Lakin Opens New Athletic Building Walkthrough
Western Kansas report details a personally guided tour of Lakin’s new athletic building. Principal John Riggs and architect Howard Blanchard discuss the progress toward a Jan 6 deadline and the planned first home basketball game. The gym features modern equipment and amenities including pink girls dressing rooms and green boys locker rooms. Keigh O Connors notes the director will gain a private office in the building.
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John Frazier
Lakin
John Riggs
Howard Blanchard
Keigh O’conner
Escape Near Hugoton Injures Well Operator Harry Watts
Harry E Watts a well operator narrowly escaped serious harm while working on a gas line near Hugoton. A pressure split blew a valve area creating a 30 inch slit, hurling him about 25 feet into the air as dirt and debris buried a nearby pickup. The blast left a seven by ten by four foot hole and marks a long career of lucky escapes dating back about 26 years.
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Hugoton
Harry E. Watts
Harry
REO
Operation A Success As Crew Skis Oil Rig Across Cimarron
Andy Rhodes leads roughnecks in a bold river crossing on Elk Hart, hauling a 150 ton derrick 135 feet tall across 900 feet of quicksand via four caterpillar crawlers. A mud pocket threatened toppling the rig but planking saved the $200,000 load. This marks their first river crossing after years moving rigs on Cimarron river sand hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Rhodes
Cimarron
Elkhart Way
J. M. Harbor Co
Cimarron River
Sublette to Host Nationwide Microwave Telephony Relay
notice describes Sublette involvement in a nationwide microwave station to relay telephone messages. plan includes a 225 foot tower and building as part of a new communications turnpike across Southern Kansas from Amarillo to near Wichita, joining an existing radio relay system linking the east with the southwest. service to begin mid summer next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sublette
Turnpike For Communications
Kansas
Amarillo
Wichita
Ulysses News Expands with New Brick Addition
Ulysses News announces a Christmas glow downtown with Rudolph the Red Nose lights on all street poles. The Hartleys addition grows with a brick section roof underway this week, promising a complete new front and updated interior.
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Ulysses
Rudolph the Reindeer
Rudolph
Hartley
Ulysses News
News
Minister's Son Held In Extortion Plot
In Miami the 20 year old son of a Negro minister was taken into custody for involvement in a $600,000 extortion plot targeting John 8 Knight editor publisher of the Miami Herald and other state newspapers.
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Miami
Fla
John 8. Knight
Miami Herald
Sugar Factory Winds Up Annual Campaign
Garden City sugar refinery, the state’s sole sugar plant, shut down slicing operations after completing its 50th consecutive campaign. Remaining staff will continue to run juice, molasses, packaging, and pulp for several days. The final season was strong, with 90,405 tons of beets processed over two and a half months across seven counties. average yield near 15 tons per acre. Several seasonal workers were discharged as slicing ended.
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Garden City
Russell Tutt
Garden City Company
Kansas
Tutt
Bandit Trio Fires During $600 Warehouse Holdup
A three man bandit crew robbed the United Parcel Service warehouse in Long Island City. An armed clash killed warehouse manager Charles Rodentz and wounded driver Edward Morenski. The trio fled in a waiting car after firing on a warehouseman and a Bloomingdale’s employee.
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New York
United Parcel Service
Long Island City
Bloomingdale
Julian Urbanasky
Edward Morenski
Baldwin
N. Y
Girl seeks man with steady pay in locality ad
A Coldwater Advertiser want ad reads an attractive gal who gets paid on Friday and is broke on Tuesday wishes to meet a man who gets paid on Tuesday and is broke by Friday. The ad echoes a joking money timing theme in the weekly paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coldwater, Mich
Coldwater Advertiser
Union Is Confused by Firm's Christmas Offer
In Pittsburgh two striking unions reacted with mixed feelings to Westinghouse Electric Corp offer to lend up to 100 to strikers and furloughed workers for Christmas. Leaders cited it as either a bribe or a gesture, while some called for review to assess possible tricks before advising members.
