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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1963
Page
8
AP reports a Kansas City coin dealer Harold April said thieves broke into his shop on Sunday and stole about 4000 dollars worth of American coins. Although some rare foreign coins were untouched, roughly twenty percent of stock disappeared, including coins dating back to 1849 and 1860s Indian head cents.
Colonists at Berkeley Plantation along the James River in Virginia held a day of Thanksgiving on December 4 1619, three years before the Pilgrims celebrated their own first Thanksgiving.
The December 2 1963 Garden City Telegram issue features local briefs, notices, and community items. Read summaries of city developments, upcoming events, and regional updates from Garden City and surrounding areas.
In Kansas a one acre pond can yield about 1 200 pounds of channel catfish per year with proper management. Under ideal conditions over a ton per acre is possible, though farmers must weigh fish value against beef. Channel catfish require feeding and yearly harvest to maximize meat, with restocking after draining or draining to harvest. Some ponds host sport fishing or charge others for access. The project uses experimental ponds at the University of Kansas, funded by state agencies, showing 120 pounds per tenth acre and 1 200 pounds per acre, with a 250 dollar annual feed cost for the 1 200 pounds. About 15 Douglas County farmers feed pond fish. dealers sell fingerlings to pond owners.
The Associated Press notes that on this date in 1954 President Eisenhower rejected a U S blockade of Communist China as an act of war. The piece also recalls earlier history including Washington naming New York the Empire State in 1784 and a 1942 nuclear demonstration in Chicago. A Sedgwick County sheriff offer gave a burglar three days off after a capture by Deputy Gilbert Roman.
A Kansas City writer discusses a woman with a unique watercolor collection. The small daily paintings capture objects and moments, forming a personal visual diary. The piece encourages readers to try daily prose or sketches, highlighting how small beginnings can grow into meaningful habit and even a public column.
A simple craft guides children to make miniature hats from walnut shell halves. Glue shells to cardboard brims, attach photos of family or friends to form small statue likenesses, and finish by shaping a wooden spool to hold the photo base.
The article describes placing walnut shell hats on statues to create odd desk novelties and mentions future note on making a handbag for a Dell. It also notes Houston pitchers allowed the fewest walks in the majors last season, ranking 378.
Puzzle page clipping lists crossword clues with mixed fragments and garbled entries. It shows numbered hints, several foreign language bits, partial answers, and odd capitalization typical of an OCR page from a vintage newspaper.
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