Kansas Farms Shrink While Size And Value Rise
The Census Bureau reports Kansas farm numbers fell to 104,347 in 1959 from 120,167 in 1954, while average farm size grew to 480.6 acres and land and buildings value rose to 100.36 per acre. Total cropland and irrigated areas, farm operators, and equipment counts are detailed, with whites dominating operator roles and a notable rise in farm assets and telephones on farms.
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Kansas
Census Bureau
Sunflower State
Bureau
Pants cannot be removed. shopper freed by mother
A 27-year-old Butler, Missouri housewife apparel shopper got stuck in purple capri pants at a Kansas City department store. After 15 minutes of pulling and squeezing, the pair would not budge. The aunt aiding in the dressing room and the woman paid 3.98 and later the mother cut the pants off with a razor blade.
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Kansas City
Butler
Hickman Mills
Indict Head Of Finance Company
Samuel Rubin, 49, of Atlantic Beach New York, president of a group of finance companies, was indicted on grand larceny and forgery charges involving 819601 dollars. He surrendered and said he had been living in prison for 15 years, claiming to be free. The scheme began in 1945 with a forged 10000 dollar promissory note and continued for 15 years without a vacation to avoid discovery.
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New York
Samuel Rubin
Atlantic Beach
N.Y
Rubin
Douglas Bros Storewide Sale Advert
Store wide sale on furniture and appliances. Douglas Bros advertises discounts across home goods with reduced prices and seasonal offers.
Weather forecast for county readers
Clear to partly cloudy through Thursday with not quite so cold conditions. Tonight’s low around 5 to 10 above zero. Thursday highs reach the upper 30s with continued cool, dry conditions.
British Armada Sails Toward Kuwait Amid Iraqi Threat
London AP British officials disclose an armada of at least six warships led by the Centaur sails from Mombasa toward the Persian Gulf to counter a suspected Iraqi invasion threat to Kuwait. The fleet includes two frigates a tank landing ship and two fleet auxiliaries with additional precautionary measures under way.
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London
Persian Gulf
Kuwait
Admiralty
Centaur
Mombasa
Kuwait Area
Abdel Karim Kassim
Britain
Sheik Abdullah as-Salim as-Sabah
Kassim
Ribicoff Says He Would Accept Draft To Run For Senate
Secretary of Welfare Abraham Ribicoff said he would accept a draft to run for the U.S. Senate from Connecticut next year. He dismissed a Hartford Courant report as basically correct while noting he will not seek the Democratic nomination at the state convention.
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Abraham A. Ribicoff
U.S. Senate
Connecticut
Ribicoff
Kennedy
Hartford Courant
Prescott Bush
Courant
Stratton
New York
Robert F. Wagner
New York City
Things Looking Up For Hiep
Six year old Vietnamese girl Hiep gains aid from Foster Parents Plan Inc and Ottawa First Methodist Church Sunday School Class of 1957. She will receive nutritious food clothing medical care and eight dollars monthly with hopes to attend school. The Ottawa class provides fifteen dollars monthly through its collections.
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Tran Thi Hiep
Foster Parents’ Plan, Inc
New York City
Ottawa
First Methodist Church
Hiep
Bantam badman dead at 98 in obituary column
The newspaper notes the death of a longtime local figure aged 98, highlighting a controversial past nickname and the impact on the community. The obituary provides a concise life summary, referencing notable actions and public memories associated with the individual.
Reward Offered for Puppy Deserter in Franklin County
The Franklin County Humane Society Shelter offers a $100 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who abandoned a bag with four puppies just north of the city limits. Bea Martin Peck stated a hunter, Walter Potter, found the dogs in a sack around 5 p.m. yesterday, but the animals were dead when shelter staff arrived. State law would impose a fine up to $250 and up to one year in jail upon conviction.
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Franklin County Humane Society
Bea Martin Peck
Walter Potter
JFK Back Stronger From Back Recovery
Palm Beach, AP report states President Kennedy’s back is stronger than last summer after a yearend checkup with Dr. Preston Wade. Progress is good and he can resume vigorous activity only in several months, with expected ups and downs but remains able to perform all duties.
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Wade
Census Work Force Grows in Pittsburg Office
The Pittsburg age search branch of the Bureau of Census adds 26 typists and proof readers from the Kansas Ordnance Plant Parsons farm census staff. Farm census work at Parsons began in July 1959 and will be completed here after about three months remaining. Salaries for the 1,100 personnel during Parsons operation totaled $5,141,000 as equipment is moved to Pittsburg.
