The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, September 06, 1951, Page 1, Image 1

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LEBANON, Sept. S State Police Pvt. Robert Rlffmaa pobtt te shot
-hole fa door essiar of mountain bme whtra Jngnm was foand
dead Tuesday morning. Ingram vu discovered stamped la reeking
ehatr shewn la backgroand. Death mi canted by multiple head
wounds from a shotgun blast, police said j ' i . j
iXBANT, Sept S Archie Vlbbard. IS, (left) and Charles Kannoad
Shires, 15, both of Sweet Heme, are showa la Uaa coaaty JU aft
er beiax aesUoae4 today la eoaaeetioa with anotraa death of Her-
bert Xnrram. -' "C-?"'
- J!Th5 San Joaquin valley leapea
Into - naUonal prominence Mm
years ago astride John Steinbeck s
best-seller, "Grapes of Wrath.
Life magazine last week showed
the other side of the valleys face
tn an article on 'Shirtsleeve Millionaires.-
They art the ones for
tune favored who out of the ricn
soil f the vaUey suitably water
ed not only by H-two-O but by
their own sweat (and that of theur
laborers) have run their wealth
up to the seven figure mark, most
ly since the late depression. Cot
ton.' beef cattle, grapes, potatoes
- have paid off well. Or course
ewernment price supports and
aids and monetary inflation have
-helped; but now they have arriv
ed and the old San Joaquin has a
different story to tell than it did
when Steinbeck wrote- (Only the
Dlifiht of the landless and ome
imes Jobless farm workers is still
deplorable in off seasons.)
The article prompts the query:
What does California have that
Oregm doesn't have? Do we have
a crop of post-depression and post
world war millionaires up here
too? Probably so, but pregonlans
are' so phlegmatic they are more
apt to hide than to flourish their
wealth. - - -
Our millionaire crop mostly has
come out of he woods." For
timber and lofting and lumber
ing were the escalator to riches
. lathis state in the last decade and
a half. The one-time gypo-logger
mar have run his shoestring into
a sawmill and then into abig
bank account Mills multiplied,
and profit too. ome took out
their cash by selling their nulls
and timoer and settling with a 25
rr cent capital gains tax. Others
ctared on- brought more J
timber and gone into diversified
manufacturing. Kywood'has beear.
cuir-e a goldmine, dux xne m a uni
que type of financing,' worker
cooperative ownership, has divid
ed the profits among a number
f operations. , f
Oregon has its farmers " who
' must brush the six-cipher class
(Continued on editorial page 4)
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Boys Confess
Slaying Man
t Two boys 15 and 13 years old
ednesday admitted tkilling a 70-year-old
man near Lebanon and
i miobotog tam of
$861 it was an
nounced by State
i iPolice Capt. Ray
' iHowardLSi
First degree
? murder I charges
were filed by
'Linn county au
thorities- at Al
t bany against
r' I Charles i Shlves,
y : J 15, and ? i Archie
Btraert lornm Vlbbard 13.
The body - of Herberts i IngramJ
was found by two loggers Tuesday
at the elderly recluse's home be
tween Lebanon and sweet Home
Investigation indicated a shotgun
had been f fired Into his head at
two-foot range and Ingram's gun,
apparently the murder iweapon,
was found later under a pile of
fence rails two miles from' the
house. 'V ! '.' : ' 1" " Jl -
State police arrested the two
boys at Independence where they
had been working in hopyard,
after young Shlves forged Ingram's
name to a $165 check, said Capt
Howard, i ' i:
- When questioned about the
check, Shives confessed the mur-1
der and later the other boy also
made a confession, Ithet-captain
said. The boys were Identified 'as
neighbors of Ingram who bad done
odd jobs for him. 1 1 ti
Capt Howard said the boys told
state police and Linn county off!
cers that they shot Ingram with
his own shotgun after discarding
plans to dump the old man, into a
well OB to beat him with! a ham
mer. Then they took Ingram's wal
let which contained $50, said Capt
Howard. ! 5 ? f - '
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Policeman Fintis
HaPPyEndingi f
To Search for Boy
1 When five year old I Bobby
Brans, 753 N. Winter st, was
missed from his home "about 9:30
p.m. Wednesday, rescuers Immedi
ately thought of nearby MU1 Creek
and railroad tracks. '
- City police . and thers i scoured
Uhe area fruiUessly. Then Sgt Wal
ter Esplin left the night desk to
Join the search because he couldnt
stand the waiting, his captain said.
