Heavy Rains Delay Wheat Harvest Across Region
Heavy rains and cloudburst showers stretched from Deerfield to Garden City delaying wheat cutting as fields flooded and moisture rose. Officials reported up to 3.5 inches near Deerfield and lighter totals elsewhere while gusty winds and hail caused minimal damage and elevators noted light receipts amid the wet weather.
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Deerfield
Pierceville
Ted Miller
Wolfe
Garden City Cooperative Equity Exchange
Charleston
Herter Prepares No Retreat Stand in Berlin Talks
Secretary of State Christian Herter is reported ready to announce an allied no retreat stance in forthcoming talks with the Soviet Union over Berlin. He will outline the policy in a 15 minute nationwide TV and radio address tonight to explain why Geneva talks failed to resolve East West tensions. The speech airs on major networks NBC CBS at 8 p.m. with ARC-TV delay at 9:30 p.m.
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Christian A. Herter
Berlin
Herter
Geneva
Germany
Nbc-Tv
Cbs-Tv
Arc-Tv
City Stand On Telephone Rate Hike Planned by Garden City
Garden City officials prepare to address a proposed Southwestern Bell rate increase at the bi monthly City Commission meeting. City Attorney Lloyd Haag to discuss statutes on damaged unsafe buildings. Other items include road right of way deeds, Boy Scout fund drive, Sports Car Club use of airport space, and Fourth of July park facilities.
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Amorrow
Lloyd Haag
Metropolitan Planning Commission
Clyde, Boots
Garden City Cooperative Equity Exchange
al Thies
Boy Scout Troop 144
Morris Jones
Sports Car Club
Spikes
Chamber of Commerce
Finnup Park
Queen Launches Windsor Castle Liner in Britain
Queen Mother Elizabeth launched Britain s largest passenger liner in 21 years the 38000 ton Windsor Castle. The steam turbine vessel cruises at 23 knots enabling quicker Southampton to Cape Town service. It carries 850 passengers with large refrigerated holds for perishables from South Africa.
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England
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Windsor Castle
Gus
Southampton-Capel
South Africa
Weather Tonight and Wednesday Thunderstorms Likely
Tonight widely scattered thundershowers with lows in the mid sixties and light southerly winds. Wednesday partly cloudy with scattered storms by afternoon, highs in the upper eighties and southerly winds 15 to 20 mph. Sunrise 6 22 Sunset 8 09. City readings and regional notes included.
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Corewdla Ag
Dodgs City
Emporia
Garden City
Goodland
Hill City
Olathe Ae Ih
Russell
Salina
Topeka
Barrel of a Howitzer Explodes Wounding 120 Soldiers
A howitzer shell exploded on a firing range Monday injuring 120 soldiers from a Riley Kas Fort Hinchites battery. Two of the five hospitalized were seriously hurt. Names listed include Bobbie Williams Ridgeville and Plain Mavlanghlia Monaryville. Washington reports Hagerty recovering after appendix surgery at Walter Reed. Berlin notes Manyuchs to enter West Germany tonight or Wednesday. Panama Canal faces its biggest peacetime traffic jam with 27 vessels delayed Monday and 24 more expected. June 15 to 22 saw 282 ships arrive.
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Ft. Hinchites
Aen Hospital
Bobbie Williams
Ridgeville
S.2
Plain
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Monaryville
Wey
Washington
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Invest
Loe
Hagerty
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Panama
Panama Canal
Caral
Hostages Released By Mental Patients Riot Strikes Springfield Prison
Rioting prisoners at a federal medium security center released five guards as hostages and seized a wing of the prison hospital In the aftermath guards battered doors, used a bulldozer, and police feared a breakout while negotiators urged restraint.
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Cap
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Medenl Center
Seige
Cry Palice
Steritt
Dlepubes
Paye Honomation
Alonzo Rhea 87 Crafts Violins in Western Kansas
Alonzo Rhea, 87, a retired farmer living in 308 S 7th with his son, crafts violins from pine and white pine. He has made several fiddles since he was 16, spends weeks on each, and plays at country dances but no longer performs for audiences due to a bad back.
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Alonzo
Rhea
Imade
Rheaéhow
Soren Petersen
St. John
Mike Honaker
iHads
Cols
Inez Accessories
Wren
Johnny Petersen
John
Petersen
Soren
Date Set for Starkweather Execution by Nebraska Court
The Nebraska Supreme Court set June 25 as the execution date for Charles Starkweather after the U S Supreme Court refused review. Starkweather, 20, remains hopeful for a review and has admitted killing 11 people including Robert Jensen, 17, Bennet Ned Jensen. He claims he did not receive a fair trial due to inadequate representation.
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Nebraska Supreme Court
Charles Starkweather
U. S. Supreme Court
Starkweather
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Jensen
Bennet
Ned
Starkweath
U. S. Supreme
Hope
Shocking accident photo circulates on editorial page
The Telegram published a graphic shot by Darrell Morrow of a fatal accident near Sublette, stirring debate over front page display. Local society notes celebrate Mrs. Irvin Webb joining the hole-in-one club at the Country Club, with a 40 on a 39-par course and an 85 for 18 holes. Police Chief Mitch Geisler attended a Topeka event for a traffic safety award and FBI training, while residents discuss local humor and misfortunes, including a missing wire-haired terrier and a kitchen stove joke from Downing’s Restaurant.
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Topeka
State Safety Council
Mitch
FBI
Ft. Leavenworth
Long seeks habeas ruling in bid to return to power
Louisiana Governor Earl K Long, confined in a mental hospital, petitions for a writ of habeas corpus arguing improper papers and fraud in commitment. A Friday hearing is set as doctors prepare a full evaluation of his condition.
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Earl K. Long
22Nd Judicial Court
Joe Arthur Sims
Long
Southeast
Louisiana
Mandeville
Jack Gremillion
Lether Frazar
Frazar
Wade D. Martin Jr
Four Killed In Rain Storm In Southeast Kansas
Four persons died and nine were injured in two separate highway crashes during a rainstorm Monday afternoon in southeast Kansas. A three car crash on K96 eight miles west of Severy killed three. a four car pileup near Fort Scott killed Mrs. Rose Bunch of Bronson and injured others. Victims included Troy Joe Marlin 22 Pittsburg and George Meissner 52 Parsons.
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Severy
Fort Scott
Troy
Joe Marlin
Pittsburg
Kan
George (. Meissohn
Parsons
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