Big Kansas Bridge Maintenance Marathon Through Time
May 26 to June 1 marks National Highway Week highlighting Kansas state highways and the 3,002 bridges on the system. J E Burton, Topeka, state highway maintenance bridge engineer, describes his yearlong inspection marathon assessing weakness weather damage auto impact and wear. Repairs are staged by district or division crews with major work contracted. Some bridges date from the 19th century with upgrades planned, while others are moved rather than rebuilt.
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Kansas
National Highway Week
About
J.E. Burton
Topeka
Dhe
Burton
Big Stranger Creek
Leavenworth
Delp
Beloit
Holton
Soldier
Delph
To Honor Women Who Died For Their Country
Editor's note cites Memorial Day relevance and honors American women who sacrificed in war service. It recounts Molly Pitcher figures, Lt Blanche F Sigman, nursing corps history from 1901 Army to 1948 Women’s Air Force, and 586 women who died in World War II plus nursing casualties and Arlington burial practices.
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Washington
Molly Pitcher
Anzio
Italy
Army
Blanche. F. Sigman
Akron
Ohio
Rindge
N.H
Kennedy
Department of Defense
American Red Cross
Army Nurse Corps
Navy Nurse Corps
North Africa
Guadalcanal
Women’s Army Corps
Navy
Spars
Coast Guard
Marines
Women’s Air Force
Waes
Vicksburg
Miss
Nursing Sisterhood
Temper Education With Faith
America's first Negro astronaut trainee Capt Edward J Dwight Jr told Ward High School graduates to pursue maximum education and combine it with faith in God. Speaking at his alma mater Dwight, who joined the Air Force in 1953, urged students to study in spare moments to keep up with the space age and said the United States is hiring the best regardless of religion or race.
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Kansas City
Kan
America
Edward J. Dwight Jr
Ward High School
Air Force
Dwight
United States
Want Ad Read by Over Twenty Five Thousand People
A local want ad circulates widely, reaching an audience exceeding twenty five thousand readers. The notice highlights a general advertisement, inviting inquiries and offerings from the community. No specific names or dates are provided in the readable text.
Emmy Show Another Feepeat HOLLYWOOD
The 15th annual television awards tallied many repeat winners led by CBS top drama The Defenders with five Emmys. E G Marshall reprised as best dramatic actor while The Tunnel won program of the year and NBC’s Piers Anderton earned international reporting Emmy. June Allyson received a posthumous trustee award for Dick Powell. Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy were honored for news conferences and Tour of the White House. Carol Burnett won for Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall. Dick Van Dyke Show topped funniest series with Carl Reiner and John Rich taking Emmys. CBS led the tally with 12 awards, followed by INTEC and ABC with 12 and 3 respectively.
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Hollywood
United States
CBS
E. G. Marshall
Shirley Booth
Hazel
Don Knott
Barmey Fife
Andy Griffith
NBC
Berlin Wall
NBC Berlin
Piers Anderton
June Allyson
Television Academy
Dick Powell
Powell
David Niven
Charles Boyer
John Rich
Sid Caesar
David Brinkley
Andy ‘Williams
Act of Mercy
Kim Stanley
Trevor Howard
Zse
Tor
Halliaweark Hall of Fame
Chet Hurr
Walt Disney
Rful World of Color
INTEC
ABC
Executive George Richardson Dies by Self-Inflicted Wound
George E. Richardson 54, a Westinghouse executive born in Kansas, died Saturday from a gunshot wound to the left temple. The coroner ruled it self-inflicted. His widow found his body in the Muncie garage with a .22 pistol nearby. Richardson, a Kansas State graduate, led the transformer plant south of Muncie 1959 to 1962 and was recently moved to Sharon, Pennsylvania, as assistant to the general manager of the transformer division. He was slated to transfer in June to a program control role for the Nerva rocket project at Westinghouse Astro-Nuclear Laboratory in Pittsburgh.
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Muncie
Ind
George E. Richardson
Kansas
Westinghouse
Gailon Stephens
Richardson
Gladys
Kansas State University
Sharon
Westinghouse Astro-Nuclear Laboratory
Pittsburgh
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LaRue Delp
Haskell County
Greeley
Smith County
F. W. Epps
By Martha Cole
Arlington National Cemetery
Union
Mary Walker
New York
Dick van Dyke Show
Carl Reiner
Herald
Financial House
Nene Ice Loans
Interstate * Finance Company
Tom Toulouse
South Main St
Mehohee
Ads
Pratt & Lambert
Nuzman Lumber
Poes
Caldbrook
Busy Baker
Family Asst
Mrs. Wright
Sterling
Wieners
Sfaafeway
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