Just Met in Teavying on Southwest Kansas TV plans
Leigh Warner of Cimarron and F C Walker of Garden visit in Liberal as Southwest Kansas Television Inc moves to restart a campaign. About $100,000 in cash or pledges, goal $250,000, with pledges announced from Jay Berryman in Ashland and Liberal. Directors seek construction permit and regional fund-raising, eyeing Finney County and a notable Nebraska satellite precedent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Hays Center
Neb
Holdredge
Jetmore Awarded Street Contracts To Ulysses Firms
Two Ulysses contractors won Jetmore street work bids. Tarbet Construction Co. got curb and gutter for 71 807 20 dollars while Popejoy Construction Co. secured paving for 41 501 50 dollars. The project covers about 50 blocks with potential expansion as new petitions come in. Local firm owner Brick Tarbet noted wide participation from Kansas contractors.
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Ulysses
Jetmore
Tarbet Construction Co
Popejoy Construction Co
Tarbet Company
Popeloy
Brick Tarbet
Kansas
Annual Co op Meeting Attracts Kansas Stockholders
About 400 co operative stockholders from five southwest Kansas counties attended the 36th Garden Co operative Equity Exchange meeting at Alta Brown auditorium. Kenneth Lyon said attendance was below expectations as directors R J Ackley Chet Reeve and Ralph Miller were re elected for three year terms and bylaws were revised. Prof William Nieland of Wichita University spoke on future economic outlook affecting farmers and coops. Home Choral Club provided refreshments.
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Co-Operative
Kansas
Garden Co-operative Equity Exchange
Alta Brown Auditorium
Kenneth Lyon
R. J. Ackley
Chet Reeve
Ralph Miller
Lyon
Operation Wise
William Nieland
New Gas Well Starts Southeast of City in Porset Field
Rotary tools move in on Stanolind Celona O Hicks B well located about 240 miles south and five miles east of Garden City. Site staked 150 feet north and 150 feet east of center of Section 1-258-32W. Operations began yesterday. Stanolind awaits cable tools for Elliott C well on Section 36-28-8-33W in Haskell county. Depth 2727 feet. Elliott 54 inch casing set to 2724 feet. total depth 2728. The well lies on Section 16-30-S-32W.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanolind
Celona O. Hicks
Garden City
Haskell County
E. H. Elliott
Big 3 Seek Red Meeting at NATO backed summit plan
Paris reports say the Western Big Three backed by NATO invite the Soviet Union to a summer East West conference. Dulles Macmillan Pinay Molotov would meet before a summit among Eisenhower Bulgari Faure to set an agenda for foreign ministers. No binding decisions are expected. Public cautioned against false hope.
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Paris
NATO
Soviet Union
Europe
Moscow
Kremlin
Hisenhower
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
U,.8
Dulles
Harold Macmillan
Antoine Pinay
V. M. Molotov
Eisenhower
Nikolai Bulganin
Eden
Edgar Faure
Youth Pleads Guilty To Destruction of Property
William Thomas Rooney aged 901 N Sixth admitted guilt to destroying public property. He appeared before Police Judge Clyde Daniel and the case was held under advisement until this afternoon. Rooney allegedly threw a pop bottle through glass in the cab of a vintage Two-Bits Finnup park museum piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Thomas Rooney
Clyde Daniel
Daniel
Rooney
Finnup Park Museum
Fidelity State Bank to raise capital stock to 250000
Fidelity State Bank will increase its capital stock from 11000 to 250000 through a $150000 common stock dividend to stockholders of record. Par value drops to 25 per share, total shares rising from 1000 to 10000. Bank opened at 213 North Main on Oct 27 1924 with 50000 paid in.
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Fidelity State Bank
R. N. Downie
Thee— Fidelity Board
Garden City
Kansas
Downie
Fidelity Bank
North Main
Lakin Case May Be Dismissed
William P. Holloran a former Lakin postmaster pleaded innocent to a grand jury indictment charging embezzlement of postal funds totaling 638 dollars. The U S district attorney said charges may be dismissed after further investigation. A jury trial is set May 23 or 31 for August Wahl and August Reents of Kanovado Grain and Supply Co on charges of illegal conversion of 90124 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
Kanovado Grain and Supply: Co
August Wahl
August Reents
Summer Band Class Planned Enrollments Open
Summer band program enrollments are being accepted under director Don Nodtvedt. The eight week course runs in two sessions from May 31 to June 17 and June 27 to July 29. Classes start at 8 am Monday to Friday with afternoon shifts for 9, 10, and 11 am. Brass woodwind and percussion instruction offered with special classes for Junior high, beginners, and twirlers.
