State to Ask Lower Rate on Electricity
Kansas officials target lower power charges for a new 12 story Topeka office block after a $12,000 July bill. A joint committee reviews metering one system for state facilities and possibly building a state power plant while weighing renegotiating KP&L contracts to reduce costs.
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Topeka
Office Building Commission
Executive Council
Kansas Power and Light Co
John Casebeer
Abilene
John Adams
Commission
Osborne
REA
Inside Job Suspected In Big Train Robbery
Woodstock Ontario police and railway inspectors chased three masked gunmen who robbed a mail car on the Toronto Windsor run. Dressed as railway workers, the trio held eight postal workers for about 130 seconds, slashed mail bags, and escaped during a five minute stop at Ingersoll.
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Woodstock
Arthur Harding
Harding
Ingersoll
Kansas Traffic Deaths Reported by State Records
Kansas traffic fatalities totals released by the State Accident Records Section show 0 in the last 24 hours. To date in 1957 the figure stands at 330, compared with 411 in the same period of 1956.
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Topeka
Baker University Opens Centennial with Faculty Retreat
Baker University at Baldwin begins its centennial year with a 10 am Tuesday retreat and faculty meeting in Eisie Allen Hall. New hires include Edmund Chan Dr T L Clark Dr Edna Cobb Dr Irene Murphy Clarence Newman Roland Stahl Richard Strout Millard Jackson Robert Ridley Kathryn Schirmer Mrs Frank Burner and Margaret Howell. President W J Scarborough will address the gathering outlining the liberal arts study project for the year.
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Baker University of Baldwin
Eisie Allen Hall
Edmund Chan
T. L. Clark
Methodist Kansas Conference
Edna Cobb
Irene Murphy
Clarence Newman
Roland Stahl
Baker
W. J. Scarborough
Baker University
Centennial school years program plans presented by Dean Gessner
Dean B A Gessner will present the coming centennial school years program and student services. Following that a special luncheon will be served in Parmenter Commons for the faculty and student commission members. Faculty committee meetings will convene in the afternoon.
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B. A. Gessner
Parmenter Commons
Reallocation Sought for Fish and Game Funds
Topeka The State Forestry Fish and Game Commission asks the State Finance Council to reallocate 181000 in addition to money approved but not spent last year. Dave Leahy said the council increased the commission’s expenditure limit by 220000 in October 1955 to build two state lakes, but only 336000 could be obligated by June 30 due to legal complications.
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Topeka
State
Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
State Finance Council
Ita
Dave Leahy
Finance Council
Leahy
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