CCA Operations and Structure in the Plains States
The article outlines Consumers Cooperative Association holdings across Kansas Iowa Nebraska Colorado Missouri Oklahoma and Wyoming. It details refineries Coffeyville and Phillipsburg capacity and other plants, governance via a 21 member board, stock ownership by local co-ops, and the role of Howard A. Cowden as president. It notes CCA’s size ranking among purchasing coops, deferred patronage funds, tax payments, and the legal status of patron refunds.
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Council Bluffs
Phillipsburg
McPherson
Isbluff
Enid
Denver
Newcastle
Wyo
CCA
Coffeyville
Eteble Cannery
Consumers Refinery Association
Cooperative Farm, Chemicals Association
Lawrence
Boyd
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Colorado
Missouri
Oklahoma
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wyoming
Howard A. Cowden
United States
Norm
Co-Op
Patronmen Corporsion’ Cooperative
Wise
City Planning Commission Seeks Sewer and Zoning Action
The commission seeks a plot for a sewer lift block 46 bounded by Wisconsin Florida Streets and Fifth Sixth Streets to authorize a sanitary sewer. Minutes of the Nov 25 meeting defer approval. A zoning request for 18th and O Streets to reclassify 165 by 280 feet to apartment class B was heard. the commission will study parking needs for residents before acting. Constable John Bell’s request to use regular traffic tickets was refused.
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Wisconsin
Florida Streets
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Planning Commission
18Th and
O. Sts
City Commission
John Bell
ROKS Retake Pinpoint Hill in bitter Korean front fight
South Korean forces clawed back most positions on Pinpoint Hill after a heavy dawn push by Chinese troops. U S F-86 Sabres engaged MiG-15s over the Chongchon River with both sides flying equal numbers in a major air clash. Allied artillery and air strikes backed the counterattack, restoring positions and advancing downslope as the fighting eased elsewhere along the 155 mile front.
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Seoul
Pinpoint Hill
Chongchon River
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Pinpoint
Roks
U. S
Eighth Army
Rocky Point
Coffman to Youngest District Judge in State
Floyd FH Coffman, 34, will become the youngest district judge in Kansas when he is sworn next month as judge of the Fourth Judicial District including Douglas, Franklin and Anderson Counties. He succeeds Judge Hugh Means of Lawrence after 32 years on the bench. Coffman has led the County, Probate, and Juvenile Courts in Franklin County and is president of the Kansas Probate Judges Association, a Washburn Law School graduate.
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Floyd FH. Coffman
Kansas
Waler
Douglas
Franklin
Anderson
Hugh Means
Lawrence
Judge Means
Coffman
Franklin County
Kansas Probate Judges Association
Washburn Law School
Topeka
Three Kansans chosen on AP Little All America list
Three Kansas college football players earned honorable mention on the AP Little All-America team of 1952. McPherson’s Wayne Birchpostalt and Serre Fell, a tackle, and Ottawa’s Don Simons, a end, were cited for their performances.
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New York
Kansas
Associated Press
Wayne Birchpostalt
Serre Fell
McPherson
Don Simons
Ottawa
Power Line Fatality Shocks Eudora Community
A farm worker, Kin dred, was electrocuted while pulling a 33 000 volt transmission line near Eudora. Dufford escaped injury after being knocked down. The line linked Lawrence power plant to the Olathe substation, serving Sunflower Ordnance Works. Kindred, a Douglas County farming leader, dies. funeral plans pending. He chaired the Douglas County Farm Bureau and held CPA picnic roles. He is survived by his wife and three children. Funeral arrangements not announced.
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Dutford
Rtment
John Kasberger
Chester Cohoon
Virgil Braiden
Kinje L. Harden
Eudora
Schubert Funeal
Kindred
Douglounty Agricultural Extension
Councdl I
Douglas County Farm Bureau Association
Central Protective Association
Belleville Grange
CPA
Seif
Arm Bureau
Washington
Otto Hack
Eudora High School
Mattie Te Kindred
Evabelle Gerstenberger
Alice Reardon
Wichits
Louie C. Kindred
K U Extension Opens Colby Branch Office
University of Kansas Extension Service will open a Colby branch this month following a decision by Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy and the Board of Regents. It will be the fourth Kansas branch joining Kansas City Wichita and Garden City to serve local residents with extension courses and services.
