Liberal Misses Pan Am District Office Bid
In an editorial tone Liberal laments missing Pan American Petroleum’s new district office as Garden City would have welcomed the project. The piece notes Liberal sits near the Hugoton gas field’s edge but highlights irrigation potential and local hopes for broader development through farming, canneries, and shipping centers, alongside the Pan Am opportunity.
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Liberal
Pan American Petroleum
Pan Am
Westert
Kansas Cities
Garden City
Hugoton Field
Kansas
Midwest
Pan Am Ag
Editorial reprint praises El Dorado Times stance on Sabbath grocers
A reprinted editorial notes Rolla Clymer of El Dorado Times praising grocers for closing on Sundays. It urges Garden City to follow suit, promising community joy when Sunday doors stay shut and employees gain a better weekly balance.
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Rolla Clymer
el Dorado Times
Garden City
el Dorado
Clymer
Eisenhower to Invite De Gaulle Amid French Politics
President Eisenhower plans to invite General De Gaulle to Washington once the French crisis cools, aiming to warm French leaders to U.S. policy and defend cohesion in Europe. The State Department also considers inviting Adenauer. fate may shift whether De Gaulle accepts, with decades of Franco German tension and a wary European defense outlook shaping the move. In Alabama, the pivotal governor primary sees John Patterson backed by outside money and the Ku Klux Klan, provoking widespread opposition from newspapers, mayors, and civic groups.
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Eisenhower
de Gaulle
U.S.A
WATO
Pearson
Germany
France
European Defense Community
State Department
Adenauer
Paris
Caty
Harry Truman
General MacArthur
MacArthur
Truman
Far East
Joan of Arc
Alabama
Ku Klux Klan
John Patterson
South
Patterson
Klan
George C. Wallace
Alabama League of Municipalities
Montgomery
Push-Button Fighter Makes Maiden Flight
Edwards California AP The Navy's F803 push button fighter completed its maiden flight over the Mojave Desert in 48 minutes Chance Vought the maker said the flight was secret but the Crusader II is capable of twice the speed of sound The system uses buttons to set climb speed angle and pre-set headings for automatic flight control
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Edwards
Calif
Navy
Mojave Desert
Chance Vought
Birthday cake milestone for Nancy Williams in Detroit
In Detroit AP reports a 581 pound cake baked for Nancy Williams birthday celebration hosted for about 4000 guests. The cake contains 500 eggs 100 pounds of sugar 75 pounds of butter and 15 ounces of cream prepared for the governors wife party.
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Detroit
Michigan
Mennen Williams
Nancy
Cherished myth of the stars ends says Hal Boyle
Hal Boyle reflects on Dr. Harlow Shapley’s estimate that the universe holds up to 100 quintillion stars and potentially 100 million planetary systems. He notes the loss of the comforting belief in a serene sky and imagines distant civilizations, while admitting his own longing and unanswered calls to the heavens.
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New York
Harlow Shapley
Harvard College Observatory
Shapley
Piker
Dr. Shapley
Finney County Notes Show Small-Town Life Flows On
A local column recalls post office grocer hassles, school news, and community moments. Elvira Valen reports girls sob over Jay Crook's possible departure, the Crook Fan Club plans a hall gathering, and families trace roots to Nebraska nearly 41 years ago. Grandmothers, clay works, and fashion notes mix with school pages and local cinema outings.
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Elvira Valen
Anela
Jay Crook
Finney County
Nebraska
Isaac Brandts
George
Jake Ens
Ens
Ens Place
Peyton Place
Dorothy
Walter) Goss
Sara Lu
J. C.) Carter
Buffalo Jones
Clay
Redstone official uses sack shirt as disguise stunt
Army testing of the Redstone missile satire is highlighted when Sharon Swoboda crafts a sacklike shirt from her father E. T. Swoboda's peppermint striped garment. The stunt draws cheers and questions as the pair share a night out.
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Omaha
E. T. Swoboda
Sharon
Saia Xe
Jad
Dad
Swoboda
Redstone Missile Firing Marks Inland Test at Desert Range
Army reports the intermediate range Redstone missile was launched inland at the nation’s largest rocket testing center under tactical conditions. Officials did not disclose range or impact site. The Redstone, core for Explorer satellite launches, has a 200 to 250 mile range and had previously flown from Cape Canaveral.
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Nery
Desert Sands
Army
Cape Canaveral
Fla
U.S
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Wichita
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Shelton
Texas
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Dee
the Distaff Ltd
Sam
J. C
Crook
Fairfield, Conn
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Barbara Day Addams
New York City
Westport
Cape Cod
Mass
Stanley Lyon Houston
Greenfield Hill
Hersey
Aada
Draper
N.C
Edsel
Ford Motor Company
N. Main
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