Parolee Mayor and Floating City News from Garden City
Garden City residents read of Mayor Jim Sloan receiving a traffic safety award from Gov John Anderson and a surprising overtime parking ticket leading to a parole. The column also shares local fishing news and updates on former Garden City Telegram reporter Elon Torrence now with AP. A draft board appeal seeks Melvin Eugene Johnston through local board contacts.
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Garden City
Topeka
Jim Sloan
John Anderson
Royal Draft Board
Melvin Eugene Johnston
New York Ave
Mike Bufford Johnston
Stevens Ave
Bridge
K-23 Strip to Get New Surface in Lane County
A State Highway Commission work order covers 14.5 miles of K-23 grading and bituminous mat surface in Lane County from Dighton south, plus 8.9 miles from James Street intersection north to K-23 K.4. Hixson and Lebenhauer of Topeka hold the contract for both jobs at a low bid of 702,596.26, with Gerald R. Gumm as resident engineer. Also, Lowell D. Skinner, an American turncoat, left Akon for home under the alias Braun, to change planes in Tokyo en route from Korea era.
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Lane County
State Highway Commission
John A. Hineman
Dighton
Sixth Division
James Street
Hong Kong
Lowell D. Skinner
Akron
Ohio
Braun
Red China
Tokyo
National Helium Faces Court over Helium Bonus
A second federal suit asks a court to decide who receives a helium bonus from gas drawn from the Hugoton field in Kansas Oklahoma and Texas. National Helium Corp operates an extraction plant on Panhandle Eastern pipeline at Liberal Kansas and pays Panhandle Eastern 2.6 dollars per million cubic feet. The bonus is also sought by 559 royalty owners linked to Panhandle Eastern. Cilies Service Gas Co filed a parallel suit in Kansas involving its helium subsidiary Cilies Service Helax Corp four gas producers and royalty owners.
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Kansas City, Kan
Hugoton
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
National Helium Corp
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co
Liberal
Kan
Panhandle Eastern
National Helium
Cilies Service Gas Co
Cilies Service Helex Corp
Rusk Plans West Germany Stopover After Moscow
Secretary of State Dean Rusk will visit Bonn on the return from Moscow to explain East West relations to Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. He flies into Bonn on Saturday and stays overnight, then returns to Washington. The stopover follows Bonn reports that Adenauer’s government would not immediately accept the test ban treaty.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
West Germany
Moscow
Konrad Adenader
State Department
Rusk
Soviet Capial
Bonn
Adenauer
Hesston Firm Announces Two Year Expansion Plan
Hesston Manufacturing Co. of Hesston Kansas unveiled a two year expansion program including three new buildings at a total cost around 250000 dollars. The firm produces farm equipment and employs about 550 workers during peak months.
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Hesston, Kan
Hesston Manufacturing Co
Weather forecast details with scattered storms Friday
Partly cloudy with little temperature change through Friday. Scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly afternoon and night. Highs Friday near 90s, lows around 65 to 70. Light variable winds. Sunset around 7 PM.
Kennedy Makes Treaty Appeal for Nuclear Pact
President Kennedy urges Senate ratification of the East-West limited test ban pact signed by 24 nations in Washington London and Moscow. He hopes for a two thirds Senate vote within a month amid reservations on atmospheric tests while awaiting questions from Senator Henry M Jackson on Soviet progress and missile vulnerability. The State Department expects broad international support as signatures continue in the capitals with Secretary of State Dean Rusk to testify before the Senate committee.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
London
Moscow
Capitol
Boston
Otis Air Force Base
Howard Beale
State Department
Henry M. Jackson
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
France
China
Jackson
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee On
Little Patrick
Pierre Salinger
White House
Salinger
Cleveland
Joseph P. Kennedy
England
Stork
John Jr
Cars Collide Injuring Two Drivers and Damaging Police Car
A morning crash at Kansas Ave and Kansas Plaza injured two drivers and caused extensive damage to both vehicles, including a city police car. Henry B. Weldon, 922 Center, suffered undetermined injuries and was taken to St. Catherine Hospital. Officer Darrell Allen Jones, 104 W. Chestnut, was treated for bruises and possible injuries and released. The police report states the police car was turning and was rear‑ended by the Weldon vehicle around 8:25 a.m.
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Henry B. Weldon
Center
St. Catherine Hospital
Darrell Allen Jones
W. Chestnut
Kansas Ave
Kansas Plaza
Weldon
Colombian Troops Seek Ex-Dictator Pinilla
Colombian troops and police sought ex dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla on charges of plotting a forcible comeback while President Guillermo Leon Valencia was in Venezuela. The government said the plot was thwarted as Valencia and Venezuelan president Betancourt met to pledge defense of Latin American democracies against coups.
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Bogosa
Colombia
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Guillermo Leon Valencia
Venezuela
Valencia
Fomula Betancourt
Haskell County Fair Opens With Two- Day Schedule
Sublette hosts the Haskell County Fair tomorrow and Friday with 4-H judging at 10 a.m. and public exhibits from 2 p.m. followed by a 4-H foods sale at 3 p.m. Rodeo action begins at 8 p.m. on Friday.Saturday features a flower show from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and a 4:30 p.m parade titled Wheels of Progress with five entry classes and a chicken barbecue after the parade. The rodeo finale is at 8 p.m. with a dance at 9 p.m. Details include Cloverleaf Victory Coluga Go Getters Lakeview clubs and county agent Willis I. Blume.
