Water rights bill adds subirrigation to priority rules
A proposed Senate bill outlines a new water concept granting high priority users the right to condemn supplies via eminent domain and places subirrigation on par with surface irrigation. The measure, to balance domestic and municipal needs above irrigation, is among several bills advanced before Friday's legislative deadline.
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Topekan
Senate
Harvey
McPherson
Sedgwick
Highways Committee
Labor Committee
House
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Civil Defense Department
Adjutant General’s Office
Kansas
Freezing Readings Signal Cold Kansas Snow Chance
Freezing temperatures sweep Kansas with very low readings in the northwest and scattered snow chances. Record high temperatures were set yesterday at Wichita and Topeka as a sharp cold front moved in, with hail reported from several towns and varying precipitation totals across the southeast.
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Kansas
Topeka
Wichita
Goodland
Atchison
Waverly
Virgil
Thrall
Walnut
Emporia
Trading Post
Fort. Scott
Coffeyville
Chanute
Burlington
Kimporia
Garnett
Austerity Plan Approved by Danish Parliament
Denmark's government backed a new austerity program aimed at curbing inflation. The plan, approved 89 to 86, imposes higher excise taxes on consumer goods and seeks to raise 68 to 70 million dollars annually, enabling the minority Socialist government to survive a cabinet crisis.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Congress Accepts Bill for Generosity Costs Across Agencies
Congress moves a bill approving about 855 million dollars for the current fiscal year to cover recent generosity in congressional pay veterans benefits and aid to the needy. The bill totals 65.3 million dollars under Eisenhower's request with allocations to Agriculture Commerce Veterans and Education. The Red Cross issued 208 200 home nursing training certificates last year.
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Washington i
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
House
Eisenhower
Agriculture Department
Commerce Department
American Red Cross
Group From House Calls Dust Storms Following Drought a Big Problem
The House Appropriations Committee calls early 1955 drought born dust storms a serious national problem and approves 7.146 million dollars for emergency soil control. It urges closer attention to long term soil conservation plans and proposes payments to farmers for erosion control with a 1.25 dollar per acre limit. The funds come from unspent portions of a 15 million dollar soil conservation appropriation.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
House
Congress
County Traffic Fines Hit Seven Suspects Saturday
Seven persons were fined in County Court for traffic violations. Lewis Kirk of Route 1 and Jack Dean McCarmnon of Kansas City both ran stop signs, each fined $10 and costs. Herman August Dassing of 624 N 5th St. failed to maintain constant speed while passing, $10 plus costs. Will Martin Owens of 915 Vt. St. ran a stop sign, $10 and costs. Glen Robert Gibbs of Eudora failed to maintain constant speed while passing, $10 and costs. Robert Clark Barr of Silver Lake passed in a no passing zone, $10 and costs. Willie Foas, address not given, passed in a no passing zone, $10 and costs.
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Lewis Kirk
Jack Dean McCarmnon
Kansas City
Herman August Dassing
5Th St
Ceut
Will Martin Owens
Vt. St
Glen Robert Gibbs
Eudora
Cleland Guests and St Patrick Day Club Meeting
OsKaloosa reports Mr. and Mrs. Willard Cleland of Wakeeney visiting sister Edith Morris. Mrs Margaret Nichols entertained the Past Matrone Club Wednesday evening with Fern Ham as cohostess. Contests aligned with St Patrick's day were led by Mrs Claire Rogers and Mrs Haun. New officers for 1985 include Mrs Margaret Nichols as president and Mrs Rogers as vice president.
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Willard Cleland
Wakeeney
Edith Morris
Margeret Nichols
Fern Ham
Claire’ Rogers
Haun
Margaret Nichols
Rogers
Oskaloosa Social and Church Notes Highlight 1935 Activities
The piece lists Oskaloosa area social club meetings and church events. It notes Grace Leaverton as secretary and others attending and hosting in March and April. It mentions garden talks, flower and plant discussions, and readings, plus trips to Berryville Arkansas, Lawrence, and McLouth for various club and church functions.
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Grace Leaverton
Della Phinney
Night Owls Hdu
Dorothy Keeling
Della Droke
Walter Campbell
Tamer
Trapp
Edna, Fisher
Marie Douglas
Topeka
Berryville
Ark
Perle Mattocks
Edith Ford
Roswell
N. M
Margaret Ford
Presbyterian Church
Meena Tyagarajan
India
University of Kansas
Methodist Church
Lawrence
Methodist Youth Center
Edwin Price
Herbert Wright
Methodist
Mc. Louth
Gordon Thompson
National Training School of
Kansas City
Mary Weinberg
Big Allen
K. U
Oskaloosa
Charles Jay Bliss
Perry
Local club names officers and program roles amid Norman aviation base note
The piece lists officers including Jman local treasurer Ivan Wei rg and Mayme Brown promotion secretary with Irene Edmunds and Evalyn Gunselman in key posts. The program features devotionals by Mrs Bets McCalla and a Gunselman missionary lesson, with music by Jonnie Ruht Dunbar and Karen Keeling. Lonnie Sands phoned his mother Mrs George Sands in Norman Oklahoma to say he was at the Air Force Base in aviation school.
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Jman
Ivan Wei
Mayme Brown
Weinberg
Alma Casebier
Lonnie Sands
George Sands
Norman
Okla
Hes
Air Force Base
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ML Bey
Veterans Administration
Philippines
Office of Education
Nava Aires
Da-Tex Ren Lee
Davis
Vermont
Lone Tree
Charles and
Mary Bliss
Bliss
Elmer. Edmonds
Rufus Edmonds
Horton
Ernest. Barnard
Oskaloosa High School
Ed Dissinger
Manhattan
Frances Johnson
Elizabethtown
Museum of Art
Union
Maria May
Elizabeth Slade
WSCS
Fellowship Hall
Clair Rogers
Jennie Roberts
Eva Biery
Ruth Hannah
Gertrude Gold
Thornton-Minor
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