Marie McDonald accuses husband of 1957 kidnapping
Cincinnati based film star Marie McDonald says her husband Harry Karl, a shoe magnate, orchestrated her January 1957 kidnapping. She described the abduction as authentic and tied to Karl while Karl dismissed the claims as publicity. McDonald stated she would pay informants $5,000 for information.
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Cincinnati
Marie McDonald
Harry Karl
Marie
Miss McDonald
Karl
Kentucky
Las Vegas
Tax Collections Continue Climb in Kansas
TOPEKA Kansas tax collections rise for the first eight months of the fiscal year reaching 84 146 912 up 9 38 percent from last year. The gain includes 4 338 077 from new tax law changes by the 1957 Legislature notably a 1 percent severance tax on oil and gas declared unconstitutional in January by the State Supreme Court. Even excluding the changes, the total would be up 3 7 percent. The severance tax brought in 2 020 219 between July 1 1957 and January.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Supreme Court
Stanton Area Visitors and Farm Transfers
A local roundup notes numerous visitors at Mr and Mrs George Brassfields including Emma Weaver of Paola and the Yackles family from Hillsdale. The Sheltons plan to move to California after selling to Pete Weaver. The Caylor families visit Louisiana and plans to bring Elmer Caylor’s relatives home. Wobker family moves are also reported as farms change hands locally.
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Brassfield
Emma Weaver
Paola
George Yackle
Hillsdale
Virgil Yackle
Larry
Clifford
Jim Chamerlin
Pete Weaver
Robert Shelton
Sheltons
California
Elmer Caylor
Bud Caylor
Louisiana
Carey
Otis Caylor
Azol Hunt
Plum Creek
Ollie
Carol Healy
Spring Hill
Healey
Maude Myers
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Dean Berlin
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S. Main
Stanton
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At. Jonenh, Mo
Goetz
Sunbeam
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Paris
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Cherub
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Nity
Rockingham
Portaive Appliances
General Electric
Lord Chesterfield
J. K. Lasser
America’s Mo
Carton
Dandruff
Baker’s
Doan
Kodak Alm
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Allah
Wail Hardener
Shulton Desert
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H. H. Ayer
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Strainer
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Geritol
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