The search was an hour old
when Esplin found Bobbys-sound
asleep, wrapped in a blanket in
his own basement ; 1 . S !
s -. Coast League
At Portland t. Lo Artf eks: . '
At SeatU 4. Oaktsnd S '
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At ClevcUnd S. Detroit S i - ' -At
PhiLMlelphia 4-. WashiSJ-.Ott 1-7
At St IXHUS-Oucaf o. rata. j ,
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At bMUjni a, PbiiCIfht a
At BfU S-l. New York 3-4
At Chicago 3-t, St Umis 24 (1st II
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Contract
Awarded
By C. Yates McDaniel ' :
WASHINGTON, Sept 5-tfVAt-
omic powered flight moved anoth
er step from the- laboratory to
ward the factory st : tday with
the award of a contract for devel
opment of the first airplane. '
- The air force confined the dis
closure of its plans to a statement
that the aircraft's frame will. be
developer1 at the Consolidated
iVultee corporation's Fort Worth,
Texas, plant, v -v----..
There was no detail 01 any na
ture, but the bare- announcement
was a signal that theoretical work
has advanced to the stage where
experts are convinced they can
have a plane with virtually limit
less range and no refueling prob
lem. - - -. -I
Officials in close touch with the
development , work, however.
stressed the belief that, actual
flight with the new power still is
years away. . - ,i
: Engineers now lieve that .it
will be po&ible to construct an at
omic engine ; and its protective
sheathing to weigh not more than
100 tons. This is the approximate
weight cf the power plants and
fuel supply of the new B-52 heavy
bomber and the latest all-jet B-36,
so an atomic powered plane might
not have to be much bigger. 1
Blood Day in
Ifs blood day in Salem again
today, with - scores of donors
signed up in. the Red Cross blood
collection program, r for appear
ances at the downtown armory
blood center between noon and
3 pjn. f .- . ; . .
Officials of the Marion county
Red Cross chapter are aiming for
a 2l)0-pint co lection today, to meet
needs both locally and among the
armed services overseas. They ask
particularly for "O" type blood
which is the most needed In the
military quotas. ".
Among industries, offices and
clubs providing donors today are
Oregon Pulp & Paper, expecting
to have 40 on hand, and the state
industrial accident commission, 10
Durins; Winter
i Portland General Electric and
two other large Oregon power
companies Wednesday asked for
temporary electric rate increases
to offset the expected additional
cost off steam-generated power
next winter. !
Portland General Electric, Paci
fic Power and Light and Moun
tain States Power company, told
Public Utilities Commissioner
George Flagg that they want tem
porary surcharges of 5 to 25 per
cent according to how much ex
tra steam generation is needed.
PGE estimated the average sur
charge at the outset would be 24
per cent but these probably would
decline in 1952.
They estimated the power com
panies of Washington and Oregon
would have to spend $5,000,000
extra for steam generation : this
winter because of the huge de
mand for power and the predic
tion that stream flow will be so
low that hydroelectric plants will
be putting out less power than
usual. -, i, - . . ,-r
If Flagg grants the request, he
would determine from month to
month how much the surcharges
should be. l
ConsEscape
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' two state prison inmates es
caped from . a run guard while
on picking prunes in the Sunny-'
aide district about 2 pjn. Wednes-
They were Virg3 U Schapa
nasky, 23, serving a two-year term
for obtaining money tinder false
pretenses from Umatilla county.
