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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1956
Page
2
About 60 farmers and landowners attended a county meeting in the district courtroom to learn how the 1956 federal Soil Bank program operates. Speakers outlined payments for underseeded wheat and destroyed crops, with estimates for 1957 and an aim to reduce surpluses and boost farmers’ incomes.
The article explains 1957 Soil Bank wheat participation limits. Farmers may place up to 50 acres or 50 percent of their allotment, whichever is larger, but not exceed the allotment. Minimum is five acres. Officials Ralph Willson Eri e L McCan C P McKinnie and Hanserd House discuss support and technical help. A second county meeting will be held once details arrive.
Kansas crude oil runs declined to about 342 536 barrels a day in the week ended July 2, per the State Conservation Division. The figure shows a drop of 641 barrels daily from the prior week but remains 7 536 barrels a day above the Kansas Corporation Commission June July allowable limit.
Landis Mor tenson a 16 year old boy drowned late yesterday while swimming in a quarry pit at Mission Kansas His mother was with him at the time and reported the incident to authorities a rescue attempt followed but he died before help arrived The tragedy ended a day of recreation for local youths at the quarry site
Witnesses say the boy, accompanied by his stepfather and mother, swam across a 1300-foot wide pit at Mission and disappeared beneath the surface about halfway. Rescuers and other swimmers failed to reach him in time.
GREAT BEND Kansas reports wheat harvesting is finished except in three counties. R B Gilkinson farm placement director for the Kansas State Employment Service said in his final season report. Rain delayed cutting in Thomas Cheyenne and Republic counties. Cheyenne 50 percent cut Republic 75 percent. All expected to be completed by July 10. Completion reports received from Norton Sheridan and Rawlins counties.
TOPEKA Harry Valentine Clay Center editor today was appointed publicity director for the campaign of Gov. Fred Hall. Valentine said Kansas voters in 1954 chose Hall to wrest control from a small group of politicians and complete the job with a second term.
The Twentieth Century Fund reports that about one third of passengers traveling between Paris and London now fly. The finding highlights a shift from rail to air travel on the key international corridor.
Kansas Commission of Revenue and Taxation reports a record state revenue total of 124.45 million dollars for the just ended fiscal year, with motor fuel and sales taxes providing the bulk of gains. State income taxes rose modestly, while June totals dipped compared with the prior year due to earlier processing of returns.
The UN health body reports 370 million people live in regions exposed to malaria risk. The warning highlights ongoing exposure despite control efforts and calls for intensified measures to curb transmission.
Nationalist rebels order a general strike in Algiers on the 126th anniversary of French occupation. French forces crack down with troops, patrols, and helicopter standby as Moslem workers stay home. Rebels fire a public garage and burn a suburban vegetable oil plant.
Secretary of State Dulles extends vacation at Lake Ontario staying at Duck Island through next weekend. Officials say he was to return today but will remain until Monday. he left Washington last Friday. The article notes a miscellaneous correction that the American buffalo is a bison.
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