Local Briefs Highlight City Court Actions and Events
Augustus McDonald 61 of Ponca City jailed for drunkenness pleaded guilty in Police Court. three days, suspended if he boards a Tulsa-bound train within 24 hours. Jones, 19 Pomona, cited for failure to yield after a two-vehicle collision at 2nd and Main. Fisher, 57, Cypress, sustained major damages. Kiwanis Pancake Day set for Mon Jan 25 at Memorial Auditorium serving all you can eat for 50 cents. Eight more notices include theater casting, a government seminar for Evan gel College students, a Marine recruit from Rose family, and a public auction near Paola with farm address details. A car fire near 314 S Main caused a minor response and no damage reported.
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Augustus McDonald
Ponca City
Okla
Tulsa
Joseph Newton Jones
Pomona
2Nd and Main
William Richard Fisher
Cypress
Jones
Erect Dike To Save Area From Lava Flow
Honolulu reports fifteen bulldozers racing to build a dike to shield Awaii from Kilauea eruption. Molten lava pours from a fissure near Kapoho, forcing evacuation of 300 residents. Eruption on its eighth day spreads over sugar cane and coffee groves causing heavy losses.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Kilaeua
Awaii Island
Kumukahi Point
Kilauea
Kapoho Ville
Kapoho
Zimmerman weighs Kansas governor bid amid GOP pressure
Federal Housing Administration commissioner Julian H. Zimmerman of Kansas indicated he might seek the Republican nomination for governor if developments favor support from prominent Kansans. He had been advised against a bid by associates, who said he would not be the strongest candidate in November. Zimmerman emphasized he remains focused on his FHA role while keeping options open, with past ties to Wichita law and the Clearwater News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Julian H. Zimmerman
Federal Housing Administration
Kansas
Zimmerman
Wichita
Clearwater, Kas
Ed Arn
Mrs Elizabeth Morton obituary from Ottawa Kansas
Mrs Elizabeth M Morton 58 of 1214 Willow died today at University of Kansas Hospital after started Jan 4 She born March 10 1901 in Arkansas lived in Ottawa since 1912 married S Earl Morton in Kansas City Nov 1 1922 Her husband died Oct 1941 She worked as a bookkeeper at McClay Wholesale since 1942 Survived by daughter Mrs Glenn W Hardesty two brothers and five sisters and two grandchildren Services Monday 1 30 p m Lamb Funeral Home Highland Cemetery burial planned
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Morton
Elizabeth M. Morton
Willow
University of Kansas Hospital
Morton
William M
Maggie (Hartman) Fenton
Arkansas
Ottawa
S. Earl Morton
Kansas City
McClay Wholesale
Church of Christ
Glenn W. Hardesty
Fred W
John W. Fenton
West Covina
Calif
Kas
M. A Minnix
L. J. Glaser
Funeral services for Bert Cole held at Towner's Chapel
Funeral services for Bert Cole were at Towner's Chapel January 21 with Rev. Charles P. Knight officiating. Pallbearers were Elmer Brooks Andrew Hoover Hiram Jones Jim Lindsey Bill Dusin and George Kelley. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Driver sang hymns accompanied by Mrs. Lawrence Ott. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery Pomona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Cole
Towner’s Chapel
Charles P. Knight
Elmer Brooks
Andrew Hoover
Hiram Jjones
Jim Lindsey
Bill Dusin
George Kelley
Jim Driver
Lawrence Ott
Woodlawn Cemetery
Pomona
K State to Get Wheat for Cattle Feeding Study
Washington AP The Commodity Stabilization Service will supply 2000 bushels of stored wheat to Kansas State University for a cattle feeding experiment. Senator Andrew Schoeppel said K State requested the grain last summer and that Ezra Taft Benson approved the move after W W Graber of the Kansas Wheat Commission asked him to inquire. Beef cattle will be fed hard winter wheat in pellet form to test its economics and weight production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commodity Stabilization Service
Kansas State University
Andrew Schoeppel
R-Kas
Schoeppel
K-State
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Berson
W. W. Graber
Kansas Wheat Commission
Two-Year-Old Boy Dies In Home Fire
In Wichita a two year old, James Allen Hughes, suffocated when a fire started by his four year old brother Everett Hughes erupted in a clothes closet. Their mother had left James and siblings at home while she moved a newborn next door. Neighbor Owen Swigar rescued Everett but could not save James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
James Allen Hughes
Everett Hughes
J. A. Hughes
James
Everett
Barbara
Owen Swigar
Salina Woman Claims Degree Then Teaches Second Grade
In Salina at noon Helen Downey earned her A B degree from Mary Count College. An hour later she began teaching second grade after the regular teacher resigned. The quick transition highlights a swift shift from student to classroom instructor in the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Helen Downey
Mary Count College
Search For Cat Is Called Off
In Salina AP report Mrs Ethel Bush traced puzzling noises across her house from basement to porch. Ceilings were removed and boards shifted but no cat appeared. The sounds turned out to be a moaning gas meter and the search ended.
