Vital Week For Sugar Plant Action
Washington hearing week opens as Chamber of Commerce officials from Garden City push for higher beet allotments and a beet processing plant. Harold Purdy joins Southwest Kansas Beet Council to back growers while a potential firm and George K Baum and Co. prep finances. Competition from other regions looms as USDA policy staff begin hearings.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Mitch Geisler
Deane Wiley
Harold Purdy
Deerfield
Southwest Kansas Beet Council
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Geisler
Garden City
Geisler and Wiley
George K. Baum and Co
Kansas City
Mitch
Dean Wiley
Weather Note and Odd Revelations From Local Page
The column blends forecast hints with quirky items. Local forecaster Elihu Allman hints at moisture but offers no firm prediction while warning of stormy weather before Christmas. A humorous elephant stew recipe appears, followed by consumer tip from Attorney General Ferguson on mail-order gimmicks. A Topeka AP report details a fatal one-car crash at Forbes Air Force Base involving Marion Williamson and Harold Hill.
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Elihu Allman
Topeka
Marion Williamson
Forbes Air Force Base
South
Harold H. Hill
Forbes Afh Hospital
Sheriff to Waive Hearing in Fourth Degree Manslaughter Case
ULYSSES Sheriff Benny Trujillo of Baton NM will waive his preliminary hearing in Ulysses on a fourth degree manslaughter charge. His attorney Frank Collins said he would file the waiver today before Justice Bernard Dalton, with the case set for the April term of district court. Trujillo, 46, faced the charge after his wife Patsy, 25, was found dead in their motel room on November 16. A coroner's jury ruled death resulted from a head blow. The couple had stopped overnight while returning two prisoners to New Mexico.
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Ulysses
Benny Trujillo
Baton N.M
Frank Collins
Justice of the Peace
Bernard Dalton
Trujillo
Patsy
Trujillos
New Mexico
Garden City Officials Set Evening School Site Talks
Garden City School Board and Garden City-Finney County Planners will meet tonight in the high school library to discuss future school sites. The joint session begins at 7 30 p m followed by regular board business. This will be the last meeting before Christmas.
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Garden City School Board
Garden City-Finney County
Lightning Could Have Been Cause
A Pan American World Airways Boeing 707 crashed near Elkton Maryland after taking off from Baltimore. All 81 aboard perished as witnesses reported a bright flash and two arched lightning strikes. Investigators and FBI traced wreckage in a muddy cornfield while a temporary morgue formed at Elkton Armory.
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Elkton
Pan American World Airways
R. B. Allen
Civil Aeronautics Board
National Guard Armory
Farm policy change urged at Farm Bureau convention
CHICAGO AP President Johnson was urged by farm leader Charles B Shuman to shift farm policies toward less government control. Shuman said policymakers should end futile 30 year attempts to legislate prosperity into agriculture as Farm Bureau members gathered with 5000 delegates from 49 states and Puerto Rico. Sen Hubert Humphrey was set to speak with a message from the new president. The convention closes Thursday with resolutions pledging the big farm organization.
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Chicago
Johnson
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Shuman
Shumen
Illinois
Farm Bureau
Kennedy
Johson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Senate
States
Puerto Rico
Big Farm Organization
Weather outlook with rain snow and mild overnight
The forecast notes thickening clouds and intermittent rain or snow by morning with a mild overnight low around 3. Tuesday brings snow and much colder conditions with northerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Highs Tuesday reach the lower 70s. Sunrise at 7 48. Gas Garden won’t believe the forecast until he sees it on the ground.
Abduction of Frank Sinatra Jr Sparks Tahoe Search
Frank Sinatra Jr. was kidnapped from a Stateline motel room by two armed men during a Las Vegas bound tour. Deputies identified suspects Joseph Sorce and Thomas Keating, with the FBI involved and roadblocks set on mountain routes near Lake Tahoe amid fresh snow. Sinatra Sr. flew in from Palm Springs to assist, as investigators detailed the early evening events and the victim’s family background.
