Architects Retained for Kansas Turnpike Project
TOPEKA The Kansas Turnpike Authority has retained the architects to design buildings and service areas along the superhighway from Kansas City to the Oklahoma state line. The authority awarded more than five million dollars in construction contracts and approved a new service agreement with the State Highway Commission. Governor Fred Hall paused actions awaiting review of interagency relations. The Legislature recently enacted a law outlining services the ETA could obtain from the State Highway Department.
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Kansas Turnpike
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Oklahoma State Line
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State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Fred
Legisliture
ETA
Sue Highway Department
Ming and service area project scope and firms listed
Charles R. Marshall of Topeka and Goerend and Boucher of Wichita with Upward Needles Tammen and Bergendorf consulting engineers are named for the KTA project. The state architect role is noted for Marshall and the design work is credited to the listed firms.
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Ming
Charles R. Marshall
Topeka
Goerend and Boucher
Wichita
Upward
Needles
Tammen
Bergendorf
KTA
Fatal Dash To See Bunny In New York Suburb
A two year old Polish refugee girl Mary Pysz eaymucha living in East Meadow New York was playing in a backyard when she chased a large toy bunny. A sanitation truck driver, unable to stop in time, struck and killed her.
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America
Mary Pyszeaymucha
Easter Egg Hunt at Michigan Valley Draws Local Kids
About 67 children from the Michigan Valley community attended a Saturday Easter egg hunt organized by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stromgren. Thirty dozen colored eggs were hidden in a block area with prizes awarded to the three top finders. Kenneth Miller and Howard Stultz won silver dollars, while David Burns took home a pair of pet rabbits. Ice cream bars were served and photos taken. most children were under sixth grade or preschool age.
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Michigan Valley
Harry Stromgren
E Kenneth Miller
Howard Stultz
David Burns
Wellsville Church Members Build New House of Worship
Hays High School basketball coach Hays Kus uh Art Leas resigns after a long tenure of 180 wins and 102 losses. He plans to stay in Hays with no successor named. The Wellsville Assembly of God is near completion on a $10 000, 36 by 72 foot church built largely by congregants. Rev. Harry Lee has led the congregation for two years, working carpentry in Lawrence. Services were held in the old theater before the church began.
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Wellsville
Hays
Kus Uh
Art Leas
Hays High School
Leas
Harry Lee
Lawrence
Old Steamer For Lawrence City Park
Lawrence plans to install a retired Santa Fe steam locomotive in Centennial Park as a historic exhibit. The engine and 150 feet of track will be donated. moving costs are the city’s only expense. Other Kansas cities like Emporia and Topeka have similarly received locomotives for parks.
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Chamber of Commerce
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Bill Bodin
Santa Fe
Topeka
E. P. Addy
Kansas Communities
Ottawa
Kansas Cities
Emporia
Chanute
Atchison
Walters Funeral Services Set in Kansas City
Funeral services for Enoch Walters will be held Wednesday at 3 PM from Mrs C L Forster Funeral Home in Kansas City Missouri. Interment follows at Mount Moriah Cemetery. The casket will be open Tuesday afternoon and evening at the Lamb Funeral Home.
Admits Slaying Three Children in Macomb Ill
Betty Thelen 26 a former mental patient has admitted suffocating her three children Kathy 3 Terry 2 and Jimmy 7 months in a bagged confinement. Coroner Roy Louderman reported she told him the children were sick dying and there was no hope. Husband Kenneth found the bodies when he came home for lunch.
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Kenneth
Kathy
Terry
Jimmy
Car Plunge Fatal To Wichita Woman
Wichita woman Margaret Coleman, 68, of Kansas City Missouri, died when her car skidded off highway 70N and plunged into a 40 foot ravine. The incident occurred while she traveled alone yesterday.
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Wichita
Cookeville
Tenn
Margaret Coleman
Klias
Death of Allis-Chalmers President Roberts at 48
William A. Roberts president of Allis-Chalmers Mfg Co. died at age 48 after a heart attack. He had suffered the illness in April and had been hospitalized since. A veteran of about 30 years with the company, he became president in February 1951.
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Milwaukee
William A. Roberts
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co
Roberts
Corsi feud over immigration policy triggers Dulles clash
The editor details Edward J. Corsi’s dispute over past subversive group associations and his liberal immigration stance fueling tension with Walter of Pennsylvania. Dulles rejects a substitute job offer while weighing political risks in Washington.
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Walter
Dulles
Latin Amerca
Michigan
Washington
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