McPherson Opens New Look Main Street With Lights
McPherson Kansas adopts a new look for Main Street with a widened 12 foot roadway and 12 foot pedestrian islands at block ends. Four lighted islands will feature green plants and fluorescent white wall lighting on 96 poles totaling 100000 lumens. The city aims to be the Light Capital of the World with a $350000 street lighting program spanning residential and highway areas and televised Light-O-Rama event on August 12.
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Wichita Eagle Ends Dual Edition Ties Under Court Decree
Wichita Eagle publishers agreed to a 12 year court decree prohibiting forcing advertisers and subscribers to use both morning and afternoon editions. DOJ said the practices violated anti trust laws and cited prior combination delivery. Contents note the shifts began after March 9 with Mole details on contracts for Topeka missile site buildings and Ft. Riley nurses quarters.
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Wichita Eagle
Enj
Department of Justice
Marcellus M. Murdock
the Eagle
Murdock
Wichita Beacon
Area Military Work Awarded
The U S Army Engineers on Monday announced contracts totaling 8 111 187 for Missouri Kansas area installations. Projects include six ICBM launch site buildings near Topeka, two two story nurses quarters at Irwin Army Hospital Fort Riley, approach lighting at Schilling Air Force Base Salina, and an Army Reserve training center at Rolla Missouri. The largest contract is 6, …
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Topeka
Blaw-Knox Co
Pittsburgh
Ft. Riley
Green Construction Co
Manhattan
Kas
Schilling Air Force Base
American Electric Co
Salina
Joe E. Hogan
Rolla
Reserve ‘Training Center
Kansas City
U.S. Army Engineers
Missouri- Kansas Area
Irwin Army Hospital
Ft. Riley Bas
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Water shortage eases in Corning as reservoirs drain
Water shortage in Corning New York eased somewhat today but the city of 19 000 remained under a state of emergency. Officials said the long dry spell or a major break in the water system left the two reservoirs dry until late Monday when water began seeping back in, supplying residents with enough for immediate needs.
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Corning
N.Y
Eisenhower Joins Kozlov At Soviet Exhibit In NYC Crowd
President Eisenhower and Soviet Deputy Premier Frol Kozlov toured a Soviet science and culture exhibit in New York City with both men enduring a crowded, pushy throng. Police and Secret Service struggled to manage the dense crowds as officials shared praise for the exhibit.
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Eisenhower
Frol R. Kozlov
Kremlin
New York City
Kozlov
Soviet Union
New York
Secret Service
Actor George Reeves Funeral Set After Suicide Death
Hollywood AP reports funeral services for actor George Reeves will be held Wednesday at Wayside Chapel Gates Mortuary. Reeves died at home from a self inflicted bullet wound on June 16 according to police.
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George Reeves
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Reeves
Young Legislator To Top GOP Spot
The nation's youngest Republican state legislator Tom Van Sickle age 22 from Fort Scott Kansas becomes executive secretary of the National Federation of Young Republicans Van Sickle was elected state representative and will lead the youth wing in Washington DC as party officials announce the change
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Fort Scott
Kan
Tom van Sickle
National Federation of Young Republicans
van Sickle
Kansan named to post by local official
A Kansas official, Ned Cushing of Downs, named a representative from Kansas' 16th District to a post last November. In Syracuse, a nervous bank robber demanded $1,000 from a First Trust and Deposit Co teller, then fled after the teller refused and the robber tucked away his note.
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