Drowning in Satanta pool ends 12 year old girl life
A 12 year old girl, Linda Allman, drowned at Satanta municipal pool while diving from the board. Lifeguards and the Haskell County coroner investigated. cause cited possible peanut aspiration. Linda, born July 4 1947, lived in Satanta since 1954 with parents Eugene and family, five sisters, one brother. Funeral arrangements are managed by Phillips Funeral Home Garden City.
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Mike Ary
Satanta
Linda
Level Land
Tex
Ryus Carbon
Patricia
Betty Jean
Jane
Joyce
Peggy
James
Willis Allmon
New Thelle Ln
Open Letter Apologizes For Pogo Mats Mix Up
An open letter to Lucy Lobmeyer explains Pogo comic mats caused eye strain last week after being printed in plastic. The note admits the error, says the swamp critters will return to proper mats, and confirms support for Fremount. Sheriff’s office assistant Edna Richardson handles a busy morning. Larry Montgomery departs for Russia as a foreign correspondent for the Telegram, chosen from 24 Southwestern College students for the Christian Association tour. He previously studied at Garden City High School and Southwestern College, with prior overseas work in West Germany for refugees.
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Lucy Lobmeyer
Lucy
Mr. Gromley
Cisco Kid
Pogo
Sheriff's Office
Edna Richardson
Larry Montgomery
Russia
Telegram
Larry
Young Men’s Christian Assa
Southwestern College
Garden City
Items Found For Museum in Garden City
Three relics were added to the Finney County Historical Society museum in Garden City. A 16 year book of Garden City High School and Junior College, the 1917 18 biennial report of the State Board of Agriculture, and a marble fate plaque from the 1920 high school vocational agriculture class were found during remodeling at Allens Safety Center. Allen 602 N Std enlarged a door revealing the items wrapped in tin foil. He donated them to the historical society. The building framework was built by the 1920 vocational agriculture class at the high school and junior college.
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Garden City
Finney County Historical Socity
State Board of Agriculture
Allens Safety Center
N. Std
Allen
Historical Society
Housemothers Save Children from Fire at Suburban Orphanage
In Chattanooga Tennessee AP report quick setting housemothers moved 115 children through a two story orphanage fire late Monday night eight infants among the group to safety. No injuries were reported among the children or the nine housemothers as frightened youngsters were sheltered by private homes and nearby churches while firefighters battled the blaze.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Tire
Parking Lot Issue Due for Final Hearing
The City Commission meets at City Hall at 9 a.m. to hear the off street parking proposal, the fourth such hearing, with opposition to financing and site locations. The agenda includes paving contracts, plumbing board appointments, a truck parking zone removal request, softball field use, and a five year extension for a sand operation at Finnup Park.
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City Commission
Harold Fansler
Reece-Harwood
Moe
Price
Mary
1St Street
Pat’s Drive
Daniel Dick
Ted Sonnenberg
John England
City Board of Plumbing Examiners
Garland Investment
Mason Investment Company
Giant Wash Laundry
East Laureal
Fea
Garden City Softball Assn
Clint Lightner
Compton Cuties
Sam Alsop
Finnup Park
Nixon denies Soviet economic surpassing this century
Vice President Richard Nixon told the 40th annual Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in St Louis that the Soviet Union will not surpass the United States this century. He rejected critics who claimed Moscow was gaining economically and brushed aside Khrushchev’s boast that parity would come within seven to ten years.
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Associated Press
Richard M. Nixon
Soviet Union
United States
Nikita
Khrushchev
Nixon
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
St. Louis
U.S
Republican Files For Deeds Office
Lorraine Pearce McCarty, 47, Garden City resident, filed for the Republican nomination for register of deeds before the noon deadline. A longtime local resident and former KNCO staffer, she cites business and community involvement, including Girl and Boy Scout work, PTA, and family ties to the Pearce and McCarty families. Leona Henderson filed on the Democratic ticket. Nixon addressed growthmanship and economic policy in North Dakota, advocating government help to private industry while avoiding specific price supports. Rockefeller plans a national tour. Davis supports the soil bank while Davis opposes it. Wagner backs Kennedy for the Democratic nomination.
