Bullsnake disrupts service in Garden City church yard
A three foot bullsnake caused excitement in front of a Garden City church, wrapping onto Mrs. Marshall Thompson’s car gas tank. Police and prison inmate prepared to remove it, finally freeing the reptile after car hoist and head rap. It was buried in a trash can. Also notes include Charles Ogden catching a 12 year old catfish near Miami, and Boy Scout gifts for Bob Weaton at Scott County State Park during a Pinewood Derby. Garden City Band earns encore at Stevens Park as season continues.
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Marshall Thompson
C. St
Church of God In Christ
Leslie Enslow
Ray Kinder
City
Charles Ogden
John R. Ogden
Ogdens
Florida
Charles
Miami
Garden City
Izaak Walton League
Finney County Parks, Fish, and Game Assa
Buffalo Range
Hoy
Bob Weaton
Scott County State Park
Bob
Sioux
Kanza
Alice
Philmont
New Mexico
Scoulers
Stevens Park
Don Threlkeld
the Park
City Maintains Fire Rating in Garden City
Garden City keeps its 7th Class public fire protection rated satisfactory by the Kansas Inspection Bureau. The bureau notes needed improvements planned, including a new high-capacity well after Gillespie well abandonment and Pine Center well capacity loss. A test well near Homewood addition north of Fulton shows promise. Electrical system upgrades and a new generation station will boost power reliability. Bids soon for a new fire department pumper truck, replacing a 34-year-old unit, are included in this year's budget.
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Garden City
Kansas Inspection Bureau
Gillespie
Hackberry
Evans
Pine and Center
Deane Wiley
Henkle Drilling and Supply Co
Homewood
Fulton
Fire Department
C.N. Clanton
Inspection Bureau
Pittsburg Firm Plans Tulsa Warehouse Project
The Fadler Produce Company of Pittsburg will build a $500,000 warehouse in Tulsa, starting within 60 days. About 125 workers will be employed. President Mitton Fadler will relocate to Tulsa to run operations. L. F. Fadler notes no impact on the Pittsburgh operation.
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Pittsburg
Fadler Produce Company
Tulsa
Mitton Fadler
L. F. Fadler
Pittsburgh
Scott City Girl Named Miss Kansas for 1961
Carolyn Jane Parkinson of Scott City won Miss Kansas 1961 at Pratt earning a $1000 scholarship and a trip to Atlantic City to compete in Miss America. She represented Lawrence and is a Kansas University student, with green eyes and a 5 7 height. Judy Hunt of Cimarron was named Miss Congeniality and won a $250 scholarship.
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Kansas
Pratt
Carolyn Jane Parkinson
Henry D. Parkinson
Scott City
Atlantic City
Lawrence
Kansas University
Judith Ann Hunt
Cimarron
Dodge City
Judith Whitesell
Montezuma
Manhattan
Kansas State
Kansas State University
Parkinson
Carolyn
Wichita
Nancy Ann Fleming
Michigan
Topeka
Allen Crafton
Judy Hunt
Garden Sass Gas Garden Opens Pool to Please Kids
Garden Sass Gas Garden welcomed a new swimming pool opening to end his children's nagging. The feature highlights a family friendly addition and the hope it brings quieter days at home.
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Gas Garden
Kennedy returns to White House on crutches from Florida
President Kennedy arrives at Andrews Air Force Base aboard a plane, aided by a cherry picker elevator and an inclined ramp, then wheels through security on crutches to a helicopter bound for the White House. He had spent four days in Palm Beach for rest and back therapy.
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Washington
Kennedy
Florida
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Palm Beach
Via
Canada
Charles B. Wrightsman
White House
Andrews
Air Force
G. J. Dunkleberg
1254Th
Special Air Mission Wing
Secret Service
Toihe
Caroline
Amintore Fanfani
Palm Beacuy
Centennial observances mark Kansan statehood milestone
Kansas Statehood centennial events span Junction City and Topeka with a 90 inch parade, a military review, and a 24 hour pageant The Kansas Story live pageant and a World Food Fair run through June 26 In Chanute a centennial week features SE KAN O RAMA and Johnson exhibit with Linda Campbell named centennial queen Official Laos talks resume after Western protest Thai delegate walks out over seating Laos factions under scrutiny by IC C and superpowers
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Kansas
Junction City
Topeka
Ft. Riley
Chanute
Chante
City Park Stadium
Martin
Osa Johnson
Johnson
Linda Campbell
Weather Tonight and Tuesday Forecast Notes
Tonight moderate winds and a few isolated thunderstorms give way to fair, mild conditions with lows in the middle 60s. Tuesday brings partly cloudy skies and a few afternoon or evening thunderstorms with highs in the upper 80s and southerly winds of 15 to 20 mph. Local temps show mid 60s to 70s across Dodge City and Topeka with scattered readings in Goodland, Emporia, and Wichita.
