Progress on Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital Construction
Construction at the Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital site advances with grading and excavation underway. Two earth movers are active, Henry Byers of Manhattan is the grading sub-contractor, and about 20 000 cubic yards of dirt will be moved. Topsoil is stored near West Seventh as Unit C begins farm work, followed by the east wing and central areas. Lloyd Severance reports 18 000 feet of lumber bought for forms and a five man crew preparing concrete footings, columns, floors, and roof using reusable forms.
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Southeast
Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
Lloyd Severance
Henry Byers
Manhattan
Severance
J Site
West Seventh
County tax warrants served for delinquent 1944 personal property
Sheriff Lee Montgomery and Undersheriff John Phelps served tax warrants on individuals late paying the first half of 1944 personal property taxes. Deadlines were December 31. A 10 percent interest accrues from filing, and delinquents cannot sell or borrow against real estate until paid. Mileage at seven cents per mile is charged.
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Lee Montgomery
John Phelps
Montgomery
District Court
Enterprise Man Killed Near Ottawa
Lester Keim aged 42 of Enterprise Kansas died in a two car collision eight miles northwest of Ottawa. His twin brother Chester Keim survived the crash uninjured. Amos Barnhart 67 of near Ottawa was unconscious and treated for cuts and bruises.
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Ottawa
Kas
Lester Keim
Enterprise
Jay Brown
Bob Conaty
Keim
Chester
Amos Barnhart
80 Foot Plunge Ends a Chase
Kansas City ex-convict William M. Mitchell, 45, led officers on a 15 mile pursuit along Holmes Road with speeds over 100 mph before his stolen car plunged 80 feet off a cliff and landed inverted on railroad tracks. Police and a highway patrol trooper worked to stop an approaching train and extricate him from the wreckage. Mitchell was removed in critical condition.
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Kansas City
Cass County
William M. Mitchell
Mitchell
Holmes Road
Highway Patrol
Pioneer at Benedict M rs Roberts 96 Dies
Mrs Fannie Fortner Roberts 96 died at 3 40 p m yesterday in St Margaret s Mercy Hospital Fredonia after Easter Sunday admission. Born Oct 24 1858 in Decatur Ill she married Joseph Roberts in Fredonia on Sept 9 1876 his death in 1928. Survived by son John Roberts two daughters Ruth Good Etta Parker 12 grandchildren 26 great grandchildren funeral Friday at 2 30 Dunham Funeral Home Fredonia with Rev G A Cadwell officiating burial in Farmington cemetery
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Benedict
Fannie Fortner Roberts
St. Margaret's Mercy Hospital
Fredonia
Decatur
Ill
Joseph Roberts
Henry
Clarence
John Roberts
Walker
Ruth Good
Etta Parker
Dunham Funeral Home
G. A. Cadwell
Fredonia Christian Church
Farmington Cemetery
Two-Year Contract Hikes Carpenters Pay
A two year contract between the AFL Carpenters District Council and the Builders Assn. raises wages by 20 cents total through three steps. The current 2.75 rate climbs 10 cents next week and 5 cents each on April 1 and Oct 1 1956. The deal extends to Leavenworth County Kansas carpenters, lifting pay from 2.40 to 2.60.
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Kansas
Boy Killed in Dodge City Car Truck Collision
Four others were critically injured and Donald Kuhne aged 13 died in a car truck crash in Dodge City Kansas last night.
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Dodge City
Kas
Donald Kuhne
Grandmother's uranium venture nears million-dollar offer
Mrs. Jeanette V. Martin of Farmington and Army colonel Benjamin E. Thurston, weekend prospector, plan a major venture in the Sabinosa area of northeast New Mexico. They claim 500 parcels of 20 acres on federal land to fund an air-giving project for her ill husband Vearle, who suffered head and neck injuries.
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Jeanette V. Martin
Sabinosa
New Mexico
Las Vegas
Vearle
Mrs. Martin
Kansas Delegation Eyes Tuttle Creek Dam Funds
A Kansas delegation plans to visit Washington on May 12 to urge the House Appropriations Committee to approve funds to resume construction of the Tuttle Creek Dam. The Big Blue River project has stalled since 1953 after $5 million spent, fueling a battle between rival flood control approaches. Rep. Scrivner reiterates the dam as key in Kaw River flood plans.
