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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1961
Page
1
Kansas City cattle sales show calves at 25, steers and heifers steady to strong with high good and choice heifers 24.25 to 25.00, canner to utility cows 12.75 to 16.00. Hog market up about 2,000 head with barrows and gilts 25.50 higher, sows steady. Barrows and gilts 190 to 240 pounds at 17.00, sows 300 to 400 pounds at 13.50 to 14.50. Sheep numbered at 25 with not enough for a test.
At 9:50 p.m. Thursday two mattresses burned inside a bed in an apartment at 104 8 Main. Art Peters and Roy Kingsley from Art’s Auto Repair found Bill Hill inside with flames. Firemen, delayed by a train on the Santa Fe crossing, reached the scene and extinguished the fire. Herman Daniel, owner, resides at 2020 Santa Fe.
Legal notice notes Joe F Ward and others transferring property to Flossie Brown in Farrison and Davis Addition. County fines include Robert G Gummow speeding $10 Kenneth G Speir speeding $10 Elmer T Martinex speeding $10. Bonds posted for Mrs Gordon Goertz improper driving $5 Manuel Bernal Hernandez parking in a driveway $1. Traffic accident at 4th and Walnut about 5:20 pm involving Mia. Junior Forest Pauley Gardendale and Mrs Camelo Perez Ramirez.
Eleven 4-H members will compete for top honors in the annual 4-H Cherry Pie Baking contest Saturday in the senior high school home economics room. The start time is 8 a.m. Judge Betsy Swafford, Lane County home economics agent, will oversee judging.
George Smith of Smith Sand Co reported to sheriffs officers that window and door panes were broken the previous week at a deme testing hack half a mile west. The incident involved vandalism to property and was noted by local law enforcement.
BAL HARBOUR, Fa. AP Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg told AFL-CIO leaders that unions have leeway under Kennedy wage restraint policy. He said the administration backs advancing wages and standards as long as earned and not threaten price stability. He urged responsible collective bargaining and fair wealth distribution, noting no wage or price controls. AFL-CIO leaders welcomed Kennedy's appeal for liberal foreign trade policy, though some businessmen remained uncertain.
The Soviet Parliament unanimously approved a record budget of over 81 billion rubles for 1962, granting Premier Khrushchev more funding than requested. Officials note the official ruble exchange rate is $1.11, with the initial budget set at 81,830,321,000 rubles and delegates adding 88,420,000 rubles for district needs.
Sam D. Martin, longtime manager of the Farmers Cooperative Elevator and Mercantile Association since December 21, 1921, announces retirement effective December 21, 1961. A farewell reception will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Lincoln Primary School auditorium. the public is invited.
A new bakery named Five Points Bakery opens in Garden City in the Fansler building west of Stoner Grocery No 1. Owners Mr and Mrs Harry Martin migrate from Russell with 38 years baking experience and plan a grand opening later. The firm relocates to the remodeled Security Building at 147 E Laurel after leaving 108 W Chestnut.
Don Hayward, based at 2011 N. 7th, cited as the firm’s No 1 sales leader for November. He has represented Massachusetts Protective Assn Inc and Paul Revere Life Insurance Co in the area for 20 years.
Walter W. Wright, manager of National Biscuit Company's sales branches in Satina and Garden City, is at the annual sales conference in Philadelphia this week.
Three Garden City eating and lodging establishments appear in the 1962 Duncan Hines guides Adventures in Good Eating and Lodging for a Night, among 9300 North American places recommended. Pawning's and Train Room are listed in Adventures In Good Eating, Wheat Lands Motel in Lodging for a Night. The Vacation Guide reissued in July.
Dinty Moore continues shoe shining at the Blake Barber Shop after the shop closed due to the death of Earl Blake last week. He will operate the shine parlor in the back section for the rest of the month.
A 32 foot solid fuel Astrobee rocket launched from Point Argue llo reached about 900 miles away and 1 361 miles up over the Pacific. The Air Force called the Cambridge project experiment a success and planned flare releases at 920, 1400 and 900 miles to measure surface distances.
King Ferdinand of Palyeora resumes rule and orders subjects from beds as a mysterious haunting unfolds in Headge of the ocean. A moving bed sheet, a squeaky door and a palace crash signal the Ipswitch return, leaving the king shaken and the ministers doubting his sanity until the fright subsides.
Mr and Mrs Gervais F Reed of 1002 N 7th became grandparents to a seven pound four ounce boy named Christopher Gervais born early yesterday in Providence. Gervais F Reed teaches at Brown University and his wife is the mother. Dr Otto Linkie of Grand Island Nebr visiting Garden City on behalf of The Altruist Society to promote altruistic love as God’s Holy Spirit. Linkie, a former practicing attorney, outlines the movement during his visit.
A Tax School will be conducted Monday at 8 p.m. in the Pioneer Room of Hotel Warren. It aids farmers and income tax professionals in making out returns. John Coolidge will present changes in income tax and social security rules, tax saving, farm records, and tax management tips. Kenneth Fromm said the session mainly aids farmers, but all may attend.
Alf M. Landon urged the free world to merge military forces under unified command, mobilize economically, and join a expanded common market. He argued the United Nations is weak and warned that rival blocs and imperial communism threaten world peace, calling for NATO EU leadership and a powerful united front.
AP analysis notes unemployment fell from about 7 percent to around 6 percent in November, with communities losing major unemployment rosters. Growth in industrial output and consumer spending, including durable goods and autos, bolster production and job gains in services, though a growing labor force and automation pose long term challenges.
Fourteen area residents will report to Denver Colorado for pre induction physical examinations according to Hazel TE clerk of the focal selective Service Board. Leaving Dec. 12 will be Theodore E. Hall Cecil A. Niizum Gerald L. Wilcox Russell D. Oliver James M. Hull Charles D. Armentrout Monte W. Betts Arlen R. Hapes Albert L. Dici John S. Collins Manley C. Woods Jerald L. Morris Chester W. Ulrich Everett L. Glenn a transfer from Missouri. Three registrants will be forwarded on the same date for induction into the armed forces. They are Floyd G. Cole Lakin Vernon C. Melver Satanta and Richard RB Dunham Garden City. Registrants who are inducted will be offered Christmas leave after a short training period. The leave will be at their own exchange.
Farmers who received feed grain certificates for diverting corn or grain sorghum must redeem within 30 days to obtain full value. The CCC will pay full face value if presented on time. late redemptions incur daily storage and handling deductions of 1/25th of one percent. Certificates may be redeemed in grain or a cash equivalent.
Hugoton high school band under Sigmund Leiker will perform in concert Sunday December 10 at 3 p.m. in the junior high school auditorium.
Hamilton county farmers plan to divert over 51000 acres from wheat under the 1962 wheat program. Ninety point five percent of eligible farm units were included, about 667 of 736 eligible farms participate.
New York AP three young conservatives describe American colleges as hot-house liberal and indoctrinating, urging industrialists to back a conservative fight on campuses. Scott Stanley, Roger Claus, and William P Cotter urge action and critique campus liberal bias. Also report notes thefts from vehicles near St Marys Center with a watch stolen from Al R Ohmes.
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