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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1961
Page
8
Local forecaster Elihu Alman predicts rain or snow within seven days based on long эффектив fog patterns and red sky observations. Official meteorologists expect good weather for 24 hours while farmers hope for mild stability to dry Milo and corn fields.
Bert McCabe, 39, Coolidge, died when a pickup hit a concrete bridge on U S 50 west of Coolidge Thursday night. Passenger William Howard Thompson, 19, Lamar, Colo., suffered a fractured leg. Richard Barlow, 29, Coolidge, was not injured.
The General Assembly opens amid a fight over seating Communist China replacing Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists. The United States seeks to keep Peiping out with a two thirds vote, while the Soviet Union urges admission. Kuwait also faces a Soviet veto on its bid to join as the 104th member, signaling broader Arab-Soviet tensions.
Ruston Louisiana AP report quotes Dr Walter Dornberger former German general and missile commissioner saying Russians will intercept and shoot down US satellites within years while the US cannot match that capability He spoke at Louisiana Tech aerospace education symposium noting faster Soviet satellite program driven by development rates Dornberger a Bell Aerospace System Co executive warned the US lags in space defense
Margaret Baker a retired Missourian teacher who died at 79 in Washington Kansas amassed 6 million dollars from IBM stock and land holdings. Her will leaves 166 relatives 40 farm tenants and an undetermined gift to the Presbyterian Church.
In Botany Bay near Sydney 15 people perished when a local Australian airliner with 11 passengers and four crew crashed after takeoff for Canberra during a violent electrical storm. Wreckage and mutilated bodies were found in shallow water with no survivors.
Tonight partly cloudy with lows around mid 30s and light variable winds. Saturday mostly fair with little temperature change, highs in the 60s and light variable winds. Sunrise 7 46 Sunset 5 17. Report lists multiple city readings with varied temperatures across the region.
In Santo Domingo troops fired on demonstrators demanding Balaguer's ouster, wounding three women and a boy, with one man reported killed. Rioting surged as the opposition defied a military summons to end a four day strike while Civic Union urged Balaguer to step aside for a provisional council.
Mild weather is forecast as the Chamber of Commerce urges a large crowd for tomorrow's Christmas parade. Beginning at 10 a.m., the second annual Southwest Kansas Christmas Parade will feature 40 plus units including school bands, 18 floats, antique cars, drill teams, saddle clubs and other entries. The parade forms in the senior high lot and travels west on Main, south on Main to Fulton, then east on Fulton to 4th before disbanding.
The National Safety Council reports 30,800 traffic deaths in the first ten months of this year, down 2 percent from the same period in 1960 despite a 2 percent rise in travel. October toll was 3,690, matching last year. Vehicle mile death rate stands at 5.1 per 100 million miles, down from 5.2 in 1959 and 1960.
Denver AP report notes Great Plains Wheat, Inc. directors accepted the South Dakota Wheat Commission as a contributing member starting Jan 1. The addition raises the number of wheat producers represented by Great Plains to over 300,000, with existing members in Colorado Nebraska Kansas and North Dakota.
McComb mayor C H Douglas strengthened the police force and vowed to enforce desegregation laws at the Greyhound bus terminal as CORE and Freedom Riders planned new tests. Four white suspects were arrested for the Wednesday attack on Negro riders at the terminal lunch counter.
Cairo reports allege a French spy ring bribed 14,000 dollars to steer the son et lumiere wiring contract for the Sphinx and pyramids to a Paris firm. An Egyptian culture official is accused of accepting the bribe as part of the deal while four French mission members face spy charges.
Local note reports Garden Sass Gus Garden will be in town tomorrow for an event. Santa is scheduled to visit, drawing attention from residents and visitors alike.
Berlin reports say nine U S Army vehicles halted at a Soviet checkpoint outside West Berlin for an hour and 14 minutes due to a travel document error. The delay followed a Soviet warning of dangerous consequences from troop movements on the West Berlin corridor as U S units continue rotating between West Germany and West Berlin for training. The action underscores U S determination to maintain access on the autobahn amid Soviet scrutiny and NATO ties.
Pete Blake known as M. Pete Blake, barber operator at Blake's Barber Shop, was found critically wounded by Dinty Moore shortly after 1:30 PM. He died about two hours later at St Catherine Hospital after being shot in the head just above the ear at the rear room of the shop between the Nu Style Shoe Store and Oklahoma Tire and Supply.
Salina Kansas AP The Kansas Chamber of Commerce board voted 22 to 19 to not urge a $10 per pupil rise in emergency school aid. Present aid stands at $20. About 60 members cast few votes. Many support an increase but oppose year after year emergency funding. Some urge a permanent adequate program. The $10 proposal came from the boards education council. opposing it were the taxation and finance council which says state revenue is inadequate. Another view urged waiting for Legislative Council survey results.
Democratic state Sen. Joe Warren urged Gov. John Anderson to investigate the Department of Institutional Management over the Winfield Hospital and Training Center. He challenged officials’ portrayal of Winfield residents, citing understaffing and firetrap buildings under Dr. Christian Kole and criticizing staged conditions and management criticism. Warren urged a qualified head for the program and referenced the Menninger Foundation in Topeka.
The Garden City Senior High School band performs a concert titled Christmas Greetings at 8 p.m. in Hope Auditorium. About 80 students will take part in short dramatizations between numbers. conductor Don Threlkeld leads the group. Admission is free and the public is invited.
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