Elevators Row: Shaw Defends Otis Award Over Low Bid
Shaw, head of the State Office Building Commission, defended awarding a $497,861 six-elevator contract to Otis Elevator Co. at a price above the low bid. He cited Otis meeting all specs and having an established service department, while noting other bidders failed to meet requirements.
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Topeka
Warren W. Shaw
State Office Building Commission
Kansas
Shaw
Fred Hall
Robert H. Jennison
Healy
House
State Highway Commission
State Office
Otis Elevator Co
Jennison
Otis
Otis Company
United States
Tom Pendergast
John Brown
Westinghouse Electric Co
Building Commission
Ewing Herbert
Commission
Herbert
Otis Elevator
Bike Ride Aims to Keep Wife in Condition at 70
ALMONDBURY England Harry Jubb 72 and his 70-year-old wife Nellie plan a 300-mile bicycle tour to keep her fit. He notes that at seventy a woman may feel out of condition and this holiday could be the best yet. The couple will ride a tan dem bicycle through Yorkshire and Derbyshire starting soon.
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Almondbury
England
Harry Jubb
Nellie
Harry
Yorkshire
Derbyshire
Marriage Licenses Issued In Ottawa Area
Probate Court issued licenses to Sterling Brooks 21 and Wilma Jeanne Smal 18 both of Ottawa to wed. Also granted licenses to Ervin I. Steele 31 of Lawrence and Freda Mae Hayes 32 of Lecompton.
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Sterling Brooks
Wilma Jeanne Smal
Ottawa
Ervin I. Steele
Lawrence
Freda Mae “Hayes
Lecompton
Final Battle Set On School Grants
The House debated the final rounds of a federal school construction aid bill worth 1.6 billion dollars. A major showdown looms as Rep. Powell proposes an anti segregation amendment challenged by Southern members. Democratic leaders seek to avert a Southern filibuster that could derail school aid this Congress.
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Rep
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Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Truman
Senate
Congress
Canuteson Granted Sabbatical Leave at KU
Dr. Ralph I. Canuteson, director of health service at Kansas University, receives sabbatical from the Kansas Board of Regents from Dec 15 to Aug 1957. Earlier, he earned a Fulbright for five months in Norway to study health provisions for college students. the leave will expand this research in other European countries.
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Ralph I. Canuteson
Kansas University
Kansas Board of Regents
Canuteson
Norway
Connelly Should Have Cronies In Truman Era Controversy
A heated reminiscence denounces Matt Connelly and Harry Vaughan as part of a Truman era circle, accusing them of political manipulation and conspiring to influence prosecutions. The speaker faults Truman’s White House entourage, likening it to a gang linked to the Pendergast machine, and calls for leniency toward Connelly with possible indictments for others in the inner circle. A stray note mentions a damaged candy machine at Kansas University.
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Robert C.A
Matt Connelly
Connelly
Truman
Lamar Caudle
Irving Sachs
Sachs
Frank Costello
White House
Pendergast
Kansas City
Roosevelt
Henry Morgenthau
Treasury
Henry
Hank
Harding
Thing
Matthew J
Vaughan
Maragon
Harry
Campus break‑in reported by campus police
Campus police say a machine was forced open at 1 25 a m today. The device appears to have been kicked in or left unlocked after service. The amount stolen in candy or money was not determined.
Navy sticks by buttons in pants changeover plan
Washington reports Navy officials will rescind a planned switch from 13-button pants to zipper styles as sailors prefer traditional buttons. The discussion notes buttons remain popular with navy personnel.
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Washington
Navy
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Missouri Pendergast
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B. P. O. Elks
America
Fred Frey
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Federal Insurance Reserve
H.C. Brinkman
Imogene Howard
L. E. Eby
Inter-State Moving Storage Co. F Loy Mineon
Konase City
Kanwa
C. R. Albright
Vermont
Douglas County Building and Loan Assn
Dinehis
Federal Home Loan
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Cmbenal
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Ips Farta
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Tnsuraries
Profis
Joman C. Emick
Ruth M. Sawyer
Notary Public
Pearl Emick
Een
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