A Kansan Severance Tax Approved in South Africa Tale
Topeka reports the Kansas House approved a one percent severance tax on oil and gas, with Senate debate looming to raise the sales tax. Meanwhile a Johannesburg dispatch describes life for white South Africans, detailing wages, living costs, housing help, entertainment, and daily routines in a largely easygoing society.
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South Africa
Topekab
Kansas House
Senate
House
Kansas Supreme Court
Deaths and Funerals in Topeka and vicinity
Funeral services are announced for Mrs. Martha Fultz 84 of Topeka who died Sunday with services at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home and burial in Mission Cemetery. Survivors include her husband William F. Fultz and five daughters. Also listed are services for Mrs Bernice Williams 49 of near Williamstown and Mrs Eliza Edgar, long-time Weaver's store saleswoman, plus infant Sharon Lynne Allen in Lecompton and Mrs Cornnte Thompson 63 of Lawrence with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Additional notices cover Kathryn Brannon infant and relatives of local families.
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Martha Fultz
Topeka
Penwell-Gabel
Mission Cemetery
Fultz
J. 8
Alexander
Conn
William F. Fultz
Mabel Batcher
Kansas City
Myrtle Holfhusen
Helen Snook
Dollie Brown
Alamogordo
N.M
Mary Forsberg
Long Beach
Calif
May Howey
Burbank
Harry Fultz
Bernice Williams
Williamstown
Prairie Methodist Church
Kechi
Lewis Williams
Lewis Williams Jr
Fern Shultus
Tulsa
Okla
Earl Brink
Elisa E. Edgar
Eliza © .Edgar
Weaver's Department Store
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Rumsey Funeral Home
M. C. Allen
Memorial Park Cemetery
Lea Blanche Edgar
Great Falls
Mont
Bird Harville
Herbert Whitaker
Clarence Hanson
Ala
Martha Simpson
Lakewood
Sharon Lynne Allen
Romney Funeral Home
Jack L. Allen
Lecompton
University Medical Center
St. Peter's Church
Big Springs
John Quigley
St. Peter's Cemetery
Karen Sue
Connie Marie Allen
Elsie Huling
Dallas
Tex
Florence Andes
George Earnshaw
Independence
Alfred Allen
Will Gravel
Martha Allen
Perry
Cornnie Thompson
Cornnte Thompson
Pa. St
Ninth Street Baptist Church
Frank C. Brown
Oak Hill Cemetery
Thompson
Lawrence
Alice Wash
Hattie Mae Washington
Ethel Booth
Kan
William R. Walker
Ala. St
Robert Walker
Fred A. Walker
Kas
Cooper-Warren Chapel
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Kathryn Brannon
James L. Brannon, Jr
Magr
George Towle
Profits of KP and L Dip Slightly in Year
Kansas Power and Light Co reported year ending March 31 operating revenues of 48.39 million dollars, up 2.83 million, but rising costs wiped the gain. Net income was 6.36 million, down from 6.93 million, yielding 2.00 dollars per common share vs 2.02 last year.
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Kansas Power & Light Co
Lawrence
County Court orders preliminary hearing waiver in larceny case
In the Courts County Court Larry Hamilton and Ambrose Scott waived preliminary hearings and were bound over to the May term of District Court on grand larceny charges. Hamilton posted no bond and was jailed. Scott likewise faced jail after failing to post bond. Both accused of taking part in a theft last year. Police Court saw Helen Pauline Bishop for Ottawa forfeit a 25 dollar bond after failing to appear on a fighting charge. Divorce cases filed include Georgia M Riley against Warren Edward Riley.
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Larry Hamilton
1826
Tenn. Sr
Ambrose Scott
Baldwin
Helen Pauline Bishop
Ottawa
Georgia M. Riley
Warren Edward Riley
Memorial Hospital Admissions and Births Report
A hospital notice lists admissions and dismissals at Memorial Hospital including names and towns such as Mrs. Mary Herrington Eudora Harold Rothrock Topeka Mrs. Lillie Hedges 735 Loucust St and others. Birth entries record a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hedges and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Warren Mitchell with details of addresses.
