Destructive hail storm devastates Scott City wheat fields
A fierce storm lashed Scott and Finney counties with 40 to 90 mph winds and baseball sized hail, wiping out 75 to 100 percent of wheat crops for many farms. Reports say rain totals ranged from 1.25 to 4 inches, with extensive property damage and insurance claims flooding in across the region.
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Scott
Finney
Kansas
Scott City
Finney County
Ingalls
Gray County
Garden City
Garfield
Finney-Gray County
Delbert Campbell
Friend Community
Stern
Campbell
Friend
North
Mile Joyce Farm
Art Winters
Joyce Farm
Winters
Holcomb
M. W. Lindner
Douglas Walter
Official
Joe Plett
Louis Rice
Jim Concannon
Jaken Ens
Loren Dolf
Ens
Teachers in Overnight Stop Tour Kansas for KABIE trip
A 39 member group of Garden City area teachers began a three week Kansas tour sponsored by the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and state teacher colleges. They visited Kansas' largest zoo Finnup park and Lee Richardson zoo, toured a cattle yard, beet fields, and discussed cattle feeding operations while covering more than 2000 miles.
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Phose
Curtis Studio
Brookover
Garden City
Kansas
Big Brookover
Bass Powell
John Latin
Beet Fields
Chamber of Commerce
Finnup Park
Lee Richardson Zoo
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
Kansas-Agriculture - Business - Industry
The Weather Report From Burano Phone
Burano-Phone sources issue a weather update and forecast notes for the region. Details appear limited, with emphasis on current conditions and brief outlooks for nearby areas. The report references localized figures and no explicit dates or times are given.
Oklahoma twisters lash state. cities hit hard
A severe storm swept across Oklahoma City area with 107 mph gusts causing downed trees, flood closures on two highways, and shattered windows. Tornadoes touched down near Shattuck and Arnett. Follett Texas saw a 3,000 bushel grain elevator topple. Enid and Pond Creek reported heavy rainfall and floodwaters, with crews rescuing a semitrailer from a Waterlogged bridge. More storms were forecast for tonight and tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Shattuck
Arnett
Follett
Tex
Weather Bureau
Enid
Pond Creek
Garber
Local Road-E-O Winner To State Contest
Earl Smith, 17, winner of Garden City's first Teenage Road-e-o, heads Friday to Newton for the state contest. Accompanying him is Mitchel Geisler, co-chairman of the Jaycee sponsored event. Smith will drive Saturday against winners from 27 Kansas city contests. the state winner advances to the national driving contest.
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Earl Smith
Garden City
Newton
Smith
Mitchel Geisler
Morton Smith
Kansas
Harvest Progress Slowed by Storms
GREAT BEND Kansas harvest progress slows under daily showers and clouds. R B Gilkison state harvest labor control officer says this is the most abnormal Kansas wheat ripening in seven years. Fields in Barton Russell Lincoln counties opening ahead of areas south of Pratt and Kingman. Central Kansas sees steady rain delaying cutting. spot cutting reported as far north as Salina with 20 percent ready when weather permits. Labor office opened at Phillipsburg but ripening slow. harvest still several days away.
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Garden City
Max Oats Dodge Ci
Goodland
Great Bend
Trace Liberal
Russell TR
Pratt
Amarillo
Denver
Guymon
LaJdunta Ar
Lamar
Kas
R. B. Gilkison
Kansas
Gilkison
Barton
Russell
Lincoln
Kingman County
Concordia
Hays
Gilkisom
Salina
Phillipsburg
Damages Sought By Man Against Local Firm
Earl McLinn of Albuquerque filed a $100000 federal suit against Burtis Motor Co Inc Garden City Kansas and associates P A Burtis Sr and Ray Denchfield. He says he was arrested Sept 18 1954 in Glasgow Montana on a mortgaged property disposal charge. The complaint alleges the charges were false and the arrest malicious and the case was dismissed Oct 9 after extradition to Kansas.
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Wichita
Earl McLinn
Albuquerque
N. M
Burtis Motor Co., Inc
Garden City
Kas
P. A. Burtis Sr
Ray Denchfield
McLinn
Glasgow
Mont
Finney County
Kansas
Third Concert By Band Tonight In Garden City
The third municipal band concert of the summer is tonight at 8 pm in Stevens Park for Garden Citians. Gary Baty, a Garden City college student, will sing Be The Best of Whatever You Are with Mrs. Mannley Talley accompanying, opening with E. E. Bagley’s National Emblem march. The 33 piece city band will perform Kiefer's Special Loves Dream March The Footlifter Manhattan Beach Jolly Robbers Overture American Patrol and a medley of best loved Irish Melodies.
