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The Iola Register from Iola, Kansas • 5

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The Iola Registeri
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Iola, Kansas
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PACE FTVE KANSAS THE TOLA REGISTER, WEDNESDAY EVENINO, ATT.UST 13. M53. re i natives from Ia-one new repiesenta- The Weather Ahead Colony Weather maps below show the S. Weather Bureaus 30-day forecast for the period from mid-August to mid-September. It is not a specific forecast in the usual sense, but an ESTIMATE of average temperatures and precipitation for the period.

MOl I I) WASHINGTON I' IB Basil L. Wluteoef lliv'l in i o- dut ed a bill lo on I ea I lie oil a ml sie of the lion honi 1: in l.sa be Gi.trid Canyon of the Colo-lneuibei bt i a i -e be -ad, i ado lii.er extends for 217 miles, stale-, alter tbe pioo v'. iib a width ori the rim of over Montana, less than 20 miles west I At one time Tuesday night 'M' M'l1 1,1 lli -1, lul1 Yellowstone Park. death toll was given by olticial- The quake first struck near mid as 10, then was revised downward Monday at lleligen Dam and by Montanas civil delen.se dim-farther downstream in tbe Madi tor, Hugh Bolter, River valley, famous trout nut sheriffs officers near the fishing country. Iquake-strickcn area said other1 There were an estimated 22,000 might have been tamed to their 25.000 vacationers in Yellow-'deaths beneath slides, Bark when the quakes hit, I Jeep, boat and helicopter were no one was reported Hurt used to reseue an undetermined number of persons reported marooned by tbe slides in the Madison River valley.

At one time 150 wane reported there, roads Additional light tremors north of MUCH ABOVE NORMAL NORMAL NEAR NORMAL BELOW NORMAL MUCH BELOW NORMAL RMS! (Mrs. Mary Smith) Mrs. Maude Couch returned home Monday from Reno where the she had been visiting Mr. and. Mrs.

Ben Couch for five days. Relatives from Kansas City and Lawrence visited them Sunday while Maud was there. Irene Collins and Elnora Wilson took a short vacation in the Ozarks last week. Edith Brown, Topeka, visited her mother, Mrs. Rowley over the week end.

Her son Howard Brown who has been visiting her and other relatives for a few weeks, went to Topeka with his mother and will fly from there to his home in Georgia to go to school. The Colony Hustlers 4-H Club met Monday night at tho Star Club house. There were 17 members, 3 leaders and 1 guest present. Roll call was answered by What Ill do for the Fair. The 4-H tour starts Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock to inspect the different projects.

Home improvement, gardens, livestock, crops, etc. The parents are welcome to go, too. After the tour they will meet at the United Church for a pot luck supper. The sewing class will have a style review. Woodworking class and cooking class will have their work on display.

Record sheets must be in. There will be a hayrack party Sept. 4. There are 11 boys and 6 girls in the cooking class! of. night son to stone hut park.

ders fuf east got then Ilebgen Dam were felt Tuesday 'trapped below Ilehgen Dam. but night, but caused no damage. leached safety by Tuesday None of the famous scenic won-might, of the huge summer play-j The dam took a severe pound ground was damaged. Old Faith-jing from the mighty slunks. For geyser, about 40 miles time officials feared it might of Ilebgen Dam, continued I 'go out, unleashing a flood down throw its fountain of boiling wa'erthe canyon, skyward on the hour.

Montana Bower Co. official-. A belt of normal temperatures divides cool west from warm cast In weather bureaus mid-August to mid-September outlook. Although southwestern Montana the quakes most devastating blows, temblors were reported in said one abutment of tbe 87 foot high Jlchgen Dam was jarred loose by the quake, hut it still British Columbia, Washington, held This mm he nerag-d $75 per i.i pud 10 yrt.iy a sing! penny to for it. Sure, the co.t of living has been high; but if our friend had ban! e.l as littls as $2 out of each week's paycheck, he'd have more than 1 ,000 saved today.

ITS counts, you knowi it, i y-j dacklcg crowi 3N Interest Paid Quarterly Doles SMe $mh Member F.D.I.C. Serving Since 1903 Mound City Has Rodeo For Fair MOUND CITY Championship professional rodeo Friday and Saturday nights will headline the program of the Linn County Fwr which opens here Wednesday for four days. Approved by the international Rodeo Cowboys Association for world's championship point awards, the rodeo features five professional contest events each night bareback bronc riding, calf roping, saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling or bulldogging, and Brahma bull riding, plus Girls Rodeo Association barrel racing, with $1,950.00 total prize money. Ken Roberts, three times world champion bull rider, will act as director, with livestock from the E. C.

