Cancer Society donation to Hyden City Library noted
Charles S. Cameron director of the American Cancer Society is reported as presenting the society’s donation to Hyden City Public Library via the county unit. The book is shared with 185 Kansas libraries. Jeanne Thorpe, librarian, confirms the presentation and wide distribution.
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Charles S. Cameron
Hyden City
Inner ‘County
Theerican Cancer Society
Jeanne Thorpe
Kansas
May De Mix TV Channels
Washington reports the Federal Communications Commission charting a course toward exclusive operation on ultra high frequency channels 14 through 83. The move could reshape broadcasting within a decade. The commission will study demixing communities where mixing UHF and VHF 2 through 13 has failed, to equalize competition and aid UHF stations.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
U.S
Commission
Boy born premature weighs 27 ounces now to reach 17 pounds
In Reseda California Jeffrey D Jaeger who weighed 27 ounces at birth will weigh 17 pounds tomorrow for his first birthday. He is the son of Donald and Yvonne Jaeger both movie studio workers. He was born three months prematurely.
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Reseda
Calif
Jeffrey D. Jaeger
Donald
Yvonne Jaeger
Market Summary From Wheat to Cattle and Hogs
Readable grain and livestock figures show Chicago wheat and corn quoted with various highs lows and closes. Kansas City and Omaha receipts note cattle calves and hogs with price ranges and movement, alongside oats eggs and local grain prices and a brief Aden City grain market update.
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Chicago
B. C. Christopher & Co
Kansas City
Hutchinson
Wichita
Omaha
Enid
Salina
Ft. Worth
Pick-Up Attempt Brings Jail, Fine
Benjamin Franklin Mullikin of 2064 North Fourth was fined 100 dollars and given 60 days in jail by Police Judge Clyde Daniels on Tuesday afternoon. Mullikin had been arrested on a local woman's complaint that he accosted her and attempted to pick her up on June 18. The case had been continued to the court’s last night term.
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Benjamin Franklin Mullikin
North Fourth
Clyde Daniels
Mullikin
Grains Dip as July Soybeans Plunge on Market News
Grains moved lower with July soybeans dropping sharply on the board. Wheat sank on heavy liquidation amid reports of strong Midwest red wheat yields. Feed grains also lost ground while remaining relatively resilient.
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Chicago LM
Board of Trade
Midwest
Work Proceeding on Oklahoma Toll Road
Oklahoma City report says half the road bed for the northeast toll road is finished with paving orders issued. Tulsa to Missouri line route: 35.46 miles completed, 49.86 miles under construction. Forty-eight right of way cases pending, 138 settled. Route links Tulsa area to Turner Turnpike at Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
City Hall notes outline bids and campus planning actions
City will seek bids for a 30 foot service ladder for street lights and power lines. Commissioners debated the North Main parking lot, reported ongoing interest in the lot, and approved cemetery and roadway plans south and west of the Valley View singing tower. Refuse service charges were debated for Mrs Dow and Fellowship Baptist Home for the Aged. emergency vehicle status requests were tabled. licenses for cereal malt beverage and pool tables were approved. Joe Doubrava was appointed to the planning commission. a driveway on Pat's Drive must be altered. state inspector pay raise to 20 a day was discussed. Mayor Powers and Commissioner Harman named as Kansas League of Municipalities delegates.
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North Main
Valley View Cemetery
William R. Garvin
Mike's
North Eighth
Lupe Guillen
West
Fulton
Ysabel Orozca
Santa Fe
Gay Powers
Ovid Harman
Kansas League of Municipalities
Everett Miller
Garden City
Strike Violence Hits Lima as Government Rallies for Measures
In Lima Peru authorities imposed 30 day constitutional suspensions and called stern measures after a general strike driven by a walkout that left the city nearly paralyzed. The action supported 500 International Petroleum Co workers demanding higher wages at the Callao port area.
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Lima
Peru
Callao
International Petroleum Co
Nice Present But How Will He Use It
Hackensack New Jersey police chief Westervelt R Demarest is honored by the Hackensack Auxiliary Police with a token for his car a chief's license plate emblem. The chief, though grateful, says he has no car.
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Hackensack
N. J
Westervelt R. Demarest
Demarest
Kanopolis Dam irrigation plan sparks flood control fears
Paul A. Aylward of Ellsworth, seeking the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination, warned that a proposed Bureau of Reclamation irrigation pool below Kanopolis Dam would reduce flood storage, water supply, and recreation. He argued the plan would give the bureau control of the Smoky Hill River and diminish state rights, noting Cedar Bluff's recent fails to meet irrigation needs.
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Salina
Paul A. Aylward
Ellsworth
U.S
Kanopolis Dam
Aylward
Bureau of Reclamation
Smoky Hill
Kanopolis Lake
Bureau
Cedar Bluff
Kanopolis
Hays
El Cap Goes Double Deck El Capitan Train Debuts in Kansas
The Santa Fe railroad introduced its new high level El Capitan streamliner in Kansas with a round trip from Kansas City to Emporia. The two story all chair car carries 906 passengers and will serve the 2224 mile Chicago to Los Angeles route with top deck seating and lower level baggage. Stops included Lawrence Topeka and Emporia. The trip was a media preview and the service will be extra fare.
