Special Easter Church Services Across the Area
Easter observances fill the area from dawn services at Santa Fe Park and Neocha Drive-In to regular church programs. Speakers include Joe Waggoner and Rev. Elmer O. Luessenhop with choirs from Zion and St. Peter Lutheran churches and multiple congregations marking the resurrection with sermons, music, and family gatherings.
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Chanute
Santa Fe Park
The
Ministerial Alliance
Neocha Drive-In
Chanute Zion Lutheran Church
St. Peter Lutheran Church
Humboldt
Joe Waggoner
Elmer O. Luessenhop
St. John's College, Winfield
Lord Jesus
Zion
St. Peter Lutheran
Frederick H. Pralle
Willis E. Laetsch
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Christ
Paul Life
St. Paul Lutheran Church
First Methodist Church
Judd Jones
Handel
Marlin McCune
Holy City
Water joke prompts dam plan from Wasser to Congress
The piece notes Joe G. Wasser urges sending river water to Washington lawmakers to secure dam funding, claiming tanks would persuade congressmen after two weeks of tasting. It also reports Mike Fletcher arriving home to find his mother, Mrs Russell T Fletcher, injured after stepping on the family dog and suffering a fractured ankle.
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Washington
Wasser
Mike Fletcher
Rice Institute
Houston
Russell T. Fletcher
S. Santa Fe
Car Jumps Curb Damages Meter Post at Mc Cune Drug Store
Everett P. Rustman age 66 escaped injury when his car backed from a curb shifted into the wrong gear and jumped forward striking a parked car owned by John C. Jones before crashing into an iron support of the Mc Cune Drug Store at 105 West Main. The display window stayed intact. The meter post had to be cut to remove the Rustman vehicle.
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Everett P. Rustman
Lincoln
McCune Drug Store
W. Main
Rustman
John C. Jones
S. Forest
Jones
Milk dumped on highway in Detroit bound dairy dispute
State police report raiders stopped a Detroit bound milk truck on U S 16 east of Brighton and dumped 3500 gallons of milk. The driver James Dowswell of Sealtest Inc said 10 to 12 carloads blocked the road and opened the spigots after forcing him to halt amid a dairy price dispute and picketing of creameries and depots.
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Detroit
U. S. 16
Brighton
James Dowswell
Sealtest, Inc
East German official admits police errors in enforcement
Berlin reports Ernst Wollweber, East Germany’s security minister, confessed errors in secret police work. He said the mistakes were occasional and promised easing of police methods.
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Berlin
East Germany
Ernst Wollweber
Bison Skull Found in Neosho River Gravel
Roy S. Greve found a bison skull fragment with horns near the Neosho River gravel bar close to the Rollin site in southeast Kansas. The skull, set in graveled mud, may date to a century ago when bison roamed the area. A nearby cup of nickel silver plate was also found, its age undetermined.
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Chanute
Roy S. Greve
Greve
Neosho River Manchie
Kansas Meadows
Rollin
Roy S&s. Greve
Neosho River
Tribune
Explosion at Texas Dock Tops 10000-ton Tanker
A kerosene loading explosion ripped through the 10,000 ton tanker Esso Paterson at a Baytown dock. Two crewmen were hospitalized as orange flames shot 300 feet into the air. The blast shook Houston suburbs 25 miles away and was followed by a rapid fireout within an hour. Residents recalled the 1947 Texas City disaster that killed hundreds.
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Baytown
Tex P—A
Esso Paterson
Houston Ship Canal
Houston
Texas City
Ottawa Woman Frances Miller Dies at 106
Mrs Frances Elizabeth Miller aged 106 died yesterday at her farm home eight miles southeast of Ottawa. She was the oldest person in Franklin County and among the oldest in the state.
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Ottawa
Frances Elizabeth Miller
Franklin County
Airlines consider code of standard practices for liquor service
Washington report says the Air Transport Association plans a code of standard practices for serving liquor on airplanes. Directors have ordered drafting of the code to govern onboard service.
