Just Whin by s. 4. TV plans in Gray county area
Southwest Kansas Television Jain a campaign to raise 250000 for a Gray county station with about 100000 cash or pledges. Leigh Warner and F C Walker report pledges from Ashland Liberal Finney county and Grant county with J Herman Salley offering about 10000 and Paul Masoner 8000. A satellite station near Holdrege Nebraska is noted. Rabbit roundups continue as dogs chase jacks trained by Earl Johnson.
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Southwest Kansas Television, Inc
Leigh Warner
Cimarron
F. C. Walker
Warner
SKT
Walker
Gray County
Jay Berryman
Ashland
Kinsley
Liberal
J. Herman Salley
Grant County
Paul Masoner
Finney County
Hubert Biehn
Holcomb
Earl Johnson
Rage
Jetmore awards street work to Ulysses firms
Two Ulysses contractors won bids for Jetmore street work. Tarbet Construction Co. secured curb and guttering at 717,607.20 and Popejoy Construction Co. won paving at 41,501.50. The project covers about 50 blocks and may expand with new petitions. Brick Tarbet cited competition from many Kansas firms.
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Ulysses
Jetmore
Tarbet Construction Co
Popejoy Construction Co
Tarbet
Popejoy
Brick Tarbet
Kansas
Annual Co-op Meeting in Garden Co operative Exchange
About 400 stockholders from five southwest Kansas counties attended the 36th annual Garden Co operative Equity Exchange meeting at Alta Brown auditorium. Kenneth Lyon noted attendance was below expectations as directors R J Ackley Chet Reeve and Ralph Miller were reelected and bylaws revised. Prof William Nieland of the University of Wichita spoke on farm cooperative outlook as Home Choral Club provided refreshments.
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Curtis Studio
Lawrence Joyce
K. O. Powell
Garden City Co-op
Co-Operative
Kansas
Garden Co-operative Equity Exchange
Alta Brown Auditorium
Kenneth Lyon
R. J. Ackley
Chet Reeve
Ralph Miller
Lyon
William Nieland
Wichita
Nieland
College of Business Administration
University of Wichita
American Institute of Cooperatives
Washington, D. C
New Gas Wells Started Southeast of Garden City
Stanolind begins operations at two gas wells southeast of Garden City. The Celona O Hicks B test well in 1-25S-32W, 20 miles south and 5 miles east, was staked 150 feet north and east of Section 1. Elliott C in 36-28-S-33W in Haskell county shows 5 inch casing at 2724 feet and total depth 2728 feet. The Elliott One well in 16-30-S-32W reports similar depth.
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Stanolind
Celona O. Hicks
Garden City
Haskell County
E. H. Elliott
Big Three Invite Soviet to Summit Talks in Europe
Western leaders backed by NATO proposed a summer conference with the Soviet Union on East West issues. Dulles Macmillan Pinay Molotov would meet before a summit of Eisenhower Bulganin Eden Faure to set an agenda for foreign ministers. No decisions expected.
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Paris
NATO
Soviet Union
Europe
Blade Neemedien
Eisenhower
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
U. S
State Dulles
Harold Macmillan
Antoine Pinay
V. M. Molotov
Nikolai Bulganin
Eden
Edgar Faure
Youth Pleads Guilty to Destruction of Property
William Thomas Rooney of 901 N Sixth pleaded guilty to destroying public property. Judge Clyde Daniel took the case under advisement until this afternoon after Rooney allegedly threw a pop bottle through glass in the cab of the park museum piece Two Bits Finnup.
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William Thomas Rooney
Clyde Daniel
Daniel
Rooney
Finnup Park
Fidelity State Bank to Increase Capital Stock
Fidelity State Bank will raise capital from 11000 to 250000 through a common stock dividend of 156000 to stockholders of record. Par value to drop to 25 per share, increasing shares from 1000 to 10000. Effective upon approval by state bank commissioner and charter authorities.
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Fidelity State Bank
R. N. Downie
Fidelity Board
Garden City
Kansas
Downie
Fidelity Bank
Lakin Case May Be Dismissed
William P. Holloran former Lakin postmaster pleaded innocent to a grand jury indictment charging embezzlement of postal funds totaling 638 dollars. Authorities said charges may be dismissed after further investigation. Also, a jury trial is set May 23 or 31 for August Wahl and August Reents of Kanorado Grain and Supply Co. on illegal conversion of 90 124 bushels of government wheat stored in their elevator.
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Wichita
William P. Holloran
Lakin
U. S
William C. Farmer
Holloran
Federal District Court
Kanorado Grain and Supply Co
August Wahl
August Reents
Summer Band Class Planned
Enrollments are being accepted for a two section eight week summer band program directed by Don Nodtvedt. Sessions run May 31 to June 17 and June 27 to July 29 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday with 9, 10 and 11 a.m. classes moved to afternoon hours first two weeks to avoid Bible school conflicts.
