Kansas Wheat Harvest Under Way Despite Delays
Kansas 1965 wheat harvest progresses with 27 percent ripe versus 62 percent last year. By week end four percent cut. average is 18 percent. Good yields and high test weights reported, but protein below average. Flood in Arkansas River basin prompts rush combining in some areas. Abilene full swing. Ashland 75 percent. Beloit good yields. Greensburg cutting. Hutchinson harvest continues with risk of low lands.
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Topeka
Kansas
Arkansas River
Abilene
Ashland
Beloit
Bucklin
Dighton
Dodge City
Great Bend
Greensburg
Hoxie
Hutchinson
Kinsley
LaCrosse
Larned
Lincoln
Lyons
Meade
Pratt
Russell
Salina
Stafford
Sublette
Wellington
McPherson
Minneapolis
County harvest nears completion in 1965 wheat season
County wide harvest continues amid damp weather as Raymond Frye reports 70 to 75 percent of the crop gathered. Farmers from Caldwell to Wellington press ahead with shortages of combines and labor noted in Meade Pratt and several towns.
Killers of seven executed at state penitentiary today
Two young men York and Latham who boasted of killing seven persons were hanged at the Kansas Prison in Lansing. York 22 of Jacksonville and Latham 23 of Mauriceville had ridiculed life as a rat race years earlier, yet faced the gallows in repentance and asked forgiveness as they went to death.
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Lansing
Kan
George Ronald York
Jacksonville
Fla
James Douglas Latham
Mauriceville
Tex
Kansas
York
Heaven
Ft. Hood
Florida
Tennessee
Illinois
Colorado
Utah
Former resident dies in California
Mrs. Ben Waite of South Gate California a Wellington former resident died of a heart attack She had worked at St Lukes Hospital in Wellington Survivors include three brothers Verne Whaley Arizona Mark and John Whaley Webster City Iowa and several nieces and nephews in Wellington Funeral services set for 1 30 pm Friday at Foster Funeral Home Webster City Iowa Latham noted simply Im not mad at anybody
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Ben Waite
South Gate
Calif
Wellington
St. Lukes Hospital
Verne Whaley
Arizona
Mark
John Whaley
Webster City
Iowa
Foster Funeral Home
Weather forecast targets statewide rain by Wednesday
AP reports Kansas faces more thunderstorms after floods with the entire state likely to see rain by Wednesday. Overnight rains brought up to two inches to the Great Bend Burdette Larned Pawnee Rock corridor as the Arkansas River floodfront moves across central Kansas. Wellington area expects partly cloudy skies with scattered late day storms through Wednesday. highs reach 90 to 95 and lows near 65 to 70.
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Topeka
Kansas
Great Bend - Burdette-Larned-Pawnee Rock
Wellington
Flood Threat Worsens in Kansas River Valleys
Evacuations continue as Larned Kansas and Great Bend brace for record crests on the Arkansas River after heavy rain from Colorado floods. Dikes are being patched to protect some 1,500 residents and the business districts, with highway and rail disruptions reported and officials warning of possible further evacuations.
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Associated Press
Larned
Kansas
L. B. Hess
Hess
Here
Great Bend
Kansas Gov Seeks Disaster Declaration for Flood Losses
Governor William H Avery cites nearly 22 million dollars in flood damage to Kansas to request President Johnson declare 24 counties a major disaster area. The total includes Arkansas River valley losses and estimates by the Corps of Engineers for Walnut, Cottonwood and Sand Creek basins.
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Topeka
William H. Avery
Johnson
Kansas
Avery
Arkansas River
Corps of Engineers
Walnut
Cottonwood
Sand Creek
Arkansas River Valley
City ends storm debris pickup after large cleanup
Wellington officials told residents Monday the street department will stop collecting tree limbs and brush blown down by the June wind storm. About 400 loads had been picked up citywide, and crews say streets, parkways, and alleys are now cleared. Some residents were taking advantage of the service.
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Wellington
Sit-down at Brushy Mountain Prison Ends Peacefully
Four coal mine foremen held overnight by 73 rebellious inmates at Brushy Mountain Prison were released unharmed after the prisoners agreed to talks. Warden Lake Russell and Mining Supt Lonnie Arms planned meetings with officials in Nashville and a newspaper reporter to discuss grievances.
