Kansas dust bowl not a 1930s repeat says experts
Kansas farm analysts say drought woes are serious but the southwest region is not facing a mass exodus or “Grapes of Wrath” scenes. Farm income remains strong with high tax receipts, irrigation expanding, and a natural gas boom aiding nonfarm wealth. The main hope is more rain and careful land management.
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Kansas
Greeley County
Roy Freeland
State Board of Agriculture
Lona
Freeland
Dust Bowl
Sheppard Innocent Claim Faces Hearing
Dr. Sam Sheppard declared innocent by California criminologist Dr. Paul Kirk who says police ignored evidence in Marilyn Sheppard’s July Bay Village murder. Kirk to testify at a hearing on a new trial motion as defense argues the crime was committed by a left handed intruder while Sheppard is right handed.
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Sam Sheppard
California
Paul Kirk
Marilyn
Bay Village
Kirk
Sheppard
Governor Spoke At Ground Breaking Ceremony in Chanute
Governor Fred Hall spoke at ground breaking ceremonies in Chanute Kansas for a new tuberculosis hospital. The 1 million dollar facility will serve southeastern Kansas and relieve a long felt need for TB treatment. About 250 people attended. the hospital will have 80 beds.
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Chanute, Kas
Kansas
Fred Hall
Foreign Trade Program Faces Senate Battle
The Foreign Trade Program, urged by President Eisenhower as a cornerstone for world trade, passed the House narrowly but faces Senate trouble. Business groups urge exceptions as amendments seek to curb imports and protect domestic industry, with senators weighing oil import cuts and Japanese textiles protections amid fears of weakening cooperative efforts.
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Eisenhower
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Senate
Congressional
United States
Administration
Free Nations
Senate Finance Committee
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George
Japan
China
Asia
American Society of
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White House
Frightened Boy Finds Lost Pole After Night Outdoors
Syracuse report: 10 year old Sam my Kanasola lost his dad's fishing pole and slept in a car overnight while 156 volunteers and state troopers searched the area. He rejoined at the boys' club in the morning.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Sammy Kanasola
Sammy
Boys’club
Russian Sailor Found In Water Near Denmark
Fishermen rescued an exhausted Russian sailor found in the strait between Denmark and Sweden. He wore waterlogged clothes and, identified as Prano Adonavisky born 1931, was taken to hospital unconscious with pneumonia. A Russian vessel TM309 passed nearby.
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Elsinore
Denmark
Sweden
Prano Adonavisky
Average wages in U S steel industry in 1954 hit $2.51 an hour
A fragmented clipping notes average wages including pensions social security and insurance in the U S steel industry in 1954 at 2.51 dollars per hour. It mentions detected comets heading into outer space and a mountain lion cub count rarely exceeding four in a wet season. It also states that disabilities of old age without disease or infection are rare in humans.
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U. S
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