Governor Halts Western Kansas Tour For Diner
Gov. Fred Hall reaches the halfway point of a four day Western Kansas swing with a 10 county Republican dinner in Garden City tonight. He plans stops in Dighton Scott City Scots Tribune Syracuse and Lakin and will be joined by supporters from more than 10 counties. Hall emphasizes water policy praising the Kansas Water Resources board and notes the statewide future depends on water management.
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Fred Hall
Kansas
Garden City
Dighton
Scott City
Scots
Tribune
Syracuse
Lakin Dale Corley
Downing’s
Sublette
Satanta
Colby
Hall
Kansas Water Resources Board
Greeley
Wichita
Scott
Lane
Ness
Hodgeman
Gray
Finney
Kearny
Hamilton
Warren Hotel
Liberal
Ulysses
Cimarron
Meade
Ashland
Topeka
Harvest Harvests Rapidly Across Kansas Wheat Fields
Kansas harvest progresses with yields above pre harvest forecasts and test weights and protein levels higher than average. By June 16, 49 percent ripe and 20 percent harvested, about one to three weeks earlier than typical. Reports from counties list varying progress and early starts in northwest regions. some areas report hail damage and low yields in others.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Nebraska
Great Bend
St. Francis
Cheyenne County
Kingman
Sumner
Harper
Barber
Sedgwick
Pratt
Kiowa
Com- Manche
Seward
Stevens
Ford
Rens
Clark
Haskell
Elsworth
Pawnee
Barton
Finney
Lincoln
Wichita
Young Boy Unhurt After Fall From Tree House
In Allan Beasley’s backyard at 105 N Ninth a three year old boy named Don fell about 12 feet from a tree house onto the ground after being pushed by a wasp. He was shaken but survived with a loose tooth and a head scratch as the tree house was being lowered by his father.
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Allan Beasley
Dad
Don
Move Into Local Races as Four Seek Finney County Seats
Political activity quickens as four candidates file for major Finney county offices. Pete Merrill seeks the Republican sheriff nomination against Harl Robinson or Harry Reed. Merrill, a 1947 Finney county farmer and Marine veteran, has served as deputy marshal and is Elks and Episcopal. Also filing for Garden City township trustee is AoL Berry Democrat. In coroner races, Dr. Don Williams Democrat files for a second term and Dr. John W. Turner Republican, who acted as coroner in 1953 and was county medical officer 1954–55.
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Pete Merrill
Finney County
Merrill
Harl Robinson
Harry Reed
Garden City High School
Diane
Vetera
U. S. Marine Service
Morrill
Elks Lodge
Episcopal Church
Crop Damage in Colorado Storm Reaches Half a Million
Unofficial estimates place crop damage from a northeastern Colorado rain and hail storm at about $500,000. Great Western Sugar Co. officials report about 28,000 acres of beets and small grain hit, with heavy losses in Keenesburg and Brighton. Small grain losses run to hundreds of thousands, beets lightly damaged. Three inches of rain flooded basements in Brush, though rain aided areas drought-stricken.
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Denver
Colorado
Great Western Sugar Co
Keenesburg
Brighton
Prospect Valley
Brush
Ex-Convict Admits Murder of Pastor
Ex convict Edward Leon Williams confessed to killing Tommie Robert Cooke, assistant pastor at Glenwood Baptist Church Tulsa. Police located a body with a bullet wound in a grassed area after a day-long manhunt that began with a $1,000 robbery at a Talihina general store. Williams, captured near Wilburton after fleeing, directed officers to where Cooke’s body lay.
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Taft, Okla
Tulsa
Williams
Kiamichi
Oklahoma
Herman Couzzens
Talihina
Wilburton
Okla
Speakers Plug For Armory
A team of speakers tours four civic clubs this week to promote the proposed national guard armory. They seek endorsements as they explain the project and gather sentiment. Today noon, Harman Wiley and Capt. Daniel spoke to the Lions club, with further appearances planned at Optomists, Rotary, and Kiwanis clubs. The Chamber of Commerce has already endorsed the armory building.
