Agricultural Flood Loss Could Reach $3 Million
Topeka AP reports Kansas flood losses may reach 3 million dollars. Wheat losses could total about 2 million with prices around 1.27 to 1.05 per bushel. Sugar beets corn and sorghums may add 500000, cattle losses about 500000, with 3000 head drowned. Flooded 250000 to 300000 acres in the Arkansas River valley. Remaining crops, pasture, and timber also affected. replant possible for sorghum before frost.
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Topeka
Kansas
Arkansas
Arkansas River
Arkansas Valley
Flood cleanup continues as volunteers aid area south of tracks
Local volunteers work in the flood zone south of the tracks each evening aiding in the cleanup. Trucks hauling debris slow on the US83 bridge due to heavy traffic while cars touring flood areas crowd streets. City pool opening is postponed after dirty water enters the chlorination system. pool to be drained and cleaned. Traffic resumes across the river bridge south of Charleston with Pierceville bridge channel carving a new river path. repair time likely lengthy.
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Charleston
Pierceville
Duane West
Hugoton
Garden City Band Plans Friday Night Concert at Park
Garden City Municipal Band will present a Friday night concert at 8 p.m. in Stevens Park. The program features Sousa and Fillmore marches and arrangements by John Warrington, including The Liberty Bell March Cranberry Corner U S A His Honor March Deep In the Heart of Texas Scepter of Liberty March Hello Dolly Emb lem of Unity March Fantasy on American Sailing Songs Waltzing Matilda High Lights from Camelot and The Footlifter March. The national anthem closes the program.
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Garden City
Camelot
Henry Fillmore
Garden Sass Battle with a Mosquito Anguish
Gus Garden declares the struggle with a persistent mosquito nearly as unnerving as a real battle. The remark frames a lighthearted complaint about urban pests and daily annoyances in a succinct, period-voiced style.
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Gus Garden
Ang Loyag
Senate Finance approves broad health care for aged plan
The Senate Finance Committee backed a $6 billion health care program for Americans over 65 and raised Social Security payments for about 20 million, sending the measure to the floor for July. It includes hospitalization coverage and a voluntary supplemental insurance plan, with major Social Security benefit increases and tax changes to fund the program.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Johnson
Helen Keller nearing 85 in quiet retirement at Arcan Ridge
Helen Keller approaches her 85th birthday enjoying a quiet life with flowers, a garden, her dog Tinker, and birds at Arcan Ridge in Easton Connecticut. Friends say she is living in retirement while still receiving honors she no longer travels to claim. Family plans a small Sunday celebration with cake and champagne.
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Miss Keller
Phillips Brooks Keller
Dallas
Tex
L. Warren Tyson
Montgomery
Ala
Tuscumbia
Anne Sullivan
Search Still Under Way for Missing Garden City Man
Rescue crews continue the search for Jerry Morris missing after being swept by the Arkensa River near Garden City. Morris, 24, was with Johnie Baugh and Penny Sparks when floodwaters rose, they clung to a tree but Morris disappeared while his companions reached safety. his parents Mr and Mrs Raymond Morris reside on a farm near the airport.
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Jerry Moris
Morris
Johnie Baugh
Penny Sparks
Garden City
Raymond Morris
Clothing Drive Helps Flood Victims At Seventh Day Adventist
The Seventh Day Adventist Church at 614 N. 13th set up a clothing supply for flood victims in a building just south of the church. Hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. General clothing is available with size specific boxes, and bedding items like sheets and comforters are being acquired. Items are free for needy flood victims.
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Seventh Day Adventist Church
N. 13Th
Flooded Arkansas Valley to be toured by President tomorrow
Flood odds shift as cleanup continues in the Arkansas River valley after historic flooding. President Johnson may view the stricken area from the air tomorrow, with Sen. Carlson aboard, while Kansas City hosts a dinner with Truman. A House Public Works subcommittee plans a relief-needs visit in about ten days, and local volunteers plus Hugoton women mobilize to clear debris. Health officials urge Malathion spraying to curb vectors and advise soil-silt handling to avoid soil disruption and fly breeding.
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Arkansas River
Johnson
Sen
Frank Carlson
Kansas
San Francisco
United
Bob Dole
House Public Works Committee
Finney County
Robert Fenton
Great Bend Rises to Ball Against Arkansas River
Great Bend Kansas relies on a 200 yard temporary dike and nearly 300 teenagers joining 500 volunteers to stem flood waters from the Arkansas River. Mayor Davis praises their hard work as crews haul dirt and battle rising water circling the west end of the dike. The flood crest stood at about 14 feet below the main dikes as disaster area declarations spread.
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Great Bend
Kan
Arkansas River
H.C. Davis
Davis
Colorado
Kansas
Johnson
Hutchinson
Wichita
Arkansas
Syracuse
Lakin
Garden City
Cimarron
Dodge City
Kinsley
Sterling
Strike Cuts Food Supply in Philadelphia Stores
Four major Philadelphia grocers warned most outlets could run dry by Friday night as a four day wildcat strike by Teamsters Local 107 widens. Gasoline and drug stocks dwindled. efforts to involve Hoffa failed. Mayor Tate blamed hoodlums for stoppages. 17 local leaders faced contempt charges. Roadway Express drivers remain on strike.
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Philadelphia
Teamsters Local 107
Blayney J. Barton
Acme Markets
Local 107
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Food Fair
Atlantic and Pacific
Penn Fruit
Teamsters
Jans Hoffa
Hoffa
James Tate
Leo Weinrott
Weinratt
International Union
James H.J. Tate
Tate
Labor
James J. Teynolds
Special Section on Garden City Flood Planned Friday
A special section on Garden City flood history will appear in Friday’s Telegram as a center feature. Extra copies will be sold at the Telegram office, with additional prints if demand requires.
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Garden City
Telegram
Holcomb Unification Takes Effect Next Week
Supt. John Riggs announced Adel Throckmorton issued an order dissolving Union District No. 1 and creating Unified District No. 263 effective July 1, 1965. The annual meeting slated for tomorrow night will be canceled as unified board members elected in April assume control next week.
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Houlcomb
John Riggs
Adel Throckmorton
Weather outlook with scattered thunderstorms and warm highs
Thunderstorms cover more than 20 percent of the area tonight with strong gusty winds near the cells. Lows expected in the mid 60s. Friday brings scattered thunderstorms mainly in the afternoon with light variable winds and highs in the upper 80s. Sunrise 6 23. District reports include Dodge City Garden City and Topeka.
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Dodge City
Garden City
Goodiund
Russell
Salting
Os Topeka
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