Profitable Day at Kansas State Farm Field Day
Editorial notes the spring field day at the agricultural experiment station of Kansas State University. Attendees learned wheat varieties resist Mosaic better, irrigation and fertilizer use, and insecticide results. Shrub and tree plantings offered landscaping ideas for farms and urban homes, highlighting the station as a tax dollar funded investment benefiting farmers and city residents.
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Extension Department
Kansas State University
We Need a Plan for Garden City Long Range Vision
The piece argues for a city wide long range plan for Garden City to guide growth and change. It notes the difficulty and cost of altering current streets and buildings, but contends that zoning and building rules aligned with a master plan would keep future construction consistent with a envisioned layout. It compares past auto driven change and urges regulation to manage growth across the city and surrounding area.
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Garden City
Students Battle In Rome Feud Over City Hall Motion
In Rome tensions flare as Communist and Socialist activists clash with Christian Democrats outside City Hall. A motion of no confidence in Mayor Urbano Croccetti is filed in a tense session, tied to a disputed celebration of Rome’s liberation. The council plans a secret meeting later in the week to debate the motion.
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Rome
Comdence
Urbano Ciomunist
Cetti
Italy
Christian Democratic Party
Croccetti
Council
Distaff Side and Local Notes From a Busy Wednesday
Ey os Distaff Side recalls a boy’s birthday surprise magnet and a bridge club move for Bloodmobile duties. Dale Saffels attends a Judicial Council meeting in Topeka. Sharon Sheehy plans a Europe trip with sister Marilyn Sweangen and Army husband Mark. A playful column notes rearranging living rooms for sport and profit, while The International Fertility organization convenes in Amsterdam with seven hundred doctors present.
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Dale Saffels
Legislative Council
Judiciary Committee
Topeka
Sharon Sheehy
John Turner
Europe
Marilyn
Mark) Sweangen
Germany
Mark
European
International Fertility Organization
Amsterdam
Washington Jazz Scene Highlighted In Nation's Capital
AP report paints Washington as a top swingin est jazz town with Charlie Byrd at Showboat Wild Bill Whelan at Bayou Booker Coleman at Charles Lounge delivering Dixieland piano and a cigar tone. Other acts include rock n roll and the Treniers at Casino Royal. narrator avoids them.
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Washington
Congress
White House
U.S.A
Charlie Byrd
Wild Bill Whelan
Booker Coleman
Charles Lounge
New Orleans
Booker
Treniers
Casino Royal
Drew Pearson Leak Suspected in Frozen Egg Move
The column reports suspected insider trading tied to the Agriculture Department egg purchase decision. Paul Dennis urged clients to buy egg futures before the June 1 announcement, sparking a profit surge to 31.4 cents by June 3. Congressional investigators probe the so called big boys. The piece also notes fundraising for Rep Don Jackson and discusses Strauss confirmation and Jewish opposition, plus a quip about Gen Omar Bradley and a wardrobe mishap in the Pentagon.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Paul Dennis
Augusta
House Agriculture
Harold Cooley
Dennis
Cooley
Ezra Benson
Kansas Youth Dies in River in Galena and Lowell
A 16 year old Galena youth, Jackie Wayne Potter, drowned while wading in the Spring River at Lowell. Potter struggled after going under a bridge near a turbine dam as two Galena youths, David Swager and Jim Moss, watched. Galena fire department recovered the body.
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Galena, Kan
Galena
Lowell
Jackie Wayne Potter
Gaelna
David Swager
Jim Moss
Swager
Moss
Potter
Galena Fire Department
Pharr Bans City Oil Wells Permits For New Drilling
Pharr Texas with 10000 residents passes an ordinance banning drilling permits inside city limits. The city currently has two wells pumping oil and a third being drilled, while permits for three additional wells had already been issued before the ban.
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Pharr
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Denver Boy Wins Spelling Bee Championship
Joel Montgomery, 12, of Denver, won the National Spelling Bee after outspelling 69 rivals. Teacher Glen Glim, Byers Junior High, emphasizes pronunciation first and roots words through prefixes and suffixes to build understanding. Dana Bennett previously shared the national crown.
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Joel
Washington
Billy
Betsy
Tod
Giim
Byers
Denver
Colo
Haslim
Joel Montgomery
Ptarms
Glim
Dana Bennett
Man Seeks Stitching Peace Amid Alarm Crisis
A tense scene unfolds as a worker accidentally hits an alarm, bells clang, lights flash, and guards rush Bradley's office. Bradley jokes about sewing pants sparking a crisis, underscoring a comic mishap in a high security setting.
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Bradley
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