Tower to Rise Over KIAL Studios for Mobile Unit Receiver
With city commission blessing, a 70 foot tower will be added atop KIAL studios to host a new mobile transmitter. Planning board approved. commission to vote Wednesday. The unit, six weeks from operation, will handle on scene coverage of fires, accidents, weather, road conditions, fairs, and beauty events. It is self contained and broadcasts directly to the station via the new tower.
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City Commission
KIAL
RCA
Bob Wells
More Finney Land Is Sold At Public Auction
An unimproved 306 acres in Finney County brought 36950 dollars at a public auction. Lawrence Strackeljohn, a Finney County farmer, bought half of a section of the Mattie Gerdes estate. The Gerdes land lies 14 miles south of Garden City on US 83 and includes a producing gas well. Earlier, Steven J. Irsik of Gray County purchased a 64 acre tract north of Garden City for about 90000 dollars, marking another sale in the Garden City area within a week.
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Finney County
Mattie Gerdes
Lawrence Strackeljohn
Garden City
Steven J. Irsik
Gray County
Charleston
Kearny County Harvest Expected Near Last Year
Kearny County Agent Merlin Line estimated a harvest of 600000 bushels of wheat, toward the same total as last year. The forecast came after a county tour and talks with local growers.
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Kearny County
Merlin Line
Line
First Wheat Cutting in County To Start Soon
Finney county prepares for the 1956 wheat harvest with the first cuts expected today or tomorrow. Kenneth Lyon of the Garden City Co operative Exchange notes Pierceville and Charleston elevators anticipate new wheat and boxcars will mainly be used for cash grain. Projections vary among officials with optimism despite poor rain, predicting near or below last year’s yield of about 1.8 million bushels. Oscar Norby sees 1.2 million bushels possible, two-thirds to three-fourths of last year, while A B Erhart notes spotty fields and no clear pattern for overall production.
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Finney County
Kenneth Lyon
Garden City Co-operative Exchange
Lyon
Pierceville
Charleston
A. B. Erhart
Erhart
Oscar Norby
Norby
Drainage Suit To Be Re-Tried
The Kansas State Supreme Court reversed a Finney county jury award of 16 083 to Walter F and Myrtle B Wolf for damages from a drainage ditch across their farm in Garden City. The court ordered a new trial for the Finney County Drainage District.
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Kansas
Harvest in Southern Counties in Full Swing
The state harvest labor control office reports extensive wheat cutting in southern counties from Lumber to Seward. Sedgwick and Kingman under way, with Harvey Pratt Kiowa Edwards Ford Gray and Haskell due to begin by mid week. Demand for labor and machines remains tight with small surpluses in Caldwell Wellington and Comanche. Sublette and Kinsley hosts temporary harvest offices as operations press on.
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Great Bend
Seward
State Harvest Labor Control Office
Sedgwick
Kingman
Daily Bulletin
Harvey
Pratt
Kiowa
Edwards
Ford, Gray
Haskell
Caldwell
Wellington
Lumher County
Counries
Kinsley
Sublette
Funds Allocated For Base Building In Garden City
Garden City has been allotted 17 500 dollars in federal matching funds for an airport administration building. City officials, joined by Rep. Clifford R. Hope, confirm federal aid approval but caution the city must still finalize costs and plans. City manager Deane Wiley puts the total cost around 35 000 dollars, noting the amount is an estimate for aid purposes and may not cover required space.
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Garden City
Clifford R. Hope
Washington
Dfinite
Deane Wiley
CAA
Wiley
House Passes Foreign Aid Bill Slashed From Ike Request
The House approved a $3.8 billion foreign aid measure, well below President Eisenhower's request, marking a major reduction in overseas assistance. The vote was 147 to 52 to keep the bill alive, with further Senate scrutiny expected as lawmakers seek additional cuts beyond the tentative House reduction of about $1.1 billion from the prior year. The program targets aid to free world nations against communism for the year starting July 1, with actual funding to be set in a separate bill.
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Washington
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Appropriations
Larned Motorists Guide Plane to Safe Landing
A group of Larned motorists aided a light plane to a safe landing Saturday night. The aircraft circled the city airport lacking lights until cars formed a lit runway with headlamps. Police did not learn the pilot’s identity.
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Larned
Kan
Argentine Revolt Is Swiftly Crushed
Buenos Aires reports a swift crackdown on a weekend revolt tied to ex-dictator Juan Peron. Government forces executed 30 rebels, arrested hundreds across Rosario Santa Fe Santiago del Estero and Corrientes, and sealed key areas. Insurgents struck Buenos Aires La Plata Santa Rosa and Rosario before loyalist jets and ships subdued them.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Ing
Rosario
Santa Fe
Santiago del Estero
Crorrientes
Mendoza
Aar
la Plata
Santa Rosa
la "Ampa
Adm
Isaar Rojas
1.5 Million in Taxes Paid in Finney County 1955
Finney county residents have paid 1,424,097.49 in 1955 personal and real estate property taxes. The deadline for the second half is June 20, with delinquent taxpayers to sheriff for collection and a 10 percent penalty for late payments after June 26. Receipts from first half must be shown when paying the remaining total.
