GOP Leaders Predict Passage Of Ihe-Backed Labor Measure
Franklin County opens school three weeks early with a superintendent search under way. Bruce Spears cites two applications, but others say qualified locals don’t want the job. an out-of-county candidate is improving prospects. Base salary 2920 to 4730. requirements include a Kansas teaching certificate, a four year degree, five years’ Kansas experience, and prior elementary teaching. Delinquent real estate taxes remain unchanged. the treasurer’s office published the names and amounts owed in the Herald.
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Franklin County
Bruce Spears
Kansas
The
Herald
Segregationists Pledge Aid For Expelled Whites
Little Rock and Washington dispatches describe segregationist support for white students facing expulsions over school integration. The Freedom Fund will back court challenges. Governor Faubus has signaled plans on desegregation while the Little Rock School Board defends its actions amid renewed tensions and placement rulings. In Congress, GOP leaders forecast House passage of a labor bill amid factional fights, with Senate support varying among party lines.
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Little Rock, Ark
Wesley Pruden
Freedom Fund
Little Rock
Central
Hall
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Tto Hall High
Shelley
Landrum - Griffin
Eisenhower
House
Blind man jailed after Scarborough sight test failure
Desmond Armstrong a 35 year old laundry worker rode a motorcycle for six months in Scarborough before crashing into a tree. Police later found he was legally blind after he failed a standard driving license eyesight test reading a license plate at 25 yards. He received three months in jail.
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Scarborough
England
Desmond Armstrong
Armstrong
Famed Motor Car Builder Is Dead
Charles E. Stutz, 76, pioneer sports car builder and head of the Stutz Motor Car Co, died Monday of cancer in Miami. The firm produced a range of cars, with the Stutz Bearcat regarded as a peak model by enthusiasts.
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Miami
Fla
Charles E. Stutz
Stutz Motor Car Co
Stutz
Weather County Forecast Mostly fair through Wednesday
The county forecast calls for mostly fair skies with little temperature change. Highs today and Wednesday are expected around 90 to 95 degrees, with overnight lows near 70.
Rugged Flight For Navy Plane Lands After One-Engine Struggle
A Navy Neptune patrol bomber, flying from Alameda to Barbers Point with 10 aboard, limped 1100 miles on one engine and landed safely at Hilo after seven hours. Lt. Braden R. Briggs steered with one weak engine and auxiliary jets, then battled decreasing altitude as fuel ran out, finishing the final miles at 100 to 250 feet above the water with escorting rescue planes.
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Honolulu
Hilo
Whidby Island
Wash
Alameda
Calif
Barbers Point Naval Air Station
J.G
Braden R. Briggs
Naval
Hawaii
Topeka Newspaper Woman Enola Boner Dead at 57
AP Topeka Mrs Enola R Boner 57 longtime Topeka newspaper woman died Monday from a cerebral hemorrhage She was secretary to veteran Kansas columnist A L Dutch Schultz for nine years member of the Kansas Women’s Press Club Survived by daughter Mrs Mary Ellen Little and two sons Boyd W Boner and George R Boner Funeral set for 1 30 p m Wednesday at Penwell Gabeel Funeral Home Topeka Husband died earlier this year
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Topeka
Enola R. Boner
Polio Cases In Kansas Rise to Sixty-Eight This Year
AP reports 68 polio cases in Kansas this year, double the total for 1958. Latest detections include two in Washington County and one in Neosho County, underscoring a sharp uptick in polio activity across the state.
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Kansas
Topeka
Washington County
Neosho County
House Passes Last Fiscal Year Appropriation Bill
Washington AP The House endorsed the final scheduled appropriation bill for the fiscal year in a voice vote and sent it to the Senate. It allocates 1,284,012,700 dollars for military construction.
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Washington
House
Senate
Employment Hits Another Record High
Washington July employment rose to a record 67,594,000, up 252,000 from June and 2,415,000 from July last year, with unemployment falling by 238,000 to 3,744,000. Farm jobs fell due to poor weather, but overall hiring continued, despite the steel strike beginning mid-month. About 100,000 workers in allied industries were laid off per a steel strike survey.
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Washington
Labor Department
Seymour Wolfbein
Allied Industries
Oilmen Back Labor Bill With Mass Telegram Drive
El Dorado oilmen R G Morrison Jr and Carl W Wilson sent 1058 telegrams to U S senators and representatives urging support for Eisenhower's labor control plan. Messages to lawmakers nationwide except Alaska and Hawaii cost 3184 dollars and took 26 hours of Western Union handling in El Dorado.
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EL Dorado
Kas
U. S
R. G. Morrison Jr
Carl W. Wilson
el Dorado Oilmen
Alaska
Hawaii
Eisenhower
Western Union
Hearings On Rock Island Stations Across Kansas
The Kansas Corporation Commission is holding hearings in 26 communities as Rock Island Railroad seeks to close stations. Today hearings took place in Ebling and Whitewater with a schedule through August 21 listing Durham, Woodbine, Clyde, Morganville, Alma, Paxico, Munden, Esbon, Athol, Arga, Stuttgart, Dresden, Clayton, and Almena scheduled on sequential dates.
