Two Hurt as Trucks Flip In Finney County Wrecks
Two Finney county truck drivers were hospitalized after separate crashes on US 1 and US 83. Willard Johnson of 1307 B Street suffered head injuries and is treated at St. Catherine, while Ernest Parton of South Star Route sustained six broken ribs and facial injuries. Johnson’s 3:30 p.m. crash east of Holcomb involved a load of ground alfalfa. Parton’s 6:15 p.m. wreck near Plymell involved 260 bushels of wheat. Neighbors aided Parton, saving his load with a truck and shovels, as law enforcement investigated.
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Willard Johnson
Ernest Erastes Parton
St. Catherine
Johnson
Holcomb
Highway Patrol
Garden City
Haist
H. V. Clark
Winfield
Parton
US 83
Plymell
Good Samaritans
Elmer Haas
Mar
Fred Harms
Lawrence Strackeljohn
Larry Rundell
DeWitt Craft
Herbert Boland
Harry Lightner
Weather forecast for Garden City area tonight through Saturday
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with a few scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. Humid and warm with low temperatures in the upper 60s to lower 70s tonight and highs around 90s tomorrow. Sunrise 5:95, sunset 10: Relative humidity around 45. Observations include Garden City 88, Dodge City 9, Great Bend 88, Pratt 66, Guymon 82, La Junta 78, Lamar 58.
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Alurda
Garden City
Dodge City
Ipodland
Great Bend
Tilberal Af Massel
Pratt
Amarilla Ha Dewar
L Guymon
la Junta
Lamar
Today's Chuckle Ends With College Cash Gag
A light joke notes a college student’s finances with the punchline about making it by spending it. The exchange plays on parental pride and cheeky youth banter in a single witty line.
Milo Club Sees Rising Interest in Finney County
Interest grows in Finney county 100 bushel milo club with 30 farmers entered this year, up from 25 last year. Sponsored by the agriculture extension service and the Garden City Chamber of Commerce, entries close July 15. Eligible growers must plant a five acre milo plot, with reports due December 1, and top contestants will be honored by a Chamber event. Gerald Finley and Son, Bill Wieland, and Charles Clemon topped last year’s results.
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Finney County
Agriculture Extension Service
Garden City Chamber of Commerce
Oscar Norby
Norby
Chamber of Commerce
Gerald Finley
Bill Wieland
Charles Clemon
Cat Loses Nine Lives To Machine
Neodesha police rushed to the home of Mrs. Leota Halbauer after a call that she was in trouble. A cat’s tail was caught in a washing machine shaft, the animal writhing as it torn linoleum with claws. Officers tried to reach the cat but could not, and the chief stated there was no alternative but to kill the animal.
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Cat
Neodesha
Jim Noel
Leota Halbauer
President Signs A New Federal Highway Bill
President Eisenhower signed a $3 billion highway construction bill in Washington. The measure launches the largest peacetime spending program, creating a 41 000 mile system of four lane or larger controlled access roads linking all states. Taxes to fund the project take effect Sunday.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Kansas Share of Highway Funds Under New Bill
Kansas receives 2 by state primary secondary and urban highways 2 817? 578? number 18 147 676 for interstate system. Commerce Dept apportions funds after 1 cent gas tax rise to 3 cents per gallon. Secretary Weeks moves to start pay-as-you-go roadbuilding with 1 125 000 000 for 48 states DC Hawaii Puerto Rico Alaska. Interstate network aims to connect most cities 50 000+ with eight-lane expressways and cloverleaf exits. Completion target 18 years with 25 billion federal and 2 748 000 000 state funds. 90-10 federal-state match.
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Washington
Kansas
Elsanhowar
States
Commerce Department
Secretary of Commerce
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Alaska
Bordero
Bil
Big Fourth of July fete expands with pool show plans
Celebration committee advances a day long program for July 4 with a swimming pool show spectator access for bathing beauty entries after securing passes from the chamber. Don Fix and troupe will perform diving and swimming exhibitions as Miss Southwest Kansas contest entries tally. The parade begins at 1 p.m. from Main and Hackberry, followed by baseball, sea party events, Kid’s Fun Fest, a band concert, talent show, and a 30 minute fireworks finale at the fairgrounds ending around 9 p.m.
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Kiwanis and
Lions Clubs
Don Fix
Garden City
Kicken Loff
Main
Hackberry
Fairgrounds
City Musical Organization
Herman Bering Y
Deane Wiley
Jim Fare
City and County Fireworks Warnings Issued
City officials warn fireworks are banned inside city limits including sparklers with no exceptions for approved displays. Second warnings lead to action against offenders as county rules bar sales from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. and prohibit shooting near booths and along roads or highways.
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Leo Nard Smith
Airmen To Get More Security
BERKELEY Calif. two airmen admitted a botched holdup and kidnapping attempt at a wealthy family home. Charles Russell Rose, 58, and airman Edward J. Curran, 26, persuaded Curran to surrender after a police standoff. Airman Kenneth Riley, 19, fled but was caught 14 hours later, leaving Curran to improvise.