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Washington
Kansas
House Appropriations Committee
Tuttle Creek
Big Blue River
House
Scrivner
R-Kas
Kaw River
Power Balance In Demo Hands In Farm Price Debate
Washington Democrats with large consumer districts hold potential leverage as the House moves toward a vote on farm price supports. The measure would scrap the flexible parity program and impose rigid 90 percent parity until this year, amid a renewed clash between consumer-focused Democrats and Republican opposers.
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Washington
Big City
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Cooley
House Agriculture Committee
Senate Defeats Plan to Junk Trade Program
The Senate defeated a substitute plan by Sen. Malone to junk President Eisenhower's reciprocal trade program by voice vote. Sen. Byrd spoke briefly for the bill's debate plan as he urged defeating the amendment. The measure would extend the reciprocal trade law, grant the President authority to cut tariffs for trade concessions, and curb imports deemed a national security risk.
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Senate
Washington
Eisenhower
Sen
Malone
R-New
Byrd
D-Va
Congress
House
Finance Committee
Warmer Forecast For Kansas Through Thursday
The forecast calls for fair skies and warmer temperatures across Kansas through Thursday. Tonight’s lows in the 40s to around 50 with highs in the 80s Thursday. Reports of scattered showers and moisture in northeast Kansas yesterday, with trace precipitation and several towns recording light hail and small rainfall amounts.
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Topekap
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Survival City Blast Rescheduled for Predawn Time
In Survival City Nevada, IP Atomic scientists rescheduled the delayed big nuclear blast for predawn tomorrow at 5 10 a m PDT. Civil Defense officials planned a briefing and possible curtailment of their role. Weather improved enough to resume firing plans reported by the Atomic Energy Commission. Director Val Peterson of the Federal Civil Defense Administration convened aides in Las Vegas nine days after postponement.
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Survival City
Nev
Ipatomic
Civil Defense
Atomic Energy Commission
Val Peterson
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Las Vegas
Wizard of Oz comes to life by students at junior college
A public performance of the Junior College Senior High School production of The Wizard of Oz opens tomorrow at 8 15 p m with a second show Friday. Genevieve Lacey stars as Dorothy, Dennis DeMeritt as the tin woodman, Joe Prather as the cowardly lion, with a 20 piece orchestra and over 40 choruses backing the cast.
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Land
Make Believe
Judy Garland
Bert Lahr
Ruth Staley
Joe Casey
Tom Jessee
Genevieve Lacey
Jim Hutton
Kline Stevens
Judy Jordan
Rita Rae Cunningham
Kent Blackwood
Dennis DeMeritt
Joe Prather
Dorothy
Tin Woodman
Cowardly Lion
George Bareis
Wizard
Chanute FFA Wins Top Honors In State Farm Judging Meet
Chanute High School won top honors in the Kansas state vocational agriculture judging and farm mechanics contests held in Manhattan. Chanute placed first in both judging and farm mechanics, with Newton second and Coldwater third in judging. Individual honors went to Chanute’s Lou Reinhardt in judging and Lester Hole and Paul Johnson in farm mechanics. Results also highlighted top teams in concrete, tool sharpening, farm carpentry, and other categories.
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Chanute Ffa
Manhattan, Kas
Chanute High School
Chanute
Newton
Coldwater
Almena
Yates Center
Lester Hole
Paul Johnson
Norman Nelson
Lou Reinhardt
Jim Allen
Donald Alexander
Charles Carter
John MecComb
Washburn
Topeka
James Ellis
Jerome Waggle
Osborne
Gordon McMillan
Beloit
Harlan Bauck
Lyndon
Colby
Larry Figgs
Atchison County
Effingham
Delphos
Bay County
Jim McChesney
Clay County
Robert Sowers
Ronald Satzler
Harveyville
Kenneth Stucky
Moundridge
Gene Potter
Fort Scott
Danny Diehl
Highland Park
Stockton
Lawrence
Kieth Sell
Larry Walker
John Simmons
Fairview
Faye A. Hoffman
Clay Center
Orville Mercer
Emporia
Jerry Dornbos
el Dorado
Charles Waknitz
Bazine
James Suderman
Cherryvale
Fay Hoffman
George Larson
Miltonvale
Home Demonstration Week District Meeting Tomorrow
Several hundred women are expected for a district observance of National Home Demonstration Week hosted by HD agent Mrs. Marguerite Grannemann in Neosho County. Representatives from Crawford Cherokee Labette Montgomery Wilson and Neosho counties will attend an all day session opening with coffee at 9 30 in Memorial Building. Mary Elsie Border will speak in the afternoon and Mary Ruth Vanskike will lead the presidents parade.
