Van Landinghams hear daughter to sing bass in KC TV play
Pauline Van Landingham will play the bass viol in the TV Playhouse production Tea House of the August Moon in Kansas City all week. She serves as music supervisor in Overland Park schools. In Franklin County, 36 home demonstration units met for training as weather interrupted plans. Mrs Winona Starkey, now K State home furnishings specialist at Manhattan, led sessions on furniture arrangement and room use. Heavy rains along Cedar Street cause terrace washouts and soil settlement, prompting residents to refill holes after lawn improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. van Landingham
Sycamore
Pauline van Landingham
TV Playhouse
Franklin County
Winona Starkey
HDA
K-State
Manhattan
George Turrell
Williamsburg
Verne Alden
Wellsville
Cedar Street
Sergeant Material in Nebraska Man with dextrocardia
Peter Mol land, a 19 year old farm worker from England, has dextrocardia with all internal organs on the reverse side. Major Glock notes his heart is on the right, joking that such a condition could make him a fine sergeant. The incident occurred during a medical exam and reflects Mol land’s unusual physiology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qmaha
Neb
Peter Molland
Robert F. Glock
Armed Forces
Molland
Mallands
England
Randolph
Iowa
Ottawa Chamber Meeting Ends With Absent Speaker Stir
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce held its annual meeting with Parke Carroll of the Kansas City Athletics absent at the speaker’s dais. Committee members Morrisey and Cheney teased Carroll’s no show as Robert A. Anderson announced door prizes and a spring opening game free-ticket offer. Directors elected for three-year terms include Gaynor Anderson Nossinger Chesbro and Irwin with ten existing members naming five more for a one-year term. The Rotachords provided entertainment at the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Jd. T. Morrisey
Carroll
Morrisey
Anderson
Jack
South Main
Chamber
Eek Anyeog
Robert A. Anderson
Ottawa Chamber
Kansas City
Roger Fredrikson
First Baptist Church
Paul Gaynor
Robert B. Anderson
Dean Nossinger
Verne Chesbro
Lewis Irwin
J. F. Barr
Bexer Berndt
J. R. Cheney
E. E. Haley
W. F. Kramer
George Lister
A. B. Martin
B. F. Park
John Sheldon
Rotachords
S. Martin Brockway
Harold Tickner
Lewis Frvin
O. L. E. Haff
Sharp Gain in State Revenue Hits Record High in 1954
Kansas State Tax Commission reported a record 1954 revenue total of 116,339,859, up 2.1 percent from 1953 and marking the sixth consecutive yearly peak. Sales and motor fuel taxes led gains while income tax dipped slightly. December receipts rose 11.8 percent on strong sales tax growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
State Tax Commission
Barkley Returns to Senate After Earlier Service
United States senator Alben W Barkley of Kentucky resumes public office today, returning to a role he first held starting in 1927. The brief notice notes his long political career and his reentry into the Senate while offering an old hometown recollection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
United States
Grand Jury Called Feb 7 in Miami County
Fort Scott Kansas district Judge Harry W. Fisher has called a grand jury for February 7 in Paola. The action follows a petition filed December 21 by Miami County taxpayers led by Warren Beazley and Leonard Oyster. The petition gathered 478 valid signatures of 52 names. 400 were required. This marks the first grand jury in years in the Sixth Judicial District comprising Miami Linn and Bourbon counties.
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Fort Scott
Kas
Harry W. Fisher
Paola
Miami County
Warren Beazley
Leonard Oyster
That County
Fisher
Miami
Linn
Bourbon Counties
Would Allow GI Schooling To Continue
Washington veteran affairs aide Rep Teague announces a bill to let GIs who are in service by month’s end keep accruing free education benefits beyond January 31, shielding thousands of dollars in potential losses. The measure would allow continued eligibility for VA education rights up to the VA cap or first discharge, with retroactive effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Teague
D-Tex
Eisenhower
House Veterans Affairs Committee
House
House Committee
Youth Hurt On Scooter Collision at Ninth and Main
An Ottawa teen, Shel don Lee Meats, 15, was injured when his southbound scooter collided with an eastbound 1949 Plymouth driven by Herbert Harrah, 44, at Ninth and Main. Meats suffered a concussion and head lacerations, released next morning. Harrah stopped at a signal and began a left turn. Damage to Harrah’s car estimated at 250 dollars. the incident was the fifth city traffic mishap this year.
