Katy Move Forced By Court Order
In a Kansas court action the Katy Railroad moved its headquarters from St. Louis to Texas. President William N. Ceramus III acted with board backing to transfer records and equipment to Denison amid financial strain. About 125 St. Louis workers faced job terminations. unions report 1000 total cuts. Senate leaders seek ICC investigation. Missouri Senator Symington criticizes the secrecy of the move.
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ST. Louis
Missouri-Kansas-Texas
Katy) Railroad
Kansas
Katy
William N. Ceramus III
Texas
Robert E. Thomas
New York
Ceramus
Thomas
Parsons
Kas
Denison
Tex
Sen
Schoeppel
R-Kas
Japan tests guided missile twice before postponing third
In Tokyo, Japan test-fired its first guided missile twice today and halted a planned third launch to locate defects. In Tunis, a bomb attack on a club on a main street killed two Algerians and wounded another, with two Tunisians also injured.
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Tokyo
Japan
Tunis
Cyprus erupts in celebration after Makarios release
In Nicosia Greek Cypriots celebrate as Britain frees Archbishop Makarios after he urged EOKA to halt its campaign. Reports from Tel Aviv say Jordanian fire struck an Israeli freight train across the border with multiple hits but no casualties.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Makarios
Seychelle Islands
Britain
EOKA
Tel Aviv
First United States census counts 3,929,214 inhabitants
The 1790 census recorded a total population of 3,929,214 across the new nation. It established baseline counts for states and regions, marking the first comprehensive national headcount in U.S. history.
Record low US temperature at Rogers Pass Montana
The lowest official temperature ever recorded in the United States was 70 degrees below zero at Rogers Pass, Montana in 1954, according to the National Geographic Society.
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United States
Rogers Pass
Montana
National Geographic Society
Kansas Voters Face Bond, Liquor, and Governance Questions
Bond issues totaling 10.9 million dollars and education bonds of about 1.0 million will be on Kansas city ballots for April 2. Liquor sales approvals appear in fourteen cities including Garden City and Wellington, while about twelve cities vote on a half mill industrial levy. Junction City considers keeping a commission manager government. Great Bend ponders a switch to that system. Major bond items include Fort Scott waterworks 440,000 and Wichita sewer plant 6,985,000 with others across Beloit Buhler Chetopa and more.
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Kansas
Boards of Education
Chautauqua
Clay Center
Clifton
Fowler
Gardner
Garden City
Leonora
Logan
Spring Hill
Syracuse
Smith Center
Valley Falls
Washington
Wellington
Atchison
Columbus
Council Grove
Chanute
Fort Scott
Hillsboro
Iola
Independence
Parsons
Paola
Seneca
Winfield
Junction City
Great Bend
Beloit
Buhler
Chetopa
Halstead
Armory
Manhattan
North Newton
Wichita
Kansas Ballot Proposals Include Leveys and Bonds Across Cities
Voter measures cover Winfield Wellington Minneapolis Yates Center Nor ton and more with amounts from 15 000 to 710 000. Proposals include a one mill reaction levy one mill for forestry and fluoridate water, a highway funds vote, and local bonds for Independence Chetopa and Junction City.
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Winfield
Wellington
Minneapolis
Yates Center
Emporia
Hays, Russell, Solomon and Sterling
Norton
Hutchinson
Independence
Chetopa
Suspended For Close Shaves At Des Moines High
Principal DeWitt Williams suspended 11 high school boys for giving each other Yul Brynner haircuts during lunch hour. The incident occurred at the Des Moines school as part of student pranks. No further details on discipline or school policy were provided.
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Des Moines
DeWitt Williams
Yul Brynner
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