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Don Nodtvedt
Nodtvdt
Brakeman Injured After Fall From Boxcar
Albert Heminger head brakeman on Santa Fe No. 35 fractured left leg and right wrist after falling from a boxcar near the freight depot. The 39 year old from La Junta Colorado was setting out cars when he slipped hitting the ramp edge. He is treated at St. Catherine hospital.
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Albert Heminger
Santa Fe
la Junta
Colo
C. B. Hinthorn
Heminger
Hinthorn
St. Catherine Hospital
Quip Imagines Daily Error Fleecing Like Baseball Stats
A playful note compares daily mistakes to baseball batting averages, imagining editors tabulating and publishing error scores each day like ballplayer stats. The lighthearted line suggests a humorous measure of personal mishaps and human missteps.
Rainfall Variability Marks Monday Showers Across Southwest Kansas
Late Monday evening scattered showers dropped varied amounts across the region. Garden City recorded .12 inch, Lakin .25 inch, Ulysses only a few drops, and Dodge City .18 inch. A tornado west of Great Bend damaged a farm, while totals across other towns ranged from traces to over 1 inch.
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Garden City
Kansas
Garden City Experiment Station
CAA
Lakin
Ulysses
Scott City
Satanta
Dodge City
Great Bend
City Register
McCune
Vern Freeburg
Local Youth Thrown From Car During U Turn
James Richard Salyer of 1212 N Eighth reported being thrown from his car as he attempted a U turn at Eighth and Holmes. The left door flew open, he fell out, the car struck a tree and stopped. He was unhurt with little damage reported.
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James Richard Salyer
Eighth
Holmes
Salyer
New Government Formed By Viet Nam Premier
Premier Ngo Dinh Diem announced a new 14 member cabinet aiming to call free general elections in South Viet Nam. The move shifts foreign policy leadership to Vo Van Mau replacing Tran Van Do while Bao Dai’s future remains unresolved and under National Assembly consideration.
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Viet Nam
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Bao Dai
National Revolutionary Committee
National Assembly
Tran van Do
Vo van Mau
Vietnamese Court of Appeals
Binh Xuyen
Kansas Wheat Crop Production Cut By 6 Million Bushels
Kansas and federal agriculture agencies cut the 1955 wheat production outlook to 132,864,000 bushels from 151,186,000. Drought and heat have damaged prospects, with 1,636,000 acres abandoned and 9,163,000 acres left for harvest. Yields are forecast at 14.5 bushels per acre, well below last year and the 10 year average.
Area Cities May Fight Gas Hike
A campaign to unite towns in the old Argus system against Northern Natural Gas rate increases began with Mayor Gay Powers and attorney Clifford Hope meeting area officials. Commissioner Everett Miller and Hope plan to tour Sublette Hugoton Elkhart Satanta and other communities to rally support. A planning meeting for Jetmore and Argus towns likely at Sublette was announced, with Garden City Copeland Dodge City Ingalls Cimaron Meade Plains Sublette Hugoton Elkhart Satanta Rolla Moscow Montezuma and Fowler affected.
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Northern Natural Gas Company
Omaha
Gay Powers
Clifford Hope
Garden
Everett Miller
Hope
Sublette
Hugoton
Elkhart
Satanta
Jetmore
Deane Wiley
Garden City
Copeland
Dodge City
Ingalls
Cimarron
Meade
Plains
Rolla
Moscow
Montezuma
Fowler
Ottawa Publisher Harris Released From Hospital
S F Harris, president and publisher of the Ottawa Herald, was discharged from Hahnemann Hospital after a heart operation in very good condition. He will return May 17 for a check, and his wife said they would not plan to return home until then.
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Ottawa
Philadelphia
S. F. Harris
Herald
Hahnemann Hospital
Harris
U S Sabre Jets Clash Over Yellow Sea Claim Mutual Fault
U S Sabre jets shot down two Communist MIGs and possibly a third in international waters off the west coast of North Korea. Peiping radio claimed no losses for its side and described the clash as a grave provocation. Four Sabres returned safely to Korean bases. three pilots named.
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Tokyo
U. S
North Korea
Peiping
U.S
Lianoning
Yellow Sea
Yalu River
Red China
China
Antung
Sinuiju
Yalu
Soviet Russia
Sixteen HDU Leaders Attend a Workshop
Sixteen leaders from eight Fin ney County home demonstration units attended a one day workshop on Keeping a Neat Clean House in the 4 H building. The session will be repeated tomorrow for the remaining eight units. Mrs Kathryn Sughrue said. Mrs Ethel Self from Kansas State college demonstrated home cleaning techniques using waxes cleaners mops abrasives and sweepers.
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Finney County
Kathryn Sughrue
Ethel Self
Kansas State College
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