Plan to Finance Turnpike Bonds With State Gas Tax
Kansas legislative council nears a proposal to pledge state gas tax revenues to back bonds for turnpike extensions including 18th Street in Kansas City and the Wichita Hays link. Feasibility questions and court appraisers fees in condemnations also discussed.
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Topeka
Kansas Legislative Council
Kanas Turnpike
Joseph McDowell
Kansas City
Alfred Harkness
Hays
McDowell
18Th Street
Johnson County
Wichita-Hays
Kansas Turnpike
Gale Moss
Turnpike
Lawrence Blythe
Turnpike Authority
Council
Judiciary Committee
Labor and Industries
Kansas
State Chamber of Commerce
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
CIO
AFL
Orientation For Directors At Chanute Chamber Meet
New chamber of commerce directors attended an orientation at the chamber office last night. J Ledge Craig outlined chamber duties across civic commercial industrial and governmental fronts. Clarence Sievers presented the organizational chart while Wayne Taylor described operations. Attendees included Oscar H Cunningham Marlin J Blackston Dr J D Gough and others.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
J. Ledge Craig
Denver
United State Chamber of Commerce
Chanute Chamber
Clarence Sievers
Wayne Taylor
Oscar H. Cunningham
Marlin J. Blackston
J. D. Gough
Walter Hildebrand
Dwight Wallingford
Floyd Potter
Quentin Nelson
Arthur H. Krone
Jeanne Crain Accuses Husband of Beatings
Actress Jeanne Crain files an amended divorce complaint against Paul Brinkman detailing allegations of unconscious beating violence during a ten year marriage. She accuses him of exposing her to harm, failing to support her children, and coercing money for his own use while denying the supposed affair with another woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Jeanne Crain
Paul Brinkman
Colony
Jayhawk Grid Coach Speaks to Rotary on Sports Principles
KU assistant football coach Dick Piskoty addressed the Rotary club last night. He outlined core principles for success in athletics: will to succeed, hard work, judgment, persistence, responsibility, humor, avoiding mistakes, memory, self-discipline, and sacrifice. He predicted KU football would be strong near fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Piskoty
University of Kansas
Rotary Club
K.U
Catlin Defends Senate Bid Amid Ethics Charges
Appleton Wisconsin attorney Mark Catlin Jr 46 and Wisconsin Assembly speaker defy ethics allegations in parole and pardon cases. He says he acted as a lawyer not a politician and will seek Republican convention endorsement in Milwaukee May 25 26 for the U S Senate seat held by Senator Alexander Wiley. Four inmates allegedly paid him 5725 dollars with sums from others for influence.
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Appleton
Wis
Mark Catlin Jr
U. S. Senate
Catlin
Wisconsin Assembly
Milwaukee
Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Madison
Wisconsin State Board of Bar Commissioners
Chemicals Pocketed Boy Explodes in Class at Hamilton Junior High
Richard F. Mehl a fourteen year old elementary student in Long Beach California pocketed sodium peroxide crystals during a chemistry class. The chemicals exploded on contact with perspiration burning his hands forearms hip and leg. He received hospital treatment for the injuries.
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Long Beach
Calif
Richard F. Mehl
Hamilton Junior High School
Local Coaches and Officials Attend Chanute Talk Event
Present coaching staff described the program as young and inexperienced while addressing fans. Cole Leverenz introduced speaker Piskoty as a club guest. Chanute school coaches attended as guests. Program committees included Dave Evans and Robert Fisher. Floyd Potter spoke about hatchery classification.
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Cole Leverenz
Piskoty
Chanute
Dave Evans
Robert Fisher
Floyd Potter
Repeat Performance By Red-Haired Gunman
In New York two months after a Woolworth store manager Kenneth Fagan was forced to surrender 1400 dollars from a safe the same red-haired gunman returned after closing time last night at the locked store door. He again produced a gun and demanded money, taking 900 dollars this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kenneth Fagan
Woolworth
Fagan
Kansas and Missouri Women’s Clubs Cited
Women's clubs in Kansas and Missouri received citations from the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Kansas junior members earned recognition for mental health work while Missouri clubs gained four citations for Projects in art consumer minerals wildlife and Asia and Africa divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Kansas Federation
Club
Asia
Africa
Oregon Seeks Moderate Turnout in Key Primaries
Oregon officials forecast a moderate voter turnout for the upcoming primary amid active Democratic and Republican contests. Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver appear as write ins for president. The Republican vote centers on McKay versus Hitchcock to challenge Senator Morse, with delegates at stake for both parties.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Adlai Stevenson
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Florida
California
Eisenhower
John C. Veatch II
Colorado
Dan Thornton
Wayne Morse
Interior
Douglas C. McKay
Phil Hitchcock
Cancer Society Plans Expansion Discussed In Neosho County
Miles Pulford from Topeka and Ruth Winsor of Wichita outlined expansion plans for the American Cancer Society during a Neosho County unit meeting in Wichita. Attendees elected a 21 member unit board of directors and discussed officer meetings at ACS rooms on West Main.
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American Cancer Society
Neosho County
Miles Pulford
Topeka
Ruth M. Winsor
Wichita
Pulford
ACS
Kansas
Winsor
W. Main
Ross Miller
Elsie Ellis
Gertie Adams
Fred Stipp
Elsie Fuller
Earlton
Glen Dietz
Elsie McMullen
Erie
Unit
Chanute Tribune May 17 1956
Local Chanute Tribune issue dated Thursday May 17 1956 covers community news and brief notices from Chanute Kansas including local events school activities and municipal updates of the era.
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Chanute Tribune
Event set for 7 30 p m May 25 at West Main
A listing confirms a scheduled event at 7 30 p m on May 25 to take place at the West Main location. The notice provides the time and venue for attendees and participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Main
Truman to Visit Pope in Vatican Audience
Former President Harry S. Truman will meet Pope Pius XII in a special audience next Monday. Mrs Truman and others in the party will accompany him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Harry S. Truman
Pius XII
Mrs. Truman
Itch Relief Promise At Local Drug Store
Advertising claims offer instant relief from skin itch with ITCH ME NOT that deadens itch and germs on contact. The product targets eczema insect bites and surface rashes and is available at A and A Pharmacy with a 40 cent money back guarantee if not pleased within 15 minutes.
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Alaska
Kip Hale
Minneapolis
Crown Prince Carl Gustav of
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Stockholm
Lebanon Mountains
Syria
Crown Drug Stores
CROWN
Jet Light Design
Popular Demand
Styron
Renet Wear
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Delib
Lenoka Pes
Rceutad Ham Cansa
Squibb Theragran
THE
Wiekelas
Pfaster
Alka-Seltzer
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Tenden Co
Patronize Tribune Advertisers
Cancer Society
Truman
Pope
the Tribune
Reilly Brand
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Seaforth
Mmonia
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