Drought Belt Sees Scant Relief Across Nation
The drought stretching from Texas to New England kept the nation closely in its grip with scant rain and widespread fires driving crop and property losses into the millions. Wells ran dry, water rationing began, and livestock feed shortages pushed early cattle marketing while milk output lagged. Storm Ginny off Cape Hatteras threatened more fire danger, even as Florida California and the lower Rio Grande Valley reported good growing conditions. New York New England forests faced severe fire risk and public closures, with smog warnings for vulnerable residents.
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Chicago
Texas
New England
Jor
Great Plains
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Ginny
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Florida
California
Rio Grande Valley
Rio Grande
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
North Carolina
New York
Albany
New York State
New York Health Department
Hudson Valley
Pennsylvania
Weather and local quirks from Topeka to Garden City
A light editorialish column recalls official weather broadcasts from Topeka about rain in Garden City and a wet Manhattan trip. It notes a Siamese cat causing a shop foreman delay, a Kansas State football season assessment, and a Garden City High School graduate queen candidate ride. It ends with Ida Harper’s 1897 teachers anniversary mishap and a nose injury from a fall.
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Topeka
Garden City
Weather Bureau
Manhattan
Here
Lee Roy Pilcher
Old Manor
3Rd
Kansas
Reuben S
Ida Hatcher
Watershed Meet Tuesday in Walnut Creek District Plan
Conservation officials Charles Bredahl and Leslie Johnson of the Kansas Soil Conservation Service will discuss the proposed Walnut Creek Watershed District at Lincoln Primary Grade School Tuesday at 7 30 p m. The district would cover about 1 020 000 acres across six counties and affect around 4 900 landowners and tenants with a Tuesday October 28 vote expected to decide the measure.
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Dighton
Walnut Creek
Charles Bredahl
Leslie Johnson
Kansas Soil Conservation Service
Lincoln
Scoll
Lane
Ness
Rush
Barton
Pawnee
Kenya to Obtain Full Independence This Year
Kenya moves toward full independence this year after Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta returned from London. Fifty thousand Africans cheered as Kenyatta stated that negotiations yielded changes to the draft constitution toward a united nation where all races and tribes could feel secure.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Jomo Kenyatta
London
Kenyatta
Trouble found by Diem defeat in Mekong Delta battle
U S Army planned a weekend assault on a Communist guerrilla unit near Loc Ninh 140 miles southeast of Saigon. Viet Cong forces repelled the attack, inflicting South Vietnamese government losses of about 40 dead, 8 wounded with 13 American wounded. Enemy casualties were estimated at 30 dead. Four prisoners not taken. Four American crewmen wounded as helicopters were hit and forced down. Viet Cong fighters melted away after heavy resistance in rice paddies and palm groves.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Mekong
U. S
Ngo Dinh Diem
Loc Ninh
Sampans
School Board Sets Regular Session In Garden City
Garden City Board of Education meets at 7 30 p m at the high school to discuss Finney County school unification prep, classroom furniture updates, bleacher provision for the new junior high gym, open house dates for the remodeled junior college, and the forthcoming Junior College marching band festival with Dr Lowell Goodwin advocating attention to these items.
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Finney County
Garden City Board of Education
Lowell Goodwin
Garden City Optome
Hays High Tops Debate Tourney in Garden City
Hays High School debaters captured first place in the 13th annual Garden City High School debate tournament over Friday and Saturday. The team topped 58 two man squads from 23 high schools across Kansas Nebraska and Colorado. Second place went to Pretty Prairie and Moundridge, with Russell third. Fourth went to Salina Great Bend another Russell team and Trinidad Colorado.
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Hays
Garden City
Hurricane Ginny Hits North Carolina Coast Storm Warnings
Hurricane Ginny lashed the North Carolina coast with 90 mph winds and 25 to 30 foot waves, stranding a ship of 10 crew and prompting evacuation watches. Officials warned of telephone outages on the Outer Banks and Navy readiness at Norfolk as ferries were halted and a bridge opened for evacuees. The Weather Bureau predicted continued strength as warnings extended along the coast.
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Washington
Ginny
North Carolina
Cape Hatteras
Weather Bureau
Diamond Shoals
Navy
Norfolk, Va
Civil Defense
Oregon
Hatteras Inlets
Oregon Inlet
Hatteras
Nags Head
Cape Lookout
N.C
Block Island
Myrtle Beach
D.C
Chesapeake Bay
Garden Sass Gas Garden Says Mondays Bu T My Other Name
A fragmented item notes a garden topic and a Monday reference with uncertain names. The readable text hints at self reference and possible confusion about identity or naming. No clear event or person is established.
Telegram Photo Wins Contest at Inland Daily Press Meet
Telegram Photographer Howard Brock captured the stark beauty of a February Arkenses River scene near Garden City to win first place in the feature picture division of the Inland Daily Press Assn contest. Results announced in Chicago as the association with 608 member newspapers across 22 states and Canada.
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Arkenses River
Garden City
Telegram
Howard Brock
Inland Daily Press Assn
Northwestern University School of Journalism
Chicago
Inland Association
Canads
Finney Fund Tops $40,000
Finney County United Fund has surpassed forty thousand dollars with a total of 40 008 11. The residential drive contributed 2 016 56 and several firms and organizations added to the honor roll with gifts of 108 or more. Red Feather firms include Warren Hotel Coca Cola Bottling Co Walls Foodliner Fidelity State Bank National Cash Register Dillon's Wharton Floral and the Internal Revenue office.
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Finney County
United Fund
Red Feather
Warren Hotel
Coca Cola Bottling Co
Walls Foodliner
Fidelity State Bank
National Cash Register
Dillon's
Wharton Floral Internal Revenue Office
Murdock Steel and Ving
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Evans
Burnses
P. S
K-State
Diem
High Tops
Bunset
Mia
Pree
Dodge City
I Garden
Goodland
Kennedy
GOP
Jack Bel
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Barry Goldwater
Associated Press
Arizona
Viet Nam
Cuba
Rockefeller
Goldwater
Finney
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