Drought and rains puzzle Kansas wheat harvest
Winter drought and late spring rains confuse experts across Kansas as harvest prospects vary by county. Reports show yields from 4 to 17 bushels with test weights 60 to 62 pounds and widespread green regrowth delaying mature harvest into next week. Grasshoppers threaten dockage, while conditions range from fair to good in summer fallow wheat, with forecasts from 10 to 60 percent of normal depending on area.
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Gene Pager
Pratt County
John Baker
Pratt Equity Exchange
Abilene
Iola
Parsons
Floyd Rapalino
Labette County
Russell C. Klotz
C. W. Vetter
Atchison County
McPherson County
Cool weather and rain linger across the state
Forecasters predict cooler conditions and renewed rain across the region. Scattered showers are likely tonight and again tomorrow, with mainly eastern areas affected. Temperatures will peak in the 60s tomorrow while nightly lows range from the mid 40s to around 50, varying by location.
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Good Samaritan Sparked Five Hour Douglas County Chase
A highway patrol trooper stopped to help a stalled pickup near Baldwin Junction and triggered a five hour manhunt that ended with the arrest of Richard Frank Cox, 43, of Springfield Missouri, for car theft after a chase, ditch hideout, and bloodhound tracking. The stolen truck was recovered, and Cox is held in Jefferson County jail pending transfer to Oskaloosa.
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Harry Allen Tiller
Perry
Art Jenson
Bob Conaty
Ottawa
Carl Gray
Bill Hodson
Tiller
Kansas
Missouri State Penitentiary
Big Sum Covers Water Projects
Washington reports the House Appropriations Committee recommends 464 million dollars for water projects, cutting 48 million from Eisenhower’s budget and 16 million from last year. Total covers construction, operation, surveys, general expenses, and Lower Mississippi. Several projects added, others eliminated, with notable allocations across flood control, navigation, beach erosion, and hydroelectric efforts.
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Topeka
Wheat forecast projects wheat at 845 million bushels
The Agriculture Department estimates this year's wheat crop at 845,215,000 bushels, down from last year's 969,781,000 and far below the 10-year average of 1,154,073,000. Severe drought and stricter production controls affected output, but large reserves secure ample supply. Winter wheat is forecast at 639,224,000 bushels, spring at 205,991,000.
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Great Plains
House Appropriations Committee Okays 7.2 Million for Turtle Creek
The House panel approved 7 million dollars to resume work at the Turtle Creek Dam project on Blue River near Manhattan Kansas, adding it to a broad construction bill. The move follows two years without funding as witnesses urged flood control to prevent repeats of 1951 Kansas City floods. opponents warned of land loss from a floodplain deal slated by the project.
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Phillips bids high for Pike location on Kansas Turnpike
Phillips Petroleum was apparent high bidder for the Lawrence gasoline station lease on the Kansas Turnpike. The bid was 8.15 cents per gallon in rent to the KTA for operating the station about five miles northeast of Lawrence.
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el Dorado
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Sinclair Refining Co
Kansas Traffic Deaths Reported in 1955 Totals
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the state accident records section show 227 for the last period to date in 1955, compared with 216 in the same period of 1954, as Topeka notes.
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Veterans Administration awards 17 million contract to Kiewitt for Topeka hospital
The Veterans Administration awarded a 17 042 000 contract to Peter Kiewitt Sons Co of Omaha for a 1000 bed neuropsychiatric hospital at Topeka Kansas on a 160 acre tract near Winter General Hospital which will be dismantled. The bid was the lowest of seven submitted and the contract covers 21 buildings with completion in about 800 days.
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Approval Expected In Both Houses On Tuttle Creek Funds
Rep. Errett P. Scrivner says the 714 million for resuming Tuttle Creek Dam work will pass in both House and Senate. He notes the House committee will send the bill to the full House next Wednesday, with possible Senate approval following. The project, long debated, aims at flood protection and water needs for the state. Emil Heck, Douglas County official and advocate, calls the progress the best news in years and compares the project’s significance to the Kansas Turnpike.
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Women fliers start first across-water air race
Thirty three light airplanes carrying 61 women departed Washington in three groups for Havana in the first across-water air race for women. The lead group left at 10 30 a m on a leg to Key West with the final leg to Havana scheduled for Sunday.
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Quick Thinking Saves County Boy After Plunge Into a Well
Larry Allen Schomer, 6, fell into a 30 foot well two miles north of Baldwin after stepping on a rock while playing. His uncle Donald Collins and neighbors pulled him and his sister from the water after a chain tow from a truck aided the rescue. The boy walked home shaken but unharmed aside from fright and minor water exposure.
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Stock Market Closing Averages Hit New High
New York closing averages show the 60 stock index at 169.2, a new high, with a rise of 1.2 points on the day. Strong gains push broad market sentiment higher amid mixed trading and limited volume.
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Restroom customers eyed as Lawrence gas prices skew local war
Lawrence gains fuel price contrasts as Topeka and Kansas City lanes diverge. Regular gas sits at 23.9 cents and ethyl at 26.9 cents in Lawrence, while Topeka’s regular runs near 19 cents and ethyl around 21 cents. Local operators warn price wars hurt all, noting shoppers favor brand and rest stops over long trips.
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Lines Drawn for Dixon Yates Power Battle in House
The House Appropriations Committee split on funding for federal power programs and rejected a 642 million request to build a Dixon Yates to TVA transmission link. It instead directed funds to start a new Fulton TVA steam plant, signaling a potential floor fight in the 1956 campaign and leaving Dixon Yates with a constrained outlet for current power. Groundwork has already begun on the West Memphis plant financed by Middle South Utilities and Southern Co. The Dixon Yates contract to supply TVA power via the Mississippi River remains under dispute with no settlement in sight.
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Molotov sails for New York en route to UN anniversary
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov boarded the liner Queen Elizabeth for New York after a 12 hour delay caused by Britain's strike wave. He travels to attend the 10th anniversary meeting of the United Nations in San Francisco.
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Furnaces Run Overtime as Heat Returns June
Larry Lawrence notes last summer’s 110 degree scorch gave heat records and now expects furnaces to work hard again in June. He warns residents to prepare for high temps and energy use.
Rainfall May Slow Harvests but Aids Water Plans
Light rain in Lawrence from Thursday night through today measured about .30 of an inch boosting the monthly total to just over 1 inch. Farmers report slow harvest progress but no damage. rainfall supports hopes that city water demand stays manageable until the new plant addition is completed, with electrical equipment on the way for possible early operation.
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