and Jarnesx T. Smith, 23, serving
three years lor robbery from
Multnomah county. Deputy . War
den E. C Hauey said. ;
A state police road block near
Jefferson was run at high speed
late last night prison . officials
said, presumably by one or both of
the men. "i.. , ... - ; , 1
TRUMAN IS MISSOURI
INDEPENDENCE, Ma, Sept .5
-VPh Harry S. Truman returned
to his home town again today
after addressing the opening ses
sion of the Japanese peace con
Today
Electric Rate
Raise Asked
win?
ference., tt San Francisco jester
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Gromyto'sTry
To Delay M
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SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 5-Pr-
Soviet Russia, steam-rollered i in
an attempt . to stall the Japanese
peace conference, charged tonight
the treaty nations have been asked
to sign an "aggressive military alli
ance wixn tne umtea aiates. i v
Andrei Gromyko. Russians dele
gate, said the proposed text was
hot a treaty for peace, but a
treaty for the preparation of a new
war in the Far East" , ' 'i
Gromyko's efforts to .stall the
conference by . demanding that
Communist China be invited to at
tend were voted down by resound
ing margins. . ! i ;
Dean Acheson, VS. secretary of
state, was. named president of the
conference. ( M
Even more 'reassuring-support
of the American and British spon
sored treaty was found in the 4t to
3 1 adoption of rules of procedure
which would prohibit Russia and
all other delegations from talking
for more than one hour each, r -
Only Poland and Czechoslovakia
voted with Russia in opposing the
rules. -.' j j - :--..:
finale Set Saturday ! ! ?
Thefe was a major effort under
way - to ! get the - conference - over
With so the signing i could take
place as scheduled Saturday after
noon. i - Jf -
i The scowling Gromyko : came to
the gold plush opera house podium
with the caustic, critical attack
that - American delegates t to the
peace conference here had ex
pected, but with this speech, Gro
myko apparently had shot his bolt
His cohorts from Poland, and
Czechoslovakia, who vainly backed
him on . the morning fight, were
still to he -heard from, but it Was
evident that the Iron Curtain coun
tries had lost their chance to delay
or disrupt the treaty signing.
Near the end of Gromyko's talk,
Percy C Spender of Australia, the
acting president of the conference,
interrupted the Russian and
warned him he was making pro
posals. . ! . , :
Amendments are forbidden I by
the rules. i ! 1
"No! I am making a statement
in explanation of my position,"
Gromyko shot back. ;
Proposals Listed .
Gromyko then turned to the
microphone and finished his blis
tering attack, which actually in
cluded the following amendment
proposals: .-.-!" 1 f -.
1 Sakhalin should go to Russia.
2 The sovereignty of Japan
control Ryukyu islands, instead of
UJ5. control, ; , i f
3 All armed forces withdrawn
within 90 days after treaty
4 A reparations conference set
5 Participation of Red China.
' 6 Ensure freedom! of speech
and worship, etc i j
7 Ban all military organizat
ions. ; ' ' - 5 ,
8 Prohibit Japan from joining
a military alliance against r any
World War Two enemy, j
9 The treaty is "preparation
of a new war in the Far East"
. 10 Limit Japan's armed forces.
11 Limit military training, f
12 No mass warfare weapons.
13 --Demilitarization of the. Strait
of Tsushima.-:;: " " "..!. I '
Accuse. U.S. ! -
He charged that . the! United
States was using Japanese material
and labor and producing goods for
use in the Korean fighting, where
it was used under an illegal U,N.
banner. ; : t " i ! ". - I :
Gromyko charged In summing
up that: the treaty contains no
guarantees against Japanese mili
tarism; clears the path for Japan
ese participation in an aggressive
military bloc in the Far East; lacks
provisions for the estobllshmentof
democratic rights In Japan; and
will permit the resurgence of pre
war "f ascist1 rule; violates -the
rights of the Chinese people's re-
Gjblic and added that it violates
. S.-British agreements concern
ing the making ot peace, in the
Far East ' r-u, ,.
