Milford Dam Drives Reservoir Site Near Junction City
Construction of the Milford Reservoir on the Republican River north west of Junction City progresses toward closure in 1965 with full completion planned for 1968. Milford Wakefield and two unincorporated villages will be flooded, while relocation to higher ground proceeds. the $61.2 million project is led by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with Western Contracting Corp. as prime contractor.
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Junction City
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Kansas
Republican
Junction
Milford
Wakefield
Sunda
Alida
Geary County
Broughton
Clay County
Dickinson County
Miley County
Western Contracting Crop
Sioux City
Iowa
Western Corp
Richard J. Griffith
U.S. Corps of Enegineers
Western
Wor
Gluck Leppard
Wester
Turtle Creek
Blue River
Republican River
Kansas Highway Commission
Commission
Lander
Table Creek
Atheist plans Stockton colony amid mixed town support
Mrs. Madlyn J. Murray travels to western Kansas to inspect 80 acres offered by Carl Brown for an “Other Americans Inc.” center. The project aims to create a university publishing house and home for the aged, while residents weigh petitions against the plan.
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Other Americans Inc
Kansas City
T 9
Murray
Stockton
Carl Brown
Brown
Gustav Broukal
Cedar Rapids
Town
St. Lukes Hospital
Mrs Kennedy to Curtail Activities for Five Months
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy returns to Hyannis Port with children and seven dogs after Caesarean birth. Doctor says she should curtail public duties until after year’s start to ensure complete rehabilitation. She plans to stay at Brambletyde on Squaw Island until Sept 15 before moving to Hammersmith Farm.
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Hyannis Port
Mass
Jacqueline Kennedy
Washington
Pierre Salinger
White House
Brambletyde
Hammersmith Farm
Hugh D. Auchincloss
Newport
R.I
Town Loses Dubious Distinction
WELLFORD Kan AP The mayor Budah Powell says Wellsford lost its reputation as smallest city in Kansas Freeport now holds the title after census shows Freeport with 28 residents while Wellsford counted 31 Powell jokes about still having 31 and wonders which town now owns the distinction Harp er County mayor Ben Brooks of Freeport says the distinction is a point of pride
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Wellford Kan
Wellsford
Budah Powell
Freeport
State Board of Agriculture
Kansas
Powell
Harper County
Ben Brooks
Kansas to Receive $380,204 in Federal Fish and Wildlife Funds
Kansas will obtain $380,204 in federal funds for fish and wildlife restoration this year, as reported by the Forestry, Fish and Game Commission. The amount includes $281,894 from Pittman Robertson wildlife funds and $98,910 from Dingell Johnson fish restoration funds, sourced from federal excise taxes on hunting and fishing gear. The note adds that in 1961 and 1943 the state received $766,460 from the Hye funds.
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Topeka
Kansas
Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Pittman-Robertson
Dingeil-Johnson
Offender Does Policeman's Job in Front of HQ
KANSAS CITY AP Larry R Zinn 23 sideswiped a car in front of police headquarters milled into the parking lot and announced to a policeman I want to go to jail Cpl Robert McKinney arrested Zinn on charges of careless driving and driving while intoxicated McKinney said he never had one come to him before
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Kansas City (Ap
Larry R. Zinn
Robert McKinney
Zinn
McKkinney
Not Enough to Fight About Says Wife After Argument
In the account, the wife recalls the dispute ending when four beers marked the limit. Zinn believed the confrontation arose from the drinking, while she viewed the incidents as excessive.
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Aaetee
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