Public Slow to Face Kansas Water Problems
Dr. Frank C. Foley Kansas state geologist opened a three day Midwestern States Flood Control and Water Resources Conference noting the public’s slow reaction to floods and drought. He cited Kansas water supply at 130 million acre feet annually with 2.5 million acre feet of inflow and 17.5 million lost to outflow. Williams federal soil conservation service described the watershed act as a coordination framework for upstream improvements with major river projects, supplementing existing agricultural and flood protection programs.
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Topeka Wm
Frank C. Foley
Kansas
Foley
D. A. Williams
Federal Soil Conservation Service
Congress
Postman's Holiday on Sunshine Skyway Bridge
Florida patrolman Harry B. Peterson who drives over 4000 miles monthly to patrol his 11 mile Sunshine Skyway bridge spends his spare time fishing from the bridge.
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Postman
Bradenton
Fla.ma
Harry B. Peterson
Sunshine Skyway
British Like Americans Vote For the Ins When Content
James Marlow argues that prosperity dulls desire for radical change in Britain and the United States. He notes Conservative gains in postwar Britain and compares party dynamics, leadership splits, and public mood shaping election outcomes across decades.
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James Marlow
Washington
Britain
United States
House of Commons
Ites
Labor Party
Violation in Grass Seed Sale in Kansas City
A grass seed sale violation in Mission resulted in a guilty plea by Charles Wilson of Kansas City on two counts of Kansas Seed Law violations. He was fined 100 dollars plus costs after an inspection found seed only 44 percent pure, with 14 percent viable and misleading labeling of seed composition.
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Mission
Board of Agriculture
Kansas
Charles Wilson
Kansas City
Kas
Johnson County
Wilson |S
John Monaghan
Monaghan
E. G. Gross
Pittsburg Hires New City Manager
Pittsburg Kansas selects Al Nojiland aged 34, former city manager of Marceline Massachusetts since 1953, to take over as city manager.
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Pittsburg
Lee Haworth
Lawrence
Kas
al No Jland
Marceline, Ma
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Fankhauser
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Firat
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Rothenberg & Schloss
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Ouneh
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Clement Attlee
Cnservatives
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Commons
Venus
California
Acme Glass CO
N. Main
Garden City
Farmers Alliance
McPherson
Mobile Electronics
W. Kansas
Frenk Schmale
Hong
Firestone
Garden City Co-operative Equity Exchange
Co-Op
ED Porter
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