Eisenhower Eyes Extension of Surplus Law and Farm Aid Plan
Secretary Benson said at a White House meeting that the surplus disposal law Public Law 480 must be extended beyond June 30 and that Eisenhower will urge lifting the ban on selling surplus farm goods to Communist nations at cut rates. He noted farm markets are expanding and farmers seek more freedom from restrictions, while the debate over flexible versus rigid price supports is settled in favor of flexibility.
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White House
Eisenhower
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Congress
Iron Curtain
U.S
Poland
Moscow
Bensom
Reunion of 36th division MPs set in Garden City
Former members of the 36th division military police from Southwest Kansas gather in Garden City tomorrow night at the Warren hotel for the 11th strong reunion. About 25 attendees from across the state expected. Mrs Ralph Patterson hosts an Irish supper for wives only. Basketball fans can hear the Big 7 pre season tourney semi final Kansas City KU vs Oklahoma on KIUL at 730 p.m. If KU wins, KIUL will carry the championship at 930 p.m.
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Military Police
South-11
West Kansas
Garden City
Warren Hotel
Kansas
Ralph Patterson
Ares Basket
Kansas City
KIUL
Oklahoma
Jayhawks
KIUT
Docking Names Parsons Man As Secretary
Gov George Docking announced the appointment of Jack L Goodrich Parsons attorney and former state legislator as executive secretary. He also said he would appoint William C Salome former Wichita mayor as director of the State Department of Administration when he takes office Jan 14. Other appointments and potential candidates were discussed but few details given.
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Copeka
George Docking
Jack L. Goodrich
Parsons
Docking
William C. Salome
Wichita
State Department
State Highway Patrol
Evan Griffith
Manhattan
Dorking
Col
Tomlass‘ock
Glassock
Jack Jenkins
Clathe
Jenkins
Arthur Nevins
Doge City
William Murphy
Alcholic Beverage Control
Georgia Neese Gray
Richland
U. S. Teasurer
Andrey Gray
Tineman
Director of Revenue and Taxation
Kansas Corporation Com
Salome
Mount Hope
Goodrich
Way
Labette County
L. FE. Goodrich
Deanna
Deaths and funerals mix in a sprawling notice
A fragmented obituary column notes the arrival of U N salvage officials in Suez to begin work on reopening the canal amid sunken ships and debris. It also lists the funeral for William Mitchell Smith, infant son of Mr and Mrs William R Smith, and reports a Lincoln hospital death in a car crash that killed Dan Boardman and Hans Christofferson, part of the Boardman family.
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MCC
U.S
Raymond A. Wheeler
U.N
Suez
Port Said
el Cap
James Otis Pearce
The
Christian Church
Coa
Valley View
William Mitchell Smith
William R. Smith
Burnside Drive
Canal
Britain
France
Canal Zone
Lincoln, Neb
Danny Boardman
Lou Boardman
Eureka
Kas
Lincoln Hospital
Here
Hans Christofferson
Lincoln
Boardman Fam
Big Year for Electricity and Jobs in Kansas
Nonfarm employment held near stable at 554,300 in mid October with total payrolls about 8,500 above November 1955 levels. Factory work rose to 126,800 led by aircraft manufacturing, while nonmanufacturing wages stood at 427,500 as the nation marks Woodrow Wilson’s 100th birth anniversary. Prime figures reflect mixed progress in industry and ongoing commemorations in Staunton, Virginia.
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Isreal
Egypt
Kansas
Washington
White House
Woodrow Wilson
Staunton, Va
Wilson
Insurance Firms To Ask For Rate Increases
State insurance commissioner Sullivan told the Executive Council with Gov Docking present that many insurers may seek higher rates next year. He cited the bad fire and casualty experience and said the department will review rate requests while expanding oversight of about 702 insurers. Docking mentioned union and pension fund supervision ideas.
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Tate Insurance Commissioner
State Executive Council
Gov
Plact Docking
Sulli
Cwuvan
Sullivan
Docking
Movieman Jess Barker Loses Paternity Suit
Los Angeles actress Yvonne Doughty sued actor Jess Barker, former husband of Susan Hayward, for paternity. Barker admitted intimate relations with Doughty before the birth of Morgana but refused to acknowledge fatherhood, claiming the romance ended prior to conception. Judge Walter Odemar ordered Barker to pay $50 monthly child support and awarded $750 in fees to Doughty’s attorney. The case follows Barker’s ongoing legal and personal struggles.
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Los Angeles
Jess Barker
Susan Hayward
Yvonne Doughty
Doughty
Morgana
Barker
Miss Hay
Chia
Walter IT
Qdemar
Field
Witel
U'm Herta
Odemar
Government Printing House
Miss Doughty
Kadar Is Right Says Noel Field In Hungary
Noel Field, former U.S. State Department employee who sought asylum in Communist Hungary in 1954, says he is convinced Prime Minister Janos Kadar’s government is acting in the people's best interests.
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Budapest
Noel Field
U.S. State Department
Hungary
Janos Kadar
No. 1 Hett RB Gas Well Gauged Large in Finney County
Southwestern Exploration Co yesterday completed its No 1 Hett RB gas well in Finney county. It was gauged at 27,200,000 cubic feet open flow with 430 pounds per square inch shut in pressure from operations at 2,661 to 2,734 feet in the Herington Krider and Win field zones.
