State Seeks Ruling On Legality Of Probe Committee
The Kansas Supreme Court heard a suit by the state challenging the constitutionality of the Legislative Investigating Committee created during the 1956 budget session. Arguments centered on whether the budget session could create an ongoing probe and if such action exceeded constitutional limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka UR
Legislative Investigating Committee
Kansas Supreme Court
Atty. Gen
John Anderson
Anderson
W. A. Jochems
Wichita
Johems
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Legislative Council
Fred Hall
Supreme Court
First Christian Church Buys Two Lots for Expansion
The First Christian Church at 20th and Kentucky has purchased two Ky Street lots, 1024 and 1028, for 12000 dollars. Each lot fronts 50 feet near the block center, four houses south of the church, increasing frontage to match the current building. Indoor space needs drive long range plans though specific use remains undecided.
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First Christian Church
Ky. Sts
Ky. St
Rudolph Tatsch
Tatsch
Death Notices form Edwardsville area Eva Dorton 71
Mrs Eva Dorton 71 of Edwardsville died Thursday at Bethany Hospital in Kansas City Kansas Funeral services set for 7 pm Saturday at Harrington Funeral Home Bonner Springs with burial in Edwardsville Survivors include sister Lala Erwin 410 Forrest Ave brother Charles McClendon 410 Forrest Ave and a nephew Bill from Oklahoma City
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Eva Dorton
Edwardsville
Bethany Hospital
Kansas City
Kansas
Harrington
Bonner Springs
Lala Erwin
Forrest Ave
Charles McClendon
Forrest ‘Ave
Billinhoma City
Beefeater Fathers Day plan and KU Law summer session news
Lawrence items report community events and university news from 1956. The Cow Belles plan Beef for Fathers Day for the first baby born after midnight, with the father receiving meat at the hospital. Kansas University Law School keeps classes in session through summer, enrollment up 5 percent to 72, with start times moving earlier due to heat. Additional items note kindergarten testing reminders, Douglas County mortgage totals through May, and local baseball highlights featuring KU freshman Larry Miller and the D-X Oilers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Livestock Association
Walter Wulfkuhle
Lecompton
Kansas University School of Law
Law
Asses
Douglas County
Harold Beck
Register of Deeds
Kansas University
D. Oilers
Topeka
Lawrenc
Flosh Temple
D-X
Forbes
Ron Wiley
Oilers
Kansas University Cage Schedule 1956 57 Debut Wilt Chamberlain
The 1956 57 Kansas University basketball schedule announced by athletic director A C Low lists 23 games marking the varsity debut of 7 0 sophomore Wilt Chamberlain The Stilt. The slate includes Marquette at Lawrence December 14 California at Berkeley December 26 28 North Texas? Key dates show Kansas at Nebraska and Missouri and matchups with Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M and Colorado.
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Kansas University
Wilt
Fiec
Northwestern
Lawrence
Marquette
Ber
University of Washington
Seattle
Dee
University of Washington At
University of California At
Berkele
Din
Te Hivsouri
Kansas
University of Wisconsin
Dan
Kansan
Oklahoma
Abn Cansis State
Vanatis
Iowa State
Kannsas
Nebraska
Reb
Oklahomm A&m
Missouris
Oklhoma
A&m
Braska
Colorado
Kansas State
Boeing Wichita Expert Named for K U Award
Warren A. Murray an engineer with Boeing Wichita division receives a 2500 scholarship to study electrical engineering at Kansas University He is one of four Boeing employees awarded a nine month program toward a Master of Science Murray resides in Wichita The other three recipients were selected from Boeing plants in Washington state
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Warren A. Murray
Boeing Airplane Company
Wichita
Kansas University
Murray
Boeing
Washington State
W L Burger Chosen For William and Mary Post
William L Burger Jr of 26 E Sunnyside has been appointed assistant professor of biology at William and Mary College Williams burg Va. He has taught biology at Kansas University for two years and will receive his PhD in August. He was a recipient of the National Science Foundation Fellowship last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Burger Jr
Sunnyside
William and Mary College
Williamsburg
Kansas University
Burger
National Sciences Foundation
Eisenhower Hospitalized After Upset Stomach
President Eisenhower was taken to Walter Reed Hospital with an ileitis like upset stomach. Doctors including Dr. Francis Pruitt and Dr. Snyder examined him. blood pressure and pulse were good, no fever, no heart trouble seen. Nixon notified as Cabinet activities were postponed and plans for Seaton’s Interior Secretary swearing in were delayed.
