Nomad Life Is Best For Girl Barker
Evelyn Currie, a veteran carnival barker known as a boss-lady, discusses life on the road, earnings, and her shift to fair games with better odds. She recalls starting tap dancing on an elephant at age six, managing a staff of up to 60, and dreaming of a split-level trailer while noting her wish to become a lion tamer.
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Evelyn Currie
Evelyn
Rockaways
Playland
Harry
Decatur
Tenn
Willie
Hollywood
Subscriptions and renewals listed for multiple towns
The Herald reports new and renewing subscribers across Ottawa, Rantoul, Lane, Williamsburgh, Princeton, Pomona, Richmond, Wellsville, Melvern, Garnett, Baldwin, Waverly, Overbrook, Osawatomie and Hawksbill. Notable names include Ward, Tillery, Mages, Turner, Schulz, Johnson, Vail, Cartzdamer, Black, Vanek, Wilson, Cade, Barton, Pippenger, Bulson, Randle, Johnson, Graham, Kohler, Fisher, Pickett, Heyn, Binns, Hermreck, Clark, Motten, Pitts, Buckles, Hoffman, Foster, Williams. Hawksbill peak in Shenandoah is 4049 feet. Invest in U. S. Savings Bonds.
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The
Herald
Ottawa
John L. Ward
Elmo Tillery
Frank Mages
Louis Turner
Jack McClure
F. Earl Moore
R. E. Unruh
Harry Morgan
J. G. Lytle
John Schulz
Howard Johnson
Rantoul
Marion Vail
Drew Cartzdamer
W. H. Ball
L. M. Watkins
Lane
Harold Black
W. A. Neill
W. L. Banks
Williamsburgh
Rudolph Vanek
Princeton
P. C
Grace Lacey
C. R. Miller
Dale Dorr
Garnett
Joe Pickett
Robert Heyn
Ivan Binns
Pete Hermreck
Baldwin
Ted Clark
George Motten
Waverly
Raymond Pitts
J. H. Buckles
Overbrook B
Five Kansans In First Class Five Kansans In First Class
Washington Five Kansans have been selected for the first class of the Air Force Academy opening July 11 at Lowry Air Base Denver The Kansans are Marvin Wayne Buss Lawrence Harlow K Halbower Manhattan 2nd Lt Ralph James Harrison Smoky Hill Air Force Base Salina Marvin Ray Link Cedar Point James Coy Vance Hayes The academy will operate at Lowry until its home at Colorado Springs is ready for use expected in the fall of 1957
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Washington
Air Force Academy
Lowry Air Base
Denver
Air Force
Congress
Kansas
Marvin Wayne Buss
Lawrence
Harlow K. Halbower
Manhattan
Ralph James Harrison
Smoky Hill Air Force Base
Salina
Marvin Ray Link
Cedar Point
James Coy Vance
Hays
Lowry
Colorado Springs
Child Dragged To Death By A Horse Near Durango
A four year old boy was dragged to death on a ranch west of Durango Colorado as a frightened horse bolted away. Witnesses describe a young couple watching in horror while Daryl Sutton, foreman for the Ute Mountain Indian tribe, worked to restrain the animal.
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Durango
Colo
Here
Daryl Sutton
Neilson
Horse spooks dragger and rider dragged by runaway horse
A horse spooked near a saddle horn, snagging a rope tied to the ground. Sutton's son Daryl David had his foot in the loop and was dragged about two tenths of a mile around the pasture before the horse stopped.
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Sutton
Daryl David
One Day Sentence For A Killing
In Nashville Tennessee a 27 year old woman, Sarah Fly, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter after allegedly beating William D. Fernandez, 33, with the heel of her slipper at a nightclub on December 18. An all male jury sentenced her to one day in jail, starting at 12 10 p.m., with police faulting jealousy as a motive.
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Nashville
Tenn
St. Louis
Sarah Fly
William D. Fernandez
Miss Fly
Jail sentence ends with private cell release note
The report notes a 12 hour jail term ending at midnight and a private cell with reading materials supplied by jail personnel. It mentions Chief Deputy Sheriff Fred Lassiter and a separate statistic that about 12 percent of the U S potato crop becomes potato chips.
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Fred Lassiter
Miss Fly
U. S
To Build Homes For Defense Personnel
The Central Air Defense Command plans 162 prefabricated family dwellings for isolated radar stations across 11 states. Contracts will be awarded July 9 at Grandview Air Force Base, with Kansas hosting one near Hutchinson Naval Air Station.
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Kansas City
Central Air Defense Command
Grandview Air Force Base
Kansas
Hutchinson Naval Air Station
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Circe
Albright
Quin’s
Ata Ina Reekeh
Duran
Goodyear
Catalina
Court House
Hawksbill
Virginia
Shenandoah National Park
Chappell's
Pine
the Keen Co
S. Main
Ottawa, Kansas
Philco
Maytag
Douglas Bros
John Deere
Ottawa Tractor & Implement Company
General Motors
Oldsmobile
Barnett Sales, Inc
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