Garden City Phone Official Sees Growth
Garden City growth in telephone demand outlined by Southwestern Bell official Hardin Smith at a luncheon with city officials and civic leaders. He noted rapid expansion in towns and cities across the state, with Garden City among the faster growing areas, and discussed plans for private lines and future long distance dialing possibly by 1965, contingent on profitability. The group, including L J Marshall and Bob Wright, heard about cost reduction efforts amid rising service needs.
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Garden City
Kansas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Hardin Smith
Kanof
City Oficialsisas
Smith
Lord Chappell
Southwestern
Bell
L. J
al Marshall
Topelka
Kanmost
Hellas
Russell Hollard
Lander
Dodge City
Manship Jager
Bob Wright
Garden City Notes On Skates Coyote News And Signage
A Southwestern Bell luncheon reveals a bet about a long distance question, and ties between executives raise questions. Coyotes proliferate around Garden City as a 14 year old finds 10 in a pasture, with another 10 nearby weeks earlier. A brown suitcase with initials KVC is found west of Holcomb. Finnup Parkway seeks community projects with croquet, shuffleboard, and horseshoes but no funds. A black fal l ow deer dies after colliding with a barn, and park signage improvements aim to better direct visitors to Fulton turnoffs and the pool and zoo. Reports note Fort Myers papers covering a Tallahassee rape trial relied on AP wires with little editorial comment.
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Garden City
Wayne Ramsland
Alvin Jackson
Imperial Rt
A. L. Unruh
Holcomb
KVC
US 50
Claude
East Fulton
4Th
Fulton
French troops close in on rebel units near Bone
Gunfire and grenade blasts woke Bone, Algiers region, as French forces tightened grip on rebels. A fresh push aimed at two isolated rebel groups near the outskirts, possibly stragglers from Wednesday’s clash, with 16 men reported involved.
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Algiers
Bone
Argentina Grain Officials Visit Elevator Here
Two Argentina grain officials visited Garden City Cooperative Equity Exchange elevator to observe grain handling. Ricardo Turro and Frederic G. Dussel of the Argentina National Grain Board, Buenos Aires, toured operations with the Kan. Wheat Commission during a Western Kansas swing. They traveled from Liberal and planned to watch harvest installations at a Kendall farm.
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Argentina
Ricardo Turro
Argentina National Grain Board
Buenos Aires
Frederic G. Dussel
Garden City
Argentine grain handling a focus of visiting experts
A group from Argentina, experts in grain storage and grading, tours Kansas grain facilities. They note Argentina uses bags for internal handling and bulk for exports, plus 6 million tons stored in underground silos. The visitors, led by Turro, will dine with the Great Plains Wheat Marketing Development Assn at the Country Club, joined by officials Fowler and Zook on a 10 day Kansas tour.
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Argentina
Turro
Great Plains Wheat Marketing Development Agssn., Inc
Kansas
Gerrald Fowler
Hutchinson
Kansas Wheat Commission
Walter Zook
Larned
K Kansas Wheat Growers Assn
Garden City Fourth of July events outline large schedule
Garden City builds a full day for July 4 with contests at Clint Lightner Field and Finnup Park plus a 9:30 p.m. National Guard Armory dance. Highlights include a 1:30 p.m. doll buggy parade for kids under six, 2 p.m. Miss Southwest Kansas Revue, 4 p.m. Coke party for queen candidates, a 2:30 p.m. baseball game, a calf roping event at the rodeo arena, 6:45 p.m. band concert, 7:30 p.m. talent show, and a 9 p.m. fireworks display at the fairgrounds.
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Little League Ball
Clint Lightner
Civic Center
Finney County Fairgrounds
Garden City Bjs
McPherson Bjs
Garden City Roping Club
Rodeo Arena
Fairgrounds
Herman Beringer
Frondizi Scare Eases as Economic Plan Starts
In Buenos Aires the military threat to President Frondizi faded as faction splits emerged among officers. New economic czar Alvaro Alesgaray was sworn in as economic and acting labor minister, pledging to curb inflation and labor unrest within about six months and push free enterprise reforms.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Arturo Frondizi
Frondizi
Ades
Alvaro Alesgaray
Armstrong Rallying in Spoleto After Pneumonia Battle
Louis Armstrong showed improvement in a Spoleto hospital after a grave pneumonia attack with heart strain and lung issues. Doctors monitored for complications as fever spiked to 102 and then fell, with Armstrong joking with nurse Anna Venturini and Ed Sullivan stopping by to wish him well.
