Sturgeon Bank backs boy loans in early agriculture drive
Clay Harper of the Sturgeon State Bank recalls a program where youngsters ages 6 to 16 could borrow to start cattle hogs or sheep ventures. Loans ranged 100 to 200 dollars with 6 percent interest and strict business rules. A boy once repaid a loan and left a $50 profit, gratefully reclaiming the funds when he was sure they remained intact.
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Sturgeon
Johnny
Clay Harper
Harper
Iit
Clem Jones Named City Manager in Dighton
Clem Jones has been employed as city manager by the Dighton city council replacing Wilford Osborne who resigned. The notice names local residents and social mentions, including Doris Lewis visiting Scort City, and various family updates and community activities in Dighton and surrounding areas.
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Dighton News
Clem Jones
Dighton
Doris Lewis
Scort City
Kenneth Messenger
Amarillo
Tex
Pamela
Floyd Smith
Wilford Osborne
Kansas beef cattle rank fourth nationwide on Jan 1
Kansas held 3,534,000 beef cattle and 4,041,000 total cattle, calves, hogs and sheep on farms and ranches, averaging 61 head per square mile. The state also ranked fifth in cattle sales at $305,404,000 and totaling $377,397,000 in meat animal sales in 1954, with livestock and products accounting for over half farm income.
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Kansas
Hutchinson
Baltimore
National Live Stock and Meat Board
Four U.S. fliers freed from China return home
Four American airmen released after two years in Red China landed near Kowloon and then traveled to Kai Tak. Lt. Col. John Norcross, medical officer, said all were in very good condition. They boarded the Bataan for Honolulu, with media crowds watching their homecoming.
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Forrest Edwards
Hong Kong
Red China
Harold Fischer Jr
Swea City
Iowa
Red Cross
Here
John Norcross
U. S
Jockey Club
Kowloon
Lyle W. Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
Edwin Heller
Wynnewood
Roland W. Parks
Omaha
Dng
Kaitak
Bataan
Douglas MacArthur
Honolulu
Boyd A. Smith
Odom
Tex
Wake Island
Guam
Kwajalein
Royal Air Force
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Leon Dawson
Emma Troudt
Steve Fuller
Warren Holbrick
H.C. Smith
Mary Jane
Garden City
Homer Stott
Wayne Clark
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Lebanon
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Lettie Thomas
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Ronald Durr
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Charles ‘Garton
Evelyn
Charles, Jr
Richard
Archie Kerr
Alley Center
Lane County
Billy
Torson
Colorado
Vern Torson
Mae Owen
Clarence Smith
Scott City
Vaughn, Seward
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Roy Boone
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Ford
America
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