Explorer 17 Space Shot Postponed
Cape Canaveral AP report on Explorer 17 delay due to mass spectrometer fault. NASA will replace the instrument and reschedule the satellite launch to early next week. The Delta rocket was to launch between 9 p.m. and midnight, with Saturn stage tests planned as part of a broader unmanned launch program toward Apollo missions.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Goddard Space Laboratory
Maryland
Explorer 17
Delta
Saturn
Atlantic Ocean
Kansas City Market Summary and Livestock Prices
Local produce and wagon prices listed for eggs and dairy from A’s and B’s grades. Co op prices show grains Wheat and Rye with small changes. Kansas City AP report notes cattle calved cows lower, calves steady, hogs soft, sheep steady with lambs and ewes priced accordingly.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Straw Pipe Cleaners Make Flower Holder
Simple springtime idea uses a soda straw and a pipe cleaner to mount a fresh flower on a coat button. Bend the straw and pipe cleaner together to keep the stem upright, with extra ideas like a flower bracelet or decorating a frame.
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Cappy Dick
Several Thefts Reported in Local Area
Police report multiple thefts across the city. Bentley B. Huggins said five gallons of gasoline in a can were stolen from his parked truck at 1001 E Hazel. Leonard H. Smith reported items stolen from his garage including a power saw two electric drills boots an automatic pistol and a fishing reel from 1113 Gillespie Dr. Mary Woerner reported a purse and a transistor radio stolen from her home at 1202 Circle Dr. James D. Purvis of Sioux City Iowa said tools sockets and wrenches were taken from his truck at Herman’s Body Shop 2115 Main while the vehicle was in for work.
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Bentley B. Huggins
E . Hazel
Leonard H. Smith
Gillespie Dr
Mary Woerner
Circle Dr
James D. Purvis
Sioux City
Iowa
Two Great Bend Youths Caught in Stolen Car
Two Great Bend youths aged 12 and 13 were apprehended near Pierceville by Deputy Sheriff Wallace Basque. They rode in a stolen Ness County registered car after a Pierceville farmer alerted authorities when questioned at a gas station. The pair were taken to Finney County jail and later released to Ness County. Coast Guardsmen carried out the first of many mercy missions by helicopter in 1944.
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Great Bend
Pierceville
Wallace Basque
Ness County
Finney County
Soviet Denies Alaskan Flight Dispute
Washington and Moscow traded denials over an Alaska airspace incident. The United States said two Soviet reconnaissance planes flew over the southwestern corner of Alaska for about 30 minutes on March 15, while the Kremlin denied the claim, insisting Soviet flights stayed well away.
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Washington
Soviet Union
U.S
Alaska
Moscow
United States
Kremlin
Community Hospital Admissions and Notices Summary
Daily hospital and legal notices list admissions at St. Catherine and Leopold, births at St. Catherine, discharges, and a series of legal deeds, court actions, and police reports. Notable items include a birth for Richard Pruehs on March 28, and multiple moves in real estate deeds from Cash and Carry Lumber Co and other entities, plus traffic and badge fines. Key individuals include Mrs. Paul Reid, Mrs. Lee Fenton, Jacob Dechant, Tamara Hubbard, and Horace Wiley, among others. Location mentions include St. Catherine, Leopold, Garden City, Deerfield, and Sublette with various street addresses.
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St. Catherine
Paul Reid
St. John Joy
Ted Smith
Bancroft
Earl Gifford
Deerfield
Carl Knaus
Matias Servantez
Gardendale
George Johnson
Westside
Trailer Ct
Wayne Pickett
Imperial
John B. Williamson
Coolidge
Robert Gardiner
Davis
Marvin Winter
Curtis George
S. Star
Debbie Dyer
Neil Elliott
Marna Short
Robert Collins
Elmer Snyder
Leopold Wilson
Four Die as Far West Storm Rips Across States
A fierce wind and rain storm killed four people in the Far West, cutting power across Oregon and Washington, with fatalities in San Francisco and near Crescent City California. The system battered Crescent City with 72 mph winds, toppled poles near Vallejo, and crossed into Nevada Idaho and western Montana while lingering over Spokane with power outages and damage.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountains
San Francisco
Crescent City
Calif
Oregon
Cascades
Washington
Spokane
Wash
U.S. 40
California Sierra
Baxter
Coast Guard
Brookings
Ore
Portland
California
Vallejo
Nevada
Idaho
Montana
New York State
Daytona Beach
Flavares
Southern Minister Calls For Change in Greenwood
In Greenwood Mississippi Rev James Bevel of Cleveland urged Negroes to register to vote as whites fear integration. A rally of about 250 at a Negro church followed a daytime march to the Leflore County courthouse where police dispersed about 12 protesters with a police dog. The Justice Department said it would act as needed. Leflore County has a small fraction of Negro voters registered out of 20 000 residents.
