Farm income drops threaten 1955 year outlook
The Department of Agriculture reports a four percent fall in farmers cash income in the first half of 1955, driven by lower prices for farm products. Despite bumper crops, the decline hits farmers hard, with a 20 percent drop since 1951. The piece assigns responsibility to policy and urges government action to halt the slide and protect the farm economy.
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Department of Agriculture
Eisenhower
Ezra Taft Benson
A Lake With Trees Idea for Sublette Recreation
Warren Moore proposes creating a tree bordered man made lake in northeastern Sublette County fed by a deep well with potential to support water skiing boating and fishing. He suggests courting state fish and game commission help while calling for public support and manpower to realize a prairie lake project.
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Warren Moore
Warren
State Fish and Game Commission
Rollie Jack
Commission
Rich Man Celebrates 25 Years With Family and Resolve
The publisher marks 25 years of marriage amid work and memories. He recalls wartime poverty in 1930s Scott City, $30 weekly income, and a growing family now with two Marines. He says life continues, guided by love, health, and family, declaring I am a rich man.
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News Chronicle
Bill
Jim
Army calls Supreme Court ruling on personnel flawed
Kansas newspapers quote Army officials criticizing a Supreme Court decision affecting military personnel. The Wichita Eagle and El Dorado Times note concerns about commander discretion and future implications. The clippings reflect a period tone debating civil military relations and media commentary.
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Army
Supreme Court
Brass
Atl
Wichita Eagle
Faith Takes A Name By Dwight Stevenson
Dwight Stevenson argues Christianity evolved from many names to Christian. He urges lay readers to renew faith through loyalty to Jesus himself, not just his teachings. The book urges abandoning fear of death and comfort for truth and bold living as aliens and exiles.
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Dwight Stevenson
The
College of the Bible
Lexington
Kentucky
Stevenson
Christ
Paul
Antioch
Jesus
Will Durant
UN Secretary Negotiating With Reds Over Prisoners
Dag Hammarskjold said he is still negotiating with Red China for the return of UN Command prisoners held in China from the Korean War. He noted several governments supplied lists of many missing soldiers and that some facts indicate they may be in China.
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United Nations Im
U.N
Dag Hammerskjold
Red China
Hammarskjold
China
Finn Twins Accept Parole From Federal Prison
George and Charles Finn, both 41, signed certificates of parole under protest and were released from Terminal Island federal correctional institution after a 79 day hunger strike at the Springfield Missouri medical center. They served 115 days of a one year term for interfering with a federal officer during a citizens arrest of U S Attorney Laughlin Waters in Los Angeles. The brothers allege Waters illegally held a surplus cargo plane they had purchased from a Kern County school district.
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Los Angeles
Finn Twins
George
Charles
Terminal Island Federal Correctional Institution
Springfield
U.S
Kern County
Calif
Stevenson Names Twelve Saints For Early Christian Faith
The passage lists twelve names from Stevenson aimed at the early Christian faith. It notes modern readers can grow in faith by practicing any one of them, emphasizing personal devotion over worldly concerns.
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Stevenson
Prayer card meditation on pure hearts and seeing God
A church page offers a brief prayer from The Upper Rooms. The prayer asks God to remove strain and selfishness, seeking purity of heart so believers may see God and carry His presence into life. It ends with a Christ-centered doxology.
Planes Crash Near GROEMBACK Killing 66 Servicemen
In GROEMBACK Germany, two C119 Flying Boxcar transports collided during an air transport exercise and burned near the village. All 66 aboard perished: 11 airmen of the 10th Troop Carrier Squadron and 55 soldiers of the 499th Engineer Battalion. Soldiers worked by flashlight through the night to recover bodies from the wreckage.
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Groemback
Germany
U.S
Stuttgart
10Th
Local News and AP Reproduction Rights Notice
The Associated Press delivers local news content printed in this paper and AP dispatches. Subscription rates: daily by carrier 8c weekly in Garden City. by mail $7.50 yearly within select Kansas counties, $10 elsewhere in Kansas, $12 outside Kansas. Entered at Garden City post office as second class matter.
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Garden Uty
Pinner, Lane
Scott
Wichita
Greeley
Hamilton
Kearny
Grant
Haskell
Gray Counties
Kansas
Garden City
A Small Town Teacher Teaches Tooth Pulling Tricks
A district teacher keeps a string and medical supplies in her desk to pull baby teeth. Parents joke about tooth tariffs while families note recent birthdays and anniversaries. The column mixes local humor with notes of local residents and a cryptoquip puzzle.
Weather expert debunks warmer summers myth for 100 years
Washington column notes Norman R. Hagen of the U S weather bureau argues that average temperatures have risen only slightly over the last century and that urban heat from factories and cars, not a clear global trend, explains most changes. He cites 1930 as a scorcher and explains memory bias in summer heat tales. The piece also covers Sen Symington challenging grain bin defects and shifts in Senate leadership and Niagara Falls power debates.
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Washington
Norman R. Hagen
U.S. Weather Bureau
Washinton
Hagen
Weather Bureau
North Atlantic
Siberia
Dad
Cuba
Atlantic
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Sublette
Scott City News Chronicle
Eagle
Jimmy Hatlo
Maxie
Religion In Books
Paul &. Davis
Community Congregational Church
Dwight E. Stevenson
Faith
Harper and Brothers Publishers
Reds
God
Garden City Telegram
Telegram Publishing Company
East Chestnut
Addie Weeks
North Seventh Street
J. G. Renick
Garden City Avenue
Edward Renick
W. F. Mercer
Ninth Street
L. W. Stephens
Pierceville
Neta
Miles) McGeehee
Max Stephens
Meuse River
King Features Syndicate
evernaArimona
Loki
Eugene Sheffer
Jie
Cal
Drew Pearson
Stead
Man
Beause
Montreal
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Air Force
Talbott
C. E. Huff
Kansas City
Black, Sivalls, and
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Symington
Huff
Black, Sivalls
Agriculture Department
Geneva
White House
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Ernest McFarland
Arizona
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Earle Clements
Chandler
Alben Barkley
Senate
United States
Clements
Barkley
New York State
Niagara Falls
Senate Public Works Committee
Strom Thursmond
South Carolina
Capehart
Indiana
Wiley
Wisconsin
Potter
Michigan
Dick Neuberger
Oregon
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