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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1964
Page
1
Bands of youths armed with gasoline bombs and bricks battled police in Jersey City. Two Black men were shot and 16 others injured as looting and window smashing followed. Mayor Whelan pledged force to restore order after a midnight briefing.
Hamilton County fair in Syracuse begins with entries due by 9:30. Exhibits excluding horses judged Wednesday. 4 H products sale at 3 p.m. Gates open. Lonzo and Oscar perform at 7:30 p.m. at Fair building. Horse events span Thursday and Friday with auctions and rodeos through Saturday parade. Haywood Shows carnival to operate during the fair.
Colorado firm seeks Wall Street Journal ad featuring pre stressed concrete used in the new modernistic building. Board approves. Architect Morris Jones previews straw like fire resistant building material from Sweden now distributed by a Nebraska firm and questions its local use potential.
Local FAA stations will remain on a permanent around the clock basis at Garden City, Goodland, Salina and Wichita airports. Channelled by FAA, other Kansas stations Dodge City, Chanute, Emporia, Hill City, Manhattan and Russell become part time after June 30 1965. The plan, challenged by some lawmakers, allows either manned or unmanned partial service with decisions by FAA regional officials. Israel agrees to a minor frontier change with Jordan by relinquishing a small Beit Safata plot southwest of Jerusalem that lies across the barbed wire line since 1949.
Junction City Kansas AP report on Leo Claiborne Pell D Rhode Island who spoke at a Democratic fund raising dinner in Topeka. Publisher John Montgomery says Pell’s strong delegate support at the national convention sparked talk of Pell as a potential running mate. Delegates favored Kennedy or others ruled out by Johnson, but may back Pell for vice president.
The 1964 Scott County Fair began with hundreds of exhibits and a flower show. Tonight features a 4-H public style revue queen crowning, wheat quality awards, livestock judging, and a parade of exhibits. Wednesday offers a main parade at 10 a.m., horse show, rodeo rounds, and dances. Thursday closes with livestock judging, rodeo, a variety show, and dances.
The Finney Haskell County Old Settlers Picnic will be held August 19 and 20 at the Bob Bisele farm in northern Haskell County. The location is 24 miles south of Garden City, two miles east of US 83, and 10 miles north of Sublette. Association president George Lightner organized last year’s event, which alternates yearly between Finney and Haskell counties.
Two eight year old Garden City boys admitted to police they started the Aug 1 blaze at Penrose Stadium after trying to break into a restroom. They say they set fire to the door when entry failed. The youths were referred to Juvenile court. Police Chief Hal Kane said seven youths have admitted betting fires recently.
Early returns show Wunsch leading in the Republican governor race with 109 votes to Avery 100, Boyd 40, and Ferguson 31 in several counties. Dems list Wiles 54 and Doty 19 among others. Voter turnout expected high with 240000 Republicans and 10000 Democrats. heat relief noted as scattered thundershowers pass.
Stewart Boone was elected president of the Garden City Board of Education at last night’s reorganization session. Fred Stoeckly was named vice president. Robert E. Jaggard resigned as president to seek the business manager post, with Jaggard expected to be considered at the next meeting. The board approved budget actions, salary raises, and new teacher candidates, plus roof repair bids for Georgia Matthews School.
Fair to partly cloudy tonight with a few widely scattered thunder showers. Lows in the lower 10s. Fair Wednesday with highs around 108. Bunnie 6:49 GARDEN CITY . Sunger 7:44 ! Mex. Min. Pres. aoe OG TK Traces.
The Board of Education approved a budget calling for a 44.652 mill levy for public schools in Garden City School District No. 1 with no opposing bidder. The levy allocates 40.783 mills to elementary and secondary schools and 3.879 mills to the junior college. Local taxpayers share a county levy of 1% mills for the junior college, levied by the county. The district’s city levy fell from 4.97 mills last year, while the general school levy rose from 36.690 mills, totaling an increase of 2.982 mills.
Partial returns from 10 precincts show McDill Boyd leading Republicans and Jules Doty ahead in the Democratic governor race with Doty holding a 12 to 1 advantage over Harry Wiles. Voter turnout was light at 775 of 4204. totals varied by precinct.
SACRAMENTO California AP Pierre Salinger appeared certain to be named today to fill the late Clair Engle's U S Senate term. Gov Edmund G Brown planned a Tuesday morning news conference to announce the appointment after Engle's Red Bluff funeral. Brown will fly to Washington for a White House dinner as Salinger faces debate over his interim qualifications.
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