German editor notes cash-only purchases in West Germany
Hermann Grothey of Heide says births and deaths in his paper are paid ads and laments East Germany under Russian control. He predicts no solution except current paths. cash purchases keep West Germany financially strong. The column also notes local remodeling plans, hospital stays, a junior college graduation, and a birthday prank for Karen Schroeder.
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Hermann Grothey
Heide
Germany
Grothey
United States
Vic Harlich
Kansas Council On World Affairs
Water leak damages Buell home. city to review claim
Mrs. Hattie F. Buell testified before city commissioners that heavy damage occurred in her home at 701 North Seventh after a water leak while she was away from March 12 to May 12. Officials confirmed the water was shut off and no water passed the meter during her absence. The city will inspect the residence before deciding on damages.
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Hattie F. Buell
Imeter
Cities Plan Gas Rate Protests Against Northern Natural
Representatives from Cimarron Dodge City Elkhart Hugoton Moscow and Garden City met to plan protests over a proposed gas rate hike by Northern Natural. Cities will present hearings June 6 and 7 with rebuttals June 20 and 21 as city officials map strategy.
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Hugoton
Cimarron
Dodge City
Elkhart
Moscow
Garden City
ECC
Northern Natural
Lloyd Haag
Deane Wiley
Don E Smith Awarded West Point Appointment
Don E Smith a Garden City high school graduate and son of Mr and Mrs M E Smith of 809 First Street has been advised of his appointment to the West Point military academy He will report July 5 The Hon Clifford Hope congressman from the district made the appointment after Smith passed the West Point entrance test at Ft Riley in February and scored about 300 points above the 1250 point minimum He was active in Hi Y while in school and his family moved to Garden City in 1948 from Melvern Kas
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Don E. Smith
Garden City High School
M. E. Smith
First Street
West Point Military Academy
Smith
Kansas
Oklahoma
Hi-Y
Young Men’s Christian Organization
Academy
Clifford Hope
West Point
Ft. Riley
Garden City
Melvern
Kas
Civil Air Patrol Plans Demonstration of Work
Civil Air Patrol Cadets will demonstrate their work at 7:30 tonight in the IOOF hall with public invitation. Captain Fred Richardson will show films Double Decker and Gravel In Bermuda. refreshments provided. no charge. Birthday breakfast featured coffee, rolls, and fruit by Mrs. Bill Schroeder. Cadets on deck include DeAnn Hatcher Barbra Fansler Velda Huggins Helen Maglaras Theresa Leiker Violet Barber Sheila Nolan Carolyn Penny Karen Hapes.
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Civil Air Patrol
IOOF
Bermuda
Fred Richardson
Bill Schroeder
DeAnn Hatcher
Barbra, Fansler
Velda Huggins
Helen Maglaras
Theresa Leiker
Violet Barber
Sheila Nolan
Carolyn Penny
Kareni Hapes
New Commission To Handle Vaccine
The government formed a commission to advise on release of all future lots of Salk polio vaccine. The advisory panel to accelerate decisions on pending and future vaccine lots will meet tomorrow, under the Public Health Service. It reports to the NIH director for final action to the surgeon general.
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Washington
Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health
Cutter
Rep
Klein
House Commerce
Police Search in Vain For a Missing Girl
Kalamazoo police and nearly a thousand volunteers scoured city streets and nearby woodlands for 8 year old Jeannie Singleton missing since yesterday. Darkness halted the hunt but officials pledged to continue through the night and into today for any clue to her whereabouts.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Jeannie Singleton
Woodlands
Weather 0.8 and Sureau-Phone Weather Report
The Weather 0.8 and Weather Sureau-Phone ¢513 report provide a regional forecast update. This note summarizes the system and its signals, indicating possible daily temperature ranges and conditions for the upcoming period.
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Weather
Aerial survey notes good crop despite spotty wheat
Finney County benefitted from four days of rain boosting an estimated 125000 acres to harvest with marginal wheat saved by timely moisture. An aerial check shows many fields still thin and pocked with weak spots as moisture remains uncertain for a hot windy June.
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Kansas
Oscar Norby
Norby
Finney County
A.B. Erhart
Erhart
Grinnell
Gove County
Gray County
Roy Herring
Bachelor Is Proud of Garbage Can in Detroit City Row
Edward A. O'Brien objected when Detroit's Department of Public Works demanded he buy a garbage can as a homeowner. A bachelor who eats out and never uses a can, he finally complied by purchasing a can and placing it in his front window for officials to view.
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Detroit
Edward A. O’brien
Department of Public Works Commission
O'Brien
Commission
Oklahoma Declares End to Drought After Heavy Rain
Oklahoma officials report drought ended due to last week’s rains. Federal State Crop Reporting Service cites average weekly rainfall of 2.79 inches, about 2.73 inches above normal, marking a return to typical moisture levels.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Federal State
Hospital Bond Proposal Defeated in Caney Vote
Caney voters rejected a $250 000 hospital bond 655 to 272. The funds would have financed buying a site and building a hospital facility.
