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Garden City Telegram

Location

Garden City, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1961

Page

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Blizzard Forecast Prompts Cautious Travelers

Weatherman Elihu Allman offered no comment on today’s conditions saying to just look outside. Light powdery snow and extreme cold raise the risk, urging people to stay indoors. Civic Center hosts 14 Christmas events including the Oldtimer Club and Soroptimists. A polio clinic runs Saturday at Warren Hotel from 9 p.m. to 6 p.m. for adults 18 plus with doctors from Finney County Medical Society administering vaccines at a dollar fee.

Elihu Allman Oldtimer Club Herman Beringer Pop Warren Hotel Estralita Club Finney County Medical Society

Five Die on Kansas Roads in Weekend Crashes

Five people died on snow and ice slick Kansas highways over the weekend raising the toll. University of Kansas students John Tamasi and Alice Tamasi were killed in a hit and run on U S 59 south of Lawrence. Louis Williams was arrested on manslaughter charges as the driver. In Nebraska, Esther Fritz and Delor Fritz died in a head on crash on U S 36 near Highland. A Zurich collision killed Effie Powell with four others injured in the storm.

Associated Press Kansas John Allen Tamasi Alice University of Kansas U. S. 59 Lawrence Louis Lee Williams Ottawa Esther Fritz Miss Delor~ Fritz Verdon Neb Headon U. S Highland Zurich Effie Powell Merrick Kansas State University Agriculture Experiment Station Gages

Hope, Anderson Discuss 32nd District Judgeship

Rep Clifford Hope Jr of Garden City met Gov John Anderson about the 32nd District district judgeship vacancy. Hope showed interest but did not label himself a candidate. Judge Roland Tate of Garden City resigned. Anderson aims to decide quickly after consulting bar associations across six counties.

Topeka Clifford Hope Jr Garden City John Anderson Hope Dist Roland Tate Anderson

Garden Sass No Wonder the Birds Went South

Garden quipped this morning that the birds went south not by fate but by seasonal choice. The brief remark frames a lighthearted take on nature and migration.

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Israel Convicts Eichmann of Unsurpassed Crimes

Israel's three judge panel found Adolf Eichmann guilty on major counts including crimes against the Jews crimes against humanity war crimes and membership in the SS and SD. The panel held he played a key role in deporting millions to death camps and will deliver sentencing by Friday with the death penalty a possibility though previously unused. The verdict followed a four month trial in Jerusalem with hundreds of spectators including survivors.

Jerusalem Israel Adolf Eichmann Gestapo Eichmann Hitler Reich Bureau For Moshe Landau Dble Legath Vermont Canada United States Vermont Supreme Court Germany Landau Alty Gideon Hausner

Episcopal Bishop Urges Local Ecumenism and Education

The Rt Rev Arnold Lewis of Salina urged Western Kansas Episcopal clergy to cooperate with other Christian bodies locally. He promoted a community school of Christian education to unite youths across denominations and advocated broader communion and liturgical dialogue with Lutherans and Roman Catholics. He spoke after celebrating Holy Communion and conducting a confirmation at St Thomas Church and met St John of the Prairie to discuss expanding work at Ulysses.

Protestant Episcopal Church Arnold Lewis Salina Western Kansas Kansas Christian Education St. Thomas Episcopal Church St. John of the Prairie Ulysses St. Tohmas

Post Office Holiday Hours In Garden City Announced

The Garden City post office will open at 8 a.m. starting Tuesday through December 23 to aid mailing of packages and cards. Extra morning hours, Saturday service until 5 p.m. on December 16 and 23, and extra staff will help handle the holiday rush.```

Garden City Lester Harp Harp

Blizzard Warning Amid Snowstorm Hits Kansas and Albania T

A severe blizzard danger grips the Kansas Tele gram area with 80 to 50 mph winds and heavy snow. Separately Albania's break with the Soviet Union signals possible shifts in Cold War blocs, prompting questions on Albania’s future relations with China and Yugoslavia.

U.S Albania Tirana Soviet Union China Peiping Moscow Balkan George W. Ball Yugoslavia Washington United States Poland Red China Enver Hoxha

Werner Top Speaker at Debate Tourney

Garden City senior high school debaters Larry Ward and Robert Werner placed fourth at the Hutchinson High Invitational, a major statewide event with 152 teams. Robert Werner won top extemporaneous speaking honors, eliminating 21 contenders. Garden City teams won titles at Augusta and Burrton events, and GCISD debaters plan to next compete at Larned and Garden City JC. Weather notes detail heavy blizzard conditions across western Kansas, with snow, icy roads, and cold readings at multiple towns and reporting stations.

Garden City Larry Ward Robert Werner Ulysses Augusta Garden City High Beverly Gardiner Randy McDonald Wichita East Kenneth Stoner Janice Smallwood Burrton Garden City High School Larned Garden City Junior College

Peace Bomb Under Ground Nuclear Test At Carlsbad

Scientists report 70 percent data yield from the first underground atomic peace blast near Carlsbad New Mexico despite a radioactive gas leak. The five kiloton device was detonated a quarter mile underground in salt rock, creating a steam filled cavity and a brief cloud that blocked observers for hours. Seismic data aim to distinguish nuclear blasts from earthquakes while cleanup and road closures eased after the plume dissipated.

Carlsbad N.M Gnome Hole Phillip Randolph Livermore Calif Gnome Randolph Atomic Energy Commission AEC

Blizzard Weather Tonight and Tuesday Snow Outlook

The forecast predicts tonight will bring increasing snow and blizzard conditions with northerly winds around 40 mph and temperatures near 10 degrees. Tuesday should see diminished blizzard conditions by afternoon with about four more inches of snow, continued northerly winds, and temperatures around 10 degrees. sunrise at 7 55 and sunset at 5 16.

Braoke Highway Department Kansas Ira Merrick Scott City Doug Baker Syracuse Min Pree Dodge City Bi Benoa AR Goothana HU City Russell Salina Topeka

Ike Urges Voluntary, Businesslike U.S. Attitude

Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower told the American Heart Association board of directors in Gettysburg that the nation should do more things voluntarily and in a businesslike fashion. He, as honorary board chairman, emphasized a "sweat virtue" in American voluntary action.

Gettysburg Dwight D. Eisenhower United States American Heart Association America Eisenhower

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