At the close of his speech, dele
gates on the floor applauded po
litely. But the audience cooed. I
Gromyko- strode briskly to his
seat ignoring both reactions. -
Gromyko placed special empha
sis on the proposal to limit Japan's
home security forces; M-
"Japan must not have any bomb
ers, he said, looking at the Jap
anese delegation seated across the
'fin:
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FORECAST (from U. S. weather bu
reau. iicNary tlcJd. Salem): Geoeraily
lair today exeeot for late Bixnt aad
arly morni&f ekiudiJMsa. LiUie char?
tn tempetar wiu um mgneax vximy
aar It and th lewst torn rha near SO.
SALEM FRXCEPITATIOM i
Itac Start of Weather Year. Scot 1
This Year 4 '- 7-astYear; i Uortnal
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Pendleton Roundup Girls Greeted by Mayor
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One' of the more pleasant duties of Salem's mayor is to escort visiting lovelies daring their 'stay : In this
city, as Mayor Alfred Loucks does above with the Pendleton Roundup court harrying to a luncheon
. held in their honor by the governor's mounted posse. From left are Princesses Kathleen Folsom and
' Thelma Harvey; Queen Julie King, Mayor Loacks, Princesses Jean iAstnka and Crearh Brennaa. AU
; the girls tre IS years old. (Statesman photo.) r ' ' I ' ' "
Iniuiic
tiontb
Ordered
i NOGALES, Aria, Sept
John Clark, president of the ln-
dependent International Mine,
Mill and Shelter Workers union
tonight ordexed all locals affil
iated with the anion to "take all
: necessary , steps to have the ;
membership return to
soon as possible.'
work as;
l DENVER, Sept &-JP)-A federal
district court order was issued to
day to halt a strike strangling the
vital copper, lead and zinc indus
tries. Union officials Immediately
recommended that locals comply
by going back to work.
; U. S. Circuit fJudge Alfred P.
Murrah of Oklahoma City signed
the order under! the Taft-Hartley
act, after President Truman had
asked the justice department to
take action. The strike started
August 27. j '"' L
I The temporary restraining order
was termed "unfair and unjust" by
the striking International Union of
mine, mill and smelter workers
(fND). It 1 effective until sept.
13, at 2 djb- MST. A hearing on
a preliminary injunction will be
held 24 hours prior to mat. , -.
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End Copper
Strike
Liquor Board Meinber to Movje f
Into Role of State Administrator
wmiam A. fttnffham. ' Portland
automotive executive and himself
A member of the Oregon nquor
control commission, was selected
Hr the aranmissian -Wednesday to
become the new state liquor ad
ministrator. ,
t He will step, into the $8,000 job
October I, succeeding the recently
resigned William Hammond. A re
placement for Bingham on the
liquor commission will be named
by Gov. Douglas McKay. .
i Robert L. Elfstronv new liquor
commission chairman, said Bing
ham accepted the position at the
insistence of the other commis
sioners VTiHIarn Spangler, Klam
ath Falls; and Elfstrom. , a
Bingham, 57 and an Iowa native,
was with the Coca Cola company
for 25 years. He has been Vice
president ef Lee Cosart Motor Co.
since ' 1943. . " ..
"With a background of i more
than 20 years as a successful busi
ness executive, Bingham has' the
moral toughness, the directness
and the innate sense of fairness to
do the job we want done, Elf
strom said.
. He added that lor same time he
had thought of taking sotneoce
from the city ball in Portland- This
apparently was a reference to city
commissioner Fred L. Peterson.
But" Ellstrom continued, "...I
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Fair's Grand
Livestock Awards Made
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Farm Editor. The Statesman
STATE FAIRGROUNDS. Sept
gon state fair reached its peak today as open class Judging nearea an
end and grand champions were selected in virtually all breeds of
swine, cattle, sheep and horses being shown here.
In one of the .big special stock -t contests, the coveted sheep bell
award was made to Kenneth McCrae Monmouth, for showing the best
fToday at tlie Fair
Thursday, September
t a.m. Gates j open.' :
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Health contest,! boys.
It ajm. Health contest; girls.
