Speedup of Dam Construction Urged by Area Group
Neosho-Cottonwood Flood Control and Water Conservation Association proposes accelerating the Neosho River federal dam project. Gordon Barker and Rep Myron V. George will press at the Washington Bureau of the Budget hearing Friday. They seek to begin first construction in 1957 to gain a year, citing drought. The dam near Strawn would be moved above Burlington and renamed Redmond Reservoir in memory of John Redmond.
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Area Group
Neosho River
Bureau of the Budget
Washington, D. C
Gordon Barker
Neosho-Cottonwood Flood Control and Water Conservation Association
Myron V. George
Barker
Kansas City
Washington
Burlington
Fredonia
U.S. Army Engineers
Strawn
Neosho-Cottonwood Association
Redmond
John Redmond
Neosho
Cottonwood
Four Whooping Cranes Nearing Safe Passage to Winter Grounds
The National Audubon Society reports the first four migrating whooping cranes this fall approach the area, two nesting pairs and a lone young, with guidance to avoid shooting and to relay sightings to authorities. The article also notes Barker pool water reaching the reservoir as a gravel barrier fails and pumping continues.
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National Audubon Society
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
State Wildlife Organization
Maglie Named Brooklyn Starter for World Series Opener
Manager Walter Alston named Sal Maglie the definite starter for Brooklyn in tomorrow's World Series opener at Ebbets Field against the New York Yankees and Whitey Ford.
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Brooklyn
Walter Alston
Brooklyn Dodgers Today
Sal Maglie
Ebbets Field
New York Yankees
Whitey Ford
Tragedy in North Carolina as King family slayings shock county
Six King children aged from 2 to 14 were found slain by gun and ax in their Clinton rental home. Their father Rufus A. King, 34, was later found dead in nearby woods with a gun beside him. Coroner Carter called the scene horrible as deputies reported beatings and a child’s shooting. The mother faced an assault charge as the case unfolded. In Idaho, a crash killed ten orphaned children, five in each of the Smith and Bowman families, leaving a town to rally while authorities consider custody and care.
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Clinton
N. C
Tennant Farm
Sampson County
Coleman Carter
Rufus A. King
King
Carter
Susan
Allen Mullen
Keener
Raleigh
North Carolina
Hatch
American Falls
Idaho
Smith
Bowman
Gregg R. Potvin
Lee Kosanke
American Legion Auxiliary
Court Awards $44,800 To Kansas Woman
A district court jury awarded Mrs. Lucie Kennedy of Council Grove $44,800 in a suit against Missouri Pacific Railroad over her husband’s death. The conductor died July 7, 1954, after falling into a grain elevator pit at Salina. Kennedy claimed insufficient lighting at the site contributed to the accident.
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Wichita
Lucie Kennedy
Council Grove
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific
Salina
Kennedy
Legislature seeks funds for free polio vaccine rollout
Denver reports that the legislature will be asked to provide funds to finance free Salk polio vaccinations for all Colorado adults up to 36 years old. State Health Director Roy L. Cleere announced the proposal.
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Denver
Colorado
Roy L. Cleere
State Health Department
Unseasonably Warm Temperatures Rule Kansas
Temperatures jumped to record levels in Kansas with Topeka reaching 92 on October 1, the highest for the date in the capital. Statewide highs ranged 82 to 95, with cooler conditions expected tonight and Wednesday, then a warm Wednesday with no rain in sight and a 30 day outlook showing moisture shortages.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Salina
Weather Bureau
Law Suit Bars Drought Relief is Hall Claim
Gov. Fred Hall refused to sign a federal emergency day program deal until a Supreme Court challenge to the state emergency fund is withdrawn. Attorney General John Anderson Jr. would not withdraw the suit, saying the state can pay program costs from funds already appropriated. The Finance Council rejected a $5,000 funding motion as the fund’s constitutionality is tested.
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Topeka
Fred Hall
Supreme Court
Hall
John Anderson Jr
Anderson
State Board of Agriculture
State Finance Council
Attorney General
Board of Agriculture
Finance Council
Supreme
Ourt
Judge Dies in Mankato After Long Illness
Judge W B Mitchell died at his home in Mankato yesterday after an illness of several years. The obituary notes the judge served in the area and left a mark on local jurisprudence. He was aged and survived by family and friends in the community.
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Mankato
Kas
W B. Mitchell
Board Approves 50 Car Parking Loft at Senior Trade School
The Board of Education authorized construction of a 50 car parking loft on vacant ground east of the Senior Trade School. Work to start soon includes tree removal and site leveling. Cost estimated at 1500 dollars with crushed rock surfacing. Most work by maintenance staff. Aimed at easing street parking near the Senior High Junior College campus.
