Franklin County Wheat Crop Worth Over $1 Million
Franklin county wheat is valued conservatively at about 1.216 million dollars based on a 25 bushels per acre average over 22,843 acres and a loan price of 2.13 dollars per bushel. Local elevators report improved but insufficient car shipments, while yields vary from 20 to over 60 bushels per acre across fields with a standout 68.5 bushels on a 3 acre plot near Ottawa.
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Franklin County
Herald
Lamar Phillips
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa Co-Op
Kansas City
Lyle Grier
Tawa
Don Brown
Anderson County
Break-In Reported At Boston Beer Tavern
Police say entry was gained by removing a heavy wire screen from the rear window at 625 E. 2nd. Between Sunday night and Monday, about 2 to 3 dollars in coins was stolen from a music box and an unknown amount from a pinball machine.
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Boston
E. 2Nd
Patient Missing From Hospital After Car Crash
Ransom Memorial hospital reports Howard Fletcher age 27 from 103 E. Locust as missing after being treated for injuries from a collision with a utility pole at 1st and Walnut around 7 30 last night. He appeared unconscious and was moved by ambulance to the hospital before disappearing from his room.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
Howard Fletcher
1St
Walnut
Fletcher
Unable To Reach Decision In Death In Flight Fall
Shelby NC A Cleveland County coroner's jury could not determine how Oren A Pruitt a bridal couple member fell 6500 feet to his death from a Piedmont airliner June 13 His widow's lawyers planned to sue the airline alleging lack of warning signs near the door The bridegroom from Charlotte and his bride were en route to Asheville to visit her parents when he plummeted from the passenger loading door into a cemetery A plane passenger testified he heard a rush of air and saw Pruitt struggle to stay inside after the door opened
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Shelby
N. C
Cleveland County
Oren A. Pruitt
Piedmont
Pruitt
Charlotte- Man
Asheville
Weather forecast: fair and cooler with scattered storms
Generally fair west and partly cloudy east with cooler conditions this afternoon and evening. Scattered thunderstorms in the extreme southeast, fair tonight and Wednesday with cooler temperatures. Lows 50s northwest to 60s southeast, highs 85 to 90. Yesterday's high 92, low 66. Readings and river stage noted.
Storms Bring Light Rain and Tornado Fears Across Kansas
A squall line swept across Kansas with strong winds and dust reducing visibility in parts of the state. Ottawa recorded .04 inches of rain around 4 a.m. as residents feared tornadoes. two funnels were reported near Ekhart and southeast of McPherson. Hail and heavy rain fell at Sylvia, wind reached 72 mph in Hutchinson, and Marysville led rainfall at 1.39 inches while other totals varied.
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Ottawa
Syracuse
Kansas
Elkhart
McPherson
Sylvia
Reno County
Hutchinson
Marysville
Horton
Colby
Dodge City
Governors Support Eisenhower Petition Circulated at Governors Conference
Nineteen of twenty one Republican governors signed a petition urging and pledging full support for Dwight D. Eisenhower’s renomination and re election. Kansas Governor Fred Hall circulated the document, with Illinois Governor Stratton and Indiana Governor Craig expected to sign soon. A survey hints Adlai Stevenson may win enough Democratic votes to secure the nomination.
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Atlantic City
Eisenhower
Fred Hall
Kansas
Associated Press
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Chicago
Hall
William G. Stratton
Illinois
George M. Craig
Indiana
George N. Craig
Stratton
Craig
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
Walter A. Gordon
Virgin Islands
Howard Pyle
Plot Foiled On Cuban President Assassination Plot
Mexican police say 20 Cuban exiles uncovered a broad plan to kill Cuba’s President Fulgencio Batista with a late July target. The alleged conspiracy involved affiliates in Argentina Peru Panama Guatemala Costa Rica the Dominican Republic veterans of the Spanish Civil War and operatives in Miami Tampa New York and Cuban cities.
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Mexico City
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Havana
Argentina
Peru
Panama
Guatemala
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Miami
Tampa
Fla
New York
Twining Sees Soviet Supersonic Bomber In Moscow Visit
General Nathan Twining head of the U S Air Force and a party including British and other foreign officers viewed a new Soviet twin engine light attack bomber claimed to fly faster than sound during a tour of Kubinka near Moscow. They also inspected the TU104 jet transport while reporters were barred from following. The Soviet hosts praised the visitors patience and welcomed questions as they compared the craft to American and allied aircraft.