: 11 ajn. Free acts, adjacent
to machinery building.' "
1 Hi a m. Horse ractog, includ
ing Quo Vadis Chariot driving.
1:30 pjnV, Horse racing, in
cluding Quo Vadis . Chariot
driving. j i j ;
2 pjn. Free 'acts, adjacent to
. machinery building. '
4 p m. Jersey I breeders din
ner, Golden Pheasant - ;
4:30 pjn. Present a t tern o f
"Oregon's Grassman of: the
year," agriculture pavilion.
7 pjn. Free acts, adjacent to
machinery building. ; j , 4
k ' g pjn. Combined horse show
f and rodeo, stadiunv ' . ;
i S pan. Helene Hughes Tulip-
Time revue, grandstand.
became convinced It would be bet
ter to have an administrator re
moved as far from politics as pos
sible. Bingham has no political
ambitions.' , - - j
tnniaa A. Cinghaia af Peraaad.
mhttvm la aew state ilSSSr Ld -
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Champion
5 livestock interest at the Ore
pen of one breed - or sneep. ne
showed four . beautifully formed,
uniform Cotswolds. It was . the
first time that breed was a win
ner in the bell contest sponsored
by American Sheep Breeders mag
azine and Judged -locally,
i Interest remained high in the
youth work, the entertainment
features and exhibits other than
stock Wednesday, when 26516
persons attended the fair, i Last
year's Wednesday crowd totaled
30.020. Paid l attendance today
was 16 ,573, down from last year's
Wednesday total paid of 22,016.
Crowd at Races - t;: .
i In the popular horse races, a
large crowd turned out to watch
the Governor's handicap and oth
er races. The day's pari-mutuel
betting total was. $77,748 in nine
races, compared with 1950's Wed
nesday total of $77,810 in 10 races.
For the second time in his act
ive 4-H work of recent years, Jer
ry Wipper of -Turner turned the
well-nigh impossible trick of cap
turing both the championship and
reserve championship in 4-H fat
lambs. The Southdown cross he
showed was his third grand cham
pion lamb. His reserve champion
was a purebred Southdown.
Turner Girls Win i
t Two Turner girls,; meanwhile;
were in on the day's 4-H honors,
with Pat Ahrens showing the top
pen of three - arket lambs (South-1
down cross) and Margie Drager
won a top frozen food scholarship
for freezing 48 containers of fruit
canning 99 quarts and 31 pints of
fruit and making 74 jars of lams
and jellies all during the eve-;
nings of recent weeks when she
was bean-picking by day. ?
I In other 4-H highlights today
Joyce Mount of Salem won a 4-H
summer school scholarship for ex
hibiting a winning cotton work
dress, while similar scholarships
went to Peggy Ragan, Pendleton,
school dress and play clothes; Mar
ilyn i Morrison, Tro:tdale, school,
dress, blouse and skirt; 1 Helen'
Weroster, Portland, best dress;
Carolee Wyalt Eagl Point party
dress, nd Doris Pierson, The
Dalles, tailored dress."; - !
i Livestock judging hot and fast
to the 4-H division. Freckled Ver
non Haley, 17, Bonanza, showed
his sleek Hereford steer to beef
showmanship championship and
the Albert Riney trophy, lie won
out over Gary Cooler, 13, Dallas,
who became Junior championship
in his second state fair appear
ance, ' 1
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1 pages 2, J, 4, 18, 17) i
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CAR PRICE RISE DUE - , i
I WASHINGTON, Sept 5 (JPH
Price Director Michael V. DiSalle
said today the nation's auto mak
ers will probably .be granted a 0
to 8 per cent boost in the factory
Price of new cars. DiSaUe's agency
i'a ur 'w1'-"11 orwjr u u-
i sued late, Fxidax
Russian-Xype
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Korea Again
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' By Tom Bradshaw i -".
