Senate debates tax extension to fund interstate highways
Washington AP reports a simple tax extension bill expanding into a plan to finance interstate roads. The Senate backed repeal of the 10 percent passenger travel tax, pending amendments, while House-passed measures would extend current excise and corporate taxes for a year. President Eisenhower warns of funding gaps threatening new highway projects if Congress delays action.
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House
Highway Trust Fund
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Eisenhower
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Gore
Senate Finance Committee
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Eisen
Hower
Steel Union Leaders Face Unhappy Choice
New York AP report on steelworkers union leaders facing a bleak decision between a looming strike or a long delay in wage talks. Union President McDonald convened sessions with executives to chart a course as industry reps signal no rise in labor costs but willingness to negotiate. Bargaining remains stalled with no July 4 strike plan and proposals to extend contracts past their Tuesday midnight expiry.
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New York
David J. McDonald
Conrad Cosper
U. S. Steel Corp
Ice cream social planned by Troop 111 at church lawn
Explorer Scouts of Troop 111 of the Presbyterian church stage an ice cream social on Friday at 8 pm on the church lawn. The public is invited. Danny Trayer of Finney County attended a County Agricultural Agents Workshop at Rock Springs Ranch during the weekend and serves on the County Agricultural Agents Board of Directors. Earl C. Brookover of Garden City Sales Co Inc state director of the National Association of Livestock Auction Markets attends the organization’s annual business convention and the National Livestock Marketing Congress in Cedar Rapids Iowa, opening today.
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Earl C. Brookover
Garden City Sales Co., Inc
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Teachers Focus On What To Teach Not How
Lawrence Kansas AP educators debate future teacher training in a conference. William Wunch of Arizona State University cites judge and juror concerns while National Commission on Teaching and Learning urged more subject specific prep and on the job training. Dean Donald P. Cottrell of Ohio State supports deeper content study and practical preparation for future teachers.
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Ariz
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Wunch
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Ari
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Ike May Reject Major Money Bill
Dirksen predicts Eisenhower may veto a major appropriations bill to balance the budget as debate over federal health, labor, and education funds lingers in Congress. Senate votes show strong support for the measure despite the president’s budget concerns. A Friday band concert at Stevens Park features Knox Studio dancers and a program including Johnson Rag and The American Patrol.
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Don Threlkeld
Knox Studio
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Schulz
Moore
Isaac
Lehar
Lisbon
Antigua
State Fair to House Cattle at New judging pavilion
Hutchinson officials announced plans to replace the dairy cattle tent judging with a rigid steel judging pavilion at the Kansas State Fair. The move aims to streamline judging and improve accuracy in dairy classes.
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Hutchinson
Kansas
Kansas State Fair Adds New Enclosed Judging Pavilion
The Kansas State Fair will construct a $50,000 facility 100 feet long and 240 feet wide to centralize dairy judging under one roof. It will feature stalls for exhibit cattle two judging rings and bleacher seating. Officials say the pavilion will improve convenience for exhibitors judges and spectators and be ready by the 1989 Fair.
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St. John
Charles Stanley
Hugoton
Charles
A. Quakenbush
Richard B. Galliart
Ajn
Robert Heirigs
Kansas
George
Kathryn Rae Pittman
Virgil Miller
Harold Brun
Leland Coulter
Canton Faces Threat of Flood Waters
Canton China province reels as Canton city faces its worst flood threat in a century. Dikes on the Peh and North river reportedly hold at midday while parts of Kwantung near Hong Kong are already under flood waters. Over a million people fear drowning or starvation as a flood expands across the region.
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Kwantung Province
Hong Kong
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Kwangtung
Rivers swell as heavy rains hit Pearl River Delta
Torrential rains flood the Peh and Si or West rivers and converge with the Tung or East River above Canton. The streams flow toward the Pearl River estuary and South China Sea. Reports on the Tung Watershed vary while details remain scarce.
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South China Sea
Pearl River
Youths Admit More Crimes After Car Theft Spree
Two Mississippi youths held on burglary and car theft charges waived preliminary hearing in County Court. Donald Lavergne, 16, and James White, 18, confessed to additional thefts across multiple states from Sublette to Tampa. Bond set at $1,000 each as investigations continue into depot break ins, station burglaries, and vehicle thefts tied to a wide spree.
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Moss Point
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Duane West
Calleday
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Sublette
Perryton
Tex
Escataw
Ocean Springs
Bond Purchases Show Gain Here Series E and H Bonds
Finney County reports five month 1959 purchases of Series E and H Savings Bonds totaling 434 958. Kansas state total bonds sales reach 53 517 358, up 12.9 percent from 1958. County Chairman Gish notes pending Congressional improvements for outstanding and future purchases after June 1, 1959.
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S. F’ Gish
County Savings Bonds
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State of
Kansas
Congress
Weather Delays Patterson Johansson Title Fight at Yankee Stadium
In New York the heavyweight title bout between Floyd Patterson and Ingemar Johansson, delayed by bad weather, will resume at 9 30 p.m. EST Friday night after rain halted the planned start today.
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Floyd Patterson
Sweden
Ingemar Johannson
Yankee Stadium
Young Bandit Advised To See Psychiatrist
In San Francisco AP report a young bandit told Irene Solomon he felt sick inside after robbing her of $67 with a companion at her home Tuesday. He justified the crime to dress well and was urged by Mrs Solomon to seek psychiatric help. His husband is referenced but not identified.
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