New Official Resigns One Day After Hall Appointment
Robert Ballou resigns as Hutchinson State Reformatory superintendent one day after his appointment becomes effective. Ballou cites intention to return to education work. Mevin Kiger, named State Penal Board chairman after Fred Hall’s resignation, made no comment on Ballou’s exit. Ballou, 36, had been an assistant secretary to Hall. initial reports placed him at the State Department of Education. Kiger’s own appointment to the penal board follows interim governance changes amid a Senate viewed as unfriendly to Hall.
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Robert Ballou
State Reformatory
Hutchinson
Ballou
Kargas
Hall
State Department of Education
Kiger
State Department of Administration
Ap- Ballou
Reformatory
Penal Board
Watercolor Exhibit and awards noted in Topeka arts scene
Lawrence figures Marjorie Whitney and Arvid Jacobson head a January show with 45 watercolors at the Topeka Art Guild Gallery in Topeka High School. A tea in their honor will be hosted by the Art Guild. The item also covers National Merit Scholarship finalists, real estate leases, sheriff plans, Denver’s Montana City origins, and local civic notices.
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Marjorie Whitney
Kanaas University
Arvid Jacobson
Topeka Art Guild Gallery
Topeka High School
Topeka
Art Guild
Lawrence High School
Kansas City
Ip Corp
Utes Et
Robert E. Barnhill
Edward. G. Collister
Loyd B. Ericsson
Barbara K. Foley
NMS
Germans weigh risk of East rebellion amid Soviet grip
A German student from Lubeck, Bernhard von Bockelmann, details Eastern Germany’s longing for freedom and reunification, but warns any uprising risks a third world war. He notes differences in living conditions, propaganda, and the danger of Germans fighting Germans, while Western support, food, and medicines offer moral aid but not immediate liberty.
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East Germany
Bernhard von Bockelmann
Lubeck
United States
K.U
Baltic Sea
van Bockelmann
Germany
von Bockel- Mann
Europe
Soviet Union
Gorta
West Germany
Soviet Zone
von Bockelmann
Western
Western Zone
Hungary
Soil District Planning Meeting Wednesday
The annual meeting of the Douglas County Soil Conservation District will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday January 30 in Building No. 1 at the county 4-H Fairgrounds. One supervisor will be elected to succeed H H Gerstenberger of Eudora whose term has expired. The district has been organized since 1936 with Emil W Heck as chairman, George Butell as secretary, Leslie Demeritt as treasurer, Wilson Counts and Gerstenberger as board members.
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Douglas County
Soil Conservation District
County
H. H. Gerstenberger
Eudora
Emil W. Heck
George Butell
Leslie Demeritt
Wilson Counts
Gerstenberger
Hospital Admits and Births Reported at Memorial Hospital
At Memorial Hospital admissions include Eleanor Wells 924 Vt St Beverly Haun 1630 Oxford Rd Gary Brink Route 1 Virginia Strong Route 2 Broer Gustafson 1642 Tenn St Lucy Hardy Route 3 Shirley Ramsey 1239 N St. Dismissals include Peggy Morley and baby Mary Kay Smith 935 Highland Dr Mary Lou Richards 202 N 5th St Le lia Torneden T16 La St Births noted to Morgan Allison 1725 Ala St a daughter Friday Wayne Strong Route 2 a daughter today.
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Eleanor Wells
Beverly Haun
Oxford Rd
Gary Brink
Virginia Strong
Broer Gustafson
Tenn. St
Lucy Hardy
Shirley Ramsey
Peggy Morley
Baldwin
Mary Kay Smith
Highland Dr
Mary Lou Richards
5Th St
Le'lia Torneden
Morgan Allison
Ala
Wayne Strong
Baldwin GOC Post Cited for Outstanding Service
The Baldwin GOC Post was praised for outstanding work and 79 members were cited by Sgt Haas, U S Air Force representative. Baldwin ranked eighth in the St Joseph filter center in hours during Operation Skywatch. Awards for voluntary services supporting U S Air Defense went to Baker University United Telephone Co and the Baldwin Ledger.
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Haas
U. S. Air Force
St. Joseph, Mo
U. S. Air Defense
Baker University
United Telephone Co
Bald- Win Ledger
Legislation Aims to Let All Kansas Cities Fund Projects
A proposed Kansas bill would combine all programs authorizing benefit district financing into a single power for every city. In Lawrence the measure could empower city officials to tackle sidewalk improvements. Wigglesworth said passage is uncertain but would greatly aid city governments in Kansas. Various attempts for uniform city statutes have largely failed in recent sessions.
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Wigglesworth
Kansas
Gov McCuish appoints two justices of peace
Gov John McCuish announced the appointment of two justices of the peace. Charles V. Kindrell of Grenola is named for Greenfield Township Elk County, succeeding the late A M Bowen. James Leroy Fergarly Jr. is named for Leavenworth city and township, succeeding Marshall Gardiner who resigned to join the Legislature.
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Topeka
John McCuish
Charles V. Kindrell
Grenola
Greenfield Township
Elk County
A.M. , Bowen
James Leroy Fergarly Jr
Leavenworth
Marshall Gardiner
Eudora youth sentenced for store burglary arrest
A 18 year old Eudora youth was sentenced Friday to the Boys Industrial School in Topeka after he was caught Thursday night burglarizing a local store. Sheriff Billy Hodson and Deputy Johnny Miller made the arrest.
