Army presses ahead with Moon project after Redstone success
Cape Canaveral reports the Army launches a modified Redstone rocket successfully and accelerates plans to deploy a smaller moon satellite. The prior test demonstrated progress as engineers push the Moon program forward.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Army Ballistics Missile Agency
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
Rmy
Air Force Missile Test Center
Redstone
Navy Vanguard
Defense Department
Army
Vanguard
Navy
Emergency livestock examiners named for western Kansas
Allen Williams of Garden City named Wayne Stoskopf of Hoisington as emergency livestock brand examiner for Barton county if mobilized to meet weather dangers. Williams aims to save money by staffing emergencies with aides across western Kansas.
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Allen Williams
Garden City
Wayne Stoskopf
Hoisington
Stoskopf
Barton County
Williams
Kansas
Kansans Discuss Plans for Southeast Wine Industry
Democratic leaders including Sen. Joe McDowell discussed creating a wine industry in southeast Kansas using abandoned strip pits for vineyards. Proposals included wineries nearby and legalizing wine by the drink in restaurants to boost liquor tax revenue.
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Topeka
Kansas
Joe McDowell
Kansas City
Jack Goodrich
Parsons
State Highway Commission
McDowell
Kansas State College
Mid-America Inc
Principal from Garden City guides KU freshman conference
Seven Garden City students at the University of Kansas will present to a KU administrator how high schools can improve college preparation, especially in mathematics. A H Elland, Garden City high school principal, will join conferences with freshmen Melvin M Howard Richard Nanninga Clarence Patterson Gordon Penny Jacob Royer Kenneth Tolbert and Wesley Witt at the 9th annual principal freshman conference with principals from Kansas and Missouri in attendance.
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Garden City
University of Kansas
A. H. Elland
University
Melvin M. Howard
Richard Nanninga
Clarence Patterson
Gordon Penny
Jacob Royer
Kenneth Tolbert
Wesley Witt
Kansas
Missouri
Britain battered by snow and gales across islands
Snow and high gales swept Britain delaying rail and road traffic. A 500 ton automobile ferry was blown ashore near Plymouth as gravel and driftwood clogged main highways. Storms lingered in Scotland with six inches of snow leaving motorists stuck in vehicles overnight.
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London
Britain
Plymouth
Scotland
Garden City Hosts Sixth Annual Invitational Debate Meet
About 100 debaters from 18 Kansas high schools will compete in Garden City for the two day event. Opening session Friday at 1 30 p m in Hope auditorium welcomes the teams led by Cedric Fortune. 36 teams will debate six rounds with semi finals Saturday and finals at 3 p m broadcast by KIAL.
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Kansas
Garden City
Liberal
Meade
Dodge City
Ford
Stafford
St. John
Greensburg
Hutchinson
Haven
Moundridge
Newton
Russell
Emporia
el Dorado
Salina
Garden
Hope Hall
Clifford R. Hope Jr
R.W. Lang
Leroy Hood
KIAL
Bill Brooks
Police Briefs and Hospital Notices From Garden City
Bonds forfeited for Daryle Lee Betts of 307 W Santa Fe for parking on the left curb. Rubye Ruth Miller of Eminence route cited for illegal transportation of an open bottle. Hospital admmits include LeVeta Wulfemeyer 1203 Parkwood Robert Lee Mosby Copeland rooms Mrs Lonnie Plankenhorn 105 E Price Mrs Catherine Dinkel 30442 N Main Lisa Ann Cooley Imperial route Mrs Maude Salter 811 Hackberry James E Curtis 306 Anderson. Discharges: Mrs Russell T Smith Sublette Mrs Fred Haymes Dighton Mrs Gordon Bucy 408 Magno Mrs Commodore Jones 702 N 1d Mrs H W Stubbs Ulysses John W Harris 203 N 12th. Births at St Catherine: Lonnie Plankenhorn and wife 105 E Price welcomed a 5 pound 10 ounce daughter born at 5 47 pm Tuesday.
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W. Santa Fe
Rubye Ruth Miller
LeVeta Wulfemeyer
Parkwood
Robert Lee Mosby
Copeland Rooms
Lonnie Plankenhorn
E. Price
Catherine Dinkel
N. Main
Lisa Ann Cooley
Imperial Route
Maude Salter
Hackberry
James E. Curtis
Anderson
Russell T. Smith
Sublette
Fred Haymes
Dighton
Gordon Bucy
Magno
Commodore Jones
H. W. Stubbs
John W. Harris
St. Catherine
Eatherly Acquitted Of Post Office Burglary Charges
World War II airman Claude R Eatherly was acquitted by a federal court jury of two post office burglary charges in Texas He had pleaded innocent by reason of insanity He helped lead the atomic bomb raids on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and later faced mental health treatment at Veterans Administration hospitals.
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Abilene
Tex
Claude R. Eatherly
View
Avoca
Eatherly
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Japan
Veterans Administration
Market grain futures and local price roundup in Kansas City Chicago
The market reports show grain futures for Kansas City Wheat, Chicago Corn, Wheat, and Soybeans with multiple contracts and bid ask details. Local receipts list cars for Hutchinson Wichita Omaha Enid Salina and Ft Worth, while eggs, rye and garden city grain prices are provided with farm elevator data and local market changes.