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Ottawa
Ninth and Main
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Sheldon Lee Meats
Young Meats
Herbert Harrah
Harrah
Ninth
Main
Free Ood
Onite Am
Legion
Custiman
Sheldon Meats
Herald
Bob Leonard
Rains Bring Relief to Dry Kansas Wheat Areas
Heavy rainfall across eastern Kansas boosts wheat prospects amid long drought. Salina records 1.50 inches. Leavenworth 0.66. Concordia 0.59. western Kansas sees cooler temps and icy sidewalks. Weather Bureau predicts continued precipitation and colder nights with rising highs Thursday.
Weather switch ends warm January night in Ottawa
After a spring like night, Ottawa area temperatures plunged to 57 then to 40 by 1 pm. Rain totals reached 1.31 inches for the week with 1.17 inches since yesterday morning. Record warmth was last broken earlier, while soil soaked and grain and pasture benefits expected. Nearby towns reported 0.69 to 0.82 inches of rain. Marais des Cygnes river rose to 1.10 feet from about 0.60 feet earlier.
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Salina
Leavenworth
Don Flentie
Manhattan
al Dorada
Liberal
Concordia
Ottawa
Mercury
John P. Kelsey
Afarais Des Cygnes
Paola
Osa
Watomie
Osage City
Wayverly
Garnett
Marais Des Cygnes
Warning Issued For Snow Across Kansas And Nebraska
The Weather Bureau issued a special warning for Kansas and Nebraska. Heavy snow 3 to 8 inches expected in a band 40 to 75 miles on either side of a line from Hill City Kansas to Omaha Nebraska. Freezing rain and glaze possible in the southern part, with snow and freezing rain ending by late tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Nebraska
Hill City
Omaha
Murder Clue Found in Rental Car Ties to Callahan Case
A .22 caliber empty shell believed fired from the weapon that killed John Callahan was found in a rental car. Authorities questioned Ray A. Tipton, a bakery truck driver, who admitted dating Callahan’s wife Mary. She is jailed on first degree murder charges and free on bond. Tipton is held as a material witness.
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Clathe
Kase
John Callahan
Kansas City
Callahan
Mary
Ralph Burgess
Johnson County
Ray A. Tipton
Burgess
Tipton
Weather Forecast Snow and Cold Across Regions
Heavy snow warning for extreme north and northwest with accumulating totals to four inches or more. Snow and showers southeast this afternoon ending tonight, with diminishing cloudiness and a much colder night. Thursday expected to be generally fair but colder in the southeast and extreme east with low temperatures 5 to 15 north west to 20s southeast and Thursday highs in the 30s. Yesterday’s high 60 at 9:30 am. low today 87 at 1 am. Continuous hourly readings end 9 am today showing mixed readings around 40s to 50s. Record highs 62 in 1907 and 1927. record lows 14 below in 1924. River 1.10 feet.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
North Central
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Dodge City
Garden
City
S. W. Fight
Contract Award For 163 Mile Kansas Pipeline
Great Lakes Pipe Line Co announces award of contracts for construction of a 163 mile 10 inch pipeline from El Dorado Kansas to Kansas City. Project details released today in Kansas.
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Kansas City
el Dorado
Kas
Many of Arn's Appointees Unconfirmed
State records show 39 officials still await Senate confirmation for appointments by Gov. Edward F. Arn. Many terms run into 1957 and 1958 as vacancies were filled. Senate action may occur during the January 11 session or at a later time. Hall plans to submit his list. some key posts remain to be filled by the incoming governor, with several commissions serving at his pleasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topekaw
Edward F. Arn
State ‘Senate
Arn
Senate
Elecr
Fred Hall
Ann
Joe Nickell
Leonard Axe
Department of Administration
Charles W. Pratt
Arthur A. Herrick
Hall
State Highway Commission
Walter Rugan
Ellinwood
R. Caskey
Pittsburg
Caskey
Col
Hugh &. Edwards
Highway Patrol
Howard &. Searle
Kansas Civil Defense
Kansas Military Advisory Board
Arkansas River Basin Interstate Control, Commission
Inter Cooperation Commission
Retirement Board
Frontier Historical Park Board
Pawn Te Rock Park
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Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Lowia Irwin
Vern Chesbro
Lamar Phillips
Barkley
Free Food Tonite Am
Grand Jury
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Jewell
Smith Center
Phillipsburg
MO. P
Frankfort
R. G. Thomson
Irving
Thomson
Kansas Corporation Commission
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Wostheast
Kansey
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