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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1956
Page
2
David Lancashire describes Changchun’s 750acre No 1 motor vehicle plant turning out China’s first domestically produced vehicles. The 257 million dollar facility uses Russian and American machinery to expand a growing industrial belt 700 miles north of Harbin in Manchuria.
Garden City retailers postponed the January Dollar Day sale from January 2 to January 9, the second Wednesday of the month, as the Chamber of Commerce plans the event. Detours linger around Kansas Avenue due to water line work and new construction near 5 Points. Local dispatch notes state the city of Changchun’s rapid industrialization with new department stores, roads, and a Chinese truck plant. PFC Charles K. Newsom, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Newsom, recently graduated from the Army European Engineer School in Germany. Donald Eldon Dotts, 24, Garden City, was bound over to district court on a charge of disposing of mortgaged property. bond set at $500 with hearing scheduled tomorrow.
The Associated Press reports strong northwest winds and a cold front sweeping from the Northern Plains into the snow covered Midwest Inda. Gusts up to 70 mph, blown snow and low temperatures disrupt operations in Montana Wyoming and the Dakotas. Industry reads show plant shutdowns and frigid conditions while workers face factory layoffs and wage questions in Manchurian plants with apprentice to skilled machinist pay ranges and merit subsidies.
Mrs. Thomas Strange age 50 died Sunday after a long illness in Coeur d'Alene Idaho. She was daughter of Mrs. E A Larson and sister of Charles and Andrew Larson of Garden City. Survived by husband of the home a son Thomas Jr and one granddaughter of Selah Washington and three sisters Mrs Cecil Oakes Okemah Oklahoma Mrs Almeda Aycock Wichita and Mrs Ruth Hatcher Taos New Mexico. Services will be held Wednesday in Coeur d'Alene.
EVANSTON Ill The Ips of Mrs Glenn G Hays have never touched Aquor but she believes she would not like it and others shouldn't The energetic graying former Kangas schoolteacher now in her fourth year as president of the national Woman s Christian Temperance Union said today she is a reformer because she just grew up in the job She is directing WCTU efforts toward drying up holiday drinking particularly at Christmas office parties The Christmas drinking party has increasingly become a national evil she says It adds to the growing paganism with which commercial interests use the birthday of Christ for gain She cites results of a National council survey indicating that word involved in 55 per cent of the traffic accidents.
Completion of nine weeks of junior college classes yields 44 fuco students named to the honor roll. The dean's honor roll includes 25 students such as Robert Atharton, Robert Birt, Carolyn Blake, Mary Lou Castro, Sharon Collins, Rose Ann Dater, Robert Desbein, Karen Elland, Lweanda Enslow, Mary Lou Frank, Beth Greathouse, Rosella Hedges, Gary Hering, Darlene Holderness, Delores Kaufman, Joseph Ohmes, Jackie Rickner, Mary Jo Standley, Joan Tasker, Ekkerhart Tessnow, Jack Williamson, Jerry Wright, Karen Yor, Winifred Kosal, and Wilma Johnson. Honorable mention goes to the remaining 19 students for a 2.0 average.
Today in Garden City admissions list Mrs Earnest Davis Emmeroute Mrs LaMonte Widner Capela Mrs Raymond Chappel 301 Fair H W Conyers 512 N 4th A M Rodriguez city O P McCoy Holcomb hospital discharges include Robert Craig Dighton Mrs Tom Hutchins Dighton Mrs Freeman Hall Dighton Mrs E L Kleeman Lakin births report a 7 lb 1 oz girl to Mr and Mrs Earnest Davis Eminence route born 1:50 am yesterday and a 6 lb 13 oz girl to Mr and Mrs Raymond Chap pel 301 E Fair born 4:20 pm yesterday police briefs note bonds forfeited and posted and fines including Everett Osher and Francis Cote with accident and intoxicated driving March 1 2. County briefs record warranty deeds and county court fines for Dewalt Watkins Emmett Burl Davis and Thomas Gene Coleman.
Local market notes list price quotes for eggs A and B and C grades, cream, heavy hens, and roosters, plus oat and wheat receipts from multiple cities. It also covers grain futures from Chicago and Kansas City, livestock bids in Kansas City including cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep, and notes on WCTU leadership and Mrs. Hayes’s biographical details.
Grain prices show oats and corn with multiple grade listings and quantity figures. No 2 white and yellow maize prices range around 1.6 to 2.4 per unit, rye 1.41 to 1.44, barley 1.22 to 1.26, soybeans about 2.47 to 2.50, bran 0.40 to 0.41, and kafir/milo around 2.40 to 2.42. Accurate market readings are mixed with incomplete data in the fragment.
Chicago grain markets softened with corn and wheat under selling pressure while soybeans saw mixed results. Traders cited no concrete news, though exporters noted cash wheat deliveries and increased corn exports amid an overall liquidating tone tied to a firmer international situation. Volume neared 2.2 million shares and open interest in wheat futures stood at 100.76 million bushels.
Cold wave conditions were indicated for Michigan Wisconsin Iowa portions of Minnesota Nebraska and the Dakotas Montana and Wyoming with sharp drops in temperatures across the region.
Melvin L. Jacobs torpedoman's mate first class is assigned to the U S Navy recruiting substation in Dodge City. He relieves Paul L. Schaffer who has served in the area for two years. Jacobs, formerly of Garden City, will work at the local post office building from 12 30 p m to 3 p m each Thursday.
In Charlotte Dr. Arthur Dye, a 60 year old blind player, achieved the American Contract Bridge League life master status by earning 300 master points. He marks cards in Braille and emphasizes sportsmanship while discussing the milestone with reporters.
Paul G. Hoffman, former head of the Economic Cooperation Administration, argues President Eisenshower’s refusal to condone aggression in the Middle East signals a moral stance. He says the collateral result is awesome in its significance and that a Soviet leadership change would offer the best hope for world peace.
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