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Salina
Ethel Bush
Officers Elected At First Baptist Church Meeting
At the annual First Baptist Church meeting last night officers were elected. Prof. B. Smith Haworth was named moderator. Deacons include Neil Bullock Henry Gilroy Lawrence Lurdstedt Carl Senter Wesley Trout. Deaconesses are Nelle Buchanan Orlis Cox. Trustees are F. R. Bennett Jr. R. M. Clogston and Dr. Richard S. Roberts. Christian education board lists Mrs. Robert N. Bundy Mrs. Jerome Minnick and Mrs. Merle Willhite. Care of Lee memorial chimes goes to Prof. Edgar Kerr W. H. Wright and Marvin Bond. A dinner preceded the meeting served by church women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
B. Smith Haworth
Neil Bullock
Henry Gilroy
Lawrence Lurdstedt
Carl Senter
Wesley Trout
Board of Deaconnesses
Nelle Buchanan
Orlis Cox
Board of Trustees
F. R. Bennett Jr
R. M. Clogston
Sumner County Keeps Kansas Wheat Crown
Sumner County retained the Kansas wheat production title by growing 7,592,009 bushels in 1959. Reno ranked second with 5,380,000 and Sedgwick third with 4,888,000. For the 1950s Sumner averaged 6,385,000 bushels, with Reno second and McPherson third. yields ranged from 11 to 31 bushels per acre among counties, Wyandotte and Greeley leading major counties with 29 bushels.
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Toreka
Sumner County
Sumner
Reno
Sedgwick
McPherson
Hodgeman, Ellis
Comanche
Wyandotte
Greeley
Hospital Notes and Births in Local Row
Admitted Betty Morgan 333 Willow and Mrs Ralph Stadel Quenemo Thursday. Births to Conrad Parmely Le Roy a daughter born today weighing 6 lb 9 oz. Dismissed Norma Stewart RFD 4 and Mrs Homer Reeves 1233 S Cedar. Mrs Fred Kaub 1002 N Poplar and Betty Morgan 333 Willow listed today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Morgan
Willow
Ralph Stadel
Quenemo
Conrad Parmely
le Roy
Leonard Graham
S. Main
Norma Stewart
Homer Reeves
S. Cedar
Fred Kaub
N. Poplar
KC Livestock Market Report From Kansas City
AP dispatch notes scarce cattle and calves offered with no test, hogs steady to strong and some 25 higher, sows steady to 25 lower, 1-3 190-240 lb at 13.25 to 13.75, 300-400 lb at 11.00 to 11.50, and merely 50 sheep on hand for market testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Rep Barden to Retire After 26 Years in Congress
Washington Rep. Graham A. Barden announces retirement from Congress this year after 26 years. The House seniority list Adams Clayton Powell Jr. is poised to succeed him as committee chairman. Powell faces a March 7 trial in New York on income tax evasion and fraud-related charges.
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Washington
Graham A. Barden
D-N.c
House Labor and Education Committee
Congress
House
Adam Clayton Powell
D-Ny
Powell
New York City
Barden
Traffic Toll Topeka Dozen Traffic Deaths In 24 Hours
AP report from Topeka records Kansas traffic deaths over a 24 hour period ending 9 am Friday. The log tallies 1 fatality during the 1960 period compared with 17 in the comparable 1959 span.
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Topeka
Kansas
Girl Carves Initials In Man
A widowed father of five was carved with the initials R W on his back by a scissors wielding 17 year old girl. Earl A. Thomas 45 was reported in good condition after the eight inch letters were cut Thursday. The girl Joan Rusty Wierda 17 and four other men were held for investigation after Thomas said he was attacked and beaten in the girl's apartment following a restaurant meeting.
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Detroit
Earl A. Thomas
R. W
Joan
Rusty) Wierda
Gerald H. White
Leslie Saunders
Robert G. Holesh
Donald
Thomas
Soviet Rocket Was Biggest Yet
A Soviet scientist said the Pacific launch Wednesday produced the largest rocket the USSR has flown and a fore runner of a heavy space satellite with equipment to return to Earth. The last two stages reached speeds over 26 000 kmh, the payload weighed 3 323 pounds without fuel, the satellite 614 pounds, Sputnik III weighed 2 925 pounds, and the US launched Discoverer VIII at 1 700 pounds with a 1000 mile ceiling.
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Moscow
Pacific
V. Dobronravov
Moon
United States
Disarmament Door Open to Red China Role
Washington officials say the United States may allow Red China to join a global disarmament program if negotiations reach that stage. Inspection stations on Red Chinese territory could be required, potentially nudging U S policy on recognition. Peiping demands formal participation. Geneva talks resume March 15 with ten nations, including allies and communist powers, but not Red China.
