To Change Shape and Color Of Traffic Control Signs Topeka
Special report outlines revised federal guidelines for traffic signs. Kansas Highway Commission notes octagonal stop signs become standard read for STOP and yield signs switch to triangular yellow shapes. Six basic sign shapes listed with color and purpose, including diamond yellow warnings and round signs for rail crossings.
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Topeka
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Kansas Highway Commission
Traffic Department
Crash Injuries Prove Fatal In Two-Car Wichita Crash
One of five persons injured in a two car automobile accident at the east edge of Wichita Friday died yesterday of injuries. The deceased was Leo Gillespie.
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Wichita
Leo Gillespie
Tulsa Man Owns Unique Rail Line
Tulsa businessman F. H. Cox operates the Skyline Railroad on a 965 acre ranch south of Jenks Oklahoma. The two car train runs on 3000 feet of track with plans to extend to three miles next spring for rides for a small fee. The line circles a dam and Cox lights the coal fire with a flare from a burning natural gas well.
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Tulsa
F. H. Cox
Oklahoma
Cox
Jenks
Sand Springs Railroad Co
Sand Springs
Charlemagne Edict Bans Bare Foot Wine Pressing
In 809 A D the emperor Charlemagne issued an edict outlawing pressing wine with bare feet due to sanitation concerns.
Enduring Honeymoon For Eisenhower With Congress
In 1955 the Democratic run Congress cooperated with President Eisenhower, passing much of his agenda while avoiding major issues. The apparent moderation stems from both parties and the need for stability ahead of 1956 election, with Eisenhower’s popularity supporting continued bipartisan cooperation. The Democrats may seek to retain control in 1956.
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Eisenhower
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Dixon-Yates
Air Force
Harold E. Talbott
Truman
The
Times
Hutchinson editorial courtesy invites Russian wheat farmers
The Hutchinson News-Herald invites Russian wheat farmers to visit and see progress of a wheat variety traced to Mennonite emigrants from the Russian Ukraine who settled in Reno, Harvey, McPherson and Marion counties in 1874. The piece notes how the wheat helped Kansas rise as a leading state and urges交流 among farmers about crops rain pests and machinery.
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The
Hutchinson News-Herald
Russia
News-Herald
Ukraine
Reno
Harvey, McPherson
Marion Counties
Kansas
Forest Fires Raged Across Ontario In 114 Blazes
In far northern Ontario eight fires burned out of control covering more than 43,000 acres with Cochranes district reporting six blazes and Kapuskasing two. One 15,000 acre bush fire north of Cochrane spread while 114 fires burned province wide and crews faced exhaustion from blistered feet fatigue and waterborne illness.
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Ontario
Cochrane
Kapuska‘sing
Warning Halts Death by Own Action Attempt
Mrs. Marvell Nance, 28, was found unconscious in her Wichita home after a warning call from her Muskogee father that she planned to take her life. She was revived from gas fumes from an unlit water heater. her two daughters slept unharmed in the living room.
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Wichita
Marvell Nance
Muskogee
Oklo
Sheriff's Office
L. A. Jackson
John Nail
Youths Escape From A Jail In Russell County
Two youths escaped from a Russell County jail last midnight after prying bars from a ground floor cell window. Prisoners are Robert Lee Coleman 18 and Roger Lee Burris 19 both in for traffic related offenses. Coleman already had many arrests and faces six months for driving while intoxicated reckless driving leaving the scene and parole violation. Burris was serving 90 days for reckless driving speeding and resisting arrest plus a prior jail break in 1953. They wore blue jeans and white tee shirts when they fled. The oldest form of Germanic writing is called runes.
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Russell
Russell County
Robert Lee Coleman
Roger Lee Burris
Coleman
Burris
Sawyer sets Missouri River record from St Louis to Kansas City
Lee R. Sawyer claimed a new Missouri River record finishing the St Louis to Kansas City run in 15 hours 12 minutes after hitting an underwater obstruction two miles from the finish. He refueled at Jefferson City and Glasgow en route on the 319 mile stretch, two 25 horsepower motors remaining.
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Lee R. Sawyer
St. Louis
New Orleans
Sawyer
Jefferson City
Glasgow
Mississippi
Missouri
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