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Municpal
Stevens Park
Gary Baty
Garden City College
Mannley Talley
E. E. Bagley
Kiefer
W. H. Kiefer
Manhattan Beach
Two Drivers Charged after Collision on Kansas Avenue
In the 100 block of W. Kansas avenue two drivers were charged with traffic violations after a collision. William Lee Scott of Lakin was charged with speeding and Virgil Vernon Hambleton of 212 S. Second was charged with making an improper right turn.
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Kansas Avenue
William Lee Scott
Lakin
Virgil Vernon’ Hambleton
S. Second
Today's Chuckle Exasperating kitchen quip about spouses
A humorous quip notes the paradox of a wife who can cook yet won t cook and another who can t cook yet will. The joke plays on domestic frustration with cooking standards and the irritation of home life.
Revolt in Argentina Starts With Bombings of Government House
A revolt began in Buenos Aires with two plane bombings on Government House, timed after the Vatican excommunicated President Juan D. Peron. The government blamed naval aviation, claimed loyal Army and air forces, and reported heavy blasts around Plaza de Mayo and the National Cathedral as fighting erupted outside the Casa Rosada.
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Buenos Aires
Arguetina
Government House
Vatican
Juan D. Peron
Casa Rosada
Peron
Buenos’ Aires
Plaza de Mayo
National Cathedral
Operation Alert Flop Hits Garden City 1955 Test
Civil defense director Deane Wiley reports Operation Alert failed locally due to state level inaction. Garden City received only one participation request while ham radio volunteers and net control staff faced static, storm interference, and lost contact with Topeka during the 26 hour nationwide communications drill.
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Garden City
Civil Defense
Deane Wiley
Wiley
Bob Snyder
O. B. Allen
Lloyd Duell
Southwest
Topeka
Bombing and battle rock Plaza district and Government House
A plume of black smoke rose from the Plaza district as waves of bombers and light planes attacked. Fire opened on the planes. Government House was bombed by Naval Aviation Forces with mortars and rifles. Rebels fought guards in Buenos Aires center amid ongoing air attacks.
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Plaza
Government House
Buenos Aires
Big Three Ministers Plan Summit Ahead of Geneva Talks
Western foreign ministers met in New York to craft strategy for forthcoming Big Four talks with the Russians. Harold Macmillan and John Foster Dulles led delegations with staff, eyeing a framework for a July 18 summit in Geneva under Eisenhower Eden Faure and Bulganin.
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New York
San Francisco
Geneva
Harold Macmillan
John Foster Dulles
Washington
Macmillan
Dulles
Russia
Konrad Adenauer
Boston
Harvard
Switzerland
Eisenhower
Eden
Edgar Faure
Nikolai Bulganin
Heavy morning rain floods Garden City streets
A near cloudburst dumped 1.53 to 2.39 inches of rain in and near Garden City this morning, flooding Fulton Street and major intersections. Water rose over curbings, with Five Points and Main Fair streets deepest, US 50 overflows, while rain gauges measured totals under 2 inches locally but higher upstream. officials warn of possible rises in the Arkansas River watershed.
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Frazier
Warren Hotel
Main and Chestnut
Garden City
Fulton Street
Venice Canal
CAA
Savage Hall Ini
Experiment Station
10Th
Fulton
Main
Fair Streets
Third
Fair and Main
Country’ Club
US 50
Cimarron
Smarrow
Highway Department
Weather Bureau
Arkansas River
Dodge City
Roy . Stee
Arkansas
Oklahoman Held On Check Forgery Charge
A 22 year old Oklahoma man, Hershel Leo Stahlman of Gate, was charged with forgery in county court after attempting to cash a $42.50 check at a J C Penney store. He admitted writing, signing, and endorsing the check made payable to him for labor and signed as J L Johnson.
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Hershel Leo Stahlman
Gate
J. C. Penney Storp
Stahlman
J. L. Johnson
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Roy Leopold
Twisters
Band Tonight
Argentina
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