Optimist Club Members Return From Topeka Convention
Four couples from the Optimist and Opti-Mrs clubs returned Sunday from Topeka after attending the district Optimist International convention. Jack Jewel, honored for the Junior Optimist Matorical Contest, competed in Joenke but did not place among the three award winners. Local Jopeka Optimists Caldwell Sage Campbell Bill, and Edward E. Bill attended. Floyd Ricker, Garden City Co-op retail manager, was elected to the Kansas State Alumni Association board of directors. officers will be elected by mail ballot at the May BB meeting. A Zebu cow was added to Richardson Zoo. Park Superintendent Claude Owens traded a European Redger for the animal after a Mustang, Okla. ranch dispute.
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Topeka
Tenth District Optimist International
Jack Jewel
Joneke
Jopeka
Messrs
Floyd Ricker
Garden City
Timeless Age to Air Academy near Colorado Springs
Harold E. Talbott oversaw previews showing half the Air Force Academy design to congressmen and reporters. Models and drawings feature blending timeless colors with aluminum glass and stainless steel. The 17,500 acre site lies on rolling pine covered hills with Rampart Range backdrop seven miles north of Colorado Springs.
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Colorado
U.S. Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Harold E. Talbott
Washngton
Acadmy
Fine Arts Center
Rockies
Cademy
Evacuation of Haiphong Underway by U S Navy
Aboard USS General Brewster en route to Saigon, the United States Navy continues the Passage to Freedom operation off Northern Indochina. Messages from transports off Do Son Peninsula indicate evacuations of Haiphong remain the focus as U S ships move toward safety corridors for refugees and personnel.
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General Brewster
United States Navy
Indochina
Oday
Do Son
Haiphong
U.S
Kansas To Get Road Millions Under Gore Bill
The Gore bill would allocate Kansas billions for road building over five years including 19.6 million for primary and urban roads and 142.8 million for interstate highways. The plan sets federal and state funding targets across 1957 to 1961 with total road spending rising annually.
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Washington
Gore
Senate Public Works Committee
Eisenhower
Kansas
Sen
D-Tenn
District Postal Office Planned for Wichita
Norman R. Abrams assistant postmaster general announced at the Kansas Chapter No 13 National Assn of Postmasters convention that a district office of the postmaster general will be established in Wichita within 30 days as part of a nationwide decentralization effort.
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Wichita
Norman R. Abrams
Postmaser
Abrams
Kansas
National Assn. of Postmasters
Former Scott Resident Dies at 43 in Larned
Funeral services were held for Golden McGonigle, 43, who died Friday at Larned. Born May 4, 1912 near Alden, she had lived in Scott City briefly. Survived by husband Ray, mother Martha Belote, Lyons. two sons Clinton and Russell. daughter Alice Fall, Scott City. five stepchildren. sisters Jessie Modro Tekoa Washington and Rosa Belote Lyons. brothers John Belote St John Issac Belote Sterling Benjamin Belote Lyons. Burial in Fairlawn Cemetery Hutchinson.
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Scott City
Golden
McGonigle
Larned
Peace Creek Church of Christ
Sylvia
Otis Webb
Alden
Ray
Martha Belote
Lyons
Clinton
Russell
Alice
Jessie Modro
Tekoa
Wash
Rosa Belote
John Belote
St. John
Issac Belote
Sterling
Benjamin Belote
Fairlawn Cemetery
Hutchinson
College of Emporia Receives Wichita Building Gift
The Wheeler-Kelly-Hagny building in Wichita worth $750,000 has been donated to the College of Emporia by Topeka investor John Peach. President Luther E. Sharpe announced this as the third major gift to the college this year, following a $290,000 Mabee Foundation grant for a science hall and an anonymous $14,000 stock endowment gift.
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Emporia
Kas
Wheeler-Kelly-Hagny
Wichita
John Peach
Topeka
College of, Emporia
College of Emporia
Luther E. Sharpe
J. E. and
L. E. Mabee
Kissing the Bride Is Costly for a Woman
Manila report notes Mrs. Soledad Vic in a case where social expectations and personal costs are rising for women. The piece highlights reputational and economic pressures affecting Mrs. Vic amid local customs and public scrutiny.
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Manila
Mrs. Soledad Vic
Hospital Admittances And Discharges In Garden City
Medical notices list multiple admissions and discharges in Garden City area including Moses Lipperd Sublette and Mrs A C Rutledge Sublette among admitted patients and LaVerne McLinn, Sonny McLinn and Agatha Brungardt among discharged. Birth announced at St Catherine for Paul Reid and wife of 1406 St John. Police briefs note bond for Pete Bernal Hernandez and Leroy Brown. accidents report collision at Sixth and Fulton involving Pearl Preisser and Robert Barton. County transfers include Fred Neptune estate and Grace Ratliff oil lease. marriage licenses issued for William Friesen and Doris Smith. Arthur Leiker and Joan Cason. A bride’s handbag theft noted after wedding.