Roberts ranch at Strong City. Featured rodeo performers include Billy Keen, Idaho clown and trick rider, who has appeared at Madison Square Garden and other major rodeos in the past five years; Gerald Roberts, Hollywood stunt rider and twice the worlds all around champion rodeo cowboy, with an act featured at the 1958 Brussels World Fair; Charley Davis, Tucson, rodeo clown and bullfighter; Clem Mc-Spadden, rodeo announcer, seen on the nationwide telecasts of the Pendleton, Oregon Round-Up and the Lubbock, Texas rodeo; the Sertoma Drum Beats, state champion girls baton drill team from Emporia; and Vivian Roberts, western movie and recording ar tist, with her electric organ. Points scored by contestants at this rodeo are added to those they win at other official RCA contests, including such major rodeos as Cheyenne's Frontier Days and New Yorks Madison Square Garden, to determine championship standings for the year. Professional wrestling, a new feature at the fair, is scheduled for opening night, Wednesday, with a card including a heavyweight match, a midget bout, and a tag team battle. Other program events are the Queen's Coronation and talent contest Thursday night, a Sho-deo Friday afternoon, Kid's Day contests Friday morning, and Ladies Day Saturday.

One of the oldest fairs in Kansas, having been held first in 1860, the Linn County Fair and rodeo regularly draw crowds of 5,000 to this county seat town of less than 700 population. FIX mflp. Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and both Dakotas. The quake victims were camped along the Madison River. It flows from Yellowstone Bark westward, northward to join the Jefferson and Gallatin rivers at Three Forks, to form the Mis souri River.

The dam on the river forms a 'lake holding about 337,000 nereis feet of water. A 10-year-old boy, Robert Ben- The -quakes tilted land behind the dam, raising the south shore from 6 lo 15 feet and dropping the north shore by the same amount. There was some concern because a high earth harrier was created by a slide hack of the dam. Waters of the reservoir rose high against the harrier as men with bulldozers battled to clear a channel through the packed earth and rocks. Rainfall forecast for tbs period Indicates heavy amounts In tbs north-central U.8.

Elsewbero, light to moderate Is the rule. The Pilgrims introduced the first card game to the United States. Called All Fours," it a polite family game which still played. Is TVs Wyatt Earp Flies to Africa To Set at Feet of Dr. Schweitzer all sang a hymn in German.

Then he read a chapter of the Bible and discussed it. OBrian spent three nights talking with the doctor. He came away with a new feeling of urgency about the need to avoid nuclear testing and warfare I dont want to quote Dr Schweitzer because he worries about being misquoted, the actor said. "But the gist of his message was that the people of the world have to renew their individualism They must find out more about nuclear matters and make their feelings heard. SANDS TO BE SERIOUS LOS ANGELES (AP) Rock roll singer Tommy Sands says hes going to switch from rhythm and blues to more serious ballads Somebody has got to do it kids nowadays dont know what the serious songs sound like, he told reporters Monday.

By BOB THOMAS AP Movie-TV Writer HOLLYWOOD (AP) A man with a mission is Hugh OBrian, recently returned from a pilgrimage to Dr. Albert Schweitzer in Africa. TVs Wyatt Earp has long been a student of the life and thought of Schweitzer, the philosopher-theologian-muslcian and medical missionary. OBrian was profoundly moved by Schweitzers stand against further pollution of the worlds atmosphere by nuclear tests, as printed in the Saturday Review. He asked editor Norman Cousins if he could presume to visit Schweitzer in Africa to learn more of the great mans views.

It was arranged. On Sunday I finished a Shrine circus in Winnipeg. OBrian recalled. On Tuesday morning, I was in Africa talking to Dr. Schweitzer.

OBrian was paddled up the river by five natives, whom he discovered to be lepers. The actor, well-tailored in a Brooks Brothers I suit, grabbed a paddle and worked along with them. But they made him stop as they neared the hospital landing. The doctor wouldnt approve because of the intense heat, Hugh explained. There was enough to do without caring for a I sick visitor.

I Schweitzer was on the landing, a thin, erect figure all in white. He greeted O'Brian warmly and insisted oh carrying his bag up the hill. Imagine, this saint car-jrying my bag! The best -part of his stay was the evenings, he said. The hospital staff gathered for dinner, after which Schweitzer played Bach on an ancient, lead-lined piano and P. O.

Inspectors Seek Missing Bap NEW YORK (AP) Postal inspectors today trying to find out whos holding the bag with 1141,950 in missing money in it. The bag with the money disappeared early this month after it was received at the Liberty, N.Y., post office for shipment to Federal Reserve Bank here. It never arrived. The money belonged to the Sullivan County National Bank. Joseph Ferseh, bank president, said his bank had a receipt from the post office for the money.

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