Study Finds Kansas Government Costs Jump Fourfold in 20 Years
A Legislative Council committee reports state and local government costs in Kansas rose 400 percent over the last two decades. Causes include growth in services and inflation, with highways expenditure up 13 times and education and health fivefold. The panel, led by Rep. Howard Immel, aims to forecast revenues and submit findings to the 1956 session.
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Topeka
Kansas
Legislative Council
Council
Howard Immel
A-lola
Fred Hall
Chanute Editor Chosen To Head Advisory Group
Gov. Fred Hall appoints E. W. Johnson of Chanute as chairman of a three member Citizens Advisory Commission on Revenue and Taxation created by the 1955 Legislature to study Kansas revenue needs. Johnson’s first meeting with the panel occurred yesterday as the governor sought recommendations for the upcoming budget message.
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Topeka WA
Fred Hall
E. W. Johnson
Chanute
Citizens Advisory Commission On Revenue and Taxation
Legislative Council
Commis
Two Emporia Doctors Elected To Leadership Posts
Two Emporia physicians were elected to top posts at local meetings. Dr. T. F. Butcher becomes head of the scientific section of the Kansas Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Jack Grove of Newton is president-elect and Dr. Orville Clark of Topeka is secretary-treasurer.
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T. F. Butcher
Scientifc
Kansas
American College of Surgeons
Jack Grove
Newton
Orville Clark
Topeka
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Conference Guidebook To Honor Kansas First Three Geologists
The Kansas Geological Society State Geological Survey plans a field conference in southwestern Kansas on Oct 13 and 14 dedicated to Kansas first three state geologists. Mudge Swallow and Haworth are honored for founding and expanding state geology.
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State Geological Survey
Kansas
B. F. Mudge
G. C. Swallow
Erasmus Haworth
KGS
Robert Walters
Wichita
William Riddle
Daniel F. Merriam
Mudge
Stallow
Mdge
Missouri
Haworth
Six Dec Crash on Milan Bergamo Highway Injures Sixty
A nine-vehicle chain collision on the Milan Bergamo highway left about 60 people injured. A passenger car and a truck collided as five buses carrying laborers plunged into the wreckage. A police representative attempting to warn other motorists was sideswiped and pushed into the crash.
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Bergamo
Italy
Milan-Bergamo
Wish Granted: Birth of Triplet Girls in Coldwater
Mr and Mrs Charles Rathburn of Coldwater Michigan welcomed their newborn triplet girls aged 10 months as parents had hoped for a daughter. The three girls were reported to be in good health and progressing well.
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Coldwater
Mich
Charles Rathburn
Thburn
World Affairs Council Board to Meet in Emporia
The Kansas Council on World Affairs board of directors will meet tomorrow at Emporia State Teachers College to plan the annual conference at Hutchinson on November 18. Executive director Robert V. Kester said the conference will cover the United Nations with speaker Dr. Waldo Stephens of Oklahoma City, formerly with Columbia University’s foreign affairs department.
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Kansas Council On World Affairs
Empoiria State Teachers College
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Hutchinson
Robert V. Kester
United Nations
Waldo Stephens
Oklahoma City
Foreign Affairs Department
Columbia University
Debt Paid After 19 Years For Receptionist Delivery
A man pays a long overdue bill of 25 dollars owed to a receptionist for delivering his baby girl 19 years ago. He explains the payment settles a debt that had weighed on him. the daughter has since become a mother herself.
Reed Construction bids Ft. Riley post exchange rehab
Reed Construction Co. of Manhattan submitted a low bid of 218 420 for Ft. Riley post exchange rehabilitation, above the government estimate of 180 450. Army Engineers planned to seek authority to award despite the higher bid. An Oklahoma item notes a Wichita man offered a lower bid of 28 417 for a fire project and presented a second phase.
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Reed Construction Co
Manhattan
Army Engineers
Owata
Okla
Martin K. Eby
Wichita
A. Lang
Danish Writer Holberg Exhibit at KU Wat son Library
Books by 18th century Danish author Holberg are on display at Kansas University’s Wat son Library. About 85 items including maps and pictures form the exhibit opened Thursday and running through the month. The show kicks off a series of events by KU Theater Museum of Art Library and local music groups.
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Watson Library
Kansas University
University Theater
Museum of Art
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Philharmonic Orchestra
Nelson Art Gallery
Linda
Great Bend Ranks 16th in City Traffic Safety
Harold Pellegrino of the Kansas Highways Commission says Great Bend ranks 16th among 467 cities in the 10 000 to 25 000 population class for its traffic safety program.
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Great Bend
Harold Pellegrino
Kansas Highways Commission
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