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Spoleto
Italy
Louis Armstrong
Armstrong
Anna Venturini
U.S
Ed Sullivan
Arm‘strong
Pops
Queen and President Dedicate Hugo St. Lawrence Seaway
Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth II opened the St. Lawrence Seaway in Montreal with a ceremony at St Lambert Lock. They praised the project as a symbol of democratic nations working together. More than 20,000 people gathered as officials and Canadian Cabinet members attended. The president spoke in a halting French, while the queen noted the seaway’s plans and prospects.
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Hugo St. Lawrence Seaway
Montreal
Eisenhower
St. Lawrence Seaway
Washington
St. Lambert
Congress
Peace
Justice For All
Canada
Lewis L. Strauss
Commerce
Liberace bids farewell at Britain visit event notes
Liberace ends UK trip with a goodwill message to US and Canada cooperation on the Seaway. A Navy band, the Queen, and a Canadian anthem surround a farewell at Heathrow before heading to Paris.
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United States
Canada
London
Liberace
U.S. Navy
Eisenhower
Ascert
Paris
Treucn
meMures
World
Yacht Britannia
Ike Veto Sets Stage for Farm Issue Struggle
President Eisenhower vetoed two farm bills affecting wheat and tobacco, saying they would worsen surpluses and high prices, a move that heightens upcoming battles in Congress and the 1956 presidential campaign. Secretary Ezra Taft Benson backed the veto, signaling no override and jeopardizing farm legislation this year. Democratic leaders criticized the action and vow to campaign on the bills' supposed benefits to reduce production and lower costs.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Ezra Taft Benson
Ieaders
Eisenhower Vely
TWA Plane Crashes Near Milan Killing 71
A TWA four engine plane with 71 aboard crashed in flames near Milan after being hit by lightning. Early reports say no survivors. The flight from Malpensa to Paris en route to Chicago carried paying passengers, TWA employees on passes, and a crew of nine. Witnesses said the plane struck during a thunderstorm, and wreckage was found in a field near Marnate outside Busto Arsizio. Emergency crews were dispatched from Malpensa.
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Milan
Italy
TWA
Malpensa
Paria
Chicago
Marnate
Busto Arsizio
Thief Returns Car After Mistaken Swap
In London AP reports a thief who took Jim Scott’s rundown automobile returned it a week later after a mistaken swap. The car, badly damaged with a hole in the head and buckled fenders, had been sprayed and repaired. A mechanic who arrived for another vehicle mistakenly drove off in Scott’s car.
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London
Jim Scott
Scott
Palce
Palice
Scott’s Ca
Leaders Balk At Tax Move
Washington AP report notes House tax leaders resist Senate changes to extend current rates for a year while Senate backs repeals of several taxes and boosts old age grants. Mills emphasizes simple extension amid conferees seeking compromise on defense contract renegotiations and budget balance concerns.
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Joe Hall Washington
House
Senate
Wilbur BD. Milly
D-Ark
Tax-Writing House
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Senate House
Congress
Governor Long Freed From Mental Hospital in Louisiana
Governor Karl K. Long of Louisiana was ordered released from the Southwest Louisiana mental hospital at Mandeville. Judge Robert Jones signed the order after court witnesses and a state hospital board appeal led to the prisoner’s freedom after 27 days. Long’s release follows his dramatic confinement and subsequent flight to Galveston before returning to Baton Rouge to resume duties.
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Covington
Karl K. Long
Louisiana
Mandeville
Long
Robert Jones
Whitdeial
Joe ‘Arthur Sima
Ramved
Veman Legal
State Ospital Board
Josse Bankston
Galveston
Life Capitol
Baton Rouge
Explosion Kills Three As Venezuelan Tanker Esso Maracaibo Sets Sail
An explosion on the new Venezu elan supertanker Esso Maracaibo in INNOSHIMA Japan killed three Japanese workers and injured eight. A firm spokesman said the July 21 delivery date remains unchanged.
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J. Hardin Smith
Southwestern Bell
Bob Wells
Telegram
KIAL
Bob
L. J. Marshall
Marshall
Wells
Finnup Parkway
Claude Owens
Monkey Island
Jack Curtis
Fort Meyers, Fla
Tallahassee
Associated Press
Jack
Fort, Myers
Commando Party
Herbert Dougherty
Garden City Co-op
Preterivo G. Dussel
Hassle Guy Garden
Chanute Concordia
Goodland
Hill City
Olathe
Russell
Salina
Topeka
Wichitape
Upm
Olannin
St. Lawrence River
Maanashores Menala
Bossass
Ike
Thames
Busto Arsigio
Alldidaadtee
Sion
Secretary of the Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
Eisen ‘Hower
Governor Long
Joe Arthur Sims
Hammond
Jesse Hf. Bankston
Sims
Tong
Bankston
Tokyo
Canton
Peiping
Kwantung Province
South China
Joe
Marilyn
New York
Marilyn Monroe
Lenox Hill Hospital
Olonde
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