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Greenwood
Miss
James Bevel
Cleveland
South
Bevel
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Leflore County
Washington
Justice Department
Dewey Greene Sr
Greene
University of Mississippi
Leflore
Mississippi
Union Holdout Keeps Newspapers off the Streets
New York reporters describe AFL-CIO Photoengravers Local 1 voting 191 111 to reject a contract, prolonging an all-day newspaper shutdown. Eight NYC papers ready to publish, with Times and Herald Tribune raising newsstand prices. Union dispute centers on a 35-hour work week versus 85 hours.
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NEW York
New York City
Robert F. Wagner
The
Times
Herald Tribune
Turner Catledge
New York Times
Frank McGown
Donald R. McVey
Publishers Association of New York City
Publishers Sro
Tors
James J. McMahon
Stereo
Union Local
McMahon
Unity Committee
Holcomb Honor Roll Revealed at Holcomb High School
Awards for the fourth six weeks were presented by Principal L G Me Rapala in an assembly. Good Citizenship went to Rosie Baler and Fred Martinez. A honor roll lists Melya Turner, Marsha Adams, Robin Robins, Eldon Gay. B honor roll includes Richard Bennett, Kenneth Bureh, Virginia Burnett, Connie Glant, Bob Wright and others.
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Holcomb High School
L. G. Me. Rapala
Rosie Baler
Fred Martinez
Melya Turner
Marsha Adams
Robin Robins
Eldon Gay
Richard Bennett
Kenneth Bureh
Virginia Burnett
Connie Glant
Bob Wright
Kent Barnest
Carol Earle
Mary Ann Mader
Mary Wasinger
John Adams
Rodney
Two FFA Members Named to Chorus
Garden City Future Farmers of America members David Heinemann and Roger Friesen were chosen for the State FFA Chorus based on application forms to Prof. Morris Hays at Kansas State University. Fifty students were selected statewide for a 30 minute concert opening the state convention on April 29 at Kansas State University Auditorium. The chorus rehearsal is scheduled for Monday, April 29.
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Kansas State University
Garden City
Astrophysical Observatory
Smithsonian Institute
Joe Ward
Wayne Patton
Jimmy Leep
Garden City Future Farmers of America
David Heinemann
Roger Friesen
FFA
Morris Hays
State of Kansas
Odd Fellows Lodge To Mark Anniversary
Seventy fifth anniversary of Garden City Encampment No. 83 of the Odd Fellow Lodge will be observed Saturday at 8 p.m. in Odd Fellow Hall. All members and families are invited. Several Grand Encampment officers will attend. A short program is planned.
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Garden City
Odd Fellow Lodge
Odd Fellow Hall
Jordan's Hussein Shakes up Cabinet
King Hussein of Jordan dismissed Premier Wasfi Tel and pledged a government aimed at Arab understanding. Samir El Rifai was named premier as Hussein seeks backing amid regional power shifts with Nasserist currents and potential Israeli pressure. The piece casts the shakeup as a gamble to preserve the Hashemite throne amid rising Arab unity pressures.
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William L. Ryan
Jordan
Hussein
Wasfi Tell
Abdullah
Britain
Transjordan
Palestine
Jordan River
Samir el Rifai
Jordanian Palestine
Nasser
Syria
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
House of Saud
Middle East
Egypt
U.S
Arab Middle East
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Young Mobby Club
C. E. Wilhite
Holly, Colo
Jones
Archle Pemberton Stephens
Horace M. Wiley
Merlin D. Smith
Frank W. Gregory
Algrim Smith
Dugan
Emmett
Donald G. Fine
Larry Dean Scott
Kalvesta
Herman Gray
E. Fulton
Amador Leija
W. Maple
Carl Everett DeBay
Loren Alton Herren
Frank Joe van Laeys
Herman L. Gray
Mainang Pine
Robert J. Dale
W. Olive
Wayne O. Bean
Far West
Holcomb
Odd Fellows Lodge
E. Chestnut
Finn Greaners
Partin Electric
Miles
Arnold
Harold Partin
E. ChestNut Pho
Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc
Hamilton County Fair Building
Syracuse
Kansas
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