Wheat Crop Custom Cutting Big Business Texas to Canada
Editor notes a series on custom wheat cutters moving from Texas to Canada. Eldon Leaming runs two combines and two trucks, earning high income but bearing extensive costs including equipment, crews, insurance, taxes, and port fees. Alvin Hinz of Greenleaf Oklahoma partners with Leaming. Hinz runs four combines and six trucks with a three-son crew.
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Texas
Canada
The
Southwest Daily Times Liberal
Kas
Eldon Leaming
Alvin Hinz
Greenough
Okla Hinz
Honor Roll Students Named at St Patrick's Junior High
Twenty six students from St Patrick's Junior High were named to the honor roll for the second six weeks of the second semester. Eighth grade led with ten and girls outnumbered boys on the list, with students named across ninth, eighth, and seventh grades. The note ends with a historical aside: the French first settled in what is now Arkansas in LANG.
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St. Patrick's
State of
Arkansas
Lang
Khrushchev visit to United States seems likely this summer
Washington AP reports officials weigh combining a Khrushchev American trip with a summit in a U S city. A New York Coliseum exhibit request and Nixon’s Moscow opening signal possible negotiations. Security hurdles loom as officials fear an assassin’s risk and need for massive protection. Khrushchev seeks prestige, with progress at Geneva influencing timing.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Khrushchev
New York Coliseum
Richard M. Nixon
Moscow
New York
Geneva
Bill Postpones Wheat Quotas for 1960 Crops
Washington AP report says a bill sent to the White House moves the wheat marketing quota announcement date from May 15 to June 1 for 1960 crops. Both House and Senate agriculture committees are weighing measures to cut wheat planting as Congress gains time to study the issue.
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Washington
White House
Agriculture Committees
House
Senate
Congress
Two Boatmen Rescued From Arkansas River
In Wichita AP: Adrian Han neus, 15, and William Cook, 19, were dumped into the Little Arkansas River last night after their boat hit a snag and sank. The two clung to bushes on a riverbank until rescue crews pulled them from the water.
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Wichita
Adrian Hanneus
William Cook
Little Arkansas River
Submerged sandbar traps river travelers in May 1959
A group of stranded individuals were trapped by a submerged sandbar in the middle of the river and were rescued by firemen. The incident occurred midstream and highlights the dangers of shallow channels.
France Ships 2,525,000 Champagne Bottles to U.S.
In 1958 France exported about 2.525 million bottles of champagne to the United States, reflecting strong foreign trade and a thriving beverage market. The figure highlights postwar economic activity and the role of champagne in cross Atlantic commerce.
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France
United States
Death Sentence Soldier Appeal Denied
Pvt. John A. Bennett, under a death sentence at Fort Leavenworth for rape and attempted murder of an Austrian girl, lost his plea to overturn the conviction. The appeal listed in Denver dispatches confirms the federal military appeals board upheld the sentence.
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16Th
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
Bennett
Chatham
Austria
Federal District Court
Kansas
John A. Bennett
Ft. Leavenworth, Kas
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