Tax shows and teen polls dominate Day's News sweep
Wheat crops on rights of way for the US 50 by pass will be appraised and paid if disturbed before harvest. Elvis Presley popularity rises in Ottawa teens while national views drift. Dr. Josephyne E. Davis named Franklin county health officer. Earthquakes disrupt San Francisco. a100th birthday celebration notes horse and buggy days. Kansas tax reform battles in Topeka with sales, income, and cigarette tax proposals in conference. Juvenile offender laws head for final vote.
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Topeka
Kansas
Senate
House
George Docking
Howard Im»mel
R-Iola
Vernon Stroberg
R-Newton
William Ryan
R-Norton
Donald Hults
R-Lawrence
House Approves Labor Amendment in Kansas
The Kansas House tentatively approved a proposed right to work constitutional amendment on a voice vote after a lengthy debate. It would bar discrimination based on membership in labor organizations and ban union shop agreements, with final passage needing two thirds of the Legislature and voter approval.
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Topeka
Kansas House
House
Senate
Cost Of Living Jumped Again
Washington reports February CPI rose four tenths of a percent reaching 118.7 percent of the 1947-49 average, the Labor Department said. The 12 month rise totals 3.6 percent, placing the typical city family spending about 1034 dollars more for goods and services than a year earlier as food and housing pushes the index higher while clothing declines.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Ewan Clague
Airline distance between San Francisco and New York City
The distance by air from San Francisco to New York City is 2,568 miles.
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San Francisco
New York City
Parking fine paid after contempt for rubber check
ENGLEWOOD New Jersey Magistrate Henry J Bendheim told Jeremiah Williams the city would run on a cash basis this time as Williams paid 15 dollars in fines. Five dollars covered a parking violation and 10 dollars was for contempt of court for paying the prior parking fine with a rubber check.
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Englewood
N. J. UA
Henry J. Bendheim
Jeremiah Williams
Winding Up Conference In Bermuda
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Macmillan push to finish a Bermuda summit. Officials say wounds in British American relations appear healed and a working partnership in world affairs is restored. A final session and possible last talks were discussed with plans for Eisenhower to depart tomorrow. Macmillan will stay through mid next week to meet with Louis St Laurent.
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Tucker’s
Bermuda
Eisenhower
Macmillan
Washington
Canberra
Louis St. Laurent
Britain
U. S
Free World
United States
Egypt
Union Accuses Katy President Over Slaughter of Jobs
William N Deramus III new Katy Railroad president faces union charges of secrecy and job cuts. George Harrison of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks says 500 to 700 clerks may be dismissed and that Deramus hides moves from the public. Kansas Gov Docking says Katy violated ICC rules by firing a Parsons employee and moving Parsons work to Texas. A Kansas court orders the railroad to justify continuing bids to end the 1923 Parsons offices and shops agreement.
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ST. Louis
William N. Deramus III
Missouri - Kansas - Texas
Katy
George Harrison
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Deramus
Harrison
Ceramus
Topeka
Kansas
George Docking
ICC
Parsons
Texas
Docking
Kansas Corporation Commission
Beck Repaid $270000 but Probe Sees More Here
Senate investigators in Washington said Beck repaid 270000 to West Coast Teamsters units starting in 1954 after tax examinations began. Robert Kennedy, chief counsel, called it not the full picture and said the committee knows where the funds came from. Beck says he borrowed 300000 to 400000 from the union before becoming president four and a half years ago. The panel found no loans to Beck beyond the repayment record.
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Washington
Senate
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Robert F. Kennedy
Beck
Kennedy
Teamsters Union
West Coast
Portland
Ore
Weather forecast urges caution as heavy snow hits west
Forecasters warn of heavy snow spreading east this afternoon and tonight with 6 inch accumulations across western and north central areas. Strong northerly winds 40 to 50 mph will cause blowing and drifting. Temperatures dip tonight with a low near 20 to 30s, then Sunday highs in the 30s.
