Lecompton Chosen as Territorial Capital of Kansas
The Kansas territorial legislature in 1855 designated Lecompton in Douglas County as the permanent seat of government. The town, then a Proslavery hub, boomed with building plans, a hoped bridge, and an anticipated capitol, though Congress funds were never fully used to complete a capitol building. Kansas Free State editors questioned legality of the move amid partisan tensions.
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Territorial
Lecompton
Douglas County
Congress
Kansas
Kansas Weekly Herald
Leavenworth
Kansas River
Delaware
Lhecompton
Kansas Free State
Lawrence
Prospector Returns Wallets Found in Albuquerque
Charlie Hickerson, a part time prospector in Albuquerque, found a billfold at the YMCA and later another wallet in a hotel lobby. He returned the items to a fellow guest and wrote to the owner Richard Page of Haverhill Massachusetts about the finds.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Charlie Hickerson
Hickerson
YMCA
Richard Page
Haverhill
Mass
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Feed Analysis Leads to Charge Against Illinois Firm
The Board of Agriculture discovered 45 percent adulteration in a product sold as fishmeal by Feedstuffs Trading Post, Inc., Illinois, for an Atchison firm. Feathers were found among the contents, with a $172 per ton price versus $30 for feathers. The case, filed in Atchison county district court, follows lab analysis and the seizure by the county sheriff.
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John Monaghan
Board of Agriculture
Atchison County
Atomic power plants okayed by government action
The Atomic Energy Commission approved two privately drafted reactor projects from Detroit Edison & Associates and the Nuclear Power Group led by Commonwealth Edison. The plans aim to advance nuclear technology and economics with a 100,000 kW fast breeder plant in Detroit Edison’s area by 1959 and a 180,000 kW boiling water reactor by 1960 at a site 44 miles southwest of Chicago near the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers.
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Washington Tm
Detroit Edison Co. & Associates
Nuclear Power
Commonwealth Edison Co
Chicago
John von Neumann
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Detroit Edison & Associates
Detroit Edison
Nuclear Power Group
Kankakee
Des Plaines
Visiting US Farmers on Lecture Tour in Moscow
American farm delegation lectures Soviet farmers on corn hog raising and other agricultural topics while the Soviet press praises the visitors. J M Kleiner of Nampa Idaho describes speedy barn construction and automating feeding, earning warm thanks from a state farm newspaper for his useful information.
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Moscow
J. M. Kleiner
Nampa
Idaho
United States
Soviet Agriculture
Kleiner
Unon
Bartlett Hackberry township approves $6000 fire fighting bond
Voters in Bartlett and Hackberry township Saturday approved a $6,000 bond issue to buy fire fighting equipment. The equipment would be kept in Bartlett and manned by volunteer firemen for use anywhere in the township.
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Bartlett
Eas
Hackberry Township
Fathers Are AF Problem
An Air Force medical officer reports that expectant fathers in the service may cause military problems ranging from lower efficiency to offenses punishable by court martial. Capt. James L. Curtis notes one-third avoided issues, while the rest faced various medical and military difficulties including infractions, disciplinary actions, or separations.
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Washington
Air Force
Armed Services
The
Armed Forces Medical Journal
Defense Department
James L. Curtis
Curtis
Anxiety and Transfers Among Expectant Fathers in Air Force
Twenty one expectant fathers showed varying mental low mood and two attempted suicide. Nineteen men requested transfers while awaiting fatherhood, Captain Curtis noted that expectant fathers seem more on the move than other servicemen, though most airmen studied were living with their families.
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Ing
Capt. Curtis
Trucker Killed as Tractor-Trailer Hits Culvert
GREENFIELD Missouri early today a tractor trailer overturned after striking a culvert on Highway 160 about five miles east of town. Driver William Love, 33, of Springfield, died. the trailer carried a load of fruit and burst into flames.
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Greenfield
Highway 160
William Love
Springfield
iLove
Pittsburg
Kas
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Iteei
Chrysler Airtemp
Wright
Prairie Gas & Equip. Co., Inc
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Mercury
Montclair
Milson Motor Company
Fulton
Garden City, Kansas
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