State Marker Is Dedicated at Flint Hills Pasture
MATFIELD GREEN Kan AP a state marker at a Kansas Turnpike service area highlights Flint Hills Bluestem pasture region and its cattle history. Speakers stressed the area extends four and a half million acres across Kansas, famed for feeding beef cattle since post Civil War days and shipping hundreds of thousands of head each spring and summer.
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Matfield
Flint Hills
Kansas
Wayne Rogler
Matfield Green
American Society of Range Management
Walter A. Johnson
Emporia
Lawrence J. Blythe
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Gale Moss
Marger
R. A. Clymer
el ‘Dorado Times
Great Plains
Man Held In Holdup Slashes Himself
ST. JOSEPH AP John R. Kahl 37 held in county jail over a service station holdup slashed his arms and abdomen with a paring knife last night. He was returned to an isolation cell after treatment. Acting Sheriff Louis Jacobs said it was Kahl s third death by own action attempt in the jail.
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John R. Kahl
Louis Jacobs
Kahl
Escaped from Leavenworth Penitentiary Farm
An inmate escaped from the Leavenworth Kansas penitentiary farm in early July, prompting a security search and alert to local law enforcement. Multiple agencies coordinated a manhunt as officials reviewed guard reports and surveillance records for leads and potential accomplices.
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Leavenworth, Kan
Fire in Mission shoe store injures three firefighters
In Mission, Kansas, three firefighters were overcome by smoke while battling a $100,000 blaze at a self service shoe store. About 30 customers were inside. Store owner David Weinstein suspects an accidental cigarette or match ignited a display rack. Loss covered by insurance.
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Mission, Kan
Kansas City
Istore
David Weinstein
Weinstein
Second Sub In Arctic Trip Makes Polar Crossing
Washington reports the U S S Skate completed a transpolar dive surfacing near the North Pole after a July 30 departure from New London Connecticut. The mission followed the Nautilus voyage and sparked debate on military and potential commercial uses of undersea routes.
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Washington
United States
North Pole
Jradio
Navy
U. S
Pole
Pacific
New London
Conn
Atlantic
Eisenhower
White House
Cmdr
James F. Calvert
Anapolis
Hearing Set in Murder Case at Galena Tavern
Preliminary hearing for Pleas M. Hap Duncan on a murder charge is scheduled for August 26 in Galena Kansas. Duncan is accused in the shooting Saturday of Frank W. Link a 21 year old tavern customer. He was arraigned yesterday before Justice of the Peace A O Lamb.
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Galena
Kan
Duncan
Frank W. Link
Justce of
A. O. Lamb
Speed watch nets 115 violators in St Charles area
A special police speed watch in St Charles Missouri captured 115 speeders over the past week. The effort targeted speeding residents responding to local complaints and included several repeat offenders. Authorities say the program aims to improve road safety and deter risky driving.
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ST. Charles, Mo
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