Editorial urges Kansas governor plane for chief executive
The piece argues 24 states own planes for governors and Kansas should provide one for Governor Hall. It contends a personal plane saves time for official duties from dust storms in Liberal to sewage projects in Atchison and Kiwanis lunches in Newton, criticizing Senate opposition as shortsighted.
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Kansas
Texas
Liberal
Atchison
Newton
Governor Hall
State Senate
Plain Talk on News, Ads, and Censorship Across Time
A sharp column satirizes ads claiming snob appeal and praises The New York Times while noting its pages dilute hard news. It riffs on politics, vitamins, Formosa, citrus programs, and military needs, then questions Kansas obscenity laws and prior media habits before television.
After All No Further Argument By ELV
A humorous, reflective piece on a man debating shaving his mustache. He recalls wife’s preference, compares himself to distinguished mustache styles, and recounts past shaves and restarts. The essay blends self mockery with observations on aging, vanity, and social expectations.
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Elv
Local News Bits From The Past
Auld Lang Syne recalls Buddy Rogers flying to his Olathe home this week in a new Mary Pickford gifted plane. Raymond Bailey named Exalted Ruler of the Elks lodge. W H Bud Kramer takes over Crown drug store management. Also noted are hospital pier completion, a $15 000 Ot tawa Farmers Union charter, cold weather delaying city projects, Will Markham visiting Baldwin, Samuel Hubbard joining Rohrbaugh lumber, and A Bird returning from Pacla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buddy Rogers
Olathe
Mary Pickford
Idea Of Commuter Living Reversed By Red Bureaucrats
HAL BOYLE in New York notes a Pravda critique of urban commuter life for Soviet officials. The piece contrasts American suburban work patterns with a proposed system where bureaucrats stay in cities and commute to collective farms, arguing it reflects unintended inefficiency and misses human nature. It ends with a separate note: Japan exported 75,986 bales of raw silk in 1954, more than half to the United States.
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T New
York
Curbstone
Russia
Tyrov
Ukraine
Jack
Pravda
Vito
Japan
United States
TV Listings for March 3 Channel 2 to 11
A dense schedule of TV programs lists time slots for multiple stations including KFEQ TV St Joseph WDAF KOMO KMBO WIBW and more. It features news cartoons dramas game shows and variety programs across day and evening hours with titles like Captain Video Perry Como Dag Edwards Garry Moore and Star programs.
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Kfeq-Tv
St. Joseph
Wdaf-Tv
Chanent
Komo-Tv
Kapans City
KMBO
Kansas City
Wibw-Tv
Topeka
Kameas
John Daly
Sparta
Doug Edwards
Eddie Flasher
Dianeylan
Doug Edwarde
Perry Como
Newe Caravan
Arthur Godfrey
Joan
Dianeyland
Godfrey
Norpy Tor
Civil Defense
Sandman Theatre
S—News
Late Show
Sports Club
Ding Dong School
Garry Moore
Way of the World
Shallor Graham
TV and Radio Schedule Fragments for March 23 200 a
List of station names and program slots across KMBC WDAF KTJO and others. Includes on the go updates, sports, news segments, and entertainment shows with varied times and hosts. Notes scattered entries for baseball, news, and music programs.
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KMBC
WDAF
Morgan Beatty
Chevaliers
Rida
FBI
WDAK
Dinah Bhore
KTJO
Globe Sports
Wdaf—News
Laymen's Hour
Perry Como
Pennell and King Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for Delbert H. Pennell who died March 18 were conducted March 21 at Lamb Funeral Home with Rev. R. G. Seward officiating. Honorary pallbearers included Walter Reh and others. active pallbearers listed. Interment followed in Princeton cemetery. Funeral for Mrs Emmet King who died March 14 was held March 18 at Pomona Methodist Church with Rev. L Frank Waring officiating. Interment was in Central Cemetery south of Pomona.
Pratt Population Surpasses Eight Thousand
Pratt's city population tops 8,200 as shown by the new Pratt city directory tabulations published by the Pratt Tribune. Publisher Robert Cribb notes the figure exceeds the 1954 county census by 500, surpassing the previous Pratt high of 7,708.
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Pratt
Robert Cribb
Pratt Tribune
Cribb
New Pratt
the Tribune
Glen Crawford
Big Surge In Income Since War
The Commerce Department reports a major rise in U S family incomes since World War II. By 1953 the share earning 4000 or more climbed while those under 4000 fell. 100 percent growth for 10000 plus earners, and total pre tax income rose from 36 to 70 billion dollars. The average non farm family earned 6390 while farm families averaged 3460.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Warren Won't Seek Reappointment to State Commission
Gov. Fred Hall announced Charles Warren of Fort Scott will not seek another term on the State Corporation Commission. Warren's term expired March 20, and he will remain in position until a successor, likely in several weeks, is appointed. The law requires a Democrat to replace Warren on the bipartisan board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PEKA
Charles Warren
Fort Scott
Earth as a post graduate classroom in God’s cosmos
Lucille P. recalls Dr. Crane’s lecture proposing Earth as a post graduate classroom in a cosmic school. He argues moral evolution peaks with Christ, notes ancient nations’ ideas, and posits Earth ahead of other planetary classrooms while space travel nears reality. He cites Jesus’ Golden Rule and psychological ethics as proof Earth leads in the universe.
