First Turnpike Paving Bid in Butler and Chase Counties
The Topeka turnpike bidding covers 17.3 miles in Butler and Chase Counties. McCarthy Improvement Co. of Davenport Iowa submitted the apparent lowest overall bid of 3 132 047 dollars, about 123 000 above the engineer estimate. Separate section bids show McCarthy 1 690 210 79 for the shorter and Storms Green Construction Co. of Kansas City 1 525 158 on the longer. McCarthy’s section bid was 1 805 411.
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Topekam
Butler
Chase
McCarthy Improvement Co
Davenport
Towa
McCarthy
Storms Green Construction Co
Kansas City
Turnpike bids open for bridges north of Lawrence and toll stations planned
Bids opened for East Interchange bridges on U S 40 59 near Lawrence with Davenport firm lowering its combined bid 10.4 percent to near the engineering estimate. List and Weatherly of Kansas City ranked high bidder on three turnpike bridges. Sedgwick and Douglas County structures priced at about 184 425 and 225 619 respectively. Also notes July 15 bid opening in Topeka for toll stations near Lawrence. Separate pigeons show mag net experiments suggesting magnetic field cue homeward navigation.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
Topeka
Davenport
Turnpike
McCarthy
List
Weatherly
Kansas City
Sedgwick County
Reinhold Schmidt to Headline Montana College Music Event
Reinhold Schmidt, KU voice professor, will perform as the second concert of Montana College summer session in Bozeman. He lives on a Winston ranch and was hired by James F. Nickerson, Montana State education dean and summer school director. Nickerson discussed the project with Kansas University officials during a campus visit.
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Reinhold Schmidt
Kansas University
Montana College
Bozeman
Mont
Schmidt
Winston
James F. Nickerson
Department—Of Education
Montana State
Nickerson
Ging
Father of Four Reenlists Marine Corps After Divorce
The Portsmouth Ohio man Walter Sheets used a divorce from Nancy Ann to reenlist in the Marines for four years. He cited pending remarriage and his four dependents including a 6 month old. The couple planned to remarry within days as Nancy joined him.
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Cinginnate
Walter Sheets
Marines
Portsmouth
Ohio
Corps
Sheets
Nancy Ann
Vickie
Steffi
Tommy
Nancy
Scipto + Courity Common Pleas Court
Spanish Dancer Inesiia to Perform at KU Hoch Auditorium
Internationally famed Spanish dancer Inesiia will present a concert at Hoch Auditorium Tuesday evening as part of the Kansas University summer concert course. She will be accompanied by a pianist and guitarist, is a New York native who began her career in the southwest, and now resides in California. Her dances have toured Europe Mexico and the eastern U S and several have appeared in motion pictures.
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Inesiia
Hoch Auditorium
al P.m
Kansas University
New York
California
Europe
Mexico
U. S
Burrowing Hose Stumps California Man and Experts
Downey California resident George Di Peso reports a plastic garden hose that would not stay put in his lawn It sank 13 feet into the ground bending hydrant pipe and drawing only local curiosity Dr Ian Campbell of the California Institute of Technology geology department offered cautious doubt and urged digging to uncover what lies beyond the hose’s end.
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Downey
Calif
George di Peso
George
di Peso
di Pesca
Ian Campbell
California Institute of Technology Geology Department
Free introductory paint offer for homes and buildings
An ad offers three free paint jobs with no labor charge for homes, barns, and industrial buildings. It promotes painting at a regular price of 818 per gallon with guaranteed results and free estimates.
Wallace Lee retires after 25 years in Geological Survey
Wallace Lee a petroleum geologist at Kansas University, retires after 25 years with the U S Geological Survey and the State Geological Survey. Frank C Foley and Dr Raymond C Moore paid tribute to him. He will continue to work unofficially in the department and is famed for subsurface knowledge that saved millions in exploratory drilling.
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Wallace Lee
Kansas Universe
U.S. Cieningical Survey
State Geological Survey
Frank C. Foley
Raymond C. Moore
Lee
U. S. Department of Interior
U. S
Mexico
Central America
Siam
American Association of Petroleum
Widow of Will G West Dies After 1953 Stroke
The widow of Will G West, Republican governor candidate in 1938, died at her home after years of ill health following a 1953 stroke. Her husband died in 1938 after losing to Walter Huxman. They once co edited the Kansas Stockman and Will West served as state livestock commissioner. She survived by a sister and a brother. funeral set for Tuesday morning.
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McPuerson
Kies
No West TU
Wall G
43 Million Slashed From Atom Energy Fund
Washington The Senate Appropriations Committee cut 43 million dollars from operating funds requested by the Atomic Energy Commission for this fiscal year. The measure would reduce available AEC funds to 41,481,847,000 with 575 million in new money and shifts from plant and equipment to operating costs. The bill moves to the Senate. The panel also trimmed 40 million from military construction funding, totaling 2,357,317,300 for worldwide projects, below the House level.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Senate
House
Jury Helps Cattleman Break Even at Poker
In Clovis New Mexico the jury ruled for cattleman Snure in a poker dispute. Snure received 410 183 dollars for yesterday while defendants Shipworth Hutson Hoyle admitted playing poker with Snure but denied he lost. The jury declined to award an extra 20 dollars for losses in a shuffboard game.
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Clovis
N. Mo
Bon Po Snir
Apache
Ariz
Genthersin
Witintiis Repurt
Snure
Whith
Jack Shipworth
N. M
Jack Hutson
Fort Sumner
Denby Hoyle
Hobbs
Six Wheat Cars Overturn in Kansas City Yard Incident
Six covered hopper cars carrying 300 tons of wheat overturned as a Frisco train pulled into the yards from Fort Scott. Officials cited a hot journal box on the 30th car as the cause. No injuries were reported.
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Kansas City
Kas
Fort Sceu
Frisco
Hot Journal
Two Added to Baker U Baldwin Staff
Two men have been named to join the staff of Baker University at Baldwin. The article notes affiliations with Tobey University and mentions Adrian College and Emory University as influences on the hires. Judith will be moving to Baldwin this summer for the roles.
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Baker U. At Baldwin
Tobey Univer
Nelson P
Af Emporda
Bes Bees
Asie Dence
Eime Poria State Tree Co Lease
sAdrian Collose
Malla
Yale
Iis
Hlepchtan Cofivee
New York
Empering
Stee Tracher College
Dachtier
Judith
Baldwin
Texas Woman Might Be Her Own Mother-in-Law
A 50-year-old Houston woman is described as her own mother-in-law grandmother and stepmother after marrying her daughter's ex-husband. She had raised two children from the previous marriage and says one son ran away to live with his biological mother. Police referred her to a lawyer for help.
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Houston
Tex
Plane crash near Redding kills Kansan and injures husband
Mrs. George Thompson of Atchison Kansas died in a small plane crash near Redding California. Her husband was seriously injured with severe internal injuries and fractures in both legs.
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Redding
Calif
George Thompson
Atchison, Kas
Here
Thompson
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