Hogs Higher Cattle Light in Kansas City Livestock Report
Kansas City livestock market shows hogs advancing with prices 25 to 50 cents higher for barrows and gilts, sows steady to higher. cattle steady with grain fed steers and heifers at 25.00 to 26.50 per hundredweight and various calf and veal values listed. cattle, cows, bulls, and sheep all firming or steady amid light activity and mixed weights. Regional reports include Parson and Chicago markets with wheat, corn, and produce noted, eggs and butter unchanged in Kansas City and Chicago markets.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Parsons
U.S
U. S
Chicago
Western Union Seeks Kansas Rate Hike
Western Union Telegraph Co seeks a $9,009 annual intrastate rate increase in Kansas to align Kansas charges with interstate rates. The Kansas Corporation Commission will hear the application on November 14. The proposal covers Grade A Large eggs and Grade A Medium items as part of the rate structure discussion.
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Topeka
Western Union Telegraph Co
Kansas
The
Kansas Corporation
Op Ro
Local Briefs Highlight Community Happenings and Travels
Short notices report Alpha Chi Beta Sigma Phi meeting with Dr Edward E Long as speaker in Humboldt. Travel bits cover Fraser and McKnight family trips to Texas, California, and Minnesota. A Dryden family reunion is planned for September 7 at Santa Fe Park with a noon basket dinner.
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Alpha Chi
Beta Sigma Phi
Betty Osborn
Humboldt
Edward E. Long
Dryden
Shelter House
Santa Fe Park
Stock Market Slows After Active Start On Wall Street
Wall Street trading ended irregularly after an active start as volume was about 3,000,000 shares versus 3,240,000 on Wednesday. Gains and losses of pivotal stocks ranged in fractions to about a point with most changes narrow.
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New York
Atomic Reactors May End Thirst
Geneva AP reports Dr. Willard Libby of the U S Atomic Energy Commission says atom splitting reactors yield advanced desalination membranes. New membranes using X ray exposed plastic film cut electric power for desalting by about two thirds. Libby cites lower costs easing water shortages in regions like the Middle East and American West for industrial agricultural and human use.
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Geneva
Willard F. Libby
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Middle East
American West
Libby
Kansas Republicans Plan Campaign Tour Across State
GOP nominee Clyde Reed Jr and other Kansas Republicans outlined next week’s campaign schedule with district rallies and state tours. State chairman Sam Mellinger said Reed will visit all regions, meeting citizens daily in Topeka Lawrence Kansas City and Hutchinson as part of a vigorous statewide effort.
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Topeka
Clyde Reed Jr
GOP
Reed
Sam Mellinger
Kansas
Mellinger
Lawrence
Kansas City
Hutchinson
Lawyers to Discuss Drinking Driver at Leavenworth Institute
Leavenworth AP The 19th annual legal institute will be held September 18 by the Leavenworth County Bar Association with the University of Kansas School of Law. Dean M C Slough will discuss the problem. Ralph H Snyder will talk on Scientific Accident Analysis. Sen John H Murray is president of the association. Ethan Potter institute chairman said invitations were extended to federal judges supreme court justices district court judges and others.
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Legal Institute
Leavenworth County Bar Assn
University of Kansas School of Law
M. C. Slough
Law School
Ralph H. Snyder
Oklahoma City
John H. Murray
Ethan Potter
Institute
Supreme Court
Daily Transcript Admittances and Discharges Notice
Neosho Memorial Hospital reports admittances including Mrs L L Wells Mrs Emma Herndon Mrs Mary Garrison and today Mrs Zack Baker Mrs Leroy Lacen Jerry Sloan. Dismissals include Mrs Raymond Leroy Iris Collins and others with births recorded for Wendell McMurray and Vincent Ortiz. plus local traffic citations and a Parsons land condemnation action with $30,086 jury award and $26,404.50 appraised value.
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Neosho Memorial Hospital
L. L. Wells
S. Central
Emma Herndon
W. Ist
Mary Garrison
S. Kansas
Zack Baker
Erie County court actions list land award and parole continuance
Audry and Cora Callahan withdrew their motion for a new trial after a jury awarded them 12200 for land appraised at 6585. Appraisers fees totaling 1712.07 were approved. Other items include disbursement 970.10 to Anita Cambern, parole discharge continued to Sept 10, and several district court filings and marriage licenses in Erie Chanute and Thayer.
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Erie
Parsons
Brenneman
Anita Cambern
Bill Wing
State
Donald Wing
Miss Mississippi and Miss California Shine in Miss America prelims
Mary Ann Mobley Miss Mississippi won the talent championship in the first Miss America preliminary round in Atlantic City. Sandra Lee Jennings Miss California won the preliminary swimsuit event and will compete in the evening gown round. The pageant continues with a final crown on Saturday.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Mary Ann Mobley
Brandon
Mary Ann
University of Mississippi
Miss California
Sandra Lee Jennings
Riverside
Miss Mississippi
Iceland Seeks Calm Amid Fishing Clash with Britain
Iceland moves to cool tensions in a dispute with Britain over a 12 mile fishing zone. Officials urge party leaders to promote moderation at a mass meeting while Britain reserves compensation rights and guards patrol the seas.
