Kansas Legislature Backs Flood Control and Conservation
Both houses urged Congress to continue survey planning and construction by the Army Engineers Bureau of Reclamation and Agriculture Department. The move marks a shift from two years ago when Kansas memorialized against Tuttle Creek dam, aiming to aid irrigation and watershed programs and to support hearings for funding forthcoming projects.
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Lamar Phillips
Herald News
Kansas
State of
House
Senate
Congress
Army Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Department of Agriculture
Tule Creek
Blue River
Kaw Valley
Washington
Tuttle Creek
Andrew Schoeppel
Corps of Engineers
Marais Des Cygnes Valley
Marais Des Cygnes
Department of the Interior
Bureau
Cedar Bluff
Kanopolis
Smoky Hill River
Ottawa University Student Dean Schultz Reported Safe Abroad
A University official confirms Ottawa University student Dean Schultz is in Guatemala. He left March 1 and did not explain his purpose or travel method. University officials say the Chicago student is safe and the note came from Schultz via a letter received yesterday.
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Schultz
Ottawa University
Guatemala
B. Smith Maworth
Chicago
Merger Plan Moves Slowly for Rural High Schools
Provitess to merge four area rural high schools progresses slowly. February 21, board members from Appanoose Michigan Valley Pomon a and Quenemo voted to proceed with consolidation. A steering committee was to be formed with delegates from each school and a report planned for a spring public meeting, but the committee has not been formed yet. John Fleming says only two schools have sent delegates, Frank Tucker for Michigan Valley and Harald Gottschamer for Appanoose. Advisory aides were to be Leroy Hood Ottawa High, Paul Crawford Osage County, and Flaming Were.
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Appanoose
Michigan Valley
Pomona
Quenemo
John Fleming
Franklin County
Frank Tucker
Harald Gottschamer
Leroy Hood
Ottawa
Paul Crawford
Osage County
Flaming
Co-Op Names New Officers At Ottawa Meeting
The Ottawa Co-Operative Association elected two new board members Donald Steward and Roy Swank to three year terms at its fifth annual meeting. Russell Wray was named chairman, Victor Warren vice president, and Harry Scott secretary. Gilbert Terpening reviewed the year’s audit showing volume over 1.25 million dollars, with grain and merchandise as main lines and notable savings. Petitions totaling 168 signers seek a public election on the Quenemo merger, with no date set.
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Ottawa Co-Operative Association
Ottawa Co-Op
Donald, Steward
Rt. 4
Ottawa
Roy Swank
Rt. 1
Clarence Keith
Rt. 2
Clarence Good
Rt. 11
Steward
Swank
Russell Wray
Victor Warren
Mt. 2
Harry Scott
Wellsville
Gilbert Terpening
Wichita Bank of Cooperatives
Lyle Grier
Otttawa Co-Op
Quenemo
Roy Driver
New Jersey Fire Claims Mother and Two Babies
A cigarette sparked a blaze on the third floor of a frame Newark dwelling, early today, killing a mother and her two babies. Firefighters battled the flames as neighbors assisted, with investigators tracing the origin to a neglected smoking area.
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Newark
WN. J
Ottawa debaters travel to national Pi Kappa Delta event
John Ross Jack Bremer John Dodgen and Vernon Barnes from Ottawa University head to Redlands California to compete in the national Pi Kappa Delta convention. They will be there all next week. The national group began at Hag a GQ U and is now the world’s largest forensic organization with Alpha chapter as the mother.
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John Ross
Jack Bremer
John Dodgen
Vernon Barnes
Ottawa University
Redlands
Calif
Pi Kappa Delta
GQ. U
One Shot Plan Faces Senate Backing In High School Aid
Conferees endorse governor's one shot financing plan for high schools for one year. Senate supports it while House mulls income tax route. A revised Pekapua assessment equalization bill moves to the governor with changes to township to county unit, county assessment, and public access rules.
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Pekapu
Senate
Topekapa
Department of Taxation and Revenue
Farmers Get Higher Prices in Early March
TOPEKA KU March 1 marketing division of the U S Department of Agriculture reports slightly higher prices paid to Kansas farmers for their products during the 30 day period ended March 1 The price index stood at 254 percent of the 1910-14 base up from 251 for the preceding month and 262 a year ago indicating a modest rise in farm returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Polio Vaccine Program Planned for Franklin County
J R Duke Cheney announces this spring polio vaccine program for about 800 county children in grades one and two. Vaccine provided by the National Foundation and administered at no charge by Franklin County Medical Society volunteers, with site decisions pending trial results.
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Franklin
J. R. ‘Duke’ Cheney
Ottawa
National Foundation
Franklin County Medical Society
Cheney
William Bowers
George W. Davis
Pauline Duyk
J. A. . ‘Fleming
William Martin
Ottawa Pta Council
Ottawa Nurses Association
PTA
Sacred Heard Parochial
Ienry Colby
Sacred Heart School
Highway Death Toll In State Total 119 This Year
Topeka Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the state accident records section show 119 deaths for the year to date in 1955, compared with 120 for the same period in 1954. One death from an earlier accident was added. Lamb Ambulance phone 380.
