Senate Passes Postal Pay Bill To Raise Salaries
Washington Senate approved a bill raising average postal worker salaries by 8 percent, retroactive to March 1, with 6 percent base and 2 percent tied to reclassification. The measure, pending House action, aims to satisfy President Eisenhower after vetoed proposals.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
House
Post Office and
Civil Service Committee
Sen. Butler
R-Md
Highway Widening Projects Move Toward Condemnation
Condemnation proceedings on tracts along US 508 from East Garden City to Pierceville are to begin soon. Three appraisers will value about 20 parcels as highway crews survey land for a 15 mile widening that links to a new road around Pierceville. Appraisals filed with court ahead of a June hearings date. owners may protest at the hearing.
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Garden City Limits
Pierceville
Harrison Smith
Roland Tate
J. R. McCarty
Highway Department
Hospitality House Welcomes Tourists for Memorial Weekend
Hospitality House drew 422 out of town visitors over Memorial Day weekend at Finnup Park. Manager Gladys Brown said 72 towns and 11 states plus England were represented, with tourists from Idaho Oklahoma Texas Colorado Nebraska Washington Pennsylvania New Mexico North Dakota Ohio Missouri registering. She noted three staff kept the center busy as Memorial Day marked its first holiday open.
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Hospitality House
Finnup Park
Gladys Brown
England
Idaho
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
Nebraska
Washington
Pennsylvania
New Mexico
North Dakota
Ohio
Missouri
Local Merchant Boys New Shop In Lamar Colorado
Lynn Williams Sr owner of the Vogue shop in Garden City has bought a Lamar Colorado ladies wear shop at 123 South Main. The Coffields Mrs D E and husband take over June 20 from former owner Mrs Harriott Stewart who ran it for 19 years. The building 25 by 140 feet has a modern front two thirds showroom with full stock and June 19 invoicing.
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Lynn Williams
Vogue
Garden City
Lamar
Colo
South Main Street
Williams
D. E. Coffield
Harriott Stewart
The
Coffields
Weekend reunion trip ends in three car crash
Mr and Mrs R L Fye of 615 North Main street were returning from the Wymore Nebraska reunion when a car stopped suddenly on the highway and caused a chain collision south of Concordia. The Garden City couple were hospitalized with minor injuries and kept in hospital until Sunday. Their car was a total loss.
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R. L. Fye
North Main Street
Fyes
Wymore
Nebr
Concordia
Fye
Garden City
Movie Viewers Get the Real Thing at Show
Heavy snow fell on viewers at a drive in movie in Idaho Falls Idaho yesterday. On the screen was the classic film White Christmas providing a festive surprise for attendees despite the weather.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Sale of Two Gas Firms Talked By Kansas Nebraska Co
Kansas Nebraska Natural Gas Co of Hastings Nebraska seeks authority to buy Kearny Gas Production Co and Deerfield Gas Production Co both of Wichita Kansas for 2026672 dollars plus six cents per thousand cubic feet of gas. Rights sales to finance bond payoff projected at about 3743996 dollars. First offer to stockholders with 74 percent oil royalty kept by Kearny and Deerfield. Giants Go Down Reds Shut Out Giants 5-2 as Nuxhall tosses five-hitter and Kluszewski hits his 14th homer.
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Washington Wr
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co
Hastings
Neb
The
Power Commission
Kearny Gas Production Co
Deerfield Gas Production Co
Wichita
Kas
Kansas-Nebraska
Kearny County
Kearny and
Deerfield
Kansas
Kearny
Giants
New York
Joe Nuxhall
Ted Kluszewski
Cincinnati Redlegs
New York Giants
Auto Firms and Union Extend Talks Over Wage Issue
The United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Co extend their contract to next Monday to allow more negotiations on the guaranteed annual wage and other issues. UAW leaders Walter Reuther and Ken Bannon say Ford’s new proposal keeps negotiators apart on key points. about 2000 workers at South Chicago Assembly Plant walkout amid looming strike.