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North Central
Fine Rain Here And Over State Rains Persist
Ottawa reports ongoing light rain with heavier precipitation north of the city as a weather bureau warns of heavy snow in the west and north central areas. Accumulations may reach six inches, with streams stirring and runoff beginning by mid morning from the prior light shower earlier.
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Ottawa
Weather Bureau
Start Move For 1 000 000 Loan
The University of Kansas receives approval to negotiate with the federal government for a 1 million dollar loan to expand the student union. Regents also approve a 12 million FHA loan for a men’s residence at State College, sale of 500 thousand revenue bonds for Ft. Hays State Union, a 125 thousand bond bid for Agnew Hall center unit, and plans for a new butcher laboratory at Emporia State with a 375 thousand state appropriation request.
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Topeka
University of Kansas
State Board of Regents
Regents
Federal Housing and Home Finance Administration
Kansas’ State College
Ft. Hays State College
First Securities Co
Wichita
Agnew Hall
Ft. Hays State
Emporia State College
Well Known Dentist Died In Kansas City
Dr Roy J Rinehart a nationally known figure in dental education for about 50 years died of a heart attack at 76 He was dean of the University of Kansas City school of dentistry and helped merge Western Dental College and Kansas City Dental College into Kansas City University He served as president of the American Association of Dental Schools past president of the Missouri State Dental Association and the Kansas City District Dental Society He is survived by his wife
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Kansas City
Roy J. Rinehart
Rinehart
University of Kansas City School of Dentistry
Western Dental College
Kansas City Dental College
Kansas City University
DeLand
American Assn. of Dental Schools
Association
Missouri State Dental Assn
Escaped convict posing as minister given six month term
Bonnie McAllister aged 44, who used the names Rev Dana Barton and Calvin Laskey, was sentenced in Boston to six months for escape. He is to begin after completing 70 days remaining on a 1945 Middlesex County House of Correction sentence.
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Boston
Elmdale
Kas
Bonnie McAllister
Dana Barton
Kansas
Calvin Laskey
Middlesex House of Correction
San Francisco Jolted by Aftershock and Fire
A 4.0 magnitude aftershock hit at 12:14 a.m. followed by several lighter shocks, injuring 30 and causing widespread minor damage. A midtown San Francisco three alarm fire followed, not clearly quake caused. Center of quakes near Daly City extended toward Sacramento and San Jose. the 1906 quake remains the benchmark.
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San Francisco
Bruno Bassi
Bay Area
Bassi
John Weber
Santa Clara University
Golden Gate
Daly City
Ocean
University of California
Bay
Berkeley
Sacramento
Holster
San Jose
San Andreas
Salton Sea
California
Pacific
Oregon Coast
Robbed And Beaten At Kansas City Store
Mrs. Mattie Robinson a 71 year old widow running a small grocery and sundry store was beaten during a robbery yesterday. Police describe the assailant as a tall Negro and speculate only a small amount of change was taken. The victim, bleeding and shocked, nearly died before three schoolboys who saw her slumped inside alerted authorities. A boy saw the suspect flee through the alley behind the shop.
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Kansas City
Kas
Mattie Robinson
Plane crash in rain kills two Wichita men near Bluff City
Dr. Eugene Edward Hawk 35 of Murdock Clinic Wichita and Lewis Babcock 26 of Haysville died when a Piper Tri Pacer crashed on Vance Delaney farm near Bluff City during a heavy rain. Wreckage found at 6:45 am. Officials suggest loss of gas or turf creek bank impact. Civil Air Patrol alerted. search delayed by darkness and mud.
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Anthony
Kas
Wichita
Bluff City
Eugene Edward Hawk
Murdock Clinic
Lewis Babcock
Haysville
Babcock
Earl Babcock
Ponca City
Okla
Floyd Snyder
Vance Delaney
L. C. Mayo
Delaney
Oklahoma Line
Civil Air Patrol
Kansan Among Those Missing From Four-Engine Plane
Pentagon reports missing four-engine C97 crew in the Pacific include Airman 1-C Jack E. Hindman of Junction City Kansas, son of Mr and Mrs Eugene E Hindman.
