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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1980
Page
3
In Atlanta an 80-year-old man was attacked by a robber who frisked him for cash. His 73-year-old neighbor Dorothy Pugh grabbed his cane and struck the assailant on the head about six times, forcing him to flee. No arrests were reported.
Noon Dow Jones rose 1.45 to 935.49 while the blue chip average recovered from a six day slide. NYSE composite gained 0.15 to 75.19 and the American Stock Exchange market value index advanced 0.52 to 342.05 as investors shrugged off a 20 percent prime lending rate surge.
Kansas reports a 1979 abortion total of 13,901, a 27.5 percent rise from 10,904 in 1978, with 12,335 abortions in the reporting facilities. Most patients were white and under 30, many not married, and 85 percent occurred within 13 weeks of conception. The Vital Statistics report also notes birth and death rates, marriages, and divorces for the year.
In a Delhi parliament address Brezhnev rejects Western fear of a Soviet threat and proposes a five point peace and security doctrine for the Persian Gulf. He invites the US China and other nations to renounce foreign bases and force in the oil rich region amid Iran Iraq war turmoil.
A woman at 703 Conkling pointed a 12 gauge shotgun at her husband and held four police officers and the husband at gunpoint during a family disturbance. Officers ordered her to drop the gun, she surrendered after her husband charged her, and she was jailed in Finney County awaiting district court filings for aggravated assault on an officer.
The Commerce Department projects Kansas per capita income will rise about 2.5 percent yearly for two decades, tracking the national pace. Kansas will remain slightly below the U S average by 2000 due to slower population growth, though farming will lag in growth while services and finance real estate and durable manufacturing outpace overall gains. The 1970s saw Kansas income rise over 8 percent, topping the nation.
Kansas City investors face renewed pressure as rising interest rates and European tensions unsettle wheat futures on the Board of Trade. July contracts slipped while traders weigh high financing costs, potential market exits, and possible Poland USSR conflict. Negative sentiment spreads to other grains as ranchers adjust cattle herds and buyers delay purchases. Separately, local crime updates note a homicide investigation tied to Joel Carmona and Castullo Carmona with a $100,000 bond, and a new $60 million Iowa Beef Processors plant set to start operations Thursday morning.
Sunflower Electric Cooperative prevailed in Federal District Court in Wichita on a suit by Dorchester Exploration Inc seeking 2.4 million dollars for retroactive gas price increases. The court dismissed the claim, awarded Sunflower 16880 dollars on Sunflower's counterclaim, and kept Sunflower's contract rule that price increases are reviewed every two years. Sunflower supplies about half the gas for the Garden City generating plant.
The Lakin Western Plains chapter of Kansas Oldtime Fiddlers Pickers and Singers Inc invites performers and listeners to a Sunday December program at the Memorial Building in Lakin. Admission is free and the event begins at 1 30 p m MST. The program showcases local music and community participation.
President elect Ronald Reagan travels to Washington after a private lunch with his son Ron. Ron Reagan, a Joffrey Ballet dancer, wed Doria Palmieri on November 24 in New York in an elopement. The bride was not present at the Waldorf luncheon, and no reason for her absence was given.
The Elkhart school board remains at a standstill over requesting high school principal Kenneth Fowler to resign. Superintendent Carl Weigand said no movement exists yet, Fowler continues duties, and a June 30 1982 contract expiry frames the dispute amid a 200 person public discussion. Fowler, 52, has led the high school for 13 years since 1969. Board member Abner Delay withdrew his resignation before Monday's meeting after opposing the timing.
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