Kansas Turnpike Bonds May Seek State Gas Tax Support
The Kansas Legislative Council considered a plan to guarantee bonds for turnpike extensions using state gas tax revenues. Senators McDowell and Harkness noted 18th Street extension in Kansas City and Johnson County and the Wichita-Hays project, with costs exceeding anticipated revenue. They urged studying court awarded appraisal fees in condemnation cases as excessive.
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Topeka
Kansas Legislative Council
Kanas Turnpike
Joseph McDowell
Kansas City
Alfred Harkness
Hays
McDowell
18Th Street
Johnson County
Wichita-Hays
Kansas
Council
Judiciary Committee
Turnpike
Labor and Industries
State groups urge legislation to spur Kansas industry
Representatives from the State Chamber of Commerce, Kansas Industrial Development Commission, CIO and AFL urged a committee to pass laws encouraging industrial development in Kansas. The council was also asked to study reducing motorists' long waits for auto license tags.
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Kansas
State Chamber of Commerce
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
CIO
AFL
Convict Killed In Prison Riot At Raiford
In Raiford Florida a brief prison riot left one convict dead and several others wounded. Gov. Leroy Collins convened an emergency cabinet meeting and ordered National Guard and Highway Patrol support while Warden Dewitt Sinclair reported gunfire during a disturbance in a recreation storage area.
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Tallahassee
Fla
State Prison
Raiford
Leroy Collins
Jacksonville
Collins
Dewitt Sinclair
Joe Grotegut
Florida Highway Patrol
Sinclair
Hall Seeks Approval Of Kansas Commodities Plan
Gov. Fred Hall asked the U S Department of Agriculture to approve a Kansas plan to distribute surplus food commodities to welfare recipients. The State Board of Social Welfare had voted to begin such a program last month. There are about 300 known species of woodpecker.
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Topeka
Kansas
Fred Hall
Hall
U. S. Department of Agriculture
State Board of Social Welfare
Permission Granted to Quit Volunteer Water Service Mokane
Missouri Public Service Commission rules Mrs. Ruby Bonham may cease water operations in Mokane as she never operated a public utility. The area has about 500 residents with the family line as the only water service. Neighbors had protested and four admitted free water access.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Public Service Commission
Ruby Bonham
Mokane
Still Split On Segregation By The Associated Press
The second anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling outlawing school segregation arrives as Americans remain divided. Rallies speeches and dinners are planned nationwide with NAACP and religious groups praising the day while White Citizens Councils schedule meetings in Birmingham Selma Phenix City and Haynesville Alabama to observe Black Monday.
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Supreme Court
National Assn. For the Advancement of
White Citizens Councils
Alabama
Birmingham
Selma
Phenix
City
Haynesville
Collapse of Farm Revolt Stalls After Ike Policy Veto
Washington senators Ai ken Capehart and Kuchel said the political revolt against Eisenhower farm policies has collapsed. Anderson suggested farmers may have been bought off by higher support prices. Republicans worry over falling farm income and Ike's April 16 veto of a higher rigid price supports farm bill. The House passed a revised measure on soil bank to cut surplus while the Senate debates it.
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Washington
Aiken
Capehart
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Senate Farm Price Supports Clash Signals Major Floor Battle
A major floor fight loomed over attempts to remove mandatory higher supports for livestock feed grains. Aiken, the administration’s farm spokesman, said the Senate would likely modify provisions so Eisenhower could sign the bill, while Ellender of Louisiana warned he hopes that outcome does not occur. Aiken led a faction opposing higher supports for oats, rye, barley, grain sorghums and corn outside a commercial area, reflecting tense political maneuvers as Democrats pushed to mobilize farm support.
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Aiken
Senate
Eisenhower
Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
GOP
Democrats
Farmers Skeptical on Soil Bank Legislation
A speaker cites survey of farmers showing about 75 percent prefer Congress not passing any new farm bill. He notes widespread lethargy toward the proposed soil bank and shifts in policy mood.
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