Iceland Drops Go Home Plea
The United States and Iceland announced that Iceland will not demand U S troops be withdrawn. The State Department cited recent world events including the Soviet crushing of the Hungarian revolt as justification to keep defense forces in Iceland under the 1951 defense agreement. Lincoln White said the Red Army poses a continuing threat to Western security.
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Washington
United States
Iceland
U.S
State Department
U.s.-Iceland
Lincoln White
Department
Russia
Red Army
Middle East
NATO
Dodge City Man Franklin Myers dies at 72
Franklin A. Myers, 72, died yesterday morning at his Dodge City home after years of ill health. Born February 21, 1883, in northeast Kansas, he lived in Garden City and Brance Cain, later moving to Garden City where he raised a family. Survivors include a widow, three sons Merle, Stan, and Gilford, a daughter Mrs. Byer, a brother J. L. E. Myers, a sister Mrs. Nettie Henry, nine grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. Services will be 2 p.m. tomorrow at First Methodist Church with burial at Greencrest Memorial Cemetery.
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Dodge City
Franklin Alew Myers
Mr. Myers
Garden City
Merle Myers
Merle
Stan Fort Worth
Tex
Gilford
Ed Byer
Stafford
J. L. E. Myers
Omaha
Nettie Henry
Belleville
Greencrest Memorial Cemetery
Sublette Area Obituaries Briefly Note Elliott and Smith Deaths
ISU BLETTE Ernest H Elliott 74 former Haskell county banker cattleman died unexpectedly today at Catherine hospital Garden City He lived in Haskell county since 1909 and was connected with Sublette bank until 1933 He farmed extensively in the area Surviving widow two sons Merton Elliott Spokane Washington and Dorsey Elliott Sublette and daughter Mrs Ed Hall Sublette Funeral arrangements incomplete Phillips funeral home in charge Plymell LaVerett Smith former Plymell resident died of cancer at home 1316 Sheridan Tulsa Survived by wife Mildred four daughters Kay Don Sue and Sandy of home Mrs LaVonne Marrs Garden City sister Mrs Vera Snodgrass Garden City and brothers Alvin Smith Tulsa and A E Smith Dodge City Funeral services will be held Friday morning in Tulsa
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Isublette
Ernest H. el Itt
Haskell County
Aker
Catherine Hospital
Gardenay
Elliott
Sublette Bank
Iine
Merton Elliott
Spokane
Wash
Dorsey Big
Sublette
Ed Hall
Phillips Funeral Me
Plymell
Treason Inquiry Targets Racial Policy Opponents in SA
In Johannesburg a government raid across South Africa arrested 140 men and women of varied races for a peacetime treason probe tied to apartheid. Most were flown to the city. preliminary hearings were set for December 19 and 52 appeared in court after the airlift.
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Johnnesburg
South Africa
Johannesburg
Erle *H. Louw
U.N
New York
Capetown
Port Elizabeth
Durban
Redding Police Recall 1933 Christmas Card Request
In 1933 Phil Goldfaden of Long Branch NJ sent a Christmas card thanking the police and townspeople. Chief Scott Lincecum notes no one remembers Goldfaden, but recalls 1933 when itinerants were locked up to prevent starvation. Approximately 400 students attended a Southwestern College Little Symphony concert at Hope Hall today.
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Redding
Calif
Phil Goldfaden
Long Branch
Scott Lincecum
Goldfaden
Southwestern College
Hope Hall
Abundant Water In Pittsburg Amid Regional Scarcity
Pittsburg Kansas enjoys abundant municipal water with no local shortage. A deep underground reservoir provides about 1,848,000 gallons daily from four wells, with capacity to supply up to 100 million gallons daily if expanded, while keeping the water table stable. The system includes two ground reservoirs and two tall towers, serving Pittsburg and nearby communities like Chicopee, with a water rate among the state’s lower tiers.
