Capitol Portrait Honors Rep. Clifford Hope on Retirement
A portrait of Rep. Clifford Ragsdale Hope was unveiled in the House agriculture committee chamber in Washington. Kansas friends funded the painting by Ma bel Pugh, with Downie presenting tributes from 70 friends. Hope said he will return home to Garden City with Mrs. Hope, amid praise from colleagues including Harold D. Cooley and Ezra Taft Benson.
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Frank Kelley
Washington
Capitol Hill
Clifford Ragsdale Hope
House Committee On Agriculture
Hope
Ezra Taft Benson
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
John W. McCormack
Kansas
Congress
Downie
Garden City
R. ‘N. Downie
Harold D. Cooley
DNC
Cooley
Clifford Hope
August Andresen
Andresen
Minnesota
Agriculture Committee
County Officials Probe Missed County Expenditure Reports
County officials will investigate missing published reports of expenditures for six of 17 months during Clerk Vincent Beckett’s tenure. The Telegram reported the omissions dated January July September October 1955 and February 1956. The board,Attorney General and audit firm will review why summaries were not published as required by state law.
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Vincent Beckett
Arthur Stone
Beckett
Marvin Smith
The
Telegram
Stone
Smith
John Frazier
Ray H. Calihan, Jr
Calihan
Robert Wixson
County Books
Wixson
Board of County Commissioners
Dust Surges Across Kansas While Rain Falls Sparse
Weather summary notes dustier conditions than rain citywide with a sultry high of 98 and a cool off to 63. Rain amounts varied with Osawatomie 1.96 inches and Dodge City near zero while storms produced tornado clouds in the Larned Great Bend area and no reported damage.
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Garden City
Dodge City
Larned- Great Bend
Osawatomie
Garnett
Tonganoxie
Olathe
Walnut
la Cygne
Valley Falls
Stillwell
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Osage City
Lyndon
Bonner Springs
Burdett
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Trading Post
Gar.field
Ottawa
Barnard and Lawrence
Quenemo
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Waverly
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Pittsburg
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Burlington
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Ness City
Great Bend
Wamego
Reading
Topeka
Salina and
Russell
Concordia
Goodland
Hill City
Woman Driver Fined After Fatal Topeka Street Accident
TOPEKA Mrs Myra Moore Hardy 77 of Ottawa was fined 25 in Police Court for failure to yield to a pedestrian. She drove the car in an incident where year old John Dyal of Topeka was killed as he crossed a street.
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Topeka
Myra Moore Hardy
Ottawa
John Dyal
Fourth of July program grows with parade and events
The annual Fourth of July celebration in the city expands with a parade led by Police Chief Mitchel Geisler, a Coke party for Miss Southwest Kansas contestants, and a Kids Fun Fest by the Optimist Club. Entries for the Miss contest close July 2. events run around the pool, park, and fairgrounds with various activities and fireworks planned.
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Mitchel Geisler
Geisler
National ‘Guard
Porade
Southwest Kansas
Main
Hackberry Streets
Main Street
Lorraine McCarty
McCarty
Civic Center
Mrs. McCarty
Betty Deaver
Ann Waddell l
Esther Murdock
W. E. Sage
Land Sells for 126 An Acre In Western Kansas Auction
A two day Armstrong estate auction concludes with a 640 acre tract north of Charleston selling for 126 per acre to Steven J. Irsik, Gray County farmer, for about 90000. The property includes two irrigation wells and improvements. An additional 306 acres of unimproved farm land 14 miles south of Garden City will be offered Saturday starting at 2 p.m. on US-83 as part of the Mattie Gerdes estate.
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Kansas
Charleston
Steven J. Irsik
Gray County
Armstrong
Irsik
Garden City
Mattie Gerdes
Young Farmer Killed In Tractor Car Collision
Dany Lee Grafe a 19 year old farmer was killed when his tractor overturned in a ditch at an intersection three miles south of Lansing. Grover Gene Meyer 68 Basehor the automobile driver was uninjured.
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Lansing
Dany Lee Grafe
Here
Grafe
Grover Gene Meyer
Basehor
Kinsey joke headlines a Dodge City game night
The Kinsey line jokes set the tone as Jaycee Braya faces Dodge City in a 8:15 p.m. game. Admission details and ad numbers 176-11 accompany the notice for tonight's event.
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Kinsey Report
Jaycee Braya
Dodge City
Six year old girl cheerfully after brain operation in Chicago
Doctors at Wesley Memorial Hospital described removing the right half of a six year old girl's brain to treat sleeping sickness related convulsions and behavior. Post op reports show no more seizures and improved senses, with a new cooperative personality and gradual recovery.
