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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1963
Page
2
A naval court of inquiry rebuked Commander Stanley W. Hecker, skipper of the submarine escort Skylark, for failing to report the final messages from the ill fated submarine Thresher and cited an unreasonable delay in reporting.
Cattle and hog price reports from Garden City and Kansas City detail steady to higher conditions for fat cattle and mixed results for heifers, cows, and feeders. Separately a court of inquiry named Hecker of Brooklyn in connection with the Thresher loss, with testimony about the Skylark and Thresher events and ongoing proceedings.
Lights burn all night in northeast Sedgwick County as residents fear a killer may be at large after two people were slain last weekend. Earl Bowlin was shot at his farmhouse and his wife’s mutilated torso found nearby. Deputies patrol 24 hours to follow every clue while homes are secured and residents stay vigilant.
A spark from a welder's torch ignited accumulated gas at the Northern Helix helium extraction plant near Bushton Kansas, injuring three men seriously and one slightly while workers were in a insulated cold box hole. The plant uses supercooled gas to extract helium and a construction crew is upgrading the box.
Egypt Syria and Iraq announce a plan to create a United Arab Republic with Western parliamentary norms and Arab socialist aims. A plebiscite by Sept 17 will approve a new constitution, with a two-house legislature including population based and equal representation seats. Elections by secret ballot, women voting, and a single political front are planned during a 26 month transition.
Farmers with less than 15 acres face two options under the new wheat program. They may join as allotment growers, gaining price support, voting rights in the referendum, and marketing certificates, or stay out, plant up to the larger of their 3 year lease or 1964 allotment and face penalties. Registration is seven days before the May 21 1963 referendum, and the program takes effect if two thirds vote yes.
About 300 baby chicks and the brooder house housing them were destroyed by a fire shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday. Garden Citys volunteer fire department responded to the Burl Mayo home on the east US 50 by pass. No one was home when the blaze started and investigators believe a gas brooder caused the fire. A nearby eastern building suffered minor damage.
Floyd M. Blackyou, 36, convicted of first degree manslaughter in the shooting death of Wichita Patrolman David Kenyon. Jury deliberated five hours to reach verdict after a prior mistrial in the second trial. Sentencing set for April 26 by Judge James J. Noone.
Japan trails the United States and the United Kingdom with a total of 9,000,000 television sets, reflecting a strong consumer electronics market in the postwar era. The United States leads, followed by the United Kingdom, while Japan solidifies its third position in global TV ownership.
Chicago AP report: James Lee, 46, grieving father who donated nearly all possessions to charity in memory of his 9-year-old daughter Shirley, dies by suicide in a tavern booth after police retrieve him. He left gifts including his 19 apartment building and a two flat to St Philip Lutheran Church, hoping for Shirley’s memory. He described calm despair at Shirley’s grave and asked to be buried beside her in St Lucas Cemetery. He built wealth in trucking, then real estate, after his wife died to stay near his daughter.
A Wilson County fire destroyed three homes and three small business buildings on the main street. Origin undetermined, wind at 20 mph fanned the flames. No injuries. Businesses included a milk station a feed storage house and a produce house. Firemen from Fredonia Chanute and Yates Center answered. Fire began about 2:6 a.m. and was under control after about four hours.
In Brooklyn a subway tunnel fire at 3 p.m. caused dense smoke and mass evacuation. About 600 people were trapped or forced to leave, with 100 treated on scene and nearly 100 hospitalized. Fire officials credited quick action and noted service resumed after three hours.
In Chicago, Phil Degrazia from Leavenworth Penitentiary and his Chicago attorney brother Anthony Degrazia sobbed in federal court as Judge Hubert L. Will imposed a new 10 year term for conspiring to transport $75,000 of stolen goods across state lines. The sentence may run concurrently with the 10 year term Phil already faces for hijacking $20,000 in appliances. Relatives filled the courtroom, with Phil's wife and mother present as Anthony supported him.
The Netherlands leads global dairy exports yet must import food to feed its population of about 11.9 million. The contrast highlights a strong dairy sector alongside broader food import dependence.
Today admission list from St Catharine includes Donald Green 1802 Doward Raymond Plotner 303 N Sth Ricky Heismeyer 324 N 10th Albert Redinger Ulysses A A Dewey 1507 Mikes Dr Mrs J W Preedy Sataria Mrs Nettie Hicks 1801 E Ful on Claude Kerr 209 N 3rd Rodney Wolking 706 N 6th William Bibb 511 N 5th Pt Mary E Keune 514 N
Mrs. Alice L Collins aged 78 of Wichita died Monday afternoon at her daughter Mrs W H Walls home in Wichita. She was mother to Arthur F Fleming pastor of the First Christian Church. Burial is set for Thursday afternoon in Coffeyville, the family home. Mr and Mrs Fleming have gone to Coffeyville for services. Mrs Collins had visited Garden City on several occasions.
Mrs Rosa Garcia 77 of 102 N 4th Wichita died Tuesday in St Catherine Hospital after a short illness born Aug 30 1885 in San Jose Delaisia Zacatecas Mexico came to the United States in 1917 and Garden City in 1920 survived by five sons Firio D C Jess Mike William all of Wichita 44 grandchildren one son preceded her in death in 1957 funeral Friday 930 pm at St Marys Church Rev Clement Goubeaux officiating Rosary Thursday 8 pm Garland Funeral Home Chapel burial Valley View Cemetery.
In Garden City Telegram’s April 1963 page a list of dismissals includes Ruth Borah and Patricia Borah at 1608 N. Patricia Borah 1603 N. 8th, Charles Hopkins 904 Theron, Mrs. Orie Dunn 2007 N. 7th, James Collins McDonald Trail at Ct, Mrs. Wilbur Drescher KAL Vesta, Darryl Zorn 615 N. 1th, Mrs. Phil VanDoren 612 N. 7th, Brien Roth Ingalls, Mrs. Samuel Gropp Lakin, and Alice Robert E. Collins 2512.
Curt is Green conveys to Alice Hamsher the north 10 feet of lot 8 all of lot 4 and the south 15 feet of lot 5 in block 6 of Fairmount Addition.
Abatement actions list insufficient fund checks totaling 11.72 plus 6.75 costs for A R Van Hoozer Lakin and 30 account closed check with 18.50 costs for Levon EB Turner Liberal. Juanita Turner Liberal pays 25 and 15 no account checks. Verlen Roy Capps Stillwell Okla waived preliminary hearing on forgery of credit card charge slip and bound over to District Court with 500 bond. Police bonds posted Robert Curtis Kinney 801 N 6th for improper muf flers 6 dollars.
The District Kansas Hospital Assn. met at St. Catherine Hospital with 36 administrators and about 28 auxiliary members. Attendees included KHA official Frank Gentry from Topeka and Blue Cross Blue Shield representatives Sam Barham and Proctor Redd, representing District 8 which covers 20 Southwest Kansas counties.
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