Grant Day observances in El Dorado Kansas
Maj Gen Ulysses S Grant III will deliver the main address at Central Park stadium during May Day ceremonies hosted by El Dorado Elks. Three Kansas Medal of Honor recipients John Barkley Rex Hill and George Robb will attend with parade honors from Sky Ryders drum corps and National Guard units from several bases. A dinner in his honor will follow the events hosted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars post.
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EL Dorado
Kas
Ulysses S. Grant III
Gen
Grant
Civil War Centennial Commission
Washington, D.C
Central Park Stadium
el Dorado Elks Lodge No. 407
Kansas
United States
John L. Barkley
Mission
Ralyn M. Hill
Abi- Yene
George S. Robb
Topeka
George L. Anderson
University of Kansas
Kansas State Historical Society
Butler | County Historical Society
R. A. Clymer
Butler Historical Society
Maj. Gan
Joe Nickall
Edgar Dale
American Legion
Sky Ryders
Lysie Rishel
No. 68
Hutchinson
Augusta
McPherson
Forbes Air Force Base
Tooeka
Schilling Air Force Base
Salina
McConnell Air Force Base
Wichita
Naval Air Station
Olathe Gan
Fred Priestley
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Comley to Turn Pro at Kansas State Basketball
Kansas State forward Larry Comley will forgo his final college year to turn professional. Coach Tex Winter and Comley confirmed the move after the earlier departure of Kansas star Wayne Hightower. Comley averaged 18.4 points per game last season and met with ABA and NBA officials amid scholastic troubles.
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Topeka
Kansas State University
Larry Comley
Comley
Kansas State
Tex Winter
Wayne Hightower
University of Kansas
Wildcats
Jack McMahon
Kansas City Steers
Bud Hocker
Steers
Divorce mill uncovered by suspicious judges in St Louis
Two circuit judges in St Louis opened an investigation into a divorce mill operating between Buffalo and St Louis. An attorney in Buffalo and one in St Louis allegedly helped 25 Buffalo couples obtain divorces via false testimony, with fees averaging 550 dollars and up to 1125 in one case. No charges yet filed. cases to be reviewed by the courts involved.
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Louis
Buffalo
St. Louis
Atty
Daniel Reardon Jr
Norman H. Anderson
John C. Casey
Douglas L. C. Jones
Casey
Jones
Reardon
Anderson
St.Louis
New York
Leading Grass Expert Dies at Ft. Hays College
Dr. Fred W. Albertson 69, a leading authority on grasses and head of Ft. Hays State College botany department, died Thursday in Hays Kansas. Born in Hill City, he studied at Hays Normal School, earned a 1930 Missouri master's degree, and a 1937 Nebraska doctorate. Survivors include his widow, a son Dr. Maurice Albertson serving in the Peace Corps in Washington, and a daughter Mrs. Walter Newport of Davenport Iowa.
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Hill City
Kan
Old Hays Normal School
University of Missouri
University of Nebraska
Maurice Albertson
Peace Corps
Washington
Walter’ Newport
Davenport
Towa
Garland R. Frizzell
Dke. Frizzell
Rt. 1
Northrop Institute of Technology
Inglewood
Calif
NIT
Frizzell
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Garden City High School
Soviets urged to keep word in Laos talks in Geneva
Harriman met with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko carrying a note from Secretary of State Rusk urging Moscow to honor Khrushchev’s Vienna cease fire pledge. Western factions balk at talks while Pathet Lao rebels press advances near Xieng Khouang.
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Geneva
W. Averell Harriman
Kennedy
Andrei A. Gromyko
Laos
Harriman
U.S
Dean Rusk
Khrushchev
Vienna
Gromyko
Britain
Cochairman
Soviet Union
Moscow
Austria
Lalang Praang
Pathet Lao
Xieng Khouang
Romyko
Chen Yi
Red China
Adam Rapacki
Poland
Ung van Khiem
Viet Nam
United States
Cra Tain
Padong
Garden City Hospital admissions and births update
Admissions list shows Ricky Hagen Ingalls Mrs John Holmes 60E Fulton Mrs Jerald Wray 314 Noth Mrs Monte Washam Garden City plus Mrs Howard Nichols Sublette Steven Fry 213 Pennsylvania Harold Schlegel Windsor Hotel Terry Gigot South Star Rt Willian Mullins Deerfield Dismissals include George Fowler 1210 EB Chestnut Edith City Rt 1 Ferdy Dalésp0e Jenny Tera Thornburg Garden City Ave Steven Fry 213 Pennsylvania Births report three girls born to Nichols Sublette at 8:50 a m on Thursday weighing 9 11, Washam Garden City at 10 56 a m 7 84, Wray 1 35 a m 7 6, Holmes Fulton 10 26 a m 9 2. Police bonds posted for Dennis W Ashley and Mrs Harold Drake. County sentences suspended for Mary Garcia and Johnny Tony Arteaga. District adults filed Northern Natural Gas Co vs State Corporation Commission. Traffic accident at Walker and Penn. Oil and gas leases listed including Meairs to Texaco and Bee Beckett to Amerada Petrum.
