Farm Topics and Lawn Clinic Set for Local Extension Events
The Douglas County Extension service announces a Feb 21 meeting at 1 15 p m by Earl Means on profitable farm projects at the 4 H Fairgrounds. A Mar 13 landscape and lawn clinic at the Lawrence Community Building will offer expert booths and consultations from KS University Garden centers and local clubs. The note also describes musk thistle as a noxious weed and outlines control methods including mowing, clean cultivation, and chemical treatment with 2 4 D, advising contact with County Weed Supervisor Herschell Hemphill.
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Douglas County
Lawrence Community Building
Herschell Hemphill
Corn Is Green at Kansas University Theatre Opens
The three act comedy drama opened to about 600 in University Theatre. Miss Runge as Miss Moffat and Dennis Dalen as her prize student give standout performances in a stage setting that captures coal mine grit and a stubborn resolve to rise from poverty.
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Oxford University
Kansas University Theatre
University
Moffat
Ann ‘Runge
Higginsville
Miss Runge
Miss Range
Dennis Dalen
St. Louis Port
Minn
Miss Moffat
Dalen
Stage production shines with lively performances and Welsh accents
On Stage features Patrick Prosser in a rambling whiskey scene as John Goronwy Jones, with Diane Gray and Sylvia Groth delivering strong performances. The cast showcases solid Welsh and Scottish accents, praised for timing, lighting, and scenery as audience members lauded the show as terrific and well produced.
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Patrick Prosser
1539
Tenn
John Goronwy Jones
Diane Gray
Kansas City
Bessie Watty
Sylvia Groth
Mayville
N. D
Iss Ronberry
Carl Achning
Ark
Achning
Glen Kappelman
Jack Brooking
Kenneth von Achen
Eudora
Robert Haggart
Ethel Barrymore
Katharine Hepburn
Former jockeys named as race track stewards
Former jockeys Ted Atkin, Cal Rainey, Warren Mehr Tens, and Jimmy Stout are appointed as race track stewards, overseeing racing operations and rules compliance.
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Ted Atkinson
Cal Rainey
Warren Mehrtens
Jimmy Stout
National Guard Called After New Mexico Snow Storm
Gov Campbell declared two counties emergency as a multi state blizzard stretched from Texas to Colorado. National Guardsmen delivered feed to isolated ranches while motorists waited for plows to clear 20 foot drifts on U S 44. Eight deaths blamed in the region and a million dollar snow toll quoted by ranchers.
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New Mexico
Jack Campbell
National Guard
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Santa Rosa
Vaughn
N.M
U.S
Weather Bureau
Denver
Texas
Panhandles
Oklahoma
Kansas
Borger
Tex
National Guardsmen
Quay
Union
Perry Reservoir Agency Plans Monthly Meeting
A Perry Reservoir Association public meeting is set for 8 15 tonight at the American Legion Hall in Oskaloosa. Guest speaker Tom Poor executive secretary of the Grand Lake Resort Owners Assn will discuss the lake’s economic and recreational impact on Northeast Oklahoma. The session also serves as the regular monthly Perry Reservoir meeting and the Rotary clubs of Oskaloosa and Valley Falls program.
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Perry Reservoir Assn
American Legion Hall
Oskaloosa
Tom Poor
Grand Lake Resort Owners Assn
Grove
Oklo
Oklahoma
Perry Reservoir
Rotary Clubs
Valley Falls
Shade trees for spring plantings and energy savings
This note advises planning shade tree plantings for next spring to add beauty, shade, and wind protection. It suggests deciduous options like locust and oaks and evergreens such as pines and spruces planted north and west to improve winter appearance and reduce heating costs.
KSU Agriculture Expert to Speak at Rural-Urban Meeting
Dr. Duane Acker of Kansas State University will headline a Rural-Urban meeting at 7 30 p m Monday in Building No 1 at the 4 H Fairgrounds. He will discuss Agriculture's Growing Problems. The event is sponsored by ASC Soil Conservation Service Grange Farm Bureau National Farmers Organization and the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce with questions and refreshments to follow.