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Moses Lipperd
A. C. Rutledge
George Lamb
Scott City
Paul.Reid
St. John
James D. Thornton
Walker
Evans
Gene Witman
South Star
Gayle McDaniel
Dighton
Joyce N, DeFord
City
Daniel Hopkins
East Chestnut
LaVerne
McLinn
Sonny McLinn
Agatha Brungardt
13Th
Albert Mesa
Conkling
Floyd Hands
Robert Rhoads, Jr
Copeland
Andrew Allen
Jones
Gloria Jean Landon
Chesterfield
Roland Eilerts
Summit
Wallace Kuhlman
Lakin
Pee F. R. McAdams
North Std
Bond
Pete Bernald Hernandez
Taylor
Leroy J. Brown
N. Ninth
Pearl Evelyn Preisser
Lyle
Robert Earl Barton
E. Fulton
Sixth
Fulton
Preisser
Fred F. Neptune
Etux
Kenneth E. Neptune
Grace T. Ratliff
Russel W. Taylor
NEA
Raymond Doerflinger
District
Wiliam Charles Friesen
Itahica
Mich
Doris Smith
Ingalls
Charles Donald Mulendone
Dodge City
Wanda Gann
Arthur L. Leiker
Holcomb
Joan Cason
Larned
Nation's Strike Picture Darkens Across Industries
Washington reports a spring surge in labor strife across autos steel electrical meat packing maritime and copper sectors. Unions push for wages guaranteed employment pensions profit sharing while employers firm up and Eisenhower seeks to stay out of disputes as the federation tracks strikes rising from January to May.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Eisenhower
White House
Truman
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Service
Wichita and Kansas City Livestock Market Summary
The Market reports cattle, calves, hogs and sheep with prices and shifts. Kansas City shows active trade across cattle, calves and hogs with higher quotes for steers, heifers, bulls and vealers, and strong spring lamb demand. Omaha and Chicago areas mirror gains for slaughter lambs and feeder cattle amid steady cows and sows.
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Wichita Livestock
Wichita
USDA
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Kansas
Kansas grain prices and market quotes snapshot
Kansas wheat futures and grain prices show mixed moves with No 2 and No 3 grades varying. Corn, oats, barley, soybeans, and bran options appear with regional price ranges and minor percentage shifts across different lots and grades.
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New York
Lindh Produce Co
Tel
Lima
Beech Aire
Beth Steel Fia
Milo
Boeing Air
Chrysler
B. C. Christopher & Co
Chicago
Martin, GL
MecKess & R E
Mont Ward
Central
Ohio
Penney, JC
Reyn
Grain futures fall as demand softens on weather and exports
Chicago trading shows broad declines across grains with wheat leading losses. May contracts eased after early firmness as moisture in the Southwest and softer export demand trimmed buying. Corn oats rye and soybeans also moved lower or mixed amid open interest and futures purchases data.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Broken Water Main Floods Big Steel Plant
A 48 inch water main burst at U.S. Steel’s South Side plant in Chicago flooded the grounds and nearby blocks. Battalion Fire Chief Edward Johnson estimated damage at $250000 and forced an overnight shutdown of the facility.
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Chicago
U. S. Steel
South Side
Battalion
Edward Johnson
South Chicago Works
Austrian Chief Sees Treaty as Step to Peace
In Vienna Chancellor Julius Raab called Austria’s independence treaty a path to world peace and a cold war easing. He stressed freedom for Austria as vital, noting the big powers may sit at one table while occupation troops begin withdrawal within 90 days after ratification.
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Vienna
Austria
Julius Raab
Raab
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Newton Girl Wins KU Journalism Scholarship
Lawrence Kansas Patricia Swanson Newton High School senior was named the recipient of the $250 Oscar S. Stauffer Scholarship in Journalism at the University of Kansas.
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Lawrence
Kan
Patricia Swanson
Newton
Oscar S. Stauffer
University of Kansas
Girl Says Yes Then Wrecks Car At Busy Intersection
LONG BEACH California a young woman accepted a marriage proposal yesterday while driving. Her fiancé Blowers jammed the brakes and the couple collided at a major intersection as motorists honked. Officer Bland Watkins issued a ticket for failing to observe traffic signals.
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Long Beach
Calif
Bland Watkins
Blowers
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