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Union
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Gwilym A. Price
Westinghouse
al Hartnett
International Union of Electrical Workers
Daniel Marguriet
Dist. 6
United Electrical Workers (Independent
Price
Robert Nellis
IUE Westinghouse Conference Board
Prediction of Higher State Revenue Needs
Kansas veteran Sen. Wilfrid Cavaness said the state faces a need for 18 million dollars more revenue next fiscal year to finance operations. He warned the governor’s budget and the Legislative Council overestimated the improvement in revenue and noted 10 million for the general fund plus 8 million for continued high school aid. The governor, while hopeful, cautioned against relying on new taxes and urged prudent growth as government expenses rise.
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Topeka i
Kansas
Wilfrid Cavaness
R-Chaiiate
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Cavaness
Fred Hall
House
Ways and Means
Legislaive Council
Osyaness
Four Women Die in a Nursing Home Blaze
Four elderly women burned to death as a ten room frame nursing home burned. The blaze marked the third day in Texas with four lives lost at once, following a gas explosion in McAllen and a separate traffic crash near Belton.
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Beaumont
Texa
Texas
McAllen
Belton
Dickinson
Herod and His Cruelty by Dr J Carter Swaim
The article recounts Herod the Great's ruthless rule including mass infant killings and family murders. It contrasts Herod's power against the enduring date of Christ’s birth and notes his reign beginning in 37 B C, with history marking time by Jesus' life.
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J. Carter Swaim
Luke
Jesus
Herod
Judea
Bethlehem
Herod the Great
Augustus
Jerusalem
Christ
Foreign Aid Boost Planned With Five Billion Request
Washington officials draft a steep increase in next year’s foreign aid request totalling about five billion dollars. Military aid would reach roughly three billion, economic assistance around 1.9 billion, far above current year allocations and reversing a spending decline.
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Washington
Congress
Russia
State Dulles
John 2. Hollister
White House
Light Snow Forecast Across Kansas Weekend
Light snow and colder weather are indicated for most of Kansas this weekend. The system should begin in the northwest late today and spread overnight into tomorrow, with warmer air yesterday giving way to another chilly morning. Garden City hit 60 degrees while Olathe recorded a high of 37 in the east.
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Topekap
Kansas
Garden City
Olathe
Regents Sell Morton County Land Grants in Kansas
The Kansas State College land grant holdings were reduced as the Board of Regents sold 160 acres in Morton County to Harry Smith of Richfield for 10000 dollars and 480 acres in the same county to Paul Weatherford of Elkhart for 24400 dollars under a 1955 legislative act.
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Morton County
State
Topeka
Kansas State College
Kansas Prairies
Board of Regents
Harry Smith
Richfield
Paul Weatherford
Elkhart
Angry Trucker Shoots A Non-Helpful Motorist
DETROIT. Albert Brown a 36 year old druggist and chiropodist told police a truck driver shot him last night after he refused to push the man’s stalled truck with his car Brown was admitted to Harper Hospital with a chest wound and a fractured jaw.
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Detroit
Albert Brown
Brown
Harper Hospital
Incabloc Anti-magnetic Watches Offered at Dickinson's Jewelry
Dickinson's Jewelry advertises Incabloc anti-magnetic watches from 19.95 and up, showcasing a range of styles and prices for customers seeking durable timepieces. The listing emphasizes affordability and product features to attract buyers in a local market.
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Dickinson
Arabs Push to Oust Israel From United Nations
United Nations and Arab delegates debated Israel’s expulsion after Syria accused Israel of a deadly raid near the Sea of Galilee. Maj. Gen. Burns traveled to Damascus while Egyptian threats and council hesitation limited action.
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Syria
Ahmed Shukairy
Security Council
Israel
Council
Sea of Galilee
Palestine
Burns
Damascus
Shaw‘kat Shuquair
Shuquair
Shukairy
U. N
KSC Contract Awarded for Kitchen Equipment
The Board of Regents approved a roughly 90000 dollar contract to Smith St. John Mfg. Co., Kansas City, for kitchen equipment in the new Kansas State College student union building. A bid dispute arose when Salina Coffey House underbid by about 2400 dollars, but officials recommended the Kansas City firm for timely delivery of a dishwashing unit by Feb. 1.
