Kansan on the List at Contractors Conference in Kansas
Kansas State College hosts the Kansas Conservation Contractors conference in Manhattan with 700 contractors building soil conservation structures in the state. Assisting are the Soil Conservation Service and multiple state agencies, per John M Ferguson. A related item reports a Kansan, Ivan L Keith of Hill City, among 38 veterans drawn for Columbia Basin farm unit purchases, with details on eligibility, pricing, and down payments.
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Kansas State College
Kansas Conservation Contractors
Manhattan
K-State
John M. Ferguson
Kansas State
Soil Conservation Service
Production and Marketing Administration
Division of Water Resources
State Geological Survey
Moses Lake
Wash
Columbia Basin
Ivan L. Keith
Hill City
Kan
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
Columbia River
Grand Coulee Dam
Disease rates in Korea lower for American troops
Tokyo reports the U N force medical chief says American troops in Korea have a disease rate about 20 percent lower than when they were occupying troops in 1947 48 and 49. Hemorrhagic fever shows no new outbreaks with a few residual cases and a low fatality rate from rapid evacuation. Rep Cole Se Leavenworth seeks renomination for Congress. Mexico reports 3 935 000 men registered for the July 6 presidential election the largest ever. women lack national suffrage. Oslo notes Norway’s capital has about 425 000 residents.
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Tokyo
Korea
General Headquarters
U.N
Mexico City
Mexico
Four Die In Tenement Fire In Somerville Mass
A family of four perished in a night fire that damaged four tenement buildings in Somerville. Anthony Carcarro and his daughter Jeanette were found together, Eva Carcarro and son Richard were also killed. Firefighters reported attempting escape through a passageway to a neighboring building. Fire left about 30 people homeless in freezing conditions. Fireman Richard McDevitt suffered burns on 50 percent of his body. In a separate report, Vernon L. Presnell, 24, died from injuries after a car crash near Junction City, Kansas, at Fort Riley, leaving Ellensburg, Indiana, as his home.
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Somerville
Mass
Anthony Carcarro
Jeanette
Eva Carcarro
Richard
Carcarro
Mr. Carcarro
Richard McDevitt
Ft. Riley
Vernon
L. Presnell
Junction City
Ellensville
Ind
Plans for joint Mediterranean naval exercise announced
Plans were announced for operation prand slam a nine day joint naval exercise in the Mediterranean involving U S Britain France and Italy beginning February 26 under Admiral Robert B Carney commander of Allied forces in Southern Europe A four power staff will assist aboard the Adirondack in Naples with about twenty task units to operate without regard to nationality The exercise seeks to improve inter service procedures and communications among allied naval forces and their air arms in the region
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Naples
Italy
U. S
Mediterranean
U. 8
Adm
Robert B. Carney
Europe
Carney
Adirondack
Pittsburg Music Dept Head elected Kansas Music Teachers head
Dr Otis Muman head of Pittsburg State College Music Department elected president of the Kansas Music Teachers Association succeeding Gerald M Carney professor of music education at the University of Kansas Other officers elected by the association veiled in this report
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Christine Wiggins
Kansas State College Extension Service
Manhat
Cole
Leavenworth
Albert Cole
Congress
Leavenworth Times
Oslo
Norway
Lim
Chittanooga
Jahony Padgett
New Jersey
Trenton
Ric Ron Wise
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Pitalate
DAB
Connizston
Uia
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New Mexico
Cass
Lawrence
West Ot
Westinghouse
Oliver Service CO
Botany
Pittsburg
Gerald M. Carney
K.A
BUICK
Buick Engineers
Atta
Parker Buick Company
Waal
Attar Smail
Luvin
Inion Exial
Mepnnit
Wean A
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