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Jerald Wray
Oth
Monte Washam
Garden City
Howard Nichols
Steven Fry
Pennsylvania
Harold Schlegel
Windsor
Edith City Rt
Ferdy
John Holmes
Fulton
Dennis W. Ashley
Harold Drake
Penn
Mary Garcia
Johnny Tony Arteaga
Gary Wade
Northern Natural Gas Co
State Corporation Commission
Walker and
Dale Edwin Gillan
York
Sugar Plant Buildings Sold to Romer Group
Jack Romer Holly Cole purchased the old sugar factory buildings and warehouses from American Crystal. Romer will continue to warehouse for American Crystal and run Romer Livestock Company Romer Agri Engineers. The firm will handle farm market coordination engineered farm management and planned farming. It will stock feed additives minerals and equipment for pre mix production. Four or five workers will operate from the site serving Western Kansas Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle.
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Jack Romer
Holly, Cole
American Cyrstal
Romer
Romer Livestock Company
Romer Agri Engineers
Kansas
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Texas
Summer program picks Garden City senior Werner
The Telegram reports Garden City High School senior Robert Werner has been selected for a summer research program at the University of Texas from June 11 to July 22. The NSF supported effort seeks talented students with scientific potential. Werner will join the mathematics track.
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Robert Werner
Garden City
University of Texas
National Science Foundation
Werner
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Summary
AP report from Kansas City markets shows cattle 300 head, calves 25, market not established. sheep 400, market not established. hogs 2,500, active and up to 25 cents higher. Prices logged for various weights: hogs 190 to 250 pounds at 16.00 16.75. 210 pounds at 17.00. 250-270 pounds at 15.75 to 18.50. 270-325 pounds up to 15.00-15.75. sows 270-400 pounds 13.75-15.00. 400-800 pounds 13.00-14.00. over 600 pounds 12.75.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Area Students Write Papers on History
Two Telegram area students are among 31 Fort Hays State College students who contributed research papers on the history of Western Kansas this year. Gary D. Crist of Syracuse studied Cowtown Law: A Brief Study of the Frontier Peace Officer, while Meryl Grosshans of Scott City wrote Wyatt Earp at Dodge City. The reports will be placed in Forsyth Library at the college for public access, under the supervision of Dr. Raymond Welty.
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Telegram Area
Fort Hays State College
Kansas
Gary D. Crist
Syracuse
County's HDU Growth Cited in State Report
Harold Jones of Kansas State University Extension Service notes Finney County’s Extension work with young homemakers. A state report includes a graph showing Home Demonstration Unit members under 30 rose from 6 percent five years ago to 25 percent in 1960.
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Finney County
Harold 5. Jones
Kansas State University Extension Service
Tax Exams Set at Wichita
Gus F Koehler director of Internal Revenue reminded prospective applicants that the Sept ember Treasury special enrollment examination in Wichita will be held September 27 and 28. Applications must reach the director of practice in Washington 25 DC by July 1 with a $2 check to the Treasurer of the United States. The exam qualifies individuals other than CPAs and attorneys to represent clients before the department.
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Gus F. Koehler
Internal Revenue
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue Office
Koehler
Wichita
Internal Revenue Service
Washington
D.C
United States
Certified Public Accountants
Corn Belt shows high participation in feed grain program
Washington AP reports strong take up of the emergency feed grain program in the Midwest. Six corn belt states with about 60 percent of the nation’s corn acreage signed up for a 20 percent reduction in corn and sorghum plantings in exchange for payments and price supports. Missouri leads in advance payments with 31.5 million dollars, Kansas follows at 23.0 million, while Nebraska and other producers also commit sizable acreage retirements and advance payments.
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Washington
Midwest
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
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Southwest Kansas
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Lakin
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Ulsses
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Lester McCoy
Tyrian Lodge 246
Conway Springs
Karl J. Baumgartner
Goodland
Everett E. Allen
A&a Body Shop
St. Catherine
Ricky Hagen
Ingalls
Charles A. Meairs
Texaco, Inc
Bee B. Beckett
Amerada Petroleum Corp
R. Burnside
Virgil c. Craig
Fidelity State Bank
Gene Holloway
Garden National Bank
Bank Management Commission, Kansas Bankers Assn
Kansas State Banking Department
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas, City
Robin David Oswalt
Harry L. Oswalt
Kemper Military School High School
Mississippi River
Boonville
Scott Park
Timber Canyon
R. E
Gene" Thompson
Gerald Stillwell
Johnie Roark
Bih Woodward
L. J. Bromert
Dean Powers
Larry Moore
Boy Scout Troop 108
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Eat
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Mass Invest
Ser-Income
Ser-Stk Wience
Puritan
Putnam Geo
Selec Am
Val Line Inc
Wellington
Dyumcom
Warren
Milax West
Hwy
NAVY
Blue Angels
Charlie Weaver
Chiff Arquette
Hollabaugh’s
Frontier Village Stars
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