Centennial Parade to be Loudest in City History
Garden City Shrine Club will headline the Centennial Day parade with open cars a fire truck antique cars and a gas fired cannon mounted on a jeep to be fired several times downtown Bearded officials urged bearded entrants and Centennial dress join at Main and Hackberry Senior citizens will be honored at Windsor Hotel morning program with ages including Alfred Keffer 77 and O B Allen 88 96 year old Mrs Betty Staley noted as oldest resident Combined ages of Mr and Mrs George Knox total 177 The parade forms at 12 45 p m and proceeds at 1 30 p m ending with a dance at the Armory and beard contest judging
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Garden City
Main
Hackberry
Ben Grimsley Gymnasium
J. C. Carter
Windsor Hotel
Finney Countian
Alfred Keffer
O. B. Allen
Myrtle Carter
George Knox
Kansans express Centennial spirit with song and art
Josephine Verhage De Poy of Downs wrote and published the song Kansas Where the East and West Clasp Hands in honor of Kansas centennial. She plans a seven part harmony soon and the piece has been used by Lakin High School and heard on radio. Foster Music Co. handles local distribution. The article notes her family roots and memory of pioneer Verbages and DePoys.
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Josephine Verhage de Poy
Kansas
de Poy
Downs
Harry
Lakin High School
Sunflower State
Verbages
Poppens
DePoys
Foster Music Co
Biggest Airline Merger Edges United to First
The nation’s largest airline merger absorbs Capital Airlines into United Air Lines. United becomes the top carrier, serving 117 cities on 18 000 miles of routes and employing around 30 000. Capital, once cash dividend poor, merged to avert fleet foreclosure amid a Vickers debt. The deal becomes legally effective at close of business today.
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Adminal U
Capital Airlines
United Air Lines
Capital
United
American Airlines
Midwest
U.S
Pacific Coast
England
Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd
Vickers
Supreme Court urged to study Andrews case
The American Civil Liberties Union asks the Supreme Court to review Lowell Lee Andrews's death sentence for the 1958 killings in Kansas. The Washburn University law team argues he was denied fair hearings and challenges the mental-competence standard used since 1843, saying his insanity evidence links directly to the crime.
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NEW York
U.S. Supreme Court
American Civil Liberties Union
University of Kansas
Pross
Richard A. Allen
James Ahrens
Washburn University Law School
Topeka
Lowell Lee Andrews
Farm Policy Session Tonight At Warren Hotel
A large turnout is expected for a Farm Bureau farm policy meeting at the Warren Hotel. Representatives from 19 counties are invited and additional counties may attend. Kansas Farm Bureau president Walter Pierce of Hutchinson will be present. The session is set for 8 p.m. in the Pine Room and may move to the Pioneer room if crowded.
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Farm Bureau Farm Policy
Warren Hotel
Kansas Farm Bureau
Walter Pierce
Hutchinson
Pine Room
Pioneer Room
Cartoonists Award U N Guards Efforts
The National Cartoonists Society named Arne Rhode of the United Nations as its first Amateur Cartoonist Extraordinary, honoring his lampooning of colleagues while avoiding politics as an international civil servant. Bill Holman presented the scroll at the Lambs Club ceremony in New York.
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New York
National Cartoonists Society
United Nations
Arne Rhode
Rhode
Bill Holman
New York Daily News
Lambs Club
Flooding rises on Solomon River in Kansas bursts banks
Rains linger in Kansas as the Solomon River climbs to 16.5 feet, well above flood stage, threatening downstream areas from Osborne to Beloit. Weather Bureau warned of continuing floods while towns recorded varied rainfall including Lebanon 1.98 inches and Goodland hail reported near Goodland. Highs in 70s to 80s with cooler air ahead and overnight lows in the 50s to 60s.
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Topeka
Kansas
Solomon River
Osborne
Solomon
Weather Bureau
Beloit
Lebanon
Colby
Long Island
Stockton
Alton
Smith Center
Burr Oak
Jewell
Cawker City
Kiltonvale
Goodland
Sherman County
Garden City
Wichita
Summer School Enrollment Open at Garfield School
Summer school opens at Garfield June 12 through August 4 with weekday classes 8 30 to 1 30 am. Enroll at Elementary Office in the Junior High or Garfield. maximum 30 students per section. Fee 20 includes all books and supplies. Open to all Garden City children.
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Garfield
Garden City
Garfield School
Garden Sass Gus Warren Nenies a Square
A quirky garden note mentions Gus Warren and a playful mystery about a square as readers nod to a local humor item. The item hints at a character and a playful riddle set in a small community.