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Dodge Cl
Emporia
Garde
Goodland
Till City
BA Russell
Topeka
Wichita
Sunny Weather To Continue In Kansas Fields
AP reports warm sunny conditions persist across Kansas allowing farmers to work outdoors. No weekend rainfall. scattered thundershowers expected late today in western sections. Sunday highs ranged from 88 at Concordia to 93 at Garden City, Lawrence, and Chanute. overnight lows mostly near 70. Solomon River crested five feet above flood stage at Minneapolis and is expected to reach similar levels at Niles.
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Topeka
Kansas
Concordia
Garden City
Lawrence
Chanute
Goodland
State Accidents Take Four Lives
Four people died in Kansas weekend traffic crashes. Wayne O Trimble 16 of Williamstown died when his car sideswiped a semi and hit a bridge on U S 24 east of Perry. Wanita Powell 16 of Kansas City Kansas died in a chase related crash. Richard Green 22 of Overland Park injured. Richard Lavin 17 critically injured. Mrs Mark Atherly 53 of Bull Shoals Arkansas died when her car hit a culvert on U S 54 east of Iola. Bill Atherly son Gilbert Charles Clari HJ 19 of Wichita killed in a one car crash on K 57 west of Girard. Virgil L Hodge 23 of Kansas City Kansas injured critically.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Wayne O’trimble
Williamstown
Kan
Perry
U.S. 24
Post Office Department
Cecil A. Terrel
Herington
O'Trimble
Eugene O’trimble
Wanita Powell
Kansas City
Richard H. Green
Overland Park
Richard Lavin
Lavin
Mark Atherly
Bull Shoals
Ark
U.S
Iola
Mary Lou Graham
Fayetteville
Burlington
Bill Atherly
Gilbert Charles Clari HJ
Wichita
Way
Girard
Virgil L. Hodge
Topeka Instructor Named to State Post
Wendell B. Godwin former Topeka school superintendent is named assistant secretary for lay relations of the Kansas State Teacher Association. He will succeed Minter E. Brewn with L. Brown retiring after 18 years with the association.
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Topeka
Wendell B. Godwin
Kansas State Teacher Association
Minter E. Brewn
L. Brown
Association
Laugh at Victims Youths Tell Of Murders
Salt Lake City AP report details two calm teenagers George R. York and James D. Latham who described murdering eight people in six states. They laughed at victims and discussed the death penalty, while authorities recount a timeline from May to June across Louisiana Florida Georgia Illinois Tennessee Colorado to Jacksonville Valdosta Aiken Edwardsville Craig Granite City and more.
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Utah
Colorado
W. H. Terill
George R. York
James D. Latham
Florida
Louisiana
Tennessee
Illinois
Kansas
Terill
York
Latham
Edward J. Guidroz
Baton Rouge
Associated Press
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Patricia Anne Hewitt
Valdosta
Jacksonville
Fla
Aiken
S. C
Johno A. Whitaker
Tullahoma
Tenn
Guidroz
Albert E. Reed
Litchfield
Edwardsville
Ill
Service Stoion
Martin Drenovac
Granite City
Otto Ziegler
Rachel Marian Moyer
Craig
Colo
Kansas Wheat Harvest Opens Across Southern Kansas
GREAT BEND AP reports the wheat harvest underway at scattered southern border points with barley cutting advancing rapidly from Caldwell to Liberal. Harvest is expected to spread in the next three days as barley work continues in Caldwell Wellington and Kiowa areas.
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Great Bend
Kansas
State Harvest Labor Control Office
Caldwell
Liberal
Kansas State Employment Service
Wellington
Kiowa
Housing Bill Expects Final Senate Action
Washington AP says a $6.14 billion housing bill advances to final Senate passage after long sessions, with nearly all Kennedy recommendations in place and no further amendments. It heads to the House next week for potential action, funding slum clearance, city rebuilding, dormitories, veterans housing, mass transit, elderly housing, and new programs for moderate income families and housing modernization. The outcome completes four of Kennedy’s priority items. later measures include health care for the aged and a Social Security expansion in 1962.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
Kennedy i
House
Senate Finance Committee
Agri Firm Names K State Alumnus Ford as Consultant
Manhattan Kansas AP announces Kenny L. Ford former Kansas State University Alumni Association secretary is named consultant on the Agri Research staff. Dr Phil S Eckert, executive vice president of the new Manhattan organization, says Ford will serve five years as associate secretary of the alumni group.
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Manhattan
Kenny L. Ford
Kansas State University Alumni Association
Agri Research
Phil $. Eckert
New Manhattan Organization
Ford
Dean Hess
Colby
Alumnui Group
Planner Resigns from Garden City Planning Post
John W. Stansel, secretary to the Garden City Finney County Metropolitan Area Planning Commission, resigns to join Maricopa County Phoenix planning department. He arrived Aug 1955 and his resignation becomes effective July 10. No successor is named yet.
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John W. Stansel
Garden City
Finney County
Maricopa County
Phoenix
Ariz
Finney Collins Board of Commissioners
Deane Wiley
Stansel
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