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The Ledger and Times, September 30, 1959 Murray State's Digital Commons The Ledger & Times Newspapers 9-30-1959 The Ledger and Times, September 30, 1959 The Ledger and Times Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/tlt Recommended Citation The Ledger and Times, "The Ledger and Times, September 30, 1959" (1959). The Ledger & Times. 3712. https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/tlt/3712 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers at Murray State's Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Ledger & Times by an authorized administrator of Murray State's Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. rn • • • lL / et Selected As A Best All Round Kentucky Community Newspaper 29, 1959 JIM Largest The Primary Circulation In Source of News The City In Murray and Largest Clialloway County Circulation In The County United Press International IN OUR 80th YEAR Murray, Ky., Wednesday Afternoon, Sept. 30,1959 MURRAY POPULATION 10,100 Vol. LXXX No. 231 MEM ••••••,' 110111/111 Premier 'es for a AIRPORT MEETING WILL BE HELD TONIGHT cling be- Lodge is 10 Inch Snow Hits No Increase In Hurricane Gracie Barrels Denver Yesterday Fat Calf Show Bulletin Taxes Says Effort Will Be Made To Raise NEW YORK (UPI) A Dut- Robsion ch radio officer was arrested ELKTON — John M. Rob- today on suspicion of murder Into Carolinas; Kills Two DENVER (UPI) — Students Set Here For slim Jr.. Republican candidate for City-County Share Of Cost In the mysterious death of eyed ski slopes on the western governor, summed up the first beautiful Chicago heiress Lynn 4$ horizon today, dog tired repair- day of a week-long tour of West- • airaight, out-and-out guess." Kauffman. whose body was By ROBERT E. GATELY men were still busy restoring Monday ern with the statement that every- A meeting is set fur tonight at municipally owned utilities red- United Press International W. D. Dibrell, assistant director electric service and traffic sig- found in Boston Harbor the the city hall at 7:00 o'clock to reational opportunities stable gov- •• II b where lie goes', he finds more and if disaster services for the Amer- and homeowners assessed day after she vanished from the which eminent and an alert -citizenry. •1 nals, more promises being made by his discuss mariner in CHARGOITE. N.C. ftft —Gracie, ican Red Cross at Charleston said the Ducth freighter Utrecht. • shrub, tree and roof damage oppnent, Democratic candidate Murray and Calloway County can An airport would add a big PLUS , • • a once-killer tropical hurricane Plans are ciap1ete for he Boston police said Willem "we'ie going to get a realistic which may exceed seven million Bert 1 Combs. raise their share of $120,000 to sign for Murray." -sized flood Sixth Annual 4-H and F. F. A. converted into a storm figure of damage today." dollars in Deriver, which was Marie 'Louis Van Rye of Hol- obtain an airport. Ray Kern. manager of the District Beef Show to be held at Robsion said here. 'They told threat, bored through North Caro- In immediate danger was North caught unprepared for 10.6 inch- land told detectives he had It will be necessary for the Winslow Engineering, Inc., said the Murray Livestock Yard, Mon- me down here that a candidate is lina today after taking at least Carolina's yet unharvested '218- es of heavy. wet snow. had an "affair witih the 23- city and county to furnish $30.- "we do a good share of our busi- day. October 5. The show will committing political suicide when two lives farther south. crops, not in- early year -old divorcee on the voy- air due to the fact that million-dollar farm The storm began in the he doesn't make a pot ut 000 in order to obtain the neces- ness by 'begin at 12:30 p. m. and the sale from Singapore to New promises. It WSS impossibble to estimate cluding the harvested 'hours Tuesday. By dawn., every age sary state and Federal aid to we have a plant on the west at 7:00 p. m., according to Harvey but 1 am not promising anything put York and had beaten her. But coast. Last our business cov- daraige and, as one official dollar tobacco crop. tree and buth in the city dropped that I can't procure the airport. year Ellis, Shew Chairman. no deliver. He then it, "Snythine put out up to now Experts said the heaVy winds beneath the weight ef clinging he said he had knowledge The state will furnish $30,000 ered over 400.000 air trines from Club members from Calloway criticized Combs for "the more of how she went overboard. Evansville, Paducah and Nash- is like puling a figure out of the and rains c_uld