Growers boast record vegetable prizes in Kansas garden
In Kansas garden contests many from A L Locke and Rita Dillow display prize vegetables. Locke showed four Winsall tomatoes measuring 16.2 inches and weighing 1.75 pounds from over 100 plants. Dillow presented a 25 pound cantaloupe near Nevada Missouri, said to be Mexican seed. W C Camp noted a 1.5 pound Holland tomato from Wichita seed, though he favors Big Boy hybrids.
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A. L. Locke
S. Katy
Tribune Office
Winsall
Lewis Dillow
Nevada
Dillow
W. C. Camp
Tribune
Camp
Wichita
Governor and Legion Leaders to Speak at Kansas Convention
Gov. William Avery and American Legion Commander Donald Johnson headline the Kansas convention in Wichita. About 2,000 attendees including members and guests are expected through Sunday. A parade Saturday morning will feature drum and bugle corps from Overland Park, Hutchinson, Great Bend, Wichita, and Newton color guard.
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Wichita, Kan
William Avery
American Legion
Donald Johnson
Kansas American Legion
Overland Park
Hutchinson
Great Bend
Wichita
Newton Color Guard
101st Paratroopers Reach Viet Nam Front
Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division landed at Cam Ranh Bay 180 miles northeast of Saigon. B52 bombers dropped 500 tons on Viet Cong positions southeast of Saigon as 173rd Brigade began area patrols. Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor greeted the arrivals. Thomas Taylor among the officers.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
101St Airborne Division
Normandy
Bastogne
101St
Cam Ranh Bay
U.S
Strategic Air Command
173Rd Airborne Brigade
France
Maxwell D. Taylor
Taylor
Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Thomas
Johnson
Oakland
Calif
le Roy L. Eltinge
James Timothy
New Orleans
U.S. Army
Mekong
Delta
Cable Stops Small Car In Steuben Parking Lot
Police estimate damage to a 1960 Renault at 200 dollars after a collision with a cable strung between posts along the north side of the former 7th Street Market lot. Darrell O. Finley and two sons were uninjured. Finley did not see the cable as traffic cut through the lot.
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7Th and
Steuben
Darrell O. Finley
S. Grant
7Th Street Market
Oma Caldwell
Finley
City Dads OK Budget For 1966 Levy
City commissioners approved a 1966 budget based on a nine mill levy at a Tioga Hotel luncheon. Actual levy stands at 8.81 mills after residue reduction, with eight mills for the general fund and one mill for the city industrial fund. Tax amounts are $81 672.72 and $10 209.09, minus residues of $3 032.93 and $424.61. No changes were made to the manager's budget proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tioga Hotel
General Fund
City Industrial Fund
Woodson County Fair Opens With Parades and Judging
The three day Woodson County Fair at the 4 H Fairgrounds Yates Center begins Monday at 9 a.m. with open class horse judging and continues with 4 H colts and mares home economics booths floriculture crops records and more. Night events include a parade at 1 30 p.m and an evening rodeo at 7 p.m. Details cover livestock judging contests and a Wednesday parade of champions and sale events. Clayton Peck is president with Charles Lewis as vice president and 36 directors and representatives in the fair association.
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Woodson County
Yates Center
Clayton Peck
Fair Association
Charles Lewis
Lulu Cope
Clark Knapp
Casey Stengel Recovers After Hip Operation at Roosevelt
New York AP reports Casey Stengel, 74 turning 75 this week, recovering at Roosevelt Hospital after hip surgery. Doctors say a metal ball was inserted to aid walking while Stengel, once Giants target and NL president Burleigh Grimes foe, tells ball in hip yarns. Only wife Edna may visit for now. Special police guard ensures privacy.
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New York
Giants
Burleigh Grimes
Pittsburgh
Charles Dillon Stengel
John Heydler
Heydler
Stengel
Roosevelt Hospital
Casey
Peter LaMotte
Edna
Cost of Living Edges Up as Food Prices Climb
Washington AP Sharp rise in food costs pushed living costs up by five tenths of a percent in June, the highest quarterly gain since 1957. Meat and poultry led the CPI rise to 110.1, with beef up 5.5 percent pork 10.5 percent and poultry 7 percent year over year up 11, 16.5 and 7 percent respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Asst
Arnold Chase
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chase
Joseph Rayburn Dies At Kansas City From Heart Attack
Joseph Rayburn vice president of Burlington Manufacturing Company died this morning in Kansas City from a heart attack. He had been in the hospital then returned home and had visited the local plant on many occasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Rayburn
Burlington Manufacturing Company
Kansas City
Traffic Fatalities Log Report From Topeka July 1965
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours ending 9 am Thursday July 52 1965 with figures comparable to 1964. The AP summary notes 347 total fatalities for the period and notes year over year comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Latest Mars Pictures Reveal Thousands of Craters
Washington AP reports space agency scientists released 18 previously unpublished Mariner 4 photos showing Mars may host over 10 000 craters and resemble the Moon more than Earth. Dr Robert Leighton of JPL said the area photographed suggests vast crater counts and casts doubt on oceans or significant water. President Johnson praised the findings and awarded NASA medals to Mariner team members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mars
Moon
Earth
Space Agency
White House
Mariner 4
Robert Leighton
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
Red Planet
Mariner
Solar System
Johnson
Orson Wells
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
William H. Pickering
Resort Area Here Sees Record Lows Then Warmer Forecast
The area forecast calls for fair weather through Friday with a slight warming trend. Low tonight 60 to 65, high Friday 85 to 90, and resort temperatures near 57 degrees last night, close to the 1909 record. Readings across Kansas dipped into the 50s, with some cities posting record lows for the date, before a return to warmer conditions is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Topeka
Hill City
Pittsburg
Manhattan
Wichita
Concordia
Goodland
Garden City
Townsend plan vs social security Medicare critique
An intercepted letter warns that the modern social security and Medicare plan dwarfs the Townsend plan of the early 1930s, calling the latter weak in comparison and urging readers to recall past proposals.
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Townsend
Wirtz May Talk on Dinosaurs Whooping Cranes and Males
In Washington AP report 5000 women from 22 countries join major meetings on status of women. Elizabeth Carpenter notes a status explosion and says the country is making room for mom. Wirtz considers a talk on dinosaurs dodo birds whooping cranes and males. President Johnson’s talent search for top posts is discussed by Macy Jr.
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Wirtz
Washington
Elizabeth Carpenter
Johnson
International Federations of Business and Professional Women
W. Willard Wirtz
State Department
Status of Women
Johnson W. Macy Jr
US169 Gets Seal Coat In Chanute
Chanute city street crews began sealing sections of US169 from Main to 7th and west to Santa Fe. One block from Main to 1st is finished using a new slurry seal machine. Other blocks including Santa Fe from Main to 3rd and the Memorial building block have been treated. brick surfaces were tested on 1st Street.
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City Street Department
Main
7Th
Santa Fe
Memorial Building
Lincoln
R. J. Hayes
Safari Museum elects new officers at board meeting
Dr. Richard Good was elected president of the Safari Museum at the regular board meeting last night. Gene Orr was elected vice president and Ellis Riegle was re elected secretary treasurer. Dale Fairchild is the outgoing president. Other board members include Phil Cooper Mrs. Kenneth Horton and Floyd Naff.
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Richard Good
Gene Orr
Ellis Riegle
Dale Fairchild
Phil Cooper
Kenneth Horton
Floyd Naff
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Locke
Rita Dillow
Beech
Legion
101St Paratroopers
Hanoi
Woodson Fair
Rotary Club
Cha
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