States Shelve Superhighway Programs Amid Financing Crisis
More than 20 states halted new interstate bids or contracts as funding gaps delay the national highway program. With Congress deadlocked over boosting the highway trust fund, states including Missouri Nebraska and Colorado pause plans while ongoing work continues. The plan aims for 41,000 miles of superhighways by 1972.
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Washington
Congress
Highway Trust Fund
Eisenhower
House Ways and Means
Missouri
Nebraska
Colorado
Room need drives fall term housing at Ottawa U
Gene Miller Ottawa University admissions counselor says private home rooms are needed for students starting Sept 12. Fall session opens Sept 14 with registration Monday and classes Thursday. All university residences are full and some students already placed in homes.
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Gene Miller
Ottawa University
Weather COUNTY FORECAST Fair through Thursday
Fair in County forecast with little temperature change this afternoon through Thursday. Highs reach 95 to 100, with nights near 70. No significant weather events expected.
Kansas Halts Federal Funds Contracts Across State Roads
TOPEKA AP The Kansas Highway Commission halted all contracts involving federal highway funds. If Congress fails to act, nine months may pass before any new federal funded work can start. State funded projects remain unaffected. A $214 million Turtle Creek Reservoir bridge contract will proceed, funded partly by federal dollars from the Corps of Engineers, while federal projects awaiting action have no awards until Congress acts.
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Topeka
Kansas Highway Commission
Maurice Martin
Congress
Martin
Commission
Turtle Creek Reservoir
Corps of Engineers
Junction City
Fire injures Baldwin volunteer at Hi Class Food Store
One firefighter injured as Stevenin's Hi Class Food Store in west Baldwin burned early this morning. Willard Mindle of Baldwin, hospitalized in Lawrence with back injuries cuts burns and bruises, was inside when the roof caved in. Fire started in the rear near 12:20 a.m. Cause undetermined. Store owned by Charles Stevenin, purchased 1956. Damage estimated at $20,000. Cold storage lockers unaffected.
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Baldwin
Stevenin
Willard Mindle
Lawrence Hospital
Douglas County Sheriff's Office
Mindle
Sheriff’s Office
West Baldwin
Charles Stevenin
Kansas State Receives $93,020 Health Grant
Kansas State University in Manhattan has been awarded a $93,020 health grant from the U S Public Health Service. T D O Brien director of academic research says the funds will support the proposed dairy poultry building. About 13 percent of the project budget will go to health research. The grant is described as providing matching funds.
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Manhattan
Kas
Kansas State University
U. S. Public Health Service
T. D. O’brien
K-State
Public Notice for ASC County Committee Election
Delegates from Franklin County communities will meet on August 28, 1959 at 10:00 a.m. in the Nelson Hotel to elect three ASC County Committee members and two alternate members.
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ASC County Committee
Franklin County
Nelson Hotel
ASC County
QU Campus Dorm Renovation Underway by Everett Galloway
Everett Galloway directs a $95,000 remodeling project at Oklahoma University to convert dorm basements into sleeping space for 70 additional students. Crews work on the women’s and men’s dorms with soundproofing and ceiling tile tasks, aiming for substantial completion before September 14 and year-end targets.
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Everett Galloway
Galloway
Cornelius and Associates of
Paola
Charles R. Smith
Grandview
Mars Named Manager of Northern Kansas Telephone Co
Roland W. Mars of Pocatello Idaho has been named general manager of Northern Kansas Telephone Co with Ottawa headquarters. He will start Aug 17 after serving 11 years with the Rural Electrification Administration and as REA field representative. The Mars family plans to move to Ottawa. the company runs 36 exchanges in eastern Kansas.
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Roland W. Mars
Pocatello
Idaho
Northern Kansas Telephone Co
Ottawa
Mars
The
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
S. Maple
Bids Received On Kansas State Job
Apparent low bids on remodeling Burt Hall at Kansas State University total 88 482 dollars. Martin K. Eby Construction Co. Wichita bids 48789 for general construction. Yeo & Truby Electric Manhattan bids 8893 for electrical work. Kendall Plumbing Inc. Wichita bids 30800 for plumbing. An apparent low bid of 37320 from Harry Dobson Co. Wichita for roof repairs at the Kansas Soldiers Home Ft. Dodge.
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Topeka
Burt Hall
Kansas State Univerrsity
Martin K. Eby Construction Co
Wichita
General Construction
Yeo & Truby Electric
Manhattan
Kendall Plumbing Inc
Harry Dobson Co
Kansas Soldiers Home
Ft. Dodge
Air Show at Municipal Airport Sunday
National Aircapades will present a 10 act program at the municipal airport Sunday at 2 p.m. The show, sponsored by Flying Inc, includes Hal Krier the 1958 59 precision acrobatic champion from Pratt. Krier performs upside down ribbon catch between poles. Red Grant will glide from two miles to 1000 feet on batlike wings. Bill Adams teams with Krier and Grant for a car plane transfer from auto to plane by rope ladder. Joe Spock supplies rock n roll comedy. Gates open at noon.
