Ride of Courage: Miss Cora the Mare and Youthful Bond
Jimmy and Bob Brown haul Miss Cora to Ness City after a trailer overturns near the borrow pit. A veterinary effort and state aid test a young owner’s resolve as Miss Cora fights to survive through an all-night vigil and dawn. The story showcases care, grit, and a horse’s fight against odds.
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Miss Cora
Ness City
Flicka
Sue
Jimmy
Bob Brown
Lyons
Ness
Bob Hutchinson
Kansas
Don Minard
Cora
Jimmy 1
Garden Lass And Cash Register Needed In Newton
A communal appeal highlights women drivers and summer travel along with Hospitality House at Finnup park seeking a cash register. Chet Cleaver and committee invite offers for a used unit while Newton joins progressive Kansas cities, noting no local supermarkets open Sundays yet.
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Finnup Park
Chet Cleaver
Kansas
Newton
Biles Buys Hutch Clothing Store in Hutchinson
Joe Biles and partner Long of Liberal purchase the Watson Clothing store in Hutchinson, to take ownership June 1. Howard Watson has run the firm for 19 years. The store sits at Main and Second in Hutchinson's clothing corner, a long operation. The Biles family remains active, with sons Bert Bryan and Blake. Mrs. Biles chairs the Presbyterian Sunday School.
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Joe Biles
Ballinger
Meschke
Hutchinson
Biles
Bill ‘Long
Liberal
Watson Clothing Store
Howard Watson
Main
Second
Ilesh
Meschke’s| Hutchinson
Gar ‘den City
Bert
Bryan
Blake
Presbyterian Church
East German waterways tax halts canal traffic to West Berlin
Canal traffic to West Berlin slowed to a near standstill as East German authorities imposed a new waterways tax on all vessels using East German canals. The levy targets West German and foreign charges linked to routes to the isolated city, described by authorities as retaliation for West Germany’s dam project on the Elbe. The move could affect about a third of West Berlin’s supplies.
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Saunswick
Germany
West Berlin
West Germany
Elbe
Weather and convention notes from Kansas veterans meet
Thirteen posts in the Southwest Kansas district were represented by about 200 veterans. Dodge City won the color guard contest. Auxiliary officers were elected at the spring convention led by Laura Hamilton of Hugoton as president, with many others named including Eula Rodarmel, Alice Olson, Donna Kennedy, Joyce McNew, Olive Morgison, Bob Mason, Charles Staley, and Gusther Burr. John Crutcher of Hutchinson spoke at the banquet on his trip to Russia State. VFW officials attending included Vernon Kalivoda, Chris Herman, Rex Kaiser, Francis Stone, and Merle Koontz. Tuesday forecast called for fair weather with possible evening showers, highs in the 70s, and southerly winds.
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Ivan Brown
Garden City
John Schliehting
Dodge City
Everett Olson
Carl Ingersoll
Eleaten
Wayne Bertholf
Garden
D. Ada
Vern H. Pamu
Lewis
Brown
Keith Harkness
Ransom
Southwest
Kansas
Laura Hamilton
Hugoton
Pat Lewis
Scoti
Eula Rodarmel
Alice Olson
Fort Dodge
Donna Kennedy
Joyce McNew
Johnson
Olive Morgison
Bob Mason
Charles Staley
Fusther Burr
Elkhart
John Crutcher
Hutchinson
Russia
VFW
Vernon Kalivoda
Belleville
Chris Herman
la Crosse
Rex Kaiser
Paola
Francis Stone
Topeka
Merle Koontz
Wichita
Joodland As
Bureau of Statistics
Concordia
Portraits honor L L Jones at Kansas cattle event
Prominent Southwest Kansas cattleman L L Jones from Garden City was honored at Kansas State College during the 45th Livestock Feeders Day. A portrait of Jones and John Vaneer were unveiled at the Wlock and Bridle club banquet in the Student Union. A new $1 300 000 animal industries building was dedicated, with seating for 3500 and use for labs FFA 4 H and judging. Jones's widow Mrs L L Jones and family attended along with local supporters.
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L. L. Jones
Kansas
Garden City
Kansas State College
Kansas Cheer
Wlock and
Student Union
John Vaneer
Brookhill
Union
Animal Industries
Manhattan
Jones
Taylor Jones
Bobby
Earl Brookover
Historians prepare time capsule materials Thursday
Edward Bill and Ralph Kersey gather and review items for the time capsule, assembling artifacts and documents to be sealed for future generations. They coordinate with colleagues to ensure a representative collection and plan the Thursday session.
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Edward Bill
Ralph Kersey
Starkweather Trial Opens As Jury Chooses Start Date
Lincoln Neb Jan 1958 Starkweather faces murder charges in Lancaster District Court amid claims by his lawyers that a jail wall note shows he took blame for nine killings while alleging Caril, his girlfriend, shared two. Trial expected to last three days or more as jury selection begins.
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Lincoln
Neb
Sawadoffs
Ann Fugate
Charles R. Starkweather
Starkweather
Lancaster District Court
Carib
Scottsbluff County
Goring
Caril
Douglas
Wyo
IUE
Washington State
UAW
Westinghouse
Sia
Philadelphia
Charles Kill
Calil
Special Session Ends Without Severance Tax in 1959 Plan
Kansas lawmakers wrap a 13 day special session by approving about 20 million in new revenue but fail to pass a viable severance tax. The 1959 regular session may need an extra 3 million as revenue estimates reveal a looming shortfall. Gov Docking and lawmakers clash over tax measures and timing as they set shifts in sales and income taxes and delay distributions to local units to balance the budget.
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Topeka
Kansas
gState
James Ibb Sdid
House
Senate
Gilj
Adah Gu
State Supreme Court
Docking
General Fund
Fudforth
Funda Ata
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Brown Heads
Vfew District
Hood, River, Ore
Ingersoll
Nazarene el Dorado Church
Church of the Nazarene
Steven
Monight
Canada
Ottawa
Ont
Nazarene
L.L. Jones
Jay Crook
Washington
International Union of Electrical Workers
United Auto Workers
Auto Union
Pat
Wood
Spain
Madrid
pSoarialist
Christian Democrat
Chamber of Commerce
Mitch Geisler
Trésmon Miler
Everett Miller
Franklin Murphy
University of Kansas
Fairgrounds
N. T. Underwood
Geraldine Knox
Kansas City UK
Roosevelt Manley
Central High School
Gerald Henderson
George Docking
Senators
Richard Rock
Arkansas City
Rock
Border Counties
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