State Report Highlights 1955 Kansas Crop Decreases
Kansas farm losses reflect drought with combined 1955 crop output the smallest since 1938. Wheat corn and grain sorghum fell sharply while oats and rye were down. hay totals rose modestly. Total crop value dropped about 24 percent from 1954 with 20,179,000 harvested acres.
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Topeka
Kansas
U.S. Agricultural Marketing Service
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
West
North Central
Humboldt visitors and holiday gatherings tied to Lawrence and Chanute
Humboldt residents hosted visitors from Lawrence and Hayden Arizona for a family dinner at R L Works. Michigan State University architect Charles Strieby returned to Lansing after holiday visits. Other gatherings included New Year’s parties at Tioga Inn Chanute and a Young Matrons Bridge club dinner. C A Brooke received heart treatment at Allen County Hospital Iola with improved condition.
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Warren Lesh
Bobby
Lawrence
Humboldt
R. L. Works
Works
Chicago
Virginia
R. W. Blattner
Janice
Margaret
Elmer Harwood
Danny
Robert
Joe
Rober Hamm
W. J. Casper
Tioga Inn
Chanute
Young Mat
Bridge Club
Kenneth Chaney
Bridge
Harry Merriman
Merriman
Merriman for the women and New Year visits
New Year festivities feature Merriman for the women and guests including Mr and Mrs Dale Collison visiting Columbia Missouri. The Harwood family spends a three day holiday at Grand Lake Oklahoma while Alexine Chaney begins as secretary to Humboldt school and boards. Neva Crawford returns to Wichita after visiting her parents Herman and Elizabeth Crawford.
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Gas City
Neva Crawford
Wichita
Sedgwick Courthouse
Herman Crawford
Elizabeth
Bowling Scores and Highs from Local Leagues
A dense list of bowling scores across multiple leagues and teams including Pepsi Cola, Junges Bread, Phillips 66, VFW No 2, Pioneer Philco, Dintys Tires, Self Service, Industrial League Santa Fe, Mid America, Karl Spooner note, News Standard, Cities Service, Ranz Motors, Fadler Produce, Meadow Sweet, and Dari King. Individual high games and series are listed with player names such as Brown, Kiddoo, J. Ferguson, Treloggen, Reid, Howell, Edwards, Robertson, Friederich, and Wells.
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Pepsi Cola
Junges Bread
Brown
Junges
Kiddoo
Phillips
Acs
J. Ferguson
Treloggen
Pioneer Philco
Reid
Pioneer
Howell
Dintys
Sinclair
Wyatt
Edwards
News Standard
Christiansen
K Brown
Barels
Ranz Motors
Fadler
Ranz
Wicker
Dover
Meadow Sweet
Dari-King
Stemple
Wells
Merchants League L
Pere Teee
Dintys Tires
Tnawae
Alcohol Tests For Motorists At Seminar
Louisville hosts a February seminar on alcohol and road traffic with Lt. Robert F. Borkenstein directing. Ten motorists will receive alcohol in varied amounts while twenty volunteer drivers will undergo six lab tests and six driving tests to measure impairment.
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Louisville
Southern Police Institute
Robert F. Borkenstein
Indiana State Police Laboratory
People of Argentine Given Pope's Blessing
Vatican City reports Pope Pius XII has blessed the people of Argentina and its provisional government, delivered privately to an Argentine embassy official. The gesture signals a step toward resuming Vatican Argentina ties strained by former dictator Juan D. Peron’s policies.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Argentina
Pedro Aramburu
Vatican
Juan D. Peron
Atchison Names Buck O Keefe City Attorney
Maurice P. O Keefe Jr 27 is appointed Atchison city attorney succeeding Edmund Page who recently became County District Court judge The piece then shifts to a historical note about annual brides auctions in ancient Babylonia and Assyria with dowry practices.
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Atchison
Maurice P
Buck) O'Keefe Jr
Edmund Page
Babylonia
Assyria
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