Divorce actions and court rulings sweep local docket
The week brings multiple district court filings including the divorce suit of Violét M Vogel Richmond activist Donald Vogel charges gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty to a spouse. Grace Crone Ottawa sues for 1028 50 hospital bill debt incurred in 1954. Owen Hunsperger Osawatomie pleads guilty with sentence to Hutchinson state reformatory and parole pending. Dry weather update notes 28 48 inches moisture in southern Douglas 1985. December rainfall 0 2 inch. Testimony heard in der Riemer divorce case. he on army leave. Car collision in East Second injures no one reported. Mary Holle at Iola for extension health planning. Bib Staten Topeka drunk driving fined 100 and 30 days jail. Dr Maynard A Peck ordained Baptist minister. continues Sterling College duties. Nephew Gail R Rush dies from heart attack in Little Rock. funeral held Monday.
Hospital Notes and Birth Announcements
Hospital notes show admissions including Mrs. Steve Baker of 1004 Cottonwood and Mrs. Leah Hettick Quene, with Tuesday entries. Births record Mr. and Mrs. Glen Crowley of Williamsburg a son born Tuesday weighing 7 lb 13 oz, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Burnett at 303 E 4th a son born today weighing 6 lb 13 oz. Dismissals include Paul Davis Wellsville and Ann Singleton 339 BE 12th today.
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Steve Baker
Cottonwood
Leah Hettick
Quene
Walter C. Heitschmidt
Michigan Valley
Glen Crowley
Williamsburg
Roy Burnett
Paul Davis
Wellsville
Ann Singleton
Deaths Funeral Tomorrow For G L Piercy 92
Funeral services and burial will be held in Lathrop Missouri tomorrow for G L Piercy a former Franklin county resident He died January 1 A farmer he lived many years in the Richter neighborhood before moving to Lathrop about twelve years ago He is survived by a daughter Mrs Leon Epple of California
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Lathrop
G. L. Piercy
Franklin County
Richter
Leon Epple
California
Three of Quad Boys Die in Lancaster Hospital
In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, three of the quadruplet boys born prematurely died at Lancaster General Hospital. The surviving infant, Norman Charles Hohenwarter, was reported in fair condition, with the four babies weighing a total of 14 pounds 4 ounces. The father, Norman C. Hohenwarter, a postal clerk earning $65 weekly, and mother Regina, 25, had expected twins in about a month.
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Lancaster
Lancaster General Hospital
Norman Charles Hohenwarter
Norman C. Hohenwarter
Regina
Hohenwarters
TWA President Dead
Ralph G. Damon, 58, president of Trans World Airlines, died of pneumonia today at Nassau Hospital Mineola New York. A separate note mentions ancient Chinese monarchs signing documents with their thumbprints.
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Mineola
N. Y
Ralph G. Damon
Trans World Airlines
Nassau Hospital
Girl Seeks Emancipation From Cruel Father in Court
Ione Turner 17 asks Superior Court in Los Angeles for emancipation and $500 monthly support from her father cafe owner Joseph Norman Turner 47 who denies mistreatment. She testifies fines from $1 to $10 on meals chores and pool upkeep allegedly fund his control. Judge Elmer D. Doyle takes case under submission. Turner says she was raised by maternal grandparents after parental divorce in 1938.
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Los Angeles
Ione Turner
Miss Turner
Joseph Norman Turner
Sierra Madre
Turner
Turners
Elmer D. Doyle
Samuel Harold Wiener
Chicago
Weinar
Clarice Cavanaugh
Culver City
Race Issue In School Aid Bill
Washington Rep. Powell says the House has the votes to attach racial segregation limits to a federal school aid bill. Other members warn an amendment to deny aid to areas with separate white and Negro schools could derail hopes for school aid this Congress. Speaker Rayburn expects a House vote within a week on construction funds for states and districts. Powell intends to press the segregation issue with Republican support. Halleck says it would pass the House but doubts the Senate would approve. Eisenhower to address school aid in State of the Union, with earlier proposal of 200 million dollars in grants and 750 million in low interest bonds for districts unable to issue bonds.
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Washington
Powell
D-Ny
House
Rayburn
Texas
Rep
Halleck
Indiana
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
Morrow
Must Justify Fund Requests TOPEKA 1957 budget questions
State agencies will be required to provide real justification for proposed 1957 fiscal year expenditures. Senate Ways and Means Chair Sen. Wilfrid Cavanesaeh urges careful review and notes that reducing spending could also address the state's financial problems. The committee meets behind closed doors as appropriations measures approach the budget session beginning next Tuesday. Penal institutions and state schools are hearing testimony this week. In Asia life expectancy at birth is about 30 years per the Population Reference Bureau.
