Berryman Campaign and State Building Debt Debate
Jay Berryman, Hutchinson candidate, defends active campaign with wife Lou as manager while commenting on a Telegraph editorial. He discusses the state office building financing, noting an attorney general opinion and questions of constitutionality. Rental income is projected to cover expenses, with possible rent increases if shortfalls occur.
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Berryman
Jay Berryman
Ashland
Cliff Hope
Lou
Main Street
Hutchinson
State Office Building Commission
John Anderson
Anderson
Supreme Court
Harold Fatzer
Jay
Former Governor Is A Surprise Candidate
EL DORADO, PA new Kansas law restricting vehicle registration to the owner’s home county is challenged in District Court by Rhoades Construction Co. of Newton. County Attorney Robert M. King filed five counts in February alleging illegal registration of five trucks in Butler County. State troopers halted the trucks during a routine check noting Butler plates. The Newton firm argues the trucks used on the Kansas Turnpike and based in Towanda should be registered in Butler County.
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EL Dorado
Kansas
Rhoades Con Struction Co
Newton
Robert M. King
Butler County
King
Ike
Towanda
74 Die in Crash Of Huge Airliner
A Venezuelan airliner burst into flame and plunged into the Atlantic near Asbury Park New Jersey killing 74 people. Debris and two bodies were found and no survivors expected. The crash occurred after engine trouble and fuel jettisoning as the plane dived to the water at about 1 32 a m.
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New York
Atlantic Ocean
Asbury Park
N. J
Coast Guard
Idlewild
Cmdr
Frederick J. Hancox
Wantagh
N. Y
Caranas
Venezuela
Luis F. Plata
Ervin Schmidt to Editorial Post
Ervin H. Schmidt will become editor of The Kansas Teacher magazine with a formal announcement by C. O. Wright tomorrow. He assumes duties early next month and will attend the education writers conference in Vancouver and the National Education Association meeting in Portland before starting. Schmidt, former director of elementary education in Garden City since 1949, has a long career from rural Barton County teaching to principal roles, military service, and extensive involvement in civic and professional groups.
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Ervin H. Schmidt
Kansas Teacher Magazine
Telegram
C. O. Wright
Kansas State Teachers Association
Schmidt
Education Writers
University of British Columbia
Vancouver
Canada
National Education Association
Portland
Ore
Garden City
Barton County
Pawnee Rock
Buhler
Woodring Files For the Demo Nomination
Former Kansas governor Harry Woodring filed for the Democratic nomination for governor, challenging George Docking. GOP candidates include John O. Stewart and incumbents Fred Hall and others. Congressional filings add Montgomery for 4th District and multiple Republicans for rounds in the six districts.
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Topeka
Harry Woodring
Woodring
George Docking
Lawrence
Docking
John O. Stewart
Kansas City
Fred Hall
Warren Shaw
Francis Horton
Horton
Join
Montgomery
Junction City
Ed Rees
Emporia
William H. Avery
John Weelk
Russell
Earl Hatcher
Supreme Court
Joseph Henke
Great Bend
Ewell Stewart
Kansas
No Relief in Sight From Heat Statewide
TOPEKA reports official heat season underway with 104 degrees at Ogden and highs near 100 to 102 in Salina Concordia Topeka and other towns. A small tornado north of Randolph damaged power lines. GREAT BEND showers slow wheat harvest but work to resume today. harvest labor office says general siting across the belt except northwest counties.
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Tomorro
Pree
Garden City
Dodge
Goodland
Great Bend
Trace Liberal
Russell
Pratt
Amarillo
Guymen
la Junta
Lamar
Topeka
Ogden
Salina
Concordia
Hal City
Pittsburg
Axtell
Scandia
Burr On
Belleville
Concordian Trace
Randolph
State Harvest Labor Control Office
Westend
Cheyune
Rawlins
Decatur
Sherman
Thomas
Wells in Finney County Await Tooling and Tests
Stanolind crews await cable tools to complete two wells in Finney County, Ramirez One in section 22, Ramirez, and Russell E in section 14, with 544 inch casing cement circulated and depths around 2,554 feet and 2,587 feet respectively. A third well, Board of Resents One in section 3, has been shut in awaiting favorable wind to test after drilling to 2,604 feet and plugging back to 2,560 feet. A fourth Stanolind test, Altman One in section 2, is ready for the tractor on 2-24s-32w.
