Federal official urges restoration of civil service control in Kansas
An AP report states a federal official urged returning full civil service powers to the Kansas Civil Service Board. Governor Docking questions the Finance Council’s authority as lawmakers debate transferring classification and pay duties to the board amid concern over federal funding and compliance.
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Topeka
State Civil Service Board
State Finance Council
Gev
George Docking
Docking
Supreme Court
Finance Council
James Doarn
Kansas City
Ional
U. S. Deartment of Health, Education and Welfare
Agen
Duarn
Senate
Civil Service Board
House
Reich Reds Press For Fast East Berlin Control
East Germany's top Communists press Soviet Premier Khrushchev to speed up a peace treaty and control over West Berlin routes during his Leipzig visit. Ulbricht says the people desire a peace treaty and warns against further delays.
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Leipzig
East Germany
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
U.S.S.R
Walter Ulbricht
Red Army
Ulbricht
Woman Injured in Turnpike Two Car Crash
A Lawrence woman, 62, suffered left side pain after a two car collision 1 percent miles west of the Bonner Springs interchange on the Kansas Turnpike. Mrs Coble Hoffman refused medical care. Harold Kletsky, 20, of Kansas City Mo, drove the second car and escaped injury. Damages were estimated at 300 dollars for Hoffmans car and 200 dollars for Kletskys.
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Lawrence
Bonner Springs
Kansas
Coble Hoffman
Barker Ave
Turnpike Pa
Kansas City
Double A Cage Action Planned Here Tonight
Opening round of the 1959 Lawrence double A regional basketball tournament starts at Lawrence High School. Leavenworth faces Hayden at 7 p m and Highland Park meets Lawrence at 8 30 p m. Byes go to Topeka and Atchison with semi final games Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Lawrence High School
Leavenworth
Hayden
Highland Park
Topeka
Atchison
Leavenworth-Hayden
Lawrence Highland Park
Deaths and Funerals Ada Snider and Sarah Hausman
Ada Dunlap Snider aged 86 of 925 Ky Street dies Wednesday evening at a convalescent home. Private funeral Friday at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev. John Rosebaugh officiating. Survivors include son Harold Snider and two daughters. Sarah Hausman aged 90 of Eudora dies at Norris Rest Home after a month there. Funeral Sunday at St Pauls Church in Eudora, Rev. Arthur Reiss presiding. burial in Eudora Cemetery. Survivors include sister Hanna Muenzenmayer and brother Fehn Well.
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Ada Dunlap Snider
Ky, St
Rumsey Funeral Home
John Rosebaugh
Harold K. Snider
Winona Ave
Ada Helen Snider
Ky. St
Herbert Alexander
Madeline Lane
Chester A. Dunlap
Tucson, Ariz
Sarah Hausman
Eudora
Norris Rest Home
Clearfield
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church
St. Paul's Church
Arthur Reiss
Eudora Cemetery
Cooper-Warren Mortuary
Hanna Muenzenmayer
Pasadena
Calif
Fehn Well
Topeka
Miller Trucking Announces New Local Terminal in Lawrence
Eldon Miller Inc plans a Lawrence Kansas terminal expansion with Richard Rennie named terminal manager. A noon March 8 dinner at Eldridge Hotel will celebrate the move, followed by a phosphoric acid handling demonstration at Westvaco Chemical on Maple Street. Jack Thatcher and Vern Miller from the Town City home office will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon Miller, Inc
Sterling Ave
Kansas City
Lawrence
Kas
Richard Rennie
Bill O'Neill
Eldridge
Westvaco Chemical Company
9Th and Maple
Jack Thatcher
Vern Miller
Town City
Financier Nabbed In Big Bank Deal
New York FBI arrested Alexander L. Guterma, 44, international financier, over an authorized 500000 dollar financing from a Long Island bank. He allegedly aided former Security National Bank president George A. Heaney in the scheme. Guterma faces Federal Reserve Act violation charges and already has a separate SEC case.
