Missouri Gov. Eagleton Sues 6 Firms Over Price Fixing
Atty. Gen. Eagleton files ouster suits in Missouri Supreme Court against six steel firms for fixing highway bridge steel prices. The firms allegedly carved Missouri into territories, with bids rigged and other companies abstaining or overquoting. Damages to taxpayers run into millions. special prosecutor appointed to press case.
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Jefferson City
Thomas F. Eagleton
Missouri Supreme Court
Stupp Brothers Inc
St. Louis
St. Joseph
Missouri
Eagleton
Highway Commission
Robert L. Hyder
James C. Wilson
Kansas City
Supreme Court
Saffels Questions Kansas Highway Contract Tie to GOP
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dale Saffels accused a Topeka firm linked to Republican state chairman Don Schnacke of a conflict of interest in a $200000 highway contract. He cited high staff growth and reduced construction funds while criticizing highway administration. He also cited a $100000 highway funds spend to improve a lane to the governor’s mansion.
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Topeka
Don Schnacke
Schnacke
House
Kansas
Cedar Crest
Executive Mansion
Anderson
Shanks Named Executive Officer at Olathe Marine Group
Maj William Shanks Jr has been named executive officer of the Marine Air Reserve Training Detachment at the Olathe Naval Air Station replacing Maj George A Phillips of Overland Park. A 19 year Marine aviation veteran he is an expert on F4D Skyray jets now being integrated into the reserve program. He is married with three children and will live in Olathe.
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Olathe
William Shanks Jr
Marine Air Reserve Training Detachment
Olathe Naval Air Station
George A. Phillips
Overland Park
Shanks
Marine Aviation
Newsboy Moriarty Hit With 44 Counts in Lottery Case
Jersey City officials accuse Joseph Moriarty known as Newsboy of possessing lottery slips and cash after police found 168675 dollars and 58 bags of numbers slips at 47 61 Oxford Street on July 6. The Hudson County grand jury handed up the indictment while Moriarty serves a 2 to 3 year term for bookmaking.
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Jersey City, NJ
Joseph
Newsboy) Moriarty
Moriarty
Jersey City
Hudson County Grand
Superior Court
Peter P. Artaserse
Oxford St
Sunflower Acres Not Needed For Future Sunflower Plant Site
The Defense Department will dispose of 326 acres at Sunflower Ordnance Works 13 miles east of Lawrence on K-10. Rep. Robert Ellsworth says the land, once a safety buffer, is not required if the plant reopens. The sale, from November, will divide the area into four parcels. The plant on standby will total 9 226 acres after the sale. machinery could be reused without major overhaul. Sunflower Ordnance Works is a rocket powder plant operating on standby.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Lawrence
Robert Ellsworth
The
Journal- World Today
Ellsworth
Three Are Killed Today in Collision Near El Dorado
Three Illinois residents die in a crash on U S 54 about 14 miles east of El Dorado. The station wagon driver William Tweedell 55 of Canton and Clifford J Olroyd with his wife Harriet 56 and six children among eight injured were hospitalized.
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Illinois
U. S. 54
el Dorado
William Tweedell
Rt. 4
Canton
Ill
Clifford J. Olroyd
Rushville
el Dorado Hospital
Harriett Tweedell
Tweedell
Olroyd
Linda
Gary
Darrell
Andy
Roger
Steven
David Hicks
Bereton
U S Crime Rate At All Time High In 1961
FBI figures show four major crimes per minute nationwide in 1961 with an estimated 1,926,090 offenses across murder forcible rape robbery burglary larceny and auto theft. The under eighteen crime rate rose 4 percent, 71 officers were killed, and 13,190 assaults against police were logged.
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Washington
FBI
United States
New Zealand Expels Two Soviet Diplomats for Spying
Wellington New Zealand expelled two Soviet diplomats on spying charges. Prime Minister Keith Holyoake said Russians sought security information by illicit means. The officials were V. S. Andreev, commercial counsellor, and N. I. Shtykov, second secretary and cultural officer.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Keith J. Holyoake
Legation
Vv. S. Andreev
N. I. Shtykov
Archery Champion Mrs Johansson visits Lawrence
World champion archer and Sweden's 1959 female athlete of the year Mrs Gunnar Johansson, a mother and medical technologist, visited Lawrence with her two children Anita and Leif to see her brother Rev. I M Gjellstad. She plans to compete in 1963 in England and attend the Chicago meet to study U S archers and teaching methods.
