Rock Springs Ranch shapes Kansas 4-H leadership camp
Rock Springs Ranch near Abilene Kansas hosts 4-H members from 70 counties for a three day summer camp. The self supporting facility supports youth development through cooperative effort and fundraising by clubs statewide. The site features permanent stone buildings a health center auditorium chapel and evolving dining hall with work underway on basement and additional cabins and a pristine natural spring powering an 18 foot water wheel.
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Abilene 4
Rock Springs Ranch
Kansas
Kansas 4-H
Abilene
4-H
Rock Springs
C. EB. Rugh
Dickinson
Geary
Morris County
Rugh
Rugh House
Feree
Tornado chasing P51 plane belly lands after takeoff
A P51 piloted by Jim Cook of Jacksboro Texas made a belly landing near Topeka after partial power loss shortly after takeoff. The half-retracted landing gear collapsed in the crash, the aircraft heavily damaged while carrying weather research instruments. Cook was unhurt during the incident. Cook's Sunday mission was weather balloon chasing for U.S. Weather Bureau.
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Topeka
Jim Cook
Jacksboro
Tex
Cook
U. S
Kansas City
Swiss Girls Take A Spill On A Bid Cycle
Two Swiss cyclists resuming a cross country trip from New York to California were struck by a motorist near Guymon Oklahoma. Maya Weissbaum, 25, sustained a leg cut. Irene Smarti, 23, both in swimsuits, rode on a bicycle built for two. They stated daily mileage of 30 to 100 miles and that Weissbaum is a legal secretary while Smarti is a dress designer.
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Guymon
Oklah
Oklahoma
T. G. Burns
Here
Maya Weissbaum
Zurich
Switzerland
Irene Smarti
Brenn
New York
California
Oklahoma Panhandle
Miss Weissbaum
Burns
Miss Smarts
Giant Oaks Protected Near Gyulavari On Hungarian Border
Three ancient oaks estimated at 500 to 600 years old near Gyulavari on the Hungarian Romanian border are now under official protection. The trees shade more than an acre of land, marking a remnant of the great forests that once covered the Hungarian Plain.
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Budapest
Gyulavari
Hungary
Five Million Cut Seen In Ike's Budget
Washington reports that House Appropriations Chairman Cannon says Congress may reduce about five billion dollars from presidential funding requests this year if the Senate and public persist. Eisenhower sought 73.3 billion in new appropriations. the House has already cut and the Senate shows signs of resistance to further increases.
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Washington
Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Senate
Eisenhower
House
iHouse
Colorado Blue Spruce Planted At Gettysburg Club
Colorado’s official state tree the blue spruce is being planted at the Gettysburg Country Club in Pennsylvania to remind President Eisenhower of his adopted state Fort Collins Colorado. Charles L. Terrell former extension forester at Colorado A&M College led the roundup for the project.
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Fort Collins
Colo.ur
Eisenhower
Colorado
Gettysburg
Charles L. Terrell
Colorado A&m College
Rescuer Is Bawled Out In Omaha Fire
Romaine 85 carried his 98 year old semi invalid wife to safety from their burning apartment after the blaze began in the Clowser unit possibly from a cigarette. Mrs Clowser 62 was dead on arrival and her husband Bert Clowser 51 suffered second degree burns. Fire marshal Dan Mulcahey said investigators believe the fire started in the Clowser apartment.
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Omaha
Jess
Romaine
Ann Clowser
Aomaine's
Bert Cloowser
Fire Department
Arso i
Dan Mulcahey
Clowser
Boy Finds Tiny Fortune Through Penny Slots
Four-year-old Ernie Koop wandered downtown with his parents’ saved dimes and spent them in penny weighing machines and other vending devices. When found, the dimes were missing, but the story highlights a child's curious venture into everyday commerce.
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Ernie Koop
Ernie
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Tock Springs
Coty
L’aimant Cologne
Kramer
S. Main
Ike
Cardigans
Terrill’s Department Store
Ottawa
Albright Sewing Circle
Oltawa, Ks
Mildred McKee
Penney
Penney’s
Orlon
Orion
Penney Buy
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