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Board of Education
Buford Fisher
Maintenante
Force
Fisher
Scottish Doctor Joins Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital Staff
Dr. Robert G. Loudon, 31, from Edinburgh, Scotland, joined the hospital team in Chanute and will bring his wife later in November. He trained at Edinburgh University and Brompton Hospital, London, praising Chanute and the local sunshine while noting England and Scotland’s socialized medical programs. He will visit the University of Kansas Medical Center for practice observations, with an official opening date for the hospital yet to be determined.
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Robert G. Loudon
Kansas
Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
West Seventh
Loudon
Edinburgh
Scotland
N. Grant
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh University Hospital
Iity
Brompton Hospital
London
England
Chanute
Roy A. Lawson
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Kas
Lawson
Jack Reynolds Named Erie County Undersheriff
Erie Kansas June reports Jack Reynolds of Erie named undersheriff by Sheriff Lee Montgomery succeeding John Phelps who resigned to pursue private interests. Reynolds son of Earl Reynolds and grandson of Wid Reynolds. the family ran an ice company sold last week. Ex serviceman with two years overseas, Reynolds has begun duties. Phelps held the office since January 1955.
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Erie
Jack Reynolds
Neosho County
Lee Montgomery
John Phelps
Reynolds
Earl Reynolds
Wid Reynolds
Phelps
Ten Alarm Fire Destroys Baltimore Furniture Plant
Predawn blaze gutted a furniture manufacturing plant in a congested warehouse district near the University of Maryland Hospital. More than 70 fire units were summoned by ten alarms to the southwest edge of Baltimore's business section, and firemen gained control in under three hours.
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Baltimore
University of Maryland Hospital
Fredonia Loan Okayed For Rural Electric Co op
The Rural Electrification Administration announced approval of a 515000 dollar loan to the Radiant Electric Cooperative of Fredonia Kansas. The financing supports regional electrification efforts and will fund distribution improvements.
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Washington
Radiant Electric Cooperative
Fredonia
Kas
Rural Electrification Administration
Highway Troopers Stationed In The Area
Lt Art Jensen and Patrolman Duane Houck of the Kansas Highway Patrol are on duty in the local area. Jensen will direct radar operations across 17 counties from the Kansas Highway Commission Building while assisting Captain Clarence Shelton. Houck will patrol Neosho County and is the first trooper assigned there since the patrol began. he previously served in Parsons and Chanute and has a daughter named Lynne.
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Art Jensen
Duane Houck
The
Kansas Highway Patrol
Jensen
Patrol
Fourth Highway Division
Kansas Highway Commission
West Fourteenth
Clarence Shelton
Highway Patrol
Highway Commission
Houck
Neosho County
State Patrol
Ottawa
Chanute
Parsons
Lynne
W. Third
Kansas
Neosho
Tribune
Soldier Beaten to Death at Junction City Jail
38-year old Ft. Riley sergeant M. Sgt. Charles A. Nower was found beaten in the Junction City jail bullpen. Pfc. Emmett Williams, 19, also from Ft. Riley, is held on a murder warrant. both men were in the bullpen with a third soldier injured but released. Williams gave a statement describing a fight that led to Nower’s death.
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Junction City
Ft. Riley
B. M. Wolf
Emmett Williams
Nower
Mary Ethel Nower
Rt. 2
Bernice Nower
Benton Harbor
Mich
Williams
47Th Engineer Battalion
Walter Williams
Safford
Ala
Mary Williams
Beloit
Wis
Wolf
Phillip L. Harris
Hi 8
Ower
James D. Tisdale
Tisdale
Neosho Dam Costs Discussed With Ash Grove Officials
City commissioners met with Ash Grove Lime and Portland Cement Co officials to discuss proposed Neosho River low water dam north of Chanute. The company signaled willingness to share construction costs, with L Kittle Paul Sundeland Kenneth Wright and Ira K Barber representing. Final cost-sharing decisions require board sanction at a later meeting.
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Commission
Neosho River
Chanute
Ash Grove Lime and Portland Cement Co
Ash Grove Company
L. Kittle
Paul Sunderland
Kansas City
Kenneth Wright
Ira K E. Barber
Tribune Delivery Help Line Notice
If you do not receive your Tribune contact your carrier. If the carrier is unavailable call 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas Flash Report
Topeka records show 2 fatalities in the last 24 hours and 486 for the year to date 1956, compared with 430 in the same period of 1955.
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Topeka
Kansas
Topeka Chamber Seeks Growth At Fall Meeting
Clarence Sievers reports on Kansas State Chamber Agricultural Council plans to expand K state college research work. Dr Glenn Beck outlines water resources and farming studies, milk standardization, and seed programs. Chamber endorses Finney for US Chamber director. Luncheon guests include Dr Roy Lawson and others.
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Clarence Sievers
Topeka
Kansas State Chamber
Agricultural Council
Glenn Beck
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Sievers
Robert A. Finney
Humboldt
State Chamber
United States Chamber
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