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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1955
Page
5
Western Kansas report by John Frazier notes Mayor Roy Fairchild activated Syracuse’s new white way lighting, a fuse delay briefly dimmed the system, but quick repairs restored service. The piece also mentions Hamilton County state lake expansion and a Christmas prize drawing offering $25, $15 and $10.
A Dighton couple, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. White, wondered if their parakeet has homing instincts after the bird flew away. They cleaned the cage thinking it was lost, but hours later the bird returned, waited on a tree limb, and flew back into the open cage when the door was opened. The Whites suspect the bird may have been “birding” around.
Horace Fry of the Syracuse Journal notes a misprint from a typesetting machine in an ad for real estate. The line Taxes due Navy, 1, 1955, PAID in full became Taxes due Nov, 1, 1955, PAIN in full. The quirk humorously suggests machines have brains.
Lakin residents must wait for tap water as pipelines and the water tank work run behind schedule. Mayor Monte Canfield says completion shifts from January 1 to around mid January, with no protest expected once the go ahead is given.
Officers face baffling pet poisonings that have reduced Scott City dog and cat populations over several weeks. New deaths this week persist despite a prior dump-origin theory being disproven. Authorities return to square one as the decline continues.
Dr William Dodson, previously in Kansas City, will practice with Dr Marshall Brewer in Ulysses until mid summer. After that period he will join Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, returning to Motor City practice.
Eddie Lightner of Oklahoma City finally disposed of a 58 year old mantlepiece shell over his fireplace. The World War I shrapnel shell remained loaded and could have exploded with heat or friction.
A $54,000 damage suit by Arvie Teague against The Telegram was set for a jury trial after the July 11, 1953 pressroom accident that badly injured Teague. Final witnesses included Teague’s wife Betty Knight and his parents. The defense called five witnesses and Dr. Maxfield estimated a 35 percent permanent disability. Milne testified Teague had applied for a job on May 27, 1954, listing birth date August 2, 1936.
A 37 year old former inmate was beaten and drenched with gasoline and found dead inside a burning car alongside a rural road in suburban Cook County. Police are investigating the blaze and its motive as a fatal incident.
The Kansas Democratic Party considers a new state chair as Frank Theis of Arkansas City and Franz Loriaux of Augusta bid to replace Marvin A. Harder. The State Central Committee will decide in an afternoon session with tensions between Anderson and Warner camps shaping the race. A panel on state taxes opposes real estate tax hikes and favor severance or income tax changes for added revenue. Rep. John Adams warns a severance tax may fail in the Legislature due to pro-during counties.
Kansas State Highway Commission calls for proposals to build a new US 83 bridge south of Garden City and a second bridge across the Arkansas River near Pierceville. Bids due by 9 am December 29 at the Topeka office. Projects include wider approaches, grading, concrete pavement, and seeding.
Washington Secretary Benson states there will be no change in the federal effort to bolster hog prices by purchasing pork products. He urges farmers to cut pig production next spring as the 85 million dollar program to buy lard and processed pork continues.
Atty. Gen. Harold R. Fatzer files in district court to probe Kroger Co trading stamp plans as injurious to the public and a threat of unfair competition. Law requires county licenses for issuing stamps, unless stamps redeemable in cash or stock items at advertised prices. Kroger’s Topeka outlet manager William Cole was arrested last Saturday over alleged stamp statute violations.
The body of University of Omaha coed Carolyn Marie Nevins, 20, was found in the driveway leading to the campus. Police said she was shot four times, died after leaving the school, and crawled toward Dodge Street seeking help, with one shoe located near the shooting site.
Leonard H. Smith has been named Finney County director of next year’s March of Dimes. A planning meeting is set for Sunday at 3 p.m. in Warren hotel with Dale Corley presiding. Kansas reported 262 polio cases this year and the campaign will run January 3 to 31.
A humorous jibing note cites a typist on holiday and a stray line about Ronson razors priced at 12.45 with Palner Jewelry. The fragment resembles a rogue column item or ad copy from a period newspaper entry dated 2 11. The tone hints at light local wit and a store listing.
A 25 person group rioted in Montreal breaking streetcar windows during a student protest over a fare rise from 10 to 12 1/2 cents. Police arrested three. about 40 injured, 100 plus arrested, and 50 000 in property damage reported to the Montreal Transportation Commission. Mayor Drapeau banned further group demonstrations.
WACO Texas Harry L Washburn was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for arranging the auto bomb that killed his wealthy former mother in law Mrs Helen Harris Weaver 51 at San Angelo last January 1 as she tried to start her car The blast used 10 sticks of dynamite and ended the life of a West Texas ranchwoman who had been prominent in local circles.
Dedication ceremonies were held yesterday in Clayton New Mexico for a proposed Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame to be built in northeast New Mexico. The event announced plans for the new hall and honored local rodeo figures amid community excitement in the town.
Hollywood Florida police found a copper lined box on the beach containing pre 1925 papers belonging to Nellie M. Daniels of Salina Kansas who died in 1924. The bundle included stock certificates mortgages land deeds and savings accounts totaling about half a million dollars. Reports say the box may have been brought to Florida and discarded with deeds showing ownership of 363 acres near Topeka Kansas and 900 acres in Missouri.
Light snow and cold temperatures spread across Garden City and western Kansas with up to four inches in central areas. Official moisture recorded at 0.02 inches over 24 hours. fringe zones reported varied amounts from traces to four inches. Roads reported hazardous slick conditions from Phillipsburg to Hiawatha and between Topeka and Kansas City as snow waned in the west.
MARSHALL, Minn. A 65 year old farm woman Bertha Setering died in a snow covered field after exhausting efforts to reach aid for her stricken brother. Her brother John 63 lay in his farm yard all night after a stroke. Authorities believe Bertha collapsed Thursday evening. A sister started across fields to reach a neighbor about a mile and a half away. John was taken to Hendricks hospital in serious condition with left side paralysis.
United Nations Security Council faces two veto threats that could derail plans to admit 18 nations. The council also debates Nationalist Chinese demurrals on non Communist applicants, risking delays into next week as it considers how to ballot on the 18 bids endorsed 52-2 by the General Assembly.
Cloudy tonight with a few snow showers, Sunday partly cloudy and continued cold. Low tonight near 13, sunrise 7:49, sunset 3:25. Relative humidity 50. Weather observations through 6 am CST from Garden City and nearby stations Great Bend Pratt Dodge City Goodland.
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