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Lawrence
Gunnar Johansson
Stockholm
Sweden
Anita
Leif
I. M. Gjellstad
Gjjellstad
Wellington Rd
Johansson
England
United States
Chicago
U. S
North Dakota
Northwestern Univer
Gjellstad
Anderson Refuses Demos Requests
TOPEKA Gov John Anderson rejects a bid by Rep Jerry Griffith and Rep Bill Gravley for a special legislative session to reapportion the Senate and push a constitutional amendment to reapportion the House. He says such a session would be impractical at this time.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Anderson
Jerry L. Griffith
Derby
Bill Gravley
Wichita
Gravley
Griffith
Senate
House
Knights Kadosh Installs Ryther as Commander
Thomas C. Ryther was installed Wednesday night as commander of the Council of Knights Kadosh of the Lawrence Scottish Rite bodies. New officers include Samuel P. Moyer, John J. Verburg, Lisle E. Eby, and others with Clarence E. Birch as installing officer and H. Herbert Tuller as marshal.
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Thomas C. Ryther
Council of Knights Kadosh
Lawrence
Samuel P. Moyer
John J. Verburg
Lisle E. Eby
Leslie J. Alber
William H. Quakenbush
Ernest A. Pontius
E. Gene Puckett
T. Elton Dark
Turcopiler
Chester M. Lessenden
Fred J. Brown
Ellis W. King
M. C. Henderson
Tyler
Clarence E. Birch
H.herbert Tuller
Deaths of Missouri governor Blair and family noted
Gov John M Dalton expressed shock at the death of former Missouri governor Blair and his wife. The Blair family is linked to several prominent Missouri judges and officials including James Blair Sr a Supreme Court jurist and Sam C Blair a Cole County circuit judge. Blair served in World War II earning multiple decorations and practiced law in Jefferson City.
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James T. Blair Sr
Supreme Court
Sam C. Blair
Cole County
William C. Blair
Jefferson City
Blair
Maysville
Staunton Military Academy
Southwest Missouri State Teachers College
University of Missouri
Cumberland University of Lebanon
Get the Journal World at Your Summer Address
Advertisement urges readers to subscribe by phone VI3 1000 and directs them to obtain the Journal-World during summer. The notice emphasizes convenient delivery options and availability for new subscribers.
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Journal-World
Punch Collins the true cowboy of Collins ranch
The article profiles Punch Collins known as Punch, a former rodeo rider and trainer at the Collins horse ranch. It notes Prairie Pup 6, or Pug, the ranch’s prized quarterhorse stallion, and his progeny of 59 colts last year. It covers Punch’s show work, Roughriders, and preference for natural horse presentation over flashy showhorses. It also mentions his boxing nickname and long career driving Jenny Wren exhibition horses, with a busy waiting list for clients.
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Collins Horse Ranch
Pug
Collins
Punch
Mrs. Collins
Jenny Wren
United States
Collins Farm
Wilma
C.W
Punch Collins
Nudist Conventions Talked For Lawrence 1963
Albert Adams says both the Midwestern and American Sunbathing Associations will hold national conventions in August bringing more than 2,000 nudists to Lawrence for about 18 days. Also reports a Topeka court action to annul a 17 year old girl’s marriage to a man about 70. A skunk sighting and a bed pillow feathering scene near 8th and North Hollis draw readers. Douglas County Cancer Drive nets $3,037.25 toward a $5,800 goal.KU graduates Wahl and Hamilton contribute to Telstar satellite work at Bell Labs and Telstar ground station power systems.
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Sycamore Hollow
Lawrence
Albert
Doc) Adams
MSA
Granger
Ind
Adams
ASA
Topeka
Douglas County
John Drake
Drake
Bob Marsh
Kansas University
Arthur Wahl
Bill H. Hamilton
Wahl
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Bethlehem
Hamilton
Summit
N.J
Tax Auction Set By Commissioners
Douglas County to hold a special tax auction with sixty five parcels listed for sale involving about 150 owners. Delinquent taxes have existed for over three years and the sale is expected this fall following the 1955 56 sale. Ralph King notes varied property and unknown assessed valuations while notifying delinquent owners by personal service or publication.
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Douglas County
County Commission
Ralph King
King
Kansas University Law Graduate Becomes Assistant U S Attorney
D A Donald K Badger 28 a Kansas University Law School graduate class of 1961 began duties today as assistant United States district attorney in Topeka Badger previously served as research assistant to Law School dean James Logan and was a law clerk for U S District Judge Arthur J Stanley Jr
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Donald K. Badger
Kansas University Law School
U. S
Topeka
Badger
Law School
James Logan
Arthur J. Stanley Jr
Thank you for kindness during illness and bereavement
The family expresses sincere thanks to relatives friends and neighbors for acts of kindness and sympathy during the illness and bereavement of their husband father and grandfather Mrs Oscar Britton Basil Covey and family.
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Oscar Britton
Basil Covey
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