Hurricane Mystery and Early Forecasting Efforts in 1964
The article traces historical awareness of hurricanes from indigenous knowledge to Christopher Columbus and explains current forecast aims. It notes observers gathering data on formation and mature storms, mentions the Nimbus satellite and Titus predecessors, and details Navy and Air Force hurricane monitoring, including the Roads, Puerto Rico base and Super Constellations. It also lists recent storms Abby and Cleo, with winds and paths across Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon EK. Dunn
Miami Weather Bureau
Dinn
Nimbus
Equator
Titus
Dunn
Navy
Air Force
Atlantic
Caribbean
Mexico
Puerto Rico
Cleo
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Leeward Islands
Bermuda
Abby
Middle Texas
Cleo Leaves Path of Death and Destruction
Cleo, a devastating hurricane, swept across the Caribbean battering Guadeloupe and southern Puerto Rico. At least 14 dead, 100 injured, $50 million in damage reported in the French possessions as Jamaica, Haiti, and Cuba face threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Cleo
Caribbean
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
Guadeloupe
Hispaniola
Haiti
Weather Bureau
Flora
Cuba
U.S
Summer Red Cross tests available at municipal pool
The Telegram notes that summer students in the Red Cross swimming program who missed tests may take them at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the municipal pool. Four stray horses were found at the Charles Olomon farm four miles north of US 83. Undersheriff Kenneth Wicks identified the animals as a chestnut mare and colt, a black and white paint gelding, and a roan and white paint gelding. Democratic candidate Bill Bork plans to campaign in Finney, Kearny, Hamilton, Scott City, Modoc, Tribune, and Horace on various times this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Charles Olomon
US 83
Kenneth Wicks
Olomon
Bill Bork
Congress
Finney County
Kearny County
Hamilton County
Scott City
Modoc
Tribune
Horace
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Highlights Strong Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Kansas City AP notes cattle at 8500 head with slaughter steers up 75.1, cows 50.1 higher and feeder steers 21 to 23.5 up. Hogs 4000 head steady to 50 higher, sows up to 16.5, spring lambs 25 higher. fuel cells for Gemini spacecraft use hydrogen oxygen to generate electricity and produce drinking water for astronauts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Livestock Kansas City
Genins
Pollen Bane Could Be Tamed For Plant Growth
Biologist Dr. James A. Goss of Kansas State University told a meeting of the American Institute of Biological Sciences that pollen research, using radioactive carbon dioxide, could lead to bigger plants and crops. The study with Y C Panchal explored photosynthesis and how hormones influence pollen chemistry to boost germination and fruit size, suggesting future weed killers and hormone designs to improve crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder
Colo
James A. Goss
Kansas State University
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Kansas State
Goss
Y.C. Panchal
India
Riots Rock Saigon Hue and Da Nang in South Viet Nam
Youthful mobs in Saigon Hue and Da Nang sacked and burned government buildings in the worst outbreak since last summer. In Da Nang rioters attacked a U S enlisted barracks firing grenades wounding a maid who died and set houses aflame. Khanh urged calm and a national unity appeal as students demand civilian rule and elections after the Viet Cong defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hue
da Nang
U.S
South China Sea
Pace
Khanh
Fire Victims Receive Community Help for Taylor Family
The Larry Taylor family lost their home and belongings in a fire before 1 a.m. Saturday. The Church of God at 3rd and Pershing sponsors a bedding and linen shower Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Items may be dropped at Mrs. W. M. Kent’s home behind Jintho’s Cafe or at Tom Taylor’s west Fulton Street residence. The five Taylor children, aged 9, 4, 3, 8, and 5, are currently staying with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Yaylor
Taylors
Church of God
3Rd
Pershing
DeLon Hales
W. M. Kent
Taylor
Rts
Jintho
Tom Taylor
Fulton Street
Kent
Mrs. Taylor
Tom Taylors
Dodge City cowboy tops Grant Fair rodeo show
