Soviet Peace Treaty Proposal Disappoints West at Geneva
At Geneva the Soviet Union formally proposed a peace treaty with divided Germany. The United States called the move disappointing and accused Moscow of aiming to keep Germany split. Western officials criticized Gromyko's speech and urged more constructive Western-Soviet diplomacy during the Big Four conference.
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Geneva
Russia
Germany
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Gromyko
West Germany
Selwyn Lloyd
West
East Germany
Nikita Khrushchev
Radio Moscow
Berlin
Electronic Controls To Aid Traffic Here
City Manager R J Hayes signed a purchase order for four electronic control units to modernize four Main Street intersections into a synchronized progression system. Eagle Signal Corp through Gades Sales Co will supply master and slave units for about 1900 dollars, installation by city workers. Delivery in 30 to 45 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Hayes
Eagle Signal Corp
Moline
Ill
Gades Sales Co
Topeka
Wichita
Hayes
Fred H. Gades Jr
George Eaton
Vincent Baylor
City
Evergreen
Highand
Lincoln
Grant
Gades
Elm
State Highway Commission
House Group Cuts 60 Funds Of Farm Agency
The House Appropriations Committee criticized the Agriculture Department as violating the law and cut 1960 funding by 142 million dollars. It recommended 3.94 billion for the year starting July 1 with aims to boost surplus commodity overseas sales and reduce CCC operations.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
Jamie L. Whitten
D-Miss
Commodity Credit Corp
Farmers Home Administration
Rural Electrification Administration
Duree Sentenced to Life for Bank Robbery in Peru
Jefferson Davis Duree, 65, of Bartlesville Oklahoma, was sentenced by District Judge George S. Reynolds to life in the Kansas State Prison at Lansing. Duree had been convicted April 28 of robbing the Peru State Bank of $4000 on August 25. A defense motion for a new trial was denied.
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Sedan
Kas
Jefferson Davis Duree
Bartlesville
Okla
George S. Reynolds
Kansas State
Lansing
Duree
Reynolds
Wheat Acreage Allotments Deadline Extended to June 1
The deadline for announcing 1960 wheat acreage allotments and marketing quotas was extended two weeks to June 1 by federal officials in Washington AP reports the extension to give farmers more time to respond.
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Washington
Weather notes and record low amid frost across Kansas
A record low of 38 degrees was set this morning, breaking the 1926 record of 41. Frost was reported in northeast Kansas with readings down to 33 at Kirwin Dam and 34 in Manhattan as milder afternoon temperatures rose to the 60s. Forecast calls for increasing cloudiness, scattered showers and warmer highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tom Arnold
Kirwin Dam
Manhattan
Garden City
Dodge City
Cedar Bluff Dam
Goodland
Arnold
South Central
Chanute
Pittsburg
New Firm to Operate Eleven Area Stores
Karbe's Inc. becomes new owner of 11 Karbes Super Markets stores in Kansas and Missouri. The purchase from Mrs. Ethel Clarke of Springfield and Mrs. Clela Barber of Pittsburg was announced by general manager C. K. Barber. Stores located in Nevada Carthage Webb City Joplin Neosho Missouri and Pittsburg Girard Baxter Springs Columbus Cherryvale Coffeyville Kansas.
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Pittsburg
Kas
Karbe's Inc
Kansas
Missouri
Karbes Super Markets
Ethel M. Clarke
Springfield
Clela L. Barber
Daughers
A. W. Karbe
C. K. Barber
Karbe
Nevada
Carthage
Webb City
Joplin
Neosho
Girard
Baxter Springs
Columbus
Cherryvale
Coffeyville
Stockers and Feeders Bring $31.31 Average
About 2 000 stockers and feeders sold at the Kansas City Stock Yards for an average of 31 31 per hundredweight, up 145 from the prior bi weekly sale. A 358 pound Angus steer topped at 42 35 while a 277 pound Hereford heifer topped at 39 25. Average weight was 618 pounds, 59 lighter than two weeks earlier.
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Kansas City
April Industrial Output Hits All Time High
The Federal Reserve Board reported April industrial production rose to 149 percent of the 1947-49 average, a new postwar peak. Durable goods led gains with broad increases in employment and consumer buying, while housing starts stayed high and steel and machinery output also advanced.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Godfrey Says He Got a Break After Hospital Dismissal
Arthur Godfrey spoke from the Harkness Pavilion after lung cancer surgery at Columbia Presbyterian. He described the perilous operation, said the tumor wrapped around the aorta, and expressed gratitude for the chance to continue his career. He will stay in New York for weeks of X ray treatment and then return to a Virginia farm.
