Housing demand grows in Finney County amid growth signals
Chamber of Commerce reports rising housing needs as a metal building firm from Texas eyes the area for employees. Telegram’s George Aler follows horseback campers toward the mountains, noting growing tourist activity. Shell Oil tests begin in county while Arabian horse sale and Rotary zebra naming contest draw attention.
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Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Texas Co
HK. C. Davis
Holcomb
Shell Oil
Shell
Pratt Family Travels Through on Horseback
The Pratt family travels by horse from Pratt to Arapahoe Colorado with Hank Bruse, arm in a cast, and two children Jan ten and Bill. They report last Saturday’s fall hurt Hank and Lois drives a pickup when needed. They aim for Arapahoe about 280 miles from Pratt, averaging fifty miles daily and staying last night at Finney County Lake.
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George Aler
Teleoram
Arapahoe
Colo
Hank
Luis Bruse
Pratt
Jan
Bill
Finney County State Lake
Finney County
Kansas
Hank Bruse
Bruse
Oakley
Lois
Finney County Lake
Eisenhower and John Wayne Busy Signing Autographs
Washington AP President Eisenhower and actor John Wayne drew crowds at a Republican dinner signing autographs for about a half hour. Mrs Eisenhower also signed. Wayne halted the event by microphone to say diners should stop requesting autographs. In Topeka Kansas two traffic deaths were tallied with 207 fatalities in 1959 to date.
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Washington
Eisenhower
John Wayne
Wayne
First Lady
Hollywood
Topeka
Kansas
Worcester marks sixth anniversary of deadly tornado
Worcester observes a day of disaster with the flag at half staff on Worcester Common to honor the June 1953 tornado near Petersham. The storm halted a hot day as residents recall the disaster and its impact on the community.
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Petersham
New Wheat Bill Sparks Farm Policy Debate in House
Rep. Page Belcher of Oklahoma introduces a sweeping wheat bill amid gridlock over quotas and supports. Proposals include 90 percent parity supports, 125 percent acreage cuts, and removing 15 and 30 acre exemptions. Administration seeks unlimited production with price supports tied to average market price. The bill's passage hinges on House Agriculture Committee action this week.
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Barreo Rutland
Belcher
Rutland Center
Page Belcher
Oklahoma
Holden
Worcester
Eisenhower
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezraj
Taft Benson
jVisit
GOP House
House Agriculture
House
Man Breaks into Hotel Flings Out Furniture
Bruce Moran, 25, was arrested on investigation of breaking and entering after entering a closed Sereno Hotel in St. Petersburg. He flung furniture from room windows on six of seven floors, causing estimated losses of several hundred dollars as teenagers outside yelled go man go until police halted him on the fifth floor.
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Sereno
Bruce Moran
St, Petersburg
Flacay
No Union Trouble Sniper Kills Mine Owner
A sniper killed Jess Fesler while he operated a bulldozer on a federal flood control project near Lake City High School. Five men were questioned in Clinton Jacksboro and nearby towns. officials deny union-related motives as the Lake City area sees regional violence amid union drives.
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Lake City
Tenn
Jess Fesler
Sunlight, Tenn
Anderson County
Glad Woodward
Clinton
Campbell County
Rose
Kitts
Jacksboro
Anderson - Campbell County
Knoxville
Kentucky
Tennessee
United Mine Workers
Woodward
House Okays Corporate Rates Extension Vote
Washington AP reports the House approved a one year extension of wartime corporate and excise tax rates by voice vote. If Senate action stalls, corporate income tax would fall from 52 to 30 percent on July 1, with excise taxes cut on cigarettes whisky beer wine and new cars and parts, costing about three billion dollars annually.
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Washington
House
Senate
Right to Work Law in Kansas Declared Effective
Rep Wint Smith says Kansas right to work law is extremely effective and will be enforced to protect workers from union influence. He cites the Kansas Citizens Committee for Real Labor Reform and urges support for Graham A Barden's labor reform bill establishing a union rights and procedures framework.
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Washington
Kansas
Wint Smith
R-Kas
Congressional Record
Smith
Kan’ Sas
Kansas Citizens Committee For
Congress
House
Graham A. Barden
Barden
Rebels Called On to Surrender In Nicaragua
Gen Anastasio Somoza, brother of President Luis Somoza, urged Nicaraguan rebels to surrender after a two hour battle on Cerro de la Guna Est hill. He claimed the insurgents were out of ammunition and that the rebellion had suffered a decisive setback with 75 attackers returning from Costa Rica.
