Side Swipes and Civic Ties Across States
Taunton mayor Aldrich donated his eyes to an eye bank, aiding Mrs. Smart of Bangor after a decade of blindness, a lifelong friendship with Kansas Trooper Bob Conaty highlighted by a 1946 Taunton police entry. In Concord dairyman Evans used 50 gallons of spilled milk to extinguish a bathroom fire at his sister in law’s home, confirming milk as a better fire suppressant than water. Mound Valley imposes a curfew on under 15s, enforcing 9 p.m. weeknights and 10 p.m. Saturdays to curb vandalism.
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Merril D. Aldrich
Taunton
Mass
Kansas Highway Patrol
Bob Conaty
Ottawa
Conaty
Aldrich
Michael Smart
Bangor
Concord
W. D. Evans
Oliver J. Wright
Evans
Mound Valley, Kas
Mound Valley
Ottawa High seniors named National Merit runners-up
Four Ottawa High School seniors Clarence Higdon Robert Kile David Sutherland and Steve Mudrick are listed among National Merit Scholarship Corporation runners-up out of 162000 seniors from 12500 schools The NMSC president notes top 1 to 2 percent in the state all benefit from higher education and letters of recommendation will be issued Bill Butler is also noted as a finalist earlier announced for multiple scholarships.
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Ottawa High School
Clarence Higdon
Robert Kile
David Sutherland
Steve Mudrick
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Corporation
Norris Burke
John M. Stalnaker
NMSC
Bill Butler
Ottawa
Franklin County names new driver license rep Rokes
J L Rokes named Franklin County driver license representative by Gov Docking. He opened an office in Ottawa Bargain Center at 213 S Main, succeeding Warren Wesen. A retired school custodian from Ottawa schools with 24 years service. Licenses issued year round. due by drivers birthday months.
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J. L. Rokes
Franklin County
George Docking
Ottawa
S. Main
Rokes
Warren Wesen
Arab Bloc Moves to Seek UN Sanctions on Israel
In a UN session, the Arab bloc moves to push sanctions against Israel over Gaza and Gulf of Aqaba, while U S officials say talks may continue but delays are unlikely. Ben Gurion demands guarantees, and Eisenhower urges unconditional withdrawal as Israel warns against justice being compromised. A separate report notes a stray sheep incident triggering a border clash with Jordan, with four Israelis wounded.
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United Nations
Israel
David Ben-Gurion
Gaza
Gulf of Aqaba
United States
Ben-Gurion
U.N. Assembly
Egypt
U.N
Sharm el Sheikh
Gaza Strip
Palestine
Abba Eban
Washington
U.S
Dulles
Gulf
Eisenhower
Britain
France
Fissenhower
Ben - Gurion
Jordan
Move For Look Into Economy Move For Look Into Economy
TOPEKA The Senate Feder al and State Affairs Committee to day decided to introduce a Republican proposal to create a legislative committee to inquire into the efficiency and economy of state government. The investigating committee would be composed of seven members three from the Senate and four from the House. Not more than two senators and not more than three representatives could be from the same party. This means the committee will be controlled by Republicans since they are in the majority in the Legislature. Committee members would be elected by the House and Senate. House Democrats have proposed an eightsman investigating committee composed of four from each party. The Republican proposal calls for the committee to make quarterly reports to the Legislative Council a report to the 1958 budget session and a final report to the 1959 regular session. An investigating committee was set up by the 1958 budget session but the Supreme Court ruled that session had no authority to create it. Main purpose of the committee would be to inquire into the operations of various state agencies to determine whether more efficiency and economy could be effected.
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Topeka
Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
House
Senate
Legislative Council
Supreme Court
Many Here For Baptist Meeting in Ottawa
The Kansas Baptist Conference on Evangelism comes to Ottawa next Monday and Tuesday at First Baptist church. Rev. Ross M. Wood of Topeka directs the event, with speakers including Dr. Warner Cole of Covenand Baptist Detroit, Rev. Chester Jump missionary from the Belgian Congo, and Dr. W. L. Jarvis of Australia.
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Kansas Baptist Conference
Ottawa
First Baptist Church
Ross.m. Wood
Topeka
State Baptist Convention
Warner Cole
Covenand Baptist Church
Detroit
Chester Jump
Belgian Congo
W. L. Jarvis
Australia
Winter Drops Temperatures Across Kansas With Snow
Winter returned to Kansas driving temperatures down to 4 at Goodland and 6 at Hill City while western areas saw snow and freezing drizzle. Two inches fell at Goodland, one inch at Garden City, with lighter amounts elsewhere. slick highways reported west of the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Hill City
Garden City
Liberal
Five Injured In A Houston Explosion At Pasadena Plant
An explosion rocked the Champion Paper and Fibre Co plant outside Pasadena Texas injuring at least five. A 125000 gallon caustic soda tank exploded near the causticizing unit causing smoke and fire. The blast was contained about 10:45 am with emergency crews responding from Houston. The event recalls the Texas City disaster of April 1 1947 in which hundreds died and millions in damage occurred nearby.
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Houston, Tex
Champion Paper and Fibre Co
Pasadena
Tex
A. M. Koury
Houston
Gulf of Mexico
Texas City
Indicted Tulsa Officials and Reporter Face Federal Probe
Tulsa police commissioner Jay L. Jones Tulsa Police Chief Paul Livingston and Tribune reporter Nolen Bulloch are among 20 people indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to violate liquor laws by aiding in importing tax paid liquor into dry Oklahoma. The panel, led by U. S. Attorney B. Hayden Crawford, will reconvene next week with further indictments anticipated.