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New York
Arthur Godfrey
Harkness Pavilion
Godfrey
Virginia
Wichita Woman Crowned Mrs Kansas in 1959 Pageant
Mrs Robert F Lemons of Wichita won the Mrs Kansas title in a three day Kansas homemakers contest and will compete in Mrs America in Fort Lauderdale next month Her runner up was Mrs Robert Bennett of Wichita The pageant awarded special honors to Mrs Lancaster for hair grooming Mrs Lemons for dessert menu planning and meat prep and Mrs Granger for yeast raised baking and cake
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Wichita
Robert F. Lemons
Kansas
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Robert Bennett
Tion
KTVH
Kenneth E. Granger
Newton
Rayburn D. Lancaster
Ft. Leavenworth
Billy C. Collins
Lancaster
Lemons
Granger
Heating and Air Conditioning Firm Plans Local Operation
Heating and Air Conditioning Inc will keep its plant on the first floor of the Stump Building at 1018 Grant while Burlington Manufacturing Co leases the second floor for storage. The firm employs 10 to 12 people locally, with additional production in Lawrence, and contracts heating systems for public buildings. Cecil Cage of Burlington says storage space is leased in the Stump Building to allow expansion at the Burlington plant at 111 W. 3rd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc
Stump
Grant
Burlington Manufacturing Co
M. J. Huxtable
Lawrence
Cecil Cage
Burlington
Ion
W. 3Rd
Jet Bomber Explodes at Convair Factory in Fort Worth
An Air Force and Convair investigation follows a B58 jet bomber explosion on the Fort Worth ramp during a routine check. The blast killed one Convair employee, G. W. Johnston, 36, and injured 13 others, all Convair workers, as a huge fire engulfed the aircraft.
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Fort Worth, Tex
Air Force and
Convair Corp
Convair
G. W. Johnston
Johnston
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Reported In Recent 24 Hours
In Topeka AP traffic records show 168 deaths to date in 1959, with 160 fatalities in the comparable period of 1958. The latest 24 hour count ends at 9 a.m. today.
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Topeka
Kansas
Steel contract talks move into basic discussions
In New York AP report says United Steelworkers President David J. McDonald called the session “basic discussions” with R. Conrad Cooper of US Steel as the two four man teams held exploratory talks. The union seeks substantial wage increases and negotiations will resume Tuesday.
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New York
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers Union
R. Conrad Cooper
Us, Steel Corp
McDonald
Cooper
Aflcio” Executive Council
Washington
Eisenhower
Mynahs Remember Phone Numbers In London Escape
Two mynah birds kept as talking pets fled their cages in London and wandered until one landed on a lineman, croaking a phone number. The engineer called the number and returned the birds to Edgar Tickle of Purley, while the other bird announced its own number before returning home.
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London
Edgar Tickle
Purley
Bety Blanchard
Nordstrom Elected President of Kansas Chamber Executives
Carl Nordstrom research director for the Kansas Chamber of Commerce was chosen as president for the coming year at the two day Kansas Chamber of Commerce Executives Association meeting in Topeka. H E Hamlin was elected vice president and Peg Carr secretary treasurer.
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Kansas Chamber of Commerce Executives Assn
Carl Nordstrom
State Chamber
Topeka
H. E. Hamlin
Emporia
Peg Carr
Ottawa
Merle Goddard
Liberal
Chad Wymer
Olathe
Jim DeMarco
Concordia
Les Matthews
Chanute Chamber
KCCE
Advisory Board
Manhattan
Fort Scott
Advisory Board On
Dwight Havens
Chamber of Commence Service Department
U. S. Chamber
Washington, D. C
the Tioga
Havens
Ralph Hinman
Better Business Bureau
Wichita
Nordstrom
Lynn Whiteside
Boeing Aircraft
Hinman
Main Street
Whiteside
Chanute
Ellsworth Green Jr
Kansas City
Kas
Paola Farmer Killed in Dynamite Blast
Paola Kansas AP report says 48 year old Joe Cashett was killed on his farm southeast of Paola when dynamite used to blast an old car for junk exploded prematurely. Daisy Cashett told officers she heard the blast and found him beneath car remains.
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Paola
Kan
Joe Cashett
Daisy Cashett
Huw Uader
Cashett
Kansas City Man Arrested in DWI and Illegal U Turn
Edward W. Kelly of Kansas City was arrested by police at 12 30 a m on charges of driving while intoxicated and making an illegal U turn at Main and the Santa Fe tracks. He was released on 130 dollar bond and his hearing is set for 4 p m next Thursday in police court.
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Edward W. Kelly
Kansas City
Main
Santa Fe
Crash Kills Farmer Near Concordia
AP reports farmer O F Brewer of near Norway Kansas died in a collision between his car and a truck five miles north of Concordia on U S 8h yesterday. The fatal crash occurred in cloudy conditions with authorities investigating the scene. Brewer was a well known local farmer and member of the community.
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Concordia
O. F. Brewer
Norway
Kas
U. S
Bible ownership gaps cited in American families report
A Thursday census briefing by the American Bible Society notes that nearly one third of U.S. families do not own a Bible and calls for broader access and education. The report highlights regional and demographic variations in Bible ownership.
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New York
Wasser
Society
Testady
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Una Todd
Allen County
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Woodson County
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Wilson County
Nelle Stevens
Neosho County
Rice
Vilas High School
Tribune
Chanute Junior College
Kathleen Crabtree
Vernal Crabtree
Gretchen
Forrest Junod
Louis J. Junod
Asnuy
Steel
State
C of C
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