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Eudora
Boys Industrial School
Topeka
Billy Hodson
Johnny Miller
Shawnee Sheriff Refuses to Quit
Topeka reports Shawnee County Sheriff Allen Engler refused to resign after Atty. Gen. John Anderson demanded his ouster by 9:30 a.m. today following an investigation into the beating of deputy Elmer McNish and inquiries into the disappearance of more than 525,000 in county tax collections.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Allen Engler
Shawnee County
Engler
Anderson
Elmer McNish
Attorney General
Fueler
McNish
Carrying Things Too Far In Denison Texas
Justice of the Peace C B Carroll admonished a woman who admitted holding a Denison couple's two babies to force payment for babysitting. He ordered her to return the children to their mother and warned she faced broader trouble if she continued such tactics.
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Denison
Tex
Justice of the Peace
C. B. Carroll
Topekan 18 Sentenced for DUI and Fictitious Tags
Darrell Claude Liles of Topeka was sentenced in County Court on Friday to 90 days in jail and a $210 fine for driving while intoxicated and possessing fictitious license tags. The court noted a prior drunk driving conviction.
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Victor Underwood
Topeka
Hriday
Ban Publi
Darrell Claude Liles
Liles
Kansas University Winter Concert This Sunday
The US Band will present a winter concert at Kansas University on Sunday featuring a program that includes classical and modern pieces. Conducted selections include works by Cavalini Lint, Wade March, and Prokoriot. Soloists and arrangements highlight the ensemble's versatility for a varied program.
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Phetter
Ruesnil
Wiley Tith
Fond Fh
Dian Retz
Il Iatude
Tanelicgser Gaerne
Wage
Deaths and Funerals in Douglas County area
Obituaries report Mrs. William Evans 37 Independence Kansas City brain tumor died Friday at Kansas University Medieval Center. Funeral 1 p.m. Monday Calvary Presbyterian Independence. Burial Oak Hill Lawrence. Survivors include husband William J Evans children David 13 John 8 Richard 7, mother Mrs. Wevermuller, sister, brother, twins, uncles and aunts. Charles Francis Titterington 83 life resident of Douglas County died today at Mary Crum Care Home. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday Rumsey Funeral Home Burial Oak Hill. Survivors include brother, nephew, three nieces. George L Simmons 66 died Friday in Topeka hospital. Lived in Twin Mounds area. Survived by three sisters and a brother. Funeral pending p.m. Monday Evangelical United Brethren Church Rich.
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Kansas University Medieval Center
Kansas City
Furmer
Mary Louise Weevermuller
George Wevermuller
Lawrence
Kansas University
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Independence
Walter L. Brown
Oak Hill Cemetery
Charles Francis Titterington
Douglas County
Mary Crum
Rumsey
M. C. Allen
Oak Hill
Laurence Titterington
R. M. Rose
ET St
Ruth Ward
Helen Chappell
Calif. St
Gladys Parker
Topeka
George L. Simmons
George Lewis Simmons
Twin Mounds
Richeland
Ella Moore
Clinton
Jennie Heyl
Tonganoxie
Gladys Schirmer
Richland
Earl Simmons
Rence
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Rich
Annie Sterling
Andy C. Hess
Herington Hospital
Presbyterian
John Sterling
St. Louis
Tom Sterling
Carlton
Cleo Williams
JW. Murray
Mer
W.T.W. Sterling
Burial and funeral notices from Ottawa and Carlton area
Burial services for infant Donna Lee Stansbury of Ottawa were held in Ottawa Cemetery after a birth February 17 1956 in Dana and a death January 7 in a car crash near Baldwin Junction on U.S. 59. Survivors include the parents and extended family. Also noted is funeral for Annie Sterling of Carlton born Annie Tonkin in Polk County Tennessee in 1861 with survivors in New York and Missouri. Additional obituary for Mrs Mary Margaret Post formerly of Lawrence buried at Memorial Park Cemetery with connections to Dallas.
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Donna Lee Stansbury
Bob Stansbury
Ottawa
Dana
Baldwin Junction
U.S. Tughe 59
Don Brecheisen
Baldwin
Frank Stansbury
Pomona
Was
John Cirtis
Baldwin and
Henry Brecheisen
Taledlwitts
Albert Breeheisen
Laldwin
Civil defense plan evacuates children in Sweden
Under a new civil defense program in Sweden, in case of sudden attack the first fifty percent of the population to be evacuated to rural areas will be children and invalids. Rock shelters are being built in Stockholm and other cities for adults who must remain behind. Card of thanks note expresses gratitude for gifts and cards on the 50th wedding anniversary.
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Sweden
Stockholm
Kansas City Livestock Prices Mixed as Cattle Hogs and Sheep Move
Slaughter steers and heifers were steady to up 0.10, cows rose up to 25, vealers and calves up 1.04. Bulk good fed steers 17.50 21.00, high choice 915 lb 21.60, prime 22.00. Hogs higher with barrows and gilts up 0.50, sows up 0.25. top 18.00. Sheep modestly lower. slaughter lambs 0.50 down, top around 19.50, woolly lambs 16.00 17.50 for mixed lots.
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K.C
Choice
U. S
Kansas
Local Market Grain and Poultry Prices Summary
Grain and feed prices listed include Wheat at 2.07 per unit, shelled corn 3034, ear corn 1.30, soybeans 2.10, barley 1.10, oats 0.83, and mile 2.23. Poultry figures show Hens 414 lb up 0.97, hens under 44% lb 0.7, old rooster 6. Kges grade details note A large 25, B and A medium grade JR current receipts 22, Lits 816 50.
Kansas City Eggs and Poultry Market Report Summary
Kansas City market data shows ranges for eggs and poultry items including hens, fryers, broilers, old roosters, young turkeys, ducks, geese, capons, and butter. Reported weights and prices include average weights around 52 pounds per 100, and multiple grade values for Grade A butter and butter fat, with specifics such as Beltsville line and assorted poultry categories.
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Beltsville
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