damage nearly all snow. than 150 and the Federal Government will and other Purchase Counties are Van Rye was arrested short maney promises winch of the crop. Limbs eight inches thlek broke furnish $60,049: title. We feel that the airport expected to enter approximately ly before be- Combs and his running mate, Wil- Gracie appeared initially today from trees. They cashed onto noon today after The airport site at Penny nas will be a great help to us and Although only two deaths were 140 animals to vie for ehow hon- son W. Wyatt, have made' tops. across side- ing questioned through the night been approved by both the state also Murray and Calloway oun- attributed to the punish- to be taking the same course of roof and car directly ors and top sale prices. by Boston and New York po- "Combs accused me of copying hurricane Diane in 1955. walks and streets. Power and tel- and Federal Government and is ty. ing blows of the year's seventn The Kentucky Department of his platform,- Robsion said. 'in , ephone lines went down all over lice. considered both adequate tor James Garatson. general mana- tmpical Storm, at least eight other Diane Brought Floods Agriculture with Ben Butler, some respects our plaoorms are t).wrt. Unpruned shruibbery was Boston authorities said they 'present and future needs. ger of the Ryan Milk Company persons were killed in Georgia, which struck Aug. l's, Ccermissioner. provides $8,000 similar — of couise we agree upon Diane. flattened. would seek a murder warrant The airp rt project is receiving said that his company uses the Florida and North Carolina in Wilmington. N.C., 'premium money to be divided such things as better schools, bet- 1956. entered at In the high Rockies, snowsl'ides against him in Boston. widespread support. airlines frequently and that he traffic and boating accidents in- northeasterly in a semi- among eight District Shows held ter roads and things that are and cut and snowfalls of as much as 15 Hoknes Ellis. Mayor and chair- felt that the acquisition of an directly attributed to the storm. throughout the State. ,faviously needed in circle path that WOK it through inches closed roads. Fraser Cols., Kentucky. man et the Chamber of Com- airport for the city and county AlPia a.m. e.d.t. weather bulletin The Murray Show has always However, the big central Virginia and extreme east- had 24 inches of snow on the difference seems merce Industrial Committee said would be a highly progressive said the storm, with winds tnat been one of the better shows of to be in the matter of cost and ern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. ground Tuesday. night. Tigers Work today -The Industrial Committee move. dropped from a high Tuesday of the State and has had the hneh- that thanes winds and rains caused Several mountain areas started I have decided to make my of the Murray Chamber of Corn- Buford Hurt, is chairman of the 140-miles per hour down to 4U eat sale average of any such Dis- entire extensive New England flood dam- up chair lifts and rope tows, as campaign on the promise merce believes it expresses the city-county airport board and m.p h., would swing northeast on trict Show. that age, including an estimated 2oU winter naertsmen showed up for I will not enact or increase views of the entire community Audrey Simmons a chairman of a jaunt across North Carctina and All animals will be weighed- On 2-2 Record taxes." persons killed in the Mods. Dam- their earliest crack at the ski in stating That an airport is ur- the fund raising committee. into Virginia .this afternoon in upon arrival, and after a three et long. move ages were in excess of 751 million slopes in recent memory. Robsion then pointed out that pently needed for Murray and Tonight the raising of funds percent shrinkage is calculated, or early tonight. dollars. Highway crews opened a moun- he was very careful to promise Call(nataa- County in order for us will be discussed and it is hoped final selling Heavy rain and local flood con- Miami forecaster Rollo Dean said in thes will be the This Friday that which can be performed with to attract additional high type that a large crowd is nn hand. tain road west of Denver and persons weight. Any calf weighing in ditions were forecast it was possible Gracie might turn time for Mrs. Thomas Holtarsik, anticipated revenue industries. The meeting will be in the city in the area under 1.000 pounds will show in living atong streams from its northwestward march and 28, to give birth to a on in a Robsi n was met in Logan We have adequate plant sites.
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