Weeks Statement Raises Prospects for Highway Bill
Secretary Weeks indicated a multi billion dollar highway bill could pass next year with financing by bonds taxes or a mix The House rejected Eisenhower and Fallon plans last July amid funding disputes Speaker Rayburn said the effort was dead for this year Despite bipartisan calls for early next year passage the bill has yet to secure a financing plan Weeks spoke at a Commerce Department advisory council meeting attended by about 90 industrial leaders.
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Hot Springs
Secretary of
Commerce Weeks
Weeks
House
Eisenhower
Rep
Fallon
D-Md
Orin
Peaker Rayburn
Congress
Senate
Commerce Department
Business Advisory Council
Crabs Puzzle Experts At Central Plains Foundation Conference
At Manhattan the Central Plains Foundation meeting focuses on crabgrass control with K State plots testing chemicals that kill grass but discolor bluegrass. L R Quinlan notes weather influenced results and stresses a program including summer follow, pre emergent, fall seeding, fertilizing, proper watering, mowing height, and hand weeding.
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Central Plains
Foundation
Manhattan
K-State
L. R. Quinlan
Quinlan
Volunteer Wheat Yield Not Likely to Be Good
Kansas State College extension specialists evaluate volunteer wheat stands in Eastern Kansas with rare fall emergence. They advise pasturing any livestock, possibly increasing wheat land value by leaving volunteers, caution against on unplowed ground, note better results from plowed land, and say yields equal to established stands are unlikely.
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Kansas
Kansas State College
K-State
Tonganoxie High School Announces Honor Pupils
Tonganoxie High School announces the first six weeks honor roll and honorable mention list led by senior Rosalie Freeman. The nine on the honor roll include seniors Rosalie Freeman Shaw and Pat Curry juniors Perry Walters Vertin Dunker Billie McGee freshmen Loretta Stig mire Millie Pearson and Sharon Wickey. Honorable mentions include senior Maxine Jones juniors Gary Shilling sophomores Gary Gully freshmen Cox Donna King Kent lorey Wendell Sheriff Kenny by Jeanine Curtis and Freddie Mills.
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Tonganoxie High School
Tom Beatty
Rosalie Freeman
Aoe Shaw
Pat Curry
Perry Walters
Vertin Dunker
Billie McGee
Loretta Stigmire
Millie Pearson
Sharon Wickey
Japanese Pose Stern Threat To U S Tuna Fishing Fleets
Tuna clippers face distress as U S fishermen lose share to Japan’s fresh and frozen imports. San Diego and San Pedro ports anchor a shrinking industry while tariffs and quotas loom amid rising foreign competition.
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U.S
Thomas W. Bush
Wall Street Journal
San Diego
Frances Marie
Frances Mary
Frank Perry
Panama
Perry
U. S
Japan
C. B. Harman
Harman Plywood & Lumber Co
Birmingham
Mich
San Perro
Los Angeles Harbor
San Pedro
Underwriters Meet in Noon Gathering at Castle Tea Room
The Lawrence Life Underwriters met at noon Friday at the Castle Tea Room with Herb Langsdorf of Topeka as speaker. Nine new members joined the club including Ollie Burress of Ottawa and others named as Roger Jones Harold Krogh E E Ramsey Rudolph Neugebauer Robert Einstein Kenneth Pine David Hammond and William Bruce.
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Lawrence Life
Castle Tea Room
Herb Langsdorf
Topeka
Ollie Burress
Ottawa
Roger Jones
Harold Krogh
E. E. Ramsey
Rudolph Neugebauer
Robert Einstein
Kenneth Pine
David, Hammond
William Bruce
Fairview locals share visits and varied events
Mr and Mrs Ralph Mantell traveled to Manhattan and Topeka while Mr and Mrs David Perkins visited Colorado relatives. Harald Uenward of Lawrence visited the Peters home. The October Fairview WSCS met at Mrs Lola Longanecker's with Marie Wiggins presiding. Devotions led by Weeks, program by Mabel Peters featuring The American Indian playlet, and poems read by C L Penny. Visitors included Mrs Reynolds and Meseraul during social hour. Ethel Cowles luncheon guest in Lawrence. Ralph Leary attended the National FFA Convention in Kansas City. Mrs Martin missed two days of school due to a relative's death.