ULYSSES A Dodge City cowboy, Ben Thompson, won the all around trophy saddle at the Grant County Fair rodeo in Ulysses. Other winners include Harry Hatfield of Santa Fe in bareback, Mike Drennan of Meade in saddle bronc first go round, Ed Munday in second round, Don Reichert of New Underwood in bull riding, Leroy Westfall and Bet Thompson as top calf ropers, and Sondra Hutchins of Sedalia in ladies barrel racing. Jody Green of Ashland won in the second saddle bronc round. Duane Reichert rodeo clown. Jack Long was stock producer and Jerry J. Sullivan announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulysses
Dodge City
Ben Thompson
Sullivan, Inc
Fairmont Foods
Larry Cornell
Harry Hatfield
Santa Fe
N. M
Mike Drennan
Meade
Ed Munday
Don Reichert
New Utherwood
Leroy Westfall
Bet Thompson
Thompson
Don Corankamp
Holly
Colo
Sondra Hutchins
Sedu City
Jody Green
Ashland
Secend
Duane Reichert
New Underwood
5. D
Jack Long
Alden
Jerry J. Sullivan
Grant County Fair
Deaths Mrs Martha Roggenbuck longtime area resident
Funeral will be Tuesday here for Mrs Martha S Roggenbuck 87 long time area resident who died Sunday morning at St Catherine Hospital after a lengthy illness She was born Nov 14 1886 in Strassfurt Germany and came to the United States at age six with her parents They settled in the Pierceville area about 50 years ago She married Albert J Roggenbuck Feb 20 1912 He preceded her in death Sept 27 1963 Their son George was killed during military service in World War II in 1944 Mrs Roggenbuck had lived at Shadylawn Nursing Home about two years She was a member of St Marys Church and the Altar Society Survivors include three daughters Mrs Margearite Brecheisen Mrs Edith Sharpe of Salida Colo and Mrs Lorene Rickman of Littleton Colo three sisters Mrs Anna Brenneman Mrs Clara L Burt and Mrs Mary Hewes of Ingalls a brother Henry Immrath of Pueblo Colo 10 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren Funeral will be at 9 am Tuesday at St Marys Church with Rev Urban Hoying officiating Burial will be at Valley View Cemetery with Garnand Funeral Home in charge Rosary will be said at 8 tonight at Garnand Chapel with the St Mary Altar Society in charge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha S. Roggenbuck
St. Catherine Hospital
Strassfurt
Germany
United States
Pierceville
Albert J. Roggenbuck
George
Roggenbuck
Shadylawn Nursing Home
St. Mary's Church
Altar Society
Margearite Brecheisen
Edith Sharpe
Salida
Colo
Lorene Rickman
Littleton
Anna Brenneman
Clara L. Burt
Mary Hewes
Ingalls
Henry Immrath
Pueblo
Urban Hoying
Valley View Cemetery
Garnand Funeral Home
Garnand Chapel
St. Mary Altar Society
Deming Jr. Oswego investor dies during vacation illness
Robert Orin Deming Jr., 70, prominent Oswego resident and owner of Deming Investment Co., died Sunday at St. Catherine Hospital after a short illness while traveling with his wife through Garden City. Born March 11, 184, in Oswego, he led Mortgage Bankers Assn. and Kansas Real Estate Board, and belonged to Rotary, Presbyterian Church, Chamber of Commerce, and Sigma Nu at Kansas State Univ. Survived by Helen, two sons Robert C. Deming and Frank J. Deming, a daughter Elizabeth Frank, two sisters Julia Deming and Mrs. Tom Ware, and six grandchildren. Funeral and burial in Oswego. Phillips-White Funeral Home handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Orin Deming Jr
Oswego
St. Catherine Hospital
Mr. Deming
Garden City
Deming Investment Co
Mortgage Bankers Assn
Kansas Real Estate Board
Rotary Club
Presbyterian
Dismissals and hospital mentions at St Catherine day list
A mixed list of hospital mentions at St Catherine on Saturday and Sunday. Names include Susanna Mercado Henry Ball Bradley Hutat Mrs Lawson Pinkston Orozco Orozco Sr Donald Buell Leland McGraw Paul Beck Jr Beltran Burkholz Lewis Roderick Jr Joyce Elliott Frisbie Rexroad Calvert Lesher Archuleta Marquardt Schmale Thatcher Rogge Jewell Ballinger Janzen Beck Cross Dalton Joeme Garcia Grubbs Musick Elliott Garcia Bentrup Hamill Perez Crist Zeven Tauscher Schoonover Orozco Sr. and other residents in Lakin Scott City Sublette Deerfield and Borger areas. Dismissals list followed by hospital names and home routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Buell
Deerfield
Leland McGraw
Pierceville
Paul Beck Jr
el Rancho
Michelle Beltran
Mulberry Ponald Burkholz
Lewis Roderick Jr
C. C. Thatcher
Scott City
Milton Rogge
Rhoda Jewell
Jimmy Ballinger
St. John
Daniel Garcia
Hattie
Catherine Sunday
Elder Bentrup
William Hamill
Pete Perez
Ted Crist
Paul Zeven
Leon al Tauscher
Safford
Joseph Schoonover
Augustine Orozco Sr
Taylor
Girths and births in Deerfield district notices