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Lorraine Pearce McCarty
Register of Deeds
McCarty
C.E. McCarty
Garden City
Marion Pearce
KNCO
KIAL
Kansas Mutual Credit Assn
Garden City High School
W. O. Esther
Methodist Home
Topeka
Methodist Church
Girl Scout Association
Boy Scout
Robert Pearce
Whaita
James Pearce
R. R
Phyllis
Radondo Beach
Calif
W. C. Pearce
Register of Deeds Office
Leona Henderson
Nixon
Minot
N.D
Free World
United Nations
Nelson A. ‘Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
GOP
Thruston B. Morton
Congress
North Dakota
John E. Davia
Senate
Quentin Burdick
Davis
Soil Bank
Robert Wagner
John K Kennedy
Massachusetts
Sooner Better On Jap Pact Ratification
Secretary of State Christian A Herter urged early ratification of the U S Japanese security pact before a Senate appropriations subcommittee noting no change in its desirability. Ratification by Japan's Diet took effect recently and Senate action was anticipated. Lyndon B Johnson signaled possible early floor action but cited other appropriations as priorities.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
Senate Appropriations
Japan
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Herter
Appropriations
Johnson
Eisenhower
Herler
Southwestern Bell to Expand Service in Garden City
Southwestern Bell announces 600 new lines and 600 new numbers to be installed in Garden City by October 1 as part of growth. April saw 180 new stations, with projections of 500 for 1960. Coolidge and Kendall to join toll center by next January. new long distance circuits costing 150000 approved for July 1. eight new long distance switchboard positions added. Sublette added to Garden City district for maintenance. a replacement to Sulett e to speed repairs west toward Ulysses and Maater.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Todey
Garden City
Howard Chappell
Bell
Gil Calle
Lakin
Deerfield
Syracuse
Ulysses
Ohnson
Big How
Manter
Dighton
Leod
Marienthal
Tribune
Deru
Coolidge
Kendal
Hob Wright
Wright
Sublette
Sulette
Maater
Senate tax fight ends in increases
Washington AP reports the Senate approved an 84-0 vote extending present tax rates for another year and adding about 650 million in revenue. The bill preserves corporation income tax and excise taxes on liquor, wine, beer, cigarettes, autos, auto parts, and adds 10 percent levies on local telephone service and telegrams. It includes loophole closing amendments backed by Democrats to raise revenue, while some House-aligned ideas were not adopted.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Treasury
House
Senate Finance Committee
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Sen
Joseph
Clark
D-Pa
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Supreme Court
Ike Relaxes in Sunny Hawaii After Tours
President Eisenhower, greeted by more than 100000 Hawaiians, planned another golf round in Kaneohe after a rested stop in the islands. He arrived exhausted from Asia but napped, then played nine holes on a sunny breeze cooled course at the Kaneohe Marine base. The welcoming motorcade, Aloha chants, and carnations marked a cordial Hawaii stop amid mixed feelings about his canceled Tokyo visit and broader Far Eastern tour.
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Honolulu
Eisenhower
Korea
Pacific
Philippines
China
Okinawa
Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station
Washington
Aloha
Kaneohe
Orient
U. S
Japan
Tokyo
Swartley Files For Sheriff Nomination
Harold Swartley of Garden City filed for the Republican nomination for Finney County sheriff. A 56 year old former farmer and longtime law worker with 16 years in police service from 1929 to 1945, Swartley has no primary opposition. He is married with two children, Carol Ann and John, and this is his first run for public office. Undersheriff Wendle Meier runs on the Democratic ticket. The incumbent is Earl Robinson, a Democrat.
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Harold Swartley
Finney County
Swartley
Garden City
Carol Ann
John
Wendle Meier
Earl Robinson
Explosion Destroys Haven Buildings In Gas Blast
A natural gas explosion in Haven Kansas demolished two business buildings and damaged two others injuring seven people. The Haven Journal and Engweiler Hardware were wrecked with walls blown out and roofs collapsed. Rescue crews recovered victims and searched the rubble through the night while gas was shut off.
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Haven
Kan
Haven Journal
Engweiler Hardware
Herman Johnson
Clifford van Buren
Journal
David
van Buren
Burrow
Gary
Cool Weather Delays Wheat Cutting in Area
Cool weather and high humidity halted area wheat cutting today. Elevators received only grain cut last night. A load delivered this morning measured 18 percent moisture, too damp to store. If sunshine returns, managers expect more cutting this afternoon.
Finney County Nominated for 4-H Progress Award
Finney County is nominated for the second annual 4-H Progress Awards to be presented at the State Fair in Hutchinson. Finney and Allen counties are named among eight counties for programs in teamwork, leader training, project quality and member honors. Agents Kenneth Fromm and Kathryn Sughrue are listed for Finney.
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Finnesy County
Kansas
Hutchinson
Finney
Allen
Virgil Miller
Fair
Finney County
Kenneth Fromm
Kathryn Sughrue
Mwerg
Decatur Couy Ye
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William Cuttler
Kingman
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