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Iceland
Britain
High Seas
Coast Guard
Albert
Burfell
Pipeline crude runs rise in Kansas week ending Sept 1
Kansas crude oil pipeline deliveries averaged 346 637 barrels per day for the week ending September 1, according to the State Conservation Division. The total was 8 405 barrels higher than the prior week and 16 637 barrels per day above the August allowance set by the Kansas Corporation Commission.
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Wichita
Kansas
State Conservation Division
Kansas Corporation Commission
Deaths and Funerals Sadie I Hume 1875 1959
Mrs Sadie I Hume 83 of Humboldt died Tuesday evening at Neosho Memorial Hospital Born June 16 1875 in Illinois to Norman and Mary Beckwith Married April 15 1894 to C W Hume He died in 1954 They moved to Humboldt in 1917 and ran a furniture store Survivors include daughter Mrs Freda McCarter Appleton Wisconsin four sons Ray Grand Junction Colorado James Cincinnati Ohio Virgil Salem Oregon Charles Sacramento California two brothers and two sisters in Nebraska seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren A son Dr Harold Hume and a daughter Verda preceded her Funeral 2 p m Friday at Humboldt Methodist Church Rev Gene Taylor officiating burial Mount Hope Cemetery Johnson Funeral Home Humboldt in charge
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Humboldt
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Illinois
Norman
Mary Colton Beckwith
C. W. Hume
Freda McCarter
Appleton
Wis
Ray
Grand Junction
Colo
James
Cincinnati, Co
Virgil
Salem
Ore
Charles
Sacramento
Calif
Nebraska
Harold Hume
Verda
Humboldt Methodist Church
Gene Taylor
Mount Hope Cemetery
Johnson Funeral Home
Fort Scott Junior College enrolls rise and broader district figures
Southeast Kansas Corner reports Junior College enrollment jumps from 155 to 183 while four high school grades rise 35 percent from 461 to 624 since 1952. Total public school enrollment reaches 2,089 across the district. Joel Tangier, 14, will join English and social studies classes via home hearing system despite polio. Columbus fair records 296 exhibitors and 1,266 entries across home economics agriculture flowers and arts divisions at the American Legion Free Fair.
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Fort Scott
Coffeyville
Joel Tangier
Columbus
American Legion
Chanute Residents Visit International Student Fair
About 50 Chanute friends attended the International Fair for foreign students held Saturday evening in Lawrence. Local residents met with foreign students who had recently stayed in Chanute, including Mr. and Mrs. La Rue Delp and Kathy, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bedenbender, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Parsons and Mary, among others.
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Chanute
Lawrence
la Rue Delp
Kathy
Carl Bedenbender
Paul Parsons
Mary
Local Social Notices Stir Chanute Community
In Chanute on September 4 1953 numerous residents are listed with families and associates including Mrs Harold Anderson Mr and Mrs L J Junod Forest Mr and Mrs Walter Poor Mr and Mrs Dale Dahlgren and sons Mr and Mrs John Jordan and sons Mr and Mrs E W Johnson and daughter Mrs Louis Breyfogle Mr and Mrs Raymond York Mr and Mrs Dale Lawman Glen Dormois and daughters Mary Mayer Dr and Mrs Dean Gough and family Sonja Stone Mr and Mrs James Ganson and Kathleen Mr and Mrs Marlin Blackston and family Mrs Lee Judy and Mr and Mrs Henry Watkins Erie.
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Harold Anderson
L. J. Junod and Forest
Walter Poor
Dale Dahlgren
John Jordan
E. W. Johnson
Louis Breyfogle
Raymond York
Dale Lawman
Glen Dormois
Mary Mayer
Dean Gough
Sonja Stone
James Ganson
Kathleen
Marlin Blackston
Lee Judy
Chanute
Henry Watkins
Erie
Fredonia Man Named To Co op Committee
Ten Kansans were elected to the advisory committee to the Wichita Bank for Cooperatives during the bank 25th anniversary conference. Members serve one year and the Kan sas representatives include Lud Strand Brewster Harry C Morton Ulysses Ross E Ferguson Kensington Mike S Lyman Kinsley Howard A Young Dodge City Arthur Pick Linn Anthony Sundbye Halstead Gene W Porter Conway Springs Lyle E Grier Ottawa Byron L Warner Fredonia.
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Wichita
Wichita Bank For Cooperatives
Kansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Lud Strand
Brewster
Harry C. Morton
Ulysses
Ross E. Ferguson
Kensington
Mike S. Lyman
Kinsley
Howard A. Young
Dodge City
Arthur Pick
Linn
Anthony Sundbye
Halstead
Gene W. Porter
Conway Springs
Lyle E. Grier
Ottawa
Byron L. Warner
Fredonia
Dr. John E. Horner Elected Hanover College President
Dr. John Edward Horner age 36, former assistant to the president of Kansas Wesleyan University, was elected president of Hanover College in Madison Indiana, announced from Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
John Edward Horner
Kansas Wesleyan University
Hanover College
Madison
Ind
New Tax Increases Boost Kansas State Revenues
The 1958 special session enacted tax increases yielding $1 147 573 in August state income and bringing total August collections to $11 712 637, $876 228 above August 1957. Without the measures revenue would have declined. Increases included a half percent rise in retail sales compensating use and liquor enforcement taxes.
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Topeka
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