Governor appoints Sublette banker to state banking board
Gov Fred Hall reels off Southwest Kansas stops with several in-person appointments. He named W O Hainline of Sublette to the state banking board. Syracuse Saddle Club plans a big July Fourth junior rodeo and riding contest with Marvin Tomson saying the event starts about 7 pm mountain time and lasts about five hours. Contestants under 18 compete for more than 350 dollars in prize money.
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John Frazier
Fred Hall
Kansas
W. O. Hainline
State Banking Board
Syracuse
Syracuse Saddle Club
Marvin Tomson
Population Pickup Surges Past 1000 in Sublette City Limits
Sublette's population exceeds 1,000 for the year, rising to 1,005 after a gain of 67 residents in the 12 months. Haskell county totals grow to 2,624, with Satanta and Sunnyslope showing gains as well. The county census records 101 more residents overall. Sunnyslope Farm's Sunnyslope Kid wins harness titles in Tulsa Oklahoma City and Houston. In Dighton, a water safety program resumes with 478 swimmers enrolled, including 416 beginners, as Lane County starts lessons at the new pool guided by Ronald Stafford, Robert Jumm, and assistants.
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Sublette
Haskell County
Satanta
Haskell
R. B
Christy
Sunnyslope
Ronald Stafford
Robert Jumm
Dighton
Ardmore
Okla
Lane County
Lane Counlians
Scott City
Phyllis Bryant
Mary Beth Haines
Carolyn Bryant
John Frazier
Garden City
Finney County
A. A. Dewey
Deane Wiley
Charles Schaffer
Highway Commission
Wiley
Downinas
Harvest and Politics Shape Local Life Across Counties
Across the region, harvest and political races dominate. Summer fallow wheat shows mixed results with Haskell County averaging 12 bushels. Roy Leathers, farming C. L. Haxman land, reports the best yield of 30 bushels per acre on a 30 acre tract. Scott County features a five candidate sheriff race with A D McLean Carl J Sheils and Les Beebe seeking the Democratic nomination and Ralph Nickel and Robert Briton pursuing the Republican nod.
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Haskell
Roy Leathers
C. L. Haxman
Scott County
A. D. McLean
Carl J. Sheils
Les Beebe
Ralph Nickel
Robert Britan
Double Honor for Scott City Boyer Praises Naval Academy Admission
Scott City Chron icle recalls Scott City pride as Charles Fleming Jr. enters Annapolis Naval Academy Monday morning. Another local, Jerry McDonald, also earned an appointment last year and completes his first year. The piece highlights the town’s two officers entering service academies as a notable honor for a small city.
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Scott John Boyer
Scott City Chronicle
Boyer
Charles Fleming, Jr
Annapolis Naval Academy
Scott Citian
Jerry McDonald
Ata
New Judge Whittaker Sworn to 8th Circuit Court of Appeals
Judge Charles E. Whittaker was sworn yesterday as judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, succeeding the late Judge John Kasie Collett.
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Court of Appeals
Kansas City
Charles E. Whittaker
U.S. Court of Appeals, 8Th Circuit
John Caskie Collett
Phony Label Irks Senators in Defense Budget Row
Senator Chavez says Wilson comments bolster plans to boost Air Force funding as Symington and Jackson question Wilson's fitness. Wilson told reporters in Quantico no need for added money for planes and bases, opposing Senate provisions of 1.16 billion and a Bridges counterproposal. Bridges calls Wilson remarks an unwarranted slur on the Senate.
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Washington
Chavez
D-Nm
Wilson
Symington
D-Mo
Jackson
D-Wash
Senate
Quantico
Hisenhower
Senate Appropriations Committee
Sen. Bridges
GOP
Bridges
Democrats
Take Your Choice Money or Grapefruit at NJC Convention
Kansas City reports Nevada plans to display 10000 silver dollars in the parade of states next Wednesday while Florida delegation will throw grapefruit during the week long National Junior Chamber of Commerce Convention opening Monday.
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Kansas City
Nevada
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
Five Trucks In 2 Wrecks In Kansas Near Garden City
Two separate crashes yesterday and today sent five pickup trucks into ditches and left two out-of-town men hospitalized. Tugene Wyckoff of Dodge City sustained a fractured ankle and cuts. Romulo Garza of Brownsville, Texas, has a broken leg. Wyckoff’s trucks, owned by Fulton Construction Co., swerved to avoid a farm truck and jackknifed into the ditch near US-50S east of Garden City. An early morning wreck 30 miles north of Holcomb involved two pickups driven by Robert Salas of Brownsville and Robert Trenino of Mercerdale, Tex., as Salas tried to pass and struck Trenino near a roadside mailbox, sending both vehicles into a ditch. Salas’s pickup rolled and the Trenino truck ended on its side.
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St. Catherine Hospital
Tugene Wyckoff
Dodge City
Wyckoff
Dodge Cilian
Garden City
George Hamm
Holcomb
Robert Salas
Brownsville
Tex
Robert Trenino
Mercerdes
Eligible For Soil Bank Payments In 1956
Farmers who lost wheat or underplanted due to drought or wind erosion may qualify for 1956 soil bank payments. Eligible at $6 per acre for shortened crops, $4 per acre for underplanted land. Deadline July 20 to apply, with an 11 day absentee-signature window. Restrictions include no harvest from June 22 to Dec 31 1956 and limits on Milo cultivation.
