City Tries To Jar Santa Fe On Flood Report
Ottawa officials pressed for an immediate hearing to unlock a flood control report tied to levee plans. The Army Engineers aim to start Pomona reservoir work this year if Congress approves at least 1 million dollars, with bids and condemnation of land pending Santa Fe clearance and Water Resources approval.
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Santa Fe
Ottawa
Santa Fe Railroad
Douglas Gleason
Water Resources Division
State Board of Agriculture
Kansas Corporation Commision
Corporation Commission
R. V. Smrha
The
Santa Fe Engineers
Pomona
Army Engineers
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Pomona Reservoir
Side Swipes on North Oak Street Paving Sparks Petitions
Ottawa city commissioners fielded three petitions on paving North Oak Street between Wilson and Grant. John McIntosh submitted a protest bid, joking about future paving ideas. Officials sent all petitions to City Attorney Douglas Gleason for examination.
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Ottawa
North Oak Street
Wilson
Grant Streets
John McIntosh
North Oak
Dundee
Douglas Gleason
Legislative Council Meets March 19 in Topeka
The Kansas Legislative Council will meet in Topeka on March 19. Notices pause to determine if a special session will be called by then. The session is expected later, likely not before mid April. Gov George Docking has not set a date.
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Topeka
Kansas Legislative Council
George Docking
Weather county forecast partial text
Partly cloudy and continued cold this afternoon. Clear to partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Colder tonight and not quite so cold Friday. High this afternoon 35 to 42. Low tonight 15 to 22. High Friday in the 40s.
Kansas Farm Income Up in 1957 Totals 954 Million
Kansas farm income in 1957 totaled 954.225 million dollars, about 100 million more than 1956, with fewer farms sharing income. Gross per farm averaged 8,555 dollars, up 13 percent, and net income per farm averaged 2,607 dollars, 27 percent higher. Government payments rose to 94.609 million, about 10 percent of gross income, driven mainly by seed bank payments.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Income tax cut would boost weekly pay for average American
Congress weighs a tax cut that could add 2 to 3 dollars to the weekly paycheck of the typical breadwinner and inject about five billion dollars of new consumer buying power. Experts say relief would show immediately in lower withholdings, aiding low and middle income taxpayers most.
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Washington
Congress
K State Game On TV Across Three Stations Friday
The NCAA regional tournament game between Cincinnati and Kansas State will be broadcast at 7 30 p m Friday from Lawrence on WIBW TV Topeka KTVH TV Wichita and WKRC TV Cincinnati Thand Sandstrom WIBW TX manager announced the coverage includes two Kansas stations and one in Cincinnati with the start time set for 7 30 p m.
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Topeka
Cincinnati
Kansas State
Lawrence
Kansas
Thand Sandstrom
Wibw-Tv
Sandstrom
Ktvh-Tv
Wichita
Wkrc-Tv
Air Force apologizes for accidental atomic bomb drop
In Florence South Carolina a 30 000 population community received an apology after an unarmed atomic bomb accidentally dropped from a B 47 exploded its TNT trigger and damaged a house within a two mile radius near Walter Gregg residence injuring Gregg his wife three children and a niece none seriously Washington confirmed no radioactivity and officials assess site cleanup ongoing with Mayor David McLeod and Major General Charles B Dougher involved.
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Air Force
Washington
Defense McElroy
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Charles B. Dougher
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Walter Gregg
Here
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Leopold Becomes Free Man After 33 Years In Prison
Nathan Leopold steps into freedom 33 years after his 1930 crime. After a secret Chicago meeting with relatives he plans to fly to Puerto Rico for a ten dollar monthly job as a laboratory worker in a hospital ward.
Budget Director Brundage Quits Washington Move
Percival F. Brundage resigned as budget director citing personal matters. President Eisenhower named Maurice H. Stans to succeed him and Robert E. Merriam as deputy chief of the bureau, with Hagerty noting no stated policy differences. Brundage had served since April 2, 1956, succeeding Rowland R. Hughes.
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Washington
Percival F. Brundage
Eisenhower
Maurice H. Stans
Brundage
Robert E. Merriam
White House
James C. Hagerty
Ottawa to Build Sanitary Land Fill West of City
City to start work on a new sanitary trash landfill west of Ottawa once ground dries. Plans include an all weather road to the dump trench 350 feet long and 24 feet wide with earth covered by a bulldozer. Officials estimate nine years of space. Soroptimist club to install Main Street trash containers with flower boxes atop. E E Dorkins seeks opening of Brookside Addition street from Mulberry to start development by Dorkins and Purcell.
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Ottawa
George Ledom
Ecity
Soroptimist Club of
Main Street
E. E. Dorkins
Commission
Brookside
Mulberry Street
Dorkins
Dale Purcell
Absenteeism in Kansas Drops Sharply
TOPEKA report from the State Board of Health shows absenteeism in Kansas industries and schools due to upper respiratory infections fell last week to 494 from 1,600 the week before, signaling a rapid improvement.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Board of Health
Ottawa plan to mark National Library Week with exhibits
Ottawa Carnegie Library will host a series of window displays from March 16 to 22 to celebrate National Library Week with the theme Wake Up and Read. The National Book Committee and American Library Association sponsor the campaign. A hobby night on March 19 features A C Carpenter, Rev M Todd Macdonald, and Dr R C Capron with rocks, coins, and stamps respectively.
