Finance Plans Are Offered For Local Governments
Kansas officials heard study proposals on financing city and county operations from a joint committee representing the League of Kansas Municipalities and state associations. Suggestions included reallocating tax receipts, extending city occupation tax authority, consolidating funds, issuing short term bonds, and examining non property tax revenue. A severance tax idea on oil and gas was noted but not enacted. The discussion followed local financing concerns impacting school and county budgets and flood control funding.
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Topeka
Kansas Legislative Council
League of Kansas Municipalities
Kansas County Commissioner’s Assn
Kansas County Clerks’ Ass
Kansas Assn
Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Council
Kansas
BPW Elects State Officers
Kansas City Kansas Miss Abna Reed of Abilene will lead the Kansas Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs as president after an unopposed election at a convention attended by about 500 women from 117 clubs. Other unopposed nominees become officers and district directors across multiple towns including Liberal Parsons Wichita Lawrence Paola Great Bend and Meade.
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Kansas City
Kas. U
Abna Reed
Abilene
Kansas Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Reed
Dickinson County Social Welfare Department
Vivian Etrick
Liberal
Jo Myers
Fredonia
Doris Embry
Parsons
Pat Wilhite
Wichita
Thelma Havertty
Lawrence
Wanda Lewis
Paola
Helen Stock
Sedan
Catherine Rice
Clay Center
Grace Cooter
Beloit
Lenora E. Smith
Great Bend
Ivah Alexander
Noreatur
Dott Cox
Meade
Platform Committee to Draft Racial Stand for 1956 Convention
Chicago Democratic Chairman Paul Butler says the Platform Committee will convene a week before the national convention to craft a racial policy. The move aims to outline party stance on civil rights and integration ahead of the gathering.
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Paul Butler
Civil rights plank eyed for Democratic convention
A national news conference today stressed a strong civil rights plank. The speaker said he expects North ern and Southern Democrats to reach a substantial agreement during preconvention deliberations, shaping the party’s platform.
Senate House Agree on Flood Projects in Kansas Missouri
The Senate Appropriations Committee and the House agreed on most flood, navigation and power project funding for Kansas and Missouri. They set $14.75 million for Table Rock Reservoir Missouri and $9 million for Turtle Creek Dam Kansas, with several increases over House figures. Additional river, reservoir and levee projects across both states were outlined with specific funding amounts for each site and planning grants.
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Washington i
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Kansas
Missouri
Senate
Table Rock
Turtle Creek
Kansas Citys
Kansas City
Femme de Tarre
Kansas — Abilene
Salina
Topeka
Toronto Reservoir
Wichita and Valley Center
Missouri Canton
Cape Girardeau
Perry County
Kirwin, Kas
Webster, Kas
Missouri River
Iowa
Nebraska
Omaha
Manhattan
Ottawa
Pomona
Strawn
Council Grove
Elk City
Milford
Misouri — Rabins River
Kansan Must Repay Money to Stockholders
In Denver the U S Court of Appeals weighs a May 4 decision against William H. Black of Black Marshall Oil Co, where former stockholders claim defrauded sale of stock bought at 10 to 12 per share in 1944 45 and resold by Black and family for a share two years later. Attorneys cite up to three million dollars at stake.
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Wichita
Kanaa’s
U. S. Court of Appeals
Denver
William H. Black
Black Marshall Oil Co
Black
Gsi
Former State Health Board Member Dr Coburn Dies
Dr. Clay E Coburn aged 83 died at home after collapsing following yard work. A practicing physician for 57 years he was a former member of the State Board of Health, death attributed to a heart attack.
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State Board of Health
Kansas City
Kas
Clay E. Coburn
Late Wheat Aided by Rain
Severe drought relief arrived as recent showers boost late Kansas wheat development. Officials say many southern fields ready to harvest this week if conditions hold. Corn sorghum and soybean planting progress remains slowed by wet fields but advancing nationwide. Pastures respond to moisture though feed remains limited and stockwater requires replenishment.
