Quality wheat incentives clash with price supports
Editor criticizes the Agriculture Department for sticking with a flawed price support system while finally endorsing 20 cents a bushel incentives for desirable heat varieties. The piece credits wheat groups and Kansas State College for pushing quality, notes Benson’s rigid stance, and argues for market-driven reform to stabilize production.
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Ater
Department of Agriculture
CCC
Comanche
Chamber of Commerce
Benson
Marilyn Monroe and Bulgy aim for Russia visit
The Denver Post links Marilyn Monroe’s visa bid for a September trip to Russia with a thaw in Cold War tensions. The piece notes Monroe’s star power could outshine past envoy efforts and mentions a cartoon mocking diplomats, while praising capitalism’s reach through her potential influence.
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Jke
Denver
Bulgania
New York
Marilyn Monroe
Russia
New Yorker
Marilyn
Bulgy
Monroe
Wendell Willkie
Harold Stassen
Perle Mesta
Bernard Baruch
Jim Snodgrass
Eisenhower
Zhukov
Miss Monroe
The
Denver Post
Blue Jacket Wheat Omission Sparks Kansas Concern
The Department of Agriculture announced a 20 cent a bushel discount on inferior milling varieties grown in Kansas, excluding Blue Jacket. Kansas Wheat Improvement Association warns Blue Jacket should be discontinued as it fails milling standards and omitting it may mislead producers about its acceptability. In 1955 Blue Jacket planted acreage reached 1.7 percent statewide with several counties showing notable shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Wheat Improvement Association
Kansas State College
Agriculture Department
Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Kansas Wheat Improvement Association
Stevens
Haskell
Grant
Clark
Kiowa
Wabaunsee
Kansas Wheat Improvement
Lobbyists Behind Transit Seizure Bill Pressure in Washington
Washington column reveals how campaign money and lobbying shaped the Capital Transit seizure bill. Wolfson’s donations to Republicans and Democrats spurred Senate subpoenas and White House pressure to veto or delay action. Morse and Spencer pressed for passage as Adams and Bridges tugged at the presidency. The bill narrowly passed after intense lobbying.
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Washington
Congress
District of Columbia
Capital Transit Company
Louis Wolfson
Florida
Capital Transit
Montgomery Ward
Sam Rayburn
Ike
Wolf’ Son
Fuller Warren
Wolfson
Wayne Morse
Ore
Senate District of Columbia
Morse
Symington
DC Committee
Sen
Pat Me
Namara
Michigan
Pat
Senate
White House
David Charnay
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Spencer
Sherman Adams
Oregon
Bridges
Charnay
Washington Board of Trade
Sam Spencer
Kansas Gas and Electric Declares 30 Cent Dividend
Kansas Gas and Electric Co. declares a quarterly dividend of 30 cents on common stock. Preferred dividends are payable Oct. 1 to holders of record Sept. 9. Common stock dividend payable Sept. 30 to holders of record Sept. 9. Wichita report.
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Wichita
Kansas Gas & Electric Co
Hoover says Eisenhower acts on reorganization commission
Former President Herbert Hoover defends his government reorganization commission and accuses Democrats of a smear. He says President Eisenhower is implementing commission recommendations and calls Democratic claims that the panel was partisan ignorant of its workings. Both party members backed Hoover’s, remarks.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Eisenhower
Democratic Digest
Democratic National Committee
Hoover
Commission
White Trio Charged In Slaying on Courthouse Lawn
In Brookhaven Mississippi a coroner's jury returned four hours of testimony charging Mack Smith a farmer and Charles Falvey an oil field worker with the shotgun killing of Lamar Smith on the courthouse lawn last Saturday. Noah Smith was previously charged after surrendering.
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Brookhaven
Miss i
Mississippi
Mack Smith
Charles Falvey
Lamar Smith
Noah Smith
Distaff Side recounts Little Four reunion at Summit
A light hearted yet sober tale of a Little Four reunion with four WWII veterans including an Illinois drug salesman and a Wisconsin history teacher. They reminisce about war experiences, prefer dining indoors, and end with the group’s veto on eating outdoors.
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U.S.A
Illinois
Wisconsin
Kansas
Indiana
Big Four
England
This Is the Season of the Shutterbugs
Ed Creagh lampoons the rise of amateur photographers during vacation season. A narrator, an amateur with costly equipment, roams landmarks from the Grand Canyon to Niagara Falls, chasing dramatic but flawed shots. The piece humorously critiques camera culture and ends with a self deprecating gag about a ruined Empire State Building photo.
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ED Creagh
Washington W
Ile
Grand Canyon
Niagara Falls
Venice
St. Mark’s Square
Folies Bergere
J. Edgar Hoover
Empire State Building
Garden City Telegram Staff and publication details
Garden City Telegram published daily with staff including Stuart Awdrey editor, Rick Dalton managing editor, Marvin Smith advertising manager, and Rowsell Elliott on advertising. AP content licensed. subscription rates listed: 30 cents daily by carrier, 7.50 per year locally, 10 per year within Kansas, 13 per year outside Kansas.
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Stuart Awdrey
Rick Dalton
Marvin Smith
AL. W. McFarland
Rowsell Elliott
Garden City
Finney, Lane
Scott
Wichita
Greeley
Hamilton
Kearny
Grant
Haskell
Gray Counties
Kansas
The Prayer and the Upper Site Creed Message
The text presents a religious reflection invoking obedience to the heavenly vision from Acts 26 19 and a prayer asking to remove jealousy and wilfulness from hearts and to grant joyous obedience through Jesus Christ Our Lord Amen
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Jesus Christ
Contract Awarded for Dike Work on Missouri
Army engineers awarded a $337,876 contract to Massman Construction Co of Kansas City for construction and repair of dikes and revetments along the Missouri River. Work covers from Quindaro to Sheepnose Bend near Missouri City, Missouri.
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Washington—Army Engineers
Massman Construction Co
Kansas City
Missouri River
Missouri City
Quindaro
Sheepnose Bend
Puzzle fragment from a cryptic riddle page
A fragmented cryptic puzzle appears with numbered clues and garbled strings. The verso includes hints of clues for a later cryptic answer, multiple misspellings, and a mixed alphabetical cipher line, with part of a pen portrait of yesterday's cryp. The page indicates a King Features Syndicate distribution and a solver time.
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King Features Syndicate
MPV
Otaatitda
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Kansas City Star
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Drew Pearson
Kansas Gas and Electric
Hotzelroda
Pennslyvania
Lidy Herman
Trois Vieres
Vienna
Flag Factory
Garden City Telegram
Telegram Publishing Company
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Italy
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