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Standlind
Finney
Ramrez
Russell
Finney Gas
Board of Resents
Soviet Troops Begin Withdrawal From East Germany
Soviet forces began withdrawing 33,500 troops from East Germany amid propaganda. Soviet officials escorted thousands of East German workers by bus and truck to an airfield for ceremonies marking the homeward departure of a Russian air division.
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Brandenburg
Germany
East Germany
Hall Defends Record in Garden City Campaign Stop
Governor Fred Hall spoke to about 150 Garden City supporters stressing his administration’s promises and accomplishments. He highlighted a balanced budget, no property tax increase, and creation of the Kansas Water Resources Board while criticizing a one paragraph right to work bill as insufficient. Leonard H. Smith was appointed sheriff to fill the unexpired term, with Smith and other local filings noted.
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John Frazier
Leonard Smith
Finney County
Fred Hall
Bert Vance
Dale Corley
Fred Kilian
Wamego
U.S Senate
Woodring
Atty
John Anderson Jr
Anderson
Frank Eckdall
Emporia
James Putnam
Ora
Garden City
Republican Party
Kansas
Hall
Ralph P. Beckett
Kangas
Kansas Water Resources Board
Leonard H. Smith
Smith
Republican Central Committee
Central Committee
A. S. Marshall
F. W. Cronin
Pierceville Township
A. L. Berry
Garfield Township
Garden City Township
Emporia State collects pens pencils and teeth discovery
Emporia State Teachers College officials seek the student or person responsible after a lower plate from a set of false teeth was found in the William Allen White Library card catalog. The odd find hints at a lighthearted approach to educational research in Emporia.
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Emporia i
Emporia State Teachers College
William Allen White
Armory Bond Vote Divides City Clubs In Favor
Civic groups and guardsmen presented Garden City with a $50 000 armory bond plan that would raise taxes by 40 cents per thousand dollars assessed value and 2 dollars for a 5000 dollar home. Ten year bonds would be issued with 5000 annual principal. Local guardsmen bring 55000 yearly federal payroll to Garden City. Speakers included City Manager Deane Wiley Commissioner Ovid Harman City Attorney Lloyd Haag and Capt Clyde P Daniel. Commissioner Everett Miller to address Kiwanis Thursday.
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Garden Citions
National Guard
Lions
Soroptomis
Bnt
Kansas
Garden City
Jarden City
Deane Wiley
Ovid Harman
Lloyd Haag
Clyde P. Daniel
Everett Miller
Kiwanis Club
Safeway Plans Go to Architect for Garden City Store
Safeway Stores, Inc. has sent plans and specifications for the new Safeway food store at 13th and Kansas to the architect. The utilities department received a letter from the engineering division in San Francisco stating electrical services would be handled by the architect. The Garden City store is designated Safeway unit 247.
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Safeway
13Th and
Kansas
Utilities Department
Safeway Stores, Inc
San Francisco
Garden City
A Lifelong Dream Realized Antarctic Visit by Ben Stotts
Garden City resident Ben Stotts shared details of his six and a half month Antarctica voyage aboard USS Glacier as part of Operation Deepfreeze. He described rough seas, 60 knot gales, and a 300 foot ice crevasse death, along with finding 54 year old cocoa in a Ross Island hut and meeting Admiral Byrd. The mission supported Little America, forward stations, and groundwork for the International Geophysical Year with 11 nations studying upper atmosphere and polar geology.
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John Frazier
Garden Citian
Ben Stotts
R. EB. Stotts
North Sixth
Ben
Department of State
Antarctic
Operation Deepfreeze
Garden
Navy
Norfolk
Panama Canal
Por Lyttelton
New Zealand
Port Lytileton
McMurdo Sound
Little America
Tyre
Pole Station
South Pole
Byrd Station
Marie Byrd Land
Ross Island
Stotts
International Geophysical Year
Earth
Space
Slotts
U.S
Russia
Lusk Force
Admiral Byrd
Adm
George Dufek
State Department
Latin America
Cuba
Paraguay
IGY
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Building Commission
Harold Dutton
Harold
A. L. van Gundys
Tulsa
Good Old Times Dept
Ervin Schmidt
Kstate
Kansas State College
University of Chicago
First Presbyterian Church
Garden City Rotary Club
State Grouns
Kansas Commission For the
Barton County Teachers Association
Garden City Teachers Association
Garden City Teachers Federal Crew: Union
U. & Weather Bureau
J Leonard H. Smith
Emporia State
Armory
Statts
Stayt
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