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Detroit
CLO
United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Co
Walter P. Reuther
UAW
Ken, Bannon
Ford Department
Ford
Reuther
Ford Company
South Chicago Assembly
Surplus Grain Bins Defective Across Midwest
Washington reports defects found in surplus grain bins bought last year by the Agriculture Department for government grain storage in the Midwest. Officials say most suppliers or erectors will fix defects at their expense. one case remains unsettled. Exact count of defective bins among 54,000 purchased is unclear. Des Moines Register notes a multimillion dollar loss and probes into lax inspection and CCC grain issues, with findings connecting to thousands of defective bins built by a single firm.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Midwest
Tha Department
Des Moines Register
the Register
House
Senate Permanent Investigations
Commodity Credit Corp
House Committee
The
Register
Senate Group
Iowa
Holcomb Budget Hearing Plans and Board Expansion
Holcomb Consoli dated school Union District No. 1 schedules a budget hearing at 2 p.m this Friday during the annual meeting in the new gymnasium. A proposal to expand the board from three to five members is on the agenda along with a 1955-56 budget of 131 851 65. The change follows higher salaries, an extra janitor, and increased utility and insurance costs from the new building. Existing members include Taylor Jones retiring, Hollis Pettz treasurer, and Wilbur Ulrich clerk.
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Holcomb
Holcomb Consolidated School
Taylor Jones
Hollis Pettz
Wilbur Ulrich
Injured Boy Is Critical After Pool Accident
11 year old Dick Harper suffered a broken neck in a private pool fall at Emil Salyer residence on North Main. X rays showed fractures of three cervical vertebrae and paralysis in his upper body and left leg. Doctors described his condition as critical and could not yet determine permanent injury. He was with two other youths when he slipped while preparing to dive and struck the pool edge.
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Harper
Emil Salyer
North Main
Honeymoon Couple Safe After Local Crash Near Garden City
A Colorado couple on honeymoon escaped injury when Peters of Castle Rock and a pickup driven by Dan Ens of 608 N 12th collided 13 miles east of Garden City on US 50N. Investigators say Ens turned left without signaling while Peters tried to pass near an intersection. The Peters car sustained right front damage. No injuries reported.
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Garden City
Colorado
Jay Roy Peters
Castle ‘Rock
Colo
Dan Ens
N. 12Th
Ens
Peters
Governors Lash Out At Highway Program
Five Republican governors led by Fred Hall of Kansas blasted the Gore highway bill as the Senate advances a 124 billion dollar plan over five years. Others at the Denver conference included Victor Anderson Nebraska Joe Foss South Dakota Leo Hoegh Iowa Milward Simpson Wyoming. They warned the measure could derail state matching funds and raise fuel taxes. Secretary Sinclair Weeks joined regional talks on long term highway plans and drought issues with Agriculture officials Morse and Peterson.
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Denver
Fred Hall
Kansas
Senate
Hall
Victor E. Anderson
Nebraska
Joe J. Foss
South Dakota
Leo
Hoegh
Town
Milward Simpson
Wyoming
Sen
Gore
D-Tenn
Eisenhower
Secretary of Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
Bovernors
Philip
A. Ray
Commerce Department
Great Plains
Sretary’ of Agriculture
Bensovat
True D. Morse
E. L. Peterson
Ed ©. Johnson
Colorado
Lea A. Hoegh
Iowa
Orville L. Freeman
Minnesota
J. ‘Hugo <Aronson
Montana
Victor E. ‘Anderson
John F. Simms
New Mexico
Norman Brunsdale
North Dakota
Joe Foss
Liberal in War Against Mosquitoes
Liberal yesterday launched an attack on mosquito breeding areas after heavy rains. City crews spread oil over stagnant pools to suffocate the insects, aiming for a drastic reduction before summer spraying begins, according to City Manager Willis Pittser.
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Liberal
Willis Pittser
Chuckle Soy With Baseball Bat Approaches Friends
A cryptic line depicts an adult figure approaching three young friends in a greenhouse. He declares that they will soon split into sides and mentions money to go to the movies, hinting at an underlying plan or payoff. The fragment suggests a tense social interaction among youths and an adult observer.
