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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1963
Page
2
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus appeals to the public to quell controversy surrounding Salintage Strings. He urges unity and emphasizes stability amid rising debate over the issue. Local officials note no formal policy changes yet.
Market listings from Garden City and Kansas City detail steers and heifers at varied price ranges, stocker calves, cows and bulls, hogs and lambs with fluctuating quotes. regional totals include 2,109 receipts in Garden City and comprehensive cattle and hog figures for Kansas City. Separately, governors discuss civil rights resolutions at the Southern Governors Conference, with Faubus warning against controversial issues and Wallace pushing independent elector plans.
A garbled market update notes a seventh straight rise with rail shares aided by an arbitration agreement in a rail dispute. Despite buoyant sessions, lingering issues cloud outlook and possible rail strike fears linger amid varied sector movements.
A 20 year old Garden City resident Richard Rotramel sustained a broken jaw facial lacerations and bruises after a one car crash Saturday night he drove off a county road embankment south of the alfalfa mill as rain fell Undersheriff Kenneth Wicks said the vehicle suffered very extensive damage and state police are investigating with Charles pending.
Notices report infant Frankie Roy Caldwell died in Frankfurt Germany at eight days old at a U S Army hospital. Graveside rites are set for Fort Gibson National Cemetery in Oklahoma City. Maria Ratzlaff, 90, of Scott City, dies after long illness in Montezuma nursing home, survived by five daughters and three sons with many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Ina May Roth, 52, Meade Hospital patient, dies after lingering illness. funeral to be held in Sublette with cancer fund contributions requested. Funeral services to be conducted by Phillips White Funeral Home and Sublette Methodist Church with burial at Haskell County Cemetery.
An AP report lists 62 dead and 67 missing after the Midori Maru ferry sank off Naha Okinawa Saturday. The incident prompted a coast guard search and probing of safety procedures by authorities.
Charles Windsor 79 of 403 N Washington Oklahoma City died Friday. Funeral set for 10 30 a m today at Rest Haven Cemetery Chapel with burial in Rest Haven Cemetery.
The House begins its annual debate on the foreign aid bill, with discussions expected over Indonesia and a proposed steel mill for India. In the Senate, a new round of pro and con remarks looms as a national debt limit bill moves to the floor, extending the temporary limit to 309 million to Nov. 30.
Apollo project costs balloon to an estimated 20 to 40 billion dollars with NASA signing the largest contract yet to develop the command and service modules. More than 20,000 firms and 300,000 people expected to be involved, with Cape Canaveral receiving the biggest upfront expenditure for launch complexes and support facilities.
DETROIT AP Two thousand Negroes marched two miles in a peaceful demonstration Sunday only to be scolded by Charles Evers for being satisfied. The Mississippi leader lambasted Northern Negroes as Uncle Toms in a rally at a high school stadium and urged unity behind one good Negro leader while contrasting Deep South and Northern discrimination.
In Littleville Alabama a 40 year old bootleg suspect is hunted after a gun battle left Colbert County Sheriff Herman Cook and Littleville Police Chief Neal Pace dead. Deputy Donald Files is in critical condition with a stomach bullet wound. Deputy Ray Murray said Troy Thornton fled into woods during the raid on his shack Sunday. Thornton's wife turned herself in at Tuscumbia jail for the night after visiting Mayor Frank Bullington.
Veda Kay Moll, granddaughter of Mrs. W. G. Powell, 1023 Ney 4th, has been chosen for the revised Fort Hays State College honors program this fall. She scored at least 91 percentile on the ACT at Liberal High School and plans to enroll at Fort Hays. The program offers advanced topics with fewer restrictions than standard coursework and includes three hour junior and senior colloquiums.
Daily hospital updates list discharges at St Catherine Leopold and St Catherine births. A daughter arrives to Mr and Mrs Howard J Wells in St Catherine at 5 30 p m August 17 weighing 6 pounds 2 ounces. A son to Mr and Mrs David Unruh Imperial on August 17 at 6 27 p m weighing 8 pounds 10 ounces. A son to Mr and Mrs Darrell Fairchild 1606 Kello August 18 at 5 47 p m weighing 6 pounds 5 ounces. A boy to Mr and Mrs Harold Van Winkle 1910 St John August 19 at 2 33 a m weighing 5 pounds 14 2 ounces. Discharges listed for multiple patients at unique addresses including Santa Fe Holcomb Scott City Kendall and Dighton.
Legal notices show warranty deeds transferring parcels among Howard D Bond Otis D Bond and spouses for several township ranges with NE and EM designations. Marriage licenses list Arthur William Carr Joyce Marie Irsik Jimmy Lee Hinkle Sharon Lynn Batman with ages 18 in Garden City Deerfield Satanta and Sublette respectively.
Police bond listings include Steve P. Hopkins at 1103 Summit for failure to maintain proper lookout with a $5 bond. Jackie Dale Immroth at 1219 Parkwood cited for improper mufflers with a $5 bond. Hollis Morgan Babnett Irvin Texas faced a $1 bond for a truck parked in a car zone. Everett Wayne Farr Modoc appears in the list with no additional details provided.
In Garden City two traffic incidents are recorded with improper mufflers and improper driving cited. At 8:50 a.m. Monday on the 200 block of West Miller, drivers Wendle Frank Meier, Courthouse, and James Michael Concannon Jr. faced extensive damage to both cars. A separate collision Saturday at 10:28 a.m. on the 300 block of North Main involved Clinton A. Bocock Wilsey, Steve P. Hopkins 1103 Summit, and Gerald L. Meier 708 North 7th, with damage ranging from moderate to minor.
The Telegram reports a 30 minute Chamber of Commerce coffee and doughnut session at the War ren Hotel tomorrow at 10. The Agricultural committee will present a brief resume of the annual 4 H and FRA live stock sale by the Finney County Fair committee next week. Enrollment at Jennie Barker Grade School near Garden City will run from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. next Monday, with morning hours added after an earlier story noted only afternoon times.
Finney Free Fair set for August 27 to 29 with 273 residents entered, 875 exhibits and 1,354 entries received. Food entries total 479 with cookies highlighted among many flavors. Steer and garden entries are down from 1962 except photography showing growth with 73 exhibits planned. Final counts expected midweek, says Mrs. Gladys Shook.
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