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Lucille P
Christ
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Jesus
Moses
Greece
Rome
Earth
Loyolas
Wesleys
Livingstones
Crane Io
Hopkins Syndicate
Helot
Kansas Locale For Motion Picture Picnic Location Review
A Columbia Pictures spokesman said a Kansas site for filming Picnic will be chosen by mid next week with Hutchinson Salina and Independence inspected. Shooting is set to begin May 9 likely on location, starring William Holden and Rosalind Russell.
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Hollywood
Kansas
Columbia Pictures
Hutchinson Salina
Independence
Kas
Fred Kohlmar
William Holden
Rosalind Russell
Spring training move for Richmond player to Florida
Alfred Kipper will train in Lake Wales Florida for a month while his family stays with relatives in Humboldt He leaves Wednesday. The item also lists numerous Ottawa area residents visiting Kansas City attending events and relatives, plus local notes on training, hospital stays, and community meetings.
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Alfred Kipper
Lake Wales
Fla
Humboldt
Effie Lou Nickel
Mary Harmon
Charles Edwards
Kansas City
Jon Gault
Edwin Horstick
Fort Ord
Calif
Joe
Guided Missile Department
Eugene Wolken
Lawrence
Will Wolken
Paul Volz
Greeley
Wolkens
Eugene Johnston
Tucson
Ariz
Kenneth Hinkles
Garnett
W. J. Johnstons
Junior Bastin
Pittsburg
Olathe
George Valentine
Iantha
Hubert Perene
Richard Bowleys
Perkins
Henry Wilson
Linda DeGarmo
Dean DeGarmos
Ottawa
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Vneront
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Raymond Bailey
Elks Lodge
W. H. Bud” Kramer
Crown Drug Store
Ransom Hospital
Ottawa Farmers Union Cooperative Oil Company
Will Markham
Baldwin
Samuel R. Hubbard
Rohrbaugh Lumber Company
Co. A. Bird
Pacla
Hal Boyle
Bull Pickox
Frontier ‘Theatre
Comiclub
Captain
Newa S
Three Star News
Thurday
Guiding Light
S—Inker Flame
Playhouse
Road of Life
Talk of Town
Welcome
Kathleen Carter
Baby Robert Q. Lewis
Foy Willing
Ld P.m
Kitchen Klub
Hawking
Mr. Sweeney
Movile
Herald
Pinky Lee
Christophera
United Nations
Kid Karnivel
Chorale
Hopalong Cassidy
S—Frontier Theatre
Comicclub
Studio
Star News
Dinah Shora
News Caravan
Jane Froman
Bud Wilkinson
Gene
Wally
Ray Milland
Climax
Justice
Star Tonight
Ford Theatre
Teleavision Theatre
Late Show 1045 P.m. $—8Porta Club
Pam
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KMEC
Keys To Capitol
EMEBC
Kews
MBC
Charaliers
Roy Rogers
KMSC
Thethletic
Ktjo—Globe-Sporta
Bob Hope
EMDEC
RTVO
Rosemary Clooney
WDHAF
McGee
WDAP
Newa
Ottawa Herald
Pustotice
Harris
Snedaker
Yon Shipman
Howard HuAdrey
Mall
Richmond
Lake Wales, Fla
Mary Waterbury
Laura Mills
Bethany Hospital
Lawrence Chandler
Robert
Joan Lickteig
Arla Atchison
John McEchron
Joe Clarks
Harry and
Floid Lawtons
Prairie Village
Arnold Boeckers
Orie Higdons
Robert Fergusons
Wichita
Ann. Casida
Ernest Hendersons
Douglas Kerschners
Ralph McCrea
James M. Boyers
J.R. Smithheislar
Roxie Riley
Tapley
St. Patrick
Herman Peine and Sons
Josephine Wolken
Garnett Hospital
John Miller
Loren Snider
E. E. Jordans
Denver
Colo
Harley Kucklener
Bob Kuikens
George Faggs
Mias
Juanita Pickert
el Dorado
Chris Pickett
Jess Blake
Hayes Johnson
Cecil Vinings
Wm. Denholms
Tongano+ xie
Gena Vinings
Harold
Linda Denholm
John Kratsbergs
Paola
John Hunzingee
Lena Brumimel
Pets ‘Bures
Blanche Moffett
Tom Rayne
Margaret Edwards
Frank McMillan
Janis
Walter McMillans
Wellsville
Ernest van Wies
Herman Bentons
Marvin Pickett
Oklahoma City
Western Union
el Bennetts
Chet Phillips
Minnie Phillips
Amos Lyon
Robert Foltz
Princeton
Lincoln
Nebraska
Frank Shearers
Jerome Lyons
Lee Perkins
Jim Hendrix
Colony
Lonnie Chambers
Lee Hermreck
Nevada
Joan and
Lynn
Hugh McDonald
Brownie Hermreck
Camp Chaffee
Arkansas
Merritt McDonald
C. H. Kents
Herbie Wolfe
Herbie
Wilson Mack
Mack Electric
Matin
Eugene E. Leonard
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