Four Disaster Plans Ready for Garden City
Garden City develops a four disaster plan for storm fire flood or enemy attack with city hall as headquarters and a backup in the courthouse. Mayor Everett Miller civil defense director Deane Wiley and Red Cross chair Duane West supervise a three person planning committee. The plan names city manager as incident commander and outlines staging from alert through rehabilitation with multiple agencies and stepwise actions.
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Garden City
Everett Miller
Civil Defense
Deane Wiley
Red Cross
Duane West
Wiley
Mitchel Geisler
Kansas frontier description of fertile western lands near Fort Riley
A historical account praises the Kansas region west of the Big Blue river as fertile with creeks and timber. It notes abundant stone for fences, wells for water, and vine and plum groves. Manhattan is seen as promising, but Ft. Riley is cited as the principal future market for farmers' produce.
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Tau Lupe
Manhattan
Ft. Riley
Thenn Oman
Exploring the Blue and Republican valleys in Kansas 1857
A letter from the Kansas Tribune describes an exploration between the Big Blue and Republican rivers near Manhattan. It notes fertile soil, abundant produce for Fort Riley, and potential for emigration westward. The writer observes claims along the valleys, buffalo herds, and hints at ongoing settlement and resource potential in Kansas.
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Kansas Tribune
Topeka
Manhattan City
Blue Valley
Kansas
Midshipman Rotondi Counts Graduation Tickets
ANNAPOLIS Md midshipman Roger H Rotondi of Winchester Mass tallies needed tickets for relatives to attend his graduation. In New York the liner Queen Mary docked two and a half days late after delays from high winds and heavy seas. The Cunard ship carried 1274 passengers despite the rough voyage.
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Roger H. Rotondi
Winchester
Mass
New York
Cunard
Southampton
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Hare
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MT. Vernon
Jimmy Hat
Anthony's
Nile, LL
Milton Motor Company
East Fulton
Mercury
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