Garden City leaders plan lunch with rival Henkles
Two brothers, Elmer Henkle a Republican irrigation man and Lt. Gov. Joe Henkle a Democrat, will dine here and the senator may speak at the Rotary club. The Red Cross drives for flood relief near $250 target struggle past $35, with local banks and offices contributing. Walter Blucher, city planner, promotes Garden City achievements while Ft. Wayne and other cities seek lessons. Queen Elizabeth II tours Leuchars aboard an advanced Comet jet used by the RAF.
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Garden City
Elmer Henkle
Henkles
Joe Henkle
E. W
Joe
Red Cross
Long Trip for Polio Victim
Patricia i Knupp, a 30 year old polio victim and mother of three, was moved from a military plane to an ambulance for the final miles home to Newton Kansas. Escorts from police and highway patrol accompanied the convoy as she remained in an iron lung and received respiratory aid. She was stricken in Honolulu August 12 1955 and flown to Omaha after hospital treatment in Creighton Memorial Saint Josephs Hospital. Her husband Hal V Knupp Jr a geologist in Honolulu now works as a computer for Cities Service in Wichita.
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Wichita
Patricia i Knupp
Newton
Kas
Omaha
McConnell Air Force Base
Kansas Highway Patrol
Air Force
Honolulu
Hawaii
Knupp
Dee
Creighton Memorial St
KABIE Visitors To Stop Next Week In Garden City
Thirty teachers from Kansas will tour Garden City as part of the KABIE program. The visit, arranged by local chamber and Kansas State Teachers Association, includes a 2000 mile study circuit with stops at Brookover Feed Yard Finnup Park and irrigation projects. An evening buffet is planned for officials and invited guests. They arrive around 4:30 pm Wednesday and stay overnight before proceeding to Ulysses Thursday.
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The
Kantions of Kansas
State Chamber of Commerce
Ber
Kansas State
Kansas-jets Association
Garden City
Henry Hall
Kansas Cities
Towing Teachers Chamber
Tee
Brookover
Finnup Park
John Latta
Holly Sugar
Downing’s
Hall
Colby
Ulysses
Power line accident at drilling site injures Naab
Mike Lawrence Naab an employee of Henkle Drilling escaped serious injury after a drilling rig touched power lines. He was knocked unconscious and burned traveling along the rig's gun poles and a chain he held. He was treated at Lakin Hospital overnight for observation. Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi concluded talks in Formosa with Chinese Nationalist leaders reporting many points of agreement after visiting Bangkok.
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Mike Lawrence Naab
Henkle Drilling Company
Naab
Lakin Hospital
Taipei
Formosa
Nobusuke Kishi
Japan
Soviet Union bomb tests revealed in Khrushchev interview
Moscow disclosed that five nuclear tests occurred in April. Khrushchev told CBS reporter Daniel Schorr the disclosure would serve no useful purpose. The interview, one of the most open exchanges with American journalists, aired on Moscow radio and TV.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
CBS
United States
Daniel Schorr
Khrushchev
Weather Tonight and Wednesday Forecast
The Weather Bureau reports fall tonight and Wednesday with increasing temperatures. Low tonight in the mid 50s, high Wednesday in the mid 80s, with variable winds and sunset at 8:00.
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Weather Bureau
Damage Seen From Nuclear Tests for Future Generations
Three noted geneticists told Congress that radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons tests will shorten and deform lives for thousands or millions in future generations. They warned there is no safe radiation dose and the harm to hereditary material is irreparable, with the present testing rate likely causing hundreds of thousands or millions of future injuries.
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Washington
Congress
Muller
Population counts shift as Garden City drops in tally
County Clerk Jane Collins reports tentative population figures show Finney County near 14,334, with Garden City at about 10,362 and a 248 drop from last year’s 14,582. Tax rolls, penalties for uncontacted residents, and delayed delinquent property assessments until June 15 are noted as the process continues.
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Finney County
Jane Collins
Like Father and Son Refuse to Answer Rackets Panel
Washington to day Dave Beck Jr and Joseph McEvoy refused to answer questions before Senate rackets investigators. Beck Jr invoked the Fifth Amendment 69 times, denying knowledge of his father and financing of union funds. Contempt citations ordered to send cases to the Justice Department. session adjourned pending Bakers Union inquiry.
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Washington
Dave Beck
Senate
Teamsters
Joseph McEvoy
Seattle
McEvoy
Beck
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck Sr
Beck Jr
McClellan
D-Ark
America
Justice Department
Dave Jr
Bakers Union
Mr. Beck
Pentagon Transfers Trial of U.S. Soldier to Japanese Court
The United States agreed to let a Japanese court try Specialist 3C William Girard for the killing of a Japanese woman. The decision, announced at the Pentagon, ends the U.S. claim to try him by court martial under the status of forces agreement.