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Caney
Caney, Kasi
Cities Discuss New Legislation in Southwest Kansas
City officials gathered at the League of Kansas Municipalities district meeting in Warren Hotel to discuss proposed laws. Leading the session was L. W. Chesney, league solicitor, with topics including vehicle liability insurance, fuel tax, annexation, traffic rules, condemnation and public auctions.
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Kansas City
League of Kansas Municipalities
Warren Hotel
L. W. Chesney
League
Johnson named state engineer in Kansas
Walter Johnson, a longtime organizer of the state's secondary road department in 1945 and engineer since then, was appointed chief engineer of the State Highway Department by Gov. Fred Hall. He succeeds Ross C. Keeling, who resigned last November to join consultants for the Kansas Turnpike Authority. Johnson has served as resident engineer at Lakin Meade Montezuma Ness City Cimarron Topeka and Dodge City, and as assistant division engineer at Norton and Hutchinson, and division engineer at Norton.
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Topeka UI
Walter Johnson
State Highway Department
Fred Hall
Johnson
Ross C. Keeling
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Lakin
Meade
Montezuma
Ness City
Cimarron
Topeka
Dodge ‘City
Norton
Hutchinson
Heads Roll in Hall Cleanup in Hall
TOPEKA Gov Fred Hall announces resignations or dismissals within state agencies. Walter Pratt chief of field service for the State Commission of Revenue and Taxation has been asked to resign for not reporting to work for days amid ongoing personnel changes. Governor says four of six Forestry Fish and Game Commission members discussed director Dave Leahy's status and authorized travel funds for Chairman Ross Beach Jr to interview applicants as the commission plans a meeting.
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Topeka
Walter Pratt
State Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Fred Hall
Hall
Forestry, Fish and Game.Commission
Dave Leahy
Commission
Ross Beach Jr. Hays
Leahy
John Johnson Wins Gardendale Demolition Bid
John Eugene Johnson of 1118 N Fifth won a Gardendale contract to raze a vacant building with the high bid of 351.51 dollars. The only other bidder was N E Lawson Cunningham who offered 225 dollars to dismantle the building for salvage.
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John Eugene Johnson
Gardendale
N. E. Lawson
Cunningham
Fulton Fourth Street Patrol Trial for Child Crossing Safety
A Fulton patrolman will be on duty for two weeks at the Fourth and Fulton intersection following a PTA request. A delegation led by Mrs. A H Wiley asked the city commission to improve protections for children crossing near Five Points and the Main Street crossing by the football field and to coordinate with Red Cross water safety opening in June.
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Fourth
Fulton Street
Alla Brown Pta
A. H. Wiley
City’ Commission
Hackberry
Main
Fulton
Red Cross
PTA
Hoffman Doing Fine After Farm Accident Burn
County farmer Jack Hoffman, seriously burned earlier this month when gasoline blown from a tractor ignited his clothing, is reported doing fine by his physician. He was rushed to the hospital with flaming garments removed, and he is expected to stay about three more weeks for recovery.
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Jack .Hoffman
Finney
Hoffman
Milo Contest and Club Forming in Finney County
Finney County plans a 100 bushel mile club and contest to raise yields. Finney producers may enter one farming unit. three top prizes will be awarded based on yields next December. Entries due July 15. reports due December 1. Co sponsored by Chamber of Commerce Agriculture committee and extension division.
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Finney County
Oscar Norby
Norby
Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee
Senate Votes On Highway Bill Struck Wages Section
Washington reports the Senate began voting on the Democratic highway bill by striking out a Davis-Bacon wage provision for the 40,000 mile interstate program. The move followed a failed bid by Sen. McNamara and Sen. Douglas to force a roll call. Democratic sponsors say elimination prevents shelving the bill while Republicans press to swap in President Hoover’s plan.
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Washington
Senate
McNamara
D-Mich
Douglas
Dalll
Secretary of Labor
Forts
Isenshower
Guard Unit Gets New Howitzers for Training
Garden City's National Guard battery adds two 105 mm self propelled howitzers shipped from Tulea Ordnance depot Salt Lake City. The 5,000 pound weapons caused street damage at Evans Chestnut and Evans Fulton intersections requiring repairs estimated at 300 to 500 dollars.
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Garden City
National Guard
Batstery
Toola Ordnance Depot
Salt Lake City
Utah
Battery A
WOSG
Ben Morrison
Evans and Chestnut
Evans and
Fulton
East Fulton
Case
Molene
Manger Deane Wiley
Farmer Electrocuted Installing TV Antenna in Kas City
OSKALOOSA Kas a one year old farmer James R Thomas was electrocuted yesterday when a television antenna he was installing touched a power line Three of the victim s children and a TV repairman Lee Fraker suffered burns Thomas is survived by his widow and four children
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Oskaloosa, Kas
James R. Thomas
Lee Fraker
Thomas
Chuckle on Easy Money Policy and Morals
The item jokes that the administration's easy-money policy should lift moral standards yet notes borrowing and theft as easy acts, implying skepticism about policy impact on ethics with a light satirical tone.
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