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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1966
Page
7
Local markets show mixed price activity as eggs and wheat trend uncertain while barley and corn demand remains steady. Buyers note variable supply for eggs and higher inputs pressure on grain sellers in regional trading.
Livestock prices show cattle mostly steady to down with steers and heifers near week’s end. hogs 1.60 lower, top $24.90. Garden City receipts total 1,603 cattle and 15 hogs with choice steers at 25.50 to 26.10 and calves in the 24 to 31 range. cattle and hog markets reflect weaker demand and mixed grades.
Vice President Humphrey said Senator Kennedy would be a great help to the Democratic party in the 1968 campaign and that Johnson remains the likely Democratic candidate. Nixon argued Johnson might face a party split over Vietnam while predicting GOP gains in Congress. Both outlined campaign plans, with Humphrey citing farmer support and the Great Society benefits as strengths.
Orin F Dewey a retired farmer died early Saturday at St Catherine s Hospital Garden City after a short illness. Born March 6 1880 in Loveland Colorado he married Della Anders in 1910. Survivors include son Lloyd Cimarron two daughters Harriet Gay Holcomb and Mildred Schoeff Spokane four grandchildren. Funeral planned at Cimarron Methodist Church with burial at Green Lawn.
Rep. Gerald Ford will headline a Republican rally in Dodge City at the Municipal Auditorium for First District Republicans. The $5-a-plate event features attendances by Bob Dole and Gov. William Avery, with tickets through county chairmen or George R. Theis, who runs local arrangements. Ford to speak at 7:30 p.m.
Sedgwick County officials donated three American brown bears to Lee Richardson Zoo. They were kept in a crowded Lake Afton pen, with one from Great Bend, one from Wichita, and a third captured near Arkansas City in summer. A $5,000 pen was deemed costly, so disposal was planned. Mayor Cowgill and Park Superintendent Owens discussed bears likely being traded stock. The zoo already houses browns, polar bears, Himalayan black bear cubs, and a Himalayan gun bear female.
Several area students this summer finished degrees at Kansas State University Manhattan. Recipients include John Franklin Edwards Garden City with a B S in mechanical engineering and David Hart Wharton NLS Ulysses Allen Fort M S Cimarron Robert George Rohrbaugh B S Lakin Dennis Lee Logan B S in business administration after Dean Vincent B S Marvin James Farr B S Scott City Roger Lee Dirks and Reid Lynn Norman Scott Gary Ross Votter B S
A 22 year old East German border guard received a 12 hour pass on Sunday then fled to the West Sunday night. Two boys aged 16 and 18 also escaped to freedom from Communist East Germany, border officials said.
Readable hospital notices list admissions and dismissals at St Catherine, with names such as Mrs John Branden, Lewis Trentman, Gerhard Anderson, Edward Scott, Mrs Darrell Wilks, and others. Births note a daughter to Mr and Mrs Melvin Louk in Holcomb on Aug 28 at 2 15 p m weighing 7 pounds 4 ounces. County records cite divorces and suspended sentences, multiple traffic fines, marriage licenses, and property transfers across Garden City and surrounding towns.
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