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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1963
Page
1
In a light column the garden editor laments a failed regular paper route bid and jokes about wedding coverage. The piece notes staff absences and the male voice as society editor, joking about weather and a past weekend rain while hoping for more rain to aid the fall crop.
AP report from Topeka records traffic fatalities for August 1963 noting figures 40 total deaths and a comparable 1962 period of 484. The log spans hours up to 9 a m Thursday and covers four-hour segments.
Nearly 2,747 entries have been received for the Finney County Free Fair with 1,623 in youth divisions including 297 4 Hers 27 Future Farmers of America and 11 Future Homemakers of America. Open class totals reach 1,124 with entries in beef dairy horses swine sheep poultry rabbits crops clothing foods and more. Flowing events include a carnival horse show rodeo kid's events auto thrill show and a dance with exhibits in buildings 3 and 4.
Tonight the forecast calls for possible isolated thundershowers in western and northern counties with lows in the mid 60s. Friday should be partly cloudy with highs in the upper 90s and southerly winds 10 to 25 mph. Widely scattered showers expected by evening. Sunvide 5,074 Dodge Citi Kinporia ae Garden City God bund Hi City Ruseh Salinas Topeka Wichita.
Wrecking crews were sent Wednesday to the scene of a derailment of 17 cars of an eastbound Rock Island freight train. Cars near the end left the track one and a half miles west of Colby and piled on the right of way. Cause not learned. Main line between Omaha and Denver blocked. Officials offered no timetable for track clearance as trains were rerouted.
Washington lawmakers push a Commerce Committee plan amid a looming nationwide rail strike set to begin within a week. Negotiations collapse as Labor Secretary Wirtz notes unresolved arbitration issues. Rail carriers threaten 12:01 a.m. August 2 work-rule changes unless Congress acts.
In Troy Ohio workmen at Altman Mills unearthed cans and bundles of cash from beneath concrete pilings. Early finds included two ten gallon milk cans with cash, later a five gallon can with money. The total value neared a half million dollars. The money was taken to Tre y National Bank for counting as the estate of owner Altman, who died July 28 in Mayo Clinic. Relatives initiated the dig and several guards ensured security. The funds will be held at the Federal Reserve Bank in Cincinnati until the estate is settled.
A Garden City couple, Wilfred Eugene Pickens and Brenda Joyce Pickens, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Kansas City on charges of counterfeiting involving Mexican coins. They allegedly altered Mexican 10 cent coins to resemble U S quarter values to run in self service laundries across Gardner Spring Hill Paola and Ottawa. Police found 5400 coins and a hammer and weight at arrest near Johnson County. The couple, parents of two, were arrested Aug 1 with $288 75 in U S currency and Mexican coins. Pickens previously faced petty larceny and arson charges.
Pierre South Dakota Ray Houck former lieutenant governor said he will drive 2009 head of cattle 125 miles down the Missouri River from an island in Walworth County to Standing Butte near Pierre beginning September 15 to promote the cattle industry and South Dakota.
Gus Garten finds registering his youngsters for school simple while paying the hook bill proves difficult. He notes administrative steps and billing challenges facing families as they navigate enrollment deadlines and fees.
Three miners trapped 9 days in a 431 foot underground pocket as new escape hole missed the target by feet. Henry Throne 24 and David Fellin 58 hope to guide the drill to their chamber while Lows Bova 42 remains amid debris about 25 feet away.
In Finney County District Court the parents of Bonni Jean Ashida, 18, seek 25000 from Hubert Biehn, driver in a two car collision at Center and Wilton in early May. Bonni Jean died May 7 after a May 6 crash as her vehicle collided with Biehn’s car. The petition accuses Biehn of improper lookout failure, failure to yield, no left turn signal, and driving across Fallon too close to an oncoming car, causing the death.
AP reports Viet Nam’s army arrested monks and pagodas in four cities as South Vietnam tightens control under Diem. One monk was killed, others wounded, and monks holdouts risk further actions while Saigon teeters under martial law. The Viet Nam Presse agency denies monk deaths and promises release once order returns.
In Holyoke a double ceremony raises tricky questions about related families. John Sollys and Mary Brivsau plan to wed, while Lola’s sister Nuney Ann is set to marry Teney, who is also Mary Brivsau’s brother. The local inquiry centers on legal ties and consanguinity in marriage.
AP reports plans for talks between Britain and Fiji leaders on future governance. Gov Sir Komneth Maddocks, in a pre retirement speech, cited uncertainty from a special committee debate on Calon Laliam and the island territory’s forthcoming future.
Calvin Quentin Mefner an 80 year old Sublette farmer and carpenter died in a two vehicle collision on the Creeway at Pueblo. Investigators said his southbound car was stopped when struck by an auto driven by John Knafele. Knafele and several passengers were hospitalized in serious condition. Mefner was a member of the Sublette Methodist Church. Survivors include his widow and multiple relatives. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Phillips White Mineral Home in Garden City.
JUNCTION CITY Kan AP a Negro cook at Fr Riley is being held for questioning in the death of his white wife No charges have been filed against Spee J William Shorter Police said they were called Wednesday to a trailer where they found Mrs Shorter body Her husband was nearby She apparently had been beaten an autopsy will be performed at Fr Riley to determine the cause of death The draft is near the Republican River Shorter told officers he had tried to drown himself after an argument with his wife Mrs Shorter 80 operated a beauty shop at the trailer lot She couple had no children Mrs Shorter was a native of Austria Shorter's last known address was Jamaica Long Island N Y
LONDON AP Britain protested Cuban naval incursions into Bahamas territorial waters and demanded an apology and the immediate return of Cuban refugees kidnapped Aug 3 from Anguilla Cay. Foreign office spokesman cited incontestable evidence and multiple photographs from a US reconnaissance flight.
The final day featured a parade down Leati'a main street with cash prizes awarded in each division. Floats from Pleasant Valley, Busy Beavers, Lydia Jay hawkers led the entries, followed by demonstration units and church and party floats. Best dressed honors went to Karen Wing as clown winner Butch Grusing, with remarks from parade chairman Asher Crowley.
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