Cal Floyd Dies Noted Stockman in Kansas
Cal Floyd 83 longtime cattleman banker and chair of the Kansas Livestock Commission died at his Sedan area ranch of a heart attack after breakfast. A Chautauqua County native he formed major cattle business with S C Tucker led to banking roles and public service including Kansas Baptist leader and state bank oversight. Survivors include two daughters and a son with funeral plans not yet announced.
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Wichita
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corp. Bank
Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico
Oklahoma
Floyd
Kansas State Bank Board
Kansas Baptist Convention
Kansas
World Mission Crusade
Kansas Baptists
Kansas State College
Chautauqua
Blue Lodge
Ruth Mordy
Emporia
Leah
Reno
Denver
Carl W. Floyd
Scarsdale
N. Y
Bennett
Grace Kinnaman
Alice Telsma
Pittsburg
A. J. Floyd
Harry Floyd
Wichita Must Prove Man Was in Town for Robbery
Nevada must confirm Ray Wilson was in Kansas during a Wichita drug house robbery last April or he will remain in custody. Police traced Wilson and Frank Ellsworth through Las Vegas and Memphis warrants, linked to the July robbery of widow Lulu Bel Rossman in Wichita. Nevada law requires proof the suspect was present in the crime state. authorities face intricate proof and timing issues.
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Wichita
Nevada
Carson City
Nev
Ray ‘Wilson
Kansas
Wilson
Las Vegas
Wheat allotment fine denied by federal aid agency
Indence Missouri reports that a special three-farmer board fined the Municipal Farm in Jackson County for 1954 and 1955 wheat, totaling 774.90 for 35 acres and 610.20 for 30 acres, after misusing city allotments from Platte County.
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Ndence
Kansas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Jackson County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Platte County
Jackson County
Yankees Move to Curb TV for Games in New York
New York Yankees proposed to the Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers that the three clubs enter into an agreement next year not to televise home games. The move aims to curb slumping attendance, with Yankees general manager George Weiss and Giants president Horace Stoneham set to confer next week.
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New York
New York Yankees
Giants
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York World- Telegram & Sun
An Daniel
George Weiss
Yankees
Horace Stoneham
Alley
Stone
Ard on Probation Bouchard Sunflower Suspended 6
A short note reports that Bouchard of Sunflower is on probation amid a steay suspended 6 status. The item lacks full details, but indicates legal action or court supervision affecting the individual named.
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Bouchard
Wreck Kills Claflin Man in Hoisington Area
Alfred Litenberger 21 of Claflin was killed in a three-vehicle crash on Highway 261 near Hoisington. Five others injured include Gerald Kiser 18 of Claflin Richard Koch 19 and Genevieve Scharta 19 of Ellinwood Thad Moomey and his son Allan 11 of Hoisington.
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Hossengton
Kas
Alfred Litenberger
Claflin
Highway 261
Here
Gerald Kiser
Richard Koch
Genevieve, Scharta
Ellinwood
Kast
Thad Moomey
Allan
Hoisington
A Small Town Paper Wide Read by Hal Boyle
Martha's Vineyard portrait of Henry Beetle Hough and Betty Hough who built the Vineyard Gazette from a tiny weekly to a six thousand reader island paper. It highlights their philosophy, ethics, and dedication to community reporting over wealth, noting the Gazette's stance on local news, town meetings, and minimal crime.
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Martha's Vineyard
Mass
Henry Beetle Hough
Betty
America
Island
U. S
Columbia University
Henry
Vineyard Gazette
The
Gazette
Tokyo
Trinidad
Hough
William Allen White
New England
Betty Aisure
Rumor on Farm Delegate As Secret Police Chief
Washington Soviet Embassy rejected a report as false claiming a farm delegate is secretly the police chief. Vladimir Matskevich, head of the visiting Russian farm delegation, remained unnamed in the embassy denial.
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Radio Liberation
Matskevich
Economic Administration
Soviet
Ministry of Internal Affairs
MVD
A. I. Zinehuk
Zoo Technical Institute
Kharkov
Ukraiian
Zinchuk
Europe
Russ
Washington
Vladimir Matskevich
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Bertha Key
Curb TV
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Massachusetts
Hal Boyle
India
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