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Duane Acker
Kansas State University
Acker
Animal Science and Industry
ASC
Soil Conservation Service
Grange
Farm Bureau
National Farmers Organization
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Douglas County
Deal Six
Principal Arrested For a Test Forgery
Fergus Ont John Gregg Murray 19 flunked an English exam and the high school principal Donald Tutt 52 was charged with forging his son Bruce Tutt s name on Murray s paper and swapping papers for a university admission in a French course and an English exam
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Fergus
John Gregg Murray
Donald Tutt
Tutt
Murray
Bruce Tutt
Bruce
University
Columbia Quarterback Archie Roberts Gained 1184 Yards
Archie Roberts led Columbia last season with 1184 rushing yards and 101 completions in 164 attempts.
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Archie Roberts
Columbia
Feed Grain Signup To Start This Month
Farmers can sign up for the 1964 feed grain program from February 10 through March 27. Participation is voluntary for corn sorghum and barley, with at least 20 percent of total feed grain base diverted to conservation use.
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David V. Noe
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
Noe
Wisconsin Attorney General Challenges Taxes
Wisconsin's Republican attorney general George Thompson urges eight Midwest states to join a suit challenging the federal income tax on state workers. He notes Wisconsin's 18,000 state employees pay about $22 million annually, arguing the tax burden falls on the state. The effort targets a long standing legal precedent in dispute.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
George Thompson
Midwest
Thompson
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Ohio
George Corning
Stoughton
Midwest Universities Research Association
Johnson
Fortified nutrition aids animals recovering from illness or injury
Fortified nutrition may aid animals recovering from disease surgery or injury. Additional vitamins minerals proteins in correct combinations and amounts may hasten or insure recovery.
Nursery Purchases Warn About Mail Order Risks
A notice advises buyers to consult a local nurseryman or county agent before ordering by mail from unknown firms. It warns that many common trees and plants are recently sold at high prices under unusual botanical names.
We Now Offer 1 Stop Service Dry Cleaning
Local laundry introduces 24 hour service and one stop cleaning and laundry options at Homn's Laundry located at 19th Street and Louisiana Avenue across from HI Shop.
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Homn’s
19Th & la
HI 8Ch
Scheme to Gain Cattle Halted by Oregon Desist Order
Oregon's corporation commission ordered promoters to stop selling cattle schemes under Own Your Own Beef Cattle Herd. Buyers paid 300 dollars for cows with six year offspring promises, deemed securities. promoters named Ranchland Engineers Saddle Butte Ranch and Ranchland Management Inc. principal D B Forslund and Thomas B Tracy with addresses in Burns Princeton Oregon and California.
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Salem, Ore
Oregon’s Corporation Commission
Harold A. Lewis
Frank J. Healy
Lewis
Ranchland Engineers
Saddle Butte Ranch
Ranchland Management Inc
Burns and
Princeton
Ore
D. B. Forslund
Richmond
Calif
Thomas B. Tracy
la Mirada
Phosphorus and Calcium Effects on Rumen Bacteria and Butterfat
Dairy studies indicate phosphorus increases rumen bacterial activity while calcium reduces it. Higher bacterial activity is linked to better feed digestibility. Butterfat test improves with phosphorus supplementation.
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County Extension News
Earl Means
Farm Management Association No. 4
Mr. Means
Douglas County Agricultural Extension Council
Douglas County Flower Clubs
Lawrence
Extension Service
Charles Parks
Claude King
del Gates
Ford
KAW Valley Implement
J. West
THE
Associated Press
KSU Agriculture
Lawrence Tractor & Implement Supply, In Inc
John W. Reynolds
Oregon Commission
Federal Land Bank Association
Lawrence, Kansas
Quality Service
John Deere
Ing
East 23Rd Street
the Farmers Elevator CO
Eudora, Kansas
George Born
Quaker Oats CO
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