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Finney County
Donna Bradford
Weather Bulletin Reprinted From The Boreau
The Weather section repeats a boreau weather bulletin noting forecast conditions and general outlook. No specific locations or dates are provided.
US Civilians Can Be Tried By Military Courts
The Supreme Court upheld military trials for civilians abroad in two cases. Dorothy Krueger Smith, convicted in Tokyo for killing Army Col. Aubrey D. Smith, and Clarice B. Covert, convicted in England for murder, faced evolving rulings. Smith remains jailed at Alderson Federal Reformatory while Covert awaits retrial after a prior reversal on a technicality. The term closed with other rulings on federal employee security, tax cases, and expanding railroad workers coverage under the Federal Employers' Liability Act.
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Justice Clark
Warren
Douglas
Black
Rankfurter
Reed, Burton
Minton
Harlan
Dorothy Krueger Smith
Tokyo
Japan
Army
Aubrey D. Smith
Bolling Air Force Base
U. S. Dist
Edward A. Tamm Here
George B. Parr
Texas
Austin
Breeding Files For Congress In 1st District
J Floyd Breeding filed today as a Democratic candidate for Congress from the 1st district. A Rolla stockman and veteran Kansas legislator, he said in a Telegram interview he would file with the secretary of state at Topeka before noon. He served as House minority leader and has toured in campaign efforts this spring. He has visited Garden City several times.
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CAA
Ben King
J. Floyd Breeding
Breeding
Secretary of State
Topeka
Rolla
Kansas
House
Coerced Introduction Sparks Lively Club Juncheon
At a weekly club juncheon a speaker was to be introduced but the emcee bluntly admitted the speaker needs no introduction. The line drew chuckles as the host quipped he didn’t know him from Adam, signaling a humorous moment in the gathering.
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Juincheon
Adam
Wheat Forecast Down Slightly
The Agriculture Department issued its first full crop projection for the year, placing total government-restricted wheat at 922,672,000 bushels, down from last year’s 938,159,000 and below the 10-year average of 1,146,547,000. Winter, spring, and durum yields and state breakdowns show lower outputs and steady quota controls.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Field Day Features Wheat Varieties For Western Kansas
The 40th annual Spring Field Day at Garden City experiment station showcased irrigation and dryland practices for Southwest Kansas farmers. Alvin Lowe recommended four wheat varieties Comanche Wichita Iowa and Triumph for dryland and operation in the region with past yields listed. Lectures covered weather, fertility, insect control, and crop improvements, while tours highlighted irrigation near Holcomb and a major evaporation moisture study led by Roy Herring.
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Southwest Kansas
Garden City Experiment Station
Holcomb
Alvin Lowe
Station Agronomist
Kansas
Comanche
Wichita
Iowa
Triumph
Agronomist
Lowe
Reno
Roy Herring
Herring
K-State
Kansas City
Las DePew
Donald Jaimes
George M. Herrons
Members Give Over 30000 For New Church Dedication
The Methodist church at Main and Kansas raised more than 30000 during a four hour fund-raising crusade to finish the church. The event opened with a dedication service led by Dr Virgil E Turner of the Board of Missions. Cash and pledges topped the amount as 170 workers completed visitations yesterday. a report meeting is set for 9 p.m. Tuesday.
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Methodist
Main
Kansas
Virgil E. Turner
Board of Missions
Window Is No Match For a Boy
Four year old Marcarro Rescendez of Holcomb accidentally bumped a Sears show window, causing a six by seven foot pane to crash onto the sidewalk. The boy sustained only a bruised head. Sears employee George Clausen, who helped move a plank after the incident, dropped it on his foot and limped with a sore toe.
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Marcarro Rescendey
Sears
Pedro Rescendez
Holcomb
George Clausen
President Eisenhower Shows Progress After Surgery
Washington President Eisenhower walked voluntarily at 9 30 a m and took light walking exercises. Doctors said his condition remained excellent with essentially normal vital signs. He conferred with Sherman Adams and designated Vice President Nixon to represent him at two events. An Annapolis youth conference will proceed as planned. White House reporters debated whether he will seek a second term.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Nixon
National Security Council
Blair House
Adenauer
Annapolis
Hisenhower
White Houe
White House
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Henkle Drilling
Emir Salyer
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King
Keith Isham
Garden City Mine
Dodge City
Goodland
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Amarillo
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