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Ralph Mantell
Manhattan
Topeka
David Perkins
Colorado
Harald Uenward
Lawrence
Peters
Fairview Wscs
Lola Longanecker
Martin
E.U.B. Ladies Aid to Meet in Big Springs
The E U B Ladies Aid in Big Springs will gather Thursday November 3 at Mrs Lydia Anderson s home with Mrs Sam Dark assisting. The meeting features an affalay format and a covered dish luncheon served at the home.
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E.U.B. Ladies Aid
Lydia Anderson
Sam Dark
Lawrence area notes reveal local visits and a wedding plan
The column lists residents visiting relatives in Downs Stull Topeka Meriden and Topeka. Elizabeth Andrade hosts guests Ernest Wulfkuhle Needlecraft Club gathers. Jean Emery to wed Otho Greene at First Nazarene with Rev Forrest Nash officiating October 27 in Topeka. bride is Ben Emery’s daughter.
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Elizabeth Andrade
Pumnee
Mau
Hawaii
Ernest Wulfkable
E.U.B
Stull
Fred Hartman
Calvin Hartman
Downs
St. Francis
Wesley Wulfkuhle
Needlecraft Club
Gus Hartman
Delores Mueller
Topeka
William Hartman
Meriden
Ernest Wulfkuhle
Clarence Douglass
Delores and
Terry
Lawrence
Jean Emery
Otho Greene
Nazarene
Forrest Nash
Ben Emery
Mr. Greene
Winslow
Ind
De Soto Residents Attend Services and Visit Relatives
De Soto residents share weekend travel to Lees Summit and Mexico Missouri to visit relatives. Notables include G C Reckow, W L Blaylock, Midgett family, and Robert Midgett. Funeral services are held for Charles W Freeman at De Soto churches with long local connections.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Indian Ocean
Peru
Velvet Ible
A.m. Baily
Vic Melton
KUL
Don Gates
Kansas City
Dean DeWitt
Burton Allevson
Tawsatha
Journal- World
Fairview
Big Springs
Tea Pee Junction
Ghent
NEW York Cleaners and Bigelow
Karpet-Kari
Leaners
Merchante
Prescriptions
Round Corner Drug Co
Mel Fisher
Mann
Rankin Drug CO
DE Soto
C. F. Baker
Mary Bennett
Lees’ Summit
John Parsons
Wooster
Ohio
George Parsons
C. D. Stumpff
Stumpf
Charles W. Freeman
K.U. Medical Center
Methodist
Mr. Freeman
Zanesville
Mabel Freeman
Margaret Wycoff
Clarence Zehner
DeSoto
Dorothy Smelker
Glads Haney
Cheyenne Wells
Wye
Harry Freeman
Wichita
Galord Freeman
Rockville
Ida Mae Freeman
J. H. Service
Hoyt A. Dudley
Methodist Church
Florence Scott
Esther Ellis
Alberta Martinson
DeSoto Cemetery
Freeman
Grace Church
DeSoto Methodist Church
Laura Hayes
Winfield
Hayes
Prairie Center
Dessie Hayes
Eudora
Oscar Plummer
Marion Plummer
Everett Plummer
Wade Plummer
Silver Springs
Fla
Fum
Guy Longstreth
Harry Dicken
R. B. Osborne
Olathe
Arizona
Louisburg
John Parker
Boulder
Colo
C. §. Hambleton
Parker
Ernest Sigman
Athenaeum Club
Frances Smith
Verna Hair
Nellie Dent
Harry T. Smith
Lydia Freeman
Lydia Gilbreth
Evelyn Freeman
Little Son
Smith
Beulah Davison
Christine Ellis
WSCS
Bethlehem
C. J. Davis
Spnt
Lebanon
Seth Erle
Kan Ave
Dept
Topeka, Ratans
Joe
Norris Bros. Plumbing
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