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Jack Ford
Lonnie Arms
Lake Russell
Avery
Tennessee
Russell
Campaign to let youths play golf without bag rule
Esther Rawn started a bid in Atlanta to reserve one day weekly for kids at public courses. She objected to a rule requiring every golfer to carry a bag after her two sons were turned away for sharing one bag.
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Atlanta, Ga
Ester Rawn
Commissioners study rural electric rates and park safety
The Wellington city commission held a long meeting addressing rural electric rate comparisons with the Sumner Cowley Co op and local cost impacts for residents and businesses. They planned a special session to study rates and approved temporary backstop upgrades at Sellers Park.
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City Commission
Mill Street
Baseball Park
Elton Hill
Don Chapin
Wellington
Sumner Cowley Co-op
Coop
Hill
Mayor Hill
Dwight Miller
Sellers Park
Miller
Hargis Creek
East Mill Street
James Baker
Duane Hurtig
Park-Rite Maintenance Co
Wichita
Hurtig
Golf Association
Vaughn Plumbing Co
New Presbyterian Church
Lewis Nugen
Lester Jack Payne
S. Washington
U.S. Jets Hit North Viet Nam Targets Near Hanoi
U.S. fighter bombers penetrated north of the Hanoi line for the first time, striking Son La army barracks and the Van Nuoce Chien ammunition depot west of Hanoi. Eight Thunderchiefs hit Son La, destroying buildings, while another group attacked the ammunition depot with no major secondary explosions.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Son la
Dien Bien Phu
Indochina
van Nuoce Chien
North
Hon Gay
Gulf of Tonkin
U.S. Air Force
da Nana
South
Saison
Tran van Dang
Dang
Ho Chi Minh
Grand jury indicts Pope in Nebraska bank killings
A federal grand jury indicted Duane Earl Pope, 22, of McPherson Kansas for the June 4 robbery of Farmers State Bank of Big Springs Nebraska in which bank president Andreas Kjeldgaard 77 and cashier Glenn Hendrickson 59 were killed and bookkeeper Lois Ann Hothan 35 wounded plus a wounded Franklin Kjeldgaard 25. Pope turned himself in June 11 and is held on $100000 bond in Kansas City awaiting possible federal trial likely in North Platte Nebraska. The six counts allege force and intimidation to steal over 1500 dollars and killing or wounding four bank staff members.
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Omaha
Duane Earl Pope
McPherson
Kan
Farmers State Bank of
Big Springs
Neb
Pope
Kansas City
U.S
Theodore Richling
North Platte
Andreas Kjeldgaard
Glenn Hendrickson
Lois Ann Hothan
Franklin Kjeldgaard
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Hendrickson
Teal season hunting opens in Kansas September
A special teal season will run September 1 to 19 with four teal per day and eight possession after opening day. Hunters need a Kansas license a federal duck stamp and a free special teal season permit. Permits available now and mailed after June 15 to the commission. A Red Cross board meeting is set for tonight at 7 30 at the downtown office.
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Kansas
Kenneth Jones
American Red Cross
Cal
Chamber membership drive under way in Wellington
The Wellington Chamber of Commerce launched its membership drive with a brief meeting at the chamber office. Prospect cards and materials were distributed by drive chairman Johnny Allan to a list of participants including Salty Mountz and Horace Yates.
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Wellington Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Johnny Allan
Salty Mountz
Horace Yates
Eutha Frambers
Harold Sturgis
Jack Rudd
Wes Anderson
Dale Glasco
al Yost
Frank Holefelder
George Huegel
Raymond Schalk
Harold Pfalzgraf
Darrel Valentine
Herman Zogimann
J. D. Feaster
Jack Lansden
Duane Carpenter
Charles Tibbs
Bill Schmol
Bob Renn
Mike Marlin
Chamber
Marlin
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Williams
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Louvin
Hennegar
Ala
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Frye
Melo Melichar
Caldwell
Emmett Lawless
Belle Plaine
Everly Harsh
Argonia
State Penitentiary
California
Latham
Edgar Meissner
Otto Ziegler
Wallace
Kaw
U.S. Supreme Court
Sherman Crouse
University of Kansas Medical Center
Jetmore
Rozel
Garden City
John A. Love
Weirs
N.H
Tennessee State Prison
Nashville
Ular
Pardon and Parole Board
Thompson
Slatton
Whites
Ford
Commissioners Plan
Chapin
Watn
Clarence Beat
Grand Jury
Eddie J. Shaw
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