Various local notices include births in Deerfield on August 22 and 23 with weights and dates, marriages licenses for residents of Deerfield, Garden City, and Colorado Springs, and legal and court items. Also, driver license suspensions and several city accident reports with names and locations cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Jean Green
Virgil D. Scheuerman
Boyd
Albert A. Bayer
Teitelbaum
Royd L. Wilkerson
Paul
Witaon
Et Ux
Oldfield Park
Marvin O. Davis
Dona Jean Graham
Deerfield
Jerald H. Sthoenhals
Patricia Ruth Ann Gibson
Garden City
James F. Murphy
Erma R. Miller
Colorado Springs
Colo
iSchool Lunch Program Officials Meet in Garden City
Supervisors of school lunch programs from Southwest Kansas will meet in Garden City for a pre school conference. Lunch staff from area counties invited. The session at Garden City Junior High School runs from 1 to 2 pm with lunch included. Demonstrations include French bread baking mixer attachments and buying meat for school lunches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest
Kansas
Garden City
Ray Beavers
Beer Shortage Hits in Moscow
AP reports a beer shortage in Moscow as four local breweries produce insufficient beer and demand outstrips supply. Beverages reach 9,500 outlets with only 92 selling beer plus 105 beer wagons, leaving residents wandering for available brews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Moskovskaya Pravda
Missionary To Speak Here At Garden City Church
Dr. Charles Strickland, a 16 year missionary in the Republic of South Africa, speaks Thursday night at 8 p.m. at the Garden City Church of the Nazarene for a zone rally. Churches from Dodge City Kalvesta Ford Cimarron Meade Scott City and Garden City attend. He has pastored large Nazarene churches and served as Florida district superintendent before going to South Africa, where he worked 16 years among about 4 million Europeans in Johannesburg with a focus on starting new churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Strickland
Republic of South Africa
Garden City
Church of the Nazarene
Dodge City
Kalvesta
Ford
Cimarron
Meade
Scott City
Strickland
Firemen Have Busy Weekend in Garden City Area
Garden City volunteers reported a busy weekend with a grass fire east of the Country Club burning about 100 acres owned by Lynn Russell. A separate rural call at the DeLoyd George farm near town involved a natural gas blaze near an air irrigation pump extinguished before arrival. A third alarm saw a car owned by Joyce Young of Lakin destroyed by fire on a county road west of the sugar factory. causes for all blazes were not determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
Country Club
Lynn Russell
DeLoyd George Farm
Garhuts
Wet George
Kenneth Wicks
Finney County
Joyce Young
Lakin
Augar
Blize
Mrs Fenton Ward Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs. Fenton Ward mother of Mrs. C Maynard Knief died this morning at Woodward Oklahoma after a lingering illness. Funeral set for 10 a m Wednesday at Woodward with Armstrong Funeral Home in charge. Mr Ward died several years ago.
Ford's Theatre Never Used Again After Lincoln's Assassination
Ford's Theatre ceased functioning as a theater following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The venue's subsequent history reflects its disruption and limited postwar use, preserving the event's impact on American memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Lincoln
Assassinat
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Huracan
Christopher Columbus
Isabella
Columbus
Mar
New
Garden City Public Library
Tony Masa
Finney County Association For Mental Health
Lydia Schmale
Center
Essociation
Helen Harp
Telegram
Mander
Angert
Uarden
Cy Telegram
Dodge Cition Tops
Grant Fair Rodeo
Martha Roggenbuck
St. Catherine
Susanna Mercado
Henry L. Ball
Bradley Hutat
Lawson Pinkston
Digh
Augustine M. Orozco
Tay
Robert Calvert
Mark Lesher. Borger
Tex
Sabra Archuleta
E. Kan
SBS
Carl Marquardt
Matilda Schmale
Gerdes City
Donald Hérman
Raymond Walker
Charles Anstadt
Donald But
Rt. 1
Marie Bertha Witman
Theodore Franklin Witman
John Hurd
Harold R. Conn
Syracuse
Wayne Neely
Dighton
Manuel Bleu
Hering
Joyce Abney
Pawhughtin
Oklo
Ronald A. Baker
Ais
Robert. D. Arnold
Holcomb
Geneva
Glenda A. Truitt
Main
Laurel
Paul Allen Wren
N. 12Th
Henry Munoz
S. 2Nd
Carl J. Ander’ Son
Ralph Gardiner
Delmer Eugene Towns
Assembly of God Church
Atrip
Ian Eugene Boren
Guymign
Okla
Dwayne C. Reever
Liberal
Strichiqnd
Missionery
Hha
Mrs. Fenton Ward
Garden City Fairgrounds
Finney County Free Fair
Henble Drilling and Supply CO
Sudlette, Kansas
Roam City
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