Gas Hearing Resumes Over Gas Rate Rise in Garden City
Garden City and four Southwest Kansas cities Dodge City Meade Hugoton and Sublette will again voice protests against Peoples Natural gas rate increase plans. The continuation hearing in Topeka on February 25 follows a December 17 start and will feature cross examination and formal protests led by Lloyd Haag Gay Powers and Deane Wiley with other local attorneys.
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Garden City
Kansas Cities
Peoples Natural Gas Company
Topeka
Dodge City
Meade
Hugoton
Sublette
Lloyd Haag
Gay Powers
Deane Wiley
Dan Hopkins
Garden City Company
Charles Edwards
Southwest Power Company
1956 Didn’t Provide All The Answers
James Marlow analyzes 1956 as a year of major unanswered questions spanning the West Europe Middle East and Asia. He notes Russian losses in world opinion after Hungary and asks what Moscow will do in 1957. The piece frames foreign policy as colonial in nature and foreshadows strategic choices ahead.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
West
Middle Europe
Middle East
Asia
Poland
Hungary
Russia
Kremlin
Stalin
Western Alliance
United States
Britain
France
Nasser
India
Nehru
Lie Detector Clears Youth in Slaying Case
Evansville youth Leon E Bee, 19, freed after lie detector tests proved negative in the fatal shooting of Marine private Larry M Kirk. Sheriff said Bee traveled alone from Camp Elliott California and had never seen Kirk, though a Camp Elliott spokesman indicated they left together. Kirk, 21, of Winston Indiana, was found shot at close range beside a Clay County gravel road. investigators noted possible dragging to the scene. The sheriff stated Bee remained in jail by his own will while the case cleared.
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Louisville, II
Leon E. Bee
Evansville
Ind
Harry W. Sproat
Larry M. Kirk
Winston
Clay County
Bee
Camp Elliott
Calif
Kirk
Ras
Fast Start Planned On Program for Plains
Montgomery buses run normally as Blue Gray game visits flood the city amid racial tension. A Negro woman shot in legs on a city bus near the Capitol, with no further details, marks another outbreak in the Deep South as violence and segregation fever spread.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Confederacy
Caiden
D. C
Rosa Jordan
Montgomery Hospital
Record Of Output Urged In Kansas Oil Production Target
Kansas investigators recommended a January target of 350000 barrels daily for crude oil production. The plan, approved by the Kansas Corporation Commission, follows a fatal bus attack in Wichita where a bullet injured a passenger. Police halted all city bus service for the night amid the shooting and inquiries. State officials, led by Soil Conservationist Fred J. Sykes, plan quick action to advance the Great Plains program, combining Agriculture Department agencies to map farm and range land actions in Central and Western Kansas.
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Wichita W
Kansas
Astrom C.C
Tim) Linley
Saline
Fred J. Sykes
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Great Plains
Sykes
Hospital Admittances and Births in Garden City Area
Daily listings show several admitted and discharged patients at local hospitals. Baltazar Guillen and others appear among admissions. births at St. Catherine include a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Baltazar Guillen at 8:28 p.m. and a boy to Mr. and Mrs. I J Oeding at 11:23 a.m. Wednesday. Public notices mention Great Plains land use program details and a band director’s testimony.
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St. Catherine
Baltazar Guillen
I. J. Oeding
Robert B. J Austin
Cheaper Better Books For Kansas Textbook Plan
Governor-elect George Docking and state Superintendent Adel Throckmorton push for cheaper higher quality textbooks through a proposed overhaul of Kansas textbooks. They hint at district incentives for rental systems and possible adoption changes. Only a fraction of districts currently use rental plans.
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Topeka
Prooggram
George Docking
Adel F. Throckmorton
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Throckmorton
Docking
New Senator's Wife Is Pneumonia Patient
A report states the wife of a newly elected U S senator is hospitalized with pneumonia in Denver. The senator, a former Denver congressman who beat a Republican ex-governor, is due to be sworn in soon in Washington. The piece also outlines agricultural and energy topics tied to a planned land and water conservation program and notes stock, storage, and production figures from Kansas and surrounding states.