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Tulsa
Okla
Jay L. Jones
Oklahoma
Grand Jury
U. S. Atty
B. Hayden Crawford
Morel
Jones
Paul J. Livingston
Nolen Bulloch
Tribune General Assignment
Police Department
Jack Gott
Leo Jackson
John E. Cole
Jim R. Harp
William C. Peterson
Oliver Stephens
George E. Norvell
Livingston
George C. O'Neal
Norvell
Martin Edwards
Elmer Oakley
John Hood
Lee Johnson
Fred A. Griffing
Bernard Neil Williams
Don Gray
Anderson
Apolis
Kan
Theopolis Scoggins
Publisher John Montgomery named highway commissioner
Gov. George Docking announces Junction City publisher John Montgomery as state highway commissioner for the Second District effective March 31. Montgomery replaces Elmer Anderson as terms for commissioners William Addington and J R Cheney also expire March 31. Docking noted 20 or 30 applications for the remaining posts and said the six-man commission is Republican while Democrats will control after April 1. Montgomery will resign as precinct committeeman and continues to own newspapers in Florida and Brazil, having previously run for Congress.
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Topeka
George Docking
John Montgomery
Junction City
Montgomery
Elmer Anderson
Hope
William Addington
Elkhart
J. R. Cheney
Ottawa
Docking
Lynn Brodrick
Hhe
Junction City Daily Union
Florida
Brazil
Congress
Light Snow in Ottawa as Temps Drop After Rain
Light snow began falling in Ottawa this afternoon after a morning low of 19 degrees. The area had .04 inch of rain last night before the temperature fell. Yesterday’s high reached 50 degrees. California has 1,944 miles of freeways with no toll roads in the state.
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Ottawa
California
Air Force C124 crash lands on Han River island
A U S Air Force C124 with 159 servicemen aboard crash landed on an island in the Han River in Seoul. Early word said no fatalities, with unknown injuries treated at a nearby Army hospital. Separately in Topeka, Kansas the House Education Committee proposed bills to trim state aid unless schools provide 180 days of instruction and a 36 week year.
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Alamogordo
N. M
Rockies
Colorado
Colored Desert
Utah
Holloman Air Development Center
New Mexico
Air Force
Seoul
South Korea
Topeka
Kansas
House Education Committee
Highway System Cleared of Debt at Last in Kansas
The 9,578 mile Kansas highway system is debt free after final payment on a 28-year-old district debt. Kansas funded roads since 1929 with pay-as-you-go methods, aside from a 3.825 million loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in the 1930s. The repayment frees about one million dollars annually for new road construction. Tickets for Saturday’s Heart Fund games in Wilson Field House are available at local outlets or from Chuck Landon.
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Topeka
Kansas
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
State Highway Commission
Heart Fund
Wilson Field House
Brown’s Hardware
Price Motor Co
Minnick Motor Co
Union LP Gas Co
Chuck Langdon
Ottawa Herald
Reported Shift Of Dodgers To West Coast is Approved
Dodgers win NL permission to move franchise to Los Angeles pending Angels and Wrigley Field purchase. O Malley says LA likely to have big league baseball by 1960, Dodgers may sell LA interests to another club. Weather fronts bring cloudy, cold periods with light snow or drizzle and record highs and lows noted for the date.
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West Coast
Los Angeles
Brooklyn Dodgers
Herald-Express
Los Angeles Angels
Wrigley Field
Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Dodger Trans‘fer
Brooklyn
Walter O'Malley
Angels
O’malley
Kansas House Kills Reapportionment Chance
TOPEKA The Kansas House blocked any reapportionment this session. A tabled bill to add a Johnson County seat at Marshall County’s expense was kept in the Apportionment Committee. Votes to advance or delay the bill failed, with lawmakers citing committee integrity and constitutional timing. Johnson County has 112,836 people with one seat, Marshall County 17,240 with two seats.
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House
Johnson County
Marshall County
Clark Kuppinger
Prairie Village
Kansas Senate Proposes Bills on Unemployment and Taxes
Kansas Senate moves to deduct privately financed unemployment benefits from state jobless aid. Other measures tax first class city sales for schools, shift property tax relief, and adjust ballots. House committee tables Johnson County seat, while sterilization limits and blighted area relief gain attention. Bills also set grain storage prices and report copy fees.
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Kansas Senate
Committee On Public Welfare
Labor Committee
Garner Shriver
Wichita
Queen elevates Duke of Edinburgh to Prince title
London journal reports Queen Elizabeth II officially names Philip as Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh. The move follows PM Macmillan approval and mirrors Victoria's earlier title for Prince Consort. Context notes rumors of royal rift and Philip's return from a global tour ending with a state visit to Portugal.
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London
Elizabeth II
Duke of
Edinburg
Court Journal
Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip
Philip
Elizabeth
Harold Macmillan
Queen Victoria
Edinburgh
Victoria
Albert
England
Portugal
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North Main
Arkansas City
Belleville
Olathe
Hills City
Dodge City
Salina
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Manhattan
Concordia
Pittsburg
Weather Bureau
Bulletin
The
Associated Press
John B. Old
New York
Kansas House
Robert Anderson
William Edwards
Bigelow
Edwards
Lawrence Blythe
White City
Kuppinger
Lamb Ambulance
Boards of Education
Shriver
Legislative Apportionment Committee
Judiciary Committee
Senate Judiciary Group
Senate Agriculture Committee
State Highway Patrol
Senate Highways Committee
Owen Root
D-Parker
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