McPherson's Main Street Gets a New Look
McPherson Kansas unveils a citywide lighting program on Main Street and surrounding highways. Ninety six poles will bear three fixtures each, totaling about 100000 lumens per block, with islands extending into side streets and a televised Light-O-Rama event planned. The project seeks brighter, safer streets costing over 350000 dollars.
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Mcpherson
Kan
Kansas
Main
Main Street
Tures
U.S. 56
U.S. 81
Lawyer Actor Set for Fight in Hollywood
AP reports a scheduled grudge match between lawyer and actor on Wednesday at 6 30 p m. Crowley 34, 170 pounds and Wayde Preston 28, 185 pounds will box a novelty bout for $1 000. The event involves staged plants and is tied to Reventlow Barbara Hutton family.
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Hollywood
Crowley
Wayde Preston
Preston
Reventlow
Arthur Stress JM St. John
Lancelhig Shoulder
Barbara Hutton
Wichita Eagle Consents to Court Decree in Antitrust Case
The Wichita Eagle publishers consented to a court decree enjoining them for 12 years from requiring advertisers and subscribers to patronize both editions. DOJ alleged anti trust violations. The Eagle shifted policies on March 9 1959 and denied most charges while noting rival Wichita Beacon prompted the action.
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Wichita
Wichita Eagle
Department of Justice
Marcellus M. Murdock
The
Eagle
the Eagle
General Adventusing
Murdock
Wichita Beacon
Evening Eagle
Beacon
U. S
Delmar C. Hill
Kidnap-Slayer To Hospital
Harold W. McLaughlin, 27, admitted kidnap-slayer of 6 year old Ben Wagner, was committed to Central State Hospital for the Criminal Insane until fit for trial. Circuit Judge William E. O Connell ordered confinement after psychiatrists testified he was feeble minded and could not aid his attorney in facing a first degree murder charge. Ben Wagner, son of Milwaukee residents, was lured into a car April 4 and found dead in a roadside ditch north of Milwaukee.
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Port Washington
Wis
Harold W. McLaughlin
Ben Wagner
Central State Hospital
William E. O’connell
McLaughlin
O’connell
Ben
Louise Wagner
Milwaukee
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