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Hutchinson
Wendell Becraft
ASC
Becraft
Sudan
Milo
Today's Chuckle The human race and its flaws
A light quip noting that humanity has improved many things yet still struggles with people. The line playfully contrasts progress in technology and society with everyday human quirks and foibles.
Manhunt for Husky Truck Driver in Ohio Slayings
Alfred Wilson, 87, a heavily built truck driver, is the target of a statewide pursuit after killing three women in Portage and Trumbull counties. He abandoned his car on Silica Road near Windham, left a note for his common law wife Juanita, and fled into the countryside.
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Warren
Ohio
Rocky Hedges
Portage County
Alfred Wilson
Silica Road
Windham
Juanita
Trumbull
T. Herbert Thomas
Wilson
Senate Bill Expands Defense Act With Industry Dispersal
The Senate approved a measure extending the Defense Production Act for two years and including a provision to disperse industry as a defense measure. The bill moves to a Senate House Conference Committee since the dispersal clause was absent from the House version.
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Senate
Washington i
House
Benson Booed By Iowans at a Field Day Talk
In Eldora Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Benson faced boos at a Farm Family Field Day speech before greeting Sen Estes Kefauver at Iowa State College Ames. Benson defended administration farm policies amid chanting and anti Benson signs, with about 5000 in attendance. Also note drought relief policy allowing grazing on retired land with governor appeals and emergency feed program counties.
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Benson
Eldora
Iowa
Ezra Benson
Iowa State College
Ames
Sen
Estes Kefanger
D-Tenn
Boeing
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Kefauver
Gov. Harriman
Washington
Washington Wp
Agriculture Department
New Soil Bank
Missouri Man Held For Raising a Check
A 26-year-old Pomona man Lloyd Ray Wood was bound over to district court on a charge of passing a raised check. He waived his preliminary hearing in county court and faced a $1000 appearance bond. Wood allegedly passed a raised $120 check at Fidelity State Bank after increasing its amount from $20. He remains in Finney County custody.
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Pomona
Lloyd Ray Wood
M. C. Schrader
Schrader
Wood
Fidelity States Bank
Beck
Finney County
Weather Watch Promoted by Seth Thomas Promotion
Weather item notes a Seth Thomas 17 towel automake wristwatch offered at 25 275 dollars through Diene a sale channel. The terse line hints at a product promotion or catalog listing with price and retailer reference.
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Seth Thomas
Wheat Crop Not All Good In State Reports
Southwestern Kansas farmers report surprisingly good wheat despite low moisture. Yields range from 1 to 15 bushels on dry land and 25 to 60 bushels per acre on irrigated ground with protein up. Drought and rabbits reduced planted area. in Stevens County 50k acres averaged five bushels per acre.
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Kansas
Lester McDonald
Satania
Hoe
Haskell
McDonald
AL Sublette
Moore
Hugoton
J. BL
Stevens County
Murder Charge in Death at Syracuse
A 38 year old Wichita man Delphos Burns faces first degree murder charges in the killing of his wife Ruby Burns in a Syracuse motel last Saturday night. Burns surrendered to Hamilton County Sheriff Dallas Johnson after an extensive regional search. Preliminary hearing set for 2 p.m. July 3. Burns jailed without bond.
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Syracuse
Delphos Burns
Burns
Ruby
Hamilton County
Dallas Johnson
Mitchell Jordan
Justices of the Peace
A. V
Lee Graves
Wichita
Graves
KBI
Not Enough Rain for A Report
A light shower wetted Garden City streets but did little to ease heat across Kansas. Eastern counties saw heavier totals with many locations reporting one to five inches, while the western region stayed drier and cooler. Tornado clouds appeared near Columbus and Latham, Coffeyville suffered wind damage and broken glass, with hail reported at Winfield and Thrall.
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Garden City
Kansas Point
Columbus
Latham
Coffeyville
New Lake Proposed for Iola Area in Kansas
IOLA Kas Construction of a proposed 100 acre lake near the Alfen Bourbon county line by the Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission appeared practically certain today. Ross Beach Jr chairman said the commission at a meeting yesterday authorized Wilson and Co of Salina to draw final plans for the dam in Bourbon County on a small tributary of the Marmaton River.
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Iola
Kas
Alfen
Bourbon County
Kansas Forestry, Fish, and Game Commission
Ross Beach Jr
Wilson and Co
Salina
Marmaton River
Young Man Killed In McPherson Wreck
Richard Glenn O'Dell 19 of Studley died in a one car collision two miles east of McPherson on U S 50N early today, according to the State Highway Patrol.
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Wichita
Richard Glenn O'Dell
Studley
McPherson
U.S. 50N
State Highway Patrol
Accident Fatal for Cottonwood Falls Man
John E. Duke, 77, of Cottonwood Falls Kansas, died after his car left U S 50 on a curve four miles east of town last night. The crash occurred as he drove near the old route. Authorities investigated the single vehicle accident and prepared a report.
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Strong Gity
Kas
John E. Duke
Cottonwood Falls
Here
Outlook Bright In at Least 3 Midwest States
A 1956 winter wheat harvest across Kansas Oklahoma Nebraska and Colorado advances under hot winds and dry weather. Kansas leads with about 140 million bushels expected while Colorado reports the smallest crop in 16 years. Oklahoma and Texas show gains though much of Texas wheat burned in drought. Disease and weather patterns mirror prior years as farmers monitor clouds and drought.
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Kansas
Arizona
Colorado
Nevada
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Washington
Utah
Topeka
Missouri
Nebraska
Colorado Plains
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