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Ottawa
A. C. Carpenter
Rev. M
Todd Macdonald
R. C. Capron
Colby Furniture Company
Haley & Shinn Abstract Company
O. K. Photo Service
Quin Furniture Co
Saunders Music Co
Kenneth Andrews
Docking Agreeable To Higher Severance Tax
Ohio State University students are mockingly described for poor spelling in the Ohio State University Monthly. A report by Dr. William Palchanis and Dr. William Stahl quotes mispelled medical terms from student notes, highlighting numerous errors in health and routine words.
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Docking
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State
Ohio State University Monthly
William T. Palchanis
William ¢. Stahl
University
Pigeon Snaps Champagne Aboard Italian Cruise Ship
Snapper, a stowaway carrier pigeon owned by Joseph Surko of Linden, New Jersey, sipped champagne on the Hner Cristoforo Colombo cruise from New York to Genoa, landing aboard March 3 about 270 miles off New York. Captains and crew traced the bird by leg band EW 137 1F 57 and kept him aboard until March 25.
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Italy
Joseph Surko
Linden
N. J
Hner
Cristoforo Colombo
New York
Europe
Giuseppe Chalvien
Chalvien
Snapper
Livo Minella
Minella
Two Ottawa Properties Ordered Clean Up By City
Ottawa city officials ordered Wes Watkins to discontinue a garage and repair business and remove unsightly lumber and cars from his home at 9th and Cypress. B. G. Starkweather was required to erase unsightly conditions from his Main Street property due to a repair shop. Claude Summers at 801 S Oak and Charlotte Browning at 633 N Hickory must connect to the sanitary sewer. Inspections by Vogler Gilliland and Flaherty supported the actions amid general neighborhood complaints.
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Ottawa
Wes Watkins
Cypress
Fred Vogler
Harry Gilliland
Eugene Flaherty
B. G. Starkweather
S. Main
Claude Summers
S .Oak
Charlotte Browning
N. Hickory
Chubby cashier foils robbers in Chicago exchange
Mrs. Gladys Burton a 48 year old currency exchange cashier in Chicago confronted two armed robbers at an exchange. She measured the narrow door opening and offered to go first saying she was too chubby for two to pass. She entered locked the doors and triggered the alarm causing the men to flee.
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Chicago
Gladys Burton
Snow Misses Ottawa in Kansas Snow Storm
A major storm moved through Kansas with southeast areas receiving 3 to 5 inches and western parts about 3 inches. Ottawa area escaped heavy snowfall though nearby towns show depth, with Russell about 18 inches Hill City 15 Hutchinson 5. Skies to be partly cloudy to cloudy this afternoon with light snow likely in the west.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Russell
Hill City
Hutchinson
Weather Bureau
Westerns Lead Nominations For TV Awards
The 1950s TV awards race names the West and Westerns as top nominees with 71 nods to Gotham's 54. Playhouse 90 leads with 12 nominations, and Gunsmoke Maverick and Wagon Train contend in best dramatic series. Top actresses include Bergen Hayes Laurie Andrews Wright. Best comedy features Caesar Benny Silvers Cummings and Father Knows Best. The winners are set for April 15 after a vote by Academy of Television Arts and Sciences members.
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Hollywood
Jimmy
New York
Gotham
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Movies’ Academy
Playhouse 90
Helen Morgan
Hall of Fame
Mickey Roney
Peter Ustinov
David Wayne Lee J. Cobb
Ed Wynn
James Arness
Marshal Dillon
Dennis Weaver
Chester
Arness
Bob Cummings
Phil Silvers
Danny Thomas
Robert Young
Caesar
Jack Benny
Ithe Phi Silvers
Docking Favors Tax Shifts Over Individual Income Hike
Gov. George Docking voiced support for raising severance taxes on oil and gas and boosting corporate taxes as part of a broader revenue plan. He opposed a broad 1 percent rise in individual income tax, warning it would hit the least able, and noted a 2 percent severance tax would hinge on other measures. The plan also involves blending sales tax funds and delaying residue, amid a supreme court ruling on severance tax.
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Topeka
George Docking
Docking
Kansas Supreme Court
VA to Pay 32 Million Dollar Dividend to Veterans
The Veterans Administration will issue a special 32 million dollar dividend in April and May to about 325,000 World War I government insurance holders, averaging nearly 100 dollars per policyholder. An additional 262 million regular dividend for GI insurance is paid monthly, totaling 54 million for mid April to mid May. About 44,000 USGSI policies are excluded, including 19,000 five year term and 8,000 extended term policies.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Sumner G. Whit
Whittier
U. S
Valsué
Traffic Toll Reports From State Records Section
Traffic fatalities in the past 24 hours and year to date are listed by the State Records Section with figures for 1958 and 1957, noting a rummage sale on March 8 at 10.0.8 at Hall 31.
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Teenes
Topeka
Kansas
Hall
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