Ratner Discusses 13 Alleged Ethics Violations
Former Kansas governor Payne Ratner and his son faced disbarment hearings in Russell after charges filed in 1962. The case centers on alleged ethical breaches tied to railroad accident claim work. Ratner testified about his life post governorship and presented character statements from 150 supporters.
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Forrest C
Phog) Allen
University of Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
Ratners
Wichita
Topeka
Russell
Pierre Monteux dies at 89 in Hancock Maine
French born conductor Pierre Monteux died at age 89 after a long illness at his home in Hancock Maine. He led major orchestras including the Ballet Russe Paris, Metropolitan Opera French repertory, Boston Symphony, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, and the San Francisco Symphony. He retired in 1952 but remained active as a guest conductor. Monteux favored Brahms, Beethoven, Schumann and Wagner and disliked abstract music.
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Ballet Russe
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United States
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
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Amsterdam Symphony
San Francisco
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Wagner
Reapportionment Suit Faces July 14 Hearing in Kansas
The first hearing on a suit to force reapportionment of the Kansas House will be July 14 in the state Supreme Court. The Hutchinson News Publishing Co. and executives led by John P. Harris filed the action.
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Kansas House
State Supreme Court
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Lawrence
CCA
MFA
Farmers Chemical Co
Joplin
Cooperative Farm Chemicals Association
March 1 St David's Day Feast of Wales Patron Saint
March 1 marks St David's Day, the feast honoring Wales' patron saint. The observance celebrates cultural heritage and Welsh identity with traditions and services across communities.
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Wales
Memorial Hospital Birth Notices Include Dozens of Names
A long list from Memorial Hospital includes numerous residents and relatives across towns such as Arnold Crosby Stouffer Place McLouth Wellsville Edgerton Baldwin Eudora and Wellsville. The entry notes a daughter born on Tuesday to Mr and Mrs Dean Guinn of Eudora.
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N.J
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Stouffer Place
George Crouse
McLouth
Martha Jones
Maryland
Joyce Wichman
Wellsville
Paul Gillespie
Edgerton
James Adams
Jerry Patterson
Eva Downing
Tenn
Lola Howe
N. Y
Dean Guinn
Eudora
Tuesday
Copyright law targets book pirates in Formosa
Nationalist China's Legislative Yuan passes a revised copyright law making book pirates liable to fines and imprisonment. Formosa, a hub for cheap reprinting of foreign books, faces stronger penalties for copyright violations.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Legislative Yuan
Third trial opens as Mrs Kinne admits shooting husband
Kansas City AP report details Mrs Sharon Kinne's third murder trial in Independence Missouri. State witness Margaret Hopkins testified Kinne confessed the 1960 fatal shooting of James Kinne after a dispute and alleged divorce plans.
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Missouri
Kinne
Kansas City
Sharon Kinne
Margaret Hopkins
Londerholm Injured In Wreck Near Lyndon
Robert C. Londerholm, GOP attorney general nominee candidate, suffered minor injuries in a traffic accident south of Lyndon on U S 75. His wife driving was uninjured. car left road after swerving to miss a vehicle entering the highway from a side road. He was treated and released at a Topeka hospital.
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Topeka
Robert C. Londerholm
Lyndon
U.S. 75
Highway Patrol
Londerholm
Lake land debate shapes Grand Lake tourism plans
Poor argues Grand Lake covers 59 000 acres with about 10 000 bottom acres. Bottom land valued at 130 per acre today would need 4644 per acre to match lake investment. He urges boating and water ski rules for safety and asks Osage County to pursue zoning and septic standards to avoid typhoid cases. He asserts tourism’s bright future.
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Poor
Grand Lake
Osage County
Pomona Reservoir Seen As Tourism Draw for Region
The speaker notes people live longer retire earlier and spend more. Pomona Reservoir sits in a favorable location to attract visitors from nearby areas. He cites that 38 percent travel under 100 miles for recreation and 31 percent of the population lives within 100 miles of the reservoir.
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Pomona Reservoir
Appeal Court Upholds Hickock-Smith Ruling
The US Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver upheld a Kansas District Court ruling denying habeas corpus for Eugene Hickock and Perry Smith. Their lawyers argued inadequate trial representation after the 1960 conviction for the Clutter family killings in Finney County Kansas. The defendants were arrested in Las Vegas after bodies were found in November 1959 and then confessed to Kansas officers.
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US Circuit Court of Appeals
District Court
Kansas
Eugene Hickock
Perry Edward Smith
Herbert Clutter
Finney County
Kan
Hickock
Smith
Las Vegas
Nev
Akita Dog Declared National Art Treasure of Japan
A champion Akita in Japan is designated a National Art Treasure and placed under government custody making the prize winning canine ineligible for export.
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Japan
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