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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1955
Page
2
The columnist misreported Harry Cebalo of the Country Club as heading to Florida. Cebalo plans to leave for Palm Springs, California, on January 1, correcting the earlier Florida report.
Mrs Lena Herrington 74 died at home in Garden City after illness. Survived by husband L L Herrington three sons Lloyd E Mel A Herrington Robert Herrington and daughter Mrs Florence Thiesen. Funeral arrangements incomplete. Garnards in charge. Lindley Carl Lang 66 Hanston area farmer died in Garden City hospital after three months illness. Survived by daughters Mrs Ernest Clark and Mrs T J Gatten two sons Ray and Tom a brother J W Lang and 16 grandchildren. Burial in Hanston Cemetery.
Treasury agents say a 16 year old Wichita youth admitted taking part in counterfeiting more than $10,000 in $20 bills. Richard R. Baker, 16, was arrested yesterday on a federal charge and arraigned before a U.S. commissioner. No trial date set. The arrest capped a three month investigation following the conviction of Jimmy Probst, 19, Wichita, on a similar charge.
The Internal Revenue Service announced that during tax season it will help taxpayers prepare and file their own returns but will not provide unlimited assistance. Exceptions apply for those illiterate incapacitated or unable to read English. The period runs January 1 through April 16.
Gov. Averell Harriman of New York labeled President Eisenhower a military leader yet unfit for the presidency and accused him of surrendering the country to big business. He urged 90 percent parity in farm prices and criticized GOP ties to special interests, while declining to confirm White House ambitions.
CHICAGO U Grains held a firm tone on the Board of Trade as late session selling trimmed gains. New crop wheat futures eased on expectations of more moisture in the winter belt, with December prices around 2.03 to 2.04, corn up to about 1.34, oats showing little change, rye higher, and soybeans up modestly. Open interest in wheat futures stood near 67 075, with weekly and yearly purchase figures noted. A separate thought notes many men have never given their seat to a lady on a bus, explaining manners rather than behavior.
Admit tances include Videl Garcia 717 East Santa Fe Ronald Holmes 507 Cedar Clifford Kelly Hutchinson Medinie May 315 North Ninth James Clay Pampa Tex Mrs Joseph Bender Scoti Janet Peitz 1608 North Eighth Mrs Gordon Cooke 608 First Mrs John Frey 1014 North Ath Discharges Marion Hays Scott City Lillie Stalter Gardendale Mrs Roy Opie Friend Fae Partin 507 Third L E Saxton 605 Seventh Arthur L Gilmore Eminence Route Police briefs Bond posted Melvin Clement Eminence Route $1 block driveway Bond forfeited Amow Anthony Baier Holcomb $10 speeding Police Court Larry Wayne Barlow Lawrence Miller Holcomb pleaded not guilty to careless driving Had posted $10 bond Arrest Claude Gene Hill Poplar Bluff Mo on parole violation County briefs Oil and Gas Leases Edna T Jones Skelly Oil Co Louis Maune Skelly Oil Co SW4 in 9-21-33 OW and Gas Leases Edna T NW4 and 2 of NE4 in 20-21-34 Deeds John Q Adams to Dessie M Adams W2 of S2 of SE4 of block one in the original plat of Garden City
Washington officials watch Afghanistan with apprehension as Moscow’s interest in the Middle East grows and Afghanistan leans toward the Soviet bloc. No plan for direct U S action exists. diplomacy and aid aim to stabilize the border dispute with Pakistan and limit a possible domino effect.
The entire New Testament will be read Saturday December 10 at four Smith County churches. Individuals will take turns from 5:20 a.m. to about 11 p.m. in a continuous reading event spanning the day.
Waldo Leroy Bone, 49, of Wichita, division manager for Long-Bell Lumber Co., was killed when his car struck the railing of a bridge on U.S. 160 at the east edge of Oxford. He was alone in the vehicle.
Notice in Garden City Telegram details separate bids for surface rights only in Morton County property owned by Kansas State College. Describes quarters in sections 23 and 24 and surrounding township, with mineral rights retained by Federal Government, bids due December 16, 1955, 10 a.m., with 5 percent certified check, and right to reject bids.
Legal notices announce attachment of property in Finney County Kansas including multiple lots in Fairmount Addition Garden City with a $200 claim and impending judgment if unchallenged by December 20 1955. Also notices of discharge applications for Jones Brothers Equipment and Irrigation Co. and multiple party defendant lists appear in The Garden City Telegram and other court actions across district postings.
The State of Kansas to defendants and all others concerned. National Alfalfa Hydrating and Milling Company files in Finney County District Court seeking judgment that it owns in fee simple the property beginning 390 feet north of the southwest corner of the South half of the Southeast Quarter.
National Alfalfa Dehydrating and Milling Company sues to quiet title on real property in Finney County Kansas seeking determinations of adverse interests and bar against all claimants. Plea deadline January 6 1956 in Garden City court. Hope Saffels Hope attorneys for plaintiff.
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