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Topeka
Kansas
Dairy Day Program Outlined for Franklin County
County Agent Don Brown outlined the Dairy Day program set for April 11 in Franklin County. Events include open houses at Cloverleaf, Sunrise, and Bennet dairies from 9 a.m. to noon, with exhibits at Memorial Auditorium from 1 p.m. to 1 p.m. A noon dairy lunch is planned, and Loren Garke of the American Dairy Association of Missouri will speak on dairy festivals. Mrs Eliza beth McCartney will discuss milk for all ages. 4-H members Joyce Stoffer and Charlene Wells will present dairy foods demos. Door prize registration runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., with prize announcements in the afternoon. Contests offer cash and butter prizes. waitresses can win silver dollars for promoting dairy products. About 1,000 people expected. rural schools invited. Ottawa students on Easter break.
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Don Brown
Franklin County Extension Council
Fred “Kissinger
Rt. 2
Ottawa
Bennett's
Memorial J Auditorium
Brown
Franklin County
Lila Mae Beaty
Britons race to wed before tax exemption deadline
The rush to marry before the income tax exemption deadline is the biggest in years with registrars at London's registry offices operating at full tilt. London brides include Miss Fenery Attlee, daughter of former PM Clement Attlee, tying the knot at Amersham registry. Islington and Lambeth report record wedding volumes as couples queue at register offices across the city.
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Resistry
London
Caxton Hall
Fenerty Attlee
Clement Attlee
Amersham Registry Office
John Ky
Harwood
Islington
Lambeth
Paddington Town Hall
Kensington
Legislators Still Disagree On Several Important Bills
Kansas Senate and House clash over high school aid and county city funding from the gasoline tax fifth cent. Conference reports approved include a small loans bill labor management regulation and a revised assessment equalization measure. Governor’s priorities drive action on a state water resources board and highway funding changes. many bills move toward his desk as adjournment nears.
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Topeka
Senate
House
Kansas
Fred Hall
Hall
Kansas City
Wichita
Lyons
Yates Center
Osage City
Burlington
Russell
Sterling
Great Bend
Mojor
Earthquake Toll Tops Three Hundred Twenty Seven in Mindanao
In the southern Philippines disaster toll rose to 327 with officials in Mindanao reporting heavy losses from Friday's quake. Most deaths occurred around Lake Lanao where a massive wave submerged villages. tens of thousands were homeless and crop and property damage ran into millions. President Magsaysay toured hit towns, vowing help as rescue teams and a U.S. Air Force medizin squad arrived.
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Dansalan
Mindanao
Philippines
Lake Lanao
Launao
Lanao
Ramon Magsaysay
Ozamis
Misamis Occidental
Tigan
Lanag
Bali
Iligan
Dansatan
T. Lluch
Lando
Lake Lanao Visuict
Tugaya
Bacolod
Madamba
Ganasi
Madajum
Basung
Masio
Marantao
Wtoland
Llueh
U.S. Air Force
Clark Air Force Base
Luzon
New Storm Forecast For Kansas Statewide Weather Alert
A new winter storm is forecast to hit Kansas bringing widespread precipitation and falling temperatures. Snow is likely in the northwest and along the western border tonight and tomorrow with showers or a thunderstorm elsewhere. Dust may blow in western and central areas before precipitation begins. Ottawa recorded .57 inch moisture yesterday. high 60, low 39. The 3rd Intercollegiate Rowing Regatta is set for June 18 on Onondaga Lake near Syracuse, N Y.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Ottawa
Ottawa woman discharged in concealment case
An Ottawa woman, Flo Stark, was discharged after a preliminary hearing in county court when Judge Mila Harris ruled there was no probable cause she concealed mortgaged property. The state said a second complaint against Stark would be filed in Justice Court.
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Ottawa
Mila Harris
Flo Stark
Main
Mrs. Star
Justice Court
Slim Brave Lead In Track Meet
The Ottawa University Braves lead the triangular track meet by one point after four events with 17 points to College of Emporia 16 and William Jewell still on 16. Bob Wheaton won Ottawa’s shot put, Ray Cooper edged Bol Worley of Jewell for the 44-yard dash, Willie Gaines of C of E took the 60-yard dash in 9.8 seconds on a heavy track. The meet was rescheduled from yesterday due to rain. W C Rylander of Lubbock, Texas, now aged 83, remains active in bowling with a 195 league average.
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Ottawa University
Braves
College of Emporia
William Jewell
Bob Wheaton
Ottawa
Ray Cooper
Bol Worley
Jewell
Willie Gaines
W. C. Rylander
Lubbock
Texas
Three Men Appear In County Court
Three persons cited by local law officers appeared in county court. Vincent S. Whelan, no address, was jailed 30 days and fined 100 dollars plus costs for vagrancy after arrest north of town by Sheriff day Brown. Ralph E. Reimer of Ottawa, cited for driving with license suspended, was fined five dollars and costs. Leroy Harrison of Emporia, charged for reckless driving, paid 25 dollars and costs. earlier cited in Douglas county for leaving the scene of an accident and at Olathe for drunken driving. served jail terms in Lawrence and Olathe.
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Vincent S. Whelan
Day Brown
Ralph E. Reimer
Ottawa
Art Jensen
Bob Conaty
Leroy Harrison
Emporia
Harrison
Douglas County
Olathe
Lawrence
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Ottawa Co-Op Association
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Co-Op
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Eugene Field School
Nunther
Paul Shipps
Patty Lister
George Lister
Jesus Christ
Judy Lister
Carrol Brice
Kathleen Garnet
Jolene Brink
Jesus
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Jand
Christ Is Risen
Shipps
L. A. Wilson
E. G. Dick
Ralph Armstrong
Harold Tetwiler
Qla Easley
Duane Garnet
Dale Morsyhe
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Lamb Ambulance
Britain
Tucker
E. E. Hill
Bob Leonard
Onondaga Lake
Syracuse
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