Garden City in Emergency as Flood Recedes
Garden City remains under a state of emergency after the worst flood in history from the Arkansas River. Towns north of the river are cut off from the south while cleanup, bridge stabilization, and repairs to sewers and water lines proceed. aid offices and federal assistance are arranged as officials estimate weeks of recovery ahead.
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Garden City
Arkansas
Syracuse
Kinsley
James M. Cowgill
Deane Wiley
Burns Service Station
Finnup Park
Wiley
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Bob Wright
Community mobilizes in flood rescue effort and search
In Garden City a flood response draws teens, farmers, contractors, and officials into a round-the-clock relief effort. Volunteers haul sand, provide trucks and equipment, while police, sheriff, highway patrol, National Guard, and Red Cross assist evacuees and feed workers. A missing man, Jerry Morris, is being searched for after disappearing south of the airport, with Penny Sparks and Johnie Ball rescued from a barn near the airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
Police
Kansas Highway Patrol
National Guard
Army Reserve
American Red Cross
Civil Defense
Jerry Morris
Penny Sparks
Jones
Johnie Ball
Miss Sparks
Morris
Ball
Special Edition To Concern Flood
The Telegram plans a flood focused special section mostly pictures to be published later this week as an insert to the regular paper with extra copies available. Gas Garden remarks a chip on the shoulder is the heaviest load one can carry.
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The
Telegram
Gas Garden
Avery to Seek Disaster Designation for Kansas Flood Areas
Gov William Avery surveyed floodstricken western Kansas and planned to ask the federal government to declare a wide belt of Kansas a major disaster area The trip included Syracuse Dodge City and Topeka with officials and reporters observing widespread inundation along the Arkansas River and its tributaries The official damage estimates would cover streams including Walnut Neosho Cottonwood and Sand Creek with later figures for Arkansas River Sedgwick and LaCygne and an Office of Emergency Planning report.
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William Avery
Kansas
Garden City
Arkansas River
Avery
Walnut
Neosho
Cottonwood
Sand Creek
Office of Emergency Planning
Sedgwick
LaCygne
Pittsburgh
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Harold Knott
Denver
Dodge City
Topeka
Statehouse
Aura of Disbelief Prevails As Residents Return Home
Residents return to mud filled homes in the Maple and Santa Fe area after rapid floods. police block south town streets, passes required. basements flooded, appliances ruined, and personal losses tallied as cleanup begins. Red Cross brings coffee aid while residents try to salvage belongings and maintain resilience.
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Leroy
Maple
Maple St
Oscar Fall
E. Maple
Danial Mujica
Mujica
Maple-Santa Fe
FP. C. Garcia
N. 4Th
William McFall
Santa Fe
Red Cross
Oscar Hall
Disaster Office Opens Here Today
Finney County Red Cross opens a disaster relief office in the former Dickenson Jewelry Building to aid families hit by a disaster. Mayor James Cowgill urges full cooperation from citizens and directs donations to the local Red Cross chapter for Kansas Arkansas River Valley recovery. Joe Benson notes funds stay in Kansas and are handled through Wichita regional office and United Fund. The Red Cross aims to reestablish homes and assist those needing more than temporary aid.
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Jim Fare
Peoples Natural Gas Co
Mennonite Disaster Service
Garden City
Garden Valley Church
Cowgill
Finney County Red Cross
Dickenson Jewelry
Fidelity State Bank
James Cowgill
The
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Kansas
Arkansas River Valley
Finney County United Fund Board of Directors
Joe Benson
United Fund
Benson
Wichita
American National Red Cross
Red Cross Disaster Office
Rescue at Richardson Zoo During Arkansas Valley Flood
During the weekend flood, crews rescued numerous animals at Lee Richardson Zoo amid Finnup Park waters. Lions and tigers were saved after cutting cages and using a Caterpillar and a National Guard truck. Penny the Elephant and hippos escaped danger, while some small animals and birds perished. Rectified flood damage includes missing fences, mud and ash, with full stock results to be announced.
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Arkansas Valley
Finnup Park
Lee Richardson Zoo
Kansas
Mary Owens
Claude Owens
National Guard
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Ted Sonnenberg
Old Smith
Fulton
Tom McMann
Small Business Administration
Ed Cross
Dickerson Jewelry
Gardening
Colorado
Hamilton County
Second Street
U.S. Highway 56
John Schnittker
Kingman County
Manhattan
Kansas State University
Larned
Great Bend
Hutchinson
Bob Baker
Baker
Rat Goodland
Russell
Topek
Trace
Richardson Zoo
By Bob Greer
Penny
Taffy
Tapic
Ttheir Pool
Monkey Island
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