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Chicago
American Farm, Bureau Federation
Congress
Goffe & Carkener Inc
Kansas City Wheat High Low Close AG
Hutchinson
Wichita
Omaha
Enid
Salina
Ft. Worth
Lindh Produce Co
Seeeseees
Aie Kash Stag Tavneks
Garden City
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Quiet Trading Shows 1957 Market Lows Across Steel and Auto Shares
New York stocks drifted lower as steel motor and rail shares hit fresh 1957 lows. Major names like U.S. Steel Bethlehem and Jones & Laughlin fell fractions to about a point while Lukens rose about a point amid declines tied to auto cutbacks and weak copper. Kansas City grain quotes followed with wheat and corn lower across several grades.
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U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Jones & Laughlin
Youngstown
Lukens
Chrysler
Ford
General Motors
Republic Steel
Texas Co
Pennsylvania Railroad
Paramount
Goodyear
Douglas Aircraft
General Dynamics
Anaconda
Phelps Dodge
Train Hits Truck At Crossing Near Yokohama
A west bound train struck a stalled gasoline truck blocking a crossing near Yokohama. An eastbound train on an adjacent track then struck the wreck. The two engineers escaped, there was no gasoline, and the driver died.
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Yokohama
Japan
Grains Dip as Wheat and Corn Fall on Futures Market
Grain futures extended losses with July and September wheat hitting season lows amid broad selling. Soybeans declined while corn and oats drifted lower or steadied in a mixed session, with wheat finishing 1% to 3% lower.Kansas City livestock: cattle steady to 25 higher, hogs up 25 to 50, sheep offerings slow with mostly steady general tone.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Board of Trade
USDA
U.S
Wright brother killed in highway collision near Ensign
Donald Wright 35 of Dodge City died in a car truck crash on US 56 near Ensign while working on an elevator construction project at Montezuma. Survived by mother Fern of Coldwater two children and two brothers Leslie Coldwater and Raymond Garden City. Services planned in Coldwater with arrangements incomplete.
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Raymond Wright
RFD 1
Garden City
Ensign
Wright
Dodge City
Montezuma
Fern Wright
Coldwater
Leslie
Raymond
Rats and Booze Study Reveals Drinking To Location
In Nature this week researchers from the University of Toronto report a bar for 25 rats with whisky and water fountains. Nine rats avoided alcohol, fourteen drank either option, and two showed a liking for alcohol, with drinking patterns driven by fountain positions rather than beverage.
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London
Nature
R. J. G. Gillespie
C. C. Lucas
University of Toronto
Facing Kansas Gas Tax Issue
Topeka reports the Legislative Council considers raising Kansas gasoline tax from 5 to 6 cents per gallon after roads and highways recommends the increase to match federal funds. The oil industry opposes while the Kansas Chamber supports. Gov Docking conducts a postcard poll showing strong opposition.
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Topeka
Legislative Council
Roads and Highways
State Highway Commission
Kansas Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Algerian clash leaves rebels and troops in deadly stand
French fighter planes killed 45 rebels and infantrymen, then closed in to wipe out 106 more near the Tunisian border. The battle, described as the largest single action in months, left no reported French losses.
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Algiers
Dentist Fights Parking Ticket After Anniversary
Dr. Robert H. Miller, a Kansas City dentist, went to City Hall to pay a traffic fine and found his car towed after a new illegal park tag was issued. He disputed the action with Sgt. James Newman, while another patrolman towed the car. Miller attributed the mix up to thoughts about his 30th wedding anniversary.
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Kansas City
Robert H. Miller
City Hall
Miller
James Newman
Lakin Grade School Christmas Program Planned
Lakin grade school hosts its annual Christmas program in the new gym Thursday at 7 30 pm directed by John iSample and Eva Jo Kitten, school music instructors.
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LAKIN
John iSample
Eva Jo Kitten
Kansas Chamber backs higher teacher salaries and gas tax rise
The Kansas Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors recommends higher salaries for college faculty and teachers, plus a one cent increase in the gasoline tax. It also favors a higher sales tax if more state revenue is needed, opposing industry pressure against the gas tax, as Gov Docking contemplates budget plans for 1958.
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Topeka
Kansas Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Kansas
Chamber
State Board of Regents
George Docking
State Highway Commission
Highway Council
Docking
Soviets Syria Sign Economic Assistance Pact
The Soviet Union and Syria signed an economic assistance pact in Moscow. Khaled Azem and Joseph Kuzmin signed, with Bulganin Mikoyan and Malinovsky present. Khrushchev absent. Terms remain undisclosed.
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Syria
Moscow
Soviet Union
Khaled Azem
Azem
Joseph Kuzmin
Nikolai Bulganin
A. I. Mikoyan
Rodion Y. Malihovsky
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Man Pulls Loaded Revolver in San Francisco Bail Office
Charles Puccinelli watched television when a stranger entered the bail bond office asked for bail and then drew a revolver. Puccinelli handed over 4400 dollars before the thief fled the scene.
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San Francisco
Charles Puccinelli
Puccinelli
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