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Moscow
Nathan Twining
U.S
Kubinka
Zhukovski
Kubinka Air Base
Twining
Russia
Pavel Zhigarev
Sergei Rudenko
Air Secretary Claims U S Has Most Powerful Striking Force
Secretary Quarles told a Senate subcommittee that the U S fleet of over a thousand B47 medium bombers forms the most powerful striking force on earth and will remain the largest intercontinental bomber force in 1959 with tanker support. The debate over Air Force funding pits Democrats seeking a 1 16 billion increase against Republicans proposing 500 million. Bridges predicts a close vote as Knowland notes defense budget ties to Eisenhower hospitalization.
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Washington
Air Force
Quarles
Eisenhower
Senate
Eisenhower Air Force
Special Armed Services
Knowland
California
White House
Sherman Adams
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Bridges
President Eisenhower Expected to be Released Soon
President Eisenhower’s doctors at Walter Reed report he is at a weight plateau of 162 pounds and is not losing weight. He slept nine hours, remains at his present weight, and expects discharge Friday or Saturday to visit Gettysburg for his 40th wedding anniversary. White House secretary Hagerty says weight gain should resume soon and no government business is planned at the White House today.
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Franklin County
Don Brown
Brown
Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Gettysburg
White House
James C. Hagerty
Lamb
Ifj
Hagerty
Escapee Arrested in Macon Missouri
The Missouri Highway Patrol today arrested a 31-year-old escapee from the Kansas State Penitentiary in Macon.
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Macon
Missouri Highway Patrol
Kansas State Penitentiary
Quarterly Truck Payments Due July 1
The Franklin County treasurer’s office announced that the third quarterly payments for truck licenses are due July 1. This notice applies to licenses bought with an initial downpayment and those with quarterly installments planned from the year's start.
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Franklin County
State of Siege in Guatemala escalates after deadly student protest
President Carlos Castillo Armas placed the army in control amid demonstrations in Guatemala City that left four students dead and 17 wounded. The state of siege tightens civil liberties as authorities censored dispatches abroad and police fired on marching students, including many girls, near the government palace.
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Guatemala
Carlos Castillo Armas
Former Greeley Pastor Dies After Long Illness
Rev. Joseph Cowan aged 68 longtime pastor of the Evangelical United Brethren church in Greeley died yesterday evening in Garnett hospital after serious illness since Christmas. He served 18 years before retirement and is survived by his widow two daughters Mrs Everett Fink Garnett and Mrs Robert Mills Topeka and a son at home. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 pm at the Greeley EUB church with burial in Garnett cemetery.
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Joseph Cowan
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Greeley
Garnett Hospital
Cowan
Greeley Eub Church
Everett Fink
Garnett
Robert Mills
Topeka
Dans
Burlial
Garnett Cemetery
Jet Bomber Crashes In Wheat Field Near Salina Kans
A U S Air Force jet bomber from Smoky Hill Base crashed and burned in a Salina area wheat field during a routine training flight. Three crew members died. wreckage spread for a mile and nearby lines were damaged. A board of inquiry will determine the cause as witnesses recall a sky red glow and a loud explosion. Names of the dead were withheld pending kin notification.
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Salina
Kan
Smoky Hill Air Force Base
Air Force
George Reed
Assaria
Here
Mentor
J. E. Davis
Michael Brown
Smolan
Congress votes 33 million for sweeping highway bill
Washington Congress sent to President Eisenhower today a 33 million dollar highway construction bill. It calls for the nation’s largest public works program yet with major road building nationwide.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
State Office Building rent not yet set in Kansas
State Rep. Warren W. Shaw said rental charges for agencies occupying the new Topeka office building have not been determined. He suggested per square foot costs could be as low as 2.50, far below private building rates, with 25 years of ownership and other savings possible. Shaw noted costs must be known first and offered cooperation with Gov. Hall and the commission.
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Topeka
State Office Building Commission
Kansas
Warren W. Shaw
Fred Hall
Hall
Building Commission
Shaw
Office Building Commission
Barber shop owner Guy Ewing dies in Kansas City
Guy W. Ewing 53 longtime Herington barber shop owner died early today in a Kansas City motel of a heart attack. He operated the Herington shop for 19 years and was a native of the area. He is survived by several siblings and other relatives. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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Herington, Kas
Guy W. Ewing
Herington
Kansas City
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