Signs Blanket State Roads For Motorists Protection
Kansas State Highway Commission officials report 326 154 signs on 10 000 miles of state highways averaging 32 signs per mile. The system ranges from 12 by 18 inch basic signs to the 16 by 21 foot advance city name signs on Interstates. The sign program cost 3 583 000 dollars with 41 651 signs replaced in 1961 and 10 431 added, much due to vandalism, at a cost of 531 432 dollars.
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Gerald Park
State Highway Commission
Topeka
Kansas
J. Francis Barclay
Claude McCamment
State Highway Safety Director
McCamment
Highway Commission
Barclay
Prison labor shapes Kansas highway signs at Lansing
The speaker noted Kansas highway signs, except Interstate ones, are cut and stamped at the State Penitentiary in Lansing. Reflective sheeting and lettering are applied at the State Highway Commission sign shop in Topeka.
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Kansas
State Penitentiary
Lansing
State Highway Commission
Topeka
Button alarm triggers chase at Indiana supermarket
A walk-in cooler dispute escalated when a visitor pressed an alarm button in Kettering, drawing police to the scene as five officers arrived within minutes to investigate. The incident interrupted visitors observing supermarket operations in Lincoln City, Indiana.
Linwood school year ends with staff summer plans
Linwood closes classes last Friday as Superintendent Ted Gray and family travel to Grove Oklahoma. many teachers outline summer study at Emporia Kansas University and other duties. Staff changes include Mrs Meredith Verhage not returning and Jewel district trips noted.
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Clyde Fitch
Howard Jones
Emporia
Willard Redding
Topeka
Geneva Swartzel
Lawrence
Dannie Clodfelter
Clodfelter
Dick Shores
Shores
Osawatomie
Overbrook
Osawatomie State Hospital
Meredith Verhage
Jewett School
Lula Bledsoe
Evelyn
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