at Parsons.
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Kansas
Katy Head
ST. Louis
William N. Ceramus III
Post-Dispatch
Katy
Harry Wilensky
Kansas City
Deramus
Ceramus
Wilensky
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Texas
Parsons
Kas
Denison
Tex
Seven Die in North Philadelphia Tenement Fire
A three story brick tenement in North Philadelphia burned early today killing seven people and injuring at least four. Police report six victims are children and all identified victims are Negro, with origin of the fire not yet determined. Three families lived there and twelve were known to be inside when the blaze broke out. Firemen confined the fire to the single building.
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Philadelphia
New Baptist Pastor For Humboldt Church
The Rev. Orville Mason has accepted the call to serve as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Humboldt. He comes from the Baptist church in Troy and will arrive by Easter. Mason is married with three children Judy 15 Larry 11 and Sandra 6. He succeeds the Rev. Robert R. Wheatley who has taken a charge at Osawatomie.
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Humboldt
Orville Mason
First Baptist Church of
Mason
Baptist Church
Troy
Judy
Larry
Sandra
Robert R. Wheatley
Osawaitomie
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas Reported for 24 Hours
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section show 2 deaths in the past 24 hours and 112 for the year to date in 1957, compared with 139 for the same period in 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
Conference Group OKs Boost Of Half Per Cent in Sales Tax
A conference committee approved raising the Kansas sales tax from 2 to 2.5 percent with extensions to motels hotels and certain services, restoring contractors and targeting motor vehicle sales. Estimated revenue reaches about 16 million dollars, with a veto from Gov. George Docking expected. House and Senate votes loom as lawmakers weigh overriding the veto and potential budget balancing needs.
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Topeka
Legislative Conference
George Docking
Howard Immel
R-Iola
House
Senate
Immel
Campaign Peak in City Commissioner Race Sets Tuesday Vote
Voters face the city commissioner contest on Tuesday with a heightened campaign, while two school board seats and a half mill industrial fund levy also appear on the ballot. Polls open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. with four wards voting at specific centers and boards serving as judges and clerks.
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Tribune
J. D. Lightfoot
Dale A. Dahlgren
Dallce Rush
Harold R. Williams
Cartier Brookhart
Floyd W. Naff
Floyd R. Potter
Paul T. Brennecke
William M. Gray Jr
Industrial Fund
Chanute
Industrial
Contests for Offices In Buffalo Election
Buffalo voters face a city election on Tuesday for mayor police judge and five council seats. Mayoral candidates include Melvin Sperry and E. E. Langner. Council nominees total eight: J. J. Guiou Othel Stanfield Jake Cutter E. E. Whatley Dean Blackwood Herman Hempen George Cox Eldon Braman. C. N. Clough seeks police judge. Election board members are M. Milliran Pearl Decker and M. Bowman with M. Walker N. Krepps as clerks.
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Buffalo
Melvin Sperry
E. E. Langner
J. J. iGuiou
Othel Stanfield
Jake Cutter
E. E. Whatley
Dean Blackwood
Herman Hempen
George Cox
Eldon Braman
C. N. Clough
M. Milliran
Pearl Decker
M. Bowman
M. Walker
N. Krepps
Higher Cigarette Tax Hikes Take Effect April First
TOPEKA Gov George Docking signed the bill raising the cigarette tax from three to four cents effective April 1. The move increases state revenue and affects tobacco purchases statewide.
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Topeka
George Docking
Beck Suspended by AFL-CIO Amid Corruption Probe
The AFL-CIO Executive Council suspended Teamsters chief Dave Beck as an officer and ordered a probe into the Teamsters Union. George Meany announced the immediate suspension and charges, while an Ethical Practices Committee was tasked to assess corrupt influence and potential ouster.
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Washington
Aflcio
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Afl-Cio
Beck
George Meany
Meany
Senate
Afl-Cio Council
Labor Organization
Ethical Practices
Teamsters’ International
America
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Executive Council
Two Youths Die in Manhattan Car Train Crash
Manhattan Kansas was shaken by a fatal collision when the eastbound Union Pacific passenger train struck a car, killing Howard Paul Crider 20 and Miss Clara Duerfeldt 18, both Manhattan residents. The train was reported traveling about 50 miles per hour when the crash occurred yesterday near town.
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Manhattan
Kas
Howard Paul Crider
Clara Duerfeldt
Union Pacific
Crider
El Dorado Man Killed in Street Intersection Crash
El Dorado resident Ross Garfield Story aged 72 died when a pickup struck a tree at a street intersection. His son Jesse J. Story, 54, received critical injuries. The fatality marks El Dorado’s first traffic death since October 1952.
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EL Dorado
Ross Garfield Story
Jesse J. Story
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