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National Guard
Civic Club
Ovid Harman
Deane Wiley
Clyde Daniel
Lions Club
Lloyd Haag
Soroptomist Club
Wiley
Rotary Club
Everett Miller
Chamber of Commerce
Armory
Car Damaged By Sand Truck Near Highway Repair Zone
Forrest Wayne Burgett of Gardendale drove south on US 88 when blowing dust forced a stop. Harold Claire Smith of Holcomb attempted to pass a motor grader and struck Burgett’s right front fender. Smith was cited for passing with insufficient vision. A second crash five miles north was reported but the vehicles were gone.
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Forrest Wayne
Burgett
Gardendale
Damas
Harold Claire Smith
Holcomb
Smith
Attorney Picked to Fill Barkley Position in Senate
FRANKFORT Ky ti Gov A B Chandler yesterday named Frankfort Atty Joseph J Leary to the U S Senate as a temporary replacement for the late Sen Barkley The governor announced his choice on the eve of today s meeting of the Democratic State Central Executive Committee in Louisville The committee will name its nominee to run in the November election for the four remaining years of Barkley s term Barkley died April 30
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Frankfort
A. B. Chandler
Joseph J. Leary
U.S. Senate
Sen
Barkley
Democratic State Central Executive Committee
Louisville
Estimate Land To Be Placed In Soil Bank
Washington officials report 8 to 15 million acres of land normally planted to major surplus crops will enter the soil bank this year. Farmers receive payments from 4 to 366 dollars per acre for idle land, as the program aims to cut surpluses in cotton wheat corn peanuts rice and tobacco and conserve idle acres.
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Washington, i
Agriculture Department
New Soil Bank
Soil Bank
Eisenhower
Congress
New England
Rain Helps Forest Fire Fighters In Estes Park
Rain and hail aided 125 firefighters as they fought a stubborn timber blaze in Rocky Mountain National Park for a fifth day. Storms stalled the fire, allowing crews to snuff hot spots behind the front. full control would come only when the forest is fully ringed, said Chief Ranger Harry During.
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Estes, Park
Colo. i
Rocky Mountain National Park
Harry During
Elderly Beloit Man Is Killed as Car Overturns
An 80 year old Beloit man, J. D. Sis son, was killed when his car overturned east of Downs on U S 24 yesterday. The accident occurred as the automobile left the highway, authorities reported. The victim, identified as a resident of Beloit, was alone in the vehicle at the time of the crash.
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Beloit
Garden City Seeks All American City Nomination
Garden City invites nominations for the 1956 All American cities awards by the National Municipal League and Look magazine. A 15 member chamber committee led by Jean Kampschroeder outlines qualifications highlighting civic improvements, recreation, and growth despite regional challenges.
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Garden City
National Municipal League
Look Magazine
Chamber of Commerce
Jean Kampschroeder
United States
Lfe
Great Plains
Buffalo Preserve
Valley View Cemetery
New Loyalty Program Proposed for Federal Employees
Rep. Rees of Kansas prepared to introduce a bill creating a new loyalty program for all federal workers. It would establish loyalty determination procedures while not repealing the existing security system, using FBI investigations and a three member board appointed by the President to oversee loyalty assessments for prospective hires.
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Washington
Rees
R-Kan
U. S
Supreme Court
FBI
Agencias
Brakeman Hurt as Five Boxcars Are Derailed
Five cars of a Missouri Pacific freight train derailed near Claflin yesterday injuring brakeman L D Fike of Cornel Grove. He was taken to Hoisington hospital for treatment.
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Claflin
Kasi
Missouri Pacific
L. D. Fike
Cornel Grove
Hoisington Hospital
Texas Tycoon’s Bluster Rides Airline Ticket Demand
A humorous scene shows a Texas tycoon rushing into an airline and demanding a ticket. When asked where to, he answers with a boastful line about having business nationwide, highlighting the larger-than-life Western persona.
Drought Forcing Kansas Cattlemen to Sell Livestock
TOPEKA The drought forces western Kansas cattlemen to sell many cattle. Kansas Livestock Association secretary Glenn Pickett says nine of 14 western counties have emergency drought feeding programs that won’t solve the problem. Concentrates ship in, but cattle need roughage. markets aren’t failing, but drought hurts most. He notes sales at Osborn show many good cows liquidated as farmers worry about feed for two or three milk cows. Auctions normally slow during harvest but are at full blast this year.