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New York
FBI Today
Alexander L. Guterma
Long Island
N.Y
Guterma
Federal Reserve Act
FBI
George A. Heaney
Security National Bank
Huntington
F. L. Jacobs Co
Securities and Exchange Commission
Jacobs
Pennies for a Purpose Drive Extends KU Dorm Hours
Kansas University social sororities and women's dormitories will stay open 30 minutes later on Friday and Saturday for the second annual Pennies for a Purpose drive by Associated Women Students. The fundraiser aims to grant memorial scholarships to one or two KU women students, with dates paying a penny per minute for each minute beyond the normal closing time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
Deadly hotel blaze leaves many dead in Hazleton
A rapid fire swept a Hazleton hotel trapping residents and guests. Fire officials said the blaze started at the elevator shaft and spread quickly. Victims identified include Miss Mary Mooney and Mrs. Howard Deitch with others unaccounted for. Firemen from nearby areas aided but many perished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Hazleton
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Clarence Krapf
Mary Mooney
Howard Deitch
Emma Stilgebauer
Injured Richland Man Receives Farm Plowing Aid
William Matney, a Richland area farmer, and his two children were badly hurt in a Jan. 30 crash near Clinton that killed Mrs. Margaret Matney. Neighbors and friends brought 36 tractors to his 185 acre farm, completing spring plowing in five hours despite rain.
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William Matney
Richland
Matney
Clinton
Margaret Matney
Neese Hall
Dismissals List Includes Hospital and Home Indications
Memorial Hospital names Ray Zimmerli Linwood and others. A long list includes Mrs Hazel Kelley Eudora Mrs Marie Rogers Tonganoxie Mrs Ollie Bruchmiller and many others with addresses. The document continues with dismissals and accompanying names and locations across multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Zimmerli
Linwood
Hazel Kelley
Eudora
Marie Rogers
Tonganoxie
Ollie Bruchmiller
Ind
Phil Simms
Vt. St
Raymond Klekamp
Powers St
George Zook
It. St
Laura Henick
12Th St
Rock Chalk Revue dress rehearsal eyes Friday debut
Lawrence reports final rehearsal for KU Rock Chalk Revue 1959 at Hoch Auditorium with curtain at 8 pm. Ten annual KUY show faces weather fears. Saturday night near sellout while tickets remaining for both nights of NCAA regional at Allen Fieldhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
Hoch Auditorium
Hoch
Allen Fieldhouse
Cincinnati
Missouri Valley
Kansas State
Texas Christian
Portland
DePaul
Salton Sea Basin Below Sea Level Fertile Desert Valley
The Salton Sea lies 244 feet below sea level north of Brawley California. Spanning about 20 miles in width the valley yields abundant cantaloupes and fruit crops.
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Salton Sea
Brawley
Calif
Escapees Learn Driving Value After Wreck Near Lawrence
Two 15 year old boys from Boys Industrial School in Topeka ran away and stole a car. They passed a wreck scene on Highway 2440 five miles northeast of Lawrence, the car leapt forward as they panicked, injuring the driver slightly. The youths were held for Topeka officers after being found.
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Boys Industrial School
Topeka
Douglas County
Lawrence
Leavenworth
Richard Bowman
B.I.S
B.L
Highway Patrol
Carl Gray
Willard Blaine Barnes
Route 1
Williamstown
Clyde West Jr
Independence
Gray
Barnes
Docking Attacks GOP Financing Plan As Clumsy
TOPEKA AP Gov George Docking labels Republican state financing as clumsy management. Republicans reject Docking’s bid to combine general revenue and sales tax funds and to repeal a half cent sales tax increase while delaying $1.214 billion in tax residue to localities.
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Topeka
George Docking
Docking
GOP
Docking Won't Write Letter on Centennial Budget Request
Gov. George Docking said he will not write a letter to the Senate Ways and Means Committee about the Kansas Centennial Commission appropriation. He tentatively recommends 25000 in his budget, while the commission seeks over 304000, and a detailed plan is demanded. The panel plans a March 10 hearing on the centennial budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
George Docking
Senate
Ways and Means
Kansas Centennial Commission
Docking
Commission
Maurice Faper
Governor Repeats Veto Threat On Newspaper Tax Exemption
Governor Docking repeats a veto threat against a bill exempting newspaper subscriptions newsprint and ink from sales tax The House introduced a concurrent resolution to block a revenue director regulation taxing newsprint and ink while subscriptions would remain exempt Docking cites bypassing the will of the people and argues taxes should go to the right place while noting doctors dentists and contractors pay sales tax on their materials
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
George Docking
Docking
House
State Revenue Director
Revenue Director
Counterfeiting Ring Is Broken by U S Agents
U S Secret Service announced recovery of over one million dollars in counterfeit $100 notes and the arrest of 25 ring members across 22 states. Chicago Secret Service head Paul J. Paterni said two Chicago men labeled as ringleaders were arrested, and about $25,000 had been passed successfully before the takedown.
