Montgomery Ward to close Garden City store this week
Western Kansas reports Montgomery Ward will close its Garden City location next Wednesday night reducing operations to a small catalog order outlet. Workers told the company will move staff to Ward locations elsewhere as a lease dispute with Dr. A B Gardner looms and no formal details were released.
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Montgomery Ward
Garden City
John Frazier
John Boyer
Scott City
Lou Draeger
Man- Chronicle
Pawnee City
Neb
Max Martin
John
Republican
Ward
Main Street
A. B. Gardner
Ike and Kishi Agree to Bring 30,000 Home
About 30,000 U.S. ground combat troops will start pulling out of Japan after a joint communique by President Eisenhower and Japanese Prime Minister Kishi. The decision marks a step in postwar drawdown and outlines timing for troop withdrawal.
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Washington
U.S
Japan
Eisenhower
Kishi
Hutchinson Tornado Dust Storm Strikes Western Kansas
A deadly dust storm swept from the Kansas Colorado line into Garden City and Syracuse causing widespread damage. A wall of dust delayed traffic and cut visibility while hospitals and Red Cross limits halted relief funding after dispersing millions in grants. One fatality reported as winds peaked around 55 mph with damage to lines and antennas.
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Red Cross
Scot City
Kansas City
Gardenscross
Kan
Sas
Missouri
Beloit
Victoria
Hays
EL Mis
Salina
Duster Interrupts Bug Spraying Start
Severe weather halts a city insecticide effort as workmen begin preliminary spraying in Finnup Park under Salvation Army auspices. The report notes mild tonight and Sunday with light to southerly winds and a dip in temperatures, and mentions a dust storm in 1922 that disrupted prior operations. Local officials, including City Manager Deane Guymon, described the plan to resume spraying across the city as conditions allow.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Los Angeles
Aittle
Frank Jennings
London
Eng
Ben
Deane Guymon
The
Salvation Army
Brown Blanket Causes Pair Of Accidents
Two truck crashes occurred late yesterday after noon amid a dust storm near Holcomb and Garden City. Norris Miller and his brother John Lee Miller escaped injury in a north of Holcomb collision. damage to the 1957 Chevrolet and 1955 GMC pickups was estimated at $540 and the GMC suffered extensive damage. Ralph Oldweiler received minor bruises when his Dodge struck a Ford near the Gray Finney county line. damages to Oldweiler’s car were about $500. Dust reduced visibility and contributed to the rear collision. no injuries reported in city incidents.
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Norris T. Miller
John Lee Miller
Holcomb
John
Norris
Ralph Oldweiler
N. Ltd
Marcian Francis
Spearville
Garden City
Gray-Finney
Roth
Highway Patrol
Oldweiler
Wind and Wind And Dust Hit Syracuse Farmers Miles
Syracuse area farmers in Hamilton County face heavy losses to their 1957 mile crop as wind and rain wash out fields and crust surfaces. About half of planted acres must be replanted and a third may require reseeding. southeast quarter sees less trouble while northeast is spotted and west half parched as dust storms accompany the wind. Leo O Toole estimates about 40 percent of seeded land will need reseeding.
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Scott State Park
Scott Jaycees
Jaycees
Hays, Russell
Ellis
Syracuse
Hamilton County
Ralph Eyer
Leo O'Toole
Syracuse Coop Exchange
Supreme Court Delays Girard Case July 8 Hearing
Washington The Supreme Court postponed July 8 proceedings on whether Army Specialist 3 C. William Girard should be sent to Japan for trial on manslaughter charges. Attorney General Brownell urged swift action to avoid worsening U S Japan relations after Girard, from Ottawa oil, was implicated in the January death of a Japanese scrap scavenger fatally wounded by a grenade launcher round.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Girard
Hutchinson Hit by 98 MPH Storm Tornado Claims Life
A Kansas storm swept west central Kansas with 98 mile per hour winds heavy rain and hail. Hutchinson suffered severe damage as a truck terminal roof collapsed trapping a man named Steve Chlentzos who died. His wife and son were injured and others hospitalized. Trees downed and rainfall peaked at an inch before gauges were uprooted by the gusts.
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Hutchinson
Carl Spriggs
Steve Chlentzos
Spriggs
Kansas
Belleville
Beloit
Oakley
Hays
John Skelton
Courtland
Scandia
Fast Jets to Korea Monday
The United States will begin sending modern jet interceptor planes to South Korea on Monday to counter North Korean air forces. F 100 jets with radar will land at Osan, part of a broader U N command effort tomodernize forces in Korea.
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United States
South Korea
North Korea
U. N
Osan
U. N. Command
Korea
Panmunjom
U.N
Pyongyang
Kim I Sung
Peiping Radio
Kim
Garden Sass Snoring Sparks Offbeat Doctor’s Advice
A friend’s loud snoring disrupts sleep, prompting a doctor’s blunt suggestion to “go sleep in another room” as a humorous response to persistent noise and disrupted rest.
Photo Plea Seeks 10000 Baby Pictures for Nuclear Test Protest
Mrs J Gallal Kernahan wife of a medium sized church pastor in Van Nuys asks for 10000 baby pictures to mail before Aug 6 to Eisenhower Macmillan and Khrushchev. The back of each photo should state Stay the bomb tests for the child s name and be signed. In Missouri an Army major parachuted to safety near St Joseph after his single engine plane ran out of gas sustaining a minor anal injury. He landed six miles northeast near US 169 and Avenue City. another plane may have crashed nearby and was not found.
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Paul Davis
Bill Lang
Vern Grimsley
Ellis Community Church
Hamilton County
Dorothy D. Sillers
Eco
Bill
van Nuys
Calif
J. Gallal Kernahan
West van Nuys Community Methodist Church
Eisenhower
Macmillan
Khrushchev
Hiroshima
Japan
ST. Joseph
Public Information Office
Ft. Leavenworth
Byron E. Sheppard
Staff and Command School
Sheppard
Army
U $ 169
Avenue City
Shermfield
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Dulles
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Lakin
Colorado Springs
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Ike
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8Th and
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Lloyd DeRemus
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Jay Crook
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