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Topeka
Kansas
Livestock Association
Glenn Pickett
Kansas Livestock Assa
Pickett
Pick ‘T
Osborne
Ason
Calf Ropers Move Stock to North Main Land
Garden City Calf Roping club moved from the fair grounds to land on North Main owned by club president George Martin. He said the four dollar nightly fee was too high and the club cannot pay the yearly calf costs, adding the 22 calves have been moved and meetings will continue weekly.
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Garden City
Fairgrounds
North Main
George Martin
Martin
Fairboard
Martin Place
Bodies of Two Children Found on East Side
New York police report two infants found dead in a East Side tenement, a 2-year-old girl and a month-old boy, apparently starved after their mother Anastasia Velez was placed in a psychiatric ward eight days earlier. A social worker discovered the bodies during a routine check.
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New York
East Side
Anastasia Velez
Bellevue Hospital
Annual Finney Polio Meeting Sets New Officers
The Finney county chapter of the National Infantile Paralysis Foundation holds its annual meeting at the Warren hotel tomorrow night. Business will include electing officers and board members. Ten new directors will join, from which new officers will be chosen. Outgoing officers are Date Coroy chairman Jesse John vice chairman Susan Hadley secretary and Virgil Craig treasurer.
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Finney
The Weather Report From United States Weather Bureau
The Weather section provides daily atmospheric observations compiled by the U S Weather Bureau detailing temperature, precipitation, wind and barometric pressure readings for the region. It notes patterns, forecasts near term conditions and notable weather events affecting local areas.
Hutch Will Get A New Armory
Hutchinson will receive a new 350000 armory and armored vehicle maintenance shops funded by federal and state sources with the city providing the building site Maj Gen Joe Nickell Kansas adjutant general explains armory policy cities with two Guard units fund 660000 via bonds while single units provide 50000 and site federal aid varies by unit count Hutchinson with four units will have federal funds about 18 percent and state about 25 percent coverage for costs beyond city capacity
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Topeka
National Guard
Hutchinson
Joe Nickell
Kansas
Nickell
Kansas Military Boat
British fire second atomic device off Australia coast
Bitten exploded an atomic device off Australia's northwest coast in the second blast of its current nuclear test series. The British Ministry of Supply announced the explosion was successful with safety precautions in operation at the Monte Bello Islands, 12 miles offshore, and said scientific data are being collected for evaluation.
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Sydney
Australia
Ministry of Supply
Monte Bello Islands
Two Farmers Die In Truck Collision South Of Hutchinson
Two farmers were killed in a collision of their trucks on a country road intersection 14 miles south of Hutchinson. The victims are Charles Graves, 86, and Ralph Stucky, 18, both of Patridge. Stucky's truck burned in the crash.
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Hutchinson Wi
Here
Charles Graves
Ralph Stucky
Patridge
Stuecky
Movable 20 by 40 Foot Stage Built for Fair Board
Finney County Fair board salvaged a gas line pipe to create a portable 20 by 40 foot stage for the Chamber of Commerce July Fourth event at the fairgrounds. Designed by J. J. Landgraf with Dale Fry, the stage moves by tractor or truck, assembles in two hours, and folds for transport. A community project, it will be available to other groups.
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Lakin
Finney County Fair Board
Chamber of Commerce
Fairgrounds
J. J
Johnnie) Landgraf
Dale Fry
Fairboard
Landgraf
Fry
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George Anderson
L. A. Baugh
J. D. Carter
Irwin Johnson
Taylor Jones
P. A. Burwis, Sr
George Knox
Lester McCoy
Guy Norris
Leigh Ptt
Gay Powers
Frank Schulman
Helen Stowell
Isabel Finnay
the Weather
U. S. Weather Bureau
Dodger City
Goodland
Tiberal
Teussell
Amarilla
Danver
Sayman Mir
la Junta
Lumar
Hutch
Bec Coldroad
Johnnie Landgraf
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