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Garden City Telegram

Location

Garden City, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1964

Page

5

Sticks and Stones Foot Race Attracts Young Hobbyists

A Tulsa AP item describes a novelty event called a Sticks and Stones foot race where contestants move without touching the ground. Each racer uses two sticks and two rocks, tossing pieces forward to land within reach, then balancing on them to advance toward a 50 foot finish line. The winner is the first to cross. touching the ground eliminates a racer. Tomorrow: a bottle cap picnic game. Sinclair Crude Oil and Sinclair Refining to merge with Sinclair president D A Young named VP and director. Sinclair operations stay in Tulsa. oil daily supply about 260000 barrels from KS OK and TX. Five homes can be built from one 300 foot redwood tree.

Tulsa, Okla Sinclair Crude Oil Co Sinclair Refining Co D. A. Young Crude Oil Company Sinclair's Tulsa Kansas Oklahoma Texas

Balloon falls on Kansas field after cross Missouri flight

NASA scientists studied cosmic ray data from a 200 foot balloon that drifted 300 miles from Moberly Missouri to near Concordia Kansas at 24 miles up. The 185 pound instrument package landed after a parachute drag across a field and into a truck path, a planned recovery not attempted.

Moberly Missouri Kansas National Aeronautics and Space Administration Concordia Kan Donald Kniffen NASA Physihe Kniffen

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