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Washington
The
Air Transport Assn
Easter Egg Hunt Draws Hundreds At Highland Park
The Lions Club will host an Easter egg hunt at 2 p.m. Sunday at Highland Park for all children in the trade area including visitors. The event, divided into three age groups, awards prizes of 3 2 and 1 dollars for first to third place. Police and fire departments will assist for safety. weather may delay.
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Lions Club
Highland Park
Mystery of girl death deepens as alive child identified
In Kansas City police face a tangled case after a body found near a rock pile is linked to a five-year-old girl identified as Shirley Dicus, while a living child named Shirley June resides with Lloyd A. Dicus and a woman described as his fifth wife. The murder charge against Dicus is dropped amid new clues involving multiple former wives and unaccounted relatives.
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Kansas City
Shirley Dicus
Neosho
Lloyd A. Dicus
Shirley
Gretta June Cornish
Mozelle
Baton Rouge
Arvid Owsley
Hugh H. Owens
Dicus
Lubbock
Tex
Texas Bureau of Public Safety
Oscar J. Liuzza
Betty Boyd Howard
Howard
Basil Boyd
Commerce
Oklo
Billie Dicus
Gainesville
Shirley Ann
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka 1956 Update
State accident records list traffic fatalities in Topeka Kansas in the last 24 hours. To date in 1956 the total is 135, compared with 120 in the same period of 1955.
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Topekap
Kansas
Kansas Wind Erosion Funds Allotted to 62 Counties
Kansas receives 532000 of the 1500000 federal wind erosion relief set aside by President Eisenhower. The funds cover 62 western Kansas counties including Cowley Sedgwick McPherson Cloud Republic and are part of allocations for Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Colorado and part of Nebraska. Senator Frank Carlson announced the allocation yesterday with few details.
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Topeka ‘P
Kansas
Eisenhower
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
Nebraska
Cowley
Sedgwick
McPherson
Cloud
Republic
U.S
Frank Carlson
Fire damages one stall garage at 715 Gar field
A one stall garage at the home of Mrs. Lucy Rausch 715 Gar field was damaged by fire about 3 15 p m yesterday Firemen said a burning grass sparked by a nearby trash burner caused the blaze The loss was covered by insurance.
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Lucy Rausch
Garfield
New Construction Booms With Homes Setting Pace
Remodeling work at peak and by both firms and homeowners drives a construction boom. Local remodelers include Bank of Commerce, McCune Motor Co, Calvert's, Davis Paint, Home Appliance, Self Service and Edmiston's. Recent improvements listed for several residents on Garfield Washington and Forest streets.
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Bank of Commerce
McCune Motor Co
Calvert's, Davis Paint, Home Appliance, Self Service
Edmiston's
Dick Harp Named Kansas Coach After Allen Retirement
Dr Forrest C Allen retires as Kansas coach effective June 30 with Dick Harp elevated from assistant to head coach for one year at 7500 dollars. Jerry Waugh named assistant at 5500 dollars. Waugh heads Lawrence High School basketball and Allen era marked by 771 victories and 233 defeats.
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Lawrence
Forrest C
Phog) Allen
University of Kansas
State Board of Regents
Dick Harp
Allen
Regents
Lester McCoy
Garden City
University Athletic Board
Harp
K.A
Jerry Waugh
Baldwin
Kas
Haskell Indian Institute of Lawrence
Central Missouri State College
Warrensburg
Jayhawker
Missouri Valley
Big Six
Kansas City Council Rejects Fluoridation
Kansas City council kills a resolution to fluoridate city water by a 5 to 4 vote. Council member Charles G. Shafer Jr. notes doctors and dentists favor fluoridation to curb tooth decay, while Don M. Jackson argues against mass medication for a large segment of residents.
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Kansas City
Charles G. Shafer Jr
Don M. Jackson
Warmer Trend Area Forecast and Kansas Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy with dust in western areas on Saturday. Tonight near 40, Saturday highs mid to upper 60s, with 70s in the southwest. Five day outlook calls for 5-10 degrees above normal and light precipitation. Dusty winds ease, sky grows more cloudy tomorrow with warmer eastern sections.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
P. N. Eland
Eland
Concordia
Garden City
Pittsburg
Manhattan
Topeka Municipal
Drought Spurs Emporia Dam Return After Expensive Reacquisition
Emporia officials reclaimed the Cottonwood River dam from Ivor Rees for 6500 after a drought and pipeline project strained water supply. The dam, built 1862 to serve Soden's mill, changed hands in 1950 then again under pressure from Neosho river reservoirs and a 106000 pipeline.