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University of Kansas Extension Service
Colby
Franklin D. Murphy
Kansas
Kansas City
Wichita
Garden City
Board of Regents
Uncity
Turnout Great for Plant Ceremony in Midwest Firm
The ceremony highlighted a new fertilizer plant under construction by Cooperative Farm Chemicals Association spanning Kansas Iowa Nebraska North and South regions. About 600 workers will be employed at peak, with $6 million in labor costs and 300 skilled staff anticipated once full operations begin.
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Midwest
Sur
America
Cowden
Erence
Agra
Fire Runfield
Wichita Bank For Cooperatives
Lawrence
Christ
Ralph Olson
Iowa Institute of Nation
Land
Dt Grant College
Harold Myers
Kansas State College
Cy Clyde Mitchell
University of Nebraska
LMHS
Jack Stephenson
Harold G. Barr
Kansas University School of Religion
CCA
Ative Farm Chemicals Association
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Daks
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Calor
Fer
Fire Chief Reports No Damage Amid Furnace Incident
At 2:71 pm a furnace fan malfunction occurred at She Pak Zope. Fire Chief John Mit reported no damage to the furnace and the Alpha fraternity St. scene was contained with no injuries or further risk.
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B Sey
She Pak Zope
Alpha Fraternity St
John Mit
Lawrence store clerk goes beyond duty in gift mailing gesture
A Lawrence local drug store clerk impressed a visiting man by mailing his gifts the next day during her rest period after he lacked mailing options. The same day KU dean received letters from three Koreans asking for pen pals and exchanges. In other news, CCA nitrogen plant cornerstone ceremony attracted wide media coverage across nine states with WDAF TV Kansas City filming. Liberty Memorial High School announced its Christmas Prelude concert for 8 p.m. Tuesday featuring vocal groups and orchestra.
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Lawrence
CCA
Wdaf-Tv
Kansas City
Ccare
Liberty Memorial High School
Memorial Hospital Births and Residents Listed in Notice
A hospital notice lists names and addresses of residents and patients including Alberta Crosby 913 Del St Irma Burgert 1008 Tenn St James Busse 1325 Prairie St Muriel Metcalf 11 W. Campus Rd Helen Jean Etherton Sunflower Mary Sue Herman Baldwin Route 2 Delores Ann Whitman Eben Louise Whitman 1216 R. I. St Virginia Hawkins 1324 Pa St Jean Simmons 1102 Tenn St John Norman Perry Gladys Giberson Sunflower Alice Schneck 1205 Haskell Ave Nancy Hess 718 St Lucile Kenton Wren Apts Robert Sparks McLouth Vivian Wilkinson Sunflower Aleen Edwards and baby girl Eudora Evelyn Vann and baby girl 115 Mich St Edward Westhusing 631 E 2nd St a daughter Russell Morgan 506 W 6th St a daughter today.
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Alberta Crosby
del. St
Alwyn Parker
Mass. St
James Busse
Prairie St
Irma Burgert
Tenn. St
Muriel Metcalf
Campus Rd
Helen Jean Etherton
Sunflower
Mary Sue Herman
Baldwin
Delores Ann Whitman
Eben Louise Whitman
R. I. St
Virginia Hawkins
Pa. St
Jean Simmons
John Norman
Perry
Gladys Giberson
Alice Schneck
Haskell Ave
Nancy Hess
Lucile Kenton
Wren Apts
Robert Sparks
McLouth
Vivian Wilkinson
Aleen Edwards
Eudora
Evelyn Vann
Mich
Deaths and Funerals for George Kears in Norwalk California
Relatives report the death on December 1 of George Kears aged 90 at his Norwalk California home. He formerly lived on a farm near DelSoto before moving to California. Sister Minnie French of 1339 Tenn. St. and Mrs. M. W. Mar V. of 1339 Tenn. St. and Mrs. White of 1246 N.Y. St. are noted as surviving relatives.
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George Kears
George Keuns
Norwalk
Calif
DelSoto
California
Minnie French
Tenn. St
M. W. Mar V
White
N.Y. St
Nickel Loses Again in Kansas City Phone Hike
The Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. was granted a rate increase last October to offset higher operating costs, as nickel coin discussions fade amid the ongoing toll and service cost debate in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Fred Cooper Joins Funk Mortuary Staff
Fred L. Cooper son of O. H. Cooper of 1317 Mass. St. is hired as embalmer at Funk's Mortuary. A 1950 College of Mortuary Science graduate, he previously worked at Broadway and other Wichita funerals. He is married to Alita York of Baldwin with a four month old daughter and resides at 945 N. H. St. They attend Trinity Lutheran Church.
