Record-Times from Altoona, Kansas • 1

Etf r7 Vol. 2 NO. PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY ALTOONA, KANSAS 75 HE AKIN SCHEDULED HERE TO US 75 4 MILES about 600 feet east of Quincy and extend north along the east city limits. A 44-foot roadbed would be built to carry a bituminous surface 24 feet wide. Open ditches would be cut to carry off surface water and East Cedar Creek would be relocated east of the new roadbed.

In order to protect existing businesses on Quincy the east location would I 16 FT be developed as a limited access roadway with connections at the south city limits; at K-47; and provision for entrance of other east-west streets on which the Highway Commission could agree the city might wish to develop. The Highway Commission has planned the improvement of 8.5 miles of US 75 beginning about five miles north of K-47 and extending south during the current fiscal year along with other projects that will bring this important north-south highway up to a standard consistent with the traffic it People's Right ALTOONA WoOf VI 1 A. -a r. To Voice Opinion" Altoonan Writes To the editor: The petition circulated in the city of Altoona and signed by 101 legal voters reads as follows. To: The governing body of the City of Altoona, Kansas, City of the third class, William F.

Hanson, Mayor; Treva Blaker, City Clerk and all members of the City Council, whether named herein or not: You and each of you will hereby take notice that each of the undersigned petitioners intend to and do hereby protest the repairs, changes or improvements in the water main and other parts of the water system in the City of Altoona, Kansas, all as particularly described in Resolution Number 258, published in the Altoona Record-Times, August 8, 1963. As you can see this asks for the privilege to vote on Resolution 256 as printed in the August 8 Record-Times as follows regarding Resolution 256. "These petitioners con- A public hearing to consider the economic effects of improving US-75 through Altoona on one of two alternate lines will be held at the Altoona city auditorium on Sept. 10, Addison H. Meschke, director of highways, announced today.

Meschke said the meeting would begin at 10:00 A.M., and would be conducted by representatives of the Highway Commission. One of the locations for consideration would be along the present traveled way on Quincy street from the south city limit north to 13th Street. This would then diagonal northeast to the half-section line and then go north. Between 1st and 15th Quincy would be widened to 53 feet from back to back of curbs to handle four lanes of traffic. This can be built within existing right of way lines but it will be necessary to raise the grade in places.

Responsibility of moving the water line along Quincy would be the City's. The second location would begin at the southeast corner of the town FREEDOM RALLY IS SCHEDULED AT LAFONTAINE A Freedom Rally will. he held at Lafontaine school gym Aug. 30, at 8:00 P.M. Mr.

Don Myers of Wichita, is bringing slides and recordings on the Threats of He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Myers, Sr. of rural Fredonia. The public is invited to attend and no admission will be charged.

NFO TO HAVE DISTRICT MEETING AT FREDONIA The fifth congressional district of the National Farmers Organization will hold its district convention at the Fredonia National Guard Armory, September 6, 8:00 P.M. Each county NFO will be represented by its elected delegates and county chairman but all NFO members are urged to attend. District officers will be elected and delegates to the State Convention to be held Nov. 9 at Topeka. stitute at least twenty per cent (20) of the qualified electors in said city, and do ask that any revenue bond proposition to finance said changes, alterations, repairs or improvements be voted on at the City election called for that purpose or at any regular City election where notice of same is given.

Anyone who reads this can readily understand it does not refer to the water plant, filter or water pipes, except along U.S. Highway 75 within the City of Altoona, Kansas. I seems to me that if the people are going to pay the bills they have a right to voice their opinion and cast their votes. Signed, Ezekiel Letterman HQ i1 -if 7 1 VII 28 jj 16 0 2000 4000 6000 FT. RAILROAD STRIKE WOULD LIMIT LONG- DISTANCE MAILING HERE SCALE for the duration of the rail strike if it occurs.

"We are prepared to handle any letter or parcel addressed to any point provided first-class or air mail postage is paid on the item," the postmaster said. Bur he cautioned that service will be temporarily suspended on second-class magazines and newspapers, third-class matter, fourth-class parcel post packages addressed to points beyond the second parcel post zone extend-in 150 miles from point Continued on Page 2 Postmaster Earnest L. Scott announced today that plane, trucks, and buses will be pressed into service to move air and first-class mail to its destination and to move other classes of mail within a 150 mile radius of Altoona, in the event of a nationwide strike. However, Postmaster Scott noted that he has received instructions not to accept mailings other than first-class, air mail and air parcel post which are distined for points more than roughly 150 miles from Altoona. Shown above are the proposed locations of the route of new U.S.

75 Highway. The "West location" is present route. The "East location" is where highway will run if the State changes the route..