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Marguerite Grannemann
Neosho County
Crawford
Cherokee
Labett
Montgomery
Wilson
Neosho
Memorial Building
Mary Elsie Border
4-H
Mary Ruth Vanskike
Farm Show Opens Tomorrow at City Park
The three day Spring Farm Show at City Park begins tomorrow with about a quarter million dollars in merchandise on display. Highlights include an amateur night program before the grandstand and a big tent with dozens of displays of tractors implements cars hardware tires and appliances. Free entertainment is planned with a drum and bugle corps show at 7 30 p m Friday and a team pulling contest at 8 p m. Saturday features a tractor backing contest at 8 p m.
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City Park
Cars Damaged In Mishaps Reported In Local Collision
A sequence of minor collisions is reported with no injuries. Lewis A. John of La Habra California struck a truck on Highway US 169 near Chanute. truck driver L C Jones of Oklahoma City not damaged. John Mathis at 1106 N Garfield collided with a car backed by Norman Cheyney. Cheyney cited for driving without a license. William Tucker at 1119 S Central had damage from a car backing from a West Main parking by Mrs Bessie Hydorn. backing car undamaged.
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Lewis A. John
la Habra
Calif
N. Garfield
Norman Cheyney
N. Washington
Cheyney
William Tucker
S. Central
West Main
Bessie Hydorn
Traffic Mishap Fates To Deerfield Girl
In Garden City Kansas Vinita Lorraine Creamer 19 of Deerfield was killed and companion Homer Carl Brinton 22 of Lakin was injured when their car veered off the highway nine miles west of Garden City. The highway patrol reported the accident occurred last night.
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Garden City
Kas
Vinita Lorraine Creamer
Deerfield
Here
Highway Patrol
Homer Carl Brinton
Lakin
Mental Health Progress Highlighted By Senator Carlson
Senator Carlson praises Kansas progress in mental health care noting hospital bed reductions and high discharge improvement rates at Topeka State Hospital. He cites Kansas rising from 47nd to 4th in national rankings and credits legislative support and Menninger Foundation collaboration.
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Washington
Sen. Carlson
R-Kas
Senate
Kansas
Union
Topeka State Hospital
Carlson
Drs
Will
Karl Menninger
Menninger Foundation
Topeka
Traffic Fatalities Reported In Week Topeka
State accident records show 5 fatalities in last 24 hours and 175 to date in 1955, with the prior year listing 163 for the same period. Call 17 between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. for Tribune delivery including Saturdays.
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Topekap
Kansas
Tribune
Woman claims A tests cause face cancer suit filed
Las Vegas authorities report a $75 000 suit alleging that 1955 atomic tests by the Atomic Energy Commission caused radioactivity leading to facial cancer in Mrs Martha Sheahan. The couple previously sought $450 000 claiming their Groom mine home near Yucca Flat was rendered uninhabitable by radiation and Air Force bombs.
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Las Vegas
Nev.p
Atomic Energy Commission
Martha Sheahan
Stinker Deadline Fosters Wide Entry Rush and Cash Prize
The Tribune reports a rush as the 100th Little Stinker puzzle deadline nears at 5 p m with up to 30 dollars for correct answers. Jo W Payne of Bank of Commerce submitted the solution from the Little Stinker syndicate. Extra postcards win a five dollar bonus. no entry limit exists and no need for envelopes.
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Little Stinker
Tribune
The
Jo W. Payne
Bank of Commerce
Little $Tinker Syndicate
Little $Tinker No
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