Rain Lashes Southwest Kansas Garden City Area
Wide area rains soak southwest Kansas with totals up to 1.20 inches at lith and Jones and 1.03 inches at other gauges. Officials say the moisture aids hay pastures and feed crops but arrives late for wheat. Cooler air lowers temperatures to 43.8 degrees, prompting many residents to turn on furnaces as rain continues tonight and Sunday.
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Ith
Santa Fe
Lith and Jones
Blue River Valley
Missouri Line
Massive North Wichita flood swamps Park City area
Six to ten inches of rain in 24 hours northeast of Wichita triggered a three foot wall of water. Park City Chisholm Creek flood control dike breach inundated 50 to 75 homes with 125 to 150 people seeking refuge in churches. Sandbag brigades formed as U S 61 and Hillside Street closed and transit halted.
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Wichita
Chisholm Creek
Park City
Gilvert Roman
Sedgwick County Sheriff's Patrol
Kechi
Sunnydale
McConnell Air Force Base
U. S. 61
Hillside Street
United Fund Sets Budget for Drive in 1962
Finney County's United Fund sets a 1962 goal of 44 050 dollars led by Jesse Scott with ten agencies sharing amounts from Red Cross at 11 000 to USC 350 The campaign starts mid September with advance gifts in September and house to house drives in October The board keeps a reserve for uncollectibles and administration at 1500 dollars and 500 dollars respectively
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Finney County
United Fund
Jesse Scott
United Fund Board
Red Cross
Girl Scout
Boy Scouts
Salvation Army
Kansas Children's Service League
Logopedics Institute
Mental Health Assn
CROP
U.S.C
Dick Bortz
United Drive
Scott
Jack McVicker
High-Altitude Nuclear Test Delayed Over Pacific
Cloudy weather forced the United States to postpone the first high altitude explosion in the Pacific test series. The shot is rescheduled to 3 a.m. EST Sunday after Friday night holds, with officials silent on the reason. The test at Johnston Island was to occur 30 to 40 miles up and could be under one megaton.
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Honolulu
United States
Pacific
Weather Bureau
Johnston Island
Here
Joint Task Force 1
U.S. Pacific
Eisenhower defends Geo Humphrey amid nickel probes
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower says he would endure crucifixion if George M. Humphrey ever acted crookedly. He defends Humphrey and the stockpiled material program as Symingtons subcommittee moves toward hearings on nickel contracts tied to Hanna Companies, with subpoenas issued for records and Humphrey potential witness.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George M. Humphrey
Secretary of the Treasury
Eisenhower
Humphrey
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Truman
Symington
R. ©. Coburn
M.A. Hanna Co
Cleveland
Hanna Mining Co
Hanna Nickel Smelling Co
Weather Forecast Tonight And Sunday For Garden City And Nearby Areas
Tonight cloudy with rain and temperatures in the upper 40s. Sunday remains cloudy with rain diminishing and warmer conditions, highs around 65 to 70. Winds northerly at 15 to 20 mph shifting to southeast at 10 to 15 mph. Sunrise 6 19. Observed locations include Garden City 58, Dodge City 46, Salina 49, Topeka 0? Wichita 88.
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Funsey
Dodge Chyen Eh
Garden City
Gondland
Russell
Salina
Topeka
Wichita
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