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Harold
Taylor
Pittsburg
Iscar Green
Municipal Water Department
Young Pitteburg
Cty
Sun
Grain futures quotes for wheat corn soy oats and more
Market quotes show Kansas City and Chicago grain futures for wheat corn and soybeans with bid high low and close figures. Prices span March May July contracts with values around 2.28 to 2.50 in various units and regions including Wichita Hutchinson Omaha Amarillo and Fort Worth receipts listed.
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Fem Goite & Cafthener. Inc
Kansas City
Chicago
Hutchingon
Wichita
Omaha
Amarillo
Salina
Worth
Grains Steadier After Day of Mixed Activity on Board
Chicago markets showed muted grains with minor declines across wheat corn oats and soybeans as traders weighed Eisenhower’s drought-focused trip. Open interest and futures volume marked activity while steel shares led the New York market rally amid easing geopolitical fears and a continuing technical bounce.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Eisenhower
Naturalization petitions filed for three Southwest Kansas residents
Petitions filed with district court clerk G. Mae Purdy seek naturalization for Jose Guerrero of Syracuse and Ivan and Anna Leshov of Tribune. The Leshovs are Russian and Guerrero is Spanish speaking. Approval expected after passing naturalization tests.
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District Court
G. Mae Purdy
Kansas
Jose Guerrero
Syracuse
Ivan and
Anna Leshov
Tribune
Guerrerry
Leshovs
Garden City Hospital Admittances and Discharges
Daily hospital notices list admitted patients including Herbert Stone Pauline Deck E W Henkle Leslie Ross S L Kleeman Alfred Stoechlein Neville Dunnan Henry Morgan and others. Discharges include Ernest Davison Ronald Kilewer Roland Rogers Hubert Crowley Verla Spilman and Milo Joyce. Police and county briefs report bond forfeiture and various property and oil and gas transactions in Garden City.
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Herbert Stone
E. Chestnut
Pauline Deck
E. W. Henkle
Leslie Ross
S. L. Kleeman
Lakin
Alfred Stoechlein
Holcomb
Neville Dunnan
Henry Morgan
Ernest Davison
Gardendale
Ronald Kilewer
Roland Rogers
N. Main
Hubert Crowley
Conkling
Bob Linenberger
Edward Beahm
A. Schopf
Verla Mae Spilman
Milo Joyce
Imperial Route
Mink Fronted Dress Shirt Sells for 199.85 at Men in Mink
Tulsa department store Men in Mink USAW advertises a Christmas sale mink fronted dress shirt for 199.85. Designer and maker Andovers claims the white broadleather shirt with mink front is a first of its kind in formal attire, drawing public attention in recent days. Merchandise manager Vincent Vandgver notes the article is a new, more expensive shirt option from the brand.
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USAW
Tulsa
Andover's
Vincent Vandgver
St Nicholas Gifts Reach Hungarian Refugees on Christmas
St Nicholas distributes donated gifts to Hungarian refugee children as Red Cross volunteers deliver dolls games candy and switches in local barracks. Children awoke to find gifts left in shoes near beds symbolizing care miles from home. The scene contrasts with racial disorder arrests in Clinton Tenn where 18 people have been taken into custody amid school integration tensions.
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Clinton, Tenn
Clinton
Knoxville
U.S. Dist
Robert L. Taylor
Clyde Cook
Andersonville
Berlin Battle Over Red Satellite Traffic Tightening
Western officials in Berlin confronted Soviet restrictions on road and rail traffic through West Berlin as the Kremlin pressed for broader security checks. U.S. Army commands warned the convoy to turn back rather than risk wider disruption amid Hungary and Poland fears. West Berlin, 110 miles inside East Germany, relies on one highway, one rail line and three air corridors for lifelines to West Germany.
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West Berlin
Russia
Germany
U.S. Army
Kremlin
Independencej
Hungary
Poland
Mit
U.S
East Germany
West Germany
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National Council of Churches
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