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Pittsburg
Bureau of Census
Kansas Ordnance Plant
Parsons
K.O.P
Warden Tracy Hand Hospitalized for Checkup
KANSAS CITY AP Warden Tracy Hand of the Kansas Penitentiary at Lansing has entered St. Marys Hospital for a physical checkup and possible treatment. At Topeka Col Guy C Rexroad Kansas director of penal institutions said Hand entered the hospital Tuesday for examination. Store wide sale Furniture Appliances Douglas Bros Adv.
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Kansas City
Tracy Hand
Kansas Penitentiary
Lansing
St. Mary's Hospital
Topeka
Guy C. Rexroad
Kansas
Penal Institutions
Hand
Widen Boundaries of School District
Ottawa School District 30 annexed two large land blocks in a special meeting. New Union District 100 north of Ottawa along US 59 joined, bringing $5 million in recent growth to the district valuation. A remonstrance from Wycoff area residents, filed before today’s deadline, prompts an election. Fouts district election is set for January 9.
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Ottawa
School District 30
New Union
Old Cole
Mt. Hope
US 59
Rantoul
Princeton
Maurice Ponton
Wycoff
Ponton
Fouts
Kansas Supreme Court Allows Brief On Unified School District Law
TOPEKA AP The Kansas Association of School Boards was granted permission today by the Kansas Supreme Court to file a brief in a case testing the validity of the 1961 unified school district law.
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Topeka
Kansas Association of School Boards
Kansas Supreme Court
Mrs Woodrow Wilson Gravely Ill With Respiratory Infection
Mrs Woodrow Wilson, widow of former president, is gravely ill in Washington with a respiratory infection and complications after a three week illness. Doctors report slight improvement after a period of worsening and note she remains at her Washington home.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Kennedy completes next year budget plan
Palm Beach Florida AP reports President Kennedy finished the budget for the coming fiscal year and officials say it will be balanced. Specific figures were not released but speculation places the size near 92 billion dollars, about three billion more than the current year.
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Palm Beach, Fla
Kennedy
Sunshine Forecast Persists for Ottawans
Ottawans enjoyed sunshine after forecasts of snow or rain. John P. Kelsey, local weather observer, said moisture stayed south of the area and fair weather should continue through tomorrow with little change in temperatures.
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John P. Kelsey
Traffic Toll Topeka Log Reports December Deaths
Kansas traffic death log lists 24 hours up to 1 a.m. Wednesday with 3 fatalities in December. Douglas Bros. Adv. notes a storewide sale offering furniture and appliances.
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Topeka
Kansas
Clear Skies Over Kansas From Storm Path Change
AP reports Kansas saw clear skies as the eastern part escaped a heavy snow storm that moved eastward south of the state. Forecast calls for fair but chilly weather through Thursday with lows of 5 to 10 in the north and 15 in the south. Tuesday highs ranged from 30 at Goodland to 50 at Pittsburg, with morning lows between 13 in Abilene and 27 in Pittsburg.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Pittsburg
Abilene
Toot Faces Tough Job for Abraham at $22,500
Tony hopes it will not be too hard on Abraham to take a $22,500 per year position. The line hints at a caretaker or parental dynamic and a significant salary tied to the assignment.
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Abraham
GOP Chairman Topeka Speaker at 1962 Kansas Day
Republican National Committee chair William E. Miller will give the principal address at Kansas Day activities in Topeka on Monday January 29 during the state observance banquet at the municipal auditorium. The theme is Doorways to the Future. Miller, 47, is a six term congressman from New York and member of the Judiciary and Un-American Activities committees. Arrangements are led by Kansas Club president Gardner E. Shriver and a statewide group of officers including Hobart Hoyt John Wall Ralph Skoog Nannie Bingham Albert Ross Helen Sesman William Hagman Louise Simmons Harry Sprague Marion Justus Charles Harkness Ellamay Kay J C Tillotson and Loren Bizon.
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William E. Miller
R.-N.y
Republican National Committee
Topeka
Miller
Republican Party
Thurston B. Morton
Kentucky
Congress
New York
House Committee On the
Judiciary
Garner E. Shriver
Kansas Club
Hobart Hoyt
Lyons
John Wall
Sedan
Ralph Skoog
Nannie Bingham
Sabetha
Albert Ross
Kansas City
Helen Sesman
Prairie Village
William Hagman
Pittsburg
Louise B. Simmons
Coffeyville
Harry A. Sprague
McPherson
Marion Justus
Wichita
Charles Harkness
Ransom
Ellamay Kay
St. John
J. C. Tillotson
Norton
Loren D. Bizon
Belleville
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Associated Press
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Schenectady
Dale Alford
Little Rock
Arkansas
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Alford
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Fulbright
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Nason
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JFK
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