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Walter Reed Hospital
Walter Reed
Hagerty
Snyder
Col. Pruitt
Nixon
Ament
White House
Eisenhower
Ihe
Sheraton Park Hotel
Bob Hope
Seaton
Eisenhower Health Update Quiet After September Heart Attack
The President has no fever and will stay in touch with Snyder as newsmen are kept posted on his health. Hagerty provided a running report during hospitalization and doctors released physical exam results. On Feb 14 Dr Paul Dudley White and colleagues said Eisenhower appears fit for another five to ten years, weighing all available evidence and acknowledging health uncertainties.
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Snyder
Hagerty
Eisenhower
Paul Dudley White
Boston
Eisenhower Illness Triggers Cautious GOP Response
President Eisenhower’s illness prompted guarded GOP reactions in Washington as the White House announced the condition. Republican leaders Leonard W. Hall and Bridges voiced concern but stressed there was nothing serious, while Truman expressed grave hope the illness was not severe during his European trip.
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Paris
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
Washington
White House
Leonard W. Hall
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Hall
Bridges
Senate
GOP
Senate committee backs cut in Eisenhower aid package
The Senate committee approved a 1.109 billion cut from a 4.9 billion request, with Eisenhower and Martin, aided by Rayburn, pressing to restore 600 million. House opposition, led by Brooks Hays, defeated the restoration 192 to 112 amid party splits. The House also blocked restoring full military aid and approved adding five million to aid Guatemala.
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Eisenhower
Joe
Martin
Rayburn
America
House
Brooks Hays
D-Ark
Richards
White House
Testamon Richards
Rep
Flood
D-Pa
Bentley
Rmich
Dodd
D Conn
Guatemala
Preliminary hearing for Chester Jackson set in Leaveworth City Court
Chester Jackson of Tonganoxie is charged with forcible rape. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday in Leaveworth City Court. Jackson pleaded not guilty and posted a $2000 bond. The complaint, signed by a Tonganoxie woman, alleges the incident occurred on May 28.
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Chester Jackson
Tonganoxie
Leavenworth
Jackson
Rankin Files Candidacy for Re-election as Douglas County Judge
Judge Charles C. Rankin, present probate judge and former justice of the peace, announces his bid for re-election this fall. A World War II veteran, Kansas University Law School graduate, and active member of multiple bar associations and local organizations, Rankin cites gained experience and aims to improve juvenile administration through timely counseling and supervision in the county court.
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Charles C. Rankin
Douglas County
Rankin
Barker Ave
Kansas University Law School
Paul C. Rankin
Mra. Rankin
Journal-World
Ranekin
Bar Association
Army
Signal Corps
Michigan University
Europe
Kansas Tax Commission
U.S
First Traptist Church
Scottish Rite of the Masons
the Elks and
The
American Legion
National Council of Juvenile Judges
Kansas State Historical Associations
Douglas County Bar Association
Memorial Hospital Birth Notices and Dismissals Summary
A list from Memorial Hospital I includes many residents with addresses in Tonganoxie Baldwin Williamstown and nearby areas, noting dismissals and births. Dismissed: Mary Cox of Tanganoxie and others. Births: Lawrence Brouchard of Eudora and W K Rogers of 425 Crestline Dr. welcome a son and a daughter respectively.
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Mary Cox
Tanganoxie
Phyllis Rankin
Minnie Cates
Baldwin
Mary Elizabeth Messer
Elm St
Mivian Nitsch
Route 5
Mollie Glathart
la. St
Mark Matthews
James Chism
Shirley Jordon
Helen Heeney
Baby Boy
Janet E
Lawrence Brouchard
Eudora
W. K. Rogers
Crestline Dr
Markets at a Glance Stocks and Futures Snapshot
Stocks slip on news of the President’s illness while bonds gain. Soybeans and wheat rise on demand and short covering. Cattle and hogs show mixed to firm bids with calves steady. Kansas City grain and livestock quot. notes include futures and cash prices for wheat corn oats and soybeans. eggs and butterfat also listed.
