23 Aug 1955
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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1955
Page
1
Robert Dean Berends of Route 1 is among applicants for fall enrollment at Emporia State Teachers College. The freshman plans to major in men's physical education and will report for freshman orientation on September 7.
Clyde H. Knox, 77, retired Kansas publisher and newspaper broker, left an estate valued at 672913. He died July 22 in Kansas City. Grain and commodity quotes show wheat, corn, oats, rye and soybeans with varied prices in a Kansas City market listing.
Kansas City and Wichita markets show cattle bids mixed with slower demand. Fed steers weak to steady, hogs 50-65 lower, cows about steady. lambs and sheep largely 50 lower. Prices cited for various weight classes and grades across both markets.
Contracts are let for a new science hall on the College of Emporia campus. President Luther Sharpe says work will begin within 30 days.
Curtis Lester Walters, 41, was fined 105 and had his license suspended by County Judge M C Shrader after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated following an arrest by Undersheriff George Hamm. Ralph Ellis Gibbs faced a 30 fine for transporting an open bottle after pleading guilty. Keith Sizelove, 623 North 13th, was arrested for DWI after his car struck the US 83 bridge railing near the city. no injuries were reported though vehicle damage was extensive.
Admittances include Mrs Alfred Stoecklein Holcomb Mrs Maynard Knief 417 Davis and Mrs James Keller 808 Maple. Discharges list Mrs Howard Wick Dighton Mrs R E Morgan Gardendale Mrs Walter Norton Scots Mrs John Robley 1306 B C E Beall 705 East Fulton. Bond forfeitures Maurice Alden Swingle Holcomb $10 Donald Burr Young $10 Elmer Lee Wilson $1. Bond posted Joe Paul Koppel 909 Spencer $5 for failure to yield right of way.
Cities Service Gas Co buys a second gas supply line to Topeka for about 250000. The former Service Pipeline Co line runs from south of Lawrence to near Grantville northeast of Topeka in 16 and 10 inch sections.
In Nantes France thirteen thousand shipyard workers returned to work after a week of rioting that left one man dead and many wounded. They demanded a 40 francs per hour raise and about a 28 percent boost, with negotiations set to resume tomorrow.
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