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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1957
Page
11
The column recalls worries about Sputnik I possibly landing in Kansas and notes insurance implications for cars and houses. It lists local clergy with Deerfield ties, mentions a Lincoln Continental prize promotion by Million Motor Co, and recounts Sydney Montague’s recent town visit and book signing with Lucien Downing.
Powell B. McHaney 52, Missouri State Mental Health Commission chairman, was killed in a Washington car crash as passenger in Norma Kenton 25. Kenton, an entertainer, collided with George Thornberry 32, a Prince Georges County officer. Kenton treated for back injuries, Thornberry for cuts. Kenton held for coroner. Bond $2,000.
A long tale tells of three six inch fairy wizards Noodle Tiggle and Livingstone who feed princes with magical potions Strength Courage and Wisdom. When a prince is born they rush to the palace to anoint him, but a mix up leaves the newborn with too much Strength and no Courage or Wisdom, risking his future as a king.
Dry warm weather boosts optimistic outlook as harvest nears completion across Southwest Kansas. Farmers race to finish milo with some still in the fields during Christmas week while moisture limits direct elevator storage. Grain moisture nears 13 percent as trucking continues around the clock.
Five Finney county farmers Louis Lobmeyer Lowell McGraw George Fowler Kenneth Burg and Mike Merrill were named soil conservation award winners by the Kansas Bankers Association with two local banks. Certificates will be presented next month at the soil conservation district annual meeting. A tour of the winning farms leaves the courthouse at 9 a.m. next Tuesday for interested residents.
An oil heater toppled by accident sparked a blaze at Porter Glass Co in Martins Ferry Ohio killing six workers. Firemen recovered the sixth body early today after five victims had been found. All deceased were glass blowers. five were women. Officials listed missing as Francis Good Bellaire Ohio Mary Jane Byard Martins Ferry Goldie Gibbons Yorkville Ohio Rose McMahon Martins Ferry Hazel Stocia Martins Ferry and Matthew McElroy Martins Ferry.
Tonight remains fair and mild with a low near 30 and light variable winds. Thursday offers fair and warm conditions with southwest winds 15 to 20 mph and afternoon temperatures in the 60s. Sunrise is at 7 44 and sunset at 5 25 with relative humidity around 91 percent.
Police chase ends with a Plymouth crash into a plate glass window at Springier Implement Co. No injuries. Driver Dale Stanley Simonson faces DWI charges. Horace William Milan Jr. charged as drunk on a public highway. Another accident near Deerfield injures Pedro Maestas. two vehicles total loss.
A quip ponders how to respond if a 23 mph breeze stirs rocket people and if World War III begins on a windy day. The speaker wonders whether surrender is the only option in such a weather fueled crisis.
The 24th annual Garden City Production Credit Association stockholders meeting is planned for tomorrow at the State theater with 10 a.m. start time. Attendance is expected from 500 to 600 members and wives, weather permitting. A morning business session will cover director and treasurer reports and the election of two new directors, followed by door prizes. Ken Lyon, former Garden City Cooperative manager and IDC banker, will speak, and Bill Bork will headline the dinner program at Downing's with C. Lee Reeve as emcee.
About 100 students from 11 area schools will debate in Garden City for the 7th annual tournament on December 13 and 14 at the high school and junior college building. The topic asks whether the federal government should limit foreign aid to disaster relief and technical assistance.
About 100 fathers and sons attended a Dad's Night supper and meeting of the Future Farmers of America. Freshman members received their green hand degrees promoting them to sophomore rank. Recap includes names of degree recipients and a closing program with a movie and athletic demonstrations.
A Satanta man, Melvin G. Fillpot, will be sent to Denver next week for induction into the armed forces. Clerk Hazel Moore of Selective Service Board No. 22 said Fillpot will go to Denver Monday and be sworn in the following day.
Two tipsters split the top prizes in last month's Telegram KIAL tip contest. Mrs. Carl Christensen of Pierceville and Paul Davis of Plymell reported jet planes breaking the sound barrier over Pierceville. Third place prizes went to Mrs. Tom Lewis Satanta Roy Hatter and Mrs. Gilbert Kemper. A new contest starts this month with tips to The Telegram or KIUL.
At Cape Canaveral officials eyed a 4:55 p m tentative liftoff for the baby satellite as 23 mile per hour winds and routine holds shaped the schedule. Navy and Vanguard spokesmen noted countdown checks, with late forecasts hinting at a later window. The 72 foot Falcon rocket stood ready amid lights and crowds along the beach.
University of Pennsylvania associate professor Dr. Lewis L. Cornell recommends a fourth booster shot next spring for all who have had the usual three doses. He also urges under 49s who have not completed the three shot course to finish it. He cites three years of vaccine use reducing reported polio cases and outlines the 1957 season's low incidence and paralytic rate.
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