Big increase in Goodland's population

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Vol. 35, Noi

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242, Goodland, Kansas, Tuesday, May

9, 19G7

The

Voice Of Western Kansas

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Lynn Fix- in the 200 block of West 13th

Y :vion- , Street.

. Accor_ding to the. police re-. - - -

-port, F1xs?n a,:1d Diane Butler

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The city of Goodland and leaving the country and mov- as in 1966; McPherson 85, min-re runnmg across 13th Stmin-reet. Sherman County is definitely ing to the city. 'J us seven; Shermanville 79, min- '

i~ Chambers Park when

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growing, as is evidenced by the The following is a list of the us one; Smoke 98, plus two ident occurred. The 119:;7 census figures released to- thirteen county townships and

I Stateline 137, minus 15; Union

. car, Terry Krann- day by the county clerk's office. their respective gafolS or losseE' 76, rn.inus two; Voitaire 388,

·eld, did not see

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Al! of the growth wi:s _{felt during the past year: Grant 216,}

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pl~s three; and Washington 1188

did the girl within the ,corporate city limits, . f

966 1 52 1 minus 16.

icle. , , .. _·_,1·th Goodland showing an in- mmus one rom 1 _. ; owa , _{Gc::idland's neig or to t}hb h _e f Mr.

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crease of 482 compared to 467 L~musl teln5; Italsca 1_67 pLluls 51, west, Kanorado showed a

de-21 in the county. Figures indicate mco ~ 4 Pus six; anos ' crease of ₁₅persons, dropping that more and more people are 105 mmus ten; Logan 124,same

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from 214 in 1965 to 199 in 1967.

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Meetings Set

Confer With

Ward

Prairie ol, 8 p.m.

Goodland's population figures now stand at 5,650, up 482 from last year's figure of 5,168.

The four individual wards

showed the fol.lowing popula-tion figures: First ward, 1,166; second ward, 1,617; third ward 1,319; and forth ward 1,548.

Sherman County's population jumped from 7,251 in 1966 to 7,718 in 1967.