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A roving Kansas reporter recalls drought relief across the Great Plains turning the land green again. Editorial voices cite a hopeful year ahead while noting political tension as Democratic governors ride a weather boom into election talk. Historic frontier hotel rules and local anecdotes close the column.
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Manhattan
Kan
Great Plains
Han
Ockies
Texas
J. Tt. Lowther
Empresa Gazelio
Arthur F Duncan
Kansas City Star
Clyde M. Reed Jr
Parsons Sun
Kansas
Kansas City
Arkansas dog racing receives state revenue near prior year
West Memphis dog racing at the Southland track brought in 32044 dollars in the first ten days of the current meeting. State Revenue Commissioner J Orville Cheney said the take was about the same as last year when the first season opened.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Southland Racing Corp
West Memphis
J. Orville Cheney
Noted Folks Comment Across Nation in Single Dispatch
United Press rounds up remarks from politicians and public figures. Theodore Green urges continued effort if right, Warren Giles defends term-franchise shift, William Thetford rebuts dynamited church case. Adenauer links disarmament to unification, Kennedy says Catholics can be presidents, Ford criticizes hospital funding waste. Darting denies death rumor, Billy Graham condemns porn culture in New York.
Gas Explodes Inches Away From Boys in Parked Car
CHICAGO two small boys, Jackie McDorman seven and Steven Waldo six, were killed last night when a can of gasoline exploded in a parked car where they were playing with a hammer. Police said a spark from the hammer ignited gasoline fumes, the flames then engulfed the rear seat and the three gallon can.
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Chicago
Jackie’ McDorman
Steven “Waldo
Local social events feature faculty buffet and bridge party
Mrs Floyd Hubbard hosted a Thursday faculty buffet at her home with Mrs Giss McCaskill Ed Smith and Miss Frances Thrasher at the table under a cloth centerpiece of white dahlias and pink larkspur. The Home of Mrs Sam Jake Scott Jr hosted a dessert bridge party with high score won by Mrs Vernon Buchanan and other awards. The South Pine Garden Club closed the year with a meeting at Mrs Frank Gilbert’s. Graceful iris and day lilies decorated rooms as Mrs D L Mosely presided. Nancy Reid receives farewell party ahead of move to Mena. Mrs Ruby Buchanan attended Arkansas Hospital Convention in Little Rock. Mrs J A Cole and nephew Billy McGill in Washington DC guiding Chidester seniors on their trip. Mrs Flood Hubbard in Little Rock for Audio Visual Selection Committee meeting. Mr and Mrs Allan Geen mentioned.
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Floyd Hubbard
Giss McCaskill
Ed Smith
Frances Thrasher
Sam Jake Scott Jr
Vernon Buchanan
Br, Ward
Kim Nelson
Bob Lion
B. A. Petucee
J. B. Pranks
C. R. Gray
C. W. Watkins
Dallas |Atkins
Il] Oats
Mark Justiss
Bob Rey Inolds
South
Youmans
Army to Scrap Linear Measure for Artillery
The Army will replace feet yards and miles with a European metric system for artillery and field use. Regulation signed by Gen Maxwell D Tastor cites standardization and streamlined operations as key reasons for the switch. The article also lists unrelated social notes about local visits and residents.
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Washington
Maxwell D. Tastor
Army
North Atlantic
Welfare May Take Over Cancer Patient Hospitalization
LITTLE ROCK negotiations are under way for the state Cancer Commission to hand to the Welfare Department the responsibility for hospitalization of indigent cancer patients. The $58,120 yearly hospitalization item in the commission's 1957-59 budget was vetoed by Gov. Faubus. The commission will keep seven cancer clinics at major hospitals in Fort Smith El Dorado Texarkana Little Rock Pine Bluff and Jonesboro. Welfare Commissioner Carl Adams said there would be no monetary limit on hospitalizing indigent cancer patients and that federal funds will match state spending.
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Little Rock
State Carcer Control Commission
Welfare Department
Cancer Commission
Orval Faubus
Commission
Fort Smith
el Doradoo
Texarkana
Pine Blut
Jonesboro
Carl Adams
Treaty changes push to metric design for military gear
A 1985–86 regulation aims to permit broader use of allied and captured equipment, beginning with a practical delay and a shift to metric measurements in Army weapons and related gear. The change-over targets standardization by January 1, 1986, to facilitate troops using metric units.
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Lawrence
Yantes
WEE Ladies Aid Society
Susan O'Brien
Judy Gambale
Brooklyn
N.Y
Whit Tan
Shantung
ORBIN
United Press
Seh
Theodore Green
Congress
National League
Warren Giles
Montgomery
Ala
William Thetford
NAACP
Konrad Adenauer
John Foster Dulles
Pittsburgh
John F. Kennedy
Mass
Gerald R. Ford Jr
R-Mich
House Appropriations Committee
Murphy Hospital
Waltham
Philadelfhia
Miss Darting
Father Divine
New York
Billy Graham
Mrs
G. Seate Jr
Pine Garden Club
Gilbert
Nancy Reid
Patrica ‘Horton
Phyllis
Mena
Jhoworee
Betty Ligon
Jody Fore
Norma Jean David
Charlotte Calhoun
Mary, Adam
Anna Davis
Kay ‘Henry
Freda Ramsey
Carolyn Halton
Gaywyn Coe
Ruby Buchanan
Arkansas Hospital
Marlon
J. A. Cole
Billy McGill
Washington, D.C
Flood’ Hubbard
The
State’ Department of Education
Allan Geen
Hanse Herring
Fayetteville
Nancy Dewelle
University of Arkansas
Charlie Pye
el Dorado
Cleo T Hikes
Camden Scchools
Crescent Drug Store
Ester
Eames
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