Harvard degrees and local notices mix in broad telegram
James R Hope of Garden City earned a Master of Business Administration at Harvard during commencement exercises. Funeral travel for L W Shipman's sister prompts family departure to Howard. Albert Chapman sustains injuries from a fall but remains at Chestnut Street Paint Shop. Immigration authorities detain David Diaz of Roan Mexico for illegal entry after arrest by local police.
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James R. Hope
North 5Th Street
Garden City
Harvard University
Hope
Albert Chapman
Chapman
Chestnut Street
David Diaz
Roan
Mexico
United States
Ulysses
US Homebuilding Rate Slows in Early 1956
Washington reports that housing starts for January through May 1956 ran 463,000 units, 100,000 or 17 percent below the 561,000 begun in the same period in 1955. The Labor Department notes this level still outpaces 1951-54 periods, reflecting a slower but improving pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Statistics Bureau
Light Penalty For a Sailor
Riley Dietz Jr. of Walcott Iowa received two weeks restraint at Hutchinson Naval Air Station for overstaying leave after a Kansas jail stay for non payment of a traffic fine. Capt Hayes E Irons presided. no other punishment issued. Dietz was freed June 12 after paying 34.50 in fine and costs for reckless driving and driving without a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson
Iowa
Kansas
Riley Dietz Jr
Walcott
Hayes E. Irons
Hutchinson Naval Air Station
Public Information Office
Dietz
PIO
Concordia
Iowa Justices of the Peace and
Constables Assn
Railroads Consolidate Iowa Mississippi Terminal System
Ten railroads merged the Illinois Terminal Railroad for 20,015,635 buying a 345 mile line including the Mississippi River McKinley Bridge. Sale closed yesterday, creating a unified system centered in St Louis.
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Mlinois
St, Louis
Minois Terminal
Minois
McKinley
Mississippi River
Emporia Attorney Files for Republican Attorney General Nomination
Emporia lawyer James W. Putnam of Emporia filed for the Republican nomination for attorney general yesterday. A former legislator and city attorney for 19 years, he will face Atty. Gen. John Anderson Jr. who was appointed to fill the unexpired term after Harold Fatzer moved to the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topekalp
James W. Putnam
Emporia
Putnam
Atty
John Anderson Jr
Harold Fatzer
Fatzer
Supreme Court
Eye safety clash with windshields sparks highway talks
At the American Medical Association meeting in Chicago an eye specialist from the Medical College of Virginia assails wrap around windshields as a major visual hazard. He cites distorted vision glare double images and fatigue. Physicians urge uniform driver eye tests and medical checkups to curb highway deaths and injuries.
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Chicago
Duponit Guerry
The
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Guerry
American Medical Assn
Seward Miller
U.S. Public Health Service
Washington, D.C
Ross McFarland
Harvard School of Public Health
Boston
Fletcher D. Woodward
Charlotteville
State Rejects Bids for Light Bulbs and Tubes
TOPEKA UI reports all bids for a year’s supply of light bulbs and fluorescent tubes for state agencies have been rejected.
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Topeka UI
Garden City Hospital Admittances and Police Briefs
Today in Garden City admissions include Mrs Wilma Kidwell and others. Discharges note Donna Folke Brenda Barker Robert Weiser Lavon Stillwell Marland Collins Mrs Charles Haney Urban Gerber John Erskin. Police briefs cover fines for assault and battery reckless driving bonds, an accident on Main Street, a marriage license, and a district court injunction involving Garden City Ditch Co.
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Donna Louise Folke
Wesley
Brenda Ann Barker
West Maple
Robert Weiser
Dighton
Lavon Stillwell
North
Eighth
Marland Collins
Gardendale
Charles Haney
Kansas City
Kas
Urban Gerber
Imperial
John W. Erskin
Grant Otho Oe]ets
Virgil Abe Nightengale
Copeland
Dorothy Christena Hipp
N. Ninth
Marion A. Lobmeyer
South Star
N. Main
Virgil Edman Rodgers
Eufabla
Okla
S. G. Rowan
Ned Jacobs
Garden City
Lyman Andrew Walck
Virginia Ann Barker
J. H. Mai
Garden City Ditch Company
Funeral services for William H. Bowen
Funeral services for William H. Bowen, 80, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Phillips chapel. He died Monday night in St Catherine hospital. Burial will follow Tuesday afternoon at Wiley, Colo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Bowen
Phillips Chapel
Mr. Bowen
St. Catherine Hospital
Wiley, Colo
Dutch Premier Asked to Form New Government
Queen Juliana asked Labour Party Premier Willem Drees to form a new cabinet after general elections in The Hague. The move signals a continuation of parliamentary stability as the Netherlands outlines its post election government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Hague
Alaska Population Note and Swiss Coin Fact
Alaska population stated as about 200000 and Switzerland credited with issuing the first nickel coin in 1881.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Switzerland
Ground Squirrels Not True Squirrels Say Scientists
Scientists clarify that ground squirrels are rodents rather than true squirrels. They explain classification based on anatomical and genetic traits, noting distinctions in behavior and habitat across species. Authorities emphasize correct terminology in wildlife studies and education.
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Annel
Lee Richardson Zoo
Millie Smith
Anthony
Maple Street
F. E. Stone
Route 1
Howard
L. W. Shipman
Lindh Produce Co
Farmers Elevator
Fred Hall
Ket
Garden of Kansas
Downing's
Ascareitien
PTT Iuio
Garland
Mombe Natlong
Se’ Rat
Wilma Kidwell
Holcomb
George Cropp
Deerfield
Glen Brownlee
James Pickett
Imperial Route
Dorothy Morgan
North Ninth
Macd L
Odom
Roftotiller
Hermude
Zoysia
Blue Grass
Kentuck & Merion
Garden City, Kansas
Free World
Otters
Fulton Garden City
Kans
Geier Electric Co
Laurel
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