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Denver
Thornton
Senate
Washington
Weekly Closes Shop After Bus Segregation Incident
At Tallahassee Florida two white passengers were seated behind Rev W W Woods and his wife on a Cities Transit bus. The driver asked Woods to move, then ordered the white passengers off, saying, we’ve got a man who’ll take you. The New Leaf, edited by Publisher William Fitzgerald, suspended at Effingham Kansas after the incident with the minister reporting to Leaf. In Washington a House subcommittee on public schools issued a report on racial segregation.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Cities Transit
Sto
Cation
W. W. Woods
Leaf
Tury
Regs
William Fitzgerald
Centralia
Bingham
Washington, D.C
Wellington Public Schools
New Businesses Get Corporation Charters TOPEKA
In Topeka several firms completed incorporation procedures in the Secretary of State's office. Western Manufacturing Co. of Hutchinson with $100,000 authorized capital to make windows and ventilators. Charles E. Rauh as resident agent. Hutchinson Baker Hotel Co. with $1,000 capital to operate hotels and related ventures. Wendell Holmes as resident agent. Wellington Machines Inc. of Wellington with $30,000 authorized capital to manufacture mechanical products. Fourth Street Food Center Inc. of Coffeyville with $50,000 authorized capital. Clement H. Hall as resident agent. Gray Lumber & Co. of Chanute with $25,000 capital to run a lumber yard. Gordon Gray as resident agent.
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Topeka
Secretary of State
Western Manufacturing Co
Hutchinson
Charles E. Rauh
Hutchinson Baker Hotel Co
Wendell
Holmes
Wellington Machines Inc
Wellington
Ford Harbaugh
Fourth Street Food Center Inc
Coffeyville
Clement H. Hall
Gray Lumber &Co
Chanute
Gordon Gray
Wichita Firms Figure It New Plane Contracts
Fifteen new Air Force contracts totaling 60. six billion dollars were announced. Key awards include 16.9 million dollars to Douglas Aircraft Co. for C-124 modifications in Iran and 11.1 million dollars to Cessna Aircraft Co. of Wichita for T-37A airplanes. Boeing Aircraft Co. of Wichita received 3.5 million dollars for B-47 kit fabrication.
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Boeing “Airplane Co
Wichita
State Exams in 30 Civil Service Classes
Walter F Kuiken state personnel director announced civil service examinations for 30 classes including Chemist II Farmer I Field Garn er I Geologist I Housekeeper II Industrial Development Representative I III Industrial Inspector Official Reporter Oil Proration Analyst Petroleum Conservation Director Printing Production Assistant Property Appraiser I Public Health Bolivian President Educator H Right of Way Agent On Hunger Strike I and II Securities Examiner LA PAZ Bolivia President Sign Painter Social Service Consultant Tourist Guide Traffic Recorder Transportation Rate Examiner Utilities Engineer Well Plugging Supervisor. Interested persons may secure further details and applications from the State Department of Administrative topeka. completed forms by Jan 9.
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Walter F. Kuiken
LA Paz
Bolivia
Con
Hernan Siles Suaze
Llallagus
State Department of Administrat
Ion
Harrison
Topeka
Prison Inmate Crafts Lock Pick From Ballpoint Pen
In Fuler County Jail Chaplain Rev Bill Allison handed out Christmas parcels containing a Bible devotionals fruit socks and pens. A shakedown on Christmas night uncovered an inmate had removed the pen cartridge and fashioned a tool to pick handcuff locks.
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Atlanta
Bill Allison
Fuler County
New Year Rabbit Drive Sponsored by Plymell Grange
The annual New Year rabbit drive by Ivan tee Valley Grange starts Tuesday at an am. The hunt is a shot and hunt with shells at the site. Gather at Plymell Community House for a basket lunch at noon provided by Women of Plymell. Proceeds benefit the grange project fund.
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Ivantee Valley Grange
Plymell
Grange
Free coffee to replace liquor on New Year’s Eve in Kansas City
A Kansas City plan offers free coffee on New Year’s Eve at about 150 taverns 20 service stations and 14 parking lots instead of liquor. Fred Johnson city liquor director welcomed the idea saying it should provide a sobering effect and help public relations. He noted it is encouraging to see constructive action.
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Kansas City U
Kansas City
Fred Johnson
City Liquor
Fireworks Magazine Blast Hits Fuchu Factory
A fireworks factory in Fuchu Japan suffered a blast that destroyed 17 buildings. One person was killed and three injured as six powder magazines exploded during the incident today.
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Fuchu
Japan
Markets in Garden City Grain Logal Market Report
Local market bulletin lists wheat barley and eggs with mixed prices. Includes reference to producers Farmers Glove Wheat Milo Barley co and Lind Fags A's large eggs and Hens with various classifications.
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Garden City
GHAN
Wheat Milo Barley Co
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