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Rimporia Emporia
Emporia
Ivor Rees
Rees
Neosho River
Neosho
Cottonwood
Soden
Water Resources Board
City Elections In Area Towns
Humboldt Yates Center and Fredonia voters face city elections next Tuesday with an $85,000 pool bond proposal in Yates Center. Yates Center seats include a mayoral race and four council posts, two contested. Humboldt council has four candidates, Fre donia Mayor J M Gilstrap unopposed. Incumbents Foster Williams on Humboldt council. holdovers Manion Blattner Magill Morrison. Yates Center mayor C McCormick unopposed. council nominees Wemmer Henson Gordy Robertson Hollinger Marker. Polls 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at local polling places.
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Humboldt
Yates Center
Fredonia
Humboldt Council
J. M. Gilstrap
William Manion
R. W. Blattner
Paul Magill
Howard Morrison
M. L. Brown
Methodist Church
Legion Hall
Naff Auto Parts
Christian Church
L. M. McCormick
Nelson Davidson
Iola
Fred Wemmer
Vernon Henson
Robert Gordy
Loren R. Robertson
Clark Hollinger Jr
M. J. Marker
Canute
Eric
Road Projects Progressing Area highway improvements moving ahead
State Highway Commission division officials report satisfactory progress on area road works. Village Creek bridge and Ash Grove tracks overpass at North Plummer completed. US 75 relocation at Buffalo 75 percent done, new K39 route finished from Roper. US 169 widening planned between Earlton and Thayex with six foot west-side widening and hot top surface. South Santa Fe US 169 widening slated for spring or summer.
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State Highway Commission
Village Creek
Ash Grove
North Plummer
West 14Th Street
Buffalo
Roper
Earlton
Thayex
South Santa Fe
Eisenhower OKs Tide Water Channel Plan
President Eisenhower signed a bill authorizing construction of the proposed 88 million dollar tide water channel from New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico but the measure provides no funds and awaits congressional appropriations.
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Washington
Eisenhower
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Spring Sparks Spread of Work Throughout City
Spring warmth lifts the housing boom across the city as contractors developers and builders rush to meet rising demand for housing and related projects. The second annual Building Edition of The Tribune highlights merchants suppliers and ads for new homes remodeling and general construction.
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the Tribune
Housing boom outlook amid new county tuberculosis hospital
The market for new homes should stay strong for at least a year as a new million dollar tuberculosis hospital opens this summer or fall, boosting demand. About 65 staff are expected to move to the area, with several arriving from other towns. Local builders report multiple homes under construction and planned subdivisions in Cha nute, Iola, and Humboldt, including South Allen and West Seventh developments.
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Ebur Schultz
Lee Judy
Blocsk
South Allen
Fourth Street
Plummer
Clay Knapp
West Seventh
Western Avenue
Seventh Street
West Fourth
South Highland
Chanute
Iola
Humboldt
A. R. Hudspeth
South Ashby
Lyle Kensinger
Jack Haight
Seventh
Neal McCoy
West Elm
Don Haymaker
South
Tennessee
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Sandra
Betty Johnson
Marion Williams
Karma Jenkins
First Church of God
L. Don Richardson
Grant Avenue Baptist Church
Ray Rush Farm
St. Patrick’s Catholic Cehurch
Grace Episcopal Church
Joe G. Wasser
EPO
Ferre
Texas Dock
Ottawan
Girl
Marion Johnson
Wilbur Lyman
S. Garfield
Ernest Petty
S. Malcolm
Ralph Brown
N. Garfield
Louis L. Young
S. Washington
Leigh Dannenberg
Roy Hazen
Kansas City Council
Svese
ED Shape
Gazette
Ethola Lake
Thad Clements
Elmer Harwood
Bruce Foster
C. S. Williams
Foster
Williams
W. H. Autry
W. Seventh
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