Quiet Kansas emigrants attacked by Cheyenne force
The Kansas Weekly Herald reports from Fort Riley area that a party of emigrants eighty miles west was attacked by Cheyenne Indians on June 6 1857. Four men were killed two wounded and a woman injured, with survivors and witnesses detailing the brutal encounter and urging government relief and pursuit.
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Kansas Weekly Herald
Leavenworth
A. P. Weaver
Republican Fork
Kansas River
S. D. Weaver
M. Lewis
Sam Smith
J. Houston
J. Smith
Hendrickson
6Th Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
Col. Sumner
Arkansas
Platte
Plains
Utah
Kansas Tribune
Topeka
Kansas may lose its role as wheat champ this year
Kansas faces a potential drop from top wheat producer as North Dakota and Montana vie for lead. Soil bank participation cuts Kansas 1957 planting and could shift national rankings despite favorable moisture in parts of the state.
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Manhattan
Kas
North Dakota
Montana
Soil Bank
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Gray County
Meade County
Sumner County
Sumner
Reno
McPherson
Sedgwick
Barton
Harper
Dickinson
Kingman
Saline
ASC
John L. Wilson
USDA
Topeka
Eisenhower Nominates Peterson Denmark Ambassador Hoegh Civil Defense
President Eisenhower nominates Val Peterson to be ambassador to Denmark with Senate confirmation likely. Leo A. Hoegh, former Iowa governor, named to succeed Peterson as Federal Civil Defense administrator. Also notes Peterson’s prior roles and Hoegh’s gubernatorial tenure and 1954 to 1958 service.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Val Peterson
Denmark
Leo A. Hoegh
Iowa
Peterson
Senate
GOP
Nebraska
Civil Defense Administration
Crossing gunfire marks Gaza line incident
An Arab crossing from the Gaza Israeli Egyptian demarcation line was shot dead by a Danish Norwegian patrol after warning shots and a flare. The man allegedly threw a grenade at the patrol and was hit as the patrol fired.
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Gaza
U.N
Gaza Strip
New Jayhawk Topeka Inc Forms For 300 Room Hotel Project
A new firm named Jayhawk Topeka Inc completes incorporation to pursue the sale and development of the 300 room Hotel Jayhawk project. Incorporators include C. H. Alberding of Chicago president of Alsonett Hotels Joseph E. Scally of Tulsa and W Kenneth Wilke of Topeka. Authorized capitalization set at 10000. Local corporation to own the Jayhawk project.
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Jayhawk
Alsonett Hotels
C. H. Alberding
Chicago
Joseph E. Scally
Tulsa
W. Kenneth Wilke
Jayhawk Topeka,Inc
de Jayhawk
la Local Corporation
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