Close Shave at Lake Bluestem Aboard El Dorado High
An El Dorado high school party of juniors and seniors aboard an 12 passenger motorboat ran out of gas near Lake Bluestem, igniting a gasoline spill into a flash fire. Miss Sarah Heitmann 18 and Jim Barnes 17 jumped into the water to search for the girl. Heitmann was found and rescued with others pulled aboard another boat. Heitmann Barnes and Ferguson were treated at El Dorado hospital. Ferguson remained overnight. The cruiser was towed in after the fire was put out.
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Acorn
el Dorado
Jim
Barnes
Hely
Etine Ifo
Dares
el Dorado Hospital
Miss Heitmann
Ferrguson
Two Ulysses Students Get Scholarships
Ulysses High School announces college scholarships for two 1957 graduates. Betty Reusser receives a $200 home economics award from the Kansas Home Demonstration Advisory council to Kansas State College, with intent to stay in home economics and graduate. Larry Thompson wins a $100 Washburn University scholarship from the J Eliot Overlander Fund via the Washburn Scholarship and Aid committee, split between fall and spring semesters.
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Ulysses — College
Boyd, King
Grant County
Betty Reusser
Kansas Home Demonstration Advisory Council
Kansas State College
Larry Thompson
J. Eliot Overlander Fund
Washburn Scholarship
Washburn University
Topeka
Wheat Commission Goes Into Action
The Kansas Wheat Commission mails 2 mill tax deduction forms to grain elevators as it begins operations. Administrator W W Graber says staff in Hutchinson stands by with more information and expects questions about the forms. A 1957 act finances the commission to promote wheat markets and use.
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Kansas
Kansas Wheat Commission
W. W. Graber
Commission
Hutchinson
Grabex
South Central Area
Garden City
Legislature Bridge Club
Kansas Wheat Act
Civic Center
Dighton Band In 5th Year
Dighton The Lane county band directed by Dean B Owen begins its fifth season on Memorial Day Thursday. Most local businesses close for the holiday with a program in Dighton and at Healy Methodist church and a performance at the Dighton cemetery. There will be no rehearsal for the Memorial Day program. Those wanting to join should be at the cemetery by 9 a.m. Rehearsals begin June 13 at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Musicians from Lane and surrounding counties are invited. Officers include manager Raymond L Nickle and board members W R Church Frank Ashlock and Walter Doerachlag Jr.
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Dighton
Lane County
Dean B Owen
Healy Methodist Church
Owen
Dighton Cemedry
Lane
The
Bard
Raymond L. Nickle
W. R. Church
Frank Ashlock
Walter Doerachlag Jr
Ulysses Man Pleads Guilty to DWI and Open Bottle Charge
Lee Roy Tarrant of Ulysses pleaded guilty in Finney County probate court to driving while intoxicated and transporting an open bottle. He was fined $125 on the two charges plus $5 court costs by Judge M. C. Schrader.
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Lee Roy Tarrant
Ulysses
Finney County
Tarrant
M. C. Schrader
Oil and gas activity and births dominate Garden City notices
In Garden City area oil field news includes the Bradshaw No 1 wildcat near Syracuse torn down with unclear results and rumors of future tests in north Hamilton county. Kansas-Nebraska pipes another test north of Kendall, with 2 1/2 million cubic feet projected from the Monich No 1. Local leases may expire soon, signaling more drilling. Also listed are hospital admissions and discharges, births at St. Catherine, local arrests, accidents, and real estate transactions tied to oil and gas properties.
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Syracuse
Hamilton County
Kansas - Nebraska
Kendall
Elmer Thomeczek
Monich No. 1
Monich
Lane County Teachers Award Scholarships Presented
The Lane County Teachers' association awarded two $50 scholarships to Lane County high school seniors pursuing teaching careers. Wanda Stewart of Healy Rural High School and Fern Black of Dighton High School, both valedictorians, were selected. Stewart will attend Fort Hays State College next fall. Black will enter Washburn University in Topeka next fall.
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Dighton
Lane County Teachers’ Association
Lane County
Wanda Stewart
Healy Rural High School
Fern Black
Hungry but Unharmed After Lost in Cave
EASTON PA A science writer and three youths were lost in Carpenter's Cave Raubsville near Easton yesterday and found today. They were hungry but unharmed. State police aided by volunteers and experts conducted the search after Pfeiffer reported them missing.
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Easton
Pat
John Pfeiffer
Tony
Pennsylvania
Carpenter
Market Wheat and Corn Futures in Kansas City and Chicago
Grain futures quotes from Goffe & Carkener show Kansas City wheat July at 6.4 with modest changes. Chicago July wheat 203 Sep 206 Dec 211. Chicago corn July 132 Sept 183. soybeans Chicago July 60.0 with Sept 228 Nov 224. oats Chicago July 68 Sept 65. eggs Chicago Sept 340. rye Chicago July 113. receipts list for several cities. USDA notes cattle and calf market slow in Kansas City area with steady to weak tones for steers and heifers.
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Goffe & Carkener, Inc
Kansas City
Chicago
Hutchinson
Wichita
Omaha
Amarillo
Enid
Salina
Ft. Worth
USDA
Futures tumble as favorable planting weather boosts selling
General selling in Chicago grain and livestock pits pushed futures lower amid better planting conditions. Wheat slid to seasonal lows with mixed late covering, soybeans and corn showing varied moves, while cattle prices held steady for select classes and New York stocks saw declines under pressure from earlier gains.
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Chicago
Board For Trade
Prey
Market notes on livestock and aluminum stocks
Aircrafts fell amid disarmament talk and aluminum stocks dropped sharply on lower production news. In livestock, medium stock steers traded 117.00 to 120.50, medium and good heifers 17.00 to 20.90, calves 16.00, hogs up 25 to 50 with No 1-3 barrows and gilts 18.25 to 19.00 for 200-250 lb, 260-280 lb 18.00 to 25, sows 14.75 to 16.75 for 550 lb and down.
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New York
Dav
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Norton
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Mankato
Wheat Commission
Graber
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Optimist International
Edward E. Bill
Homerd. Campbell
John W. Jones
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F. H. Ferris
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Lawrence Lee
New Foster Music Co
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Abilene
Bertha Harding
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Utthers
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Harley Little
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DWI
Telegram
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A. A. Bergkamp
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Sacred Heart Academy
Oil and Gas
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Musgrove Petroleum Corp
General American Industries
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Jack T. Musick
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Mostow
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Scoti
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Earl Crossey
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Albert Marker
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Charles Hancock
Saford
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Pleasanton
Tex
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Sidney Daniel Harden
Juanita
Ellinwood
Roger Ray Brubaker
Hugoton
Ann Eisabete Whitehead
Ve Vappen
Southern Pipe Line Inc
Liberal
Seward County
Anderson-Prichard
Arkansas City
Cowley
George Bruce Wichita
Southern
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Jay Crook
Valley View Cemetery
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Raymond Hands
Joe Nichols
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Teers
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Lindh Produce Co
Sal Borley
Phillips 66
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Phillips 64
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