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Chicago
U.S. Secret Service
Paul J. Paterni
Secret Service Office
Paterni
Paterno
Lawrence students named to KU honor roll in fall list
Twenty five local students are among 184 from the Kansas University School of Engineering and Architecture on the fall semester honor roll. Dean John S. McNown announced 11 students earned all A’s. Names include Lawrence seniors Robert Blakely and Denny Watson on the A list, plus freshmen John Cain Jr and Larry Harper and several other local students across sophomore to senior classes with addresses listed.
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Lawrence
Kansas University School of Engineering and Architecture
John S. McNown
Robert Blakely
Stouffer Place
Denny Watson
Mo. St
John Cain, Jr
Larry Harper
Vt. St
Gordon Culp
Learnard St
David Stoltenberg
Winona Ave
Jimmy Crouch
Sunnyside
William A. Dunn
W. 22Nd St
Herald Holding
Robert Schaake
Kenneth Timmerman
Walter Calvert
W. 6Th St
Michael Fletcher
Tenn. St
Frank Freudenthal
Ky. St
Marion Hawk
R. 1. St
William Johnson
Jack Ling
Mags. St
Richard Marquette
John Miner
Naismith
Garland Richardson
Harper St
Victor Scott
N. H. St
Herbert Scroggs
R. I. St
Douglas Smith
Ind
Courts gang preliminary hearings set for bogus checks and forgery
In the Courts County Court Beverly Cordes at 1123 Conn St sets preliminary hearings for March 10 on a bogus check charge involving Robert Leppitt of 1618 W 22nd St and March 13 for another bogus check case. Leroy Trout of Route is due April 2 for a bogus check and forgery charge. William A Wilks of 704 Mass Lt has a preliminary hearing April 2 for assault and battery.
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Beverly Cordes
Conn. St
Robert Leppitt
W. 22Nd St
Leroy Trout
William A. Wilks
Traffic Violations in County Court
Oliver Bea man Route 5 fined 10 for speeding Artie G. Greer Eudora fined 5 for no muffler Roger D. Heck Route 3 fined 10 for speeding R C Hawley 1725 E ith St fined 10 for speeding Larry Large 1144 La St fined 1 for no current registration
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Oliver B. Beaman
Artie G. Greer
Eudora
Roger D. Heck
R. C. Hawley
E. Lth St
Larry Large
la. St
Civil Cases in Georgia District Court List
Hess of Alabama Street sues Grover for 15000 for personal and property damage from a January 26 1968 traffic collision at 17th and Louisiana Streets. Wood and Lea wood sue Schehrier for 10886.07 for injuries from an August 18 1958 crash at 23rd Street and Haskell Avenue. Greco sues Shepard at 61 North Street for 271.59 car damage from a June 8 Topeka incident.
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Georgia
H. Hess
Ala. St
Adryn Grover
Learnard Ave
17Th
la. Sts
Jay Frank Goodenow
Leawood
Robert Alan Schehrier
Route 1
23Rd St
Haskell Ave
Frank Greco
Stanley Shepard
N. St
Topeka
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Elm St
Walter Grammer
Jesse Wells
Tillie Dodson
E. 15Th St
Mary MacDonald
W. 17Th
Carolyn Snook
McLouth
Robert Wisdom
Georgia Brumfield
Baldwin
Raymond Pendleton
Laura Green
Lecompton
Lecompton High School
Helen Gilles
Douglas County Board of Health
U.S
Howerse
Dwight Regnier
Lawrence Memorial Co
Farmers Insurance Exchange
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Andy” Anderson
North American van Lines
Ethan A. Smith
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