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Gus Warren
Kennedy De Gaulle Talk Seeks Berlin Stance and Voice
Kennedy and De Gaulle held extended talks in Paris on West Berlin policy and France’s demand for an equal voice in Allied direction while Kennedy pledged to strengthen U S France ties. A ceremonial welcome followed as Kennedy praised shared ideals of liberty and freedom in world affairs. Then in the Dominican Republic Trujillo’s heirs faced a power struggle after the dictator’s assassination. Balaguer’s government declared mourning and a possible transition period while reports cited a gun ambush on Trujillo and rising uncertainty about democracy in the Caribbean nation.
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Kennedy
Charles de Gaulle
Berlin
France
Britain
United States
Elysee Palace
de Gaulle
San Juan
Pla
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Hispaniola
Rafael Leonidas Trufilo Jr
Ciudad Trujillo
Rhadames
Porfirio Rubirosa
Joaquin Balaguer
Trujillo
Hector
Berlin disarmament topic at Kennedy Khrushchev meeting
Khrushchev and Kennedy will focus on disarmament and a German peace treaty with Berlin including its Western sector. Novotny welcomed Khrushchev in Bratislava and warned of dangerous open questions, while Khrushchev aimed to ease world tensions and seek global peace.
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Khrushchev
Kennedy
Berlin
Novotny
Germany
West Berlin
Trujillo Fights Attackers Before Death in Dominican Republic
Dominicans report Rafael Trujillo wounded yet drawing a revolver to shoot at a band of assassins as he and his driver were attacked near Ciudad Trujillo. The dictator died after being beaten. one conspirator, former brigadier general Juan Tomas Diaz, was named.
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NBC
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Zacarias de la Crus
Ciudad
Backside Moon Photos Questioned by U S Space Official
Dr Hugh L Dryden deputy director of Nasa said every observer of Soviet photographs of the moon's far side suspects they are composites. He testified May 15 to a House Appropriations subcommittee and noted uncertainty about the extent of touching up.
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Wastiington
U.S
Soviet Russia
Hugh L. Dryden
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wause
Soviet Union
Youth chased by Kansas and Nebraska officers captured
An Indianola youth, Donald Ridpath, age about 20, was chased Wednesday by Kansas highway patrolmen and Nebraska troopers. He ran into a police car near McCook, Nebraska 27 miles north of Oberlin and was captured. Ridpath was held in jail in Oberlin for speeding and suffered scratches and bruises in the collision.
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Kas
Indianola
Neb
Kansas
Nebraska
Dale Brunk
Donald Ridpath
Ridpath
McCook
First Band Concert Friday by Garden City Band
Garden City Municipal Band schedules its first concert Friday evening at Stevens Park starting 8 p.m. The free program, led by Don Threlkeld, includes Klaxon March Lit Abner Overture Irish Tune from County Derry Triumphal March from Quo Vadis Marche Symphonique Waltzing Winds Rush Street Tarantella Blue Tango.
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Garden City
Stevens Park
Don Threlkeld
County Derry
Ulysses Man Nominated For Weather Honors
Washington AP The Weather Bureau nominated H F McCall of Ulysses Kansas for its John Camparing Hohn award for dedicated service in keeping weather records. McCall is among 12 600 volunteers who track precipitation and temperatures and forward daily reports to the Weather Bureau aiding meteorologists in forecasts. He was named among 29 observers honored.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
H. F. McCall
Ulysses
Kan
John Camparing Hohn
McCall
Iran to force land redistribution among big landowners
Iran's reform government orders big landowners to keep 864.5 acres irrigated or 1,729 acres dry and sell the rest for treasury bonds. The redistributed land will go to about 1.6 million peasants as troops and police seized Tehran telegraph offices during a strike for higher pay, injuring several and arresting dozens.
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Tehran
Iran
Hassan Arsanjani
Ali Amin
Rusk to Join Kennedy Amid Mixed Feelings
Secretary of State Dean Rusk began a delayed trip toward Paris to join President Kennedy in Europe, signaling belief that Trujillo's assassination may not trigger immediate chaos. He stayed to steer the Dominican situation, with Balaguer still in control tests and U.S. aims to steer Latin American democracies through Kennedy's alliance program.
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Dean Rusk
Kennedy
Europe
Rafael L. Trujillo
Rusk
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Vienna
Khrushchev
National Airport
Dominican Republic
U.S
Ciudad Trujillo
Trujillo
Joaquin Balaguer
United States
Alliance For Progress
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