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Topeka
Senate
Ways and Means
Wilfrid Cavanesa Eh
Asia
Population Reference Bureau
Incendiary Device Found Aboard Plane in Columbus
A small metal object found aboard a TWA airliner with 32 people aboard in Columbus is described by Capt. G A Sather as an incendiary device loaded and similar to a shotgun shell. The pilot Lyle Ryan discovered it in an aisle yesterday afternoon and kept it until Wheeling where authorities received it for FBI handling.
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Pittsburgh
TWA
Columbus
Ohio
G. A. Sather
1Th
Lyle Ryan
Wheeling
W.va
FBI
Sather
Ike To Present New Farm Plan
President Eisenhower plans to send a new farm proposal to Congress to cut up to 20 percent from surplus crops like wheat, cotton, and rice. The plan offers voluntary cooperation with acreage allotments, with certificates redeemable for cash or access to surplus stocks. It forms part of a soil bank safety net plus a long term conservation phase subsidizing acres moved from production and planted to soil-building grasses. The package envisions a five year effort totaling about 600 million dollars.
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NEW York
New York Times
Eisenhower
Congress
Washington Dispatch
the Times
Ian Ee
Albert
Harold
Apne
Wilson and
R. ‘Yakie
Wallaville
An. Rankiln
John Rossman
Richmond
Franklin County
Wilson
Locustera
Mapp
Denana
Leo Durocher Robbed At Beverly Hills Home
Former New York Giants manager Leo Durocher, NBC executive, reported a home invasion in Beverly Hills last night. A gunman demanded money, Durocher said he handed over $20, while his wife Lorraine Day slept inside. Nearby, a Labor Department survey predicts automatic 1956 pay hikes for millions of workers, raising the annual wage bill by about a billion dollars as the minimum wage rises from 75 cents to one dollar on March 1.
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Hollywood
Leo
Lippy) Durocher
New York Giants
Beverly Hills
Lippy
Durocher
NBC
Lorraine Day
Washington
Labor Department
City attorney appointment at Atchison raises questions
Maurice P Buck O'Keefe Jr. is named Atchison city attorney succeeding Edmund Page who was recently appointed County District Court judge. The article notes union pay boosts and mentions New York City with extensive street mileage and cents per mile.
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Atchison
Maurice P (Buck) O’keefe Jr
Edmund Page
Rugan to Quit Highway Post in Topeka
Walter A. Rugan, highway director since January 12, 1955, will resign February 1 for business reasons. Gov. Fred Hall will recommend Frank E. Harwit for Rugan’s successor as assistant highway director. Rugan may join the highway commission March 31 after Kirke W. Dale’s term ends. Hall plans to keep Rugan as liaison during the Legislature budget session. Rugan, an Ellinwood oil man and rancher, will focus on his private interests.
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Topeka WI
Walter A. Rugan
Fred Hall
State Highway Commission
Frank E. Harwitr
Rugan
Highway Commission
Kirke W. Dale
Arkansas City
Hall
Dale
Edward F. Arn
Gov
Minimum wage boosts loom for millions under long term contracts
The Labor Department statistics bureau estimates raises will occur this year for at least 2 million workers under major long term labor management contracts. These contracts run for two three or five years and provide in advance for specified annual boosts.
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Labor Department
Statistitics Bureau
Local Grain and Livestock Market Prices
Readable market brief lists prices for Wheat Barley Soy Beans Rye Yellow Corn White Corn Oats eggs Butterfat and live poultry. Entries show ranges and specific numbers such as Straight run eggs and Graded eggs with varied values. Some lines unreadable but overall cites assorted commodity prices and weights.
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Bikoree
Violét’ M. Vogel
Donald Vogel
St. Luke's Hospital
Kansas City
Grace Crone
Ottawa
Owen F. Hunsperger
Osawatomie
Yes
Hurmsperger
Floyd H. Coff
State Reformatory
Hutchinson
Walter Schwarz
Worden
Souhern
Douglas County
Max. J. Riemer
Esther Riemer
Riemer
Wynona Johnson
Lane
Bob Carter
East Second
Offi
Soi
Iola
Mary H Holle
Bib Staten
Staten
Art Jensen
Bob Conaty
Maynard A. Peck
Ottawa University
Sterling, Kas
Abbyville
Baptist Church
Sterling College
Howard Haworth
O. A
Kansas Baptist Convention
C. S. Davey
Peck
Carl ‘Marshall
Pecks
Sterling
Marshalls
Tonganoxie
R. P. Crow
Cypress
Little Rock
Ark
Louis H, Dengel
Oldsmobile
Don L. McKelvey
Chiropractor
Ike
Lawrence, Kas
Overbrook
Liv
Jack Nelson
Pomona
Kas
Anderson
Neill George
Waverly
Jan
Turtle Lenhart
Yan
Chet Harmreck
Albert Stewart & Son
India
Kolar Fields
Bangalore
Printy & Son
Ben Printy
New City
New York City
Highway Post
State Bank
F.d.1i.c
Buster Brown
Richardson's
Association
Limb Funeral Home
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