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Mary Herrington
Eudora
Harold Rothrock
H. D. Sanders
Topeka
Lillie Hedges
Loucust St
Mary Brannon
R. 1. St
Mary Mitchell
W. 22Nd St
Newton Clark
Haskell
George Peppard
Oskaloosa
Maude Anderson
Git Ky. St
Jack Armstrong
N. J. St
LaVerne Dickinson
Alvin Jones
Tonganoxie
Doris Spars
Ky. St
Jane ‘Nettles
Donna Shultz
Treavha’ Hall
Phyllis McElnowney
Greever Terr
Ralph Rankin
Walter Snodgrass
Carolyn Heatherington
Dreher’s Trailer Ct
Hope Peterson
Miss
Elaine Davis
Elm St
Esther Corbett
N. H. St
Dorothy Doty
Tenn. St
Anna Meuffels
Mary Lou Lenahan
Horace Sanders
Albert Martin
Charles Hedges
Sundow
Warren Mitchell
Layman Janney
Sugar beet farming spreads across Kansas counties
Sugar beet production continues to expand with activity in Grant, Haskell, Gray, and Ford counties, and new plantings in Wallace and Sherman counties. The ongoing demand supports broader cultivation, reflecting a shifting agricultural pattern across the region.
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Grant
Haskell
Gray
Ford
Wallace
Sherman
Kiwanis redbud tree planting helps Lawrence bloom
In Lawrence, 48 older residents savor hundreds of redbud trees in bloom and recall a Kiwanis Club effort about 20 years ago to plant them. Dean Paul Lawson led Kiwanians Lloyd Houston and Ray Wright in purchasing thousands of trees, reselling slips at cost to schools and residents, with larger trees sold for up to a dollar. Many originals still bloom, while today’s trees are from subsequent generations via seed dispersion. The piece urges more local dreamers to turn ideas into action for a prettier town.
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Eunjoy
Kiwanis Club
Lawrence
Paul B. Lawson
Lloyd Houston
Ray Wright
Paul Lawson
Right to work debate follows Kansas opinion push
Yount defends right to work against constitutional inclusion. The topic has long divided Kansas politics. The 1955 Legislature passed a right to work bill, vetoed by Gov Fred Hall. Supporters pushed a 1957 nonbinding resolution to let voters decide. No immediate action was decided in light of Andersons opinion.
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Yount
Kansas
Fred Hall
Anderson
Young Republicans Blast Docking Regime in Wire
Kansas Young Republican Federation members condemn Gov. Docking for no planning and cooperation with the legislature. They accuse him of personal political aims and tax proposals with no future planning beyond the November election. The UAW plan seeks wage and benefit changes tied to a model year extension, with automakers General Motors Ford and Chrysler facing talks as contracts near June 1.
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Salina
Kas
George Docking
Kansas Young Republican Federation
UAW
Phil Kline
Overland Park
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
UAW Eyes Three Month Extension On Big Three Contracts
Detroit based United Auto Workers plans a three month extension of contracts with General Motors Ford and Chrysler. The union seeks to raise supplemental unemployment benefits to 65 percent of wages from the current level as negotiations continue amid ongoing labor tensions and industry pressures.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union Today
City plans Kaw Basin flood protection and Jevee system
Last week the city indicated it would welcome comments from property owners on a proposed resolution supporting Kaw Basin flood protection appropriations and the $4 million Jevee system for Lawrence. Minutes from Planning and Traffic Commissions note zoning discussions for fraternity and sorority house sites.
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Kaw Basin
Lawrence
Planning Commission
Traffic Commission
Docking Actions Lashed During Talk by Senator
Twenty members of the Executive Committee of the Kansas Collegiate Young Republican Federation heard Sen. A. W. Lauterbach of Colby discuss the state's fiscal problems in Topeka. He criticized Gov. Docking for proposing solutions that delay taxes past the November election, calling them like early New Deal ideas.
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Kansas
Young Republican Federation
A. W. Lauterbach
Colby
Topeka
Lauterbach
Docking
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