Twisters Strike In Five States Nine Injured
Multiple tornadoes hit southern Oklahoma, northwestern Wisconsin, and other areas including Indiana Kansas Illinois causing injuries and property damage. The storm system stretched from Oklahoma to the Great Lakes with heavy rain and showers across the central region and Gulf states.
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Associated Press
Prospect
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Indiana
Kansas
Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Graham
Clemscot
Fairchild
Trempealeau
Fau Claire
Gulf Coast
Tennessee
Alabama
Canada
Dakotas
Minnesota
Nebraska
Ohio Valey
Atlantic Coast
Texas
Gulf Coast States
Syrian youth joins Linn County farm host for six months
Adnan Mougrabi a farm youth exchange student from Syria observes World farming on a Linn County farm near Blue Mound. He stays with Howard Walker northwest of Blue Mound until June 12 then joins another host family to continue his six month program focusing on poultry and truck farming and plans work with his native farmers on return.
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Fort Scott
Adnan Mougrabi
Syria
Linn County
Kansas
Howard Walker
Blue Mound
Walker
Fifty 1909 CCHS alumni reunion notes and obituaries
Juates of the CCHS class of 1909 Simmons Phil Pat and Margie gathered for their 50th reunion. Harris anniversary celebration noted with relatives from Washington California New Mexico Michigan. Twenty three members are dead. Dinner comic prizes and letters read. Lake Parsons named as new lake behind dam northwest of Parsons. It covers 510 acres and will hold 3.5 billion gallons when full. City visitors attended a dinner in Chanute. Keith Richey ill with kidney ailment. his father E J Richey at drug store in his stead. Kansas City trip to Athletics vs White Sox ended with 6 to 6 score.
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CCHS
Simmons
Phil
Pat
Margie
Harris
Rela
Washington
California
New Mexico
Michigan
Parsons
Neosho County
G. C. Freeley
Robert Krieger
Clark M. Fleming
Pershing Brady
Chanute
E. W. Johnson
Tioga Hotel
Alpha Gray
Cleo S. Dalton
Eric
Keith Richey
E. J. Richey
Tom Burress
Glenn McKinney
Roger Kensinger
Marion Hickey
Kansas City
Athletics
Chicago White Sox
Community hosts Dahlia Society picnic and memorial tribute
Erie area residents gathered as Southeastern Kansas Dahlia Society members met at the Meeker cabin west of town on the Neosho for a picnic and afternoon session. Plans were made for fall exhibits in Parsons and county fairs, with many local families attending and others paying respects at East Hill cemetery for infant Donald Eugene Droll. Memorial Day poppies fundraiser for veterans’ rehabilitation raised 128.40, led by American Legion auxiliary chair Mrs. Frederick Swann.
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Walter Meeker
Southeastern Kansas Dahlia Society
Meeker
Neosho
Society
Parsons
Allen County
H. E. Moore
Nancy
Roy Farris
E. D. Fischer
Steve Thornton
Howard Kingore
Emerson Sweany
LaHlarpe
B. P. Heigele
Iola
A. Mannoni
Tom Gardner
Chanute
Gene Beard
Garry
David
Paula
Dillwyn
Harvey Steele
Walter Beard
Gene
East Hill Cemetery
Donald Eugene Droll
James Droll
Wichita
Don Whitworth
John Vitt
Eugene Whitworth
Mike
Melissa
LeRoy Pierce
Janet
Arthur Pierce
George
Bill
Wesley Whitworth
F. C. Dunfee
Santa Fe
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Frederick Swann
Agreement Ends Strike in Topeka
AP reports a three year contract for hoisting engineers in Topeka ends a strike against three ready mix firms. The deal adds 14 cents first year and 13 cents per year for the next two years, with pre strike wages $2 to $2.35 per hour. The stoppages tied up about 10 million dollars in local construction projects.
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Topeka
Topeka Readymix Concrete
Teamsters Union
Humboldt Washington School Awards Assembly Highlights Students
Humboldt Washington School held an awards assembly in the auditorium with perfect attendance awards for many. Kindergarten recipients included Martha Morales while first through sixth grades listed students receiving awards for spelling and reading with teachers at Kansas University involved in presenting.