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Fred L. Cooper
O. H. Cooper
Mass. St
Funk's
T. D. Funk
Cooper
College of Mortuary Science
Kansas City
Wichite
Broadway
Lawrence
Alita York
Oscar T. York
Baldwin
Kansas’ University
Diang Alita
N. H. St
Trinity Lutheran Church
Weet
Cenit
Nett
Schubert Funeral Home
Armed Forces personnel in far east and Korea duties described
The report lists Capt Robert Price leaving West Coast for Korea and the Near East assignment as the last of a B 26 bomber. Pvt Daryl Wheeler completes a year in Korea with Seventh Infantry winter clothing issued. Ralph Drake Airman USN serves at Great Lakes NAS. Arlen Winter travels to Camp Stoneman for Far East duty. Several named people mentioned with furloughs and divorce actions update court terms.
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Robert Price
Wew
West Coast
Korea
Lawrence
Daryl P. Wheeler
James R. Wheeler
Oskaloosa
Seventh Infantry
Pvt
Wheeler
Oska- Joosa
Mary Wheeler
Ralph A. Drake
USN
Jay Drake
Vt. St
Fleet Aircraft Service Squad
Great Lakes Naval Air Station
Arlen K. Winter
Charles B. Winter
Musee
Camp Stoneman
Calif
Far East
Stevenson urges labor not to view election as disaster
Gov. Adlai Stevenson told CIO memorial attendees in Atlantic City that labor should see the national election results as an opportunity for a better era in America. He spoke at services honoring late president Philip Murray, while delegates faced a tense behind the scenes fight over Murray's successor.
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Atlantic City
Adlai Stevenson
America
Stevenson
Aker
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Teacher Daisy Wingfield Joins Greenwood Valley School
In the Greenwood Valley district near Le Slee ne yen een El Springs, Mrs Daisy Wingfield will teach at the rural school after Mrs Patricia Ann Hull left prior to November 21. Wingfield previously taught at Greenwood Valley and served as music teacher at Lecompton Grade School.
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Big Big
Daisy Wingfield
Greenwood Valley
Le‘Slee
Markets at a Glance Face Quiet Decline Across Commodities
Kansas City markets show mixed moves with lower notes in corn and cotton. Cattle futures remain soft to higher on light trading, while eggs and butter hold near midrange. Wall Street weakness dampens activity with volume around 700,000 shares and oils showing brief strength amid overall softness.
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C. Cash Grain
Kansas City
Wall Street
New York
Hunter 33 Drowned Near Salina in Kanapolia Reservoir
Wayne R Hoard 27 of Russell Kansas drowned Wednesday in the Kanapolia Reservoir while attempting to retrieve an object. A rescue effort followed but was unsuccessful.
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Salina
Wayne R. Hoard
Russell
Kas
Kanapolia Reservoir
Eho
Jed
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Consumers Cooperative Abociadente Semalin Feller
Tee
Shawn
Cooperative Rethis
University of Kansas
Military Science Hall
Hoch Auditorium
Castle Tea Room
Donna Jean Johnson
Delta Delta Delta
Maureen Kelley
Independence
Alpha Chi Omega
Janet Gabrielson
Hutchinson
Ego
Journal-World Photo
CAA
Oscar H. Baker
Marion A. Bar Tow
Kansas Power and Light Co
K. U
I Beni
Raed
Lucrece Wudgine Beale
E. &. Gunder
Gants
The
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James H. Ter
U.S
Aigea
Basen
Feele Ad Zimmermann
C &2Nd Een
Ape
San Francisco
Memorial Hospital
Edward Westhusing
Lay
Russell. Morgan
W. 6Th St
Fred Cooper
Funk Mortuary
Ervan Jose Robison
Norma Hardison
Delphia Gladys
Aerge
Beltsville
N.Y
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Admiral Eters Am
Anacon
Atchison U Revere
Beech Aire Ibk
Boeing Airp
Aire
J. Eagle Pich
Greyhound
Kan
Lone St Cem Martin
Lis J. Me McKess & R
BON Am Avia
Phillips Pr Radio Cp
Corte Foe
Bes
Byron W. Walters, W.D
Haura Mon
Ent Co
Karl Kreider
Phone
Hunter
Urance Agency
Ance Exchange
Aere FA
Saar Ae
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