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Kansas City
Santa Fe Railroad
Kansas
Emporia
Santa Fe
Chicago
Los Angeles
Lawrence
Topeka
Local hospital admits and discharges list brief police notes
The page records multiple hospital admits and discharges including James W Pinegar at 1001 Sixth and Mrs Kutz at 805 North. Police briefs list speeding fines for Robert Wasson, a $100 fine and 60 days in jail for Benjamin Mullikin, drunken disturb peace arrest for John Tillman Border, illegal passing for Gene Whitman, running stop sign for Leo Huse, and driving with improper mufflers for Bobby Lee Jones. Marriage licenses issued to H Phillip Johnson and Martha Hall.
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Richard Weslin
Robert Blue
North Main
K. E. Kutz
North
Louis Valdez
Vity
R. L. Kimsey
Pueblo
Calo
James W. Pinegar
Robert’ Wasson
Piercévillé
Benjamine Franklin Mullikin
North Fourth
Défald
Linus
Bobby Lee -Jones
Phillip Johnson
Winfield
Martha
Hall
Holcomb
Wheat Farmers Are Neglected in Midwest Critique
State Sen. John C. Woelk, seeking the 6th District GOP nomination, decries western Kansas wheat farmers as neglected by the Midwest farm system. He cites drought, limited farm program relief, and voluntary acreage reductions that lead to unfair allotments. He backs a larger soil bank and greater acreage reserves where climate makes current limits unjust.
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Russell
Kansas
John C. Woelk
Woelk
Jaycees Parade Praises State Industries in Kansas City
Kansas City reporters note Junior Chamber members from across the nation paraded showing scenic and commercial advantages of their states. Twenty five bands and 80 floats moved past, led by a 60 piece Air Force drum corps from Washington DC, with Mickey Mantle and Billy Wessels featured in the Sooner Jaytee display. Commodities extolled included a prairie schooner from Kansas.
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Kansas City
Chamber of Commerce
Air Force
Washington, D.C
Mickey Mantle
New York Yankees
Billy Wessels
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nurses Residences May Get Federal Aid
TOPEKA construction of nurses residences will become eligible for federal aid next year. The Kansas Advisory Council broadened rules for eligibility of psychiatric units for federal hospital construction funds and prioritized non state institutions. A total of $80,000 was allocated for a psychiatric floor at Wesley Hospital in Wichita this year.
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Topeka
Kansas Advisory Council
Kansas
Wesley Hospital
Wichita
Draft horses and mules ruled out of Ozark Empire Fair
Springfield reports the Ozark Empire Fair will skip draft horses and mules for the August 11 to 17 event as mechanization overtakes the traditional draft team. G. B. Boyd, secretary manager, notes the old horse era is ending.
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Springfield
Mes
G. B. Boyd
Dobbin
Kansas colleges report summer enrollments up across state
Summer term enrollments rise at most Kansas colleges with 12 of 16 schools posting higher registrations than last year. Reasons include more students, in service teacher study, broader summer curricula, and air conditioned classrooms boosting appeal at McPherson College.
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Associated Press
Kansas
McPherson College
McPherson
Emporia State Teachers College
James E. King
Emporia State
Pittsburg State Teachers College
C. R. Baird
Wichita
University of Wichita
Friends University
Friends
Bethel College
Marymount College
Salina
Kansas Wesleyan University
Pravda Publishes Red Criticism Of Stalin Era Excesses
Pravda reprints an article by Eugene Dennis from the New York Daily Worker questioning what Soviet leaders did to curb the excesses of Stalin’s last years. It marks the first public criticism of the current leadership in Soviet propaganda.
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Moscow
Pravina Today
Stalin
Communist Party
Eugene Dennis
New York Daily Workers
Shaw Denies School Charge In Primary Campaign
Shaw for Governor candidate Warren W. Shaw calls Hall’s claim of opposition to state school aid false. He accuses Hall and allies of blocking elementary school aid funding. Shaw defends support for school measures and criticizes Ways and Means Committee leadership.
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Lawrence Um
Warren W. Shaw
Shaw
Fred Hall
Hall
Shaw For Governor Club
House
Ways and Means Committee
Halland
Study Session For Soil Bank Fidney County
Fidney county residents may attend a Friday night study session on the soil bank reserve acreage program. The county wide educational meeting starts at 8 30 pm in the 4 H building. County agent Oscar Norby and ASC committeemen A E Cook Ora Schepf and George Fowler Jr explain the program and answer questions for the public. The district meeting set up dates were announced and the session is open to all interested residents.
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Fidney County
Soil’ Bank Reserve
Oscar Norby
A. E. Cook
Schépf
George Fowler
ASC
Norby
Highway Work To Be Speeded Across Nation
Washington reports Congress approved the 83 billion measure for the interstate system and sent it to President Eisenhower who is expected to sign soon. Senator Case expects rapid state action with planning and right of way purchases beginning in fiscal 1957, though some preliminary work has already started.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Francis Case
R-Sd
Hays Firm Submits Apparent Low Bid for Sanatorium Work
Hays Firm Shade Construction Co. of Hay submitted an apparent low bid of $62,110 for an addition to the Kenney building at the State Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Norton. Frame Construction Co. of Norton bid $24,263 to remodel Building No. 4 at the institution.
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Topeka
Shade Construction Co
Hay
Kenney
Norton
Frame Construction Co
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