Garden City Couple Held For Money-Making Scheme
A Garden City couple Wilfred Eugene Pickens and Brenda Joyce Pickens are jailed in Olathe on charges of obtaining money by deceit through exploiting Mexican copper coins in coin changers. Authorities say they placed 5221 coins and about $288,758 in U S currency in a laundry change machine. The pair, with two young children, were arrested near Gardner after similar coins were found.
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Garden City
Olathe
Wilfred Eugene Pickens
Brenda Joyce
Gardner
U.S
Richard Rohleder
Pickens
Arkansas
Lakin
Rohleder
Sher
Wichita
State National Bank of el Paso
Garden City Bank
Volunteer Firemen Summoned for Car Fire
Garden City volunteers were called to Sthane Pony at 4 15 p m Friday to a car owned by G C Simithe 016 N 5th reported on fire. However the blaze had been extinguished before the firemen arrived and no damage appeared.
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Garden City
Sthane Pony
G. C. Simithe
Livestock Men Here Tonight Stag Dinner Planned
About 450 Kansas livestock men are expected tonight for the annual stag dinner. It will start at 6 p.m. with a social hour at Downing's, dinner at 7, and a short program to follow. Holcomb, president of the Kansas Livestock Assn., will welcome the group and introduce KLA officials. Henry Hall, Garden City insurance man, will be the speaker. Trusts for the event are Fidelity State Bank Garden National Bank Production Credit Assn Garden City Co op Brookover Feed Yards and the Garden City Sale Co.
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Kansas
Downing's
Taylor Jones
Holcomb
Kansas Livestock Assn
KLA
Garden City Insurange
Henry Hall
Fidelity State Bark
Garden National Bank
Production Credit Assn
Garden City Co-op
Brookover Feed Yards
Garden City Sale Co
New Fighting on Korea Truce Line Warned by UN
Amid reports of fighting on the Korean truce line the UN demanded North Korea halt aggressions and warned of consequences. Maj. Gen. George Cloud accused the North Koreans of deliberate assaults in UN territory as clashes erupted near the demilitarized zone. He urged Pyongyang to stop attacks, punish attackers, and comply with the armistice terms while noting previous incidents and ongoing tension.
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Korea
Panmunjom
U.N. Conmand
North Korea
George TH. Cloud
North
Enriler Cloud
U.N
Cloud
Aml
South Korea
Collecaman
Istanda
Clout
Welf
Dmz
Hah
Geo
Chong Twang Chang
Bul
Dr Stephen Ward Dies in London Hospital
Dr Stephen Ward died this morning at St Stephen's Hospital in London amid Britain’s sex scandal. Convicted on two counts, Ward had faced trial after a high profile case linked to Christine Keeler and John Profumo. He died after a collapse and a breathing apparatus aided his last hours.
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London
Stephen Ward
Britain
St Stephen's Hospital
Ward
Hwan
Mandy Rica
Davies
Christine Keeler
Mids Keeler
Hier
John D. Profumo
Prigin
Ile
Puler
Grand Jury Indicts Kansas City Officer and Partners
Kansas City AP reports six indictments returned by the Jackson County grand jury on Friday against Homer Wayne Martin a 24 year old suspended officer who has admitted burglaries. His roommate John Benson Strong a 24 is also named. Both are held on $6000 bond pending preliminary hearing Tuesday. The panel also returned twelve other indictments against five other persons not yet arrested. The nature of the charges was not disclosed.
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Kansas City
Jackson County
Homer Wayne Martin
Martia
John Benson Strong
Garden Sass Gis Garden Tale With Odd Measurements
A quirky note references Garden Sass Gis with odd measurements about his waist poll and house. The text uses playful phrasing and unclear context, noting a 44 around the waist and 4 around the poll with a vague reference to the home.
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Garden City Telegram
Telreram
Chamber of Commerce
Don Williams
Raymond Morris
Oswalt Industries
Brookover
John West
Hutirise Teath
Crege
Akit
Bilin
Gewomon
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