Sleep Through Earthquake Quips From Garden City Area
Local chatter notes Lee Kisner slept through an earthquake felt in Spar City Lake City region. Seismograph confirmed tremor with minimal damage like broken windows. Kisner claims no recollection. Also: Garden City council considers Miss and Mrs contest entries, judging at State theatre, deadline Aug 19. Several community notes on telephone booth, residents moving, chamber planning session, highway sign promotion, and Wheat Sweets candy at Hospitality House.
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Lee Kisner
Kisner
Colorado
Lake City
Spar City-Lake City
Kansas City
A's
Lorraine McCarty
State Theater
Maurice Helmick
Theron
Faye Collingwood
L. W. Milford
North Fifth
Connor Creighs
Hoy B. Etling
Chamber
the Warren
Etling
Chet Cleaver
High Harmons
Marshall
A. G. Schroedermeier
Dodge City
Garden City
Hutchinson
AWOL Kansan Admits 5-State Burglary Spree
La Salle County authorities report Ralph Lowell Hicks Jr a 19 year old from Neodesha Kansas admitted burglaries across five states Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Indiana and Illinois. Hicks said he had been AWOL from Camp Hamilton Kentucky since May 29 1955 and was arrested in Ransom Illinois on disorderly conduct charges while police pursue further questioning.
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LA Salle
Ralph Lowell Hicks Jr
Neodesha
Kas
Camp Hamilton
Edward Lambert
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Indiana
Ilinois
Nicks
Ransom
Ill
Hope Pushes for Resources Bill in Congress
Rep Hope and Sen Carlson push for a Commission on Natural Resources policy. Bills would declare land water forests and related resources essential to national security and welfare and urge cooperative conservation by federal state local governments and citizens. The proposed 12 member commission would be named by the President including agency representatives and public members.
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Hope
Rt-Kas
Congress
Commission On Natural Resources
House Agriculture Committee
Sen
Carlson
R-Kas
United States
Agriculture and Interior Departments
Army
States
New Mexico Declared Disaster Area for Flood Damage
President Eisenhower designated Albuquerque and parts of New Mexico as a major disaster area for federal aid after flash flood damage. The action follows a request from Governor John Simms of New Mexico made last Friday at the governor general's vacation headquarters.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Federn
Nis
John Simms
Canadian Air Force Looks For a Missing Plane
The Canadian Air Force reported early today that an Imperial Oil Co. plane with six aboard has been missing since Saturday night on a flight from Rocky Lake to Regina Saskatchewan.
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Winnipeg
Man. l
Canadian Air Force
Imperial Oi) Co
Rocky Lake
Regina
Sask
New Gale Diane Nears U.S. Coast As Warnings Grow
Forecasters issue hurricane warnings expected for Georgia and South Carolina coasts as tropical storm Diane strengthens to hurricane force with 115 mph winds. North Carolina and northeastern Florida face potential alerts while Diane moves west-northwest about 600 miles east-southeast of Jacksonville.
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Fla
Georgia
South Carolina
Diane
Cecil Gentry
North Carolina
Florida
Gentry
Diana
Jacksonville
Thhen
Conniel
Atlantic
Virginia
Son of Bing Crosby Injured in Accident
Pvt. Phillip L. Crosby, 21, son of singer Bing Crosby, is hospitalized in Raymond with a broken back after his car left a guardrail and tumbled 20 feet into the Willapa River bed while returning to Army KP duties from Fort Lewis. The outgoing tide likely prevented drowning.
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Raymond
Wash
Bing Crosby
Phillip L. Crosby
Raymond Hospital
Ft.Lewis
Willapa
Willapa Harbor
Young Crosby
Rainfall Teases Area With Light Showers Across Finney County
Light sprinkles failed to yield measurable rainfall across Finney County with the heaviest amounts near KNCO transmitter area at .08 inches and the experimental station tracking .06 inches after 8 am. City rain capped at a trace while some areas reported dry conditions after recent prior rains. Farmers welcomed cooler weather though overall moisture remained meager. Municipal pool attendance rose Sunday as it reopened despite cooler skies.
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KNCO
Experiment Station
Roy Herring
CAA
Light and Water Department
Gatage
Halcomb
US 83
Triat
Two Named Top L-H Drivers In 4-H Contest
Mary Pfeifer and Vernon Schneer won division championships in the Finney County 4-H skilled driving contest held yesterday at the fairgrounds. Fifty-seventh entries competed in two sections written test and practical driving. Troopers Kaufman Teetzen and others supervised the event.
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Mary Pfeifer
Vernon’ Schneer
Finney County
Coaneil
Finney County Farm Bureau
Fairgrounds
Farm Bureau Safety Committee
Daryl, Kaufman
Ralph Teetzen
Leo Jo Kopp Wih
Robert Heiman
British Army Hit by New Raid Near Rhyl
Five masked men attacked guards at a Welsh garrison near Rhyl early today, the second raid on a military depot in 48 hours. One sentry's whistle alerted the camp as the attackers fled with 68 firearms and about 80,000 rounds of ammunition. Authorities hunt for eight to 20 assailants while three Irishmen from the Reading raid face a hearing tomorrow.
