Douglas County Soil Conservation events and farm seminars
The Douglas County Soil Conservation annual meeting and awards program will be held at the 4 H Fairground Building No 1 at 1 15 p m Feb 1 with election of a supervisor and an awards presentation by George C Moore director of State Forestry Fish and Game. A livestock feeding systems school runs Feb 2 from 10 a m to 3 p m at the same site featuring experts Leo Wendling Floyd Reece and Harold Stover. The program explains planning storage and equipment for feeding livestock and improving farm enterprises with door prizes for attendees.
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Douglas County Soil Conservation
George C. Moore
State Forestry, Fish, and Game Commission
Hale Steel
Baldwin State Bank
Douglas County Bankers Association
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Douglas County Soil Conservation Association
Douglas County
Ing
Leo Wendling
Floyd Reece
Harold Stover
Landscaping and Lawn Clinic planned at 4-H Fairgrounds
A two session Landscaping and Lawn Clinic is set for Friday February 9 at the 4-H Fairgrounds Buildings 1 and 2. Kansas State University experts will cover material selection landscape planning plant disease lawn fruits and home grounds improvement. A District Lamb and Wool meeting follows in Lawrence on Tuesday February 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Charles Parks
Kansas State University
Claude King
W. G. Amstein
Lawrence
Fairgrounds
Origins Vary For Names Of Fashions
Oletha Yates examines how fashion terms like dirndl raglan and cloche emerged. Dirndl stems from German maid meaning. raglan named for Lord Raglan with a loose armseye. cloche from French bell describing its shape. It notes lasting fashion principles and the role of linings in garments.
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Gertrude Leinkaeomper
Department of Clothing and Textiles
Kansas State University
Tyrol
Lord Raglan
Raglan
Lienkaepmper
Terracing Plans and Government Aid for Erosion Control
The article outlines terrace planning for erosion control and water disposal, emphasizing contour farming, proper outlets, and maintenance. It notes varying specifications by slope, recommends grassing extremely steep land, and offers ACP office assistance in Lawrence with up to 70 percent aid, not exceeding 4.20 dollars per hundred feet.
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ACP
Lawrence
Zantrel fiber blends promising new cotton like fabric
Betty Lou Skiles at Kansas State University describes Zantrel Polynesic rayon fiber as a silk like, washable material that resists stretching and shrinkage. The fiber blends well with cotton and can upgrade plain cotton into a finer fabric. France made Upper Volta a protectorate in 1896 and it became a republic in August 1960.
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Betty Lou Skiles
Clothing and Textiles Department
Kansas State University
Zantrel
France
Africa
Upper Volta
Congress explores Wilson Creek Battlefield development in Missouri
A bill in Congress seeks 1.2 million dollars to develop the Wilson Creek National Battlefield in Springfield Missouri. Representative Durward G Hall a Democrat from Missouri sponsors the measure which has Senate approval and awaits House Interior Committee action.
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Washington
Wilson Creek National Battlefield
Springfield
Congress
Durward G. Hall
D-Mo
Senate
House Interior Committee
Sow Bears Big Litter in Burdett
Burdett Kansas AP Ross Pelton reports a Berkshire sow gave birth to a litter of 10 pigs Saturday six days after a prior litter of eight. Mother and babies are doing fine.
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Burdett
Kan
Ross Pelton
Berkshire
Seiche Phenomenon Described as Lake Slosh
The seiche is compared to water sloshing in a tub as wind or pressure shifts on one lake side push water to the opposite shore. The effect can move water back and forth when conditions change rapidly.
Burley Tobacco Hearing Draws Congressional Comment
In Washington an open hearing on whether growers should be allowed to plant more burley tobacco is held by the Agriculture Department. Kentuckys burley leads production across several states with quotas, acreage limits, and a 1962 marketing year forecast noted.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
Lexington
Department
Man Is Captive of Chickens in Cold Night
In Athol Alvin Lehmann spent an hour locked in a chicken house on a night near zero degrees. His wife, alarmed by his absence, released him after hearing him pound and shout while the chickens clucked.
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Athol
Alvin Lehmann
Population and land figures for Syria and Egypt
Syria has about 4,500,000 residents across 72,000 square miles. Egypt holds roughly six times Syria’s population and more than five times its land area.
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Syria
Egypt
Linda Hemphill Among Group Elects 4 H Officers at K State
Vernon Schneer from Garden City leads the Kansas State University Collegiate 4 H Club for the spring semester with officers including Jim Birkbeck LeRoy secretary Marian Davies Lebo Leah Ottaway Viola John Stuckey Leavenworth and Judy Graber Newton. The corresponding secretaries are Linda Hemphill Lawrence Darrell Priddy Topeka Joyce Anderson Americus Daryl Leophke Lakin Sharon Gray Shawnee and Marlene McBride Nortonville. A new 4 H program focuses on marketing with the Town and Country Business plan piloted in five counties Greenwood Pawnee Finney Norton and Johnson.
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Vernon Schneer
Garden City
Kansas State University
K-State
Jim Birkbeck
LeRoy
Marian Davies
Lebo
Leah Ottaway
Viola
John Stuckey Leavenworth
Marshall
Judy Graber
Newton
Linda — Hemphill
Lawrence
Darrell — Priddy
Topeka
Joyce Anderson
Americus
Daryl — Leoppke
Lakin
Sharon Gray
Shawnee
Marlene’ McBride
Nortonville
Kansas
Greenwood
Pawnee
Finney
Norton
Johnson
Carson Fights ABC To Replace Paar On NBC Offer
AP report says Johnny Carson wants Jack Paar’s NBC replacement job after Paar departs. ABC won’t release Carson from a contract through September while NBC weighs using him as host and airing Best of Paar tapes. Lucille Ball may return to CBS with a new comedy, aiding Desilu’s prospects after I Love Lucy. George Washington wore breeches of nankeen from Nanking China.
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New York
Johnny Carson
ABC
Carson
Jack Paar
Paar
NBC
George Washington
Nanking
China
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