Heat Lightning Stump The Sky In Muggy Wichita Evening
Andy answers a young reader Nina Smalley of Wichita Kansas with a note about heat lightning. The explanation describes hot humid air and clouds with rain but no visible storm breaking over head. Readers are invited to look up and imagine a cooling thunderstorm.
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Andy
Compton
Nina Smalley
Wichita
Kan
Hutchinson
Iland
Plains of
Kansas
Gazette
Heat lightning described as distant hazy sheets of light
A Hank Ketcham Dennis the Menace panel explains heat lightning as distant hazy sheets of light that flash without a sharp streak or loud thunder. It notes heat lightning occurs in hot weather and may appear without audible thunder, contrasting it with normal lightning.
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Pop Up Inventor and Thunderstorm Tales
A fragmentary excerpt blends humor about a mysterious Mr Up who supposedly popularized pop up toasters and saved elevators, with an explanation of thunderstorm behavior and heat lightning. It includes vivid weather imagery centered on Wichita, Hutchinson, and the Kansas plains, plus a call for readers to ask questions.
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Mr. Up
Negro Newsman Worthy Seeks Passport After Court Ruling
The ACLU says two cooperating attorneys will seek summary judgment as Worthy, a Black journalist, fights for passport renewal. A court last week ruled the State Department cannot deny passports over beliefs or associations, amid a broader crackdown on Communists and Red sympathizers in Haiti.
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ACLU
New York
Amer
Aclu Ican Civil Liberties Union
Sec Sunde Ilage Redetary
Dom Foster
State Department
Port AU Prince
Haiti
Francois Duvaliér
Per Jand
Sinally
Santa
Antonio Rimpel
Red Movements
Worthy
The
New
York Post
Four WV Officers Graduate From Army Staff College
Four officers from West Virginia completed the Army Command and General Staff College course at Fort Leavenworth this month. Maj. Ralph J. Ford of Charleston Capt. Milton H. Hamilton of Hikins Capt. James R. Koenig of Fairmont and Lt. Col. Russell P. Bonasso of Wyatt in Harrison County earned graduation citations.
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FT. Leavenworth
Kan
West Virginia
Army
Command and General Staff College
Ralph J. Ford
Charleston
Milton H. Hamilton
Hikins
James R. Koenig
Fairmont
Russell P. Bonasso
Wyatt
Harrison County
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