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Chicago
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Wesley Hospital
New Pact With Western Union
The Western Union Telegraph Co. and two labor unions agreed on a two year contract with a 13 cents per hour across the board pay raise for all employees plus 5 cents more from January 1 to adjust job inquiries and improve allowances for messengers and other personnel.
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Washington
Western Union Telegraph Co
R. A. Morgan
One Killed Three Hurt On Rain Slick Highway
A three vehicle crash on rain slicked U S 69 three miles south of Fort Scott killed 20 year old Delores M Utermoehlen of Arma Kansas and injured three others. The accident occurred on the slick highway conditions today.
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Fort Scott
U. S. 69
Here
Delores M, Utermoehlen
Arma, Kas
August Army Draft Call Matches July Total
The Army issued a draft call for 13,000 men in August, the same total as July. The announcement confirms July and August enlistment levels are identical with no change in manpower requests.
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Washington
Zimmerman Couple Sues Over Tombstone Privacy Invasion
Anna Marie and Gabriel Zimmerman file a 10 000 suit in district court alleging privacy violation and embarrassment after their names were engraved on a tombstone and placed on display by Memorial Art Co of Hays. Plaintiffs say the stone appeared May 10 1953 and remained until last month amid protests. Defendants Brown and Peterson had no comment.
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Hays
Tere
Anna Marie
Gabriel Zimmerman
W. E. Peterson
Salina
W. L. Brown
The
Memorial Art Co
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Zimmerman
Tombstone
Brown
Peterson
Garden City Delegates Shine at Boys State Election
Garden City juniors Witt Baker Tolbert Logan and Dillon participate in the Sunflower Boys State at Wichita West High School. Witt wins secretary of state on the Federalist ticket and joins the official color guard and precinct committeeman roles. Baker becomes a supreme court justice nominee. Naylor of Kansas City wins governor. Kansas Gov Hall praises training value for future government service.
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Wichita West High School
Witt
W. G. Wilt
Garden City
Bryce Baker
Supreme Court
Baker
Cecil Baker
Wits
Kenneth Tolbert
Robert Logan
Richard Dillon
Frank Naylor
Kansas ‘City
Naylor
John Brown
Lawrence
American Legion
Hall Lands
Kansas
Fred Hall
General Assembly
Hall
Chris Schwier
Wichita
Bob Hall
Pittsburg
Hope portrait honors long serving congressman Clifford Hope
The ceremony at the Agriculture Department included remarks by Secretary Benson and others as Rep. Clifford Hope heads toward retirement after 30 years in Congress. Senators Carlson and McCormack praised his decency and leadership while Andre sen joked about the portrait gift to a man still surrounded by friends.
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Andregen
Hope
Congress
Andresen
Senator Carlson
Martin
R Mass
Field Day at Garden City Station Appeals to Area Farmers
The 40th annual spring field day at Garden City experiment station will be held Monday with wheat focus. Up to 250 farmers and several state specialists are expected. The program divides between station grounds and Holcomb irrigation plots, morning dryland topics and afternoon irrigation studies led by station staff Alvin Lowe Roy Herring and Don Grimes.
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Erhart
Texpert
Holcomb
Alvin Lowe
Roy Herring
Don Grimes
Grimes
George Herron
Station Soil Laboratory
Bowlers Elect New Officers for Garden City Club
Roy Kirchoff is elected president of the Garden City Men's Bowling Association succeeding Ernest Nelson. Other officers include Bob Rickman as vice president Harold Collier secretary treasurer and Gene Austin and Bob Scott as executive directors. Retiring officers are Charles Peebles George Hayden Alvin Komlofske and John Boxler. Season-end payoffs and bowling awards were presented at the annual meeting in Legion hall.
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Roy Kirchoff
Garden City Men's Bowling Association
Ernest Nelson
Legion Hall
Bob Rickman
Harold Collier
Gene Austin
Bob Scott
Charles Peebles
George Hayden
Alvin Komlofske
John Boxler
Major House Battle Looms Over Foreign Aid Cuts
President Eisenhower urged Congress to support his foreign aid request as House Democratic leaders divided. Speaker Rayburn floated restoring 600 million while Chairman Richards stood by a 1.109 billion cut, signaling a major partisan fight over a 4.9 billion package to bolster free world nations against communism.
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Congress
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Rayburn
Texas
Richards
D-Sc
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Hause
Rep
Vorys
Ohio
Marlin
Massachussetts
Martin
State Dulles
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Q Chiefs of Staff
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