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Berkeley
Calif
Charles Russell Rose
Edward J. Curran
Charles Ipsen
Kenneth Riley
Rose
Curran
Thompson Seeks State Probe Of Park Authority
Thompson of Parsons urged a state investigation into the Kansas Park and Resources Authority in a telegram to Legislative Investigating Committee chair Howard Betsley. He cited Gov. Hall's interference and said the committee should examine the agency while four other members threaten resignations over his position.
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Topeka
Ed ‘Thompson
Parsons
Kansas Park and Resources Authority
Howard Bentsley
Legislative Investigating Committee
Thompson
Fred Hall
Authority
Hall
Bentley
Park Authority
CAA
Leavenworth
Oswego
Eskridge
State Senator Resigns From Legislative Council
TOPEKA Lt. Gov. John Mc Cuish announced State Sen. John Weelk has resigned from the Kansas Legislative Council to run in the Republican race for the 6th District. He will be replaced by Sen. R. C. Woodward if the council approves at its next meeting in September.
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Topeka
John McCuish
John Weelk
Russell
Kansas Legislative Council
McCuish
R. C. Woodward
el Dorado
Accident Hurts Prove Serious SCOTT CITY Crash Kills Man
Scott City reports Marvin Wright Jr of Cimarron severely injured in a two vehicle crash that killed Albert J. Smith at the US 83 and K 4 intersection eight miles north of town. Leo Lashell of Utica was cited for running a stop sign and fined 25 dollars plus costs. Sheriff War ner and County Attorney Jim Wallace said the investigation continues awaiting the hospitalized man’s statement.
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Scott City
Marvin Wright, Jr
Cimarron
Here
Wright
Scott County Hospital
Albert J. Smith
P. E. Warner
Smith
Leo Lashell
Utica
Lashell
Ralph Hollingsworth
Jim Wallace
Wallace
Eisenhower to Leave Walter Reed for Gettysburg Convalescence
President Eisenhower plans to leave Walter Reed Army Hospital at about 8 30 a m EDT tomorrow for a convalescence at his Gettysburg farm lasting at least two weeks. The White House said he would be driven the 85 miles with Mrs Eisenhower and his personal physician Maj Gen Howard M Snyder aboard, plus two house guests for the weekend Mr and Mrs Leonard D Heaton.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Walter’ Reed Army Hospital
Gettysburg
White House
Howard M. Snyder
Leonard D. Heaton
Retirement marks 45 years with Santa Fe in Garden City
Garden City Santa Fe depot agent Clinton C. Hinthorn, 63, retires after 45 continuous years with the railroad dating to 1911. His career spans telegrapher, operator, cashier and agent posts, with naval service during 1917-19 counted as railroad time. A dinner at the Warren Hotel honored him as colleagues presented a fishing gear keepsake.
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Clint” Hinthorn
Garden City
Santa Fe
Santa Fe Railroad
Hinthorn
The
Naval Service
Sigourney
Kansas
Chicago
Warren Hotel
Minthorn
Illinois
Colorado
Tomoorrow
Railroad Ng
Galesburg, Jr
Colorado Springs
Camp Carson
Karl Parrish
Hinthorns
James Hinthorn
Air Force
Japan
Wayne
California
R. D. Burlin
J. A. Burgess
Clea Lowe
J. 8. Peterson
W. D. Bodam
John Siemsen
C. A. Crow
Ray Plotner
Burl Schaburg
Earl Parkish
J. S. Neel
W. J. Jaye
H. L.dunlap
Eddie Talbert
Everett Schoor
George Gustner
More Money for Heavy Bombers
Washington report notes a bill to fund the Defense Department for the coming year at 34.6567 billion dollars, about 0.5 billion above the President’s request. The House approved 79 to 57, tying the measure to a warning against wasteful Air Force spending. Senate action followed shortly. The allocation totals roughly 116% for the Air Force, 10 for the Navy, 74 for the Army, and 0.5 for miscellaneous activities, with added funds directed to accelerate heavy bomber and Air Force weapon production.
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Washington
Conger
Eisenhower
Defense Department
House
Air Force
Senate
Navy
Army
St. John's College Plans Campus Building in Winfield
The Lu theran Church Missouri Synod yesterday set priorities for new campus buildings, naming St. John's College in Winfield Kansas and a physical education building budgeted at 250000 dollars as a key project.
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St, Paul, Minn
Lutherean Church
Missouri
Synot
St. John's College
Winfield Kas
Polish Workers in Bloody Riots in Poznan
Berlin reported 38 dead and 270 wounded as Poznan industrial city rose in a bitter uprising. Tanks, gunfire and arson marked the daylong revolt, with streets filled by bread-demanding marchers and clashes with police, as Warsaw announced the city had been restored to order.
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Berlin
Poznan
Warsaw
Tiflis
Communist Party
Ao O
Szczecin
Stettin
Gdansk
Gdynia
Allenstein
Olsztyn
Katowice
Lodz
Willard Barber
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Cortix
East
Fulton
van Salyer
Penny van Dam
Wheat Lands
Emil Salyer
Talton
Legislative Council
John B Hin
C. B. Hinethorn
Garden City Santa Fe
Lke
St. John‘s
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