Flamingos and Monkeys Arrive at Finnup Park Zoo
Activity rises at Finnup park zoo as three flamingos and nine monkeys join displays. Two sea lions expected in June. ten monkeys shipped, one died en route. Monkeys from New York will be placed on Monkey Island when weather warms. hope they prove hardier than previous stock. City events include Hospitality House open daily, Little America and mini golf operating, bear cubs drawing crowds, and snow cones fundraiser by 4H for a mama kangaroo. Chamber banquet set for May 22 at St Marys center with Dr Nicholas Nyaradi as speaker. membership drive to start next Monday. Local Elks celebrate state convention with a new car prize and all-state honors for ritualistic team. football coach John Dickerson wins state Elky golf meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finnup Park Zoo
Deane Wiley
New York
Monkey Island
Chamber of Commerce
C of C
St. Mary’s Center
Nicholas Nyaradi
Bradley University
Chamber
Bob Wright
Southwestern Bell
Bob
Garden City Elks
Wichita
Dudley Schneider
Dale Berry
Dale
Jim Douglass
Schneider
Soviet Census Reveals Massive Population Shifts Eastward
The 1959 Soviet census shows Urals population up 32 percent since 1939, Western Siberia 24 percent, Eastern Siberia 34 percent, and Far East provinces up 70 percent amid plans to move people east and industrialize. Total population reached 208.8 million, up 18.1 million from 1939, while the United States stood at about 175.6 million.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Urals
Siberia
Central Asia
Red China
Middle West
United States
Western Siberia
Eastern Siberia
Far Eastern
Churchill Returns From Possibly Last Visit to America
London AP reports Sir Winston Churchill, 84 and frail, returned home from what may be his last trip to the United States. He appeared spry in a burgundy homburg and gray suit with a red rose, greeting wife and U. S. Ambassador John Hay Whitney at Idlewild. He was visibly moved as he boarded the British jetliner, delivering a brief message before waving to several hundred well-wishers.
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London
Winston Churchill
America
Homburg
U. S
John Hay Whitney
Churchill
Winston
New York
Idlewild
Street clash in Eccles leaves youths injured
In Eccles England a Sunday night clash between white and Negro youths with knives and brass knuckles left two white boys hospitalized with stab wounds and a Negro youth treated for head injuries. Police broke up the melee and detained several youths for questioning.
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Eccles
England
Four AWOLs Taken by Gun at Goddard Kansas
A report outlines multiple incidents including a Navy bomber crash on Whidbey Island with nine dead and one injured, a group of four AWOL soldiers captured at gunpoint near Wichita, and a Frisco freight-train auto collision south of Lyons. The piece also notes statements by President Eisenhower and a Churchill farewell at Andrews Airport.
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Whidbey Island Naval Air Station
Wash
Navy
Puget Sound Island
Wichita, Kas
Jim Shumaker
Goddard
Wichita
Lamar, Colo
James E. Seaman
Raymone W. Aynes
Roger D. Fred
Nicholas G. Hotchkiss
Aynes
Cook
McElroy
Eisen
Shumaker
Here Satur
Twila Razold
Virginia Ki- Loff
Burrton
Bernard Baruch
Rosemary
Washington
Churchill
Eisenhower
Britain
United States
Farewell Speech Touches Allies Leader in Key Moment
The text recalls a farewell moment where a leader, amid tears, salutes long time ally Mr. Baruch and pledges unity between the United States and Great Britain. The passage notes Churchill’s seven days in bed and the hope for a shared future for the free world.
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Mr. Baruch
United States
Great Britain
Churchill
New York
Washington
East German issue delays Big Four ministers session
In Geneva the Big Four foreign ministers met late as they argued over East Germany’s role at the conference. Gromyko and Herter led informal talks with Lloyd and Couve de Murville while seating plans were shown. formal session postponed, but insiders said the conference had effectively begun amid disputes over procedural and participant status.
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Geneva
Palace of Nations
Christian A. Herter
Ternarts
Gromyk l
Herter
Maurice Couve de Murville
Selwyn Lloyd
Lloyd
Boris Hoey
Andrei
Gromyko
Wes
Gromyke
Scecade
Nwhake nPfiatala
de Mirville
Heinrich von Brentane
Lothar Bolz
East Germany
Andrew Gromyko
Nikitange
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Weather whips Kansas with hail and wind across counties
Central and eastern Kansas endured heavy rain wind and hail with localized damage. Herington 165 inches. Hesston 1.07 inches. Burdick 1.22. Council Grove 1.50. Alta Vista 1.15. Hail at Pretty Prairie and Topeka. wind damage at Hesston and Emporia. severe wind and hail at Baldwin and Kansas City. Forecaster Tom Arnold expects mild dry weather tomorrow with possible western showers. Temperatures to run in the 70s today and tomorrow. five day outlook predicts cooler than normal by 6 to 8 degrees and .10 to .30 inch precipitation mainly as showers.