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Stateline
Calif
Frank Sinatra Jr
Sheriff's Deputies
Joseph James Sorce
Thomas Patrick Keating
FBI
Lake Tahoe
George Byers
Douglas County
Nev
California - Nevada
Sinatra
Sinatra Sr
Palm Springs
Warner Bros. Studio
Los Angeles
Nevada
Nevada Gaming Control Board
Chicago
Sam Giancamo
Cal-Neva Lodge
Two Southwest Kansans Win Silver Beaver Honors
Judge Dayton Schmalzried of Dighton and Dr. William C. Reppart of Ulysses were awarded Scouting's Silver Beaver at the Santa Fe Trail Council annual appreciation dinner in Garden City. The event drew more than 500 Scout leaders and spouses at St. Mary's Center as the two men were saluted for decades of service to Boy Scouts.
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Southwest Kansas
Dayton Schmalzried
Dighton
William C. Reppart
Ulysses
Santa Fe Trail Council
Boy Scouts of
Mandan Lodge
Order of the Arrow
Philmont
The
Christian Church
Tcof Lodge
Western Kansas Christian Endowment Society
Lane County
Debaters in Four Tournaments End Weekend With Honors
Garden City High School debaters competed in four tournaments over the weekend, posting solid records and gaining experience. Open events at El Dorado and Hoisington yielded 4-2 and 7-3 marks for several teams, with novice events at Haysworth and Ulysses also producing strong 7-3 and 4-3 results. Next weekend features the National Forensics League meet at Wichita University and open tours in Wichita and Hays.
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Garden City
el Dorado
Alvin Dewey
Larry Bradfield
Robert Herman
Mary Lou Smith
Dave Christensen
Kenneth Stoner
Dick Krimmer
Paula Degnan
Hoisington
Judy Davis
Richard Sw
Ulysses
Yolande Childers
Larry Spikes
Doug Meeker
Dixie Friesen
Nan Wilms
Mary Kay Knief
Dean Nolte
Wichita University
Wichita East
Wichita Southeast
Hays
PCA Meeting Set for Wednesday at Garden City Theater
Annual stockholders meeting of the Garden City Production Credit Assn. will be held Wednesday morning at the State Theater. Registration begins at 10 a.m. with meeting to order at 10:30. Reports on past year activities and election of two directors. Hal Hale and Elver C. Milburn of Rolla terms expiring. Principal speaker G Robert Gadberry of Wichita, vice president and trust officer at Fourth National Bank, noted Midwest speaker and Radio Free Europe inspector. Association comprises 1140 farmers and stockmen in 14 Southwest Kansas counties. about 700 members and wives expected.
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Garden City Production Credit Assn
State Theater
W. Dickhut
Scott City
Associaton
Hal Hale
Manier
Elver C. Milburn
Rolla
Kansas
State-Wide Meeting of Kansas Wildlife Federation Here
Annual state convention of the Kansas Wildlife Federation comes to our area with sessions at the Continental Inn. Dr H R Stone serves as general chairman and Adel F Throckmorton will be the principal speaker on conservation through education.
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The
Kansas Wildlife Federation
Finney County Parks, Fish, and Game Assn
H. R. Stone
KWF
Continental Inn
Sunflower
Adel F. Throckmorton
Shrockmorton
Frank Enloe
Bonner Springs
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Cook’s Corner
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Meadow View
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Bainbridge
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New Castle
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Henry Lindell
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Henry Berry
Edwin R. Tully
Tully
Pan Am
San Juan
Ground Control Center
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Air Force Base
Jerry Greenwald
Hock ‘Essin
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Glasgow
Red Cross
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Max
Dodge City
Emporia
Goodland AG
Hill City
Russell
Salina
Wichita
Young Sinatra
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Hollywood
Dr. Reppart
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Ulysses Chamber of Commerce
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Rotary Club
Methodist Church
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Robert Baker
Russell Wells
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Dean Davies
James Williams
James E Banks
U.S. Air Force Academy
Fort Hays State College
Carol Sterling
Malcolm Sterling
Rogena Peters
Great Bend
Celeste Holm
Sterling
Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority
PCA
Wildlife Federation
George Moore
John Polson
Kansas Forestry, Fish, and Game Commission
Moore
Polson
W. G. Tomanik
National Wildlife Week
H. R
Bud) Morgan
National Wildlife Federation
Kew
Garden City Chamber of Commerce
County Sportsman’s
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