New Highway Bill Of Interest Clears Route To Olathe
Kansas lawmakers tout a federal highway bill approved by the House that would fund 90 percent of bypass and diagonal US50 work from Ottawa to Denver via Kansas City and Wichita. The measure speeds Ottawa to Olathe completion, routing US50 traffic via Ottawa Wellsville and K33 to the current US50.
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Ottawa
House
Kansas
Kansas City
Newton
Border
Oklahoma City
Denver
J. B
Cheney
Wichita
Congress
USSO
Olathe
Ottawa- Wellsville
Wellsville-Olathe
Ottawa - Wellsville
Wellsville
Former Ottawa Man Featured in Booklet
Dwight R. Means of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, formerly of Ottawa, is profiled in a Columbia Southern Chemicals booklet. A pioneering chemical engineer and longtime executive, Means helped redesign Ottawa plant equipment, launched annual hiring programs, and enabled the chlorine caustic facility at New Martinsville West Virginia before World War II. He has served as vice president since 1952. his parents Warren and Mary Means are noted, with Ruth Tulloss listed as his wife’s maiden name and Ella Tulloss aged 94 living in Squires Tankersley nursing home.
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Dwight R. Means
Pittsburgh
Ottawa
Coumbia Southern Chemicals
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Kansas
Barberton
Ohio
Means
New Marlinsville
W. Va
Europe
Warren Means
Mary Means
South Cedar Street
Ruth Tulless
William L. Tulloss
Ella Tulloss
Squires-Tankersley Nursing Home
Four Navy Men Die in Corpus Christi Collision
Four Navy airmen were killed in a midair collision near Corpus Christi. Aviation Cadet R. G. Voigt, 21, of Watseka Illinois, piloted the jet trainer, while Lt. (J.G.) Gregory Bernard of Corpus Christi and Aviation Cadets John B. Page of Houston and Laurence H. Newell of Stafford Kansas died in the twin-engine SNB. The wreckage spread over about 1 1/2 miles. the jet fuselage burned beside a highway. The jet was based at Kingsville Naval Auxiliary Air Station, and the SNB was from Corpus Christi Naval Air Station on a training flight from Dallas.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Navy
Iale
R. G. Voigt
Watseka
J.G
Gregory Bernard
John B. Page
Houston
Larence H. Newell
Stafford
Kaw
SNB
TV2
Kingsville Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station
Dallas
Urge School Funds At State Convention
The Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers urged the Legislature to vote full elementary and high school appropriations and to distribute funds on a 100 percent entitlement basis. At the 48th annual convention the group commended A. F. Throckmorton's staff for a new guidance supervision post. Next year's meeting is set for April 23 to 25 in Kansas City Kansas. There were 12,000 U.S. farms with milking machines in 1910, rising to 686,000 in 1952.
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Wichita
Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers
Parents and Teachers Organization
Congress
A. F. Throck
Morton
Kansas
Old Melodrama Is Baker Play
Baker University presents Rast Lynne in Centenary Hall on April 27 and 28 marking the final production in the hall. Thelma Mortrale, director, announces the cast with Eric Errickson hailed as Archibald Caryle. Kay Keirns portrays Lady Isabel Vane and J. E. Hayes plays Sir Francis Levison.
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Baldwin
Lynne
Baker University
Centenary Hall
Baker
Centenary Auditorium
Thelma Mortreale
Eric Errickson
Ola
Archibald Caryle
Kay Keirns
Kansas City
Isabel Vane
Sir Francis Levison
J. E. Hayes
Hutchinson
Wilmagone Frank
Topeka
Henry Ree
Oldest K State Graduate Nellie Kedzie Jones Dies
Nellie Kedzie Jones, Kansas State College’s oldest graduate and longtime leader of the home economics program, died in Wisconsin. Jones, who graduated in 1876 and headed the department at K State, helped found Kedzie Hall in her honor and later taught at Wisconsin. The Senate Investigations subcommittee questioned Army spending and graft in uniforms, with the hearing noting contracts for people not worthy of government work.
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Washington
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Army
Manhattan
Kansas State College
Madl
Wis
Nellie Kedzie Jones
State
Kedzie Hall
Perio
K-State
University of Wisconsin
Howard M. Jones
Illinois
Robert V. Kedzie
Names Listed Across States Include Ltor Family Ties
A regional notice lists individuals Donna Lidikay Tom Hedrick Toni Alcott Shari Lidikay Gerry Rutherford Betty Jo Miller and others from Newton Center Bloomington Grand Island and Oskaloosa across Kansas City and Nebraska seeking contact or confirmation of details in a community roster.
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Ltor
Kansas City
Donna Lidikay
Tom Hedrick
Newton Center
Mass
Toni Alcott
Bloomington
Shari Lidikay
Gerry Rutherford
Grand Island
Nebr
Betty Jo Miller
Oskaloosa
Federal probe targets millions in contracts amid graft claims
The speaker vowed further digging into a story about millions in federal contracts awarded to people of questionable integrity. He cited Joseph Abrams Wert Kravitz and others allegedly investing in bonds under bogus names.
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Abrams
Brooklyn, N.Y
Joseph
Joey) Abrams
Wert
Man Kravitz
G Bonds
Found Dead in His Car in Olathe
The body of Michael Eb. Ptaeck, 58, a former farm real estate salesman, was found yesterday in a car parked in Olathe Kansas. Police said no immediate foul play is suspected and an investigation continues.
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Olathe
Kas
Michael EB. Ptaeck
Despondent Husband Found Dead At Home
Police report describes a Johnson County death at a home where a hose from a car exhaust entered the interior. Mrs Ptacek stated her husband had been despondent. Investigators are treating the case as a possible suicide pending autopsy results.
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Johnson County
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