Rain delays milo and wheat harvest in Finney County
Heavy rains slow milo planting and push wheat harvest into July in Finney County Kansas. Officials report ample boxcars and elevators to handle expected tonnages, with irrigated wheat prospects strong though rust risk rises with wet conditions. Planting deadlines and labor availability remain concerns as producers anticipate a mixed but historically good crop.
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Milo
Trebilcock
Santa Fe
Farmers Co-op Equity
Erhart
Kansas
Finney County
Oscar Norby
Norby
Finney
Portrait of a father and son at the circus
A father and his young son share a night at the circus filled with snacks, clowns, elephants, and a mix of curiosity and small mischief. The boy asks for treats, notices of a performer in a dress, and both watch acts under the stars with fewer interruptions than inside the big top.
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Darlene
Mimi
Pye
Glown
30 Teachers Visit City for KABIE Tour
About 30 teachers from across Kansas joined a KABIE tour in Garden City on the eighth annual event. They visited Stookover feed yards irrigation sites and Finnup Park before dinner and a Windsor Hotel tour. The gathering occurred in the southwest corner of Kansas yesterday afternoon.
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Kansas
Garden City
Downing’s
Stookover
Finnup Park
Windsor Hotel
Soldier’s confession tied to Japan shooting case
Maebashi Japan A Japanese police officer said a Michigan soldier Victor Nickel of Inkster Mich told authorities that Specialist 3 C William Girard tossed empty shell casings onto a U S army range before a Japanese woman scrap collector was shot and killed Jan 30 The officer said Nickel’s statement included in a secret police file but not in court records, and Girard is charged with inflicting bodily injury resulting in death with up to 15 years possible in Japanese prison.
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Girard
Morse Attacks Aid Waste in Foreign Aid Debate
Sen Morse of Oregon denounces foreign aid waste as millions wasted and anti American sentiment grows. He partners with Sen Long to cut about 390 million dollars from the 3.6 billion foreign aid bill amid Senate debate.
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Washington
Sen
Morse
D-Ore
Senate
People For the
United States
Missile misfire near cottages shocks Westmoreland resort
A conventional target projectile misfired near a group of summer cottages in a Westmoreland County resort yesterday. The 50 yard miss from a shoreline group. no injuries reported. Dahlgren naval proving grounds confirmed the test, with an investigation opened into the mishap.
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Brica
Vavy
Navy
Dahlgren
Former Fire Chief Restores Garden Citys First Motorized Fire Truck
Roy King, 90% N. 5th, receives custody of Garden City's 35 year old first motorized fire truck from the city commission. He plans a yearlong restoration to its original condition, including repainting, reupholstering seats, and removing later added parts. The truck, made by American LaFrance, will likely be used in parades once finished, preserving a local relic.
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Jay Crock
Roy King
Garden City
Joan George
King
la France Co
Water and Light Department
Experiment's Mark on Succeeding Generation
Bridgeport Connecticut lawyer claims a dozen soldiers who worked on a top secret wartime experiment may be sterile or have fathered deformed children. Four Connecticut soldiers are represented, with one confirmed sterile and wives reporting miscarriages and deformations among children. The tank ordnance unit faced warnings about radiation exposure. The New York Daily News reported an Army inquiry and described an arc lamp blinded gunners mounted on tanks in the 9th Armored Division along the Rhine.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Raymond Lyddy
Connecticut
Lyddy
Tank Ordnance Company
Ber Brucker
9Th Armored
Rhine
Plymouth
Mass
Plyumouth
England
Six Year Old Dead. Father Indicts Society In Death
Detroit report of the homicide of a six year old girl found body dumped two miles from her home after an overnight search. Father denounces a "society" he blames for the tragedy as police cordon off the scene near Dix and Trenton roads.
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Detroit
deCaussin Jr
Eéorse
McGural
Panter
Paul Panter
Ecorse Township
Dix
Trenton
Mary
Place
Armory Bid Process Scrapped After All Bids Rejected
Garden City armory bids were rejected after errors in bid instructions. New bids are set for June 28 with apparatus for parking walks and blinds. Three low bidders withdrew bids citing mistakes and alternates not included, while Cornelius and Associates included alternates. State funding matched by $50,000 with total cost projected around $110,000 to $120,000.
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Garden City
Knouft
Medicine Lodge
Garden City Armory
New National Guard
Henry Knouff
Johns
Deane Wiley
Wiley
Reds Open Fire No China Attack Plane Off Course
Navy officials described the incident as isolated after Communist Chinese shore battery fire hit an American plane from the carrier Hornet during a routine training flight near the Formosa Strait. The aircraft was eight miles offshore, otherwise undamaged, and returned to the carrier. Peiping radio claimed intrusions by American and Nationalist planes, but the US Navy gave no such assertion. The Nationalist air force in Formosa labeled the Peiping reports groundless and noted only minor, nonfatal ground fire.
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Washington
Navy
Formosa Strait
Swatow
US. Navy
Formosa
Peiping
Miss SWK Contest Opens at Garden City Fourth of July
Southwest Kansas invites young women to enter the Miss Southwest Kansas pageant at Garden City. Twenty five finalists will be chosen from entries filed at the Chamber of Commerce office by noon July 1. Contestants aged 15 to 24 with four sponsors compete for the title and will be honored at a Coke party at 4 p.m. July 4 at Civic Center with interviews by judges. Lunch for judges and Chamber officials follows at Downing’s. Committee members include Mrs. Lorraine McCarty, Mrs. Bob Wells, Mrs. Charles Vaughn, Mrs. Bill Groh, and Mrs. Malcolm Sterling.
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Southwest Kansas
Garden City
Chamber of Commerce
Lorraine McCarty
Chamber
Civic Center
Downing’s
McCarty
Bob Wells
Charles Vaughn
Bill Groh
Malcolm Sterling
Swim Novices Begin Wednesday At 8:45 A M
Red Cross water safety program will start classes for beginners at 8:45 a m Wednesday June 19 with 178 beginners tested at 10 stations to assign each to the proper level as progress is made. Intermediate and junior lifeboat brackets start at 9 a m Tuesday. Pool drainage noted. Ramona Drees supervises.
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Ramona Drees
Red Cross
Miss Drees
Sald
Taxpayers In Happy Grips At Finney County Session
Finney County taxpayers showed no gripes as commissioners of the tax equalization board heard few complaints at the courthouse. The board met previously in May, reassessed, and enters a 3 day rebuttal session with limited new input as they plan 9 to 5 hours tomorrow.
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Finney County
Board of Tax Equalization
Community TV System Permit Sought for Garden City
Liberal firm TV Cable Inc seeks a city franchise to install community television on streets and alleys in Garden City. Owner Bob Hood says microwave towers could replace a master tower for better reception, with similar Liberal pricing of 20 installation and 8.50 monthly, and potential Kansas station access including Hutchinson and Wichita.
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Garden City
Bob Hood
TV Cable Inc
The
City Commission
Hood
Deane Wiley
Izes
Liberal
Kansas
Hutchinson
Wichita
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