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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1960
Page
6
Western Kansas hospital projects near finish in early 1961 with a new front center office lobby and reception area plus extensive center wing remodeling. Capacity will exceed 90 beds with enlarged halls doors and improved lighting. A formal dedication is planned for next spring.
Garden City residents hear about latest improvements at St Catherine Hospital center portion remodel. New office lobby and patient reception spaces touted for comfort and design. Harold Ensley arrives for goose hunting trip to Two Buttes Colorado with TV crew. Telegram invites readers to office open house. Chamber Coffee Club to meet. fundraising plans include a humorously dubbed potty task to reach a $6,000 goal. Santa and the Boy Fish chapter continues on back page with daily installments.
No injuries were reported in a two vehicle collision Tuesday evening at about 6 05 near Fulton and Evans. Drivers were Arlen Ray Hapes of 118 W Kansas and Dale William Bjorklun of 1404 N 3rd. Both cars headed east as the Hapes car attempted a pass and veered, striking a combine platform in a nearby lot. Total damage estimated at 750.
Finney County United Fund tops last year’s tally but may miss the 1960 goal of 346,webu quota. With 40,659.11 raised and more reports due by Friday, drive chairman Tennessen urged complete reporting. Rural areas show progress, volunteers to contact noncontributors. employe gifts near last year.
New York City faces the threat of a newspaper blackout tonight as federal mediators push a last effort to avert a midnight strike by Mail Deliverers Union and nine metropolitan dailies. The 3,068 members threaten to walk out if no contract is reached, seeking a 9 dollar wage rise over two years and a shorter work week. newspapers offer no specific money proposal. The 19 day shutdown two years ago underscores the potential impact.
GAN FRANCISCO AP The United States may have to subordinate its will to the United Nations the National Council of Churches says in a triennial resolution. Delegates from 33 denominations urged U S support for strengthening the world body as a peace agent. The resolution notes UN growth from 51 to about 100 members boosting prestige and democratic processes worldwide while warning the U S could be outvoted on some issues. Citizens should prepare for such eventuality and view democracy on a world scale with both benefits and risks.
A leak on the SS Alcoa Pioneer during cargo discharge at Gulfport Mississippi two weeks ago was halted after ship inspectors found a rivet had fallen out and an eel had wedged into the hole. The eel died but the hull was secured.
AP reports little changes in Kansas weather through Thursday with mostly fair and cool conditions. Lows tonight near 20s, highs Thursday in the 30s to low 40s. Snowfall reported in western areas including Garden City and Lamar Colorado brief snow. Temperature spread Tuesday ranged from 27 at Goodland to 47 at Pittsburg with lows from 11 at Goodland to 27 at Chanute.
The Supreme Court asked for arguments on Sunday closing laws in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Maryland amid conflicting lower court rulings. Ohio and South Carolina appeals could be affected by the ruling, as Massachusetts laws were struck down for Sabbath discrimination while Philadelphia upheld a blue law.
A self propelled diesel railroad passenger car collided with a gasoline truck at an unguarded grade crossing in Nashua New Hampshire killing five. Four members of a single family perished. Twenty seven people on board were hospitalized as a loud explosion followed the crash.
TOPEKA AP Attorney Hart Workman 57 will fill the new executive secretary post for the Kansas Republican Party. The party executive committee approved the routine setup at the suggestion of state chairman Donald Schnacke 33. Workman, a veteran state official, previously served with the Board of Social Welfare and the State Corporation Commission. Schnacke outlined a monthly precinct leaders mailer and set Workman’s pay at 600 dollars a month with possible raises after three months.
President elect John F Kennedy named Rep Stewart Udall of Arizona as secretary of the interior the third cabinet post to be filled Udall 40 will head a department with 50 000 employees and a 1960 spending program of more than 800 million dollars Kennedy said the department guards Americas natural resources and will see a large future expansion in line with national commitments to the free world.
In Cleveland, Lilian Fratantonio, 29, mother of five, was found guilty by a Juvenile Court jury of mistreating her sleeping daughters by drugging them with barbiturates. A psychiatric exam will precede sentencing, with a possible penalty up to one year in jail and a $500 fine.
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