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Washington
United States
Pentagon
William C. Girard
State Dulles
Defense
Wilson
Joint Committee
Naka Sakai
Yange
Girard
Defense Department
3.C. Victor M. Nickel
Wanted Youth Got Gas Here
An 18 year old Wyoming youth who swapped a watch and toolbox for gasoline at a Garden City Texaco station last week is sought by the FBI for questioning in the murder of Larue W. Howard of Compton California. Dale Swafford was last seen hitchhiking west of Liberal and may have taken a car from the dead man.
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Wyoming
Garden City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Compton
Calif
Dale Swafford
Liberal
Larue W. Howard
Evanston
Wye
Swafford
Lung Cancer Risk Higher for Smokers in Large Study
The American Cancer Society reports final figures from a four year study of 183,000 men showing smoking raises lung cancer deaths by about tenfold and fatal heart attacks by around 70 percent. Among 5,207 men who smoked, 3,361 had smoked cigarettes, with 1,388 more deaths among smokers than nonsmokers.
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American Medical Assn
E. Cuyler Hammond
Daniel Horn
Society
New York
Cancer Society
Drs. Ham
Perjmond
alMaties
Free X rays Tomorrow at Garden City Legion Post
A mobile chest X ray unit opens tomorrow afternoon at the American Legion post home at Ping and 8th in Garden City for residents age 14 and older at no cost. Registration is required in the Legion building before X rays. The unit previously operated in Holcomb and Pierceville today.
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Garden City
American Legion
Ping
Legion
Holcomb
Pierceville
Garden Lass And The Crooked Hedge Affair
A garden tale notes a young woman who had to abandon sunbathing one afternoon when the yard man complained that her hedge arrangement caused a feline companion to chase and claw the hedge, adding a humorous local scene.
Primary results show Federalist and nationalist nominees named
Lindquist leads Federalists with 1s and Crockett tops Nationalists. Other nominees listed for Supreme Court include Federalists Chuck Reeves Baldwin Bill Hysom Ottawa George Jones Minneapolis Joe Gibson Wichita Gary Bender Ulysses Bob Huff Wichita Chuck Hewitt Pratt and Nationalists Richard Ackerman Jr Wechita John Falletta Arma George Thye McPherson B Rottenberg Holton Charles Ragsdale Kansas City and Dave Ashley Almena.
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Lindquist
Federalist
Crockett
Supreme Court
Federalists
Chuck Reeves
Baldwin
Bill Hysom
Ottawa
George Jones
Minneapolis
Joe Gibson
Wichita
Gary Bender
Ulysses
Bob Huff
Chuck Hewitt
Pratt
Richard Ackerman Jr
Wechita
John Falletta Arma
George Thye
McPherson
B. Rottenberg
Holton
Charles Ragsdale
Kansas City
Dave Ashley
Almena
Garden City Board Prepares School Plans and Bids
Garden City board expects general construction bids for two new grade schools by three week window after July settings. Heating plumbing and electrical bids due two weeks after. Supt Hood notes July contract meeting. Resignations: Bernice Bender and Sam Butterfield. Bus bids selected Burtis Motor Co. for $4,730 with others: Nolan $4,764.50 Anderson $4,903.35 Southwest $4,854 Westarm $4,854. Budget review and tentative next year plan discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
Howard Blanchard
Leroy Hood
Burtis Motor Co
Ford
Nolan Motor Co
Anderson Motor, Co
Southwest Equipment Co
Westarm Motor Co
Losses from Wet Weather Plague Texas Oklahoma Farms
Thousands of Texas and Oklahoma farmers face ongoing losses as persistent rains, floods, wind, and hail threaten crops. Flood damages in Texas exceed 27 million dollars with over 1.5 million acres damaged. some areas report drought in other regions while harvest proceeds in the Panhandle and Gulf Coast.
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Dallas
Texas
Oklahoma
Texas’ Wheat Belt
Texas Defense and Disaster Office
Extension Service
Panhandle
South Plains
Waco
Gulf Coast
Wichita Falls
Denton
Dist
Ted Martin
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Gentlemen In Blue
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Chamber
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Ft. Wayne
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Leuchars
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Queen Elizabeth
Prince Philip
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Texas Hill
Fort Smith
Ark
J. Hill
Lake Charles
Curtis Studio
Jo Jean Mitschler
Jo Jean
Peter
J. L. Mitscher
C&t
Bmax
Dodge City
Goodland
Great Bend
Giberal
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Amarito
Denver
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House Atomic Energy Subcommittee
James F. Crow
University of Wisconsin
Bentley Glass
Jonas Hopkins University
Hermann J. Muller
Indiana University
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Collins
Ellis Texaco
al Boys State
Harry Flat Tire
M. Lindquist
Overland Park
David Jay Crockett
Neb
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Union Pacific Railroad
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Bernice Bender
Sam Butterfield
Hutchinson Junior College
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