Hugoton names Thompson mayor to finish Ramey term
Western Kansas report notes Hugoton appoints Danny Thompson as mayor succeeding W F Ramey Jr who moves to Liberal to run a gasoline distributorship. Ramey’s unfinished term about a year remains. George Derby, county clerk of Haskell County for 20 years, plans retirement at 75 and supports the new Sublette lake project.
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Danny Thompson
Hugoton
W. F. Ramey, Jr
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Ramey
George Derby
Haskell County
George
Kansas
Sublette Lake
Father of the Most Sons drives beef prize in Haskell County
In Satanta James Shelden leads a humorous "Father of the Most Sons" contest sponsored by the county Cow Belles. The man with the most sons earns a beef prize to be claimed on Father’s Day.
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Haskell County
James Shelden
Satanta
County Cow- Belles Society
Figures Lie? Scott City Population Figures Questioned
Assessments show Scott City appears to lose about 14 residents from last year. Yet a surge of a seismograph crew and new families pushes actual counts above the 9,228 figure listed in the year’s assessment, illustrating a rare exception to the axiom that figures never lie.
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Scott City
Scott
Residents weigh time zone shift in Lakin poll
Independent publisher Monte Canfield conducts a straw vote in Lakin to gauge public sentiment on adopting central standard time over mountain standard time. The survey also asks about Eisenhower’s veto of the first farm bill and current presidential voting preferences.
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Lakin
Monte Canfield
Eisenhower
Harvest Underway in Southwest Kansas Wheat Belt
Harvest is underway along the southern fringe of Southwest Kansas with new wheat from Seward county shipped to Liberal elevators. Early yields reach 15 bushels per acre in drought areas though much grain is too wet to store without drying. Reports say Stanton and Grant counties will begin harvest soon, extending across the western tier of the state.
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Kansas
Seward
Stanton
Grant
Home Talent Show at Shallow Water Opens Monday
Shallow Water residents host a home talent show Monday to raise funds for high school band uniforms. The event starts at 2:30 p.m. in the school auditorium with no admission charge and a free will offering. Band mothers will sell refreshments.
Two Teachers Appointed to State Vocational Staff
TOPEKA The State Board for Vocational Education announced two Kansas high school teachers as new staff members. Miss Elizabeth Hirschler of Dodge City home economics becomes assistant vocational homemaking supervisor. Frank Carpenter of Beloit vocational agriculture becomes assistant vocational agriculture supervisor and executive assistant for the Kansas Association of Future Farmers of America.
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State Board For Vocational Education
Kansas
Elizabeth Hirschler
Dodge City
Frank Carpenter
Beloit
Kansas Alan
Future Farmers of America
Support for New Armory Approves Chamber Committees
Garden City Chamber committees voted to recommend support for a federally approved single unit armory at an estimated cost of 100000 with the city to provide 50000 and a first year payroll around 55000. The action Prefers placing the issue on the August ballot while opposing it for the general election.
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Joe Nickell
Kansas
Bob Shelton
Chamber of Commerce
Chuckle Lines Play on Fast Talker Jim
A playful quip notes Jim as a fast talker while linking his speed to family traits. The joke references his father’s tobacco work and his mother’s role, shaping a lighthearted character sketch.
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Jim
Benson Sees Surplus End with Soil Bank Plan
Vermont speech at the Dairy Festival outlined a temporary emergency soil bank to balance farm production with markets by 1959. In Washington, Benson backed soil bank payments for natural disaster crop reductions, drawing praise and some political criticism from several senators.
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Benson Staft
Vermont
Tey
New Soil Bank
Washington
Benson
Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Beaver Dam
Wis
Soil Bank
House Final Vote Approves Aid. Bill Falls Short
Washington reports the House moved toward a final vote on a foreign aid bill about 1.1 billion dollars below President Eisenhower’s request. The chamber tentatively approved a 3.8 billion program, with actual funding to be set by a later bill, and defeated an outright ban on aid to Yugoslavia while backing continued U.S. assistance to Marshal Tito.
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House
Eisenhower
Hisenhower
White House
Senate
U.S
Yugoslavia
Edna F. Kelly
D-Ny
Marshal Tito
KABIE Tour Visits Garden City Wednesday
About 42 Kansas teachers will visit Garden City on Wednesday as part of the KABIE tour. The Garden City Chamber of Commerce and Kansas state chamber host the event with tours of Brookover Feed lots irrigation and other agricultural operations and Finnup Park. Tour chair Finnup Gardiner said the group arrives from Colby around 4 p.m. and the tour starts at 4 30 p.m. A fried chicken picnic follows at 7 15 p.m. School officials and city officials will attend. The teachers will stay overnight and head to the Ulysses area Thursday morning.
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Garden City
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Dean Wiley
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Ulysses
Pho Billfolds Luggage and Watches Fine Gifts to Please Dad
Pho offers a selection of billfolds luggage and watches as Father's Day gifts. The ad highlights practical yet stylish items suitable for dads and emphasizes value and variety.
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Dickingorha
President Is Recovering After Emergency Surgery
Washington reports President Eisenhower is recovering from an exploratory operation to address a partial obstruction in the small intestine. His heart remains unaffected, and he plans to seek a second term if his condition allows. GOP leaders face a potential scramble for the nomination if he cannot run.
