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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1957
Page
1
Gov Docking’s plan for a 10 percent raise for 1958 salaries faced strong opposition from the Board of Regents. Regents say the Budget Division cuts and freezes threaten faculty salaries, tenure, and pensions at KU and K-State, with vacancies cited and calls for funds for new labs, extension work, and more instructors.
Plea guilty details reveal plans to buy the hotel site near Downtown Fort Scott, where the Goodlander and Wilder House buildings stand. Fort Scott Inc. forms to develop a four story hotel with a 100 parking lot while preserving ghostly memories of the era and leveraging the town’s historic Free State heritage as visitors return.
A damaged OCR fragment lists holiday wishes including Roy Rogers items a library of games a piggy bank and names Susan Gardiner Jo Ann Hygehka Shirley Mueller and Merry Christmas.
The El Dorado business district saw about seven hundred light bulbs disappear from small Christmas trees lining the streets. Chamber of Commerce manager Harlan Remsberg says the thief or thieves have a warped sense of the season. A mystery with no clear suspect or motive.
Today in Garden City reports a birth at St Catherine to Mr. and Mrs. Russell T. Smith Sublette an 8 pound 5 ounce daughter born at 11 47 a m Thursday. Police briefs note bonds forfeited improper driving and alley Parley, police court fines, accidents on 9th and St John and N Main, and county briefs listing license and stop sign violations plus property deeds in Holmes third addition and Riverside tracts.
The page summarizes grain futures quotes from Kansas City and Chicago markets including wheat, corn, soybeans, rye, and oats with bid and offer ranges. It also lists local receipts for wheat and egg prices and notes city market changes from Garden City grain and local producers.
Harrison Smith is reappointed Finney county chairman of the Greater University Fund at KU. Paul Masoner of Garden City sits on the advisory board guiding the fund, which began in 1953 and has drawn more than 10,000 donations. Dr. Arnold Greenhouse will join University of Colorado Medical School Denver as assistant professor after leaving local practice, with the Telegram noting an earlier erroneous report. A lighthearted note mentions Vanguard’s failure sparking jokes from Moscow.
Two-session clinic on shop lifting and bogus checks drew 160 sales clerks and employers. Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and police, the Kansas City event featured KBI agent Harry Felker and others, focusing on local crime prevention amid market price notes for grains and commodities.
Oklahoma City residents face a one cent cut in the gasoline tax, ending Dec 31 after a Legislature approved emergency levy to fund highway and bridge repairs following spring floods. The sales tax had raised about 4% million dollars, reducing the state’s high gasoline levy and altering the total 10.58 cents per gallon when buying fuel.
Bill Bork of the Hutchinson Farmers Co-op addressed about 200 PCA members and wives at Garden City for the 24th annual stockholders meeting. He argued farming has moved from production to control, citing progress in rural transportation, health, and isolation barriers as solvable challenges once thought unsolvable.
Police investigate an apparent break in at Jessie North liquor store 809 West Kattsas. Outer pane of a large double plate glass window was broken on the east side. no other disturbances found. Investigator Richard Rohleder leads the inquiry.
A fragmented report notes farmers facing rapid changes and confusion as government programs and PCA group briefings stress public relations. The speaker asserts farming has long solved famine issues and stresses progress through collective action.
The stock market recouped some losses in late trading after the Van-1 guard test satellite failed. Aircraft missile stocks recovered slight gains while rails, steels, oils, and chemicals mostly fell. Metals eased as copper dropped in London with Kennecott down near a point and Phelps Dodge flat.
Wheat futures held firm in broad session with corn easing on the Board of Trade. Activity reflected late week buying in wheat especially the December contract as Pakistan expected in the market next week for about 22 million bushels. Other grains were steady to lower with December corn down 2 cents, oats softer, rye higher. Open interest in wheat futures totaled about 18.4 million bushels.
The 1958 allotments for sugar beet production were discussed yesterday at a Sugar Beet Advisory committee meeting. Attendees included state Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee members Rodney McCammon John Perrier and Omar Browning with Melvin Turner representing the county. Larry Lohmeier and John Latta represented sugar beet companies. The area covers Stanton Haskell Scott Wichita Grant Kearny and Finney counties.
Fragmentary listing shows NBC program segments and times including Monitors, sports updates, weather, and church reports. Mentions Tony Jewell, Tennessean, Grand Ole Opry, and various game or sports notes. reflects a midweek or Friday schedule with multiple NBC slots and filler content.
The final session of the income tax return class series will be held next Tuesday at 7 pm in room 190 of the high school. Ted Lewis, Garden City CPA, will discuss medical exemptions, capital gains and losses, and state income tax returns. The series is sponsored by the Kansas University Extension Service, with a $1 enrollment fee for those not previously enrolled, per extension director C D Calhoun.
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