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London
Wales
Lord Langford
Kimmel Park
Rhyl
Reading
The Weather Report From The U S Weather Bureau
A weather bulletin from the U S Weather Bureau outlines regional forecasts and temperature trends. It notes expected precipitation, wind patterns, and seasonal adjustments for the coming days.
Prison Riot in Washington Ends Quickly at State Penitentiary
In Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla a dozen inmates armed with homemade knives seized 14 hostages then yielded after telephone and car gas persuasion. No injuries. The revolt followed a previous July incident. 15 leaders from Yakima were earlier held, later returned. Prisoners demanded transfers and better conditions. warden Delmore offered interviews.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Washington State Penitentiary
Lawrence Dellmore Jr
Yakima
Airman promised VFW help after prison release
In Woodland California the Veterans of Foreign Wars offered to finance a lawyer or a honeymoon for Airman Daniel Schmidt, the 22 year old air force gunner who returned from 32 months in a Chinese prison camp to find his wife Una remarried. Schmidt met Una in Nevada City and she said she would stay with Alford Fine.
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Woodland
Calif
California
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Daniel Schmidt
VFW
Thomas J. Murray
Danny
Una
Schmidt
Air Force
Nevada City
Alford Fine
Lonely Hearts Ad Sparks Vintage Dating Quip
A humorous personal ad from today shows a man seeking a suitable companion with a wry line about age. The fragment mentions a tired sales pitch and a clothing store promotion tied to an August stock sale.
Tax refunds waiting in Kansas area 22 thousand dollars unclaimed
Internal Revenue Bureau lists about 1,500 Kansas residents with checks from 1954 tax returns awaiting claim in Wichita. Checks vary from 30 cents to 21,791.57 dollars, average around 72 dollars. Taxpayers must prove identity at the Wichita office to have checks mailed to them.
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Sam
Kansas
Garden City
Internal Revenue Bureau
Wichita
Lynn Brodrick
Internal Revenue
Brodrick
Early Morning Fire Damages Local Firm
In Ellsworth Kansas a bus fire sent 16 Jefferson City and Columbia girl scouts and three adults fleeing. Driver Don Addicks of Fulton drove off after smoke from the rear engine appeared. all escaped with only camping gear lost. The group proceeded to Colorado Rockies as planned with a replacement bus arriving at Hays for an overnight stay.
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Ellsworth
Kas
Jefferson City
Columbia
Colorado Rockies
Virginia Williams
Don Addicks
Fulton
Addicks
Hays
Finney County farmer to face rape charge after family row
County Attorney Ray Calihan Jr will file a complaint today accusing 47 year old Clemente EB Alcaraz of forcible and statutory rape of his 10 year old daughter. Police were summoned after a drunken episode at the Garden City area farm late Friday. The girl required medical care for a broken neck injury and other severe bruises. Alcaraz admitted drinking. he was found unclothed when arrested.
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Ray Calihan, Jr
Finney County
Clemente Eb, Alcaraz
Garden City
Calihan
Alcaraz
al Dewey
Investi
Boy Scout Murder Probe Expands With Tests In Muskegon
In Muskegon Michigan eight Boy Scout camp officials undergo lie detector tests as investigators seek the killer of 12 year old Peter Gorham whose body was found shot in the back of the head in a desolate woods 12 miles north of Muskegon. The Evanston Illinois boy was the third child homicide in Michigan in under five months.
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Muskegon
Mich
Leroy &. Hunt
Peter Gorham
Evanston
Peter
Michigan
Record Shows Prior Conviction Details Not Charged At Time
The record notes years ago he faced no charges for a certain matter. It confirms a prior conviction for carrying a concealed weapon and for driving while intoxicated.
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Gation
Fire damages Max Brewer arcade and threatens nearby buses
An early morning fire at 606 N Eighth damaged the Max Brewer penny arcade and shooting gallery, with intense heat confining to the first floor. An adjacent storage area for school buses was briefly threatened through a connecting window but extinguished. fire origin thought to be in the shooting gallery, possibly a short circuit. Brewer, awakened by an explosion, escaped through the back and alerted neighbors as fire crews battled heat and smoke. loss estimate unavailable. Also, a separate grass fire at a VFW club grounds near evergreen trees was reported, believed caused by a discarded match.
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N. Eighth
Opc Cational Ag
Jim Fare
Brewer
Fare
Frederick Finnup
Big Penny Arcade
Patrick School Supply
Main Street
E. Fulton
N. Righth
Fulton Street
VFW Club
West
Five Killed in Kansas Weekend Traffic Toll
Five people died in Kansas traffic accidents over the weekend raising the year's toll to 328. Victims include Lyle Neal 17 and Kathy Donahy 6 of Frankfort killed in a three vehicle crash near Frankfort. George Dennis Dunn 20 of Pleasonton died in a one car crash near Mound City. Debra Kay Forbus 14 months old and her parents Thomas and Mrs. Morgan killed when a car hit a bridge abutment west of Oswego. Peter N. Krier Jr. 29 of Claflin injured fatally when his water truck overturned near Ellinwood.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Lyle Neal
Kathy Donahy
Frankfort
George Dennis Dunn
Pleas«anton
Mound City
Debra Kay Forbus
Thomas Morgan
Oswego
Peter N. Krier Jr
Claflin
Ellinwood
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