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Eisenhower
Denver
Whites House
White House
James C. Hagerty
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James Hagerty
Hagerty
Eisernhower
Another Soviet Official Quits
MOSCOW Deputy Premier Lazar Kaganovich, a veteran Bolshevik and head of the Labor and Wage Committee, resigned today after a long career as the Soviet Union’s labor troubleshooter. He offered no immediate reason for stepping down, eight days after V M Molotov left the post of Foreign Minister following a February pledge for wage incentives.
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Lazar Kaganovich
Soviet Union
Stalin
Supreme Soviet
V. M. Molotov
Russians Catch Tigers Bare Handed
London wi Moscow radio reported that tiger hunters in Russia’s far east capture tigers with their bare hands. A broadcaster named Comrade Pistoyev, president of a Khabarovsk geographic society, allegedly caught two tigers in 1939 using only hands.
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Moscow Radio
Russia
Pistoyev
Khabarovsk
Foreign Aid Food Program Proposed by Mahoney
Des Moines Ia November today proposed a foreign aid plan calling for the United States to export food rather than money. Mahoney a Democratic congressional nominee in the 6th District said the plan would aid foreign relations and help solve the American food surplus problem.
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Des Moines
Kimo Mahoney
Dorrance
Kas
United States
Mahoney
Jayceeva Lone Debuts in First League Game
Jayceeva Lone starred in the opening league contest on Sunday with a standout performance. Details show 215 points credited in the box, while Lightner is listed with a minor discrepancy marked as fisid. Advancing teams recorded 178 1 in a close early-season match.
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Lightner Fisid
Welsh miners win brief revival chance at pit
In Gwawb-Cae-Curwen Wales 279 exhausted miners were rehired for a two week trial after the British National Coal Board closed the pit and sacked 1 065 staff amid low output and 249 strikes since 1947. The board said a target would reopen the pit if met but the effort fell short by a hair and a further week of trial was granted. If the pit closes the town faces ghost town status with no work elsewhere.
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Wales
Britain
National Coal Board
Redfield Grain Elevator Under Way In New York State
Gov Averell Harriman announces candidacy for president while Kansans build a new million bushel concrete grain elevator at Redfield South Dakota area near county lines. G W Meeker of Western Grain Corp says a Aug 15 goal may slip to Aug 1 and Sampson Construction Co of Salina leads construction with Darwin and Sherman Sampson directors. The elevator, on Chicago North Western and Milwaukee rail lines, will be the county’s only concrete grain storage larger than Finney. No manager yet. Meeker expects Redfield area pick. Visitors invited to view the project as construction progresses.
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Western Grain Corp
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Sherman Sampson
Ralph Miller
Merrill Renick
R. J. Maxfield
M. L. Russell
Leo Meeker
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Meeker
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Eisenhower Resigns Penn State Presidency for Personal Reasons
Dr Milton Eisenhower resigns as president of Pennsylvania State University citing personal reasons. He says illness of his brother the President did not prompt the move and urges the resignation take effect by December 31. He will not enter government service and plans a brief vacation before deciding future plans.
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Milton Eisenhower
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Kansas State College
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Helen
Joan Kliesen Improves Rapidly After Injury
Parents report Joan Kliesen regained consciousness Wednesday and can move about. A full X-ray showed no broken bones after a Memorial Day crash near Pittsburg. A league opener ad notes ticket sales for Lyonn v Jaycee B Jays at Lightner Field 8:15 pm.
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Scott City Grain Suit Ended by Settlement
A three year old government grain suit against Harris Grain Co. of Scott City ends in a negotiated settlement. U.S. District Attorney William Farmer said the firm will pay $187,000 in damages, well under the original $424,170 claim for improper care of grain stored for the Commodity Credit Corporation at Camp Crowder Missouri.
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Scott City
William Farmer
U. S
Harris Grain Co
Commodity Credit Corporation
Camp Crowder
Farmer
Harris Company
Texas Heat Bakes Street. Chicken Feed Stuck Truck
In Gonzales Texas, a 102 degree day melted downtown asphalt trapping a truck loaded with chicken feed. Workers unloaded the feed to free the vehicle as the road surface cooled.
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Texa
Dulles Warns Soviets Building Military Strength
Secretary of State Dulles told Iowa State College that Soviet rulers are making a gigantic effort to build up their military establishment. He urged Congress to approve foreign aid and said about 40 billion dollars a year is needed for military and economic assistance to combat international communism, calling it peace insurance. He noted the Soviet Union spends about 20 percent of its gross national product on military and foreign purposes. The remarks had Eisenhower's advance endorsement and tied to waging peace.
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Dulles
Russia
United States
Iowa State College
Congress
Moscow
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Operating Costs Drive Bread Prices Says Baking Leader
Louis E. Caster of Rockford told about 300 at the Kansas Wheat Improvement Assn field day that operating costs are the biggest factor in bread pricing. Marvin McLain, assist. secretary of agriculture, projected wheat carryover at 1.04 billion bushels by month end, up from 562 million in 1953.
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American Institute of Baking
Louis E. Caster
Rockford
Kansas Wheat Improvement Assn
Marvin McLain
State Should Push for Development of Industry in Kansas
Gov. Wred Hall urged Kansas to use legislation and administration to promote industry and business growth. He spoke to the Fraternal Order of Eagles, insisting state laws must serve the public interest and never hinder development.
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Wred Hall
Kansas
Order of Eagles
Jaycee B Jay Book Tickets On Sale Now
Jaycee B Jay tickets available at Piranda and W. K Sports outlets. Tickets may also be purchased from any Jayces.
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Pirand'a
W. K
Oods
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