Three Little Pigs and a Junker Deal on the Lot
The Three Little Pigs story frames a quirky local trade on the Million Motor lot. Frank Meeker trades a junk Pontiac for three pigs, auctions the large porker for 75 cents, and ends with two small pigs and a junker Pontiac. Meanwhile a Lincoln in the $10,000 class is teased as coming, with several sale prospects seen. Judy Baker, 15, wins county 4-H cherry pie, and a large ostrich-like egg shell from Ed Nusser’s entry draws attention. A Santa note from local boys asks for Betsy Wetsy dolls this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Meeker
Frank
Meeker
Charlie Milhon
Pontiac Junker
Judy Baker
Holcomb
Ed Nusser
Copeland
Two Wrecks in Same Block on North Main Street
Two separate crashes occurred five minutes apart on the 500 block of North Main Street. Drivers were Larry John McLinn of 1607 N 11th and Mrs. Ted Bird of Star Route. Mrs Bird was cited for improper driving. Other driver Vaney Henry Careuthers of 511 N 11th and Duane Anthony Bieker of 506 Bancroft drove the second vehicle. Property damage described as small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Main Street
Larry John McLinn
Ted Bird
Dog Saves Family as House Burns in Maine
In Oxbow Maine a dog barked to wake Mr and Mrs Isaac Casey and six children ages 2 to 12 as their one and a half story home caught fire yesterday. The family escaped but the dog perished in the flames. Fire Chief Clifford Cain noted Mrs Casey cut her hands breaking windows to flee the zero degree cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxbow
Maine
Isaac Casey
Clifford Cain
Millions Are Given to Schools and Hospitals
Ford Foundation grants totaling 4.0995 million dollars will aid 78 hospitals and 11 colleges in Kansas over 18 months. St Catherine hospital receives 35,400 a share with funds to improve facilities, train staff, and conduct research, while other hospitals receive varied amounts and the colleges gain salaries support to raise teachers pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Catherine Hospital
Kansas
Ford Foundation
Sy Wasinger
Wasinger
Bethel College of
Newton
Marymount College
Salina
Ottawa University
Baker University
Baldwin
Bethany College
Lindsborg
Bethel College
College of Emporia
Friends University
Wichita
McPherson College
McPherson
St. Benedict’s College
Atchison
St. College Xavier
Southwestern College
Winfield
Meter House for City Well Near Ready at Airbase Site
Northern Natural Gas Co. nears completion of staking the meter house and gathering line for City No. 1 gas well. The line will cross the Arkansas River to join a compressor station, with easement talks expected at the next city commission meeting. City accepts Northern Natural bid of 2.75 per acre for 1604 airbase acres. lease payments set at 2.75 first year and 1.00 annually for four years. Continental Oil formerly held the rights, last leased in 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Natural Gas Co
Deane Wiley
Arkansas River
Armory
Wiley
Northern
Natural
Wiliam C. Boyle
Wichita
Northern Natural
Continental Oil Company
Continental
Ex-GI Richard Tenneson Returns From Red China
Richard Roger Tenneson, 22, a former prisoner who refused repatriation after the Korean War, arrived in Kowloon from Red China with 21 other Americans. He said he was neutral on communism but accepted the Red charges of U S germ warfare in Korea. He is from Alden Minnesota and spoke at a news conference in a hotel room provided by the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Richard Roger Tenneson
Red China
United States
Korea
Tenneson
Alden
Minn
Kowloon
Hong Kong Island
The
Red Cross
Dixon Yates Group Sues Government over $3.5 Million Contract Loss
The Dixon Yates power group and Mississippi Valley Generating Co sue the U S government in the Court of Claims for 3 534 778 in expenses tied to a cancelled private TVA area power plant contract. The suit names Middle South Utilities and Southern Co as organizers and details claims from contractors lawyers and other professionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dixon-Yates Power Group
Tennessee Valley Authority
Mississippi Valley Generating Co
U. S. Court of Claims
Dixon
Middle South Utilities Inc
The
Southern Co
Mississippi Valley Generating
West Memphis
Ark
TVA
Atomic Energy Commission
Naney
AEC
Adolphe H. Wenzell
German Prisoners Return From Russia in New Repatriation
Seven hundred two German prisoners arrived at Camp Friedland Germany marking the first return to West Germany since a two month Soviet freeze on prisoner repatriation. The returnees recalled being held on a Germany-bound train last October when Soviets halted travel east of Moscow and cited Chancellor Konrad Adenauer as having failed to meet his obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friedland
Germany
Russia
West Germany
Moscow
Konrad Adenauer
President To Get Huge Kansas Christmas Turkey
President Eisenhower is to receive a 40 pound Christmas turkey from Kansas. J J Hartman a local turkey raiser shipped the bird yesterday and it should reach Washington tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Kas
Eisenhower
J. J. Hartman
Washington
Ford Foundation awards record half billion to private colleges and hospitals
The Ford Foundation announced a historic grant totaling 500 million dollars to privately supported colleges universities and hospitals across the nation. The distribution includes 210 million to 615 colleges and universities 200 million to 3 500 hospitals and 90 million to medical schools with NYU receiving the largest single college gift of five million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ford Foundation
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
New York University
Gunman Caught After Killings in Dallas Home
In East Dallas an estranged husband killed a mother and her three infants in their home and was captured after a gunfight hours later. Buford V. Calhoun, 32, died in a shooting at a drug store telephone booth where Police Sgt. G. E. John fired four times. Victims were Mrs Mary Calhoun 33 Bobby Lynn 19 months and twins about 6 months. Wounded was mie Warren 19 son-in-law to the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex Wu
Buford V. Calhoun
G. E. John
John
Mary Calhoun
Bobby Lynn
Mie Warren
Boy Keeps Firemen Busy in Bellflower Fires
A 12 year old boy allegedly started four bedroom fires on Park Avenue Bellflower California. Fire crews battled blazes at Nos 9414 9633 9635 and 9645 while a resident held the youth for arson police. The boy admitted starting the fires saying he entered through unlocked doors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellflower
Calif
Park Avenue
Syria seeks U N Security Council meeting over clashes
Syria called for a United Nations Security Council session to hear complaints about renewed Israeli Syria border clashes. Ahmed Shukairy, Syrian delegation leader, requested the meeting in a letter and held an afternoon news conference with reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N. Y
Syria
U.N. Security Council
Ahmed Shukairy
Jeter
Nationalist Planes Hit Red Chinese Gunboats
In Formosa Nationalist Chinese fighter bombers destroyed five Red Chinese gunboats today near a concentration of craft likely targeting Nationalist held Kinmen Island, according to air force headquarters.