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Topeka
Board of Regents
Smith St. John Mfg. Co
Kansas City
Kansas State College
Salina Coffey House
Salina
Hubert Brighton
College
Not So Many Homes Shine in Garden City
Garden City residents will drive the town to view outside Christmas decorations, but fewer elaborate displays are visible. A notable highlight is the high school college building window scene painted by ten students under Mrs. Herman Beringer. Top decorated homes include Dr Williams at 400 North Sixth, G F Reed at 1002 North Seventh, and a North Main Street stretch with carolers, wisemen, and Santa figures. The Buford Scotts at 505 Center Street again attract attention.
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T Phatohn Cortia
Garden City
Yale
Mary
Chilt
Herman Beringer
Dr. Williams
North Sixth Street
G. F. Reed
North Seventh
Chesterfield Drive
Main Street
Stevens Park
Phillips Funeral Home
Wisemen
Dillon Food Market
Buford Scotts
Center Street
United States backs European nuclear energy pool plan
Secretary of State Dulles pledged American support to a European nuclear energy pool. He indicated Congress would amend the Atomic Energy Act to permit export of matter and know-how to a European pool, but unlikely to individual nations.
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Paris
U. 5
Dulles
America
European Union
U. S
Christmas TV displays dot city streets
Three dimensional Chuckle Television sets showcase height width and debt as a toyland scene unfolds in Scott yard with Santa Mrs Santa and helpers. In First street 900 block a three wise men scene A Savior Is Born appears. Second street 800 block features Santa and snowmen with fiddles and horns. Other displays line the 600 block of 12th street 500 block North Sth street and Garden City avenue. The wise men scene also decorates Garnand's chapel north side.
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Scott Yard
Santa Claus
First Street
Second Street
Santa
12Th Street
Sth Street
Garden City Avenue
Garnand
Seven Elected To Chamber Board Posts
Hoy Eni chamber president announced the election of seven men to two year terms on the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. New directors begin January 1 and include C. H. Cleaver Charles Collins Virgil Craig Dave Old Fansler Lloyd Hoag W B Rudy Rutherford and Ned Stare mont Moldover. Existing directors Gene Holloway Larry Kliesen and J B Sloan complete the slate. Officers will be elected for 1956 at a dinner on Friday December 30. Secretary manager and treasurer positions remain appointive.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Hoy Eni
Chamber
C. H
Chet) Cleaver
Charles Collins
Virgil Craig
Dave Old Fansler
Lloyd Hoag
W. B
Rudy) Rutherford Sind
Ned Staremont
Gene Holloway
Larry Kliesen
J. 8. Sloan
Elling
Hymn Halts Bustle of Exchange at New York Stock Exchange
A four million dollar halt in NYSE trading occurred as the St. Vincent Ferrer Boys School choir performed Silent Night in the visitors gallery. Traders paused, applauded the hymn, and market activity quickly resumed after the brief interruption.
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New York WA
New York Stock Exchange
St.Vincent Ferrer Boys School
Exchange
Burglar Steals Jewelry From Actress Louise Allbritton Home
A burglar broke into the East Side residence of actress Louise Allbritton yesterday and took jewelry valued at $5,000. The items included a platinum wedding ring a pair of diamond clips and two gold bracelets. Allbritton and her husband CBS commentator Charlesoldingwood were not at home.
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New York
East Side
Louise Allbritton
Miss Albritton
CBS
Charles Ollingwood
US to release white paper on cruel treatment in China
State Department prepares an official white paper detailing alleged cruel and inhuman treatment of Americans in Communist China. Ambassador Johnson has protested to Wang Ping-nan at Geneva over such treatment and over the failure to permit U.S. citizens to leave China. Fourteen Americans remain imprisoned while 27 have been allowed to depart since September 6. The White Paper will be published with full information, and both nations agreed to expeditious repatriation where possible.
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Washington
State Department
Communist
China
U. S
U. Alexis Johnson
Wang Ping-nan
Geneva
Johnson
Wang
Reds
United States
Pharsday
Genevst
Jolason
Ois
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