TOKYO. Thursdav. Send 8
Gen.' Matthew B. Bidgway today
hurled - a blistering ' criticism ' at
the red's Korean war commandm
and challenged them to switch th
suspended talks away from Kae
SOrg.';:f;'':: - . i i -- '' '-"- .; '
The sunreme allied mmmmHw
refusing to give an inch ton do.
mands the reds say are required
to gi tne tauu going again, let
fly his sharpest statement! t
He not OnlT. flat v deniftd rnm.
munist charges of allied air and
groun violations at Kaesong kmt
ON THE WESTERN FRONT.
Korea, Sept C -JPH II as dream
of Chinese tank sapported
troops made a llghtnlag attack
today lagalnst aa allied ; forM
-west of Yonchon, 35 miles north
of Seeat : "f; - ,
An allied tank and Infantry
force battled west to aid the
attacked troops. After several
hours .f fighting, the task foreo
still was some distance from taa
assaulted nnit
suggested they were "Initialed end
yci wriraiea oj your lOTCeS. i .
Z TA n., RidKwT recommended
that his liaison officers meet with
reds six milea port ,f v ,.,,. -
ana chose some other site; in too
interests of achieving "a Just and
honorable military armistice.
xie auiea commander made tbo
SUezestion nnl f, . -
.w .uvu, UICS
Russian-type tanks were report
ed -rumbling along ; the iKoreaa '
warfront for the first .time .stoecT '
last winter. i . -,- , -4 h .
S . return sharpened silled
belief -that "70D.00O reds, Judinf '
thousands of Caucasians and back
ed by at least 1,000 planes, were
massmg for p a new offensive
against th an!. . ir T
Berates Commies rlr-'llV: !
, iudgway belabored the redaj
constant i.n..ti... t .
the long .series of heated exchang
es which followed suspension of
th talks two weaks ago. :
tie saia he suspected they "hava
ulterior motivM nt
breaking off negotiatiWi an
mimuiih io pin xne Diame on thm
allies when the reds are at fault ,
nis suggestion that another site
be chosen recalled his original
stand for the' talks io be held
aboard the Tlanfch kncnlfot mVit
Jutlandia off the northeast coast
i;narges fliaao r-rf , s
The reds broke ott th talks,
charging . that an : alliedi plana
bombed Kaesong the nlghtibefore.
Since then the reds have made a
series of such charges 4- all denied
by the . allies.- n : ,f ; :f;
Eight T-34 ;tanks, the-standar
Russian! tank! in .world war H,
were spotted by ground and air
observers in the vicinity of Yon
chon, 35 miles north of SeouL -
Allied fliers saw two ?of the "
tanks firing on United Nation
infantrymen. , t, ; .
The hard fighting presently is in
the east. - , t ? j
"Bloody Ridge Falls
Bitterly-contested "bloody rid- ,
ge, 16 miles north of parallel 38,
fell with surprising ease to U. S.
Infantrymen in that sectoir Wed
nesday. The occupation ended a
17-day battle. - v . i
The victory went to the U. a.
second division , the veteran
outfit which broke the back ol
the reds last offensive in May.
"Bloody ridge" is .eight milea
north of Yanggu, a town ah equal
distance north of parallel 33 in
east-central Korea. Tha ridge la
3,000 feet high and a; mile long.
It Wit an imruSrfani v!4a. i
the limited offensive which has
carried tbo allies' five miles for
ward over the ridges and peaks
north of Yanggu. , -i
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KANSAS CXTY, i ept.5VTha
turbulent Kansas (ICaw) river waa
on a rampage again i today from
Topeka to its mottthl at jKansaa
City where weary people Still ara
digging out cf the nation's costliest
single disater-4h 2hi biliica
dollar flood cf earl:r July, f
: Flood - wracked North Topeka
was again a ghost town after tta
3,000 residents were evacuated as
a precautionary meastrre.l
. Metropolitan Kar.s::s City's in
dustrial areas got r - : today,
fc. another overilow is Ui Kan
sas Inched up toward a c-c-t cf 31
feet twe feet over clke capacity
due at noon tomorrow. -:
This mark would b far t hort of
the 515-foot i crest cf t.jnaaa
moth July overflow. ;,. : j ;,.
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Flo
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