Legislative clash over Kansas utility tax limits and 1960 vote
In Topeka the Senate nears a showdown on a constitutional amendment barring lower utility property assessments than other property, with heavy rail industry opposition and a potential voter referendum in 1960. Also covered are a failed primary date change bill, an emergency fund expansion, court salary and retirement plan measures, plus a winter storm bringing up to 14 inches of snow from Indiana to Maine and several fatalities.
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Aopera
Senate
Kansas
House
Missouri Pacific
Kan
Supreme Court
Topeka
Tthe
George Docking
State Affairs
Ohio
Delaware
Maryland
West Virginia
New Jersey
New England
Indiana
Connecticut
New York City
Metropolis
Memorial Hospital Names and Addresses in Local Card List
Memorial Hospital lists residents and associated addresses including Karen Snow Gladys Reade Kathryn Peters Anna Shimmons Farinda Lampkin Thomas Peters Fred Campbell Della Weyer Muller Merl Childers Sandra Francisco Marilyn Britton Sam Wiley Sheryl Laughlin Nellie Harding Alice Wilcox Louise Campbell David Wheeler Karl Townsend Sherry Love Shirley Carney Kirk Bradford George Gufler. The notes reference multiple streets and cities, detailing a community roster.
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Karen Snow
E. 19Th St
Gladys Reade
Ohio St
Kathryn Peters
Barker Ave
Anna Shimmons
la. St
Farinda Lampkin
del. St
Thomas Peters
N. H. St
Fred Campbell
Garfield St
Della Weyermuller
Vt. St
Merl Childers
Sandra Francisco
Ky. St
Marilyn Britton
Sam Wiley
Sheryl Laughlin
Nellie Harding
Alice Wilcox
Louise Campbell
Summit St
David Wheeler
Ala. St
Karl Townsend
Baldwin
Sherry Love
Shirley Carney
Haskell Institute
Mrs. Mer] Childers
Kirk Bradford
McLouth
George Gufler
Mo. St
Funeral services for Mrs Myrtle Marie Gifford
Funeral services for Mrs. Myrtle Marie Gifford who died Wednesday at her home 514 Elm Street will be held at 2 pm Friday at Trinity Episcopal Church Rev John F McLaughlin will officiate burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery Friends may call at Rumsey Funeral Home until noon Friday
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Myrtle Marie Gifford
Elm St
Trinity Episcopal Church
John F. McLaughlin
Oak Hill Cemetery
Rumsey Funeral Home
Confidence Man Uses Portland Alias in Lawrence String
A man described as Daniel Blum enthal, age 30 to 32, 5-7, 120 pounds, used the name and staged a small theft in Lawrence. He cashed a $31 check then attempted to buy a home and transfer a bank account, leaving town likely by hitchhiking. warrants exist in other cities. Authorities warn he operates under the same scheme elsewhere.
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Lawrence
Dale Chappell
Daniel Blumenthal
Portland
Chappell
CPA
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Kansas milk price measure sparks regional debate
In Topeka lawmakers discuss a free flow milk bill amid fears of a price war. Local businessmen fear higher prices post war and question health impacts if not adequately inspected. Adams company cited as a sponsor by Williams, a Republican, while Rep. Dempsey disputes the claim. Mrs. Roth warns health risks to children and calls for proper inspection before passage. Missouri lawmakers also study milk pricing regulation.
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Kansas
Williams
Adams Company
Kansas City
Ambrose L. Dempsey
Leavenworth
Irving Roth
Douglas County Health Council
Paul Wunsch
Ed Gordon
W. R. Brown
Roth
Topeka
Missouri
Berlin Threatened by Missile Race And US Stance
Col Crowson and Gen Phillips critique President Eisenhower on Germany war plans. They warn Berlin could fall behind due to rapid Soviet missile and nuclear advances and European troop imbalances. They urge remaining firm while pursuing negotiations.