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Washington
United States
China
Red China
Red Chinese
Peiping
Chen Yi
Geneva
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Drifts Force Father To Deliver Baby at Farm Home
In Russell Kansas Fred Zamernick could not reach a hospital due to six foot snowdrifts so he helped deliver his daughter at the farm home weighing 74 pounds. Snowplows cleared the road to the Zamernick farm two and a half miles northwest of Luray and mother and baby reached Russell hospital six hours after birth both in good condition.
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Russell, Kan
Fred Zamernick
Zamernick
Luray
Russell Hospital
France Cancels Sahara Flight Ban Over Atomic Tests
The French government on Thursday night cancelled a ban on flights planned to operate today over a vast Sahara region slated for atomic blasts. No reason was given. Earlier statements indicated several test alerts would occur.
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Parisap
Sahara
Seaton to Speak at Manhattan Chamber Meeting
Secretary of the Interior Fred Seaton will address the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce during the organization’s annual meeting Monday night in Manhattan, Kansas. Local business leaders expect discussion on regional growth and federal supports.
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Manhattan
Kas
Secretary of the Interior
Fred Seaton
Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
Urge Action On Neosho Refuge
Resolutions in both Kansas legislative chambers urge the Forestry Fish and Game Commission to begin construction of a Neosho County waterfowl refuge at the earliest practical date. Land is acquired but a bipartisan stalemate delays work. federal funds under the Pitman Act must be contracted before June 30 1960 to avoid loss. Senators Doty Ferguson Immel Mong McVey Root Rowe and representatives Schaub McGuire Stonecipher Salmon Bendure Ingwersen Scallorn Whiteside Blair sponsor the measures.
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Topeka
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Neosho County
Fish and Game Commission
Sens
F. C. Doty
Pittsburg
Wade M. Ferguson
Parsons
Howard Immel
Rtola
C. R. Mong
Neodesha
Walter McVey
Independence
Owen Root
Parker
Fayette Rowe
Columbus
Joe Schaub
Arcadia
G. R. McGuire
Chalaute
E. E. Stonecipher
Don Salmon
Hiattville
Harve Bendure
James Ingwersen
D - Leroy
Bob Scallorn
Wichita
J. C. Whiteside
D-Neodesha
W.A. Blair
R-Oswego
Three Jailed Here For Loitering
Three men arrested late Jan 23 aboard a westbound freight were sentenced to 21 days in the county jail. Larry Clark and John H. Warren, both 21 from Pittsburgh, and Winston A. Caruthers, 27 from Terre Haute, pleaded guilty to loitering after sheriff found them in the cab of AT S F train No 185 at the north viaduct about 10 p.m.
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Larry Clark
John H. Warren
Pittsburgh
Winston A. Caruthers
Terre Haute
Ind
Max Gilmore
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
North Viaduct
Bevan Reported Very Weak After Major Operation
London AP bulletin says Aneurin Bevan 62, deputy leader of the British Labour Party, is very weak in fight for life after a major abdominal operation. Earlier bulletin noted slight improvement but condition remains serious.
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London
Aneurin Bevan
Britain
Schoeppel Named To Coast Guard Board
Washington AP Sen Andrew F Schoeppel R Kas named to the board of visitors of the U S Coast Guard Academy in New London Conn by the senate interstate committee Terms are for one year.
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Washington
Andrew F. Schoeppel
R-Kas
U. S. Coast Guard Academy
New London
Conn
Senate Interstate Committee
Bid Taken On U S 77 Relocation Work
The apparent low bid of 247 224 dollars for relocating seven miles of U S 77 was submitted Thursday by Ralph W Forkner Construction Co Inc of Clay Center. The project is south of the Geary Morris County line.
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Junction City
Kas
U. S. 77
Ralph W. Forkner Construction Co. Inc
Clay Center
Geary
Morris County
Injured Havana Man Dies After Wreck in Wichita
Lee Roy Dune ham 41 of Havana Kansas died in a Wichita hospital days after a car crash near Independence Monday. He had been hospitalized since the accident and death followed.
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Wichita
Lee Roy Duneham
Havana
Kas
Independence
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Arthur Miller
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Arthur Spigle
Evangel College
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Mickey
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Kansas State Reformatory
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Harry Fisher
Miami County
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Carnegie Free Library
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O. U
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Elizabeth M
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Lamb Funeral Home
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10Th St
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Osawatomie
Pressonville
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Col. Wade Morris
Miami County National Bank
Spring Ridge Ladies Aid
Thomas ©. Capehart
Indianapolis
Sen. Capehart
R-Ind
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Neosho Refuge
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North Main
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Coast Guard Board
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Sor Jugucl
John Feuerborn
South Cedar
American Mutual Life Insurance Co
Feuerborn
Lelton Hodges
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