Centennial Day Events Mark Garden City Centennial
Crowds gather for Sidewalk Bazaar and parade as Kansas Centennial is proclaimed by Finney County officials. Certificates honor oldest county native Alfred Keffer and oldest Garden City native Violetta Staley's family. the Knoxes win oldest couple honors. Parade at 1 45 p m precedes 8 30 P M Armory dance with beard contest and best dressed couple awards.
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Dean Davies
Alfred Keffer
Finney Countian
Jim Sloan
George Knox
Otis
Allen
Davies
Garden National Bank
Windsor
Bill Brown
Garden Citian
Garden City
O. B. Allen
Western
Kansas
Keffer
Byrl
Illinois
Finney County
Knox
Kansan
Massachusetts
Vinney County
Chamber of Commerce
Armory
Damaging hail strikes Colorado and Texas Panhandle
A cold front caused showers and thunderstorms from the central Plains to the Ohio Valley with temperatures dipping into the 40s and 50s in the north. Violent weather hit southern Plains with a 45 minute hailstorm in Lamar Colorado damaging crops and flooding streets while five tornado funnels were sighted in Texas though no injuries were reported.
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Central Plains
Ohio Valley
Atlantic Seaboard
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes Region
Texas Panhandle
Colorado
Texas
Lamar
Colo
Armed Forces on the Alert in Caribbean Crisis
U S Navy and Marine units on the East Coast and Caribbean Sea were placed on alert amid disturbances in the Dominican Republic. State Department said U S action not planned now but may occur if Americans are endangered. 5200 Americans on the island remained unharmed. The carrier Shangri La sailed from Jacksonville under a general alert with jets on deck.
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Washington
U.S. Navy
Dominican Republic
State Department
Lincoln White
U.S
Caribbean
Navy
Shangri- la
Jacksonville
Fla
Even Hand Baggage Gets Full Security
Paris AP reports French security measures extended to the hand baggage of President and Mrs Kennedy as they depart for Vienna. Two small pickup trucks carrying the luggage of the presidential party were escorted to Orly by motorcycle police with sirens blazing.
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Paris
Kennedy
Vienna
Orly Airfield
Open letter to Buffalo Jones feature by Henry Hall
Centennial feature on page 11 presents Henry Hall’s open letter to the famed Buffalo Jones. The piece references Hall’s speech at the Tri-County Teachers Centennial banquet earlier this year and highlights Jones’s legacy.
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Buffalo" Jones
Henry Hall
Tri- County
Rain Drenches Southwest Kansas Areas Promising Wheat Prospects
Heavy rain and isolated hail swept Southwest Kansas Friday night with five inches in two hours west of Kalvesta and near Syracuse. Officials logged substantial totals across communities as farmers welcomed moisture while noting localized floods and strong winds. The region’s yearly moisture totals rose, boosting crop prospects and ongoing weather observations across Scott City, Garden City, and Kalvesta.
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Kansas
Grigston
Modoc
Marienthal
Septe City
Albert Schrader
Kalvyesta
Syracuse
George Starkey
Mary Tomson
Starkey
Syracuse Creek
Greelag
Garden City
Kansas State University Agriculture Experiment Station
Doug Baker
Scott City
Scott
Alvin Lillibridge
Lillibridge
Kalvesta
Lithbridge
Rainy Kansas Weather To Extend Through Sunday Night
Rain persisted across Kansas with a temporary break in the north central area after consecutive nights of heavy showers. By Sunday night or Monday, the entire state is in line for more rain as river stages rise and rainfall totals from cities such as Beloit, Salina, Wichita, and Garden City are reported. temperatures today ranged from 74 to 84 degrees with overnight lows from 53 to 65 as flood concerns mount along the Solomon, Saline, and Kansas River valleys.
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Topeka
Kansas
North Central
Solomon River
Osborne
Solomon
Beloit
Glascow
Niles
Saline
Tescott and
Wilson
Russell
Hill City
Minneapolis
Salina
Enterprise
Osage
Omega
Garden City
Tribune
Scott City
Wesken
E Dorado
Wichita
Potwin
Lyong
Kansas River Valley
Goodland
Chanute
Pittsburg
Castro urged to answer tractor for prisoners deal
DETROIT AP Fidel Castro has two weeks to reply to Tractors for Freedom a U S group offering 500 tractors in exchange for 1 200 prisoners held in Cuban jails the group says it will provide the tractors if Castro accepts their May 17 offer and warned a failure to respond would be seen as a retraction of his own proposal Castro has remained silent on the plan while a deadline was set for Wednesday.
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Detroit
Fidel Castro
Tractors For Freedom
Castro
Free World
Municipal pool won’t open Sunday due to repairs
City officials announced the municipal swimming pool will remain closed this Sunday while maintenance continues. They hope the water pump can be repaired and operations resume early next week.
Wheatland loan approved for transmission line project
Wheatland Electric cooperative won Rural Electrification Administration backing of 318000 dollars to finance 37 miles of kilo volt transmission lines from Johnson to Syracuse.
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Wheatland Electric
Rural Electrification Administration
Johuson
Syracuse
Garden Sass Gas Garden Tale of Dean Davies Beard
A quirky local brief notes Dean Davies with a belly-green beard seen at Garden Sass Gas Garden. It warns Crue Irishmen to run for the hills amid playful mischief and local character chatter.
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Dean Davies
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