Rescue Crew Fights Flood To Save Animals at Zoo
Rescue crews battled rising floodwaters at Finnup Park and Lee Richard son Zoo to save wildlife. The state’s largest zoo faced animal deaths and many missing as midmorning rescue began for survivors including lions, tigers, Penny the elephant, and hippo Tele, with other animals released from cages.
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Finnup Park
Lee. Richardson Zoo
Telegram
Bob Greer
Santa Fe
Park
Claude Owens
Penny
Weather summary with scattered thunder chances
Partly cloudy and mild tonight with isolated thundershowers. Lows near 65. Sunday improves then scattered thundershowers over 20 percent of the area. Southerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Highs in the 80s. Sunrise 6 23 Sunset 8 08.
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Dodge City
Goodland
bin City
Ruseau
Balina
Wichita
No Disease Danger Now After Flood in Finney County
Finney County Health Officer Dr. Robert Fenton stated there is no danger from contagious diseases from flood waters. As a precaution, typhoid vaccine will be given to flood workers and families returning to flooded areas. The first clinic is Sunday at Gardendale Recreation Hall and Holcomb School. children over six months and adults will be immunized with two shots one month apart. The date of the second clinic will be announced.
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Finney County
Robert Fenton
Resent
Gardendale Recreation Hall
Holcomb School
Arkansas River flood control reservoir proves effective
LAS ANIMAL Colorado AP Officials say John Martin Reservoir on the Arkansas River, built to control floods, is working as intended. The reservoir was dry before June rains and officials foresee no dam difficulties from high waters in the Arkansas and Purgatoire Rivers. Flooding in Lamar Holly and other Arkansas Valley communities east of the reservoir is mainly from bursting creeks smaller than the two rivers.
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LAS Animal, Colo
John Martin
Arkansas River
Arkansas
Purgatoire
Lamar
Holly
Arkansas Valley
Flood Strikes Garden City South Side Hard Hit
Water four to five feet deep floods Burnside Buffalo Drive area and part of Main Street. Use3 bridge approaches submerged as floodwaters surge from the Arkansas River. Finney County Fairgrounds flood level near eaves. residents sleep in cars, sandbagging continues. Sewage plant out, water supply intact, pumphouse at Finnup Park flooded.
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Santa Fe
Garden City
Burnside
Buffalo Drive
Arkansas
Finney County Fairgrounds
Fulton Street
Finnup Park
Youth Missing After Water Rescue Near Morris Farm
A Garden City rural youth, Jerry Morris, was reported missing after a perilous water incident near the Morris farm. Penny Sparks and Johnie Ball survived by clinging to a tree until daybreak, then escaped to a barn before being rescued and treated at St. Catherine Hospital.
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Garden City
Jerry Morris
Raymond Morris
Here
Penny Sparks
Jones
Johnie Ball
Morris Farm
Miss Sparks
Morris
St. Catherine Hospital
Ingalls Flood Spurs Evacuations as Waters Rise
Flooding covered most of the area between the river and the Santa Fe tracks at Ingalls. Evacuation of 25 to 30 homes began last night with limited furniture moved. North of the tracks, higher water is not expected to flood, while volunteers cut channels south of the river and near the Cimarron area to relieve northern flooding.
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Ingalls
Santa Fe
Cimarron
Gas Garden Sounds Like A Good Bus Band Quote
A quirky line suggests a band willing to wash up when asked and dry up when told, reflecting playful regional slang and a humorous take on performance readiness.
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Gas Garden
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