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Don Nodtvedt
Nodtvdt
Brakeman Hurt In Boxcar Fall
Albert Heminger head brake man on Santa Fe No 35 was injured this morning after falling from a car near the freight depot. The 39 year old from La Junta Colorado suffered a fractured left leg and a right wrist while setting out cars. He apparently struck the edge of a wooden freight ramp after the fall and is being treated at St Catherine hospital.
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Albert Heminger
Santa Fe
la Junta
Colo
C. B. Hinthorn
Heminger
Hinthorn
St. Catherine Hospital
Daily Error Stats Like Ballplayer Scores
A tongue in cheek quip suggests errors could be counted and published daily, paralleled with how athletes post statistics. It plays on public interest in performance metrics and self deprecation. The line imagines routine error tallies as a humorous, relatable daily report.
Rainfall Variation Across Southwestern Kansas
Late Monday evening showers brought varying rainfall across the area with Garden City recording 0.12 inch while nearby towns reported trace to moderate amounts. Lakin saw 0.25 inch by noon, Ulysses had only a few drops, and Dodge City 0.18 inch. A tornado near Great Bend damaged a farm building and killed 70 chickens. Other towns logged amounts from 0.75 to 1.62 inches, with McCune at 2.33 inches. Total yearly rain up to 4.27 inches in Garden City, 0.48 inch since May 1.
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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
Freeburg
Local Youth Thrown From Car During U Turn
James Richard Salyer, 1212 N Highth, reported being thrown from his car while making a U turn at Eighth and Holmes. He said the left door flew open, he fell out, and his vehicle struck a tree but sustained little damage and he was unhurt.
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James Richard Salyer
Highth
Holmes
Salyer
New Government Formed By Viet Nam Premier
Saigon announces a new cabinet and plan for free South Vietnam elections. Ngo Dinh Diem reshapes the government with seven southern leaders and four northern refugees, replacing Foreign Minister Tran Van Do with Yo Van Mau amid political tensions and the Binh Xuyen crisis.
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Viet Nam
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Bao Dai
National Revolutionary Committee
National Assembly
Tran van Do
Yo van Mau
Vietnamese Court of Appeals
Binh Xuyen
Kansas Wheat Crop Estimated Down Seriously in 1955
Kansas farm officials cut the 1955 wheat production forecast from 151,186,000 to 132,864,000 bushels based on May 1 conditions. Abandoned fall seeding leaves 9,163,000 harvested acres at about 14.5 bushels per acre. Drought, heat, and uneven rains threaten yields across western and central districts, with last year’s output at 116,208,000 bushels.
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Topeka
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Kansas
Diepantmeents
Area Cities Weigh Unified Fight Against Gas Hike
A campaign to unite towns in the old Argus system opposes Northern Natural Gas rate increases. Mayor Gay Powers and attorney Clifford Hope briefed Garden City officials and leaders in Sublette Hugoton Elkhart Satanta and more as plans for a regional meeting form. City managers said the 15 towns Garden City Copeland Dodge City Ingalls Cimarron Meade Plains Sublette Hugo ton Elkhart Satanta Rolla Moscow Montezuma Fowler would be affected by the proposed rise.
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Northern Natural Gas
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 Is Released From Hospital
F Harris, president and publisher of the Ottawa Herald, was released from Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia in very good condition after heart surgery. He will return May 17 for a follow up. his wife accompanied him and they plan to stay for the check before deciding on home travel.
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Ottawa
Philadelphia
F. Harris
Herald
Hahnemann Hospital
Harris
Hris
Sabre Jets clash in Yellow Sea over Korea fault claims
In a dogfight over international waters near the Yalu mouth, Sabres from the 35th Squadron of the 8th Fighter-Bomber Wing fought twelve Communist MIGs. All eight Sabres returned safely. two Mig pilots bailed out and one plane was last seen diving. American pilots Capt. R. V. Fulton Lt. B C Phythyon and Lt. J E Mein erney were credited with action amid competing claims of fault by U.S. and Peiping broadcasts.
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Tokyo
North Korea
Peiping
AU. S. Air Force
Lianoning
Yellow
Yalu River
Red China
China
Antung
Sinulju
Yalu
Soviet Russia
The
R. V. Fulton
Bernardsvile
N.J
B.C
Phythyon
Wadsworth
Ohio
J.E. Meinerney
Garden City
N.Y
Air Force
Yellow Sea
Far East Air Forces
Sixteen HDU Leaders Attend Workshop on Neat House
Sixteen HDU leaders from eight county home demonstration units attended a one day workshop in the 4 H building on keeping a neat clean house. Demonstrations covered waxes cleaners mops abrasives and sweepers by Mrs Ethel Self home management specialist from Kansas State college. The program will be repeated tomorrow for the remaining eight units.
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Fineney County
Kathryn Sughrue
Ethel
Kansas State College
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Garden City Co-op
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