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Col. Crowson
Eisenhower
U. S
Germany
Phillips
East Germany
Europe
Berlin
Gen. Phillips
Unions Call Hoffa Disgrace in Baton Rouge
Thirty Baton Rouge labor unions denounce Teamsters president James R. Hoffa as a disgrace to organized labor. A full page ad in the Morning Advocate preceded his planned speech to an independent refinery union, with radio and TV broadcasts planned. The Independent Industrial Workers Assn invited Hoffa to appear to discuss Teamsters as bargaining agent for Esso Standard Oil Co. workers.
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Baton Rouge
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Morning Advocate
Hoffa
Independent Industrial Workers Assn
Esso Standard Oil Co
Sample New ABA Head Edwin C Sample Elected
Edwin C Sample was elected head of the Artificial Breeding Association at Tuesday board meeting. Ronald Robb was named vice president Charles Hornberger became secretary and Pete Bahnmaier took the role of treasurer.
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Edwin C. Sample
Douglas County
Debaters Cooked for Banquet at Heart of America Meet
Debaters from 22 colleges completed four rounds of the Heart of America Debate Conference at Kansas University. A banquet in the Kansas Union will feature Brig. Gen. Thomas R. Phillips and Col. Delmar L. Crowson judging the day’s arguments on nuclear weapons prohibition. Princeton's English Style team argued for the affirmative on extending socialist governance vs KU. A poll showed audience favored Princeton’s opponents, KU leading after the debate but narrowing. Debates resume Friday with four more rounds leading to finals Saturday.
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Delmar L. Crowson
Secretary of Defense
Thomas R. Phillips
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Lawrence
Heart of America
Kansas University
Journal-World
Air Force
Kansas
Kansas Union
Princeton
Schools Earn Ratings At Little Seven Drama Festival
Wellsville and Louisburg each won four ratings at the Little Seven League drama festival this week at Eudora High School. DeSoto and Springhill earned three ratings each, with Eudora and Baldwin getting two apiece. The District Drama Festival will be March 20 21 at Shawnee Mission East.
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Wellsville
Louisburg
Eudora High School
DeSoto
Springhill
Eudora
Baldwin
Shawnee Mission East
Princeton Doctor To Lecture at KU Beginning Monday
Dr. N Howell Furman Princeton chemistry professor and 1948 Fisher Award winner will give three public lectures at 4 p m in Malott Hall Room 122 Kansas University Monday Wednesday and Friday Topics include Recent Developments in Extraction Techniques Advances in Coulometric Analysis and Developments in Chronopatiometric Methods Informal meetings with staff and students will follow KU honors Henry Werner lecturer Dr Arthur W Davidson KU Chemistry Department chairman announced the new lectureship honoring long time KU faculty member Henry Werner who joined KU in 1920 and died in 1955.
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Henry Werner
Kansas University
N. Howell Furman
Princeton University
Furman
Fisher
American Chemical Society
Scott
Boston University
Palladium
Electrochemical Society
Malott Hall
Arthur W. Davidson
Werner
Lawrence Junior High Gym Show Tonight In 7:30 PM Event
Heard in Lawrence Central Junior High gym classes will perform a gymnastics show at 7:30 tonight in the boys gym. Included are the girls drill team, boys on parallel bars, a girls basketball game, swinging rings, tumbling and high bar routines. The show is free and the public is invited. County Clerk Delbert Mathia said assessors report good response from Lawrence residents this year though many calls are needed because residents aren’t at home. Assessors are expected to finish on schedule.
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Central Junior High
Delbert Mathia
Lawrence
Mathia
Ray Eliot Resigns as Illinois Grid Coach
Ray Eliot resigns as University of Illinois head coach effective at season’s end. The 53 year old dean of Big Ten football completed his 17th season since replacing Bob Zuppke in 1942 and his resignation was approved by the university board of trustees. He was named assistant director of athletics.
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Champaign
Ray Eliot
University of Illinois
Eliot
Bob Zuppke
University
Pea Canning Past, Cool Season Crops Become Backyard Growth
Farmers recall a once bustling pea canning industry with 1,200 acres, now a backyard crop. Cool season crops like potatoes, radishes and lettuce multiply as peas are replanted this month. Spring planting follows, with wheat already in fields and corn, soybeans, and sorghums slated for later in the season.