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Washington School
Martha Morales
Derrill Rinehart
Mary Honeycutt
Catherine Osborn
Craig Crane
Daniel Walcott
Carl Wilhite
Janet Reaves
Stephen Clements
Larry Reaves
Billy Ellis
Peggy Rinehart
Michael Smith
Teresa Ortiz
Tom Rutledge
Kansas Univers
Lincoln School Awards Highlight Reading and Attendance Honors
The school held an awards assembly with first reading certificates and gold or silver seals for many students across grades one to six. Notable recognitions include Jayhawker Award recipients for six graders and perfect attendance and spelling honors across grades, with detailed lists of students by name and grade.
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Kenneth Julich
Leslie Naff
Phyllis Boman
Charlotte Stephens
Mary Jo King
Gold Seals
Connie Clements
David Julich
Michael Neptune
Norman Neptune
Janet Reaves
DeAnna Rutledge
Evelyn Seyfert
Ronald Showalter
Daniel Wolcott
Carl Wilhite
Betty Anderson
Beth Honeycutt
Nancy Stanley
Clifton Smith
Sharon Taylor
Richard Peterson
Alice Cheney
Jolene Coldwell
Terry Franklin
Judy Huffmaster
Mary Logan
Janice Wilhite
Tom Cannon
Lincoln School
David Middendorf
Debra Kay Johnson
David Long
Lenny Crow
Darrell Barnett
Donald Brooks
Randy Clements
Jim Crowl
Larry Crawford
Ethel Brooks
Ginger Stange
Larry Carey
Rickey Baker
Roger Williams
Dennis Sherwood
Anne Brooks
Nancy Vincent
Craig Sharp
Shirley Ridge
Suzanne McCall
Sandra Mason
Connie Larson
Johnny van Nice
Kirk Barfoot
Jean Beyma
Janet Leonard
Earl Newman
Rickey Newman
Gene Lewis
Lennie Crown
Steve Vincent
Billy Watson
Jerry Leonard
Tim Woods
Tom Woods
Kathy Reinhart
Sandy Mason
Marcia Tinkler
Cheryl Chambers
Kenny Beyma
Jenelle Johnson
Lana Lombard
Timmee McCullough
Leila Wellcome
Bonnie Foulke
Peggy Lehman
Debby Johnson
Terry Johnson
Stanley Squire
Joe Harwood
Robert Carey
James Kariker
Local Students Named by Grades Across Seals and Honors
A list of named students from grades four to six appears alongside visitors from Orlando and Washington as Mrs FE D Raymond visits her daughter Mrs Glen Shook and other relatives. The text notes several families and guests visiting in Clinton Iowa.
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FE. D. Raymond
Orlando, Fla
Glen Shook
Mr. Shook
Carol
Mrs
Rough World For Baby Wrens
On the Melvin Stewart farm near Bronson a mother wren built a nest between a tractor battery and toolbox. The unsteady location unsettled the newborn wrens as they began life on the worksite.
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Bronson
Kas
Melvin Stewart
Stewart
Nesting Mother Bird Tracks Tractor During Feed
A mother bird remained by the nest through the incubation period then forages for food. She followed the tractor as it circled the field and returned to feed her hungry chicks.
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Achine
Foreign Aid Shift Toward Economic Assistance Approved
The House Foreign Affairs Committee backed a foreign aid authorization bill that trims 266.8 million from Eisenhower’s 3.93 billion request and boosts the proposed 700 million loan allocation for developing backward countries by 100 million, signaling a move to economics over military aid.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Quick Garlic Bread Hack for Simplified Flavor
For instant garlic flavor rub crushed garlic over the bread crust before baking. No need to prep butter or herbs. a simple garlic rub speeds up the process and yields a savory crust.
Special price list for farm equipment from 1950s models
A compact catalog item lists discounts on Cockshutt wheel discs and John Deere implements. It includes 1959 Cockshutt disc, 1956 John Deere 12 and 1952 Cockshutt 8-P prices, plus 1956 AC-66 and 1953 Case Field Cutter row crop options with PTO notes and several price points such as 1895 1025 1725 375 525.
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John Deere
Jean Deere
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