Editorial Seeks Clarification After Bell Tariff Ruling
The Kansas Corporation Commission cut Southwestern Bell's requested rate hike to less than one fifth. The firm plans to appeal, arguing the ruling hinders service. The commission also orders a $400,000 franchise tax collection, forcing complex billing among city patrons and requiring prorated charges as customers move. Despite the tax issue and a pending excise tax repeal, editors say a 15 cent monthly rise may be needed to meet Kansas needs, while criticizing the ruling as off base.
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Kansas Corporation Commission
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Kansas
Southwestern Bell
ECC
Arden City Earns National Traffic Safety Honors
Keep Our City Safe Arden City received national recognition for traffic safety for 1959 with no traffic deaths and an active accident prevention program. Garden City joined eight state cities and 301 nationwide recipients, while urging drivers to maintain safety in 1960.
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Arden City
Garden City
National Safety Council
City Hall
Mother of seven recalls long life of courage and love
Hal Boyle portrays his Irish mother in Kansas City, describing a 73 year old widow who immigrated from Mayo at 17, raised five children, faced hardship with humor, and remains fiercely independent. Memorial Day visits, the grave, and family prayers anchor her resilient spirit.
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Kansas City
County Mayo
Ireland
Dad
Mother
Eaton Says Ike Summit Attitude Wrong
American mult imillionaire Cyrus Eaton, while touring Communist countries in Eastern Europe, told a Prague interview with Moscow Literary Gazette that President Eisenhower’s stance at the Paris summit was absolutely wrong.
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Moscow
Cyrus Eaton
Eisenhower
Paris
Eaton
Europe
Prague
Literary Gazette
Chotiner Seeks California Congress Seat Amid Nixon Ties
Drew Pearson reports Murray Chotiner, once Nixon’s political manager, campaigns in Beverly Hills for the Republican nomination. He argues his influence ends with issues, while critics cite his backchannel casework to aid clients like Borman Engineering and Hollywood Mades. The piece notes Nixon’s limited intervention and hints at lingering Washington clout in a volatile political landscape.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Jack Anderson
Senate
Murray Chotiner
Nixon
Chotiner
John McClellan
Little Rock
Ark
Janes McClellan
Harry McDermott
C. Hamilton Moses
Arkansas Power and Light
Borman ‘Engineering
Air Force
Choliner
Congress
Pentagon
Glenard Lipscomb
California
Ed Hicstand
Calliornia
Holt
Max Golden
Borman
Post Office
Hollywood Mades, Inc
Art
Arthur Summerfield
Summerfield
Murray
Food and Drug Administration
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Lloyd Construction Company
Oakley Hunter
Lloyd Construction
Distaff Side and Local Notes on Homes and Personal Life
A local owner describes indifference to evolving home styles and furnishings while hoping for a neighbor with a mortgage as large as his. Anecdotes touch on a favored storyteller promoted to sixth grade, Memorial Day coverage, a modest dress at a country club event, and a Dean Atcheson reference. A local businessman notes the urge to bet on one basket to secure counts.
Emigrant Chase Through Kennekuk to Pike's Peak Route
A Lawrence Republican letter describes a traveler pursued by two deputy sheriffs near Kennekuk and crossing the county line as they pursue debtors. The party camps near Seneca with emigrants, notes primitive signs of commerce, and mocks local grocers mis-spelling flour. Cattle trains head toward California while prairie schooners fill the road and Pike's Peak migration wanes. Marysville is labeled pro slavery amid grand jury indictments for horse racing and intoxication.
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Pike's Paak
Lawrence Republican
Kennekuk
Atchison
Atchibon
Seneca
Nemaha County
Ash Point
Piké
California
Denver
Pike’s Peak
Oreatly
Marysville
Kansas
TV Dusts Off Classic Stories
AP TV-Radio writer Cynthia Lowry notes networks and packagers are dusting off literary classics for mass viewing. CBS and David Susskind plan two hour Dickens and Twain adaptations, with Hubbell Robinson sourcing from old material as the TV audience increasingly encounters culture. The trend signals more literature on screen, or possibly a push for ready fodder as networks hunt content.
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Cynthia Lowry
New York
Syeeaing
Cervantes
Ernest Hemingway
Hubert Saudek
CBS
David Susskind
Charles Dickens
Jamel Pere
Jack London
Robert Louis Stevemaon
Mark Twain
Hubbell Robinson
Tvo
Garden City Loan and Investment Co. Visit Arranged
A fragment notes a planned visit involving Garden City Loan and Investment Co. and a person identified as Paul. It mentions Thursday and a request to bring items or discuss affairs. The legible text is garbled but implies arranging a meeting.
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Garden City Loan and Investment CO
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