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Washington
Pacific
The
Pentagon
Jack E. Hindman
Eugene E. Hindman
Junction City
Kas
Talks Continue On Mid East Problems
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold and President Nasser met again in Cairo to discuss Middle East issues including the Suez Canal Gaza Strip Gulf of Aqaba and UNEF deployment. Hamaskjold and aides held six hour talks with Nasser and foreign minister Fawzi with prospects of a canal tolls advisory body and arbitration on canal problems.
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Cairo
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Nasser
Middle East
Ralph Bunche
The
Nile
Suez Canal
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
UNEF
Hammarskjold
Mahaoud Fawzi
Akhbar el Yom
Israel
Egypt
New Snowfall In Rocky Mountains Hits High Passes
Frigid air and blowing snow followed an early spring storm that dumped up to 20 inches of new snow in Colorado and Wyoming mountain passes. A Wyoming motorist died in a crash on icy highways and a 92-year-old Colorado man vanished during a stroll, feared lost. The storm brought many minor accidents as snow and ice created hazardous conditions. Colorado Highway Dept. logged about 20 inches west of Rabbit Ears Pass and 14 inches on Wolf Creek Pass as the system moved east after 24 hours.
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Denver
Colorado
Wyoming
Rocky Mountain States
Plains
High Mountains
Colorado Highway Dept
Rabbit Ears Pass
Wolf Creek Pass
New Assistant To Karl Konelli
Brice Durbin, Wichita University's freshman basketball coach, has been employed as assistant executive secretary of the Kansas State High School Activities Assn.
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Topeka
Brice Durbin
Wichita University
Kansas State High School Activities Assn
Postmasters To Meet In Ottawa
The National Association of Postmasters Second Congressional District convention will be held in Ottawa on April 13. Postmaster T. J. Cummings, president, will preside at sessions in the North American hotel. Morning speaker Grace N. Benton will be greeted by Mayor Kenneth E. Andrews and Emma M. Drake. State president C. A. Kirkpatrick will extend greetings. Luncheon speaker Dr. A. B. Martin, Ottawa University president, will be followed by Edwin C. Schmitt and Donald R. Mundy. Panel moderators will be W. E. Harlan and Mrs. Alice M. Campbell, with election of officers to close.
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National Association of Postmasters
Ottawa
T. J. Cummings
Grace N. Benton
Kenneth E. Andrews
Emma M. Drake
Sunflower
C. A. Kirkpatrick
A. B. Martin
Ottawa University
Edwin C. Schmitt
Donald R. Mundy
W. E. Harlan
Iola
Alice M. Campbell
Blue Mound
Mad Bomber Declared Psychotic by Doctors
Bellevue Hospital psychiatrists along with four colleagues conclude New York's "Mad Bomber" is psychotic and thus unable to stand trial.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
May Have Found Disaster Clue Off Japan
A U S Navy destroyer searched choppy seas near Japan for yellow objects seen in the area, possibly tied to the fate of 67 aboard a missing C97 two days after a California to Japan flight vanished. Officials cautioned the objects may be sea weed, and no link to the missing four engine Stratocruiser is proven. The craft carried 57 passengers, including a woman dependent, and 10 crew members.
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Tokyo
Japan
Far East
California
Air Force
Michigan State Player and Others Charged in Ticket Scalping
Kansas City report says a Michigan State guard Harry Lux 21 Chicago a Kansas lawyer Ray Chilton Sloan 48 Hoxie Kas and Thomas Cassiday 36 Spring Valley Ill were charged with scalping NCAA tournament tickets bought at premium prices. Investigators noted Lux flipped four dollar tickets for twenty five Sloan ten dollar tickets and Cassiday two dollar tickets with a release bond of fifty dollars.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Illinois
Harry Lux
Chicago
Michigan State
Ray Chilton Sloan
Hoxie
Kas
Thomas
I Cassiday
Spring Valley
Lux
Sloan
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Caroline Calahan
Waldorf Nursing Home
Woodlawn Memorial Park
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Harry S. Hunt
Monterey Peninsula
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