Farm earns soil conservation honor for Franklin County
Kurt Weigand of Franklin County is praised for soil conservation work. Since 1951 he transformed 350 acres owned and 430 farmed into stable land with 4.8 miles of terraces, eight acres of waterways, two ponds, and 195 acres under rotation. He and his wife began farming in Rush County after starting in Idaho.
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Kurt Weigand
RFD
Franklin County
Weigand
Mrs. Weigand
Rush County
Idaho
Guns Mark Centennial Start In Topeka Kansas
Topeka Kansas AP guns will signal the start of a year long centennial celebration of Kansas statehood on January 20 with a 34 star flag rising at the Statehouse grounds. Gov John Anderson will sign proclamations for all 105 counties and a televised program This is Your Kansas will follow from the rotunda featuring historical sketches and a time capsule to be opened in 2061.
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Topeka
Kansas
Congress
John Anderson
Statehouse
Ben Paulen
Fredonia
Centennial Commission Board
Mary
Lincoln
Wellington
Jerry
K-State
Tom
Joe
Williamsburgmeat
Fred Seaton
Patricia Wymore
Charles
Buddy) Rogers
Lloyd Miller
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
James A. Reed
Nelly Don
Milburn Stone
New England
Beecher
Rifles
New
The
Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas
Distin
Swayze
Reds Blaming Nature For Food Shortage
Peiping reports unrest and sabotage driven by a drastic food shortage. A January communique cites severe natural calamities, a cold wave in Kwangtung destroying crops, and a drive to remold landlords and bourgeois elements while outlining measures to increase production and secure daily necessities.
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Alan Cline
TOKYO
Peiping
New China News Agency
Kwangtung
South China
Kennedy swearing oath on Bible under review
Washington AP press secretary Pierre Salinger said President Kennedy placed his hand on the Bible when sworn in Friday but would reconfirm. Reporters noted no photo or witness directly shows him touching the Bible.
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Washington
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
Salinger
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By Elon Torrence
John ‘Cameron “Swayze
Coronado
Harold Case
Boston University
Case
Ctwor
Noy A. Nmonperts
Kansas City Star and
Red
China
Communist Party
Soil Conservation District
SCS
Ray Roberts and Sons
Williamsburg
Kansage
O. M. Milliken
Route 8
Ottawa
Dean Martin
Princeton
Soil Conservation Meeting
Tecumseh and Main
Hill
Mamie Sands
Ed Hosler
Glen Hayward
Howard Depuy
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Bob Dean
Dale Dieterich
Dieterich
Bankers
Ohawa Co-op
Franklin County Soil District
Thurs
Co-op Assn
N. Main
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