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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1960
Page
1
In a small coastal village a poor fisherman's son Michael McBurney loves the sea and senses hidden wonders. One night a mysterious horse on the roof and a found diving mask spark questions about unseen realms beneath the waves and a promised tomorrow.
The First Methodist Church youth group won $50 for their parade float and voted to donate it to the Share Our Surplus program to buy food stocks for needy people in foreign lands. The float cost about $15, and the Chamber will send $10 to each participating organization to cover expenses. Local pie bakers impressed judges with a reserve champion and a strong entry, while a barn fire near town drew six calls to the fire department.
Fire reported Saturday afternoon destroyed an old barn on Harold Barker Place Lincoln Road west of town. Alarm sounded at 2 10 p m. Fence posts and part of an adjacent shed damaged. Three trees ignited.
The Garden City Finney County metropolitan Area Planning Commission will mail three pamphlets this week detailing rural zoning need and procedures. The pamphlets cover What is Happening in Your Community, What is Rural Zoning, and Your Community Plan with a return questionnaire to gauge resident interest and questions for future Telegram articles.
Garden City High School debaters took part in two tournaments Friday and Saturday at Great Bend and Ulysses. Pauletta Bird and Sondra Hisenbise went 4-1 at Great Bend but fell short of semifinals by one point. Other Great Bend teams were Robert Werner with Dean Wolfe 3-2 and Frank Hermalin with Bob Schrader 2-3. At Ulysses Becky Miller and Larry Meeker reached semifinals among five teams. Garden City drew in the elimination round. Other teams included Pauline Block with Darlene Ward, Jim Simmons with Douglas Crotty TI, and Cheryl Bentley with Connie Congdon. Vicki Mercer coached the group. Debaters next travel to Hutchinson and Cimarron.
Police investigate a safe burglary at Southwest Carpet and Tile. The break in likely occurred Saturday night with an unknown amount of cash taken. Richard B. Quint, owner, discovered the theft Sunday after entry was gained by breaking a window and unlatching an office door.
Delegates from 35 states and three Canadian provinces gather in Phoenix for the three day Interstate Oil Compact Commission meeting opening. The first day focuses on committee meetings and reports as the general session is set for Tuesday with George Docking of Kansas presiding as commission chairman.
President elect John F Kennedy received a Symington committee report proposing broad defense reforms. It calls for abolishing civilian secretaries of Army Navy and Air Force while keeping services as separate entities and transferring control to a single secretary of defense. The plan also targets 22 civilian offices and argues for reallocation of savings to weapons development and arms control. Kennedy will meet President Eisenhower and travel to New York for further conferences as cabinet picks advance.
A Nebraska owner driver and his wife spilled 372 sacks of certified mile seed from a 34 foot aluminum trailer on Fulton Street Garden City. Rain followed the mishap as traffic was redirected and the load transferred to a local truck. Police aided cleanup and the damaged trailer was towed to Nebraska.
The State Democratic Central Committee approved a plan requiring federal patronage applicants to obtain approval from county and district chairmen, plus the national committeeman and committeewoman. Exception exists for the 15th District under Congressman J Floyd Breeding. The group also discussed Kennedy inauguration plans and strategizing for 1962 amid gains at the county level despite losses statewide.
Coast Guard plucked 17 men from the 246 foot freighter Francisco Morazan after it struck a reef off South Manitou Island. The Mackinaw towed away the captain and 13 crewmen plus three insurance agents to Grand Traverse Bay. Immigration officials planned to check the crew. six Spaniards, Cubans and Greeks could be deported.
VOPEKA AP Kansas Democratic National Committeeman Frank Theis says reports of him being considered for national Democratic chairman are loose talk. He returned from Washington and plans to practice law, unsure if an offer would come or be accepted. He also backed Kansas Democrats for positions and predicted Kennedy would appoint a Midwesterner as agriculture secretary.
The forecast calls for thickening and lowering clouds with colder air tonight and possibly some light show by morning in extreme southwest. Lows reach the 20s, northeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Tuesday brings clouds and colder air with light snow in western and southern counties, northeast winds 15 to 20 mph, highs in the upper 20s to low 30s. Sunrise 7 44. Reports from Dodge City Goodland Salina Topeka Wichita and others show varied readings.
TOPEKA AP cold air moves into northwest Kansas today signaling an end to mild statewide temperatures. Increasing cloudiness expected as showers tapering off with varied rainfall amounts from the southeast to the north and west. Independence reports 1.32 inches with other totals including Thayer 1.15 and Chanute 0.04 as cities logged 24 to 63 degree ranges overnight.
Rain poured down on Garden City just after midnight Saturday for a brief period. Kansas State University weather gages northeast of town recorded .10 of one inch at Sunday's 8 a.m. reading, boosting the year’s total to 16.19 inches and leaving the year behind last by about 1.5 inches.
A quirky item claims editors known for dozing at desks crafted a verbose garden note in a satirical style. The piece parodies newsroom rhythms and plays on overlong copy and mock grandiloquence.
Topeka AP reports Kansas road fatalities over a 24 hour period ending at 9 am. December shows 461 deaths, compared with 517 in the comparable 1959 period. The log tracks daily fatality figures across the state.
In New Orleans the boycott of two integrated schools grew weaker as 15 to 17 white pupils attended William Frantz School where one Negro girl is enrolled and 3 Negro girls entered McDonogh No 19. Police expanded patrols as legislators moved to fund private schools and curb bank transfers to the school board while court action contemplates enjoining such moves.
London led the effort as Europe cleans up after a violent weekend of storms and floods. Britain faced heavy property damage with multiple deaths, while Holland, France, Germany, Denmark, and Belgium also suffered. Rivers threaten more floods with cresting in Britain’s West Country and Midlands. Winds reached 60 mph.
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