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Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Luis Somoza
Monson W
Sill
Somoza
Agustin Torres Maza
Washington
Costa Rica
Enrique Lacayo Parfan
Somoaza
National Guard
Cerro de la Guna
Mantagua
Western Ministers Fear Meeting May Collapse
Fidel Castro denied Soviet arms shipments or training Cuban forces as a Miami rebel officer’s accusations were labeled part of a campaign against the revolution. In Utah, four men died when an ore truck plowed into a park vehicle in Mexican Hat. In Houston Walter Williams, Civil War veteran, resumed his normal diet after pneumonia treatment.
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Havane
AIM
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
Miami
Utah
Less Polly
Grand Canyon
Art
Lev Jy
Daniel Black
Houston
Tex
Walter W. Williams
Willie Mael’ Bowles
Passports Denied to Red China Critics Upheld
Washington appeals court upheld State Department authority to deny passports to Americans traveling to Red China and other contrived trouble spots. The ruling followed the case of journalist William Worthy Jr. Tokyo reports the U S government signed contracts with Toyota for 42 228 199 dollars in parts and vehicles for non Communist nations in Asia.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
State Department
China
William Worthy Jr
Tokyo
API
U.S
Japan
Toyota Motor Co
Asia
Western ministers fear Berlin summit collapse amid Khrushchev interview
Western foreign ministers warn the Berlin talks may fail without Soviet concessions after Khrushchev’s Budapest interview. Secretary Herter and French and British leaders weigh tougher tactics as Gromyko sessions continue. Eisenhower convenes top Pentagon officials to resolve interservice silos disputes and review missile policy. Khrushchev’s remarks hint at a summit blame shift if no agreement, signaling possible setback for Western positions. The City Commission plans a session to evaluate a contract with Black and Veatch for addition services to the Medview system and other power-source studies.
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John AL Highpower
Geneva
Soviet Union
Berlin
Christian AL Herter
Maree Couve de Murville
Selwyn Lloyd
Britain
AM Three
Andrei Gromyko Wigel
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchey
Hungary
Gromyko
Herter
Budapest
Khrushchev
Gronyke
Germany
West Berlin
City Commission
Rekmlr
Black and Veated
Commissan
Subnet
Eny
Addi
New Nuclear Sub George Washington Launchest Navy Launch
The 5400 ton submarine George Washington, first to fire Polaris missiles from underwater or surface, slid into the sea at Groton Connecticut amid 10000 witnesses. President Eisenhower called it revolutionary and a step into a new era of naval power.
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Groton
Thames River
Eisenhower
George
Washington
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corp
Fleetric Boat Division
George Washington
Agst
Defense
Wilfred J. McNeil
Secretary of the
Navy
William B. Franke
Fleet Ballistic Missile System
William F. Raborn Jr
Garden Sass Gussez Bets on Horse Liniment Truck Supply
In a curious tidbit a local figure named Garden Sass Gussez asserts the wired truck is stocked with horse liniment. The claim hints at a rural commerce or joke circulating among community members without broader verification.
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Garden Sass Gussez
Whires
Four on Trial For Their Lives
Four young white men face trial in Circuit Court on charges of raping a Negro college girl near Florida A&M University. The case, presided by Judge W May Walks er, involves 156 juror summonses and court-appointed lawyers for three defendants.
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Air Force
David Beagles
Ollie Stontamire
Collinsworth
Gunter Toney
Florida A&m University
Florida
City Reading Is State High
TOPEKA AP Clear to partly cloudy skies with a few showers indicated for Kansas through Wednesday. Forecaster Tom Arnold said showers will occur in the east late this afternoon or evening and in the northwest tomorrow afternoon. Lows tonight in the 60s, highs tomorrow around 90 in the west and 80s elsewhere. Yesterday saw a few light showers in the eastern quarter. Maximums yesterday ranged 85 at Wichita and Dodge City to 90 at Goodland Garden City and Wamego. Lows last night 58 at Goodland to 68 at Pittsburg.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tom Arnold
Wichita l
Dodge City
Goodland
Garden City
Wamego
Pittsburg
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