Udall Thanks Entire Nation for Aid After Tornado
Udall Kansas mayor Earl Rowe thanks the nation and world for aid after May 25 tornado. He outlines rebuilding costs for high and grade schools, housing, and insurance, with federal funds and initial relief totaling tens of thousands. A relief fund is growing under a city committee led by the mayor.
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UDALL
Kas
United States
Earl Rowe
Eisenhower
Lake
Paramore
Udall Relief Fund
William Bendix Autographs Signed On Paper Money In Bryan
The Bryan Eagle notes actor William Bendix visiting Bryan Texas for a radio show. With no paper, local businessman Brazos Varisei produced a roll of bills for Bendix to sign. he then distributed the autographs on the currency to fans.
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Bryan
Tex
Bryan Eagle
William Bendix
Exas
Brazos Varisei
Bendix
Holiday Deaths Reach Record High in Memorial Weekend
The Associated Press reports holiday deaths climbed to new records over the Memorial Day weekend. Final counts from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday midnight show 369 traffic deaths, 131 drownings, and 96 miscellaneous accidents, surpassing 1952 traffic deaths of 363 and topping last year’s totals of 362, 93, and 84 with an overall record of 596.
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Associated Press
Fire and Flood in Bloomfield Chickens Perish One Surviving Chickens
Fire and flood hit a Bloomfield Kentucky farm as the Brewers' brood house burned. About 100 chickens were killed in the blaze. One chick survived once the fire was out but drowned after slipping into a water trough.
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Bloomfield, Ky
Charles Brewer
Kalvesta News Graduation Class Honors Eighth Graders
Kalvesta reports the eighth grade graduating class exercised last Saturday in Garden City. named graduates include Kalvesla Billy Burns Kenneth Lillibridge Karen Reimer Marilyn Reimer Peggy Smith Judy Phipps Barbara Bergen Jackie Herrell Bobby Mai Tommy Reed Virginia Tuttle June Warner Virginia Tuttle. Mrs Annie Hoffman of Sawyer has died, a former resident.
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Irvin Schmidt
Hutchinson
Ralph Soliday
Dodge City
Frank Burns
H. H. Janzen
Buhler
Trvin Schmidt
Rial
Garden City
Kalvesla
Billy Burns
Kenneth Lillibridge
Karen
Marilyn Reimer
Theoni
Peggy Smith
Judy Phipps
Barbara Bergen
Jackie Herrell
White Mound
Bobby Mai
Tommy Reed
Patricia Moler
Alamo
June Warner
Virginia Tuttle
George Evans
Don Hastings
Barbara
Margaret
Connie Castle
Ivan Baldwin
Annie Hoffman
Sawyer
Hoffman
Young Man Drowns in Eight Inches of Water
Monterey New York reports Jack S. O’Neill aged 18 drowned yesterday in eight inches of water. State police say he was knocked unconscious after falling about 14 feet from a bridge into a creek, leading to the fatal accident.
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Monterey
N. Y
Jack S. O'Neill
Notice to Contractors for Deerfield Bus Barn Project
Sealed bids for a new Deerfield Schools bus barn in Deerfield Kansas are due by 7 30 P M MST Friday June 10 1955. Bids opened publicly at 7 30 P M June 10 at Deerfield High School. Plans and specs available for public inspection at the High School Office and at Architect Howard T Blanchard Garden City Kansas with a 5 deposit for copies. Deposit refundable if plans returned in good condition within five days after bid closing. Bid bonds not required. Board may reject any or all bids and waive irregularities.
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Deerfield
Kansas
Norval Gray
Deerfield Rural High School
Howard T. Blanchard
Garden City
Prices farmers received for products dip in May report
The May 15 month average shows prices farmers got for products 4 percent below April and about the same as a year ago. Livestock and livestock products fell sharply while crops averaged slightly higher. The report from the U S Agricultural Marketing Service notes the month’s overall mixed trend.
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U. S. Agricultural Marketing Service
Police Expert Baffled By Six-Fingered Man
Oklahoma City police fingerprint expert miscounts when fingerprinting Oran Telford for a theft case. The suspect has six fingers on each hand and six toes per foot, a fact he confirms by removing his shoes.
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Oklahoma City
Mark Higgs
Oran Telford
Higgs
Telford
Strong-Armed Police Beaver Falls Burglary Note
A store proprietor reported an attempted burglary after finding the front door lock broken and screws removed. The case remained unsolved for weeks until a misplaced report by night patrolman John Jackson described the door rattling and the lock breaking, prompting jokes about the long arm of the law.
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Beaver Folls
John Jackson
Jackson
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