Editorial calls for barriers to barber licenses for ex inmates
The Kansas State Industrial Reformatory superintendent accuses the state barbers board of discrimination against former inmates trained as barbers at KSIR. He cites examples and argues licensed work would aid rehabilitation, noting many ex-inmates refrain from crime when given a chance, and urges reform aligned with Christian principles of redemption.
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Kansas State Industrial Reformatory
State Barbers Board
Ksir
Hutchinson
Arkansas Asset A boast by Gov Faubus on state industry
Faubus told a St Louis Chamber of Commerce meeting Arkansas has the Souths best industrial development program. He cited the 2 year old Arkansas Industrial Development Commission creating 20000 jobs and 5 million in payroll growth through expert staff and resource planning. Winthrop Rockefeller leads the commission and helps attract firms. Kansas lacks such influence.
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Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Chamber of Commerce
St. Louis
South
Faubus
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
Winthrop Rockefeller
The
Development Commission
Kansas
Rockefeller
Industrial Development Commission
This And That: Scant News From Scottsdale And More
A satirical roundup notes Scottsdale receiving 146000 dollars in federal funds for an airport not owned, plus quips on aviation, divorce rates, fashion trends, and politics. It questions Congress agricultural expertise, 1958 car efficiency gains, and reader reactions to Jurgen by James Branch Cabell while reflecting on ice cream choices and old American quirks.
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Scottsdale, Ariz
Empathy and pioneers echo in readers letters
A reader discusses empathy and sympathy in bereavement cards, asks whether pioneer celebrations will fade as generations shift. Letters argue about who counts as pioneers, from fur traders to cattlemen, and note hay fever pollen forecasts with advice to seek relief independently.
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Midwest
Texas
Prayer for Today and Guidance in Life
Psalm recitation opens with a call to mark the perfect man and seek peace. A prayer to Christ asks for help amid life storms, divine wisdom, and guidance toward heaven, concluding with Amen.
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Mark
Christ
Galilee
Ottawa Herald subscriber rates and publishing details
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates for trade area and outside trade area. Rates include by mail one month 85, three months 2, six months 3.73, one year 7 in the trade area and one month 1, three months 3, six months 5.50, one year 10 outside the trade area. The paper notes daily publication except Sundays and holidays with editors and the publisher named.
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Ottawa Herald
S. Main
Ottawa
Kas
Robert B. Wellington
Ottawa Items Rally To Patchwork Notes Of Local Life
Auld Lang Syne Orpha Jeanne, six, daughter of Mr and Mrs Har old Hoover, fractured her left arm at play near Ottawa. A. P. Elder and Dr Harry Webster and daughter Dorothy Jean attended the Old Trails picnic at Baldwin. Mrs E R Garrett and infant Billy Gene moved from Ransom Hospital to 835 Princeton. Rin Tin Tin, the famous movie dog, died in Hollywood at fourteen. Ottawa stores trial a small ferris wheel display for postcards. Hawthorne School vestibule bids set at a school board meeting. Ottawa golf course saw a new record. H G Stewart 42 on nine, beating F M Shiras 45. R S Maag returned from Amazonia, Missouri.
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Harold Hoover
Ottawa
A. P. Elder
Harry Webster
Dorothy Jean
Baldwin
Old Trails
Clips And Quips Overhead
The Augusta Gazette notes a columnist jokes during stories. Readers may find the humor detracts from impact when stories are told with a straight face would be more effective.
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Augusta Gazette
Jane Russell Breaks Cheesecake Image In Hollywood
Jane Russell discusses ending the cheesecake publicity curse that once defined young actresses in Hollywood. She recalls The Outlaw era, rising above leg and bosom imagery, and presents herself as a normal wholesome actress married to Robert Waterfield with three adopted children, heading their own film projects.
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Hollywood
Jane Russell
Jane
Robert Waterfield
Lip Reading Helps Deaf and Hearing People Alike
A Hopkins Syndicate column discusses lip reading benefits for the hard of hearing, noting clinics in cities like Indianapolis offer courses and that understanding speech mechanisms aids both deaf and hearing individuals. It also covers parental discipline, education, and political campaigning dynamics of California races into 1960.
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Lola J
Crane
Hopkins Syndicate
Brelett
Ind
GOP battle for leadership of Senate predicted
Washington reports Sen Knowland of California plans to seek the governorship, a move that could trigger a leadership fight in the Senate next session. Knowland says he will not seek re election but may keep the GOP leadership post until this term ends, though a gubernatorial campaign could pull him away next spring.
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Nixon
California
Senate
Sen. Dirksen
Dirksen
Illinois
Washington
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Diamonds Stolen From Nashville Jewelry Salesman
Memphis based diamond salesman Jacob Davis 50 said two men robbed him of about 100000 dollars worth of gems last night at his hotel room in Nashville. A pistol was used to threaten him as the bandits seized two brown paper bags containing the stones. Davis, a Barnett Davis Jewelry Co. representative of Pittsburgh, was bound and gagged with neckties from his luggage and left in place. The incident follows his prior Nashville theft on March 1, 1950.
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Memphis
Pittsburgh
Jacob Davis
Davis
Nashville
Tenn
Outlives His Life Insurance Policy in Virginia
BLACKSTONE, Va. James S. Robertson held a $1,000 life policy issued in 1904 that would pay at face value at age 96. Paul V. Severin, Richmond agent for Union Central Life Insurance, travelled to Blackstone to deliver payment and offer congratulations.
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Blackstone
James S. Robertson
Paul V. Severin
Richmond
Union Central Life Insurance Company
Small Farms Become Fewer in 10th District
Kansas City report shows consolidation of farms in the 10th Federal Reserve District covering Colorado Kansas Nebraska Wyoming western Missouri northern New Mexico and most of Oklahoma. Farm numbers fell from 476000 in 1949 to 427000 in 1954 while farmland total rose about 1 percent and average farm size grew from 479 to 541 acres. The sharpest decline occurred in southeastern Oklahoma as workers moved to nearby industries.
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Federal Reserve District
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New Mexico
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Turnpike fires attorney over large past bills
The Kansas Turnpike Authority dismissed J. Ashford Manka of Wichita after reviewing bills totaling about 30 000 for legal work from July 1965 to December 1956. Gale Moss cited last half 1955 3 771 88 first half 1956 9 400 last half 1956 8 740 63 and a possible 9 000 to 10 000 for early 1987. Manka disputed the action, saying the bills were itemized and at the minimum rate. Manka, a former Sedgwick County Republican chairman, said no prior complaint was discussed.
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Topeka
Kansas Turnpike Authority
J. Ashford Manka
Wichita
Joe Cal Counse
Dilla
Manka
Gale Moss
KTA
Authority
Moss
Lawrence Blythe
Sedgwick County
Mushroom Mine Reopens to Grow Mushrooms at Cripple Creek
The El Paso mine in Cripple Creek Colorado is being reopened for a new purpose. A group of men will use the dark recesses of the second level to cultivate mushrooms.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
el Paso
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