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National Aircapades
Gay Harris
Flying Inc
Hal Krier
Pratt
Krier
Red Grant
Harris
Bill Adams
Grant
Joe
Atlas Missile Fires Lift U.S. ICBM Readiness
Three successful Atlas test flights have buoyed U.S. hopes for an operational intercontinental ballistic missile by Sept. 1. Air Force officials praised a reportedly perfect 5,000 mile flight Tuesday, the third Atlas success in four weeks, with one or two more good shots likely making Atlas ready for combat use.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
U.S
Air Force
Sunbathing Visitor Stuns Highway Office Crowd
Lavelle Strawburg a visiting Iowa woman caused a stir by sunbathing on the Jefferson Highway Commission lawn. Onlookers jammed the Jefferson Building windows as Rex Whitton and staff watched from the 14 stories above. The 25 year old said she simply wanted a sunbath.
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Jefferson City
State Highway Commission
Lavelle Strawburg
Blockton
Iowa
Jefferson Building
Lavelle
Rex M. Whitton
South
Highway Building
Miss Strowburg
Franklin County Historical Society Reorganized At Ottawa
Franklin County historical group completed reorganization at the Carnegie Library with F H Parks elected president and a nine member board named. Officers include Mrs Robert S Gault and Don Madison among others. relics collections to be consolidated and headquarters decided later. Police clash in Little Rock over school integration. 6 segregationists arrested as water cannons used and crowd dispersed outside Central High School.
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Franklin County Historical Society
Carnegie Library
B. F. Bowers
F. H. Parks
Robert S. Gault
Richmond
Don Madison
Ottawa
Wayne Gilliland
John van Valkenburg
Williamsburg
George R. Belt
Lane
R. V. O'Neil
Wellsville
Loren Latimer
Lowell Gish
Ben Park
Claude Myers
Centropolis
Charles Bush
Pomona
Franklin Baker
Franklin County
Memorial Hall
Clara Kaiser
Parks
Little Rock
Ark
Capitol Lawn
Orval E. Faubus
Hall High School
Gene Smith
Central
Smith
Billy Blubs
Stask Force
Eisenhower Says Khrushchev May See US Installations
President Eisenhower told reporters Khrushchev would be invited to view a wide range of U.S. military installations during a planned September visit, with options to see none. He stressed bases abroad are defensive and urged progress in East-West relations.
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Ike
Nikita
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Khrushchev
U.S
Levittown
Fairless Steel
Pennsylvania
Washington, D.C
Washington
Denison
Tex
U.S.S.R
U.S.S
R. Eisenhower
Harness racing canceled at Allen County Fair in Iola
The Allen County Fair board in Iola Kansas has canceled plans for two days of harness horse racing at the fair in August 1922. The decision follows insurance considerations and the Lamb Insured Payment Plan advertisement.
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Iola
Kas
Allen County Fair Board
Pets up for adoption at the animal shelter
Dogs seek homes with stayers and children. Fuzzy a friendly young male mutt loves all, especially kids. Blackie a spaniel type young male gets along with all. Laddie a reddish blonde cocker prefers a home with adults. Photo by Lois Smith.
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Animal Shelter
Fuzzy
Blackie
Laddie
Lois Smith
Compromise On Water Projects Amid Bipartisan Edits
A Senate House conference compromise on a water projects bill totals about 1.2 billion dollars, roughly 25 million above Eisenhower’s recommendation. It funds planning or construction for about 85 new projects, despite the president urging no new starts this year. The final figure sits between the president’s 1,176,677,000 and Senate 1,256,836,300, with House at 1,177,117,000.
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Washington
Senate House Conference
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Flood funds Allocated for Pomona and Melvern Reservoirs
The agreement designates 1,400,000 dollars for Pomona Reservoir construction and the same amount for continuing flood funds allocated to Melvern Reservoir.
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Pomona Reservoir
Melvern Reservoir
Shamrock Constructors Win $817,000 Pipeline Contract
Shamrock Constructors of Dodge City have been awarded an $817,000 contract to loop a natural gas pipeline from the Cities Service pumping station east of Ottawa into Cass and Johnson Counties south and east of Kansas City. Work should begin after September 1, with the line eventually reaching Sedalia, Missouri. Approval was announced in Washington by the Federal Power Commission to meet increased gas demand for the 1961-62 heating season.
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Shamrock Constructors
Dodge City
Loop
Otawa
Cass
Johnson Counties
Kansas City
Sedalia
Washington
Federal Power Commission
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Louisville, Ky
National Star Route
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L. E. Ernst
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Kansas State
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Meyer
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Atlas
Little Rock School
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Franklin County Historical Group
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