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Soy
Greenhouse
Official Polio Report To Be Released Soon
New York officials say a Public Health Service report on the polio vaccine is nearing release. Surgeon General Leonard Scheele says the document will explain vaccine delays, testing regulation changes, and new knowledge from recent scientific discussions. The report aims to answer parents whether to vaccinate and how vaccination affects polio risk.
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New York
U.S. Public Health Service
Sureon
Leonard ‘Scheele
O ‘Misenhiewer
Scheele
Schelle
Woman Found Drowned In Lagoon near Scott City
The drowned body of Mrs. Elmore was found in a lagoon late Thursday night by a search party from Scott City. She had disappeared around 9:30 p.m. and was located about 11:20 p.m.-fourths submerged in two feet of water. The lake, about 500 yards wide, had been stirred by recent rains, with no foul play indicated. Mrs. Elmore resided in Scott City and Englewood, Colorado, and leaves a husband H. W. Elmore, two sons Keith and Everett, and daughter Betty Fitzsimmons.
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Scott
Cillan
Waa
Iri
Tor Scott
Cliff P
EB. Warner
Heg
Elmore
Shariff
Scott Co
Scott ‘City
Englewood
Colo
H.W. Elmore
Scott City
Keith Elmore
Everett Elmore
Stafford
Betty Fitzsims Mons
Colby
Ness City Jubilee Opens With Old-Timers Return
Ness City Kansas Ness County Jubilee opens with hundreds of former residents and pioneers returning for the three day old settlers union celebration. Notable attendees include JH Rattle Snake Pete Stephens an 88 year old barber and former pony express rider. Today features a free program with horse show softball games band concert community theater and dances. The event runs through Friday with a reunion chorus concert and Minnie Dubbs Millbrook of Detroit delivering a history talk.
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Rigneers
Rattle
Pete
Minnie’ Dubbs- Millbrook
Detroit
Ness County
Two Women Killed in Humboldt Street Crash
Two elderly women, Mrs Olive Sheldon and Mrs Norman Dewey, both in their eighties, were killed when their car was struck by a Santa Fe train near the north edge of Humboldt after visiting a graveyard.
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Humboldt, Kas
Santa Fe Streamlney
Humboldt
Olive Sheldon
Norman Dewey
Voters Approve Erie Water System Bond Issue
Erie Kansas voters approved a 50000 bond for extending the water system and replacing old lines by a vote of 82 to 23, city clerk Harvey Steele reported.
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Erie
Kas
Harvey Steele
Baker to Open Hugoton Photo Studio in June 1913
Baker Bob plans a new Baker's Studio on Main Street Hugoton, acquiring gear from the shuttered Brix Studio after nine months at Curtis Studio. He and wife Mrs Baker with son Robert Lee will relocate to establish the family home in Hugoton as the venture proceeds.
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Bob Baker
Hugoton
Garden Citian
Brix
Baker
Curtis
Ptash
Robert Lee
Freed Airmen Return From Communist China to Hawaii
Four U. S. airmen held in Communist China for over two years after being shot down in Korea arrived at Hickam AFB Hawaii after a 35 hour flight from Hong Kong. Maj. Gen. Story Smib displayed greeting support as families prepared for reunion. The men Capt Harold Fischer Jr Lt Lyle Cameron Lt Col Edwin Heller and Lt Roland Parka spoke at a forthcoming news conference after medical checks.
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Thhey
Hong Kong
The
Red Cross
Pho
Story Smib
Pacific Air Force
Red China
Hawaii
China
Harold Fischer Jr
Swea ‘City
Iowa
Lyle "Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
Edwin Heller
Wynnewood
Ipa
Roland W. Parka
Omaha
Air Force
Douglas Mace Arthur
Bataan
Guam
Andersen Air Forcat
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Liberal Somnanegnangen
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Guymon
Pases
Sean
Curtha
Don Taylor
Don
Kansas State
Mark Taylor
Alley Sue
Amy See Et Eerce Oon
Dick Harper
Ture
Lagoon
Ness City
Old Settlers Union
Okay Water System
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