Pollution laws urged to bite with court actions
At a State Board of Health pollution hearing in Newton Kansas officials and attorneys urged stronger measures including mandatory injunctions against offenders. Kenneth G. Speir spoke for Water Inc and a potential Central Kansas Water Conservation group, saying courts would award damages to downstream victims if injunctions fail. Officials plan a basin wide policy for the Little Arkansas with next meeting October 21.
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Newton
Eas
State Board of Health
Little
Arkansas
Kenneth G. Speir
Speir
Water, Inc
Central Kansas
Walter Conservation Assn
Thomas R. Hood
Hood
Dwight Metzler
D. W. Taylor
McPherson
National Cooperative Refineries Assn
Fred Diehl
Water and Electric Department
W. R. Masters
Bomber Crashes Near Oil Well in Kansas
A B47 bomber from Smoky Hill Air Force Base crashed 100 feet from an oil well near Galva Kansas. The crew parachuted to safety as the plane burned but the well was undamaged. The crew includes Maj Robert Hughes Capt William Beckley 1st Lt Jerald Weimer and Capt James Harding.
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Galva
Kas
Kansas
Smoky Hill Air Force Base
Salina
Kaw
Robert Hughes
Greer
D.C
William Beckley
Monmouth
Ore
Jerald Weimer
Titusville
James Harding
Ashland
Funeral for MU Dean Dudley S. Conley in Columbia
Funeral services are set for tomorrow for Dr. Dudley S. Conley 78 dean emeritus of the University of Missouri School of Medicine who died at his home yesterday in Columbia Missouri.
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Columbia
Dudley S. Conley
University of Missouri School of Medicine
Mexico Population Grows 30 Percent 1930 to 1950
Mexico's population rose by about 30 percent over the two decades from 1930 to 1950, reflecting rapid demographic expansion. The growth underscores shifting migration patterns and urbanization during mid‑century.
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Mexico
Missouri votes approve cigarette tax and school aid program
Missouri voters approved a two cent per pack cigarette tax and a new school aid foundation plan in a low turnout special election. The tax takes effect January 1, funding rising from about 51 million to 71 million for 1956 57. Results from 3 359 precincts: cigarette tax 203 609 to 84 952 and school program 220 657 to 65 017. Local voters also elected Vincent E Baker to the 10th District Senate seat in Kansas City.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Wusackson
Kansas City
Vincent E. Baker
Charles L. Madison
Alaska
Safety Lessons Put To Music
Lt. Lawrence E. Jacques a Baltimore County police officer and former band pianist teaches traffic safety to thousands of school children in county classrooms. He composes music and rhymes with safety themes and has led about 25,000 pupils at 38 schools to special assemblies rewarding perfect safety records.
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Towson
Baltimore County
Lawrence E. Jacques
Paul Whiteman
Nine year old polio victim gets 23 bike offers in Venice
Nine year old Lee Munsell who uses a wheelchair due to polio had his stolen bike replaced after a local story drew 23 offers. His mother Mrs Maxine Munsell and father Edward a plant electrical worker expressed gratitude as the family chooses a suitable bike to help him get to school.
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Venice
Calif
Lee Munsell
Maxine Munsell
Lee
Edward Munsell
Two Youths Die In School Blast In Kansas Church Basement
White Cloud Kansas youths die in gym blast at a church basement high school basketball team was cleaning the floor with gasoline when an explosion and fire occurred. Charles Baskins and Donald Tod both 14 were fatally burned while Claude Franklin Collins 15 and John C Bowen 16 were in critical condition. Superintendent Kenneth Poppe coach and 14 boys were cleaning the concrete floor. Poppe and five others burned but not hospitalized. White Cloud lies in northeast Kansas.
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White Cloud
Kas
Bill Scheer
Charles Baskins
Donald Tod
Claude Franklin Collins
John C. Bowen
Kenneth Poppe
Poppe
Kansas
Berlin Open: U S Britain and France say Russia must stay bound
Washington disclosed a note delivered to the Soviet Foreign Office in Moscow stating that the United States Britain and France hold Russia remains bound by agreements to keep Berlin open to the West. The British and French issued notes with the same wording.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Berlin
State Department
U.S
Moscow
Department
GOP Campaign Tactics Revised
President Eisenhower’s illness prompts a revision of Republican House campaign tactics. Rep. Richard M. Simpson says the party will press on toward 233 seats, but acknowledging that Eisenhower’s potential withdrawal changes how coat-tail riders in marginal districts may influence results.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Richard M. Simpson
Pennsylvania
GOP
Congressional Campaign Committee
Campaigns target tailor made districts after 1954 losses
A party committee deploys forces to tailor campaigns by district after the GOP lost 18 seats in the 1954 elections. The GOP holds 203 seats to 231 for Democrats with one vacancy. Vien's henchmen met intermediaries of the government to seek peace amid a two week military campaign. Fourteen thousand government troops and naval units fight in the swamp, attempting to clear remnants of a pirate society defeated by Diem's troops in Saigon last spring.
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Mittee
GOP
Democrats
Vien
Pirate Society
Diem
Saigon
Diem Refuses Surrender Offer From Generals Near Saigon
Premier Ngo Dinh Diem refuses a surrender offer from Gen Le Van Vien regarding 1,800 Binh Xuyen troops encircled in the Rungsat marshes 35 miles south of Saigon. Authoritative sources say two.
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Saigon
South
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
le van Vien
Rungsat
Here
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