Kansas Legislature near end of 1955 session with key bills unresolved
The 1955 Kansas general session nears final action with many major measures stuck in conference committees. Both chambers approve continued federal aid for soil and water conservation projects and move to tax on motor vehicles by 1957. Several major appropriations and licensing bills head to the governor, while a kindergarten age rule bill is killed in the Senate.
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Topekap
Kansas
Senate
House
Moreno
Congress
Army Egineers
Bureau of Reclamation and Agriculture Department
Turtle Creek
Blue River Valley
Kansas Children's Home
Highway Patrol
Taveen
Court actions outline broad reform and property deals
Probate court clerk actions include allowing Blue Cross and Blue Shield cooperation in a federal reinsurance plan and permitting bond proceeds in Norton to buy out bonds. Other items set tax levies for Osborne Township fire protection, authorize mineral rights retention in Decatur County farm sales, and permit use of community buildings in Eureka.
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Blue Cross
Blue Shield
City of
Norton
Ores Insurance
Isqudyp
Abilene
Eisenhower Library
Osborne Township
Sumner County
Decatur
Kansas farmers boost fertilizer use a record postwar surge
Kansas farmers last fall applied more plant nutrients in commercial fertilizers than ever before. The State Board of Agriculture reports a 13 000 ton rise in 1954 over 1953 and a 10 percent increase in nitrogen use for the last half of 1954. Higher analysis fertilizers replace low ones as ammonium nitrate and 16 20 0 lead sales. total tonnage for the period reached 735 687 tons, with nitrogen, phosphorous, and potash gains.
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Kansas
State Board of Agriculture
John Monaghan
First Transcontinental Air Mail Route Opened 1920
The first air mail route linking New York City and San Francisco began operation in 1920, marking a milestone in U.S. aviation and postal service history.
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New York City
San Francisco
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