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Topeka
Kansas
Herington
Hesston
Burdick
Council Grove
Alta Vista
Pretty Prairie
Emporia
Baldwin
Kansas City
Tom Arnold
Goodlang
Manhattan
Hill City
Russell
Pittsburg
Geneva Big Four Powwow Is Anything but Cheerful
By James Marlow AP News Analyst the Geneva meeting of the Big Four foreign ministers opens amid tension. Herter and Lloyd warn against optimism as Gromyko pushes for East German participation while Western tables clash over seating and recognition. Outcome uncertain, prospects for progress dim.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Geneva
Switzerland
Christian A. Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Herter
Cauve
Hhen Gromyko
Foreign Ministry
Drownings In Reservoir And Creek Near Dodge City
Two Scott City brothers, Herbert Delevil and Leonard Delveil, aged about 50 and 40, drowned fishing in Cedar Bluff Reservoir. A mother of two, Mrs Jesse Byers, 30, drowned when her car rolled into Sawlog Creek northeast of Dodge City. Survivors, circumstances, and rescue efforts described, with funeral planned for Mrs Byers at First Methodist in Dodge City.
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Scott City
Cedar Bluff
Sawley Creek
Dodge City
Herbert Delevil
Leonard, Delveil
Jesse Byers
Hodgeman County
Delveit
Leonard Delveit
Austin
Eccleston
Sheriff Wolfe
Trinity Hospital
Elma Byers
Tledgeman County
Methodist
Dulles Still Weak From Pneumonia As Cancer Battle Continues
Washington AP reports no change in the condition of John Foster Dulles who remains weakened by pneumonia amid his fight against cancer. His sister Eleanor Dulles returned to Washington after attending the Berlin blockade anniversary in Berlin and feeling she should be nearer home. State Department notes indicate Dulles developed a mild pneumonia with temperature normalizing after treatment.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Eleanor Dulles
Tractor Kills Man in Parker Orchard Accident
A tractor slipped from a truck bed while being loaded at John H. Parrack’s orchard near Parker Kansas, killing Parrack, 30. The single-vehicle accident occurred Saturday on the orchard grounds.
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Parker, Kas
John H. Parrack
Parrack
Parker
Healy School Patrons Vote $130,000 in Bonds
Patrons of Joint School District No 1 in Lane Gove and Scott counties approved a $130,100 bond issue for an addition and remodeling of the present grade school. The vote was 116 for and 41 against with one void ballot. New facilities include a multi purpose room kitchen lunch room space and a principal's office to be started next fall.
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HEALY
Lane
Gove
Scott Counties
Fisher buys Las Vegas house for Elizabeth Taylor wedding
Kadie Fisher purchased a $68,000 Las Vegas home to wed Elizabeth Taylor after arriving six weeks ago for a hotel engagement and six week residency to secure a California divorce from Debbie Reynolds, with finalization expected this year. Fisher plans to file for divorce Tuesday and marry Taylor in the afternoon if approved.
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Las Vegas
Kadie Fisher
Lizabeth Taylor
Fisher
Debbie Reynolds
Miss Reynolds
California
Miss Taylor
Employment rises as 65 million work in April
U S job figures show employment up over a million to a record 65 million with unemployment down 735 thousand. Secretary Strauss and Secretary Mitchell say April marks rapid recovery from the recession, aided by construction and brisk manufacturing hiring. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate falls to 5.3 percent as the labor force gains 1.2 million jobs.
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Washington (Ap
Commerce
Lewis Strauss
Labor
James P. Mitchell
Strauss
Mitchell
Ilevels
Shorter Hours and Higher Pay Sought in Steelwork Negotiations
New York CAP Industry-wide steel talks open with the Steelworkers Union pressing for shorter hours and higher wages. David J. McDonald calls employment security key, urging a balanced program of reduced hours, higher purchasing power, improved wages, and pension revisions as seven weeks remain until the June 30 contract expiry.
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New York
Hine
David J. McDonald
Steelworkers
Conrad Cooper
Cooper
U.S. Steel
Inquest Planned Into CU Freshman Death
An inquest is expected tomorrow into the death of Richard L. Evans an 18 year old University of Colorado freshman. Thomas D Wright 19 of East Peoria Illinois is held for investigation no charges filed. Wright reportedly removed bullets from a .22 caliber cartridge clip and placed the clip in the gun which discharged fatally striking Evans near the heart in an off campus Boulder apartment shared by Wright and Evans. Paddock 37 an attorney for Boulder County owned the apartment.
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Boulder
Colo. Cap
Richard L. Evans
University of Colorado
Thomas D. Wright
Wright
East Peoria
Evans
Wichita
Kan
Charles Williams
William L. Padddock
Paddock
Boulder County
Junior High Band Concert Set Tonight
The Junior High Gold band will present a public concert tonight at 8 p.m. in Hope auditorium. Sixty four young musicians will perform under the baton of director Don Threlkeld. Feature number of the concert is March Star. Solo performances will be given by drummers Bob Wilson, David Davis, and Jim Daughterty in Hagkell's Rascals.
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Junior High Gold
Hope Auditorium
Don Threlkeld
March Star
Bob Wilson
David Davis
Jim Daughterty
Hagkell
Garden Sass Youth Not a Career, Fans Celebrate Prominence
Garden Sass Youth shines in local spotlight as fans hail rising talent yet critics remind the starlet that fame in gardens is fleeting and a steady career lies ahead.
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Darrell Morrow
Winmup Park Zoo
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Winnie
Chanute
Concordia
Garden City
Goodland
Hin City
Olathe
Fat Russell
Balina
Topeka A
Selwyn Liord
Andrei Gromyko
Berding
Bole
Biasle No
Bolz
France
Ussr
West
Anthmore
Scott Cillans
Gyo
Lewis
Wilma Ann
O. K. Eccleston
Delane
Dulles
Eddie
Liza
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