Power Consolidation Proposal Aims at One Federal Agency
Brookings Institution proposes unifying all federal power activities under a single agency to fix rates and production for major projects like TVA. The plan, urged by Senator Byrd and tied to other reorganizations, envisions a federal power administration overseeing public utilities and government plants with a joint board for overlaps. President expected to outline a national program for power, flood control, reforestation and soil conservation by Wednesday.
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Byrd
D.-Va
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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Rural Electrification Administration
Electric Homeland Farm Authority
Federal Power Administration
Roosevelt
Petro
Reorganization Plan Proposes Shifts Among Agencies
Proposals move the leum conservation division to enforce the Con nally hot oil act and advise the secretary of interior on petroleum policy, transfer studies on waste prevention to the bureau of mines, shift national bituminous coal commission research to the bureau of mines, relocate land acquisition functions of the national resources committee and treasury procurement to the bureau of the budget, and clarify printing laws with focus on new duplicating processes.
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Leum Conservation Division
Secretary of Interior
Bureau of Mines
National Bituminous Coal Commission
National Resources Committee
Procurement Division
The
Treasury
Bureau of the Budget
Young People Meet at State Christian Endeavor Rally
Several Endeavorers registered for the state convention at North Lawrence church. Talks by Marie Barlow Geneva Detler Robert Guntert and Guy Howard, with Howard leading song service accompanied by Winifred Hill. Four Vinland youths presented a play for the convention. Officers named including Winifred Hill music chairman and Rev Nellis missionary chairman. Visiting officers included N E C president Martha Shirley Wyandotte president Josephine Clever and district VP Wilmer Thornburg.
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Marianna Dunkley
Robert Nellis
Vinland
Fort Scott
Ound
Fred Will, Jr
Winifred _ Hill
Russell Coat Reyes
Rev. Nellis
MaeKey
Marybelleichardson
Robert Guntert
Esther Guntert
Esther Adams
Marie Barlow
Thomas Barlow
Geneva Detler
William Stone
Fred Will
Guy Howard
Martha Shirley
Josephine Clever
Wyandotte
Wilmer Thornburg
Kansas City
Glen Richardson
Roger Williams Attends Postmasters Convention in Pittsburg
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Williams traveled to Pittsburg for a two day Kansas branch National Association of Postmasters convention. They joined postmasters including Hen F. Six from Lyons and Beulah Helen Stewart from Baldwin who attended the welcome address by Mayor Philip Schmidt.
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Roger Williams
Pittsburg
Kansas
National Association of Postmasters
Hendcrast Six
Lyons
Williams
Philip Schmidt
Beulah Helen Stewart
Baldwin
Funeral Held for Thomas F. Hargiss Father of H W Hargiss
Thomas F. Hargiss age 83 died Saturday morning at Mt. Carmel hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were held at 2 PM in Pittsburg Kansas with burial there. Survived by widow Nancy Elizabeth, daughter Mrs Herman Beringer Alba Missouri, sons Floyd B. Hargiss Coeur d Alene Idaho and H W Hargiss Lawrence Kansas, brother Thad Hargiss Pomona California, sister Mrs P D Chastian Enid Oklahoma, thirteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The couple celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary recently.
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Thomas F. Hargiss
H. W
Bill) Hargiss
Pittsburg
Kan
Hargiss
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Nancy Elizabeth Hargiss
Herman Beringer
Alba
Floyd B. Hargiss
Coeur d’Alene
Idaho
H. W. Hargiss
Lawrence
Thad Hargiss
Pomona
Calif
P. D. Chastian
Enid
Okla
Hele Ftveth
Lindley of KU to deliver four commencement addresses
Chancellor E H Lindley of Kansas University will give four commencement talks over the next three weeks. He is scheduled to speak at the Iola junior college graduation on May 24 and at St John high school commencement.
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E. H. Lindley
Iola Junior College
St. John High School
Chancellor to Speak at Kent University Commencement
The Chancellor will on May 27 at Florence High School and May 28 in Florence for speaking engagements as he appears at the Kent University commencement exercises in Kent Ohio.
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Florence High School
Kent University
Kent
Ohio
Former Baldwin Man Is Given Crash Judgment
A confessed judgment of 2650 dollars was entered in district court in favor of William Henry Dempsey against the Mutual Benefit Health and Accident association of Omaha. Dempsey, a former Baldwin mayor and Baker University official, sued after a May 22 1986 motor vehicle crash near Horton Kansas, seeking liability settlement on his policy. He also has a separate federal suit against Missouri Pacific Transportation for 50000 dollars for permanent injuries from the same accident.
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William Henry Dempsey
Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Association of Omaha
Hugh Means
Dempsey
Horton
Kan
Baldwin
Baker University
Missouri Pacific Transportation Company
Election Judge Pleads Guilty in Vote Theft Case
Kansas City May 17 George Arnold a Democratic election judge pleaded guilty to a vote theft conspiracy in the opening of the seventh trial stemming from federal efforts against voting irregularities in the last general election Eight of 126 indicted election workers have pleaded no defense and sought mercy but Arnold is the first to plead guilty Sentencing for Arnold is deferred until after four co defendants go to trial
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Kansas City
George Arnold
Arnold
Hearing Continued to May 25 on Liquor Possession Charge
The preliminary hearing of Mrs. Eva Guffin Anderson in Milton Beach's justice court was continued from last Friday to 2 pm on May 26. The case involves a charge of possession of intoxicating liquor.
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Eva Guffin Anderson
Justice Court of
Milton Beach
Silas Porter Dies After Long Supreme Court Service
Silas Wright Porter eighty a Kansas supreme court justice from 1904 to 1923 died in the state hospital here after a prolonged illness. He was born January 1 1857 in Warren county Illinois educated at Monmouth College and served as a lecturer in multiple law schools. He retired from the bench in 1923 to return to private practice and later acted as a federal court referee in bankruptcy at Topeka. He married Jessie K Babcock and survived by his widow four sons and a daughter.
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Topeka
Porter
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Warren County
Ill
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Mary Porter
Monmouth College
Ilinois
Monmouth
Ness County
Kan
Kansas City
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University, of Kansas
Washburn College
Kansas City School of Law
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Douglas County Farmers Union Picnic and Meeting at Holcom's Grove
Douglas County Farmers Union holds a full day meeting at Holcom's Grove four miles south of Lawrence on highway 59. A basket dinner and program mark the quarterly gathering with local speakers and junior softball games in the evening. Also notes include a Liberty Missouri marriage and a Kansas State tennis schedule change.
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Holcom’s Grove
Lawrence
Highway 59
Aeon
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Gooner Gages . Com
Ity
Baldwin
Eanant Grove
Rainy day cancels golf game at Windsor chateau
Heavy rain keeps Duke of Windsor and Mrs Warfield indoors at Windsor chateau retreat in Monts France. The ex king cancels a planned golf game. Wedding date remains a mystery with expectations to resolve the timing and the royal family controversy with the government tomorrow.
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Monts
France
of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
Kappa Delta Pi Honorary Dinner Reported
Delta Pi fraternity hosts a dinner at Emporis College on Wednesday night. The Kappa Delta Pi society is a national honorary scholastic organization for colleges and honors faculty and students.
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Kappa
Delta Pi Fraternity
Emporis
Kappa Delta Pi
Fire damages a club in Atlanta on May 17
Fire at the Piedmont Club damaged the society rendezvous, with superintendent Guido Negri estimating losses between 78000 and 100090 dollars. The blaze opened early and caused significant damage to the driving club area.
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Society Rendezvous
Joss
Guido Negri
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