Hospital Admittances and Police Briefs from Garden City
Hospital admissions list Mrs Lester Ward Satanta Phillips Garcia 405 East Santa Fe Chester Holmes 406 Center and discharges for Mrs Arthur Cruz 1218 Kansas Avenue Mrs John Crist Holcomb Katherine Biernacki Route 1 LeRoy Biernacki Route 1 Thomas Biernacki Route 1 James Bowman city Dora Van Caster Dighton Police briefs record driving accidents on North Seventh and North Ninth streets with parked cars and two arrests Jordan K Dunavant and Arthur Lee Young on warrants and bogus check charges County briefs note deeds from under sheriff George Hamm to James Seymour et ux and to Earle B Hays et ux for parcels in Holmes First addition and NW quarter parcels 18-23-32
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Waddell
North Seventh
John Damon
Cobb
North Ninth
Donald D. Huelskamp
East Laurel
Huelskamp
Jordan K. Dunavant
Sheriff’s Office
Russell
Arthur Lee Young
Liberal
George Hamm
James Seymour
Holmes
Paul F. Hays
Earle B. Hays
Mother of Two Slain Sons Is Married Again
CHICAGO Mrs. Eleanor Schuessler 38 whose two young sons were slain eight months ago and whose husband died a month later was married yesterday. Her new husband is Valentine Kujawa 37 year old widower and father of two children who said he has known Mrs. Schuessler 17 years. At the request of the couple the doors of St. Tarcissus Roman Catholic Church were locked and only seven relatives attended the brief wedding ceremony.
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Chicago
Eleanor Schuessler
Valentine Kujawa
Now He Has No Need of Job for a While
PHOENIX Ariz Dewey Swindle 54 has been sent to prison for the fourth time for issuing bogus checks He passed a bad check of 85 50 to finance his search for a job The judge gave him a term of from three to five years.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Dewey Swindle
Swindle
Demos Discuss Farm Strategy at Midwest Meeting
In Des Moines Iowa Democratic leaders from 13 Midwest states gathered to discuss farm policy for a proposed plank at the Democratic National Convention. Delegates from Adlai Stevenson Kefauver and Harriman camps attended to gauge support while governors and state chairmen aired farm strategy and possible presidential considerations.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Midwest
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Averell Harriman
New York
Jake More
MoPac Must Continue Branch Line to Downs
The Kansas Corporation Commission ruled that Missouri Pacific must continue its daily Atchison to Downs passenger train. The panel denied MP's request to stop the service, citing it as a public necessity after a day-long hearing. Opposition from Portis, Irving, Blue Rapids, Concordia, Clyde, Beloit and Centralia voiced concerns.
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MoPac
Downs Concordia
Missouri Pacific
Atchison and Downs
Kansas Corporation Commission
Harry Snyder Jr
Commission
Portis
Irving
Blue Rapids
Concordia Clyde
Beloit
Centralia
Bulganin letter faces likely rejection in disarmament plan
Officials predicted a firm rejection of Nikolai Bulganin’s proposal for a new approach to disarmament. The plan calls for cuts in Soviet and Western forces in Germany without safeguards, potentially pulling US forces from West Germany back to the United States and weakening Western European security. The White House released the letter to President Eisenhower, with discussions expected alongside Konrad Adenauer during his Washington visit next week.
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Washington
Russia
Germany
Nikolai Bulganin
Eisenhower
White House
Moscow Radio
State Dulles
Bulgarin
Konrad Adenauer
United States
Britain
France
Bulgaria
East Germany
Poland
America
West Germany
Europe
Atlantic
Western
Senator Praises Oklahoma Park System at Sequoyah Lodge Dedication
Sen Monroney of Oklahoma lauded the states park system as the finest in the United States during the dedication of the Western Hills Lodge at Sequoyah State Park in Wagoner. The new $1.6 million lodge is among four completed in Oklahoma this spring.
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Wagoner
Okla
Sen. Monroney
D-Okla
Oklahoma
United States
Sequoyah State Park
Algeria
Tolbin Kansas to Cowest in Six Years Tolbin
Topeka dispatch notes a plan or forecast involving Tolbin and a six year timeline with reference to Kansas and a route or region described as Cowest in a damaged or garbled text. The report hints at a fatal element but lacks clear details or names.
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Tolbin
Kansas
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BPW
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Kans
Federal
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Lindh Produce Co
Lester Ward
Satanta
Philips Garcia
East Santa
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Debbie Williamson
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