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Haskell County
Cloverleaf
Victory
Coluga
Go Getters
Lakeview
Willis I. Blume
The
Fair Association
Wheels of Progress
Sublette
Sublette Chamber of Commeryge
American Legion
Haskell County Fair
Telegram
Ankle Record Broken in Fall at Wichita County Home
Mrs. Sophis Reese aged 92 fell at her Wichita County home last night and broke her ankle. She was taken to Wichita County Hospital and spent a night there, the first in her 92 years. She has lived in the county 74 years and now resides with daughter Emma Reese.
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Sophis Reese
Wichita County
Prime Livestock Sale at 4-H Auction Headlines in Scoty City
Rough notes detail 28 head of prime livestock sold at the 4-H sale in Scoty City. Barbara Wilken claimed the grand champion fat steer Herefond at 50 cents per pound for $529.50, with 19 beef cattle totaling 17,518 pounds and average 4.4 cents per pound. The fat hogs saw a white hog grand champion owned by Alice Christy bring 42 cents per pound for $88.20, sold to the Scotl City Coop. total hog receipts were $548.80. Overall sale receipts reached $8,226.42.
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Scoty City
Barbara Wilken
First National Bank
Kairn Christy
Spencer Cline
Barbara Dearden
Norman Harper
Rod Sminith
Frank Spangler
Pearson Announces Agreement on Weapons Deals
Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson says American and Canadian negotiators have pretty well agreed on an accord to arm Canadian weapons with U S nuclear warheads. He told reporters Wednesday he might brief his cabinet next week.
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Ottawa
Lester B. Pearson
Oretty
U.S
Pearson
Garden Sass Gua Examined At The Fair Grounds
A fragment notes an event at the fair grounds last night involving Garden Sass Gua and a man about to fry chicken. The readable text is sparse and unclear on names, places, or outcomes.
Ground Water Study To Check Irrigation Wells In Kansas
Five engineers and technicians from the United States Geological Survey and the Kansas State Board of Agriculture will visit Grant and Stanton Counties August 13 to 17 to measure aerial discharge of irrigation wells. The effort aims to assess pumping impact as western Kansas ground water is restudied under a cooperative U.S. and Kansas program.
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Grind Waley
Kansas
Grant and
Stanton
Yealoursts
United States Geological Survey
Division of Water Resources
Ags Riculie
Grant
Stanton Counties
Wie
Stanton Counes
Robert Qinginga
Progra
Thay
United States
State
Health and Agriculture
Water Resources Board
Fiesta Fiesta set for Sept. 13–14 in Garden City
Committee outlines plans for Garden City's Mexican Fiesta as dates are fixed for Friday and Saturday, Sept. 13 and 14. Event will be held east of the old National Guard Armory with two nights of dancing, crowds, booths, and Mexican foods. New officers and queen candidates named, with tickets sold to fund the fiesta and a queen crowned from top seller. Dance set for Saturday night with queen candidates introduced at the Armory. Interested participants urged to contact Mrs Helen Orogco.
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Garden City
National Guards Armory
Liu
Cash Grocery
W. Fulton
Larry Hernandez
Hesta
Mike Guaran
Refugia Gongales
Joe Delgady
Jesus Ledesma
Leon Servantez
Epimenio
Otero
Helen Oroaca
Mir
Mes
Ravin
Creu
Judy Yturriage
Veronica Orne Vo
Linda Avila
Virginia Avellany
Glacia
Finney County Sets 1904 Tax Levy At 15.05 Mills
The Finney County Commission set the 1904 levy at 15.05 mills, excluding a 6.20 mill high school equalization levy. This is a 1.06 mill increase from the prior year while adding an 18.41 junior college levy for the first time, with the overall county total down slightly aside from this new charge. Routine board actions completed.
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Pinney County
Baxine Boat Company Expands Operations in Kansas
Wes-Craft Boat Co of Bazine, Kansas, announced formation of Wes-Craft Industries to build fiber glass pleasure boats in Great Bend. The new firm plans to hire about 20 workers, constructing an 80 by 156 foot building on a city fair race tract, with operations hoped to begin next fall.
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Great Bend
Kan
Wes - Craft Boat Co
Ot Bazine
Wes-Craft Indus
Yhies Ing
Northern Natural Gas to Deliver More to Four States
The Northern Natural Gas Co. of Omaha plans about 10.4 million dollars in facilities across Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma and Iowa to raise gas deliveries to 14 customers. The Power Commission authorized the project on Wednesday.
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Washington
1 Northern Natural Gas Co
Omaha
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Towa
The
Power Commission
Minh Says U.S. Should Pull Out of Viet Nam
President Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi urged U.S. to withdraw arms and troops to end South Viet Nam conflict. The North Vietnamese broadcast blamed American interventionists for the strife and called for peace through U.S. withdrawal.
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Minh
U.S
Viet Nam
Tokyo
Ho Chi Minh
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
United States
Hanoi
Hong
South Viet Nasi
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Tarzan
Jim
State House
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Lake McKinney
Earle
Garden City Telegram
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Associated Press
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Yellowstone Park
Modoc
Lucky Clover
Sarge
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Beth Lilley
Turncoat
Hesston Firm
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Secretary of State
Dean Tusk
Pinilla
Prime Livestock
Khrushchev
Black Sea
Leningrad
Andrei Gromyko
Guytra
Llewellyn Thompson
Sovel
Foy TD. Kohler
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy
Boston Children's Hospital
Cape Cod
Boston Children’s Medical Center
Bia
Ota Air Force Base
Wospital
Palm Beach
Fla
Georgetown University Hospital
Patrick
Bouvier
John V. Bouvier
New York
Basa
John Sehnhill
Portland
Maine
Children’s Medical Center
Jaymon
Carl Nathan
Don Schmacke
Water Resources Division
State Board of Agriculture
Water Meyer
MD Gutentag and
Lee Burton
Finney County
Baxine Boat Company
Northern Natural Gas Co
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