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Cash Grain
Kansas City
O. Lavestock
Umi
USDA
U.S
White House closes to tourists for repainting
The White House will be closed to tourists from September 16 to September 30 while exterior repainting occurs. Several insurance companies now offer markedly lower auto insurance rates for nondrinkers.
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Washington
White House
K U Grad Gets Promotion to Design Project Engineer
Frederick P. Evans, KU 1946 graduate with MS in mechanical engineering, is promoted to design project engineer at Hamilton Standard Division United Aircraft Corp. He taught at Moscow University before joining Hamilton in 1951, and he and Mrs. Evans reside in Long Meadow Mass with four children.
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Frederick P. Evans
Kansas University
Hamilton Standard
United Aircraft Corp
Evans
K.U
Moscow 1
Hamilernment
Soviet Union
Negro Methodists allowed to transfer congregations to Kansas Conference
The church’s Thursday session approved transferring entire Negro congregations to the regular Kansas Conference while Negro members may join any Methodist church. Leawood Methodist Church in Kansas City was recognized for progress and plans a $70,000 chapel this summer. Speakers included T Otto Nall and Dr Roy L Smith. Bishop Dawson received a $7,296.95 check for the ministers pension fund from H Carl Compton, marking profits of the publishing house. The centennial session began Tuesday and ends Sunday.
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Kansas
Leawood Methodist Church
Kansas City
Leawood Church
Karisa
T. Otto Nall
Christian Advocate
Roy L. Smith
The
Methodist Church
Robert P. Lay
Louisiana Methodist Conference
S. Ben Finley
Winfield
Ivan H. Nothduft
Lima
Peru
H. Carl Compton
Methodist
Dana Dawson
Methodist Ministers Pension Fund
Geologist Y R Atkinson Resigns from Kansas University
Y R Atkinson, geologist on the staff of the State Geological Survey at Kansas University, resigns to join the Colorado Oil and Gas Corporation in Wichita as a petroleum geologist. He served in the oil and gas division and co authored Kansas subsurface geology and mineral resources works including the forthcoming report Oil and Gas Developments in Kansas During 1955.
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Y. R. Atkinson
State Geological Survey
Kansas University
Colorado Oil and’ Gas Corporation
Wichita
Atkinson
Survey
Oil and Gas
Kansas
Kansan Newsman Louisvilles top editorial award 1956
A Kansas newspaperman's column won the National Editorial Association top award for 1956. The Coffee Grinder by Gene Sullivan of the Coffeyville Journal led in single-topic columns. The Belleville Telescope placed second for classified ads in papers under 4,000 circulation. Precinct notice filed for Clifford McDonald Democrat in First District Second Ward. Card of thanks expresses gratitude for condolences after bereavement for Mr. and Mrs. Paul Robinson family.
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Louisville
Kansas
National Editorial Assn
Gene Sullivan
Coffeyville Journal
Belleville
Ilas
Clifford McDonald
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Schoots
W. D. Wolfe
Boeing Wichita
W.L. Burger
William and Mary Post
Ike
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Denver
Citizens For Eisenhower Committee
Dack
Anmraboeenent
Rankin Js
Charles Rankiy
Memorial Hospital I
Margaret Chambers
Mass. St
William Henak Sr
Linewood
Patricia Anderson
Ted Wright
Calif. St
Mark Allen Kramer
Oskaloosa
Charles Walter
Richmond
Helen Miller
Edna Plant
Vt. St
Benjamin Brekthauser
Franklin Brekthauser
Mary Workman
W. 6Th
Corinne Hurlbut
Dora Amerine
Williamstown
Jennie Thomas
Ala
Sally Postma
11Th
Sts
Sharon Stalcup
N.Y
New York
Admiral Close
Allied
du Pont
Eagle P
Goodyear
Gulf Oil
Minn
M&m
Monson Ch
X & Mont Ward
NY Central
F.o
Sears Roeb
Sinclair O
Stoke van
Damocles
Reguarly
F.D.J.C
Douglas County State Bank
Bank of Friendly Service
Mons
Funk E
Cooper
Warren
K.U. Grad
Lawrence Mille
Nari Kreider
East Sth
Dial
Methodist Group
Kansan Newsman
Paul Robinson
Aare
M.r.gill
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