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Taipei
Formosa
Air Force
Second Gas Well Near Town Gases Up Finney County field progress
Stanolind Oil and Gas Co reports its second Finney county gas well in a week. Ballin One flowed 8 443 000 cubic feet daily in open test, following Sloan One at nearly 14 000 000. Battin One near Sloan, Winfield and Baldwin One show perforations and treatments with kerosene and sand as crews prep further perforations and completions. Lauer A TM One near 22-238-37W completed as gas well with a 3 223 000 cubic feet 20 minute open flow test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanolind Oil and Gas Co
Finney County
Ballin
Sloan
Battin
Winfield
Baldwin
Herington-Kinder
Finney
Ben Gerber
Kearny County
Allen
Kurt
Kearny
Recent Snow Fails to End Kansas Moisture Deficit
Topeka reports that fresh snowfall provides little relief to Kansas precipitation shortfall. Federal and state agriculture departments say extensive additional moisture is urgently needed across all regions to support winter crops.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Christmas Greeting From Deepfreeze Aboard Glacier
Little America resident Ol Brown reports a Christmas and New Year greeting from Navy icebreaker USS Glacier, lead ship in Operation Deepfreeze. Ben Stotts, son of Mrs. R. E. Stotts, writes from Dec 1 1955 about 1188 miles east of New Zealand. The Glacier will navigate Antarctic pack ice then proceed to New Zealand, start a 2000 mile sprint south to the continent, with no contact until April return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ol Brown
Garden City
Antarctic
Navy
Ben Stotts
R. E. Stotts
North Sixth Street
Stotts
Glacier
Ben
Little America
New Zealand
Panama Canal
Statis
United States
Turnpike Buildings Contracts Awarded in Topeka
Kansas Turnpike Authority awarded six construction contracts totaling 256 686 for maintenance area buildings. Bids exceeded the original estimate of 190 227. L A Foy Construction Co. Hutchinson won all six after a conference with architects.
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Topeka
Kansas Turnpike Authority
KTA
Wildings
L. A. Foy Construction Co
Hutchinson
Josef Sorkin
Stun Jewelers Out Sperial Ginners And Up
Stun Jewelers report Sperial ginners and up as Dickingons Jewelry 26 Ut remains or reopens in local market sector with uncertain listings and brief activity noted.
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Dickingon
Chuckle Women Specifications Prompt Oddities
A quirky note from a humor column hints at four generic categories labeled thin medium plump and a playful phrase. The fragment references a satirical center and brand style, suggesting a joke about consumer labels and self mockery rather than a clear news event or person.
Nationalist China Opposes New UN Members Plan
The Nationalist China delegation blasted the UN membership package as illegal and immoral and urged the Security Council to reject it. Tsiang sought to overturn Russia Western powers voting procedures on 18 new members while the council approved the Western plan 8-2 after China opposed. The session adjourned until 3 p.m. EST with voting on the open sky inspection and disarmament efforts proceeding amid East West tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
China Today
U. N
Security Council
T. F. Vsiang
Russia
Worl
Tsiang
China
United States
Belgium
Voling
Arkady A. Sobolev
Soviet Union
Outer Mongolia
Eisenhower
Britain
France
Canada
Assembly
Control of Fund Drives Voted by Retail Committee
The Garden City retail committee voted to discontinue chamber sponsored fund drive drawings next year and to review past events. They approved the fall festival and two-day dollar day concept while disapproving Christmas drawings and a Halloween window contest. They urged school authorities to schedule Saturday football game closings by stores and will require solicitations to be cleared through the Chamber starting Jan 1.
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Chamber of Commerce
Garden City
Retail Committee
Charles Collins
Hallowe’en
Collins
KIUL
Nowhele
Bobs Shelia
Main Street
Shelton
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Franklin Schmidt
Optimist Club
Civic Center
Elza Caldwell
Jones
Santa
Kris
Larry Geier
Gail Garton
Ray Salyer
North Main
Garden City and Area
Ashland
Ashland Hospital
Colby—St. Thomas
Dodge City
St. Anthony's
Trinity
Goodland — Boothroy
Great Bend
St. Rose
Greensburg
County
Hays—Hadley Memorial
Hugoton
Jetmore—County
Kinsley
Lakin
Larned — St. Joseph
Oakley
Pratt
Scott City
Ulysses—Wilson
Dickinson
Dixon-Yates Group
Foundation
Henry Ford 11
Boy
Nationaist
the Weather Ky
U.S. Weather Bureau
Suiny Vright
Weidnewley
Lawtorn
Dodger City
Gandland
Bend Alberal
Palmer Jewelry
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