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Topeka
Kansas Corporation Commission
Rock Island Railroad
Ebling
Whitewater
Durham
Woodbine
Clyde
Morganville
Alma
Paxico
Munden
Esbon
Athol
Arga
Stuttgart
New Arrests, Clashes Reported In Cuba
In Havana AP reports Fidel Castro's crackdown on a major conspiracy, with new arrests and armed clashes across several areas. Official says plot crushed while unofficial tallies claim up to 1500 arrests. streets quiet after violence. three suspected factions blamed by Revolucion. Castro to address Cubans by radio and TV.
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Fidel Castro
Revolucion
Batista
Rafael L. Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Castro
Inter-American Foreign Ministers Conference
Santiago
Chile
Cuba
County 4-H Youths Prep For Richmond and Lane Fairs
Franklin County 4-H youths prepare for three days of fairs with Leon Sobba, 14, Richmond, entering four market pigs and four breeding gilts. He recalls grand champion hogs at Ottawa and reserve at Richmond, outlines grooming steps, and notes judges seek long loins and balanced fat. He also plans to enter corn, aiming to find ten ears from several bushels.
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Franklin County
Richmond
Lane
Leon Sobba
Leon
Ottawa
Hampshire
Steel Union Chief Snubs Negotiations
NEW YORK AP The four week steel strike continues as Steelworkers President David J McDonald snubs talks by touring picket lines and calling negotiations pointless The industry responds by sending a strengthened bargaining team led by R Conrad Cooper and backed by federal mediator Joseph Finnegan.
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New York
Steelworkers
David J.mcdonald
R. Conrad Cooper
Joseph F. Finnegan
McDonald
Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corp
KCC seeks bond to cover possible gas rate windfall
The Kansas Corporation Commission urged the Federal Power Commission to require Cities Service Gas Co. to post bond for potential refunds tied to higher industrial rates made effective June 23, 1959. The ECC warned that if later found unreasonable Cities Service could have received a windfall of several million dollars not recoverable through refunds.
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Topeka
Kansas Corporation Commission
Federal Power Commission
Cities Service Gas Co
ECC
Cities Service
Kansas Temperatures Hit 100 at Kirwin Dam
Temperatures in Kansas reached near 100 as Kirwin Dam posted 100 yesterday with 89 at Lawrence and Olathe and 94 at Ottawa by 2 25 pm A morning low of 64 was recorded at 5 am Weather Bureau expects little change Wednesday with highs 90 to 100 A few showers appeared in western areas with traces statewide and a 023 inch rainfall between Goodland and Bird City
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Kirwin Dam
Lawrence
Olathe
Ottawa
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Bird City
Stock Market Edge After Monday Plunge Recovery
New York analysts report a modest market recovery with gains in steel, motor, chemical, oil, and electronics stocks though some issues slipped. The drop is seen as a technical correction following a sustained rise, aided by uncertainty surrounding Eisenhower Khrushchev talks and potential defense budget shifts. Lamb Insured Payment Plan. adv.
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New York
Plans Set For Franklin County Parade Before Fair
Franklin County Fair and Rodeo parade plans were finalized at a Chamber of Commerce meeting. The parade on August 26 starts at 4 p.m. at Main and Logan, with line up northward. Bands from Melvern, Quenemo, Ft. Riley, and Olathe NAS unit to perform. Parade categories include pets, bicycles, ponies, mounted riders, carts, boats, foreign and new cars, farm implements, and saddle clubs. Parade riders receive rodeo tickets. Harley Grover named parade marshal. Ottawa merchants host a sidewalk bazaar the same day, 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., with western attire and special bargains as Main Street gets flags and balloons.
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Franklin County
Chamber of Commerce
Main
Logan
Melvern High School
Quenemo
1St Infantry Division
Ft. Riley
Olathe Naval Air Station
Fairgrounds
Harley Grover
Ottawa
Airy Force cancels fuel plant development leaving workers jobless
Out Of Work MODEL CITY N Y AP The Airy Force ordered the end of its high energy fuel project leaving a 45 million dollar plant and 500 employees without jobs in Model City New York.
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Model City
N. Y
Airy Force
Frantic father frees lad from ditch cave in Des Moines
Des Moines AP report describes Ira Curtis frantically digging for almost an hour to rescue his 4-year-old son Billy after a ditch collapse that trapped him and two other boys. Billy survived with minor injuries, while Donald Curtis and Marvin Connett endured deeper entrapment before rescue.
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Des Moines, Iowa
Ira Curtis
Curtis
Billy
Donald
Marvin Connett
Connett
Rising Taxes Stir Wichita Officials Recall Threats
In Wichita two top officials, School Superintendent Dr. Lawrence H. Shepoiser and City Manager Frank H. Backstrom, face a tax revolt drive as petitions seek their resignations or protest tax bills. Budgets set high levies around $103 to $104 assessed value, with recall or protest payments anticipated for the 1959-60 taxes.
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Wichita
Lawrence H. Shepoiser
Frank H. Backstrom
Shepoiser
Mason City
Backstrom
Tacoma
Wash
Bl. P. Cookingham
Kansas City
Board of Education
Senate panel backs effort to override Eisenhower housing veto
Washington AP The Senate Banking Committee voted 8 to 7 to recommend that the Senate override President Eisenhower's veto of a 1.375 billion housing bill. The Housing subcommittee had proposed a pared-down 1.05 billion bill but reversed its stance as the administration gave no indication it would accept the trimmed measure.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Eisenhower
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