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Southwestern Exploration Co
Finney County
Herington
Krider
Winfield
New Building Planned Here By Hughes Tool Co Lease
Orville Nanniga secured a 5500 building permit to erect a new office and storage building at 505 E Kansas. The site on Lot 2 28-22-8220 lies nine miles north and two east of Garden City, replacing an older structure. Hughes Tool Co will lease space for offices and storage while construction continues. The firm supplies oil and equipment to oil gas and geophysical firms in the area and Southwestern awaits a Northern Naturals gathering line connection. The well was acidized in Winfield and fracked in the top nave.
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Orville Nanniga
Hett
Kansas Dand
Lloyd Hett
Wanniga
Garden City
Hughes Tool Co
Nanniga
Uncle Sam Remembers Late Gifts Into Mail Form 1040
Local post office officials report federal income tax forms mailed to residents. Gus F. Lochler announces agents will aid in preparing 1040 1040A and related forms. January schedules in Garden City: 7 14 21 28 and 1 in post office basement. Bring 1956 financial records and facts. telephone and office help available.
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Gus F. Lochler
Internal Revenue
Garden City
Canal project delay noted amid Garden City updates
A brief Garden City item notes a renewed delay in canal work at the southern entrance near Port Said. Hospital ad actions list several admittees and dischargeees including Barbara Enslow and Beth Enslow. A birth is announced for Harold Barker and Arthur Lelker's families in Haicumh with a girl, 7 pounds 12 ounces.
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Harold Barker
Santa Fe
Arthur Leiker
Holcomb
George G. Biles
Ballinger
Barbara Enslow
Conkling
Beth Enslow
Roderick Wolf
Nina Doris
Dighton
Aldon Nuzum
Jamfe
Preston Burtis
North Center
W. C. Hasaline
Sublette
Joe Deibon
Wichita
Dennis Brown
Alamota
Edna Friesen
James Deaver
Nith
Charles Walter
Summitt
L. A. Peckham
Plainview
Tex
Joseph Komlofske Sr
Egypt
Suez Canal
ICR
Suez
CDM
Ead Garese Tae
Melvin Everett Mulch
Emporia Extension Class To Organize In Garden City
Emporia State Teachers College offers an extension class for Garden City residents with meetings at the Alta Brown school. The course may be senior college or graduate credit, with an instructor chosen by course content. Time and day to be set by participants in cooperation with public schools.
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Emporia State Teachers College
Garden City
Cleo Fe
Louis Roth
Alta Brown
Wallace Addition
Stella
Webster
Uate
Riverside
Lsun
John, Mc
Kay Miles
Allie Ann Dormer
Garden
Emporia
Defendant To Appeal Drunk Driving Verdict
A Garden City man, Chester Pounds, was found guilty yesterday in police court of driving while drunk and now plans to appeal the ruling.
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Garden City
Chester Pounds
Market News From Kansas City Grain and Livestock Prices
Wheat and corn futures quotes with blends of No 2 hard and mixed grades, No 2 white and yellow corn ranges, soybeans and bran prices, plus rye oats and barley values. Livestock receipts and prices show cattle, calves, hogs and sheep activity in Kansas City with higher hogs and softer sheep noted.
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Kansas City
Shorts
Offe & Varkener, Inc
Chicago
Hutchinson
Wichiita
Omaha
Amarillo
Enid
Salina
Ft. Worth
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City We
USDA
U. S
Grain price moves wobble on Chicago Board of Trade
Grain markets show erratic price moves in slow trading with soybeans dropping over a cent on liquidation and wheat gaining modestly but failing to hold gains. Feed grains slip slightly. rye leads most of the day as wheat futures activity totals rise with substantial open interest and weekly purchases.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
New York Bomb Threats Prompt Theater Search
Police linked a red sock encasing a bomb device found at the Paramount Theater in Times Square to a string of threats by the so called mad bomber. A prior telephoned warning cleared the venue after a 2500 patrons left. rewards total 26000 dollars for the suspect.
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Paramount
Times Square
New York Public Library
Stock Flurry and Mixed Gains Hit Broad Market
New York stocks swung with higher turnover as traders pushed prices up late in the day. Lukens Steel briefly climbed to a fresh annual high before easing to a modest gain. Oil and aviation shares fell amid mixed signals with Boeing, Douglas, and United facing declines and overall market chatter about futures and demand.
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New York
Lukens Steel
Boeing
Douglas
United
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America
George Kennan
Charles Bohlen
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Dan Cain
Topeka
State Board of Penal Institutions
Imteaan Nautions
Serato Osa
Jarome
Department of Administration
Saome
Jtael
Woodring
Glasscock
High Way
Ily
Wan
Frank “Sullivan
Van
Creme Ee
Emma Cerceeme
Insurance Commissa
Virginia
Paris
I League of Nations
Lof Lafayetta
Hoover
Wil Ree
Alaore
Hading
League of Nations
Truman
Giv
Pine
St. John
Walter Baker
Great Legion
Wilson Was & Democrat
District ‘Court
Kadar
Red
Oil and Gas
Southwestern
Northern Naturals New Gathering Line
Sam
Rogart M
Nate
Cecil Johnson
Leonard Young
Scott City
Lester Duane Sparks
E. Chestnut
Kansas Avenue
Haymond G. Hoskinson
G. Smith
Verne. L. Ukland
Keith L. Rising
Rosa B. Joyce
Vir
Estel Fisher Martin
Virto. Lee
R. ‘Green
Anna’ Green
Fairmont
Gust H. Nelson Jr
M. D. Kuttler
Cooper
J. A. Steven
Pharmacists
Fankhauser
Watenne
Lindh Produce Co
jEggs A
NY ‘Bomber
Eraabnate
Arantea
Grand Central Station
Sparkle
Rine AT
Downing
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