Macmillan urges elastic policy toward Berlin crisis
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan meets Konrad Adenauer in Bonn and urges an elastic Western defense stance to counter the Soviet Berlin threat. He notes Western unity but reiterates no compromise on Berlin rights as Khrushchev tours East Europe.
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Bonn
Harold Macmillan
Konrad Adenauer
West
West Berlin
Macmillan
Adenauer
Khrushchev
Moscow
Charles de Gaulle
Michel Debre
Paris
Washington
Soviet Union
State Department
Berlin
GOP Leaders Move to Okay Med Center Building Fund
Topeka AP Republican leaders support appropriations for a 1.85 million dollar addition to the Kansas University Medical Center. The state would provide 1 million dollars with federal funds covering the balance for a six story Wahl Hall expansion in Kansas City to consolidate the medical school. If the state fails to provide matching funds by 1960 the federal grant may be lost.
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Topeka
Kansas University Medical Center
Wahl
Kansas City
Kansas University
Lawrence
Kansas
Senate
Ways and Means
Sen
Ted Sanborn
Belleville
EBF
Sanborn
Glee Smith
R-Larned
House
Board of
Regents
The
State Historical Society
Docking
Teamster Official Spent Vacation With Secretary Charged As Entertainment
Senate Rackets Committee heard Chicago Teamster Local 777 president Joey Glimco stayed in the Bel Air Hotel Los Angeles in 1953 with secretary Lavrene Murray. Investigators said Glimco billed his local $1 045 65 for the trip and registered as man and wife. Murray invoked the Fifth Amendment when asked about their relation.
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Washington
Chicago
Joey Glimco
Los Angeles
Senate
Alfons Calabrese
Glimco
Nike Tie Seen To Labor Rackets In Chicago Installations
Senate rackets investigators say Domonic Senese and Victor Comforte are part owners of Broadway Sheet Metal Co. of Chicago holding sub contracts on 60 percent of Nike missile site installations in the Chicago area. Sen. John L. McClellan calls for immediate Defense Department blacklisting and will present a written demand with testimony transcript.
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Washington
Senate
Dominic Senese
Victor Comforte
Chicago
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Special
Defense Department
Broadway Sheet Metal Co
McClellan
Kansas University Hosts to a Loan Group Basketball Tourney
State high school basketball tournaments opened across four sites. In Wichita double A, Atchison faced Junction City while Newton played Sumner, and Wyandotte met Hays Cadets with Parsons vs Wichita East later. Hutchinson hosted class A action Osage City vs Sacred Heart and Rusell vs Paola, then Goodland vs Belleville and Haven vs Neodesha. Emporia hosted class B with Natoma vs St. Mary's then Onaga vs Mt. Hope, plus Minneapolis vs Frontenac and Wilsey vs Plains. Dodge City hosted double B with Rozel vs Portis, Prescott vs Selden, Ada vs Cassaday, Netanaka vs Mullinville.
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Wichita
Atchison
Junction City
Newton
Sumner
Wyandotte
Hays
Parsons
Hutchinson
Osage City
Sacred Heart
Russell
Paola
Goodland
Belleville
Haven
Neodesha
Natoma
St. Mary
Card of Thanks for Support During Illness
Mrs. C. W. Anderson expresses gratitude to Rev. Krimmer and Assembly of God Church, Dr. Dowell, first floor nurses, and friends neighbors and relatives for prayers care food cards flowers and kindnesses during illness.
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Krimmer
Assembly of God Church
Dowell
C. W. Anderson
Heart Fund Drive Thanks from Eagle Auxiliary
Elizabeth House thanks Eagle Auxiliary members for their help in the Heart Fund Drive, expressing gratitude for the group’s support and efforts.
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Eagle Auxiliary
Elizabeth House
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GOP
Okay Med Center Building Fund
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