Flood disruption as city braces for high water
In a flooded district residents scramble amid a crisis as Main Street crowds witness curbs and closures. Ray Ladd evacuates with furniture from W Maple while others comment on weather, a new Kansas Fish and Game chairperson, and improvised home protection. Allen Huey’s adobe house and sheltering furniture on blocks reveal the scale of the emergency.
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Main
Ray Ladd
W. Maple
Kansas Fish and Game Commission
New Lakes
Kansas
Bob Wells
New Fish and Game
Allen Huey
Latham and York Hanged at Kansas State Prison
Two youths who boasted of killing seven persons faced the gallows with repentance. George Ronald York, 22, of Jacksonville, Florida, and James Douglas Latham, 23, of Mauriceville, Texas, were executed at the Kansas Prison after years of court efforts to halt the death penalty. York spoke of heaven and forgiveness while Latham appealed for understanding. Both had donated eyes to KU Medical Center.
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Lansing
Kan
George Ronald York
Jacksonville
Fla
James Douglas Latham
Mauriceville
Tex
Kansas
York
Heaven
Latham
Edgar Meissner
University of Kansas Medical Center
Mennonite Groups Aid Flood Relief In Garden City
Red Cross relief headquarters coordinates disaster aid for flood victims with Mennonite Disaster Service assisting cleanup. 204 people expected to register this week. aid includes food clothing housing repairs medical supplies and furniture replacement. Red Cross determines aid by case worker visits and payments arrive within three weeks. Mennonite groups from Shallow Water Colby Mingo Scott City and Ransom join workers on Maple Santa Fe area with Rev Horace Brelsford and Ed Thiessen supervising.
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American Red Cross Emergency
Mennonite Disaster Service
Red Cross
Dickenson Jewelry
Glen Rupp
Rupp
Kansas
Red Cross Office
Colby
Mingo
Scott City
Ransom
Maple — Santa Fe
Horace Brelsford
Garden City
March to Ruined Church Remembering Slain Civil Rights Workers
About 70 people marched 12 miles in dusty heat from Philadelphia to the burned church ruins in memory of Andy Goodman Mickey Schwerner and James Chaney. The event marked the first anniversary of their murders with highway patrol guarding the route. There were no incidents.
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Philadelphia
Miss
Andy Goodman
Mickey Schwerner
James Chaney
Meridian
Health Danger Is Minimal Garden Citians Urged To Help
An urgent appeal urged Garden Citians to join flood cleanup of homes south of the Santa Fe tracks. Duane West led a Chamber meeting calling for six member crews from organizations, with Red Cross listing families needing aid. Health officials say disease risk is minimal. steps include draining standing water, burying dead animals, and checking wells and cesspools. WAKEENEY, Kan. crash report followed by local flood coverage.
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Citians
Chamber of Commerce
Duane West
West
Red Cross
City Hall
Garden City Jaycees
Ark River floodforces mass exodus across Kansas
The Arkansas River swelled from Colorado rains causing thousands to flee in Larned and Great Bend as floodwaters threaten downtown areas. Officials said the crest could top past 1942 and 1951 levels with sandbagging underway and Gov. Love calling the disaster the greatest in Colorado history, with relief plans under review.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Kansas
Larned
Great Bend
Colorado
Jetmore
Dodge City
Rozel
John A. Love
Gas Garden urges spending to ease southern city nerves
Gas Garden says this would be a good time to expend some for that nervous energy in the south part of the city.
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Gas Garden
River Flood Causes Debris Fallout and $214 Million Damage
River runoff damaged croplands roads and structures in Kansas and eastern Colorado. Garden City reports early damage estimates around 214 million dollars with an additional guesstimated 34 million outside city limits. Bridge remains sole usable road route with federal engineers assessing public and private losses.
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Arkansas River
Iery
Deane Wiley
Us& Bridge
Wiley
Kansas
Arkansas
Colorado
Kendall
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Garden City
Albuquerque
Avery
Tigers nearly catch rescuers amid Lee Richardson flood chaos
In Gar den City during a Saturday zoo rescue, two workers James Gibbs and Leo Eck narrowly avoided a free tiger named Taffy amid rising floodwaters. They fled as the frightened tigress leaped through a cage opening onto a National Guard truck, then back into confinement. The episode capped a day of frantic, dangerous efforts by park staff and volunteers.
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Lee Richardson
James
Whitey) Gibbs
Leo Eck
Gibbs
Claude Owens
Eck
Holcomb High
National Guard
Ray Ladd
Taffy
Gibbs and
Garden City
Avery Sets Damage at 22 Million in Kansas Disaster Request
Gov William Avery cites nearly 22 million dollars in flood damages in 24 Kansas counties to President Johnson for major disaster designation The Arkansas River Valley loss totals 15 151 000 with 6 446 000 from Walnut Cottonwood and Sand Creek basins Estimates cover public facilities roads bridges agricultural losses and other state agency figures Emergency repairs and temporary fixes for roads bridges and protective work are requested for state county and local governments including life and property protection efforts The 24 counties named are Barton Butler Chase Coffey Cowley Edwards Finney Ford Gray Greenwood Hamilton Harvey Kearny Lyon Marion McPherson Pawnee Reno Rice Sedgwick Stafford Stanton Sumner and Cherokee
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Topeka
William H. Avery
Johnson
Kansas
Avery
Arkansas River
Corps of Engineers
Walnut
Cottonwood
Sand Creek
Arkansas River Valley
Barton
Butler, Chase
Coffey
Cowley
Edwards
Finney
Ford, Gray
Greenwood
Hamilton
Harvey
Kearny Lyon
Marion McPherson
Pawnee
Reno
Rice
Sedgwick
Stafford
Stanton, Sumner
Cherokee
SBLA to Set Up Office Here
A Small Business Loan Administration representative announced an emergency office will open today in Wichita with additional offices in Syracuse and Dodge City to issue disaster loans. Loans cover property, equipment, and repairs at 3 percent interest over four years, with a maximum of 350,000 dollars. The Wichita office will be in The Security Savings and Loan at 117 E. Laurel, phone BR 6-8241.
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Small Business Loan Administration
SBLA
Wichita
Syracuse
Dodge City
John E. Kirtehner
Kirtchner
Security Savings
Ian
E. Laurel
Flood Damages 30 000 Acres in Western Finney County
Finney County flood damage from Garden City west to the county line affects 30 000 acres with 20000 under irrigation. About 90 farm families and 300 head of livestock are affected. The Finney County Disaster Board estimates western damages at about 250000 dollars for fencing alone and discusses extending cost sharing to reclaim farmland. The flood created new channels, damaged irrigation wells, fences, feedlots, and destroyed grain and sorghum stored in bins.
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Finney
Nolan Howele
Finney County
Garden City
Pele Mal
Mal
Franklin OldWweiler Farm
Egstne
Colorado
Dodge City
Walter Holstrom
Holcomb
Mother Nature
Holcomb Bridge
Angell Glant
Taylor Jones
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Robert Fenton
Food and Drug Administration
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Linus Windholz
Cherri
Ark River
Old Smith
Santa Fe
Finnup
Clint Lightner
New National Guard
New Armory
Ball Parks
10Th and
Railroad
11Th and
Ralph Jameson
Ares
Sunget
Pree
Emporia
Goodland
Trace Hin City Ag
Zoo
Richard Deyoe
Farmers Home Administration
John W. Brande
Finney County Soil Conservation Office
Keneth Fromm
Finney Corn
Aera We O Belt
Finney County Agriculture Stablization Conservation Service
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