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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1963
Page
2
Local produce and dairy prices show little change with wheat at 2.03 and corn 1.65. In Kansas City cattle and calves are untested, hogs steady to 25 lower with 2,800 head reported, 1-3 barrows and gilts 13.25 to 14.25, sows 12.50 to 13.00, sheep 125, market untested.
Twenty four contestants entered Tuesday in the junior college men's pool tournament at Civic Center. Joe Kish won the championship with Jerry Horning second and Steve Weissenfluh third. The single elimination event lasted four hours to midnight. Chocolates awarded to top three. Other participants included Ron Howell Van Schaawack Doug Sage Mike Ludwig TeMike Wuest Ronnie Harman Ed Savant Al Niznansky Gene Hesr Randy Coppola Harold Webb John Sheehy Vic Dagata Pon Sonderegger Bud Johnson John Powell Lanny Pauley Bill Vizar prom Earle and George Wiles.
Mrs John Riggs Holcomb School librarian and English instructor attends the English Language Arts Conference in Topeka today and Saturday. Kansas State Teachers Assn sponsors the event to unite teachers librarians across levels to discuss oral and written communication challenges. Featured speakers include Dr Robert Carlsen past NCTE president and Dr Donald K Smith of Iowa State University acting as consultants.
Eu gene W. Morgan of Kansas City elected president of the University of Kansas Alumni Association. Mrs. Charles R. Bell of Maryville named vice president. Morgan is vice president and treasurer of Spencer Chemical Co. He succeeds Stanley Learned of Phillips Petroleum Co. Mrs. Bell succeeds Mrs. Tom Lillard of Salina.
The Federal Crop Insurance Corp. faces at least a million-dollar loss payment to south-central Kansas wheat farmers hit by winter kill. State FDIC director Russell Bowling warned the figure may rise if drought persists, citing 833 loss notices from 12 counties, with Ford, Gray, Meade and Pratt among the hardest hit. Farmers seek land release to solid-till or plant sorghum. FCIC must inspect loss extent before ploughing or replanting. District directors Harold Cackler, Leon Hagen, and Martin Ludwig assist in processing claims.
Washington AP report says Senator Thruston B Morton of Kentucky accuses President Kennedy of political maneuvering over Cuba. Morton recalls 1960 plans to train Cuban exile forces and cites the Bay of Pigs failure. Goldwater and Cramer criticize Kennedy while resisting calls for invasion, arguing against war but urging action.
Sears Days Event opened after a family night preview with Ed Clausen leading in store operations. Division managers and staff compete to break sales records during the annual promotion, which runs through Saturday May 4.
Conard Studio personnel attended the Kansas Professional Photographers Association annual meeting in Wichita. David Rintoul submitted seven portraits accepted for exhibition. Rintoul earned blue ribbons for two color photographs judged by a jury of top national experts.
Next week’s hot lunch program at Garden City schools lists meals for each weekday. Monday offers Swiss steak mashed potatoes and peas with cabbage pineapple salad and white cake. Tuesday features bruised beef mashed beans tossed greens with cherry cobbler. Wednesday serves meat and spaghetti corn cabbage cinnamon rolls and fruit gelatin. Thursday presents barbecued turkey baked potato green beans fruit medley and baked custard. Friday includes salisbury steak beams kraut relish carrots French bread and pineapple upside down cake.
Washington AP news brief reports Gen. Lucius D. Clay urged trimming 200 million from foreign aid. The Clay committee says the program overreaches and needs tightening, with Kennedy already cutting 400 million from a 4.9 billion request. A country-by-country list would show where cuts occur. The piece also notes Kennedy's satellite venture, Navy personnel issues, and FAA near-miss reports.
Five Holcomb FFA members and instructor Don ald Vaughn head to the 35th annual Kansas FFA meeting in Manhattan for Monday and Tuesday. Jay Sloan from Holcomb will receive State Farmer honors for two years of strong classroom work and a successful farming program. Delegates include Greg Upchurch, with Jim Baier Art Dunsworth and John Crist competing in state divestock and dairy judging events.
A rumor of a Garden City woman shooting her husband in the head prompted extensive checking. Radio and police in several places denied the claim before a Kansas City, Missouri, news service traced a similar case with matching names. The error stemmed from a mistaken Garden City reference and identical family names, after about 17 calls and costs of roughly $8. Details: another item later confirmed the actual incident involved a Kansas City area case. Inmate Escapes from Leavenworth Prison. LEAVENWORTH Kan AP 4 prisoner escaped Thursday night from a medium security farm dormitory of the Federal Penitentiary, the warden's office announced. The man is Howard McLean, 55, of Daduth Minn. He was sentenced in Kansas City Kan to 2 1/2 years for a motor vehicle theft violation, started serving Feb 18. He was missed at the 10 p m cout.
Washington AP The Navy recalled Capt William R Anderson former Nautilus skipper to head submarine section of a new Deep Submergence Systems Review Group He will consolidate oceanographic and deep salvage studies and prepare for applied operations Although not part of the Thresher search the move ties to deep sea salvage effort and underwater research Anderson 41 from Waverly Tenn retired last June to work with the Freedom Foundation in Valley Forge Pa The group aims to unify Navy deep sea research including plans for deep research vehicles ready for operational use
Jack Adams was elected president of the Holcomb Lions Club at a regular session held Wednesday night at Wheatland Motel. He succeeds Leo Stinemets who becomes Lion Tamer. Truitt Adams is first vice president Frank Oldweiler second vice and Barney Krause third vice. Don Vaughn is secretary treasurer Bud Wishon Tail Twister. Wayne Johnson and Raymond Wright are two year directors with Melvin Turner as carryover director. John Penner will succeed Krause as carryover director.
Federal authorization was received for a new 18 story office building in Kansas City. The $30 million project will start Monday on a two block site east of the Jackson County Courthouse between 12th and 13th streets from Locust to Holmes. Occupancy is planned for late 1985 with about 4,500 workers moved from scattered offices and 7,500 eventually assigned.
Admissions list includes St Catherine s and Pearl Lindner with patient names and addresses in Garden City area. Dismissals feature Louis Garcia Jack Schrader and others. births recorded at St Catherine s with two new babies on February 26. Police and civil notices cover speeding fines, bonds, and property deeds. District civil actions mention income tax case and a Patricia Barker divorce filing.
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